Okay, if you like to shop for one day, two days or until you drop, I’ve picked a few shows with plenty to look at and so much to buy, taking place this Saturday and Sunday.
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Refreshing the home, inside and out, is a springtime custom and where best to get motivated than at the Long Island Spring Home Show, designed for homeowners in all stages of remodeling, landscaping and decorating their home, held April 7-8, at NYCB Live’s Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale.
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Colorful surprises for kids of all ages to find at local egg hunts in Cold Spring Harbor, Montauk, Westbury and Port Jefferson.
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How appropriate, as the island begins to defrost from its 4th Nor’easter, to take in a festival on the first weekend of spring, March 23-25, that goes by the name of THAW – The Hamptons Art Weekend Festival.
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As insightful as it is entertaining, Potasia, a showcase of Asian artworks with the potato as its central subject matter, opens today and is on display through June 15, in the Charles B. Wang Center’s Skylight Gallery.
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Having seen “Hair” both on- and off-Broadway nine times (because it never failed to move me), I’m excited the show celebrates its 50th anniversary this year; and, even more thrilled that two of its Broadway stars, Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young, are performing in “Hair” in Concert, March 9-10, at the Patchogue Theatre.
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Journey back to rural Ireland, pre-famine, with the Dublin Irish Dancers, who, through traditional melodies and dance steps, demonstrate life in the kitchens, barns and fields in “Stepping Out,” on March 3, at Madison Theatre in Rockville Centre.
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The four-week, multi-venue festival of music, art and locally sourced food and drink, begins on Feb. 22 and runs through March 18; kicking off this Friday, at 7 p.m., at Hotel Indigo in Riverhead.
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This Friday marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year and to ring it in, the Long Island Chinese American Association’s third annual Celebration, showcasing the diversity, splendor and richness of the Asian culture, is set to take place at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at LIU Post, on Feb. 25.
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Tap into some new brews and sample some old favorites at this year’s Hops and Props Craft Beer Festival, held Feb. 10 at the NYCB Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City; and/or make reservations for ChocoVino, a chocolate and wine pairing, held Feb. 14, at Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead.
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