COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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FRIDAY, FEB. 3

Youth Coding Workshop

From 4 to 5 p.m., the Bryant Library will host a coding workshop for grades 4-8. Interested in coding? Join the library for an exciting series of workshops run by the Roslyn High School Code Club. Learn how to program your own interactive stories and games (no prior experience necessary). Note: Students will need to bring a laptop to the workshop. Create an account on Scratch before the first session: https://scratch.mit.edu/. The library is at 2 Paper Mill Rd. Call 516-621-2240.

SUNDAY, FEB.

SAT Crash Course

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From 1:30 to 4 p.m., the Bryant Library will host a SAT Crash Course (Online only) for students grades 9-12. Get ready for the SAT with this crash course from Curvebreakers. A crash course is the most efficient way to learn all the best test prep strategies, review practice exam questions, and build your confidence going into the exam.

Black History Month Celebration

At 2 p.m., the Bryant Library will host a performance of “The Healing Quilt,” a play by Long Island playwright Carolyn Brown. Take a journey into the lives of a group of longtime friends as they reminisce about their lives, the good and the bad, stitching together cloths of healing and forgiveness with threads of communication and understanding. Carolyn Brown has spent more than thirty years in local theater and has written, directed and performed in a plethora of theatrical pieces. Since 2012, she has been the owner of Townsend Brown Productions. The granddaughter of former Roslyn resident Birdsall Leroy Townsend, Carolyn has ties to a number of the families of mixed African, Native and European ancestry that lived in the area during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

SUNDAY, MARCH 5

Ray of Light: The Life and Art of Man Ray

At 3 p.m., the Nassau County Museum of Art will present a program, “Ray of Light: The Life and Art of Man Ray,” with museum director, Charles A. Riley II, PhD. Free for members, $20 non-members. Was he the luckiest American artist ever? A tailor’s son from South Philly, he was a protégé of Alfred Stieglitz in New York, was on the scene in Paris during the Jazz Age (shooting Picasso, Chanel, his muses Kiki de Montparnasse and Lee Miller, collaborated with Duchamp and was celebrated by the Surrealists for his wicked wit. The event will explore the mind and recount the fabulous stories of this witness to Modernism’s most exciting moments. The museum is at One Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor. Call 516-484-9338.

ONGOING:

Kindergarten Registration for Roslyn Public Schools

Parents with children entering kindergarten at Roslyn Public Schools for the 2023-2024 school year must register their child with the district. All children must be residents of Roslyn and must be 5 years old on or before

Dec. 1, 2023. To be placed on the registration mailing list that goes out in January, parents should email gpolak@roslynschools.org with the subject line Kindergarten

Registration and include the following information in the body of the email: child’s full name, address, date of birth, and name of pre-k school, if applicable.

Announcement from Friends of the Bryant Library

The Friends of the Bryant Library is a volunteer organization that raises money to fund programs that benefit the entire community. They are currently seeking new members for our bookstore staff and board of directors. The Friends of the Bryant Library Bookstore has positions open for shifts Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m.

Contact Susan Goldklang at Susan.goldklang@gmail.com. The friends also invite anyone interested in joining the board to contact Evelyn Pollack at Friends@bryantlibrary.org.