A18 • THE HALF HOLLOW HILLS NEWSPAPER • DECEMBER 20, 2012 www.LongIslanderNews.com THURSDAY Frank Ohman’s The Nutcracker Commack-based New York Dance Theatre, under the direction of Frank Ohman, presents its 31st season of “The Nutcracker” at Hofstra University on Dec. 22 at noon and 5 p.m. $35 general/$28 seniors and children 12 and under. www.ohmanballet.org. 888-695-0888.
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Love the color red and enjoy living it up? The Red Hat women are looking for new members who enjoy going places and making new friends. Their motto: Fun, Frolic and Friendship. 631-271-6470 or flarpp@yahoo.com.
government for the examination on Thursday, Dec. 27, 6:30 p.m. at the Station branch.
Northport-East Northport Public LibraryNorthport: 151 Laurel Ave. 631-261-6930. East Northport: 185 Larkfield Road. 631-2612313. www.nenpl.org. • On display in the East Northport gallery, “Masks in the Sea of Faces” by former LongIslander graphic artist Sheauwei Pidd shows off her love of colors and mood, as well as movement. • In Disney animated film “Brave,” Princess Merida, an archer and self-reliant young woman, makes a decision which defies custom and brings chaos to her kingdom. Shows Friday, Dec. 21, 1:30 p.m. in East Northport.
South Huntington Public Library 145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station. 631-549-4411. www.shpl.info. • Part of the Friday 007 Filmfest, “The Spy Who Loved Me” (1977) shows Friday, Dec. 21, 7 p.m. • Young adults can create melting snowmen out of buttercream, fondant and assorted candy decorations on Thursday, Dec. 27, 3:30 p.m.
FRIDAY Holiday Lights Festival The 2nd annual Newsday Holiday Lights Festival is every weekend (Fri.-Sun.) through Dec. 30, 6-10 p.m., 235 Pinelawn Road, Melville. Visitors can enjoy more than 1,200 feet of illuminated holiday light displays including 58 brand new exhibits, as well as carnival games, crafts, photos with Santa, and full-size ice skating rink. Presented by Bethpage Federal Credit Union and Lord & Taylor. $4-$8 ($1 of which goes to Newsday’s Help-A-Family campaign). Visit www.bethpagefcu.com/community/events.aspx.
THEATER and FILM Cinema Arts Centre
Christmas Show Upper Room Christian World Center presents “The Night the Angels Sang” Friday, Dec. 21, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 22, 2 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 23, 5 p.m., a portrayal of the true meaning of Christmas, as seen through music, drama and dance. $10. 631-242-5359 ext. 200. 722 Deer Park Road, Dix Hills.
SATURDAY Get The Last Licks The Last Licks Café presents the Northportbased band Cola on Dec. 22. Open mic starts at 7:30 p.m. (sign up at 7) at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington, 109 Browns Road, Huntington. $10 general/$5 students. www.lastlickscafe.org.
Live Music Live local bands take over Finley's of Greene Street, 43 Greene St., Huntington, every Saturday night at 11 p.m. Join in the fun and food!
SUNDAY Harbor Holiday Events The Cold Spring singers carol along Main Street as you shop in Cold Spring Harbor on Dec. 23.
Jazz In The Sky Room The Barr Sinister Jazz Group will play live holiday jazz in the Sky Room Café at the Cinema Arts Centre to benefit the Vic Skolnick Life of the Cinema Campaign on Friday, Dec. 21, 9:45 p.m. $10 suggested donation, refreshments included. 423 Park Ave., Huntington. www.cinemaartscentre.org. 631-423-7611. Funds support programs, operations and to help purchase digital projection equipment. stop at the Huntington Nutrition Center Wednesday, Dec. 20, 9 a.m.-noon. 631-8538200. Appointments encouraged, drop-ins welcome.
See The Light Town Clerk Jo-Ann Raia has organized an exhibit of Huntington Lighthouse artifacts and memorabilia to celebrate its centennial anniversary of The Huntington Lighthouse. The display includes correspondence between the Lighthouse Establishment and Lighthouse Keeper Robert McGlone, and an original painting of the lighthouse, which will be auctioned. On display in the Town Hall lobby, 100 Main St, Huntington, Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Friday, 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. www.huntingtonlighthouse.org. 631-421-1985.
Celebrate Christmas at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 11 Ogden Ct., Huntington Station, on the eve: 7 p.m. family service with liturgical dancers, candlelight and celebration of the Hoy Eucharist; 9 p.m. festival Eucharist with jubilate choir, brass ensemble and handbell choir. 10 a.m. Christmas Day celebration. 631-423-1013.
Seniors, Get Your Questions Answered Senior Advocates – who provide assistance with food stamps, Medicare savings programs, Medicaid applications and Heating Emergency Assistance Program (HEAP) applications – will
John W. Engeman Theater At Northport
Half Hollow Hills Community Library
The Minstrel Players of Northport At Houghton Hall - Trinity Episcopal Church, 130 Main St., Northport Village. 631-732-2926. www.minstrelplayers.org. • Submissions are now being accepted for “It Happened One Act” play festival. Deadline is Jan. 15, 2013. Visit the website for more information.
The Huntington Station Business Improvement District hosts a car show at Station Sports, 25 Depot Road, Huntington Station, from 6:30-8 p.m. every Wednesday.
Dix Hills: 55 Vanderbilt Parkway. 631-4214530; Melville: 510 Sweet Hollow Road. 631421-4535. hhhlibrary.org. • The library is forming a Chamber Music Ensemble led by Mr. Stanley Stock, retired music teacher and is looking for musicians. For more information and to register, call 631-498-1229. • Build strength, flexibility and stamina with a workout designed for those with arthritis on Wednesday, Dec. 26, noon-1 p.m.
