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ONLINE EDITION THURSDAY OCTOBER 30, 1997
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Calendar OngoingBelgrave Water Pollution Control DistrictBoard of Commissioners will conduct a public business meeting every Monday at 7 p.m. If Monday should be a public holiday, the meeting will be held the following day. Meetings held at Belgrave, 34th and 255th St., Little Neck. 487-2759.Israeli Folk Dance NightWith renowned folk dance instructor Danny Uziel. Beginners welcome. For the first 30 minutes Danny will instruct. Then move to some more intermediate dances for everyone to enjoy. Tuesdays from 8:15 to 10:30 p.m. in the Youth House behind the main building of Temple Israel . Call 482-7800 for details.Exhibit at Gallery EmanuelIn a Mind's Eye, works by Barbara Schwarts, Shellie Schneider, Paul Jeffries and Kiki Riskin, will be on view from Oct. 31 through Jan. 5. The gallery is located at 150 Hicks Ln. Hours: Monday - Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Meet the artists on Nov. 16 from 2 to 4 p.m.National Drawing Association SelectionsWill be on exhibit at the Adelphi University Center Gallery through Dec. 12. Included in the exhibit is artist Paulette Singer from Great Neck. Marriage With Multi-Denominational BackgroundsThe Great Neck Community Church2 Stoner Ave. will be holding an open session for individuals seeking to unite in marriage but who come from multi-denominational religious backgrounds. Included will be concerns for those who have been previously married and are now seeking a religious service for a new relationship. Session will be held after the 11 a.m. service at noon. For information call 482-0672. Married Support GroupPresented by Womanspace. New members invited. The group meets on Tuesday from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Womanspace Lounge, 3 St. Paul's Pl. Call M. Braun 623-7062 or the Womanspace office 829-6566 for additional information.Widows BereavementSupport GroupMeets at 4:30 p.m. every Wednesday at Womanspace, 3 St. Paul's Pl. For further information call 621-0277.Womanspace Divorce Consultant ServiceConsultation and referral service is offered. Fee for one session is $10. Call Womanspace office 829-6566 for an appointment.Upcoming EventGala ReunionSt. Francis Hospital Challenge '97 Dinner DanceOn Nov. 22 at EAB Plaza, Uniondale. Celebrating 75 years of caring. Chairman Richard A. Grasso, chairman and chief executive officer, New York Stock Exchange, Inc. For ticket information call 629-2190. Tag SaleAll types of items (no clothing) including collector records. Held from noon to 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 23 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 48 Shelter Rock Rd., Manhasset. For information call Carol Camero at the church office 627-6560 or Midge Jones 718-229-4872.Friday, October 31Great Neck Senior CenterFolk dancing beginners and advanced folk dancing 9:30 a.m; art 9:30 a.m.; healing yourself 10 a.m.; magic 10 a.m.; card game day 11 a.m.; Lunch and Learn 11 a.m.; music and songs 12:45 p.m.; beginners bridge 1 p.m.; Greek Mythology 1:30 p.m.; Line and circle dancing 3:30 p.m. 80 Grace Ave. 487-0025.Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Support GroupIf you or someone you love does things over and over again, such as checking that the stove is off, doors locked, touching and tapping, bothered by repetitive or disturbing thoughts, afraid of throwing things out, excessively washing or overly concerned with cleanliness, come to this group. Meetings are every last Friday of the month. 7:30 to 9 p.m. Society For Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, 935 Northern Blvd., Suite 102. For information call 487-7116.Great Neck Park District
Halloween PartyAt the Science Museum of LI, 1526 N. Plandome Rd., Manhasset. The museum is transformed into a Haunted Mansion of the Unknown. Fun experiments in the Mad Scientist's lab; visit the creepy crawlers and take a "spook walk." Come in costume, children only. Refreshments, crafts. Fee: members $12, nonmembers $18. Reservations required. Call 627-9400.Saturday, November 1Great Neck Park District
At the LibrarySaturday Storytime for youngsters 2 1/2 through 5 years old. 10:30 a.m. Parkville Branch Library.Sunday, November 2Great Neck Park District
