Local Long Island October Events for Fun and Education and More

Long Island has no shortage of stimulating events this October. Whether you are looking for a photography exhibit of beautiful landscape pictures, or want to attend a job fair or experience an art lecture exploring Diego Velazquez and Francisco de Goya and Manet, or network with women entrepreneurs or looking for some Autumn Halloween fun, there is something here to catch your interest.

Harbes Family Farm Fall Festivals

The whole family can enjoy the crisp autumn air and lovely harvest scenery at Harbes Family Farm Fall Festivals in Jamesport. There will be pumpkin patches, Fall decorations, hayrides and a wild west corn maze that is 8 acres large. There are surprises throughout the maze and there is even a mini-maze for the younger kids. This beautiful rural setting overlooks farm fields and a pond. taste fresh apple cider made locally, eat a candy apple, pick your own seasonal fruits and vegetables including cornstalks and gourds and bales of hay for decorating your Halloween yard and home. There are restrooms and plenty of parking and picnic tables where the whole family can enjoy the autumn air and landscape. There will even be some scheduled music including banjo playing.

You can download a coupon from their website for a $1 off the price of the maze admission.

For directions visit this link:

http://www.harbesfamilyfarm.com/index.cfm?page=directions

For additional information and to view some pictures and testimonials from others who had great fun, visit

http://harbesfamilyfarm.com/

*********

Exhibit of Nature's Mosaics By Stanley Horowitz
October 1-29, 2006
Garden City Public Library


The gallery at the Garden City Public Library will exhibit black and white photos as well as color photos that capture flower and landscape scenes. Stanley Horowitz
is a professor that teaches photography at SUNY Farmingdale. For directions call 516-248-7363. For additional information about this event call 631-420-2160.

You can also visit this link for additional information:

http://www.nassaulibrary.org/gardenc/