Power Breakfast
Harborfields Public Library
Join business professionals at BNI Executive Referral Exchange’s breakfast networking meeting every Wednesday, 7-8:30 a.m. at the Dix Hills Diner, 1800 Jericho Turnpike, Dix Hills. 631-462-7446.
31 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-757-4200. harborfieldslibrary.org. • Stop by the gallery this month to see the quilts handcrafted by members of the Huntington Quilters Guild. • Children in grades K-2 can listen to stories and make a craft for the holidays on Thursday, Dec. 20, 4:30 p.m.
Every Tuesday from 12-4 p.m. is “Military Appreciation Tuesdays,” when Long Island Cares specifically assists veterans, military personnel and their families at the Hauppauge and Freeport emergency pantries. Appointments can be made by contacting jrosati@licares.org.
Christmas Worship
Five Towns College, 305 N. Service Road, Dix Hills. Box Office: 631-656-2148. www.dhpac.org. • After the winter break, the Wild Women of Comedy return Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m., featuring comic duo MEL & EL, and comediennes Vanessa Hollingshead and Jessica Kirson.
3027 Jericho Turnpike, Elwood. 631-499-3722. www.elwoodlibrary.org. • Build your own gingerbread house using cookie cut outs, royal icing and lots of candy. Every patron takes home a completed gingerbread house on Thursday, Dec. 20, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY Free Help For Vets
Hear the timeless Christmas story amidst your favorite Christmas songs and carols with a live ensemble and singers in an intimate, candlelit service on Christmas Eve, 4 p.m. at Island Christian Church, 400 Elwood Road, East Northport. Visit ichristainc.org or call 631-8223000.
44 Lake Ave., Deer Park. 631-586-3000. deerparklibrary.org. • On behalf of the U.S. Marine Corps, the Deer Park Library is accepting toy donations for children in need. Please drop off your new and unwrapped toy in the “Toys for Tots” receptacle by the Circulation Desk. • Chef Charlie returns to do a program especially for kids on Thursday, Dec. 27, 7 p.m.
Elwood Public Library
Holiday magic has returned to Walt Whitman Shops. From now through Dec. 24, children can be photographed with Santa in Center Court. Returning again this season is the “Cutest Santa Photo Contest,” hosted on Walt Whitman Shops’s Facebook page. In addition, Pet Photo Nights will be held from 7:30-9:30 p.m. on Dec. 2 and Dec. 9. The Caring Santa event, dedicated to children with special needs, provides a subdued environment to visit Santa from 9-11 a.m. on Dec. 2.
Christmas Eve By Candlelight
Deer Park Public Library
Dix Hills Performing Arts Center
350 Main St., Northport. www.johnwengemantheater.com. 631-261-2900. • Celebrate the holiday season with a thrilling new twist on the holiday classic “A Christmas Carol.” Michael Wilson’s adaptation is a creative re-telling of Dickens’ classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge. Sponsored by North Shore LIJ and running through Jan. 6. $65. • Christmas has been cancelled! Or at least, it will be if Santa can't find a way to guide his sleigh through a fierce blizzard. Fortunately for him, there's “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” showing as part of the Youth Theater Series, Nov. 24-Jan. 6 on weekends and special dates. $15.
Santa Meets With Everyone This Year
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0888. commack.suffolk.lib.ny.us. • Are you game? Play bridge and Mahjong Friday, Dec. 21, 1-6 p.m. • Students in grades 6-12 can enjoy dinner and a movie, “Men In Black 3,” on Thursday, Dec. 27, 6-8 p.m.
423 Park Ave., Huntington. www.cinemaartscentre.org. 631-423-7611. • Animation auteur Michel Ocelot’s magical collection of fantasy characters “Tales of the Night” screens on Friday, Dec. 26, noon, as part of the Cinema For Kids series. $11 public/$6 members/$7 seniors and students/$4.50 children under 12. • The Barr Sinister Jazz Group will play live holiday jazz in the Sky Room Cafe to benefit the Vic Skolnick Life of the Cinema Campaign on Friday, Dec. 21, 9:45 p.m. $10 suggested donation, refreshments included.
WEDNESDAY Classic Car Show
AT THE LIBRARIES Cold Spring Harbor Library 95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-6926820. cshlibrary.org. • Children in grades K-2 can create their own miniature winter wonderland in a snowglobe on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 3-4 p.m. • Practice Tai Chi for Health on Friday, Dec. 21, 11:30 a.m.
Commack Public Library 18 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-499-
Huntington Public Library Main Branch: 338 Main St., Huntington. 631427-5165. Station Branch: 1335 New York Ave., Huntington Station. 631-421-5053. www.thehuntingtonlibrary.org. • “New Paintings” by William Pardue at the Main Art Gallery wanders over a range of themes, styles, and mediums. On display through Dec. 29. • Carlos Manjares explains the process of becoming a citizen, prepares you for the citizenship interview and reviews U.S. history and
Tilles Center For The Performing Arts LIU Post Campus, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville. www.tillescenter.org. 516-299-3100. • The Cashore Marionettes brings the celebration of life for which master puppeteer Joseph Cashore is renowned to Tilles Center Sunday, Jan. 6, 2 p.m., with “Simple Gifts.”
MUSEUMS & EXHIBITS Art League of Long Island 107 East Deer Park Road, Dix Hills. Gallery hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. weekends. 631-462-5400. www.ArtLeagueLI.net. • On display through Dec. 29 in the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery is the Members Exhibition, Part Two, featuring over 130 pieces of paintings, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, mixed media, and photography.
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery 1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor. Open
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