Inside Garden City is here to prep you for the weekend in and around Garden City. And what a fun-filled weekend it will be!

Friday, Saturday & Sunday- Fall Festival at Hofstra University. Click here for more information on specific events.  

Friday- Glow Jump at Pump It Up in Great Neck. Grab your glow necklace when you arrive and join the glow in the dark open bounce. Suggested attire for the GLOW Party: white, neon, tie-dye, stripes or glow in the dark clothing. Don’t forget your socks! Ages: all. 7pm-8:30pm.

Saturday- St. Anne’s Spirit Day in the St. Anne’s parking lot. Come for games, bouncers, a dunk tank, food, music and more. Maybe you’ll even take home a goldfish! Click here to find out more. 35 Dartmouth St. 1pm-10pm.

Saturday- see the Long Island Children’s Museum production of Winnie the Pooh. Ages: all. 11:30am and 2pm.

Saturday- International Music Nights Concert Series at Eisenhower Park presents Latino-American Night. Harry Chapin Lakeside Theater. Ages: all. 7:30pm.

Saturday and Sunday- Fall Family Fun Festival at Hicks Nursery starts this Saturday and runs until 10/31. There will be children’s workshops, pumpkin contests, planting demonstrations, hayrides, Otto the Ghost’s animated story, farm animals and more. Jericho Tpke in Westbury. Ages: all. 9am-5pm. 

Saturday and Sunday- 32nd Annual Queens County Fair. Enjoy a traditional county fair- think pie eating contests, livestock, pig races, hayrides, corn husking contests, carnival rides, games, crafts and much more. Queens County Farm Museum, Floral Park. 11am-6pm.

Sunday- The West Hempstead Street Fair. Hempstead Ave, West Hempstead. Rare antiques, arts, crafts, food and more. Ages: all. 11am-6pm.

Sunday- Blood drive at St Joseph’s School on Fourth Street. 7:45am-1:30pm.


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Woo Hoo, it’s Friday! Here’s your go-to list of things to do in and around Garden City this weekend. 

Friday- The last GC Promenade of the season will be held on Seventh St starting at 6pm. Live music by Fivestone, outdoor dining and entertainment for the kids. 6-10pm.

Friday- Molloy College in Rockville Centre is hosting Live and Let Die: The Music of Paul McCartney- a Tribute to the Beatles and Paul McCartney. A four piece band and full symphony orchestra led by conductor Martin Herman will perform hit songs like “Hey Jude”, “Penny Lane”, “When I’m Sixty-Four” and many, many more. 8pm. $45 and up. 516-323-4444

Saturday- Kidville at 960 Franklin Ave will hold it’s Grand Opening Weekend. Come and try out the Big Muscle Gym in the Kidville Playspace from 10am-2pm. 516-900-2462

Saturday- The Annual San Gennaro Festival started yesterday and runs for eleven days. Click here  http://www.sangennaro.org/event.htm for the schedule of events. (I know it’s not exactly in or around Garden City, but it’s not too far either and worth the 30 min train ride IMHO if you’re looking for something different to do this weekend!) 

Saturday- See The NY Cosmos vs The Atlanta Silverbacks. 7pm at Hofstra’s Shuart Stadium.

Saturday- Play It Again, Sam is playing at the BroadHollow Theatre in Elmont on Saturdy at 2pm and 8pm. http://www.broadhollow.org/home/broad-hollow-elmont.html

Sunday- Hofstra’s 22nd Annual Italian Festival from 11am-5pm on Hofstra’s South Campus. Come for the concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting, crafts, vendors and more! 516-463-6582

Sunday- The Wizard of Oz is showing at Family Movie Night at the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre in Eisenhower Park. 7pm. All ages. Free.516-572-0200

Sunday- The Annual Antique Motorcycle Show will take place from 11am-4pm at the Queens County Farm Museum in Floral Park. There will also be historic house tours, music, hayrides and food. Fun for all ages! $5. 718-347-3276

Sunday- Play It Again, Sam is playing at the BroadHollow Theatre in Elmont on Sunday at 2:30pm. http://www.broadhollow.org/home/broad-hollow-elmont.html

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There’s no better way to end the summer than with a fun-filled weekend. There are lots of events going on in and around GC this weekend so there will be no shortage of things to do. Hopefully, this will take away some of your end-of-summer blues. 

Friday- This Friday night will be the second to last promenade on Seventh St. If you haven’t been to one all summer, tonight’s will be a good one! Fivestone will be performing starting at 6pm. There will be a meet and greet with Queen Elsa at 6:30pm. Following that, Elsa will be singing hits from the movie Frozen. Also, Gina Naomi Baez will perform her own original songs in two sets. Note: This is the last time Queen Elsa will be performing live at the Promenade so be sure to catch it if you haven’t already. There will also be activities for the kids such as balloon sculpting, face painting and more. Street close to vehicular traffic at 5:45pm. Come and hang with your friends and neighbors!

