Hillside Library upcoming events

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PROGRAMS and EVENTS

Who Will Decide? Health Care and Medical Decisions in Our Changing World – Virtual Program
Tuesday, November 9 at 1 p.m. Beth Polner Abrahams, Esq. assists residents in navigating recent NYS health care laws. Topics include Health care decisions, Health care proxies, Living wills, and End of life (DNR, MOLST) patient rights. *This program is brought to you courtesy of Nassau Libraries Health Share.

Personal Finance Seminar: Your Financial Focus – Virtual Program
Tuesday, November 9 at 7 p.m. Financial advisor, Marc S. Wong, CLU,CFP, CPWA discusses your best path toward your goals and how to focus them toward what you’re doing for today, tomorrow and beyond. Topics include: Top 3 financial needs of investors under 40; Putting your debt to work; Building your credit score and Saving for retirement. Bring your questions!

Gentle Yoga and Tibetan Bowls with Micheline – Virtual Program
Wednesday, November 10 at 12 noon. Please register 1x only for this series: Dates are November 10 and 17 at 12 p.m. Join us for a relaxing, healing session. This class is open to anyone. We will work with breath work getting grounded and relaxed. Followed by a gentle yoga flow allowing the body to release tension through gentle movement and stretching in preparation for a nice yoga nidra practice. Yoga Nidra is the practice of softening one body part at a time without creating any movement which allows for deep relaxation and healing.

Book Discussion: Fresh Fiction Book Club – Virtual and in-person Program
Wednesday, November 10 at 6:30 p.m. The book being discussed is: The Mothers by Brit Bennett “An emotionally perceptive story about community, love, and ambition.”

Meditation in Current Times – Virtual Program
Friday, November 12 at 6:30 p.m. In the world we live in today there is much uncertainty and many stressors that we face on a daily basis. The world as we know it has changed drastically. Learn how meditation can be a tool to help cope with our everyday life and how we deal with the stressors around us. Regular meditation provides many benefits such as reducing stress, helping with depression, anxiety, pain, and improving concentration. Learn a simple time-tested meditation technique. There will even be a chance to try this out. Join John Bednarik for this powerful workshop. *This program is brought to you courtesy of Nassau Libraries Health Share.

CHILDREN and YOUNG ADULT PROGRAMS and EVENTS

Play Hooray (Outside Parking Lot)
Friday, November 5 at 10:30 am. Ages: 18 months & Up (with parent/caregiver).Stories, music and movement activities with Mollie the Mouse!

Time For Kids: Thanksgiving Turkey! (Outside- Parking Lot)
Tuesday, November 9 at 4:30 p.m. Ages: 3 years- 7 years (with parent/caregiver). Come celebrate the harvest season with A Time For Kids, Inc. in this family fun preschool program! Activities include music, movement, fine and gross motor development and storytelling. There will also be a cute Thanksgiving Turkey Craft!

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