Spring Awakening
Friday, December 2
Musical Keys Concert
Saturday, December 3
Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre
Saturday, December 10
Friday, December 2
Spring Awakening
Presented by the Cultural Arts Playhouse, 625 Old Country Rd., Plainview. Tickets $20. Reserve online at www.culturalartsplayhouse.com, call 694-3330 or purchase at the door. Mainstage production: Dec. 3 and 10 at 8 p.m. YPT production: Dec. 2 at 8 p.m.; Dec. 3 at 4 p.m.; Dec. 4 at 3 and 7 p.m.; Dec. 8 and 9 at 8 p.m.; Dec. 10 at 4 p.m.; Dec. 11 at 3 and 7 p.m.
Girl Scouts of NC To Perform
Performances by the Girl Scouts of Nassau County Chorus will take place on Dec. 2 at the Girl Scouts of Suffolk County Holiday Lights Show and Dec. 17 at Old Bethpage Restoration Village. They will also be performing on Dec. 22 on Fox & Friends, the morning show on Fox Cable News. For more information about the Girl Scouts of NC Chorus or if you’re interested in booking them for an upcoming holiday performance, call Donna Rivera Downey 741-2550, ext. 260, or visit www.gsnc.org.
Saturday, December 3
Musical Keys Concert
The North Shore Symphony Orchestra opens its 51st season with a concert at 8 p.m. at the Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School, 50 Kennedy Dr., Plainview. Entitled “Musical Keys” the concert will feature three talented young pianists from the tri-state area who won the Concert Festival’s competition in 2011. Each winner will be perform the opening (first) movement of piano concerti – Maxim Lando from Great Neck (Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1); Elena Gribelyuk from Stamford, CT (Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17) and Kira Prabhu from Berkeley Heights, NJ (Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2). Also included in the evening’s concert will be performances by NSSO of Mozart’s Overture to the Abduction from the Seraglio and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in E minor. NSSO’s Music Director and Conductor Susan Deaver will conduct the concert. Tickets: General admission $12; seniors/students $10. Tickets may be purchased at the door starting one hour before the concert. Call 695-4476.
Jingle Bell 5K Run/Walk
Join the Arthritis Foundation for its Jingle Bell 5K Run/Walk at Old Bethpage Village Restoration. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. The event is a fun, festive way to kick-off the holidays including a holiday costume contest and Kids Fun Run. Proceeds from the event will allow us to continue providing programs and services to the 500,000 Long Islanders – including children – with doctor-diagnosed arthritis. Event information: www.lijbr.kintera.org or contact Juliet Vizbaras 631-427-8272, ext. 115. orjvizbaras@arthritis.org.
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: Marvin Bell with Gayl Teller. 7 to 9 p.m.
Saturday, December 10
Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre
Presents Spaghetti (Western) Dinner and Dessert at 7:30 p.m. at the Manetto Hill Jewish Center, 244 Manetto Hill Rd., Plainview. $40 if payment is received by 5 p.m. on Dec. 8; $45 thereafter, payment may be made at the door. Come dressed in your finest western attire. Bandanas will be supplied. Prize for solving the murder mystery. RSVP to 935-5454 or email to MHHC@Verizon.net.
Tuesday, December 13
Stock Market Seminar
The Long Island Stock Traders Meetup Group presents a free seminar from 6:45 to 9:15 p.m. Topic: John Gagliardi of Fidelity Investments, “Everything you need to know on how to be a successful investor. 6:45 to 9:15 p.m. at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Library, 999 Old Country Rd., Plainview. All levels of experience welcome. For more info and directions go to: www.meetup.com/LISTMG or call 385-8244.
Thursday, December 15
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. The meeting is free. Program: The Effects of Incarceration on Families with Barbara Allen, the Justice Project.
Upcoming Events
Family Wellness Center
Located at 641- B Old Country Rd., Plainview. Call 822-8499. The following events are offered:
•Yoga Stretch Class: Kripalu Yoga/Stretch Class with Anusara influence. Class includes instruction in various breathing techniques, gentle and deep stretching, and strengthening muscles and bones. The intention of this class is to create deeper connection to self and deep peace. Try one class for $25. Thereafter 8-class session for $200. See Christine at the desk or call. Open to all. Dec. 3, 17, 24, 31 from 3 to 4:15 p.m.; Dec. 6, 13, 20, 27 from 9:45 to 11 a.m. or 4:45 to 6 p.m.; Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 from 9:45 to 11 a.m.
•Dec. 13, 20, 27. The Wellness and Entrepreneurs Exchange. The Wellness and Entrepreneurs Exchange. Learn Essential Sales and Marketing Skills to Grow a Prosperous Practice or Business. Skyrocket your practice/business. 7:15 to 9 p.m. For information call Carol Leitner, MBA, Health Care Administration 487.1649 or email carolleitner1@gmail.com with any questions and to register.
