Where to Take the Children NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition

Those looking to end the year on a meaningful note might attend Kwanzaa, "the traditional African harvest festival of the first fruits," to be celebrated at Nassau County's African-American Museum in Hempstead (110 N. Franklin St.), Sunday 2-5 p.m. The celebration of thanksgiving will...

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Published inNewsday
Main Author By Elizabeth Wissner-Gross
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 29.12.1989
EditionCombined editions
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Summary:Those looking to end the year on a meaningful note might attend Kwanzaa, "the traditional African harvest festival of the first fruits," to be celebrated at Nassau County's African-American Museum in Hempstead (110 N. Franklin St.), Sunday 2-5 p.m. The celebration of thanksgiving will include a candlelighting ceremony (the seven candles representing the "Nguza Saba," seven principles). The event is sponsored by the African-American Heritage Association of Long Island, the Nassau-Suffolk Chapter of Black Social Workers and the Nassau County Decentralization Consortium. Information: 485-0471. The Bronx Zoo will be open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. New Year's Day. For those who haven't visited in a while, a lot of baby animals have joined the ranks. Among the new animals are a white-cheeked gibbon baby in Jungleworld, three silver-leaf langurs (long-tailed monkeys), many baby reptiles, many babies in the mouse house and meercats (social mongooses) in the giraffe house. Those who haven't yet paid a cold-weather visit will find different animals outdoors this time of year, including a Mongolian horse, Pere David deer, polar bears, Kodiak bears, American bison and snow leopards.