Religious news

St. Francis Church offers Sunday Mass at 10 a.m., Fellowship, coffee and rolls at 11 a.m. Hall rental available, reasonable for parties or meetings. Call 794-5189. Located at 1752 Harton Ave., East Meadow.

Christ the King Episcopal Church is on Fifth Street and DeWolfe Place, between Newbridge Road and Prospect Avenue. Sunday services are at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. followed by coffee hour. Sunday School, and Playtime School for 3 and 4 year-olds are also available. Call church office at 731-3902.

Community Events

Open House The Edward J. Speno Lodge 2568 is having a new membership enrollment for all of those of Italian descent or whose spouse is of Italian descent. Meetings are at Workmen's Circle, 574 East Meadow Ave. on the second Monday of the month. Contact Pat at (516) 794-9646.

Temple Emanu-El of East Meadow will be holding a prospective member open house breakfast. Call 794-8911 for information and further details.

Sunday, August 19 and September 9, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

African-American museum in Hempstead is pleased to announce the opening of two new exhibits: "African American Places of Worship on Long Island: Climbing Jacob's Ladder," a photographic display by Robert L. Harrison; and "To God Be The Glory," a photographic exhibition featuring the oldest African Methodist Episcopal Churches in Suffolk County. The museum is located at 110 North Franklin Street. Regular museum hours are Thursday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Sunday, 1 to 4:45 p.m. and Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m.

Through Friday, Aug. 24

Noontime concerts The Canon Noontime Concert Series returns to Eisenhower Park this summer. The park has entrances on Hempstead Turnpike, and at Stewart and Merrick Avenues. For information, call 572-0200 weekdays during business hours, or the department's 24-hour "Concertline" at 572-0223 for a taped message regarding upcoming shows.

Wednesday, Aug. 22

Garage sale will be presented by the Sisterhood of the Suburban Temple, 2900 Wantagh Ave., Wantagh. Many vendor tables available, donations accepted. Call Joni at (516) 781-4426.

Sunday, Sept. 2, 9 a.m.

Stress & women's health is a lecture being presented by Alan Strohmayer, PhD, at Samuel Field YM-YWHA, 58-20 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, Queens. For directions or more information, call The National Infertility Network Exchange (NINE) at (516) 794-5772.

Tuesday, September 11, 7:30 p.m.

Long Island Fieri's next monthly meeting is Violetta's Restaurant, 275 Sunrise Highway, Merrick. Long Island Fieri is a chapter of Fieri National, which is a non-profit, social, cultural, educational community and professional networking organization of young Italian-Americans. For further information, call Fieri's voice mail at (631) 548-8139.

Wednesday, September 12, 7:30 p.m.

Support Groups

Substance help. Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are held every Thursday evening and Alanon meetings are held every Sunday evening in the school cafeteria of St. Barnabas Church in Bellmore. All meetings start at 7:30 p.m.

Mothers helping mothers. The Sunrise Mother's Center, a non-profit, nonsectarian, member-run organization of mothers helping mother. The center is a place for mothers to meet, share experiences and develop new or existing skills. Discussion groups, committee work and special events, as well as a Time for Two program for children ages 12 months to three years old and their caregivers are also available. Quality, affordable childcare is also available for mothers attending discussion groups. For more information, call Jodi at 781-4740.

Special Events

Thursday Night Car Classics is being sponsored by the Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce. Every Thursday, classic vintage cars will be on display on Atlantic Avenue between Sunrise Highway and Merrick Road. Different entertainers will perform weekly.

Thursdays, Through Aug. 23,

7 to 10 p.m.

Wolf adventures film is showing at the Garvies Point Museum and Preserve, Barry Drive in Glen Cove. Admission, which includes the film, is $2 for adults and $1 for children 5-12. Children under 5 will be admitted free when accompanied by a parent or grandparent. For information, call (516) 571-8010.

Saturday, Sunday, Aug. 18, 19, 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

New Checker Club of Nassau County is playing at North Woodmere Park, Branch Boulevard and Hungry Harbor Road, North Woodmere. For information, call 791-7777.

First Wednesday of every month, beginning Sept. 6, 2 to 4:30 p.m.

Man of the Year Golf Outing will be sponsored by the American Cancer Society of Long Island. To donate a prize for the raffle, contact Susan Sariego at 229-4102, ext. 3013. The donation for cocktail reception/dinner is $150.

Monday, Oct. 1

Muttontown Country Club Shotgun Start:11:30 a.m.

Pine Hollow Country Club Shotgun Start: noon

Cocktail reception/dinner at Pine Hollow Country Club: 5 p.m.

Country music An afternoon of "down home" country music featuring one of the area's top country groups is on tap as part of the Canon Noontime Concert Series at Eisenhower Park (with entrances on Hempstead Turnpike at East Meadow Avenue, and at the intersection of Stewart and Merrick Avenues). Scheduled to perform is SixGun. For further information, call (516) 572-0200 weekdays during business hours.

Wednesday, August 29, 12 p.m.

E. Meadow Library

The Decalogue The remaining parts of Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski's films about the Ten Commandments return to the library.

Part X: Tuesday, Aug. 21,

12:30 p.m.

Cast Away will be shown at the library. Tom Hanks plays a FedEx systems engineer who is stranded on a remote and uninhabited island in the South Pacific. No tickets are needed and admission is free. Coffee and tea will be available at noon at the afternoon showing.

Friday, August 31, 12:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.

The Friends of the Library are sponsoring an art contest for children at the library. The subject of the artwork is "The Things We Did Last Summer" and entries should be no larger than 11x14 and will be accepted at the Community Services Desk. The fee is $5 per entry. Judging will take place on Monday, Oct. 15, and prizes will be awarded to the winners.

Exhibition Art students from the Woodland Middle School, under the direction of Dr. John W. Healy, will exhibit their paintings in the downstairs Meeting Room during August.

September hours The library will be closed Labor Day Weekend, Saturday to Monday, September 1 to 3. Regular Saturday hours will resume on September 8 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). The rest of the month the library will be operating on the following schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Councilman Gary Hudes will visit the library. He will present a short slide presentation entitled "The Town of Hempstead and You" and explain the many services that the town provides and then answer your questions. This gives members of the community an opportunity to speak directly to your local government representative. Coffee and tea are available at noon.

Thursday, September 6, 12:30 p.m.

Cabaret Night of the new season features talented vocalist Jimmy Moore at the library. Jimmy, who has sung extensively in nightclubs and musicals, will perform a program of timeless songs from such Broadway musicals as "Oklahoma!," "The Phantom of the Opera," "Carousel," "Fiddler on the Roof," and many others. He'll also include some jazz standards.

Friday, September 7, 8 p.m.