Bethpage Public Library

Date: Saturdays, January 2, 9, 23, and 30
Time: 11:00 A.M.
Ages 4 - 8

Begin your weekend with a program jam-packed with fun and imagination, featuring exciting stories and a craft to make and take home. Register now.

Date: Saturdays, January 2, 9, 23, and 30
Time: 11:00 A.M.
Ages 4 - 8

Begin your weekend with a program jam-packed with fun and imagination, featuring exciting stories and a craft to make and take home. Register now.

Date: Saturdays, January 2, 9, 23, and 30
Time: 11:00 A.M.
Ages 4 - 8

Begin your weekend with a program jam-packed with fun and imagination, featuring exciting stories and a craft to make and take home. Register now.

Date: Saturdays, January 2, 9, 23, and 30
Time: 11:00 A.M.
Ages 4 - 8

Begin your weekend with a program jam-packed with fun and imagination, featuring exciting stories and a craft to make and take home. Register now.

Date: Tuesdays, January 5, 12, and 19
Time: 10:30 or 11:30 A.M.

Have a ball while enhancing your child's cognitive skills! Enjoy an innovative program filled with an assortment of stories, songs, and circle games. For ages 18 - 29 months and their caregivers. Register now.

Date: Tuesdays, January 5, 12, and 19
Time: 10:30 or 11:30 A.M.

Have a ball while enhancing your child's cognitive skills! Enjoy an innovative program filled with an assortment of stories, songs, and circle games. For ages 18 - 29 months and their caregivers. Register now.

Date: Tuesdays, January 5, 12, and 19
Time: 10:30 or 11:30 A.M.

Have a ball while enhancing your child's cognitive skills! Enjoy an innovative program filled with an assortment of stories, songs, and circle games. For ages 18 - 29 months and their caregivers. Register now.

Date: Wednesdays or Thursdays; held weekly and start January 6 and 7, and run through May
Time: 10:30 A.M.

Forty-five fabulous minutes of music, games and stories all designed to build social and intellectual development! Get ready for school with lots of concept reinforcement! For ages 3½ to 5. Register now.

Date: Fridays, January 8, 15, and 22
Time: 10:30 or 11:30 A.M.

Help us create happy, lifelong learners by registering your little one in this fun- filled program featuring stories, games, songs, and crafts. For children ages
2½ - 3½ and their caregivers. Register now.

Date: Fridays, January 8, 15, and 22
Time: 10:30 or 11:30 A.M.

Help us create happy, lifelong learners by registering your little one in this fun- filled program featuring stories, games, songs, and crafts. For children ages
2½ - 3½ and their caregivers. Register now.

Date: Fridays, January 8, 15, and 22
Time: 10:30 or 11:30 A.M.

Help us create happy, lifelong learners by registering your little one in this fun- filled program featuring stories, games, songs, and crafts. For children ages
2½ - 3½ and their caregivers. Register now.

Date: Saturday, January 16
Time: 11:00 A.M.

Brrr! It's cold outside! Waddle into the library and warm up with stories of cuddly penguins! Play a game and make a craft, too. For children ages 4 - 8. Register now.

with Joanne Manning, Craft Specialist

Date: Saturday, January 9
Time: 2:00 P.M.

Come to the library and learn the art of KIRIGAMI, a decorative form of paper folding and paper cutting. Using your new skills, create a winter wonderland of spectacular snowflakes, For grades K- 5. There will be a $2.00 materials fee per child. Register now.

Date: Thursday, January 14
Time: 4:30 P.M.

Come in out of the cold and join us for a bit of mid-winter excitement! Hear a heart-warming story and make a take-home craft to go with it. Grades K - 2. Register now.

With Patricia Shih, Award-Winning Singer-Songwriter
Special for DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY

Date: Monday, January 18
Time: 2:00 P.M.

Be sure to attend this exhilarating, exciting children's concert that honors the family and the community. The children will be "The Stars" as they sing along, use movement and sign language, and dance on stage. A high-energy musical extravaganza! Children of all ages and their families. Register now.

with MaryAnne Impostato from Kids Edible Creations

Date: Saturday, January 30
Time: 2:00 P.M.

Attend this parent/child workshop and construct a delicious chocolate tree using milk chocolate and an assortment of yummy candies. Spend quality time with your child while creating a lovely edible centerpiece. For children ages 5 - 11 with a caregiver. There will be a $2.00 materials fee per child. Register now.

Date: Saturdays, February 13, and 27
Time: 11:00 A.M.
Ages 4 - 8

Turn off the cartoons and tune in to the Bethpage Public Library! Create a new Saturday morning ritual by attending this wonderful program featuring exciting stories and a craft to make and take home. Music, games, and films all add to the merriment! Register from January 8.

presented by Naomi Zeitlin

Date: Sunday, January 17
Time: 2:00 P.M.

Talented Naomi Zeitlin takes us on a musical sentimental journey with songs that remind us of people, places and things. This musically varied program will strike a chord in everyone's heart as it brings back memories surrounding the music. Some of the selections have been very popular and some relatively obscure but performed by Naomi they will all be enjoyed.

