EGG-Stravaganza Fun for Children:
Saturday, April 23
The First Steps to a Happy Home:
Thursday, April 28
Independent Art Society:
Monday, May 9
Saturday, April 23
EGG-Stravaganza Fun for Children
Easter Egg hunt, crafts, snacks and drink, games. The Easter Bunny available to take photos. Also available face painting, prizes awarded for best Easter bonnet, raffles. Bring your own basket to carry eggs and don’t forget your camera. Plenty of free parking in next door lot. Open to all. $5 per child. 1 to 3 p.m. rain or shine at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 3434 Hempstead Tpke., Levittown.
Tuesday, April 26
Military Bridge
Join the LI Transition Network and nibble your way through an evening of ‘The Island Shuffle,” also known as Military Bridge. 6 to 9 p.m. at Somerset Gardens, 150 Sunnyside Blvd., Plainview. Light refreshments will be served. Bring a friend…everyone welcome. Register by visiting thetransitionnetwork.org.
Thursday, April 28
LI Day Trader Meetup Group
Meets at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library, 999 Old Country Rd., Plainview, from 9:30 to 11:45 a.m. to discuss stock market investing and day trading strategies. All levels welcome. Free. For detailed agenda and directions, see www.meetup.com/LISTMG, or call 385-8244.
The First Steps to a Happy Home
Clutter Control, Organization and Feng Shui. Guest speaker Natalie Weinstein, interior design, columnist, author and host of The Home Show on WALK radio. Open meeting, refreshments. All welcome. 7:30 p.m. at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Library. Call Evelyn Rose 631-366-1332. Presented by the LI League to Abolish Cancer.
Saturday, April 30
Admissions Open House
Find out more about Long Island’s premier school that addresses the needs of learning disabled students and reluctant learners in grades 4 to 12. Meet the Head of School, administrators, teachers, students and parents while you tour our campus and learn more about our program offerings. Noon to 3 p.m. at the Vincent Smith School, 322 Port Washington Blvd., Port Washington. Call 365-4900.
Sunday, May 1
Yom HaShoah
Manetto Hill Jewish Center will dedicate its Holocaust Torah together with a service commemorating the Holocaust. The program begins at 10:45 a.m. at the MHJC, 244 Manetto Hill Rd. For information call the synagogue office 935-5454 or visit MHJConline.com.
Spin for the Cure
An indoor team relay ride. A team captain registers the team, recruits the team members and then together they raise funds for the fight against breast cancer with the proceeds benefiting Komen Greater NYC. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ellen’s Fitness Studio, 490 Old Bethpage Rd.. Plainview.
The Lemon Tree Film
The Lemon Tree (2008), a NY Times “Critic’s Pick.” will be shown at Temple Beth Elohim, 926 Round Swamp Rd., Old Bethpage. Running time: 1 hour 46 minutes. This film is not rated. In Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles. Snacks, coffee and tea are served. A $2 donation is requested. Sponsored by the Temple Beth Elohim Continuing Education Committee. All are welcome. RSVP to 694-4544 or 349-7616.
Saturday, May 7
America’s Poets Walk With Walt
The program, which will be held at the birthplace of America’s Good Gray Poet at 246 Old Walt Whitman Rd., Huntington Station, will be hosted by Whitman Birthplace Writer in Residence George Wallace. The program will pair a nationally prominent visiting writer with one of Long Island’s fine regional poets for a program of poetry and conversation. Individual tickets to the series will be on sale in advance, or at the door, for $15 per ticket or $70 for the full series. For further information about the series visit www.waltwhitman.org/component/eventlist/details/64. Today’s event: C.K. Williams. 4 to 6 p.m.
Monday, May 9
Independent Art Society
Present artist-teacher Carrie Liebman at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Library, 999 Old Country Rd., from 7 to 9 p.m. There will be a demonstration concerning mixed media collages. Admission is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For further details call 931-7768.
Upcoming Events
Defensive Driving
Sponsored by the Community Center of Plainview-Old Bethpage and the N.Y.S.P. State approved for insurance and point reduction. May 19 and 26 from 6:30 to 9:30 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.
Love Never Dies
Robert E. Hansen, psychic medium, brings his Love Never Dies program to the Plainview Jewish Center, 95 Floral Dr., Plainview, on Monday, June 13. A complimentary dessert buffet will be available at 7 p.m. and the program will run from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Robert will share with the audience his gift of psychic communication with loved ones who have crossed to the other side. Tickets are $35 each. Order by phone 516-938-8610, ext. 101.
Family Wellness Center
Located at 641- B Old Country Rd., Plainview. The following events are offered:
•April 27: Creating Extraordinary Mind and Body Wellness. 8 to 9 p.m. 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. Call 822-8499.
•April 28: April 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. $15. Light refreshments to follow. 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.
•April 28: Dinner Talk – Live Free of Pain and Stress: 6:30-9:30pm. Discover a life free of back and neck pain, herniated disks, sciatica and more. Learn why doctors, chiropractors and therapists recommend this all natural spinal rejuvenation therapy. Free. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at LaFamiglia Restaurant, 641 Old Country Rd., Plainview.
•May 1: Navel Expo. Breaking Free of the Stress Cycle: Recalibrating the Nervous System for a Stronger Healing Response. 3 p.m. lecture with Dr. Fred. Blum. Create An Extraordinary Life: Through Mind‐Body Healing. 4 p.m. lecture with Dr. Michael Berlin.
•May 4, 11, 18, 25: Creating Extraordinary Mind and Body Wellness: 8:00 – 9:00 pm. 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. Call 822-8499 for more information.
Giant Community Yard Sale
Thinking of having a yard sale? Why not have it in a highly visible location? Good Shepherd Church, 3434 Hempstead Tpke., Levittown, is hosting a giant, huge, bigger than you could imagine, Community Yard Sale on Saturday, May 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Raindate May 28. $30 per space. Only 100 spaces available. Call 731-2314 for an application and leave a message.
Ongoing Event
Neighbors Who Disappeared
Through May 1, Manetto Hill Jewish Center, 244 Manetto Hill Rd., is hosting the Neighbors Who Disappeared, which is an exhibit of collage posters prepared by Czech students ages 12-21, about Jewish populations who disappeared from Czechoslovakian towns during the Second World War. The exhibit is open on Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 8 to 9 p.m. Other viewing times are available by appointment. To schedule an appointment or for more information, call the synagogue office 935-5454 or visit MHJConline.com.
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 on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. 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 to meet new friends. Qualifications: resident of Hicksville, Plainview or Levittown. Meetings every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Bethpage Senior Center, 103 Grumman Rd. West, Bethpage. Call 571-9910.
•POB Senior Citizen Club meeting from 9:30 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
•Speak Easy: A Toastmasters Club. Can help you conquer your fear of public speaking. In Bethpage, Northrop Grumman Toastmasters meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 5:45 p.m. in Northrop Grumman Building 5, South Oyster Bay Rd., Bethpage. Call Brian 346-7516.
•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.
