Family Concert of Spectacular Sounds
Sunday, March 7
Community Health Chat
Thursday, March 11
Long Island Roller Rebels
Saturday, March 13
Saturday, March 6
St. Patrick’s Celebration
Join ACDS (the Association for Children with Down Syndrome) from 7 to 10 p.m. for its annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration at the Parish Center, 99 North Village Ave., Rockville Centre (Parish of St. Agnes Cathedral). A night of great food, raffles, Irish music by Martin Flynn and more. $50 per person, 21 and over. $60 at door. For details or tickets visit www.acds.org or call Vinnie Santo at 933-4700, ext. 116. If you can’t attend and would like to make a donation, visit the website www.acds.org. All proceeds to benefit ACDS and its programs. ACDS is a 501(3)(c) not for profit agency.
Driver Improvement Course
Conducted by the AAA of NY at Four Points Sheraton Hotel, 333 S. Service Rd. The six-hour course allows participants to get the latest driving information from AAA-certified instructors, a 10 percent discount on collision and liability insurance and a reduction of up to four points from NYS driver’s license. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; includes one hour lunch break. The cost is $39 for AAA members; $49 nonmembers; $32 AAA members 60 years and older and drivers 24 years and younger. Class size limited. Reservations required. Call 873-2381 or visit AAA.com/safety.
Sunday, March 7
Family Concert of Spectacular Sounds
The North Shore Symphony Orchestra’s Family Concert entitled “Spectacular Sounds!” will feature NSSO’s principal cellist Jeong-Yoon Park as soloist in the final movement of Elgar’s Cello Concerto and also feature award-winning music students from Plainview Old-Bethpage JFK High School. Selected woodwind and brass students from POB JFK will perform with NSSO and be featured in interactive music with the audience. NSSO will also perform Dvorak Carnival Overture, Chabrier’s Espana, excerpts from Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals and Jupiter from Holst’s Planets. Conducted by NSSO’s Music Director and Conductor Susan Deaver, the concert will be held at 3 p.m. at Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, 50 Kennedy Dr. Tickets are $10 general; $8 seniors/students and will be on sale one hour prior to the performance. Call 695-4476.
Monday, March 8
Independent Art Society
Presents a free watercolor-pen and ink demonstration by artist Katherine Archie. 7 to 9 p.m. at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Library, 999 Old Country Rd., from 7 to 9 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Call 931-7768. Open to the public.
Thursday, March 11
Community Health Chat
All About Osteoporosis presented by D. Harley J. Cohen, MD, FACR, affiliated with North Shore-LIJ Health System. 1 to 2 p.m. at the Plainview Library, 999 Old Country Rd., Plainview. Free. Call Janet Golon at the Mid-Island Y JCC 822-3535, ext. 381. Sponsored by Plainview-Old Bethpage Neighborhood NORCS (Naturally Recurring Retirement Community).
Friday, March 12
LI Rose Society
Meeting at 7 p.m. at the Plainview Old-Bethpage Library, Old Country Rd. Program: “Creating a Butterfly Friendly Garden” with Reva Tucker, master gardener with an interest in backyard wildlife habitats. Some of her photographs have been published in Distinction magazine.
Saturday, March 13
Long Island Roller Rebels
2010 season opener. Join the all-female Roller Derby team as they take on the Jersey Shore Roller Girls at Skate Safe America, 182 Bethpage- Sweet Hollow Rd., Old Bethpage (249-1717). Doors open at 7 p.m., whistle blows at 8 p.m. Tickets $10 in advance; $15 at the door; under 8 free. For purchasing info, contact Skate Safe America, or go to: www.LongIslandRollerRebels.com or www.myspace.com/RockabettyBruisers.
Sunday, March 14
St. Patrick’s Day Dinner and Auction
Last Hope Animal Rescue’s Annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner and Auction will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Milleridge Cottage (at Milleridge Inn), 585 North Broadway, Jericho. Last Hope of Syosset is dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of stray, abandoned and death-due pound animals. Live auction, raffle baskets. Tickets: $65 per person in advance; $75 at the door. For more info call 631-946-9528 or 631-664-5481 or visit: www.lasthopeanimalrescue.org.
