Grand Opening of the Artist Club Gallery – Thursday, January 6
Art Walk First Thursday – Thursday, January 6
Join the Knitting Group at OBEN Library – Saturday, January 8
Friday, December 31
LI Philharmonic
Greatest Hits of Broadway is like no other show the Philharmonic has presented, offering a spectacular program filled with songs from some of Broadway’s biggest hit musicals including, All I Ask of You from The Phantom of the Opera, Bring Him Home from Les Misérables, My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music, All that Jazz from Chicago, Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific, Popular from Wicked and more. Led by Music Director David Stewart Wiley, the orchestra will be joined on stage by Broadway star vocalists Ron Bohmer, Rosena Hill, Sarah Pfisterer and Edward Watts. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts. Program and artists are subject to change. Tickets may be purchased by phone or in person at the Philharmonic Box Office at 631-293-2222, 1 Huntington Quadrangle, Suite 2C21, Melville, or online at www.liphilharmonic.org. Prices: $110, $85, $70, $55 (plus $4 handling charge per ticket).
Thursday, January 6
Grand Opening
The Oyster Bay-East Norwich Chamber of Commerce welcomes a new business to the community, The Artist Club Gallery, at a ribbon cutting ceremony and reception at 6 p.m. at 29 Berry Hill Road, (opposite the Boys & Girls Club). Call 280-9682 for information.
Art Walk First Thursday
Art Walk features an international spectrum of contemporary artists. Start the year off with some artistic inspiration as you visit local art galleries. Other businesses and sites in town will be displaying artwork. Local restaurants will be exhibiting art and are offering a percentage off on meals, wine tastings, and more. Live music entertainment is scheduled. Cafes and restaurants will remain open late for dessert and coffee. The evening will begin with Chase Edwards Gallery (15 East Main Street; 802-0655) and continues at: Atelier Gallery (9 East Main Street; Art (that matters) (55 West Main Street; 917-769-9921); The Teaching Studios of Oyster Bay (115 Audrey Avenue; 971-597-2404); and The Artist Club Gallery at 29 Berry Hill Road will also be open. Art will also be available for viewing at various downtown merchants, including Canterbury Ales, Jack Halyards, and Wild Honey. The Oyster Bay Main Street Assoc. office (17 Audrey Avenue) will also be displaying the works of local artists, with refreshments served. Visit Think Long Island crafts gallery at Buckingham’s Variety Store. Please see the Art Walk map for additional locations and information (available at any one of the gallery locations). For more information, please contact Bonnie at 802-0655.
Saturday, January 8
Knitting Group
Do you like to knit? This knitting group is the place for you. Meetings are in the Oyster Bay Library at 1 pm. Patterns will be supplied or bring your own. The items created will be given to Care to Knit for distribution to hospitals, shelters and cancer patients. Admission is free. If you don’t have needles and yarn the group will supply them. Any questions call 796-9609 or email theknitanistas@yahoo.com. The group will also meet on Jan. 22.
Upcoming Events
Free Nature Tours
Enjoy a guided nature walk on the trails throughout the year on the first and third Saturday of every month at the Hoffman Center Nature Preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary, 6000 Northern Blvd., Muttontown (between Route 106 and 107 – just west of Martin Viette Nursery). Meet the guide at the site entrance at 12:50 p.m. Gate locked when tour begins. No pets, no children under 10 years of age or organized groups permitted. Rain or shine. No registration required. Visit www.hoffmancenter.org. Winter dates, Jan. 1, 15, Feb. 5, 19, March 5, 19.
Portledge School Drop-In Days
All are invited to see early childhood and elementary school programs, tour the pastoral 60-acre campus, meet students and faculty, watch the fourth graders version of Mary Poppins and discover “The Portledge Experience.” For more information or to register, call the Admissions Department – Michael Coope 750-3202, Dr. Johan Johnson 750-3203, email jjohnson@portledge.org or visit www.portledge.org. The school is located at 355 Duck Pond Rd., Locust Valley. Dates are as follows: 9:15 a.m. on Jan. 12, 26.
Weekly Events
•Alcoholics Anonymous meets Sundays and Tuesdays from 8 to 10 p.m. at Christ Church, 61 E. Main St. For information call 922-6377. The AA meetings at YFCA is not currently being held.
•Play Bridge will be held at the OB-EN Library, 89 E. Main St. Meets every Monday at 7 p.m. Bring a partner or come by yourself. Beginners welcome. Call 922-1212.
•Alanon meeting will be held every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Oyster Bay Presbyterian Church, East Main St. All are welcome.
•Substance Abuse Groups meet at the Youth and Family Counseling Agency, 193 A, South St., on Wednesdays from 6 to 7 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Registration required. Call 922-6867.
Open Mike at Canterbury’s. Every Thursday enjoy the open mike night at Canterbury’s. Professional musicians and novices are invited to bring their instruments, voices, and friends to join him on stage or perform by themselves. Approximate starting time is 8:45 p.m. Call Mark 922-3214.
•Clutterers Anonymous, a 12-step self-help group, offers help and support to those who have clutter problems in their homes or workplace. Meets weekly on Thursdays from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 265 Asbury Ave., Westbury and also the 1st and 3rd Friday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the School of the Community Reformed Church, 90 Plandome Rd., Manhasset. There are no dues or fees. For more information, email CLAWestbury@yahoo.com, call (866) 800-3881 or visit www.ClutterersAnonymous.net.
•Bingo Games every Friday at 7:15 p.m. at Knights of Columbus Hall, 83 Sea Cliff Ave., Glen Cove. $1,500 in cash prizes. Door prizes and progressive on last game. Smoke-free environment. Call 676-1828 for further info.
