The Oceanside Garden Club welcomes Jenny Ulsheimer, Director of Horticulture at Clark Botanical Gardens, who will bring colorful samples plus her expert advice on cultivating these vibrant flowers on April 14 at 7 p.m.
"Passport" To Summer
Apply for your family's passports on April 17 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and visit the Town of Hempstead's mobile passport van located across the street from the Oceanside Library.
Extended Basic Computer Skills
Beginner students will learn basic computer skills and operations including mouse skills, keyboard techniques, Internet surfing, and file management applications such as saving and retrieving files. The five-Tuesday program starts April 14 from 10-11:30 a.m. There is a $50 registration fee.
Island Park
Library
176 Long Beach Rd.
432-0122
Child ID Program
The Island Park Civic Association will be sponsoring a child ID program at the library on April 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Parents can come and get an ID for their children free of charge, as well as a DVD with info and photos of the child. In case anything happens to the child, the DVD can be given to police officers who can then use it to broadcast an Amber Alert. Senior citizens can also come and get IDs.
Movies
All movies start at 2 p.m.
March 27-The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
March 28-Beverly Hills Chihuahua
March 31-I've Loved You For So Long
Special Events
Overeaters Anonymous
Does food rule your life? Overeaters Anonymous can help - no dues, no fees, no weigh-ins. OA is a 12-step fellowship. Meetings in Oceanside: Saturdays and Sundays at 10 a.m. at South Nassau Communities Hospital, 1 Healthy Way, and Mondays and Fridays at 10:30 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 2937 Davison St. For more information, call 794-1333 or visit www.nassauoa.org.
Oceanside Chorale
The Oceanside Chorale is looking for new members, especially tenors and basses.Rehearsals are Wednesday evenings at 8 p.m. at School 6 on Merle Avenue. For more information, call Chorale President Frank at
764-2787.
Summer Playground Registration
Registration for Oceanside's Summer Playground will begin on March 9 and run through May 3. There will be late registration from May 4-June 5, where an additional $30 per child will be charged. For more information, call the Department of Community
Activities office at 594-2336.
The 46th Annual DOCA
Roller Skating Show
Come watch kids from Oceanside strut their stuff on the roller rink to the theme "skating in Vegas." The shows, co-sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Oceanside, are on March 26 at 5 and 7:30 p.m., and March 27 and 28 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the March 26 shows are $5, and $7 for the shows on March 27 and 28. Tickets are available at the Department of Community Activities office beginning March 16 at 125 Merle Ave. in Oceanside.
Kiwanettes Fundraiser Luncheon
The Kiwanettes of Oceanside will host their annual fundraiser luncheon on March 29 at the Rockville Links at noon. The cost is $37 per ticket. The luncheon is the only fund raising event of the year and the funds raised are returned to the community by way of charities, scholarships, holiday gifts for seniors and the underprivileged in the community. Join the Kiwanettes for an afternoon of fun including music, a dance presentation, raffles, a Chinese auction and a 50/50 raffle; all this while honoring the Oceanside Volunteer Fire Dept. For tickets and more information call Joan Gomez at 678-1684.
Bereavement Support Groups
COPE, a grief and healing organization dedicated to supporting parents and families living with the loss of a child, holds monthly support group meetings on the first Wednesday of every month for parents at the Oceanside Jewish Center. The next meeting will be held from 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. on April 1. COPE also plans to start up sibling support groups on Long Island. For more information on either the parent or the sibling support groups, please call Executive Director Karen Flyer at 484-4993.
I don't want to grow up
The Long Beach Theatre Guild will present "Peter Pan" at the Lindell auditorium, Lindell Blvd and the Bay, Long Beach. Performance dates are Friday, March 27 and April 3 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, March 28 and April 4 at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, March 29 and April 5 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and children under 10. For more information call (516) 432-2600 or visit www.longbeachtheatreguild.net.
Second Night Community Seder
The Jewish Center of Island Park, 191 Long Beach Rd., will host its annual Second Night Community Seder on April 9 at 6:45 p.m. The traditional seder dinner, which costs $36, includes soup, gefilte fish, a variety of side dishes, a choice of cornish hen or brisket and dessert. A special children's menu for those under 10 is available for $10 per child. Reservations and payment are due by March 29. For more information call 431-3590.
Kiwanis and DOCA Egg Hunt
The Oceanside Kiwanis Club and DOCA will be sponsoring an egg hunt on April 4 at the Schoolhouse Green on Foxhurst Rd. The hunt starts at 11 a.m. for children 3 and 4 years old, at 11:30 for children 5 and 6 years old, and at noon for children 7, 8 and 9 years old. In case of rain, the hunt will be in the School 6 gym.
JCC
Barry and Florence Friedberg JCC
15 Neil Ct., Oceanside
766-4341
Adult Connections Club
Come join the fun and meet new people at interesting events. All events are from 7:30-9:30 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) and cost $10 per person per month. For more information, call Debbie Rosen at 766-4341, ext. 129.
The Chameleon Conspiracy:
Author talk with Haggai Carmon
Join Israeli-American author and international lawyer Haggai Carmon on March 26 at 7:30 p.m. as he discusses his 20 years of adventures working undercover for the U.S.
government which inspired his latest intelligence thriller, The Chameleon Conspiracy. There is a cost of $6 per person for the event. For more
information, call 766-4341 or e-mail mlevi@friedbergjcc.org.
Play is Learning = Learning is Play
Sponsored by the partners of the Parenting Resource Network, an initiative of the Friedberg JCC, parents can spend quality time with their young child - infant to 5 years old on April 5 at 1:30 p.m. at the Rockville Centre Public Library, 221 North Village Ave. in Rockville Centre. Fun activities for children will showcase the simple play materials children can use to develop all the important skills they will need to succeed in school. Come find out why play is so important and why some of the best toys are the simplest, basic things easily found around the house. For more information, call 766-4341, ext. 162.