Saturday, March 20
Jewelry Extravaganza/Mini-Flea Market
At St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, 220 Berry Hill Rd., Syosset, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Proceeds benefit Last Hope Animal Rescue of Syosset. Call 921-2008 if you have items to donate. No vendors. www.lasthopeanimalrescue.org.
Defensive Driving
Sponsored by the Community Center of Plainview-Old Bethpage and the N.Y.S.P. State approved for insurance and point reduction. 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Plainview Middle School, Central Park Rd. To register call 1-516-495-4786. There is a connection problem in some areas of Nassau County. You must dial 1-516 first even if that is your area code.
Spring Craft Fair
At Holy Trinity, 98 Cherry Ln., Hicksville.The craft fair will host over 100 vendors selling their spring crafts/flowers, plus food, refreshments, bake sale, raffles/Chinese auction. All proceeds go towards HT athletics and performing arts. Call 433-2900 or email titanclub@holytrinityhs.echalk.com.
Upcoming Events
Syosset H.S. Classes of ‘72/’73 Reunion
July 31, 2010 at the Marriott in Melville. $125 pp until May 5, 2010; then $155. Checks are made payable to: Syosset HS Reunion Class ‘73, PO Box 215, 57 Ira Rd., Syosset, NY 11791. Any questions? Syosset73@aim.com or call Bert 676-8008.
Family Wellness Center Programs
The Family Wellness Center is located at 641-B Old Country Rd., Plainview. Call 822-8499 to register for the following:
•March 11: P.E.E.R Emotional Release Group. P.E.E.R. (Primary Emotional Energy Recovery) is a powerful process that helps people connect and release the emotions that are trapped within the body in order to free yourself from issues that have been blocking you from creating the life you want. Benefits include relief from old emotions, gaining essential life skills, improving your relationships, and more peace in your body and mind. 8 p.m. $40.
•March 17: Life Coaching Class. Join Dr. Michael J. Berlin, renowned healer and health educator, for an in-depth and ongoing Special Coaching and Group Facilitation Workshop that is designed to help all people gain much better mastery of their lives. This workshop is an ever-deepening discussion that deeply helps people gain the necessary life skills to create a life of authentic peace and empowerment This month’s topic is “Improving All Your Relationships.” Newcomers welcome. $20 per class (first class free). 8 to 9:30 p.m.
•March 24: Free Introduction to Resolving Stress through Network Care. Learn all about this extraordinarily gentle method that literally resolves all the stress, tension, distortions, and traumas from your body and mind. Learn how this care helps resolve a variety of acute and chronic stress conditions and live with much more peace, passion, authenticity and great health. Lecture and demonstration given by Dr. Michael Berlin. $100 toward care to all who attend. 8 p.m.
•March 25: Healing Circle encourages balance of body, mind and spirit. This is done through a natural energy healing and relaxation technique involving light touch. This treatment is very powerful yet gentle for all ages and participants report increased pain relief and energy, reduced anxiety and stress and more. $10. Light refreshments to follow. 8:15 p.m.
Weekly Events
•Family Support Group, an ongoing support group for those who have family members or other loved ones with mental illness. Meets on Mondays from 7 to 8 p.m. at Central Nassau Guidance & Counseling Services, 950 South Oyster Bay Rd. The fee is $5 per family. In addition to verbal support, the group presents guest lecturers, workshops, education programs and holds social events. For information call 822-6111.
•Plainview-Old Bethpage Community Chorus welcomes new members. Meetings are held Monday nights at 7:30 p.m. in the choral room of POB Middle School. All voices are needed and no experience is necessary. Rehearsals run from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. For information call 931-4377 or 935-6243.
•Ideal Health Business Presentation. Unprecedented ground floor opportunity to earn $2 to $5K per month within six months then more. Free. Every Monday at 8 p.m. at The Family Wellness Center 641-B Old Country Rd., Plainview. Call 822-8499 to register.