•Ballroom Dance at the Doubleday Babcock Senior Center, 45 E. Main St., every Friday from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. with instructor Vladimir Velev, an international ballroom dance champion. Learn to Cha Cha, Foxtrot, Waltz, Tango and more. Donation requested. Call 922-1770.
•OBRM Preview Center. Every Saturday and Sunday visit the Oyster Bay Railroad Museum Preview Center and Turntable Railyard at 100 to 102 Audrey Ave. (just north of the gazebo/bandstand – on the right), where you will be directed to the turntable railyard- featuring a variety of refurbished train cars. Open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 558-7036.
Monthly Events
•Jewish War Veterans, Gieir-Levitt Post #655 invite all Jewish war veterans to join them at the Mid-Island Y JCC, 45 Manetto Hill Rd., Plainview, at 9 a.m. on the second Sunday of every month. Call Larry Sklar 942-3327.
•Young at Heart Parkinson’s Support Group meeting from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of the month in the cafeteria on the ground level, near the emergency room at North Shore University Hospital at Syosset, 221 Jericho Tpke. Open to patients, caregivers or anyone interested in learning about Parkinsons. Call Debbie 390-9454.
•Living Easier with Arthritis offered by Doubleday Babcock Senior Center, 45 E. Main St., in cooperation with the LI Arthritis Foundation, on the first Monday of each month at 2 p.m. The facilitators of the group have completed a leadership-training program conducted by the LI Arthritis Foundation. Call Barbara 922-1770.
•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.
•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.
•Golf for Single 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.
•Oyster Bay Quilting Group held on the fourth Tuesday of the month in the Green Room at the OB Library, 89 Main St. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bring a project and lunch.
•Syosset Day Chapter/Homemakers Council of NC holds its business meetings the first Wednesday of the month (September through June) at 10:15 a.m. Classes are held on subsequent Wednesdays at 10 a.m. The Homemakers meet at St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, Berry Hill Rd., Syosset. All are welcome to join.
•Bereaved Parents of the USA. This national self-help support group charters the LI NY Chapter. Meetings will be held on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church, 231 Jackson Ave., Syosset. The group offers support, compassion, understanding and hope. No dues or fees.
•Lions Club of Oyster Bay meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. The Lions Club of Oyster Bay, chartered in 1948, is a non-denominational group of men and women from all walks of life, brought together in the common interest of serving the community in the spirit of Lionism. Call 922-2967, e-mail OBLions@aol.com or visit www.lionwap.org/oysterbayny.
•Holistic Moms Network, a community of moms interested in natural health and mindful parenting. Held on the first Thursday of every month (or specific date) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Oyster Bay Community Center, Church St, Oyster Bay. All welcome. Call 624-2332.www.holisticmoms.org; www.northshoreholisticmom@yahoo.com
•Getting Acquainted with Social Security. The Incorporated Village of Bayville is sponsoring a service for its retired residents as well as those who are considering retirement. Social Security: Getting Acquainted with Social Security Services will be conducted by Village of Bayville resident, Vincent Serio, a recently retired Social Security Administration agent with many years of experience in the field of Social Security services. He will discuss retirement, disability, survivor and Medicare benefits, in addition to the development and adjudication of the new prescription plan. There will be a question and answer period during which attendees will be given the opportunity to discuss concerns and get clarification on all aspects of Social Security. There is no fee for this service, which will be provided on an ongoing basis the first Thursday of the month at the Bayville Community Center, 88 Bayville Ave. Call 628-1439.
•American Rhododendron Society. Local chapter meeting on the third Thursday of the month at the Burns Horticultural Center, Planting Fields Arboretum. Call Chas Rasweiler 334-4459 or Jim Fry 631-754-2412.
•LI Tourette Syndrome Association Support groups for those who have family members or other loved ones with Tourette Syndrome meet from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on the first Friday of each month at the DeMatteis Center, north side of Northern Blvd., Old Brookville (directly opposite the NY Institute of Technology campus). There are three separate support groups running simultaneously: one group for children, one for teens and one for parents/adults. Siblings of TS children are also invited. Free for LI-TSA members. For further information, call 876-6947 or email LongIslandTSA@aol.com.
•Modern Mystics Meeting, a modern mystic is one who experiences a presence indwelling all life, joining all as one. Informal gathering and discussion. The group meets on the second Friday of the month at 8 p.m. at the Muttontown U.U. Fellowship, Route 25A, one mile west of Route 106, on the south side of 25A. Discussion followed by refreshments. Call Rev. MarciaGrace 433-3482.
•Free Guided Nature Tours held on the first and third Saturdays of every month, rain or shine, at the Hoffman Center, 6000 Route 25A, Muttontown. Visitors should meet their guide at the entrance at 12:50 p.m. Gate locked when tour begins. No pets or children under the age of 10 are permitted. Call 922-3290.
Ongoing Programs
Adult Day Care
Jones Manor, 59 Bayville Ave., Bayville, is a licensed to provide Adult Day Care and Short Term/Respite Care to the elderly and their caregivers. It is a safe, supervised environment where your loved one will be comfortable and have the companionship of peers and receive personal attention. The length of stay is determined by your particular needs. Call 628-1350.
Adult Day Health Care
Provides socialization and stimulation to the physically, emotionally and medically impaired population who want to remain at home but need heath care monitoring. At the same time the family receives respite and peace of mind. A team of licensed health care professionals will provide quality of life to both family and frail loved ones. Open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Cold Spring Hills (affiliated with the LIJ/North Shore system), Syosset-Woodbury Rd., Woodbury. Door through door transportation provided. Medicaid funded or private pay. Observation days are available. Call Sandra Butler, RN, 622-7768.