Friday- See Eddie Sessa and a 19 piece orchestra perform their Tribute To Sinatra at Eisenhower Park at 7pm. Lakeside Theatre. Parking fields 6 and 6A. Free. 

Saturday- The Covert Ave Street Fair will take place from 11am-6pm. If you haven’t heard about it yet, you can find out lots of information here: http://www.insidegardencity.com/2014/09/its-that-time-of-year-again-covert-ave.html

Saturday- See the Cosmos play against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers at 7pm. Shuart Stadium, Hofstra University. 

Saturday and Sunday and every day until December 21, 2014- Explorer Family Backpacks at Hofstra University Museum, Hempstead Turnpike. Pick up a backpack and discover the world’s cultures through various works displayed at Hofstra and create your own artwork to bring home. Ages 5-10. 10am-5pm. Free. Runs daily with a few exceptions. Check website for the complete list of dates. http://www.hofstra.edu/Community/museum/museum_family_fun.html

Sunday- See a film screening of Shakespeare’s The Tempest at Adelphi at 2pm in Concert Hall. Tickets $20. Click here for for info: http://aupac.adelphi.edu/newsevent/the-tempest/

What will you be up to this weekend? 

There’s a street fair coming to town. Well, not to Garden City per se… but close enough! The Covert Ave 20th Annual Street Fair is on Saturday from 11am-6pm. Inside Garden City was happy to speak with the Covert Ave Chamber of Commerce President and owner of Capo Ristorante, Mr. Paul Capoziello, and we got the inside scoop.

As always, this year’s fair promises a lot of activities for all ages and interests and a big turnout is expected. According to Mr. Capoziello, the street fair will include lots of family fun- live musical acts and dancing, vendors, raffles, rides, games, a petting zoo, pony rides and the Covert Ave Express- a kids train that will be running up and down Covert Ave. And of course, there will be fantastic food and drinks (my favorite part). 

On an average day, most of us know you don’t have to go much further than Covert Ave to find a good cannoli or fresh seafood. So don’t be surprised at what you will find there to feast on this Saturday. Capo Ristorante will have a stand outside their establishment where they’ll be serving barbecue pulled pork, baked mac ‘n cheese, Spanish roast pork with rice and beans as well as some good ‘ol chicken strips and fries. Talk about delish comfort food! Try some of their sangria while you’re there. That’s on Saturday’s menu too! Hey- bathing suit season is over, isn’t it?

Pellegrini Prime Meats will also have a similar set-up, as well as Manor Fruit Shack and V.I.Pizza. Personally, I believe calories don’t count at street fairs.

Mr. Capoziello also shared his secrets for best places to park for the event: “Best parking is on the side streets in Floral Park and Stewart Manor or on the southwest side of the New Hyde Park train station.” When I asked him to describe the tasks involved in the planning of the street fair, he said it was way too long to list but he did ensure that this year’s event would be a fun-filled day out with family and neighbors. Sounds good to me. Will you be going?



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Apologies for a late Labor Day weekend events guide (hey- Inside Garden City needs a vacation too sometimes!). If you’re sticking around town this weekend, there are a few fun things happening that might help you feel less blue about the unofficial end of summer (not really).

Now through Labor Day- Throw In The Towel! Bring your new or gently used beach towels to the GC Pool for donation to a charitable organization. Towels go to the Mary Brennan Inn, a local food pantry. Blue bins will be set up at the pool for towel collection.

Saturday and Sunday- 7th Annual Street Fair at Eisenhower Park 10am-5pm. Vendors, crafts, jewelry, home decor, clothing and giveaways. Free parking. Field 8.

Saturday- Summer Festival at the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in East Meadow. Raffles, flea market, children’s activities, vendors, Greek food and live music.

Sunday- Play Bingo at the GC Pool at 2pm then shake whatcha got at the hula hoop contest in the picnic area.  The Pool DJ will play music from 2-4pm.

Sunday- Adventureland will feature The Magic and Comedy of Jim McClenahan. 1pm. 631-694-6868

Monday- GC Pool Labor Day hours 10am-9pm. Enjoy the last day of the pool season! DJ Bob will be playing from 6-9pm.

Have a happy LDW and enjoy the last days of summer!

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Summer is quickly flying by! Enjoy the little that remains by taking part in some of the activities listed below.

Friday- The Garden City Promenade starts tonight on Seventh St. at 6:00pm with traffic blocked off as of 5:45pm. Join your neighbors for outdoor dining, balloon sculpting, face painting and more. Stop in at your favorite local shops and catch Frozen’s Queen Elsa and Princess Anna performing at 7:20pm. There wil be a meet and greet at 6:20pm. Gina Naomi Baez and Tinkerbelle the Dog will be performing at 8:00pm. Once again, the band Fivestone will be performing from 6-10pm. Don’t miss it! 

