Saturday

Train a Seal, Kiss a Sea Lion! Trainer Program

Long Island Aquarium and Exhibition Center
Riverhead

$150 (Aquarium members: $125.00) – All day Aquarium admission is included     

Have you ever wondered what it takes to work with the seals or sea lions? Now you can find out! On Saturdays from April through September (4/7/12 – 9/29/12), our Trainer Program gives participants 10 years of age and older, the chance to go behind the scenes with our Marine Mammal Staff. • Learn how we train our animals and help Java, our sea lion paint (yes, paint!) • Go into the seal exhibit with trainers • Participate in a seal training session – and get to pet and feed one of our harbor seals • Help prepare food for seals • Attend our Sea Lion Show • Get a kiss from a sea lion Saturdays from April – September (4/7/12 – 9/29/12) 10:15am or 2:00pm.

Third Annual Long Island Caribbean-American Festival

Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre
East Meadow

1-9pm

Free              
The festival will feature a wide array of music, food, displays from various Caribbean Islands, an awards ceremony, a Caribbean Tourist Expo and a Health and Wellness pavilion sponsored by local hospitals. New for this year, the West Indian American Kite Association will also display kites representing the flags of the different Caribbean countries.

Messy Afternoon

Long Island Children's Museum
Garden City

3:30am - 5:00pm

Free with museum admission                                
A hands-on, multi-sensory experience.

Sunday

Waffle Day

Children's Museum of the East End
Bridgehampton

10:00am

Members $5, nonmembers $17                                
MEE will be bringing the fantastical sights of the big top to you on the last Sunday of every month. Children will mix and add the batter, wait a few minutes, and watch Belgian waffles come out in amazing circus shapes. Fun for kids, delicious for everyone.

Sundae Summer Kick-Off

Darlings & Divas of Amityville

11:00am - 1:00pm

$24.99 per child, siblings $19.99                                                       
Beat the heat with ice-cream pedicures and mini manicures! Then get glitterific with glitter tattoos! Pizza lunch follows with make-your-own ice cream sundaes! Reservations are required as space is limited.

Family Sundays at the Museum

Nassau County Museum of Art
Roslyn Harbor

1:00pm - 3:00pm

$10, $8, $4    
Now there's even more reason for families to plan the weekend around a visit to Nassau County Museum of Art. Each Sunday the museum offers a 1pm docent-led family walk-through of the exhibition and supervised art activities for the whole family beginning at 1:30 p.m. Special family guides of the main exhibition are available in the galleries. Family Sundays at the Museum are free with museum admission and are held in the museum’s main building, the Arnold & Joan Saltzman Fine Art Building. Weekends only there is a $2 parking fee (members free).