What's on tap this weekend

September 11, 2008 | 08:05 AM Friday, Sept. 26 JAZZ IN THE LIVING ROOM The Smithtown Township Arts Council will present Jazz in the Living Room at 7:30 pm at the Mills Pond House, 660 Route 25A, St. James. $5 to participate, free for listeners. Bring your own instruments. Beginners welcome; everybody plays. Call 862-6575 for further information. JUDY COLLINS The Tilles Center, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University will present Cabaret: Judy Collins in the Hillwood Recital Hall at 7:30 ($60) and 9:30 pm ($50). Call 516-299-3100. Saturday, Sept. 27 SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM DAY The Northport Historical Society will give free general admission to the society's museum for up to two people when you present a Museum Day Admission Card included in the September issue of Smithsonian magazine. Call 757-9859 for further information. HARVEST FAIR AND PET BLESSING Little Portion Friary, 48 Old Post Road, Mt. Sinai will hold a harvest fair and pet blessing from 10 am to 4 pm. Event includes music, food, vendors, drum circle, blood drive and pet blessing (3 to 4 pm). Call 473-0553 for further information. SANTANA TRIBUTE BAND MILAGRO IN CONCERT Milagro, a Santana tribute band, will give a two-hour concert at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory starting at 7:30 pm. The concert is open to the public. All visitors to the lab age 16 and over must bring a photo ID. $12 in advance, $15 at the door on the evening of the performance. Call 344-4909 for further information. HARBOR DAY: WEST MEADOW BEACH AND LONG BEACH Harbor Day, a partnership between government and local groups, will take place at West Meadow Beach and Long Beach. Activities include nature and history walks and talks, a supervised beach cleanup, sailing demonstrations, horsemanship displays and more. In addition there will be a performance of the children's musical, "The Ghost Net." For further information, call 689-0225 or go to www.threevillagecommunitytrust.org or www.harborday.net.. FAMILY DAY IN PORT JEFFERSON LISEC will hold its fourth annual Family Day, from 11 am to 4 pm at Harborfront Park. For further information, go to www.LISEC.org. Sunday, Sept. 28 LONG ISLAND APPLE FESTIVAL The Long Island Apple Festival will take place today from 11 am to 4:30 pm at the Sherwood-Jayne Farm, 55 Old Post Road, East Setauket. Activities include games, pony rides, colonial craft demonstrations, apple pie baking contest, craft demonstrations and traditional music. $6 adults, $4 seniors and children (ages 2 to 12). Call 692-4664 or 751-3730 for further information or see page B16. WALKING TOUR OF COLD SPRING HARBOR The Whaling Museum, Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor will hold a walking tour of Cold Spring Harbor beginning at 1 pm. Event will be held light rain or shine. $8 non-members (includes admission and film), $3 members. Call 367-3418. POPCORN! WHAT MAKES IT POP? The Long Island Science Center, 11 West Main Street, Riverhead will hold a program, Popcorn! What Makes it Pop? from 11 am to 4 pm (ongoing). $5 children, $2 adults. Call 208-8000 for further information. Be sure to check out our entire events calendar in the Arts & Leisure section of this week's editions for complete area coverage.