Admission is free and Bethpage School District #21 residents will be seated first; out-of-area residents as space permits. A Bethpage Library card is a ticket of admission for the cardholder and a companion.

Date: Sunday, January 24
Time: 2:00 P.M.

The very talented vocalist Lisa Berman is joined by Actress Ruthe McKeown and Pianist Stephen Goldstein to present "Berman Does Martin - a Celebration of the life and times of Mary Martin." Mary Martin made her way from Texas to Hollywood and Broadway where she became a legendary star of the American Musical Theatre. Charming, vivacious and talented she was one of the best-loved performers of the Broadway stage. Her special ability to take a role and make it her own made each performance memorable. This very talented trio of performers present a show that brings the audience the best of Mary Martin - don't miss it!!

Admission is free and Bethpage School District #21 residents will be seated first; out-of-area residents as space permits. A Bethpage Library card is a ticket of admission for the cardholder and a companion.

presented by The Dynamic Duo

Date: Sunday, January 31
Time: 2:00 P.M.

Arny Greenfield and Pat Tropea otherwise known professionally as THE DYNAMIC DUO will be at the library to present their delightful show of music, comedy and more. They have performed widely throughout the area to much acclaim and are looking forward to entertaining you. So laugh it up with musician Arnie and songstress Pat as they perform .They love music and comedy and their show reflects their expertise at both. Plan on spending a cold wintery afternoon enjoying a delightfully entertaining program.

Admission is free and Bethpage School District #21 residents will be seated first; out-of-area residents as space permits. A Bethpage Library card is a ticket of admission for the cardholder and a companion.

presented by Richard Knox

Date: Wednesday, January 13
Time: 2:00 P.M.

Calling all film buffs! Here's a great opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge of films past and present. This multi-media program will provide you with two hours of fun-filled nostalgia and brain teasers. Question categories include: famous characters, actors/actresses, classic move quotes, scenes from great (and not so great) films, and movie soundtracks.

Come join fellow Long Islanders and film maven Richard Knox for some laughs, knowledge, and an exciting interactive program!

ADMISSION FREE - ALL WELCOME

Dates: Friday, January 15 & Friday, February 12
Time: 2:00 P.M.

Ireland, a tiny island, has already given the world of literature four Nobel Prize winners in Beckett, Yeats, Shaw, and Heaney, as well as such famous non-winners as James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, and J.M. Synge. Ireland is now going through another golden era of writers as in recent years Joseph O'Connor, Colm Toibin, Sebastian Barry, & Colum McCann have joined John Banville, William Trevor and Roddy Doyle as widely acclaimed and prestigious Irish writers.

Patrick Hanrahan, a long time Bethpage resident and an MFA student in the Stony Brook-South Hampton writing program, will introduce the works of these interesting contemporary Irish writers. A series of one-hour monthly talks, covering three writers per session, will examine their bodies of work and suggest accessible entertaining novels. Mr. Hanrahan will include biographical information and read excerpts from works available through the library system.

The first session will include BROOKLYN by Colm Toibin, as well as books and stories by Nuala O'Faolain and William Trevor. Roddy Doyle, Edna O'Brien and John McGahern will be covered in the second session. Be sure to mark the two dates on your calendar and plan on attending one or both sessions.

ADMISSION FREE - ALL WELCOME

presented by Dr. Duffy Spencer

Date: Thursday, January 21
Time: 7:30 P.M.

It's safe to say that everyone has hurts from the past that impact on their lives today. Feelings of hurt, anger, resentment, sadness, and grief can get in the way of living a full and happy existence. When unhealed, old hurts leave us in an emotional rut, unable to move forward.

Learn how to let go of your old hurts and become the person you were meant to be.
Join Dr. Duffy Spencer, noted social psychologist author and lecturer, as she helps you on your journey of healing and moving on.

ADMISSION FREE - ALL WELCOME

presented by Barry Lisak, IRS Enrolled Agent

Date: Tuesday, January 26
Time: 7:30 P.M.

Taxes are on everyone's mind, especially at this time of year. Paying less taxes is a universal goal! Join Barry Lisak, and learn IRS' very own secrets to help reduce your Federal and New York State taxes.

Topics will include education, retirement, home ownership, charitable, medical, investment, employee, and miscellaneous deductions. All new 2009 tax laws will be highlighted. Mark your calendar and plan on attending this important and beneficial program!

ADMISSION FREE - ALL WELCOME

Date: Friday, January 8
Time: 2:00 P.M.

Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Winona Ryder, John Cho
Rated: PG-13; 127 minutes

The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals in this latest Star Trek release. One, James Kirk (Pine) is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock (Quinto) was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. Riveting!

Date: Friday, January 22
Time: 2:00 P.M.

Starring: Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Jason Patric, Joan Cusack
Rated: PG-13 (mature thematic content, language, sensuality); 106 minutes

When Sara and Brian Fitzgerald (Diaz & Patric) discover 2-year-old daughter Kate has leukemia they decide their only hope is to conceive another child, specifically intended to save Kate's life. (Anna Breslin) is born and the sisters share a bond much closer than most sisters - Kate's life depends on Anna. Genetic engineering raises both moral and ethical questions and eventually divides the family. Based on the Jodi Picault novel.

