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Traveling Exhibit - Framed: Step into Art
Thursday, August 30

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Thursday, August 30

Community Gallery

Stop by the Community Gallery at the The Long Island Children’s Museum and celebrate family! Visit a wall-sized, multi-family photo album created from photographs taken during photo workshops held at LICM. All ages. Free with museum admission. The Long Island Children’s Museum, 11 Davis Ave., Garden City. Open through August 31.

Traveling Exhibit - Framed: Step into Art

Enter the framework of famous paintings, arrange works of art into your own art gallery, create a chalk wall mural, and experience art as never before in Framed: Step into Art. This imaginative and interactive exhibit is sure to bring out the inner artist in everyone. Uncover your artistic side through a number of creative activities. Framed: Step into Art was created by the Minnesota Children’s Museum. This exhibit is made possible by Astoria Federal Savings. All ages. Free with museum admission. The Long Island Children’s Museum, 11 Davis Ave., Garden City. Through September 2.

Friday, August 31

El Louie Show

Louie Miranda is back on the LICM Theater stage getting everyone up and dancing. This multilingual performance is sure to delight both kids and their adults. With guitar in hand, Louie includes everyone in his performances and is sure to make you twist and shout! Starts at 1:30 p.m. For all ages. Fee: $4 with museum admission ($3 LICM members), $10 theater only. Long Island Children’s Museum, 11 Davis Ave., Garden City. Call 516-224-5800 or visit www.licm.org for information.

Wednesday, September 12

Long Island TRIO Meeting

The Long Island TRIO (Transplant Recipients International Organization) will be holding a meeting at North Shore Health Systems, 145 Community Dr., Manhasset at 7:30 p.m. Topic: Kidney Transplant New and Upcoming Immunosuppressant Regimens/Health Maintenance After Transplant. Speaker is Nicole Ali, M.D. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served. For more information call 516-942-9440.

Saturday, September 22

Life’s WORC Stride With Pride Walk

From 9 to 11 a.m. at Eisenhower Park, East Meadow. Parking Field #5. For more information contact Matthew Zebatto at 516-741-9000 ext. 241 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Café Ablaze Reopening

Café Ablaze Christian Coffeehouse reopens the evening of Saturday, Sept. 22. Onstage will be the music ministry of soulful Long Island contralto singer, Patrizia DiLorenzo, as well as acclaimed Patchogue-based Rev 7 Band, led by Leah and Allen Cuffey. All are welcome. Sit at elegantly-decorated candlelit tables in a beautifully decorated “café” having a friendly, casual atmosphere. Enjoy flavored coffees and teas along with delectable desserts. Every ticket stub is good towards three Intermission door prizes of Christian gifts. A separate collection is taken for the talent. The café is open from 7 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. Enter Resurrection Lutheran Church, 420 Stewart Ave., near Clinton Rd. on the Emmet Place side by the lighted neon Café Ablaze sign. Tickets, sold at the door, are $10, or two for $15. Children 12 and under are admitted free with an adult. A separate “freewill” offering is collected for the talent. Reservations suggested. Call 516-739-1537 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Park on the street or in the semi-circular parking lot by the Fire House at the end of Emmet Place. Visit www.resgc.org/cafe-ablaze for more information.

Upcoming Events

Volunteers Sought for Breast Cancer Program

If you’ve had breast cancer and want to pay it forward become a hotline volunteer. Women and men who are breast cancer survivors and others who are concerned about breast health issues can become volunteers at the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program in Garden City. Volunteers can help by doing fundraising and publicity, as well as by answering hotline calls. Hotline volunteers provide emotional support, information and referral services to callers with breast health concerns. Although the program is housed on Long Island, hotline services and telephone counseling are available to callers throughout New York State. The next five-session training cycle will be starting at the end of September 2012 at the Adelphi University School of Social Work in Garden City. For more information call Caroline Mulcahy at 516- 877-4315. To reach the Hotline from anywhere in New York State, call 1-800-877-8077.

Creative Cups

The popular, life-affirming event of the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program, is returning and people are invited to participate by creating an “art bra” or becoming a sponsor. Submitted creations must be received by Oct. 15 to be included in the auction/gala (to be held on March 14, 2013 at Adelphi University in Garden City). Those wishing to create a bra are encouraged to sign up early, as entrants will be limited to 200. Creative Cups celebrates the lives of those living with breast cancer and those lost to this terrible disease. For more information, guidelines and to register, visit www.adelphi.edu/creative-cups or call 800-877-8077.

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 Plus members; $32 members 60 and older; $32 members 16-24 years old; $49 nonmembers; special group rates available. Dates and rates subject to change. Online class available. Visit AAA.com/DefensiveDriving. Reservations required. Call 873-2381. The following dates are offered:

• Aug 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.   
• Sept 6 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Sept 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Sept 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Sept 11 from 6:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.
• Sept 12 from 6:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.
• Sept 18 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Sept 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Sept 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Ongoing Events

Free Breast Cancer Support Groups

The Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer program is offering new support groups. There is no cost for any group; however pre-registration is required. Additional groups are formed upon request, including groups for men with breast cancer and family members. All groups meet at Adelphi University School of Social Work in Garden City. For more information call Sandi Kafenbaum, LCSW, at 516-877-4314, or the Breast Cancer Hotline at 800-877-8077.

