Calendar: New Hyde Park Illustrated News; December 19, 1997

Saturday, December 20

Master Storyteller Ben Jacobs

The Long Island Children's Museum, 550 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, will feature Ben Jacobs who will spin a yard about winter holidays around the world at noon and 3 p.m. Plus there will be a chance to make dreidls and holiday ornaments ongoing from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For information, please call 222-0207.

Holly & Ivy Christmas Dance

The Irish American Society of Nassau, Suffolk & Queens, Inc. will hold its Annual Holly & Ivy Christmas Dance at 9 p.m. at the Irish American Center, 297 Willis Avenue, Mineola. Music will be provided by Paddy Noonan and his band. Donation is $10. For information and reservations call 746-9392.

Sunday, December 21

Make Holiday Ornaments and Dreidls

At the Long Island Children's Museum, 550 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, children will have a chance to make holiday ornaments and driedls. Plus, there will be a holiday-sing-along. On going from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For information, please call 222-0207.

Williston Park Senior Advisory to Hold Holiday Social

The Senior Advisory Committee of Williston Park, under the direction of Williston Park Village Trustee Doreen Ehrbar and East Williston Deputy Mayor Maureen O'Connell, will sponsor a holiday social at St. Aidan's Church Monsignor Kirwin Hall. Admission is free and music will be provided by D.J. Steve Griffin. All residents of the Willistons are welcome to come and celebrate the holidays.

New Hyde Park Baptist Church to Hold Concert

The choirs and orchestra of the New Hyde Park Baptist Church, 635 New Hyde Park Road, will present a contemporary and classic Christmas concert at 4 p.m. celebrating Jesus, the Messiah, as the fulfillment of the Old Testament prophesy and the longing of the ages for a Savior. The concert will feature several movements from Handel's Messiah with choir and string quartet. Admission is free. Refreshments will follow. For further information, please call 352-9672.

Handel's Messiah at Garden City Community Church

The Garden City Community Church, Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard, Garden City, will present Handel's Messiah at 4:30 p.m. with a 14 piece professional orchestra and professional soloists along with the church choir. A limited number of tickets will be issued, due to the large demand to attend, on a first come, first served basis. For further information regarding tickets or directions, please call 746-1700.

Monday, December 22

Long Island Children's Museum Hours

The Long Island Children's Museum is open to the public on Dec. 22, 23 and on Dec. 29 and 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museum will be closed on Dec. 24 and Dec. 25. For further information, please call 222-0207.

Ferrara/Nicolello Sponsor STAR Help

Between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at the New Hyde Park Village Hall, Nassau County Legislator Richard Nicolello and North Hempstead Councilman-elect Angelo Ferrara have arranged to have help for seniors who are having difficulty filling out his/her STAR (School Tax Reduction) application that must be filed with the Nassau County Department of Assessment by Dec. 31. Legislator Nicolello's assistant Jeanine Cinelli will be on hand to answer any questions and to assist seniors with the application. For further information please call Legislator Nicolello's office at 571-6209.

National Council of Jewish Women to Meet

The NCJW, Lakeville Section, will hold its general meeting at 12:30 p.m. at the Clinton Martin Pool Recreation Center, corner of New Hyde Park Road and Marcus Avenue. The guest speaker Rahel Musleah, journalist, author and singer will speak on "A Passage to India: Exciting, Exotic and...Jewish!" Plus a celebration of Chanukah. Everyone is welcome. For further information, please call 487-1199.

Wednesday, December 24

Chanukah Begins

As the first light, of the eight nights for Chanukah is illuminated, we take this opportunity to wish each and every one of our friends of the Jewish faith a very happy, healthy and peaceful Chanukah season.

Thursday, December 25

Christmas Day

The entire staff of the Illustrated News would like to take this opportunity to wish each and every one of our readers a very peaceful and blessed Christmas filled with good health and good cheer.

Saturday, December 27

Afro-Centric Program at Long Island Children's Museum

The Cultural Corner of the Long Island Children's Museum, 550 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, will feature an Afro-Centriprogram with Myrah Brown for Kwanzaa festivities complete with music. The ongoing series of workshops has been generously funded and supported by Chase Bank. From 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For information, please call 222-0207.

Sunday, December 28

Make a 1998 Calendar at Long Island Children's Museum

At the Long Island Children's Museum, 550 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, a chance to personalize a calendar for the New Year, 1998. From 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For further information, please call 222-0207.

Saturday, January 3

The Patterns of Quilts

At the Long Island Children's Museum, 550 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, children will learn the secrets of designing a quilt. They will then create a paper coverlet of Long Island's Revolutionary Period by using traditional patterns and shapes and learn about contemporary ones as well at the museum's stART pattern exhibit. In conjunction with Long Island: Our Story history project, The Revolution. Ongoing from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For further information, please call 222-0207. The same program will be repeated on Jan. 4 at the same times.

