Community Corner
North Shore Agenda: Summer Blast Dance Party, Yoga Fundraiser
Check out what's happening in the Miller Place-Rocky Point area this weekend: Aug. 23 - 25.
MILLER PLACE-ROCKY POINT
Family
The North Shore Beach Property Owners Association is holding its Summer Blast Dance Party at the Rocky Point clubhouse on Saturday, starting at 7:30 p.m. The fundraiser for the association will feature live music, dancing and dinner. Cost in advance is $40, or $45 at the door.
Fundraiser
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On Sunday morning at 8 a.m., a yoga fundraiser will be held to benefit the Invited Inn Soup Kitchen at Trinity Lutheran Church in Rocky Point. For $10, go by Cedar Beach for a yoga session on the Sound.
Also on Sunday, a fundraiser will be held at the Sound Beach Clubhouse from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to benefit a local youth with leukemia. Proceeds from the effort will help pay for her bone marrow transplant.
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Live Music
On Friday night, Joey will be performing at Carmody’s from 5 to 8 p.m., and from 8 p.m. on, Lisa and the Leftovers will take the stage. On Saturday, Erin will take the earlier hours from 6 to 9 p.m., with Buttered Soul playing from 9 p.m. until midnight.
The Big Show will play at Napper Tandy’s in Miller Place on Saturday night.
PORT JEFFERSON
Entertainment
The Long Island Comedy Festival comes to Theatre Three on Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. (tickets $30).
A separate comedy show, an improv format dubbed Friday Night Face-Off, is also set for Friday night at Theatre Three at 10:30 p.m. (tickets $15).
Religious
North Shore Jewish Center will host an open house and welcome BBQ party for newly appointed Rabbi Aaron Benson on Sunday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. RSVP is required; more details here.
Cultural
The annual Greek festival at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption is set for Thursday through Sunday this week, with fireworks planned for Friday and Saturday nights. Visit the festival’s website for more information.
Benefit
Get your car washed at a fundraiser car wash at St. Gerard Majella Church in Port Jefferson Station on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Mather Hospital will host a blood drive from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Donate blood and enter for a chance to win Super Bowl tickets.
Movies
At the Port Jefferson Free Library you’ll find a foreign film, “The Pool” (Hindi), at 2 p.m. on Friday.
Live Music
- Port Jazz will feature cover bands on Friday and Saturday night starting at 9 p.m.
Family
The Kent Animal Shelter will visit the Stony Brook Village Center on Sunday from noon to 3 p.m. to connect pets with potential forever families.
Live Music
Whiskey Rebellion will be performing on Sunday at Frank Melville Memorial Park at 5:30 p.m. in the park’s “Wind Down Sundays Summer Concert Series.”
The Banjo Rascals, a group that plays music from the 1950s and ‘60s, will perform at the Stony Brook Village Center on Sunday at 7 p.m.
Religious
Crossroads Church is a new church in town at Oxhead Road and Pembrook Road in Stony Brook. They will be having an open house on Sunday at 10 a.m.
Cultural
The Three Village Historical Society’s walking tour this weekend will cover the Setauket Village Green, starting at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
The Ward Melville Heritage Organization’s current exhibit is “Long Island’s Auto Racing Heritage,” on display at the Educational & Cultural Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
The Long Island Museum’s current exhibit is “Coney Island and Jones Beach: Empires by the Sea.” The museum is open Thursday through Sunday.
Finalists in the Long Island Museum’s 2013 juried art show are also on display.
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