766-2360
Jane Austen Revisited
Former vice president of the Jane Austen Society of North America, “Austenite” Barbara Hellering shows how the customs of Regency England inspired this beloved author’s works on March 24 at 2 p.m.
Showtime: The Immortal
Judy Garland
Performer Lisa Winters pays a musical tribute in slides and song saluting the life and career of this great American Legend on March 25 at 2 p.m. Tickets are required.
Island Park
Library
176 Long Beach Rd.
432-0122
Online Job Search
Learn how to use the Internet to find that perfect job on March 21 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. In this lecture and demo class, participants will learn how to develop and create a powerful resume, find and use online job search Web sites, and formulate a job search process that will work for them. Please register at the Circulation desk.
Hands-On Resume Writing and
E-mail Workshop
In this hands-on class on March 21 from 2-4 p.m., participants will learn how to use a computer to create, style, format and e-mail a powerful resume. Limited to 24 participants. Please register at the Circulation Desk.
Flowing Yoga with Dr. Peg
All are welcome to join Dr. Peg and experience the health and wellness benefits of flowing style yoga on March 23 from 10:30-11:30 a.m. The session will combine a series of postures with rhythmic breathing for a gentle body workout. Enjoy the calming effects of tea. Bring your mat. The class is limited to 15. Please register at the Circulation Desk.
Movies
All movies start at 2 p.m.
March 19- Milk
March 20- Rachel Getting Married
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.
Shabbat Across America
The Jewish Center of Island Park, 191 Long Beach Road in Island Park, will host a Shabbat Across America service on March 20 at 6:30 p.m. Join along with hundreds of synagogues across the continent who will take part in a historic national
Jewish event to celebrate that which unifies all Jews - Shabbat. Call
431-3590 for more information.
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.
Pre-Presach Lecture
On March 24 from 8-9 p.m. join Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky as he talks about the topic "Telling the Story of the Exodus - Past, Present and Future" at the Young Israel of Oceanside, 150 Waukena Ave.
Scholar-In-Residence
On Shabbat Vayakhel/Pekudei, March 20-21, the Young Israel of Oceanside, 150 Waukena Ave., will welcome Malcolm I. Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Hoenlein will speak, IY"H, on three occasions during Shabbat:
- Shabbat Morning Drasha: The Dangers and Opportunities Facing Israel and the Middle East
- Shabbat Afternoon: Is it 1939 Again? Assessing the State of World Jewry.
- Seudah Shlishit: American Jewry: Changing Realities and Opportunities.
For more information, call the Young Israel of Oceanside at 764-1099.
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.