Starting October 1:

• Support group for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer will meet weekly for eight weeks from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

• Support group for women post treatment will meet weekly for eight weeks from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

• Support group for young women with breast cancer will meet weekly for eight weeks from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

• Support group for women with metastatic breast cancer will meet weekly for eight weeks from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Starting October 2:

• A telephone support group for women with breast cancer will be held weekly for eight weeks from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

Furniture Needed

The A.T. Stewart Exchange Consignment Shop, 109 Eleventh St., Garden City, is looking for furniture to add to its inventory. The shop can use cocktail tables, end tables, consoles, chairs of all types, dressers, dining room tables, breakfronts, servers, secretaries, mirrors, etc....it’s all in demand. If you have a particularly large piece, take a picture, and show it to Kris or Jill at the shop (516 746-8900). Consignees get 50 percent of the selling price. Parking is convenient because the shop is located on the lower level of the Garden City Historical Museum.

Board Meetings

Cultural And Recreational Affairs Board Of Commissioners meets on the first Tuesday of each month (except July and August) at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Senior Center.

Architectural Design Review Board meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 8 p.m. at Village Hall.

Zoning Board Of Appeals meets at 7:30 p.m. at the village hall on the fourth Tuesday of each month.

Planning Commission meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the village hall.

Environmental Advisory Board meets at 8 p.m. at the village hall on the last Wednesday (except July and August) of each month.

Traffic Commission meets on the third Thursday (except July and August) of each month at 8 p.m. at the village hall.

Weekly Events

•Long Term Care Workshop, a free informative workshop conducted by Jim McTighe of McTighe & Capaccio, LLC, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays at 1001 Franklin Ave., Suite 207, Garden City. Workshops are limited to no more than 10 people. Bagels and coffee served. Reservations only; call Terry 739-1240, ext. 312.

•Free Prenatal Consultations offered by Village Pediatrics, 975 Franklin Ave., Garden City, on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. Parents are invited to meet the physicians prior to the child’s birth. Call 248-8334 for an appointment.

•Free Bereavement Group, a support group for individuals grieving the loss of a loved one meets at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Ethical Humanist Society, 38 Old Country Rd., Garden City. Call 741-7304.

•Anxiety And Depression Group, a free self-help group for anxiety, panic disorder, depression, OCD and other nervous fears now meets every Thursdays at 8 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church, corner of Chester Ave. and New Hyde Park Rd., Garden City. Through the Recovery International process, members learn to manage stress, panic, anxiety, depression, anger, irrational fears, phobias, compulsions, obsessions and other emotional or behavioral problems. Members also learn how to face and manage psychosomatic symptoms such as heart palpitations, dizziness, shortness of breath, sweats, fatigue, headaches, numbness, chest pressure and sleep problems. All group leaders are trained lay volunteers who have experienced some type of difficulty with an emotional problem and practice the Recovery International method of self-help. Call Steve 652-8560 or visit www.recovery-inc.org.

•Waldorf Choral Society. Do you love to sing? Rehearsals are every Monday from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Waldorf School, Cambridge Ave., Garden City. For audition information call 747-4457.

•LI Chess Nuts meets at 38 Old Country Rd., Garden City, Thursdays from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. for K to third grade and Fridays from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. for fourth grade and up. Optional lessons for beginners and advanced players available at 4 and 5:30 p.m. For more information call Margarita Lanides at 739-3907.

Monthly Events

•Calling All War Time Veterans (WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iran, Iraq). VFW Garden City Park Post #120 invites you to become a member. Meet new service buddies, share experiences and become involved in your community. Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at 2162 Jericho Tpke., Garden City Park. Call Cmdr. G. Popowitz 746-0662.

•Garden City Ski Club meets on the first and third Wednesdays, September through April (except holidays) at 7:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus, 1000 Marcus Ave., New Hyde Park. Social events, trips to our lodge in Vermont, and skiing in a variety of areas throughout the West and New England. Ages 21 and over, please. For additional information and schedules visit www.gardencityski club.com or call 872-1448.

•Your Widows/Widowers Social Group, a nonsectarian, nonprofit organization of widows and widowers ages 50 to 70 years of age. Fee for members is $3, nonmembers $5. Meets at 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Church, 5th St. and Franklin Ave., Garden City, on the third Wednesday of each month. Call Diana 516-481-9280. No meeting at the church during July and August.

•Ethical Issues In The News will be presented by the Ethical Humanist Society of LI on the first Sunday of each month at 10 a.m. at the society, 38 Old Country Rd., Garden City. Call 741-7304.

Ongoing Programs

Cradle Of Aviation Museum

In the world of aviation, signals and coded messages are an important part of how airplanes and air traffic control speak everyday. The Cradle of Aviation Museum has a variety of free family activities. Walk through the eight museum galleries and you’ll walk through over 100 years of aerospace history with 75 planes and space craft and a variety of examples of how pilots navigated and communicated from the early days of flight through the space program. Museum activities are free with admission and are available each day from noon to 4 p.m. The museum also is home to the IMAX Dome Theatre and is located on Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Museum Row. Call 572-4111.