Nearby things to do this week in Oceanside, Island Park

Cook some ravioli

The Island Park Public Library’s baking coach is stuffing raviolis with ricotta and spinach and wants you to help out. Come by on Thursday, Oct. 4 from 7 to 8 p.m., and even take some home! Also, please bring a rolling pin, and there will be a $3 material fee (cash only).

What to plant?

The Oceanside Garden Club, with designer George Woodard, invite all to the Oceanside Library on Tuesday, Oct. 9, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., for a talk on choosing plants for your yard. There will be an emphasis on Rhododendrons.

A family festival

It’s FamFest 2018 on Thursday, Oct. 13! Drop by the Schoolhouse Green in Oceanside on the corner of Locust Avenue and Foxhurst Road between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. for free games and raffles, courtesy of the Oceanside Chamber of Commerce. There will also be music, theatre, karate performances and a food truck.

An afternoon of ‘Broadway’s Beloved Duos’

Join vocalist Marcie Passley for a revue of Broadway’s best, when she visits the Landmark on Main Street stage, Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 2 p.m. Take a trip down memory lane with some of the greatest songs ever written for the stage. She’ll share tunes from some of Broadway’s beloved duos, including Rodgers & Hart, Kander & Ebb, Lerner & Loewe, and many more. Info: (516) 767-6444 or www.landmarkonmainstreet.org.

In tune with the San Francisco Symphony

Hear the stirring sounds of the San Francisco Symphony when the acclaimed orchestra visits Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, on Friday, Oct. 5, at 8 p.m. Violinist Leonidas Kavakos joins Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas the orchestra for a dynamic all-Stravinsky program that includes Petrushka (1947 revision), Violin Concerto and Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring). Info: (800) 745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com or www.tillescenter.org.