Starduster's Big Band Ballroom Dance

The Starduster's Big Band will hold a dance for ballroom dancing on the largest dance floor on Long Island at the Kismet Shrine Temple, 155 Lakeville Road, New Hyde Park from 8 p.m. to midnight. $15 per person. For more information call 759-1334.

Thrift Shop At Floral Park United Methodist

The Thrift Shop at the Floral Park United Methodist Church, 35 Verbena Avenue will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sale items will be clothing, housewares, bric-a-brac and collectibles.

Monday, January 5

Art Classes Begin at Nassau County Museum of Art

New art classes and workshops for children and adults are being introduced for the Nassau County Museum of Art's winter term. The classes include: Big Brush Watercolor Workshop for adults and teens; Hand Building Pottery; Drawing in Color; Drawing to Painting; Watercolor Workshop for adults and teens; Paint & Draw in the Media of Your Choice. The children classes include: Creative Viewing and Doing for youngsters age 8 to 12; FUNdamentals of Art to include 5-8 year-olds. Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. For complete details and fees please call Carol Nelson at 484-9336.

Thursday, January 8

Ronald McDonald House Business Advisory Meeting

The Ronald McDonald House, 267-07 76th Avenue, New Hyde Park, will hold its next Business Advisory Committee/Business Partnership Program meeting at 7:30 p.m. at McDonald House. Business representatives interested in joining this committee, learning more about the Business Partnership Program and networking opportunities should contact Donna Clancey at (718) 343-5683.

Saturday, January 10

Buckley Country Day Camp Open House

The Buckley Country Day Camp will hold its Day Camp Open House between noon and 4 p.m. Buckley Country Day Camp is located in North Hills on I. U. Willets Road. For further information, or to arrange a private tour, please call 365-7760.

Practice Penmanship with Early American Pens and Inks

At the Long Island Children's Museum, 550 Stewart Avenue, Garden City children will have an opportunity to practice penmanship and write his/her own story by using early American pens and inks. The pens and inks may also be used to decorate a fan that might have been used at Washington's Inaugural Ball. The program is ongoing from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For further information, please call 222-0207.

Sunday, January 11

Dances of the American Revolution

The Debra Weiss Dance Company will perform at the Long Island Children's Museum at 2 p.m. The dance company will perform the lively allenmande from George Washington's youth and the graceful minuet, a court dance which was a favorite of Washington's. The children will then learn an old Dutch dancing game called Seven Steps and have an opportunity to join in the President's March. The program is in conjunction with Long Island: Our Story history project. For further information, please call 222-0207.

Big Grey Concerts

Big Grey Concerts will present Scottish folksinger Ed Miller with a concert opening performance, at 8 p.m., from Scottish small piper, Deborah Nuse. The concert will be held at the Searing/Roslyn United Methodist Church at 134 I. U. Willets Road. To honor the Scottish month of pride and celebration Ed Miller, who hails from Edinburgh, will sing a variety of tunes from whimsical children's ditties to strong songs of Scottish nationalism. Miller not only gives a thoroughly enjoyable performance, but an education into the ebbs and tides of Scottish life. General admission is $10, with $8 for seniors and $4 for children under 12. This event is sponsored by the Searing/Roslyn United Methodist Church, a non-profit organization.

Buckley Admissions Open House

Buckley Country Day School will hold an Admissions Open House from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Buckley Country Day School is located on I. U. Willets Road. For further information, please call Ann Reid, director of Admissions at 627-1910.

Thursday, January 15

New Year/New Career

From 6 to 9 p.m. WBLI will be broadcasting live from Katherine Gibbs, 320 South Service Road in Melville, four career opportunity seminars in Computer Technical Support/Computer Network Operations and Hospitality Management. For further information please call 293-2460.

Saturday, January 17

Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday

At the Long Island Children's Museum, 550 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, children will celebrate Martin Luther King's birthday and his legendary "I Have A Dream" speech as children have an opportunity to make a mural of his/her "dream." They will also have an chance to make a Hand Friendship Wreath. Ongoing from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, January 18

Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday

The Long Island Children's Museum, 550 Stewart Avenue, will also present, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, Robin Hall, with drum accompaniment as she sings songs of unity and friendship from around the world. The performance will include audience participation. Performances will be at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day the museum will be open on Jan. 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, January 24

Buckley Country Day Camp Open House

The Buckley Country Day School will hold an open house for its Day Camp from noon to 4 p.m. Buckley Country Day School is located on I. U. Willets Road. For further information, or to arrange a tour, please call Donna DeMuccio at 365-7760.

The Science and Symmetry of Snowflakes

At the Long Island Children's Museum, 550 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, children will learn about the science of symmetry of snowflakes. They will learn about the patterns and how snowflakes are formed as the children will make his/her own snowflakes and snow pictures. Ongoing from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The same program will also be held on Jan. 25. For further information, please call 222-0107.

Saturday, January 31

African and Native American Good Luck Bracelets

The children at the Long Island Children's Museum, 550 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, will make African and Native American good luck bracelets with cowry shells. Ongoing from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For further information, please call 222-0207.