Weekend Guide: Tennis Tournament, May Festivals, Gallery Receptions

Spring is in full swing, and that means the start of the outdoor festivals. Also on the agenda for this weekend: a pair of art gallery receptions, comedy, music and more.

Recreation

• For young tennis players, the Ivan Lendl Junior Tennis Academy is launching a tournament series at World Gym Setauket starting on Friday. Click here for more details.

• Celebrate spring with a Mayfair event at Play Groups School on Saturday starting at 10 a.m.
• A traditional May Day celebration will be held at Benner's Farm on Sunday starting at noon.
• Murphy Junior High School will hold a poetry slam on Friday night at 7 p.m.
• Benner's Farm will also hold a "Caterpillars and Critters" workshop on Saturday for kids, in which they will learn all about the bugs and critters that live in the garden and make a take-home "caterpillar" that will grow into a garden.

• Check out the art gallery opening at Jefferson's Ferry starting at 4 p.m. featuring the work of Marilyn Gartelmann.
• Gallery North is also hosting a gallery opening for its exhibit "The Delight of Movement: Six Kinetic Sculptures," starting at 5 p.m. on Friday. 
  
• The Long Island Museum is showing "An Artful Life: The Baker/Pisano Collection" through May 27, along with its newly reopened carriage gallery. 

• Head to Mint in Stony Brook Village on Friday at 6 p.m. for a spring cocktail reception.
• The Ward Melville Players will present the comedy "Moon Over Buffalo" on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. (tickets $10).
• On Saturday, the Three Village Historical Society will hold a bicycle tour of the Culper Spy Ring starting at 10 a.m. at the village green in Setauket.
• Stony Brook University's Chamber Music Festival continues through Sunday. Click here for more details.
• The Acrobats of Cirque-Tacular come to the Staller Center on Sunday at 4 p.m. in the "Not Just For Kids" series (tickets $15).

• Check out the rummage sale at Temple Isaiah on Sunday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
• Ann Marie's Farm Stand is holding a seedling sale on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.