Friday- The GC Pool will be showing Disney’s Planes tonight for Friday Family Night and they will also be having Dollar Dog Night at the snack bar. Movie start time- 8:15pm

Friday- Disco Umlimited Concert at Eisenhower Park. 7pm

Friday- ET, The Extra Terrestrial is being shown at Nickerson Beach Park. 7:44pm

Friday- BK Sweeney’s Uptown Grille will hold their Friday Night Lobster Bake tonight. $31.95 for a 2-lb lobster dinner. When summer ends, this fabulous deal ends too!

Saturday- Catch KC & The Sunshine Band performing at CBS-FM’s Saturday in the park. 7pm at Eisenhower Park’s Lakeside Theater. Gates open at 3pm. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. 

Saturday and Sunday- Marvel Universe Live at Nassau Coliseum for the superhero fans. 7:00-9:00pm Ages 5 and up. Tickets: $55-$170. www.nassaucoliseum.com

Saturday and Sunday- catch a performance of “The Little Mermaid JR” at the LI Children’s Museum. 11:30am and 2pm (same time both days). $12, $10 for LICM members. To purchase tickets please contact Plaza Theatrical Productions 516-599-6870 or at http://plazatheatrical.com/index.php/long-island-children-s-museum. **Tickets are not available for purchase at LICM**



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Well hellloooo Friday, how I’ve missed you! Here’s what’s happening in and around Garden City this weekend.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday- The Annual Italian Festival is at Michael J. Tully Park in New Hyde Park. Enjoy International Food, Zeppoles, Pastries, Rides, Games, Black Jack, Live Music, Crafts, Vendors and more. FIREWORKS on Saturday (rain date Sunday). Sunday is Community Appreciation Day from 3–5pm: children under 8 yrs receive free admission. Hours: Fri 6-11pm, Sat 3-11pm, Sun 3-10pm. 

Saturday- 2pm Don’t miss a fantastic kids show at the GC Pool by the great Lou DelBianco!

Saturday- 7:30pm Tribute to the Boss & Paul McCartney with Tramps Like Us & Mystic, one of the area’s best cover bands. Eisenhower Park’s Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, located near parking fields 6 and 6A. Bring chairs or blankets.  

This weekend is promising to be a beautiful one. Get out there and enjoy it! It looks like a busy weekend in and around town.

Friday- There’s a lot happening at the GC Friday Night Promenade tonight on Seventh St! The street will be closed off to parking starting at 5:45 and festivities will begin at 6pm. Here’s the schedule: 

6:00pm -10:00pm- The band Fivestone will be performing

6:30pm- Queen Elsa from Frozen meet and greet

7:20pm- Queen Elsa’s Frozen Performance

8:00pm- Youtube Duo Sensation Gina Naomi Baez and her costar Tinkerbelle the dog perform. Gina will be performing hit songs as well as songs from her new album “You and Me”. A meet and greet will follow the show!

Friday- The GC Pool is hosting Friday Family Night. Bingo starts at 7:30 in the picnic area. Mini golf glow night starts at 8:15 on the miniature golf course. The snack bar will have an ice cream social starting at 6pm. 

Friday- Join the Philharmonic at Eisenhower Park at 7pm with Music Director David Stewart Wiley. Fireworks by Grucci to follow the performance. Bring your chairs for a fantastic night of music!

Friday- Enjoy some Rhythm and Blues Music with Knappertime. 8pm at Hendrickson Avenue Park in Elmont.

Friday- Remember to support our local businesses. Stop in at Feldis Florist on Seventh St after 2pm for half off bouquets (and enjoy some wine and cheese with your neighbors!) 

Friday- BK Sweeney Uptown Grille on Franklin Ave hosts their weekly lobster bake- $31.95 for a delicious 2-lb lobster dinner.

Friday (8pm), Saturday (8pm) and Sunday (2:30pm)- Head to the BroadHollow Theatre in Elmont to see their production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS the musical. Tickets $14-$25. https://www.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?t=tix&e=09b102bf15b6bc23ef195fff70611565

Saturday- see the Super Diamond Neil Diamond Tribute at 7pm at Eisenhower Park. Performance will be in field 6/6A. Don’t forget to bring your chairs or blankets.

Saturday and Sunday- catch a performance of “The Little Mermaid JR” at the LICM. 11:30am (same time both days). $12, $10 for LICM members. To purchase tickets please contact Plaza Theatrical Productions at 516-599-6870 or online at http://plazatheatrical.com/index.php/long-island-children-s-museum. **Tickets are not available for purchase at LICM**

Saturday- Watch some fast paced lacrosse when the LONG ISLAND LIZARDS play at The James Shuart Stadium- 900 Fulton Ave., Hempstead. 742-1180. 5:30 pm