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Garden City, New York, USA. December 6, 2013. Visitors experience the nativity scene at the manger, with Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus, the Holy Family, at A Night in Bethlehem, an annual Advent at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, on Long Island, on December 6, 7, and 8.

Live Nativity: A Night in Bethlehem

From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
December 10, 2013

Friday night, I went back in time to A Night in Bethlehem – held at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, in Garden City – and experienced a Living Nativity manger scene with Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus, complete with animal stable.

  • VIDEO:  ‘A Night in Bethlehem’ at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, 2013. Song is “Carol of the Bells.”

The Advent event is free and open to the public, in Long Island, New York. Visitors enjoy grinding olives, making beeswax candles and other activities at re-creations of shops from two thousand years ago, and it’s a special Christmas treat for the whole family.

Garden City, New York, USA. December 6, 2013. Visitors experience the nativity scene at the manger, with Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus, the Holy Family, at A Night in Bethlehem, an annual Advent at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, on Long Island, on December 6, 7, and 8. (Ann Parry/ann-parry.com)

Garden City, NY, USA. Dec. 6, 2013. Living Nativity at A Night in Bethlehem, Resurrection Lutheran Church (© 2013 Ann Parry/ann-parry.com)

• Lutheran Church of the Resurrection:
420 Stewart Ave, Garden City, NY 11530  Google MAP
facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/resgardencity
phone:  516-746-4426  –  email: office@rescgc.org

• A Night in Bethlehem: 
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The Long Island Fair 2013

From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
October 2, 2013

Our family was on a hay ride at The Long Island Fair at Old Bethpage Village Restoration decades ago, when my young daughter swung her arm to point at something, and the candy apple in that hand flew off the stick and across the field. Her double-take at the traitorous, empty stick – unforgettable.

PHOTO VIDEO:  Long Island Fair 2013 http://bit.ly/19qf4rC

Old Bethpage, New York, U.S. 29th September 2013. Bob Stuhmer holds four admission tickets at The Long Island Fair. A yearly event since 1842, the county fair is now held at a reconstructed fairground at Old Bethpage Village Restoration. (Ann Parry/Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)

Old Bethpage, NY, U.S. – 29th September 29 2013. R. Stuhmer holds tickets to The Long Island Fair at Old Bethpage Village Restoration. (© 2013 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

Considering the county fair’s popularity, Long Islanders must have countless such fun memories of the event, which has been sponsored by the Agricultural Society of Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Inc. since 1842.

And each new fair adds more memories of Civil War era costumes, dances and music; roasted corn on the cob; ribbon-winning needlework, baked goods, flower arrangements and more in the Exhibition Hall; and ponies and horses just about everywhere.

Old Bethpage, New York, U.S. 29th September 2013. A father takes a photo of his daughter riding a pony as closing time arrives at The Long Island Fair. A yearly event since 1842, the county fair is now held at a reconstructed fairground at Old Bethpage Village Restoration. (Ann Parry/Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)

Old Bethpage, NY, U.S. – Sept. 29, 2013. Pony Ride at The Long Island Fair at Old Bethpage Village Restoration. (© 2013 Ann Parry/ann-parry.com)

By the way, when Old Bethpage Village Restoration had a contest on its facebook page last month, the first person to correctly post the month & year OBVR first opened to the public won 4 passes to The Long Island Fair – and guess who won!

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Huntington, N.Y., U.S. August 24, 2013. SONIC BAD, legendary street artist JESSE RODRIGUEZ from the Bronx, is graffiti painting the 'Art Matters' wall, on the back of the Huntington Arts Council building, during the the art event 'Off the Walls' Block Party, by SPARKBOOM. (© 2013 Ann Parry, annparry.com)

SPARKBOOM Off the Walls art Block Party 2013

From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
September 3, 2013

Sparkboom, Off & ON the Walls Art block party

Three world-renowned street artists  – PHETUS, MASPAZ, and SONIC BAD – each used their own distinctive styles to collaborate on metamorphosing the back walls of the Huntington Arts Council into a vibrant vast work of art, during SPARKBOOM’s ‘Off the Walls’ art Block Party, on August 24, 2013.

Huntington, New York, U.S. 24th August 2013. SONIC BAD, legendary street artist JESSE RODRIGUEZ from the Bronx, graffiti painting wall on the back of Huntington Arts Council building, during art event Off the Wall Block Party, by SPARKBOOM. (Ann Parry/nn-parry.com)

Huntington, New York, U.S. 24th August 2013. PHETUS, world famous graphic designer for hip hop artists, and former graffiti artist from Huntington, is painting colorful graffiti on the back of the Huntington Arts Council building, during art event ‘Off the Walls’ Block Party, by SPARKBOOM. (© 2013 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

Visitors experienced this graffiti happening, four bands,  performance artist STEVEN ZALUSKI in  his rolling metal sculpture “Sphere of Hope,” and more. SPARKBOOM Long Island art events showcase talent, present aspiring artists, and give artists opportunities to network.

Huntington, New York, U.S. 24th August 2013. SONIC BAD, legendary street artist JESSE RODRIGUEZ from the Bronx, graffiti painting wall on the back of Huntington Arts Council building, during art event Off the Wall Block Party, by SPARKBOOM. (Ann Parry/nn-parry.com)

Huntington, New York, U.S. 24th August 2013. MASPAZ, world renowned street artist FEDERICO FRUM from Washington DC, is painting black and white graffiti on the back of the Huntington Arts Council building, during the the art event ‘Off the Walls”‘Block Party, by SPARKBOOM. Mas Paz was born in Bogata Columbia and adopted from an orphanage when he was one; and he founded a charitable foundation to help the orphanage and other causes. (© 2013 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

Plus, that night, visitors at the council’s Main Street Petite Gallery viewed the 12 winning posters for its “Post No Bills” public art contest.

Huntington, New York, U.S. 24th August 2013. SONIC BAD, legendary street artist JESSE RODRIGUEZ from the Bronx, graffiti painting wall on the back of Huntington Arts Council building, during art event Off the Wall Block Party, by SPARKBOOM. (Ann Parry/nn-parry.com)

Huntington, N.Y., U.S. August 24, 2013. World-renowned street artists – PHETUS (extreme left), MAS PAZ (2nd from left, in gray shirt), and Sonic Bad (colorful art at right) – are decorating with graffiti the rear walls of the Hunting Arts Council building, at the art event ‘Off the Walls’ Block Party, by SPARKBOOM. At center in orange shirt is INK76, street artist ALEXANDER SILVA from Brooklyn. (Captured with 180 degree fisheye lens.) (© 2013 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

FEATURE PHOTO (at top of post):  Huntington, N.Y., U.S. August 24, 2013.  SONIC BAD, legendary street artist JESSE RODRIGUEZ from the Bronx, is graffiti painting the “Art Matters” wall, on the back of the Huntington Arts Council building, during the the art event ‘Off the Walls’ Block Party, by SPARKBOOM. (© 2013 Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)

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Huntington Arts Council

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