Passover Sedar. A second night of Passover Sedar is being presented at the Suburban Park Jewish Center. Join Rabbi Taub and the Congregation for a full kosher Sedar. The cost is $35 per person. 4000 Old Westbury Road. R.S.V.P. by March 26, to Linda at the Temple Office, (516) 796-8833.
Sunday, April 8, 2001, 6:30 p.m.
Shabbat Across America is a monthly Shabbat dinner put on by the Suburban Park Jewish/Congregation Lev Torah. It's $13 a person and the speaker will be Joel Samberg, who wrote "Reel Jewish," Call the Temole for reservations at (516) 796-8833. 400 Westbury Rd., East Meadow.
Friday, March 23, 6:30 p.m.
Community Events
Earth Day is a day set aside to promote ecology, encouraging that we bow down and roll out a blood-red carpet for the Queen that is Earth and to think about the damage all those coughing tailpipes and smokestacks are causing; Earth day is a time when we should be aghast at this and run to the pharmacy to buy bottles upon bottles of cough suppressant. Take out a moment of your day, and devise some thinking person's posture, whatever will provide a three-lane highway for your thoughts without too many exit lanes of distraction (ex. Exit 23A: Television, 1 mi.). Once you've done this ponder on the Earth and your responsibilities in protecting our environment. Anoint yourself as Secret Service agent for the lakes, rivers, and forests. Dive in front of a flower and take a crumpled-up candy wrapper in the chest. It's a small thing to ask.
This year Earth Day will be celebrated at Garvies Point Museum at Glen Cove. Admission is $2.00 for adults and $1.00 for children 5-12. For information call (516) 571-8010.
Sunday, April 22,10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Woodland Wildflowers People who are apt to make homemade Valentine cards to nature can experience a satisfyingly arduous two-hour walk at the Muttontown Preserve in Muttontown Lane in East Norwich. Would-be adventurers should come in attire appropriate to smelling flowers and wrestling bears.
Saturday, May 12, 10 a.m.
E. Meadow library
Talented Tots Show at East Meadow Library. Variety show featuring performers ages 3 to 10. These young entertainers sing, play musical instruments, tell jokes, amongst other delightful skills and abilities. A fantastic time will be guaranteed for all, with sights and sounds to please the eyes and ears, respectively. $8 tickets, $7 for students and seniors. May be purchased at the library. 1886 Front Street. For more info call Audrey at (516) 333-9622 or Connie at (516) 489-4956.
March 25, 2 p.m.
The Decalogue, a series of films inspired by the Ten Commandments will be presented at the library, with Dr. Algirdas Landsbergis acting as discussion leader. These films, full of the depth only an aging (now dead) cinematic ringmaster like Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski is capable of, dramatize the Commandments by using the residents of a Warsaw apartment building. Each film is under an hour in length and like the cinematic equivalent of scraggly-haired deep thinkers on a park bench, they ponder the excruciating riddles behind life and death, morality, and that eternal source of obfuscation: the existence of God.
Part I on Thursday, March 29
Summary of Part I: "I am the Lord thy God; Thou shalt not have other Gods before me." A university professor places his faith on the infallible computer, resulting in personal tragedy.
Erin Brockovich, the Steven Soderbergh film that has received five Oscar nods, will get a special feature presentation at the East Meadow Library. Admission is free.
Julia Roberts, in arguably her greatest performance, is the indomitable Erin Brockovich, who throughout the movie gets treated by the other characters like a time bomb with ten seconds left on the digital display. Brockovich is a small-town file clerk at a law firm who discovers that a major corporation is covering up the horrifying impact contaminated water has had on a tiny desert community. Albert Finney, as her co-star, plays an incredible game with Roberts of thespian hot potato.
Coffee and tea will be available at noon for the daytime showing.
Friday, March 23, 12:30 p.m., 8 p.m.
Time management program. A workshop presented by Joe DeStefano of Deco Consulting Group, Inc. Are there those of you out there holding this paper right now who feel your life is out of control like a sports car with the brakes cut, or that you never have enough time to do all the things you must do and WANT to do? Well....attend this workshop!
March 26, 7:30 p.m.
Special Events
A Talk on Child Safety and the Internet will take place at Borders Bookstore. Speaking will be litigator Joseph Campolo, from the East Meadow law firm of Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP. He will explain how parents can guard their kids from being seduced by predators on-line. Mr. Campolo has already presented this topic at church organizations and various television news programs. For a request to have him address your organization or to receive a copy of the brochure, please call (516) 296-7808 or send him an e-mail at jcampolo@cbah.com. More information may be attained at www.missingkids.com. Borders is located at 5151 Sunrise Highway in Bohemia. Call (631) 244-7496 for further information or directions.
The Save the Earth Club has been focusing their attention this year on a FUTURECORPS Project called "McVey's Water Watchers." In February the "Water Watchers" visited the Town of Hempstead Water District and now they will be part of East Meadow's Festival of Learning at McVey Elementary School. It is located on 2201 Devon Street, East Meadow.
March 31
The Nassau Community College 30th Annual Folk Festival is going to present folk music, the multicultural music of our global society, and the traditional sounds that connect America's present to its past. These events will be held at the Nassau Community College Center Building. The Folk Festival is free, the whole public invited. For further info, please contact Phyllis Kurland at (516) 572-7153.
Performance Schedule:
Janis Ian (singer/songwriter), C.J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band (zydeco), Dave Van Ronk (blues), Moti Deren (Cuban Jewish), Martha Trachtenberg (singer/songwriiter) and host-John Platt (WFUV).
Tuesday, April 3, 8 p.m.
The Harlem Blues and Jazz Band (legends of the '30's amd '40's), John Welan (Irish), Mary Gauthier (singer/songwriter), Bob Hillman (singer/songwriter).
Wednesday, April 4, 8 p.m.
Spider Nick and the Mad Dogs (ska), Eliza Carty (British Isles), Oscar Brand (Americana), Hangkuk--Sounds of Korea, and host David Massengill (singer/songwriter)
Thursday, April 5, 8 p.m.
Daytime Activities is made up of a multicultural fair: a swirling mix of ethnic music, dance, and food. Thursday, March 18, 11:30 to 1p.m.
