Time For High Tea In Garden City
Saturday, Jan. 24
Marvelous Movie Matinée
Monday, Jan. 26
Williams and Joffen to Play Garden Stage
Friday, Feb. 6
Thursday, Jan. 22
Varsity Gymnastics Versus Hewlett High School
5 p.m., Stratford School, 97 Stratford Ave., Garden City 516-478-1500
Boys Varsity Swimming At Long Beach High School
5:30 p.m. Long Beach High School, 322 Lagoon Drive West, Long Beach 516-897-2012
Friday, Jan. 23
Varsity Fencing At Hewlett High School
5 p.m. George W. Hewlett High School, 60 Everit Ave., Hewlett 516-792-4002
Varsity Wrestling At Bethpage High School
6 p.m. Bethpage High School, 10 Cherry Ave., Bethpage 516-644-4100
Saturday, Jan. 24
Time For High Tea In Garden City
Queen Victoria made afternoon tea a national pass time. It was a time that friends and family got together to enjoy each other and fine food. From 2 to 4 p.m., Garden City’s Unitarian Universalist Congregation will be hosting a Victorian Tea event. Participants will be able to enjoy delicious tea sandwiches, scones with jellies and clotted crème, cookies and a variety of hot teas while being entertained by pianist Joe McAuley.
Tickets are $20 (seniors $18) with advance reservations and $22 (seniors $20) at the door. For reservations and information, please call 516-781-4319 or 516-770-0569 or email ramabachi@aol.com. The UU Congregation of Central Nassau is located at 223 Stewart Ave. in Garden City. It’s 1/2 block north of the Long Island Railroad where the Nassau Boulevard Station is.
Monday, Jan. 26
Marvelous Movie Matinée
A screening of the 1956 Alfred Hitchcock classic The Man Who Knew Too Much starring Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day will be held from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the Garden City Public Library. The event will be held in Meeting Room B. Funding is 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.
Wednesday, Jan. 28
Garden City Chamber of Commerce Luncheon
The Garden City Chamber of Commerce will host its 2015 kick-off luncheon program starting at 11:30 a.m., at the Garden City Hotel. Garden City Mayor John J. Watras is slated to be the keynote speaker and he will present the State of the Village and what he envisions for the future of Garden City. The program will include a showcase of various member businesses to begin at 11:30 a.m. and continue throughout the reception/networking period. Luncheon will be served promptly at 12:30 p.m. Advance reservations at $60 per person are required. Please call the call the Chamber at 516-746-7724, ext. 101. Make checks payable to the Garden City Chamber of Commerce, 230 Seventh St. The fee may be collected at the door. Credit cards are accepted by telephone or fax at 516-746-7725. To view the invitation or download the reservation form, please visit www.GardenCityChamber.org.
Friday, Feb. 6
Williams and Joffen to play Garden Stage
Acoustic guitar enthusiasts have plenty to look forward to when Brooks Williams and Josh Joffen perform at the Garden Stage Coffee House on Friday, Feb. 6 at 8:30 p.m. (There will be an open mic at 7:30 p.m.)
Ranked in the Top 100 Acoustic Guitarists, Williams is one of the most versatile and entertaining performers on the acoustic roots music scene today. The Statesboro, GA native is a proverbial triple threat: a fiery guitarist, a smooth-as-silk vocalist and stunning songwriter. In February 2014 he was nominated best male vocalist by the UK’s folk roots mavens Spiral Earth. In the time-honored road-warrior tradition, Williams has honed his songs on stages from Dallas to London, Istanbul to Anchorage, Toronto to Dublin, Detroit to Glasgow, Nairobi to Belfast, New York to Sardinia. Recent appearances include Cropredy Festival, Celtic Connections, Glastonbury, Shrewsbury Folk Festival, Birmingham Jazz and Blues Festival, Ards Guitar Festival, Kerrville Festival and Moab Folk Festival. All in all, thousands of gigs over thousands of miles.
Joffen is an award-winning songwriter and performer out of the Greenwich Village scene. Blending traditional, folk and jazz influences in a rich palette of guitar voicings and open tunings, Joffen’s songs tell stories and paint portraits of strangers you’ll instantly recognize and landscapes of far-off places and times. And he’s earned his reputation for performing his songs every bit as well as he writes them. He is a two-time winner of the Kerrville Folk Festival’s “New Songs” songwriter competition. Three of his originals have been recorded by others, most recently “Crazy Horse” by the folk trio Gathering Time, and “The Girl From the Great Divide” by Mike Agranoff and a number are covered by performers around the country.
The Garden Stage Coffee House is located at 223 Stewart Ave. in Garden City. Tickets are $20 adv., $22 DOS. For tickets and information, please email calendar@uuccn.org or call 516-248-8891.
Ongoing Programs
Defensive Driving Courses
Six-hour course conducted by AAA Northeast in the Garden City office located at 229 7th St. After March 1, courses will be held in Homewood Suites by Hilton located at 40 Westbury Ave. in Carle Place. 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:
Jan. 21 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 25 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 29 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Feb. 4 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Feb. 7 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Feb. 8 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Feb. 10 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Feb. 14 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Feb. 15 – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
