Even though the weather has started to get cooler we’ve come up with ideas to spend the weekend both outdoors and indoors to help you enjoy the fall like weater
1. 15 Years to Life: The Education of a Painter
Where/When: Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury, 516-333-0048, Saturday and Sunday Sept. 17 and 18 @ 11 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
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Why Go: See the exhibition and sale of paintings by David Peikon, including landscapes, figurative and still life paintings.
Pricing: Free
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2. Italian Experience Festival
Where/When: Hofstra University, 100 Hempstead Turnpike, Hempstead, 516-463-6582, hofstra.edu/festivals, Sept. 18 @ 11 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Why Go: Hear Italian music, eat Italian food, cultural information, vendors and children’s activities, rain or shine on the South Campus
Pricing: $6, $4 seniors over 65.
3. Chamber Players International: Beethoven Festival
Where/When: Coe Hall @ Planting Fields Arboretum, 1385 Planting Fields Rd., Oyster Bay, 516-922-8676, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 17 & 18 @ 2:30 p.m.
Why Go: Pianist SeanChen, violinist Kristin Lee and cellist Andrew Janas perform
Pricing: $15, plus $8 parking fee
4. 4. Fall Garden Celebration
Where/When: Farmingdale State College, 2350 Broadhollow Road., Farmingdale, 631-420-2075, Sunday, Sept. 18 @ 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Why Go: Get a chance to tour the teaching gardens with horticulture professors and you can purchase plants and flowers. Bring soil samples for pH analysis
Pricing: Free
5. I Ought To Be in Pictures
Where/When: Arena Players in East Farmingdale, 296 Rt. 109, East Farmingdale, 516-293-0674, arenaplayers.org, weekly Friday and Saturday @ 8 p.m., Sunday @3 p.m. through Oct. 2.
Why Go: See Neil Simon’s comedy-drama where a 19 year old Brooklyn native hitches a ride to Los Angeles to take on Hollywood by surprise.
Pricing: $20-$25.
