Village Board of Trustees Meeting
Thursday, November 6
Supermarket Fun Night
Friday, November 7
Tammany Hall Author At Irish Society
Wednesday, November 12
Thursday, November 6
Village Board of Trustees Meeting
8 p.m. Village hall boardroom, 351 Stewart Ave. 516-465-4000
Friday, November 7
Supermarket Fun Night
This Stewart Manor PTA-sponsored fundraiser features a $5 donation that includes admission, two boards, chance for a door prize, coffee and dessert. No one under the age of 18 will be admitted. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the event starts at 7 p.m. Stewart Manor Elementary School gymnasium, 38 Stewart Ave. For more information please call 516-326-5530.
Saturday, November 8
Bargain Book Sale
A bargain book sale will be held from 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m. at the Garden City Public Library. Come early for the best selection of hard and soft cover books, CDs, DVDs, and videos. Find beautiful Christmas books and great gift books just in time for the holidays. Choose from fiction, non-fiction, adult, teen and children’s books. Antique and autographed books as well as coffee table books will be offered. Friends of the Library volunteers have organized this sale with all proceeds to benefit the library, which is located at the corner of 60 Seventh St. and Hilton Ave., in Garden City. For directions, please call the library at 516-742–8405 or visit www.gardencitypl.org.
Monday, November 10
Library Trustees Board Meeting
Meeting Room A (small). 7:30 to 9 p.m. The library is located at 60 7th St. For more information, please call 516-742-8405.
Tuesday, November 11
Ebola Virus Presentation
At 7:30 p.m., guest speakers John F. Collins, president and CEO of Winthrop-University Hospital and Dr. Michael Ammazzalorso, Winthrop’s Chief Medical Officer will speak to residents about Winthrop’s overall Ebola preparedness, protocols for screening individuals who come to the hospital, either at the emergency room or for elective procedures, employee training, details of the hospital’s isolation unit, as well as county-wide preparations. Dr. Ammazzalorso will also be able to answer questions about the nature of the disease, symptoms and known risks for infections.
This special public service presentation is being jointly sponsored by the four Property Owner’s Associations of Garden City. This very informative presentation will be held in the lower level conference room of the Garden City Library. The library is located at the corner of 60 Seventh St. and Hilton Avenue. For directions, please call the library at 516-742–8405 or visit www.gardencitypl.org.
Wednesday, November 12
Tammany Hall Author At Irish Society
Terry Golway, the author of the new book Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politic, will be the speaker at the Nov. 12 meeting of the Irish Cultural Society. The meeting convenes at 7:30 p.m. in the Garden City Library located on 60 Seventh St. across the street from the Garden City Hotel. The meeting is free and open to the public. Tammany Hall is an essential part of the vocabulary of New York City politics. For many, Tammany Hall and political corruption are synonymous. For others, Tammany Hall was a lifesaver tossed into the turbulent and unforgiving sea of 19th and early 20th century New York City. These complexities are the subject of Professor Terry Golway’s talk.
Professor Golway’s talk will acknowledge the misgovernment of Tammany Hall with its creation of Boss Tweed as the very face of political corruption. But he will also argue that Tammany Hall was an influence on the progressive legislation which helped working people, the Irish among them, to form a vibrant middle class in the United States. Golway is the director of the Kean University Center for History, Politics and Policy, a columnist for The Irish Echo, and the author of Irish Rebel, a biography of John Devoy and subject of his visit to the Garden City Library on April 2001; The Irish in America; Let Every Nation Know: JFK in His Own Words; and So Others Might Live, a history of the FDNY. Professor Golway’s passion for history informs his speaking style. He is a welcome returnee to the Garden City Library. At the meeting, Vice-President Clare Curtin will congratulate member Jim Carney who will be honored as the Clare Association’s Man of the Year at its 126th anniversary celebration on Nov. 15.
Drop-In LEGO Club
Come with your old friends and make new friends at the new LEGO Club. This monthly club is for children grades kindergarten through fifth grade and meets on from 4 to 5 p.m. No registration is required, but space is limited. Children will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. The library will provide LEGO bricks for children to build with during the program. Funding for these programs has been provided by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. The library is located at 60 7th St. For more information, please call 516-742-8405.
Ongoing Programs
Defensive Driving Courses
Six-hour course conducted by the AAA NY in the Garden City office located at 229 7th St. Save money; reduce violation points; sharpen skills. The cost is $39 for AAA members; $32 members 60 and older; $55 nonmembers. Dates and rates subject to change. Online class available. Visit AAA.com/DefensiveDriving. Reservations required. Call 516-873-2381. The following dates are offered:
Nov. 5 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Nov. 9 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Nov. 14 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Nov. 17 & 18 – 6:15 to 9:15 p.m.
Nov. 22 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Nov. 24 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Dec. 3 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Dec. 6 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Dec. 7 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Dec. 10 & 11 – 6:15 to 9:15 p.m.
Dec. 18 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Dec. 20 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Dec. 21 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Dec. 28 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