•Dec. 8 (1 p.m.), Dec. 14, 21, 28 (8 p.m.): Creating Extraordinary Mind and Body Wellness. 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.
•Dec. 13: Monthly Meditation: Helping Infants to Elderly Create Healthier Live. Have you ever wanted to learn to meditate or at the very least quiet your mind? Learn simple ways to relax the mind and body: Practice a variety of breathing techniques; Learn to quiet the mind; Enjoy a guided visual meditation during each class; Experience balance, clarity and harmony. This class is for anyone looking to experience meditation for relaxation. Bring: Yoga/Pilates, blanket and pillow and a journal. 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. Register at the Front Desk or call.
•Dec. 15: November 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. Register at the desk or call.
Stroke Support Groups
Stroke Life Society is a community organization of survivors and co-survivors in the pursuit of living and helping others. A stroke can be very isolating. By sharing experiences and encouraging one another, together we can face and overcome common challenges. All welcome. RSVP is requested but not required. For information and other locations and times, call Ben Thomas 398-4994. Go to www.strokelife.org.
•Every first Wednesday of the month at 11 a.m. in Room 12, St. Frances de Chantal, 1309 Wantagh Ave., Wantagh.
•Every second Monday of the month at 6 p.m. at the Church of St. Jude, 3606 Lufberry Ave., Wantagh.
•Every second Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Epilepsy Conference Room, Research Building Level C, 270-05 76th Ave., New Hyde Park.
•Every third Friday at 2 p.m. at St. Bernard’s Parish Center, 3100 Hempstead Tpke., Levittown.
•Every fourth Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Room 106, St. James Parish Center, 80 Hicksville Rd., Seaford.
Weekly Events
•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. 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.
•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 Andrew Grieshaber 349-7801.
•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. 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 $20. New members welcome.
Monthly Events
•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/
•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., Plainview. For info call 942-4228. The group plays on courses, mostly in Suffolk on the weekends as well as during the week.
• Central Oyster Bay Democratic Club (COBDC) meets the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in the community room at Ellsworth Allen Park, Motor Ave., Farmingdale. All are welcome to attend. The club serves the communities of Plainview, Bethpage, Old Bethpage, Farmingdale, North Massapequa, Massapequa Park and Massapequa. For more information email centoysterbaydems@gmail.com or attend a meeting.
•Plainview Republican Club meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 8 p.m., downstairs at the American Legion Hall, 115 Southern Pky. Connect with new friends and attend enjoyable events throughout the year. Everyone is welcome. Call Steve Joyce 644-0486.
•Introduction to Chemotherapy, a monthly information session for cancer patients who are beginning chemotherapy treatments. Family members are welcome. Refreshments served. Meets on the third Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the Patient’s Lounge on 3-West at North Shore University Hospital at Plainview, 888 Old Country Rd. Call Sharon Huff, RN, to register 719-2702.
•Cancer Survivors Support Group offered for survivors and their families at North Shore Hospital at Plainview, 888 Old Country Rd. The group is free and meets on the second Thursday of each month from 6 to 8 p.m. and includes all cancers. Call Barbara for further information 541-4673.
•LI Stock Traders Meetup Group held on the second Thursday of every month from 6:45 to 9:15 p.m. in the Plainview-Old Bethpage Library auditorium, 999 Old Country Rd.
•Free Walk-In Stroke Support Group offered by Plainview Hospital every fourth Thursday of the month at 2 p.m. in Conference Rooms A and B, lower level, 888 Old Country Rd. Learn about risks, warning signs and treatments and hear medical specialists speak about the health issues concerning stroke and stroke prevention. Discuss experiences with others facing the same challenges seeking support, education and hope. For more information or to register, call Joy Harris 719-2411.
•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., at 9 a.m. on the second Sunday of every month. Call Larry Sklar 942-3327. Come for a free breakfast.
Ongoing Programs
Child and Adult Food Program
All children in attendance will be offered the same meals at no separate charge, with no physical segregation of, or other discriminating against, any child because of race, color, age, national origin, sex or handicap. This applies to Teacher’s Pets Child Care Centers in Levittown and Plainview. Call 731-3263.
At Reflection Counseling Center
Located at 202 Terminal Dr. Call 576-3120 for information on the following:
•Adolescent Group for youth who are struggling with abstinence from alcohol or drugs. Group sessions focus on education, communication skills, relationships and self-esteem issues. The group meets Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Call for information on joining. All inquiries are confidential.
•Eating Disorder Treatment, a weekly group for anorexia, bulimia and compulsive overeating on Tuesdays from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Sliding scale fee. Call to register.