Date: Friday, January 15
Time: 7:30 P.M.

Starring: Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgard
Rated: PG-13 (violence, thematic material, disturbing images); 138 minutes

When Robert Langdon (Hanks) discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati--the most powerful underground organization in history and the most deadly threat to the Catholic Church---he jets to Rome and joins forces with Vittoria Vetra (Zurer), a beautiful and enigmatic Italian scientist. They follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols through sealed crypts, deserted cathedrals, dangerous catacombs and the most secretive vault on earth, that mark the Vatican's only hope for survival. High suspense!

Date: Friday, January 29
Time: 7:30 P.M.

Starring: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, James Gandolfini, John Turtoro
Rated: R (for violence, pervasive language); 95 minutes

New York City subway dispatcher Walter Garber's (Washington) ordinary day is thrown into chaos by an audacious crime; the hijacking of a subway train. Ryder (Travolta), a criminal mastermind, leads a highly-armed gang of four, threatening to execute the train's passengers unless a large ransom is paid within the hour. The tension mounts as Garber with his vast knowledge of the subway system attempts to outwit Ryder and save the hostages. But there is a further impediment to a solution.

Date: Saturday, January 23
Time: 1 - 2 P.M.
Fee: $2

Have fun making a one-of-a-kind wallet with, of all things, duck tape. This wallet is perfect for anyone who loves duct tape - or is willing to learn to love it! You will be amazed at how easy and fun this can be and at the awesome results. Join artist, Janine Bendickson, for a fun-filled afternoon activity. Registration begins Monday, January 4.

Date: Monday, January 11
Time: 5-6 p.m.

Meet with a great group of Tweens and Teens dedicated to making the Bethpage Public Library the go-to place for books; getting information for school projects and homework assignments; borrowing your favorite CDs, DVDs, and electronic games; and participating in exciting, interesting and fun activities. At this meeting we will continue planning events for the spring and summer. Refreshments are always served. Community Service hours are awarded. Please register by Friday, January 8.

with live piano solos by Dr. Jonathan Irving, Director, Dept. of Music, Southern Connecticut State University

Date: Thursday, January 14
Time: 2:00 P.M.

In this program, we will salute Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), composer of some 52 piano sonatas, the London Symphonies, the master of the string quartet, and more, on the 200th anniversary of his death. Haydn influenced the sonata structure and established the Viennese piano sonata as a unique genre. The recital will include parts of Haydn's dramatic "Sonata in E minor," the Sonata in A-flat," as well as excerpts from Beethoven's "Waldstein Sonata." The music will be interspersed with conversation and demonstration illustrating the composer's style and methods. Mozart and Beethoven surely owed much to this earlier master, who was a powerful force in the evolution of music.

with Donald Dwyer, Art Historian

Date: Monday, January 25
Time: 2:00 P.M.

Although self-portraits have been made since far-off times, it was not until the Early Renaissance, with increased wealth and interest in the individual, that they became popular. Self-portraits may also be included in a group scene, as Botticelli did, painting himself as a brash spectator in "The Adoration of the Magi" (1459). Durer, the first prolific self-portraitist, depicted himself many times from portrayal as a young dandy to a late Christ-like image, illustrating that creativity comes from God. In the 17th Century, Rembrandt painted some 40 works that range from an uncertain young man to the troubled, powerful portraits of old age. Van Gogh often presented intense depths of self-revelation, and Picasso, in the age of Freud, depicts complex psychological insights with nightmarish views of old age. He powerfully influenced the tortured, fascinating images of Francis Bacon. All were chroniclers of the human condition and all attempted to probe the ancient Greek maxim--"Know thyself."

presented by Mercy Medical Center

Date: Tuesday, January 5
Time: 2:00 P.M.

It has often been said that getting old is no picnic. But aging can have its positive aspects if you approach it with the right attitude!

Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre is committed to "quality compassionate health care to the whole person." A representative from their speaker's bureau will help you start the new year on the right foot by discussing the positive steps you can take toward better physical and mental wellness.

Registration Begins Monday, December 7

ELLEN COVEN, fitness instructor will once again be leading her ever-popular exercise classes at the library. The classes are designed for the special needs and limitations of the over-55 age group. In addition to being healthy, they are fun! Listed below are the dates for the upcoming classes. Payment is due upon registration at the Adult Reference desk before the first class.

4 SESSION CLASS
Dates: January 4, 11, 18, 25
Time: 9:45 A.M.-10:30 A.M. (session 1)
10:45 A.M.-11:30 A.M. (session 2)
Cost: $16 for 4-session class (no refunds)

Registration Begins Monday, December 7

Led by fitness instructor ELLEN COVEN Simply Stronger is a program of strengthening exercises for older adults designed to help slow bone loss, improve posture, build muscular strength and provide important health benefits safely, Following are the dates for the scheduled class. Payment is due upon registration at the Adult Reference desk before the first class.

4 SESSION CLASS
Dates: January 4, 11, 18, 25
Time: 11:45 A.M.-12:30 P.M.
Cost: $16 for 4-session class (no refunds)