Community Health Awareness ProgramWith Dr. Sheik Hai, director of the Dept. of Medicine, the Wyckoff Medical Center, who will speak on Hypertension. Three residents will be on site providing free blood pressure screening. Dr. Kuo will give words of welcome and introduction. 12:30 p.m. at the GN Community Church, 2 Stoner Ave. Sponsored by the GN Community Church in association with Temple Isaiah.Great Neck Public Schools Adult ProgramDavid B. Rauch World Affairs Seminar: Getting the Inside Scoop on Foreign Policy - A Media Conspiracy? With WNYC Radio Commentator Ray Suarez. 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Clover Drive Adult Center, 105 Clover Dr. Fee and info: 773-1713.Stability, Concentration, Inner JoyA special event with Dadi Janki (additional administrative head of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization), who will lead us into an experience of our own power when the mind is completely stable. 5 to 7 p.m. at Global Harmony House, 46 S. Middle Neck Rd. For information call Kala 773-0971.Monday, November 3Great Neck Senior CenterWidower's group 11 a.m.; Current Events Discussion with Ralph Georgalis 1 to 3 p.m.; 80 Grace Ave. 487-0025.Great Neck Park DistrictBoard of Commissioners regular meeting. 8 p.m. at the Park District Office, 5 Beach Rd.American Ethnic Coalition of North HempsteadShashi Tharoor, executive assistant to the secretary general of the U.N. and author of India: From Midnight to the Millennium, will be the guest speaker. He will deliver a lecture entitled, Pluralism: The Experience of India, on the occasion of the coalition's Solidarity Night, celebrating the 50th anniversary of India's political independence, along with its own founding six years ago the Brotherhood of Temple Emanuel and Cellini Lodge #2206, O.S.I.A. 8 p.m. at Temple Emanuel of GN, 150 Hicks Ln. All members of the community invited. Admission is free. Call 482-5701 for information.Meditation Foundation CourseEight sessions every Monday and Wednesday. 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Global Harmony House, 46 S. Middle Neck Rd. Free admission. RSVP and information call 773-0971. Sponsored by the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization.Overcoming ObstaclesWith Mitch Shapiro, professional speaker, volunteer, The Foundation Fighting Blindness at Homecare America, 800 Northern Blvd. 2 to 3 p.m. Free. Refreshments. Call 466-6661 for information.At the LibraryExploration - Looking at Ourselves series led by Shirley Spector: Unquiet Mind - Memoir of Moods and Madness by Redfield Jamison. 7:30 p.m. GN Library.Tuesday, November 4Al-Anon MeetingDo you have problems with someone's drinking? Come join an Al-Anon support group at Zion Episcopal Church, Northern Blvd./Douglaston Pky. every Tuesday. Beginners meeting at 12:30 p.m. and regular meeting at 1 p.m. Parking in rear. (Use 44th St. entrance.)REAP I(Retired Executives and Professionals) meetings begin at 10 a.m. followed by current events. Held at the Clover Drive School, 105 Clover Dr. Topic: A Visit to a Mythological Zoo with Kay Atwan.Chosen People, Chosen LandWhat It All Means. Project Identity presents the Max Schwartz Memorial Lecture Series, sponsored by his family in his merit and given by one of the great pioneers and leaders in Israel today, Yechiel Leiter. The series will explore: Was it really odd of G-d to choose the Jews? Can the idea of a "Chosen People" be relevant to the modern world? "Reward and Punishment:" in the land or in heaven? The Jewish way to holiness: fusion or seclusion? Can the chosen choose not to be chosen? Register for the entire series or individual lectures. Cost is $5 per lecture. 8 to 9:15 at Young Israel of GN, 236 Middle Neck Rd. For information call 482-686. Other dates are: Dec. 2, 23, Jan. 13.GN/PW B.P.O.E.Elks Lodge #1543 meeting at 8:30 p.m. at the Elks Club, 30 Haven Ave. on the first and third Tuesday of each month.Beth HaGan CarnivalBeth HaGan, the nursery school at Temple Israel would like to invite you to their carnival that will held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Youth House.Fall Lecture SeriesAt the Great Neck Synagogue, 26 Old Mill Rd. at 7:45 p.m. The series will focus on the topic, Can We Get Along: Viewpoints on Pluralism in the Jewish Community. Rabbi Irving "Yitz" Greeberg's, president and founder of CLAL, the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, lecture will be entitled, Can Orthodoxy Save the Jewish People From Splitting in Two, which outlines the constellation of forces, define the destructive policies and argue the case for a renewed and redirected modern Orthodoxy. For information call 487-6100.At the LibraryWorld of Fiction led by Sandra Rosencrans. In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien. 2 p.m. GN Library.Wednesday, November 5At the Library
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