Pobots Fundraiser
Friday, November 12
Woodworkers Show
Saturday, November 13
Craft/Holiday Fair
Saturday, November 13
Friday, November 12
Pobots Fundraiser
The Plainview-Old Bethpage Robotics Club, the “Pobots” will hold a video game fundraiser at POBJFKHS High School. The video game contest will include popular games such as Guitar Hero, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Super Mario Bros. There will be raffle prizes including popular games like Call of Duty and Kirby as well as a Nintendo Wii. Food and beverages will be offered and with each ticket purchased, attendees obtain a $5 gift card to Play-N-Trade.
Saturday, November 13
Woodworkers Show
Presented by the LI Woodworkers Club on Nov. 13 and 14 at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, Round Swamp Rd., Old Bethpage, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $10; $7 seniors and children 5 to 12. The show offers skillfully crafted furniture, from Mission to Modern, and a host of wood projects. Watch the chips fly as craftspeople turn domestic and exotic woods into stunning bowls, pierced works of art and sculptural masterpieces. Seminars devoted to wookworking instruction are scheduled and vendors will help you select tools that can make you a cabinetmaker or a wood hobbyist. Call the club at 631-656-5423.
Craft/Holiday Fair
At the Hicksville United Methodist Church held, 130 W. Old Country Rd., Hicksville, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Interested vendors should e-mail Annette or Jennifer – adeeme@hotmil.com or call 931-5239 for applications.
Sunday, November 14
Holiday Boutique
Come to Temple Chaverim, 1050 Washington Ave., for the Sisterhood’s Shop ‘n’ Schmooze Holiday Boutique. Many new, exciting vendors – jewelry, handbags, skincare, clothing, home decor, crafts and much more. Refreshments and raffle prizes, too. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 367-6100.
Holiday Craft Fair
Holy Family School’s (Hicksville) 9th Annual Holiday Craft Fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information call 241-8874.
5K Run and Fun Walk
Integrated Medical Foundation and ZERO – The Project to End Prostate Cancer has announced that free prostate cancer screenings will be available at the “Great Prostate Cancer Challenge, LI 5K Run and Fun Walk. Bringing together athletes, cancer survivors, caretakers, family members, physicians, corporate teams and friends, the event will prove to be a challenging course for the running enthusiast. The race and free prostate cancer screenings as well as a health fair, will take place at the Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course, Woodbury. Local lead sponsor CPA firm Nussbaum Yates Berg Klein Wolpow, LLP. Visit IMFcares.com or glirc.org or call 631-247-0100.
Tuesday, November 16
Taste of the Manor
Networking event from 6 to 8 p.m. at Stuart Thomas Manor, 2143 Boundary Ave., Farmingdale. Come see the corporate meeting rooms, sample the corporate menu, breakfast and lunch. The evening will also feature a talk by Gerry Laytin, co-author of Killer Secrets of Successful Entrepreneurs. Register by email: Estelle.lovet38@gmail.com.
Thursday, November 18
NAMI LI Regional Council
Meeting at 7 p.m. at North Shore University Hospital at Plainview, 888 Old Country Rd., Lecture Room (lower level). Call 694-7327 or 367-1893. Program: Alana Lea Weist, author of The Other Side of the Mirror discusses successfully combating a 19-year long struggle with Schizoaffective Disorder and how it relates to her book.
Saturday, November 20
1863 Thanksgiving
Will be celebrated by Old Bethpage Village Restoration, Round Swamp Rd., Old Bethpage. Visitors will be able to enjoy the sights and smells of an old-fashioned Thanksgiving, as wood-burning stoves, beehive stoves, beehive ovens and hearths are used to prepare foods and baked goods made from 19th-century recipes. The culinary exhibits include the “spitting” and roasting of turkey in a tin reflector oven beside the Williams House hearth and preparation of pies at the Powell House. OBVR will also display 19th-century methods of food preservation employed for late fall crops. Historical period music will be played, while at the Noon Inn, children’s stories will be read several times each day. Call 572-8400. Nov. 20, 21, 27, 27 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Giant Bazaar
Sponsored by TOBAY Hadassah from 7:30 to 11 p.m. at the Plainview Jewish Center, 95 Floral Dr. All new merchandise, including toys, clothing, fabric, giftware and more. Call 938-8610 for more info. Also on Nov. 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
