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Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy some summer entertainment outside this weekend
Summer Stage
Annie Get Your Gun
Annie Oakley, that sharpshooter from Ohio, blazes onto the stage at Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, when Plaza Theatrical Productions brings the classic musical to Eisenhower Park. This rousing hit features such beloved Irving Berlin songs as “There’s No Business Like Show Business” and “Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better.” Merrick resident Jordan Smith (a graduate of Rockville Centre’s South Side High School) stars as Annie Oakley. She is joined by Jason Schoenberger, of East Rockaway, as Frank Butler. Bring a chair or a blanket and enjoy the summer tradition of theater under the stars.
Friday, July 23, 7:30 p.m. Free admission. Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow. (516) 572-0200 or special events line at (516) 572-0223.
Stroll Through History
Step into the shoes of President Theodore Roosevelt on a tour of his beloved Oyster Bay estate. President Roosevelt spent many delightful summer days investigating the landscape of Long Island’s north shore and now visitors can do the same. Explore the environment on a naturalist-guided walk through the woods in which the President and his family used to play. The walk includes a visit to President Roosevelt’s grave.
Sunday, July 25, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. $5. Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center, 134 Cove Rd.,Oyster Bay. (516) 922-3200 or www.trsac@audubon.org.
Sounds Of The Season
Beech Tree Concert Series
Enjoy the glorious grounds of Old Westbury Gardens and listen to some stirring sounds, as part of the Gardens’ West Porch Beech Tree Concert Series. Cellist Suzanne Mueller and clarinetist Joseph Rutkowski, Jr. present a varied, festive program of mainly classical music. Bring your lawn chair or blanket and settle in for a relaxing afternoon under the Gardens’ historic beech tree, weather permitting.
Sunday, July 25, 3 p.m. Free with Gardens’ admission. Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. (516) 333-0048 or www.oldwestburygardens.org.