•Bible Study Classes. Free weekly classes at 10 a.m. Wednesdays or 8:45 a.m. Sundays at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 99 Central Park Rd. No prior knowledge required. Beginners welcome. Call 349-1966.
•Young Adult Drug Addiction Group offered by the Central Nassau Guidance and Counseling Community Program, 950 S. Oyster Bay Rd., Suite 102. For people 18 to 21 who are recovering from drug addiction. The goals are to enhance skills, increase self-awareness and work toward a drug and alcohol-free life. The group meets Thursdays at 8 p.m. Call 822-4060. All inquiries are confidential.
•Calling All Seniors. Why be bored at home? Come for fun, trips and meet new friends. Qualifications: resident of Hicksville, Plainview or Levittown. Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Bethpage Senior Center, 103 Grumman Rd. West, Bethpage. Call 571-9910.
•Rotary Club of Bethpage-Plainview serving the community since 1955. Dinner meeting 6:30 to 8 p.m. every Thursday at Marriott Residence Inn, 9 Gerhard Rd., Plainview. For information call 681-7960.
•Senior Citizen Lunch Program. Nassau County provides a lunch program for seniors 60+, who live in Nassau County. The donation is $3. The lunch is held at the Jamaica Avenue School, 85 Jamaica Ave. Reservations must be called in by Wednesday at 937-6424.
•POB Senior Citizen Club meeting from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays in the All-Purpose Room at the Jamaica Avenue School, 85 Jamaica Ave. For information call 937-6424. The club offers trips, cruises, parties, social and line dancing, art courses for all levels, craft classes, card games, bingo, horseracing, yoga, education programs, etc. Members must be 60 years or older, residing in the POB S.D. are eligible. Bring school tax bill as proof of residency. Dues is $15. New members welcome.
Monthly Events
•Meet the Doctors. Focusing on education, Premiere OBGYN will sponsor a Meet the Doctors program on the first Tuesday of each month from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at 79 Froelich Farm Blvd., Woodbury. Women who are planning a pregnancy or are already expecting can join Drs. Prince, Brooks and Flynn and have their questions answered on conception and a safe pregnancy.
•The LI Psoriasis Network Meetup Group will get together in the second floor In-Service Classroom of North Shore University at Plainview, 888 Old Country Rd., on the first Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. All are welcome. No cost. More information is available at http://psoriasis.meetup.com/24/
•Alzheimer’s Support Group. Are you a caregiver who would like to share your experience with others? There is strength in knowing you are not alone. Join this support group at 7 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month in the Adult Day Health Care Program Room at the Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, 378 Syosset-Woodbury Rd., Woodbury. Call Sheldon Rybak, RCSW/ACSW 622-7770.
•Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) was founded in 1978, is congressionally chartered and exclusively dedicated to Vietnam-era veterans and their families. VVA Chapter #82 is your Nassau County Chapter and meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 8 p.m. at Hicksville’s VFW Hall. Call 677-5384 for further information or contact us by e-mail at info@vvachapter82.org. Come and join your fellow Vietnam veteran in support of each other.
•Golf for Singles Adults, a group of 50 + single seniors meet the third Tuesday of every month, at 7:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, Sunnyside Blvd., Exit 46 off the LIE, Plainview. For info call 942-4228. The group plays on courses, mostly in Suffolk on the weekends as well as during the week.
•Italian Culture Society at Farmingdale meets the last Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at Ellsworth W. Allen Park, Motor Ave. Italian lessons are given by a native Italian teacher. For lessons in Italian come early at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments are served – ample parking. For private lessons call Francesca at 249-4543.
•Central Oyster Bay Democratic Club meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the community room at the Nutty Irishman, 323 Main St., in the Village of Farmingdale. All are welcome to attend. The club serves the communities of Farmingdale, North Massapequa, Plainedge, Bethpage, Old Bethpage, Plainview and Farmingdale State University. For more information call 909-8318, or email info@centraloysterbaydems.cjb.net.
