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Upcoming Events

Sound Meditation with Amanda Gandolfo

Sep26

Begin your morning with Sound Meditation, a restorative journey through the senses in the Vanderbilt Rose Garden. This experience includes a guided sensory meditation, relaxing sound meditation, crystal singing bowls, and reflective journaling. Participants should bring a towel or yoga mat. Chairs will be provided as an alternative.

Where

Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium

180 Little Neck Rd.

Centerport, NY

Price

$40

Creating Homemade Incense from Local Plants

Oct3

Making homemade incense from Phragmites turns an ecological nuisance into a sensory bridge to the past. It’s alchemy in your hands: a transformation from invader to offering, from waste to wisdom, from reed to ritual. Materials will be provided. Register

Where

Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium

180 Little Neck Rd.

Centerport, NY

Price

Adults & Youth Ages 15+ $40

After Dark

Oct4

After Dark will perform dance, pop and party hits from yesterday and today, register

Where

Center Moriches Free Public Library

235 Main St.

Center Moriches, NY

Phone

631-878-0940

Price

free

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