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Events
Music and Astronomy Under the Stars
Hofstra’s Astronomy Outreach Program will give concertgoers a glimpse of the heavens this summer throughout Long Island and at the Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts as part of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy.
Sponsored by a $308,000 grant from NASA and coordinated by Astronomy Outreach Program Director Donald Lubowich, Ph.D., the star-gazing will include telescope observations of the sun prior to the concerts and of the moon, planets, stars, and nebulae after the events, combined with a multimedia astronomy presentation. These events are part of the worldwide celebration marking the 400th anniversary of Galileo using a telescope for astronomy. The Amateur Observers' Society of New York will assist with this program.
| Events | Times |
|---|---|
| July 12 | Nago Gato Afro Brazilian Music & Dance Ensemble at the 44th Huntington Summer Arts Festival, Chapin Rainbow Stage in Heckscher Town Park, Huntington, N.Y., 8:30 p.m. www.huntingtonarts.org. |
| July 22 | I Left My Heart, A Salute to the Music of Tony Bennett presented by Plaza Theatrical Productions, Rath Park, Franklin Square, N.Y., 8 p.m. www.toh.li/content/rc/performing.html |
| July 28 | Tanglewood on Parade, Tanglewood Music Festival, Lenox, Mass., 2-11 p.m. www.bso.org |
| July 31 | Christine Ohlman with opening act Bossa Nova Beatniks at the 44th Huntington Summer Arts Festival, Chapin Rainbow Stage in Heckscher Town Park, Huntington, N.Y., 8:30 p.m. www.huntingtonarts.org |
| August 4 | Andy Cooney/Ronan Tynan (Irish Tenors), John J. Burns Town Park, Massapequa, N.Y., 8 p.m. www.oysterbaytown.com |
| August 14 | Night at the Museum 2 - Battle of the Smithsonian, outdoor movie, Marjorie Post Community Park, Massapequa, N.Y., 8:30 p.m. www.oysterbaytown.com |
| August 27 | Wall-E, outdoor movie, North Hempstead Beach Park, Port Washington, N.Y., 8:15 p.m. www.northhempstead.com |
| August 28 | Almost Queen, Central Mall band shell, Jones Beach State Park, Wantagh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. www.nysparks.state.ny.us |
| October 30 | Spooky Walk nighttime Halloween fright garden, Clark Garden, Albertson, N.Y., 6-9 p.m. www.northhempstead.com |
Music and Astronomy Under the Stars is presented with the cooperation of the Townships of Hempstead, Huntington, Oyster Bay, and North Hempstead; the Huntington Arts Council, the Islip Arts Council; Heckscher State Park; Jones Beach State Park; and the Tanglewood Music Festival.