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 Fri 12/19 - North Shore Madrigals Performance at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 7:30 pm; Sat. 12/20 - Offbeat Artifacts Sale, Sea Cliff Village Green, 8 am - 12:30 pm.
 (click for complete calendar, including Gold Coast and Sea Cliff Library Events)
Sat. 12/20 - Sun. 1/4/15 North Shore Schools Holiday Vacation;  Mon. 12/22:  Sea Cliff Architectural Review Board, Village Hall, 8 pm 

Wednesday December 10 - Thursday, December 18, 2014

GOLD COAST LIBRARY BEGINS NEGOTIATIONS TO ACQUIRE HALM INDUSTRIES PROPERTY 

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December 19, 2014 -- The Board of Trustees of the Gold Coast Public Library released a mailing on Wednesday that details the first steps it is taking in its initiative to educate the public about purchasing a new building.
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OUR LADY OF KAZAN HOSTS RUSSIAN HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE

Sea Cliff's modest, rustic and strikingly beautiful Church of Our Lady of Kazan hosted its annual Russian Holiday Boutique this past Saturday afternoon. READ MORE

SEA CLIFF GLEN HEAD LIONS MAKES LARGE DONATION TO IZOTE

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The Sea Cliff-Glen Head Lions presented members of Izote with a check for $4,000 at its Holiday Party at Cedar Creek in Glen Cove on December 4. Izote is a local, non-profit organization that supports community development projects for financially impoverished communities in rural El Salvador and Central America. The money was raised at the Lion club's annual Fall Classic golf outing. Other charities will also benefit. Click here for article on the golf outing and Izote's efforts. 

Picture above, left to right: Beth Tobah  Administrative Director of Izote, Risa Procton, President and Executive Director of Izote, Lion Nino Luciano, the Honoree of the Golf Outing, Marc Neal, Club President, and Liegh Latimer, Treasurer of Izote.

GHGWBA CELEBRATES THE END OF A GREAT YEAR WITH HOLIDAY PARTY

December 18 2014 -- Members, families and friends of the Glen Head Glenwood Business Association packed the upstairs meeting hall of the Glenwood American Legion Post on Glen Head Road for the group's annual Christmas party on Wednesday evening.  The size of the crowd reflected the group's astronomical growth over the past year, with it now boasting more than 100 members compared to just 32 last September.  READ MORE

BREAKFAST WITH SANTA AT THE SEA CLIFF FIRE HOUSE

The Enterprise Hose Company of the Sea Cliff Fire Department held its annual Breakfast with Santa Fundraiser this past Sunday Morning.  Residents of all ages were served pancakes, bacon and sausage while Santa took orders from good little boys and girls and Rudolph made the rounds.
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FIRE RAVAGES SEA CLIFF HOME UNDERGOING RENOVATIONS

December 18 2014 -- A Prospect Avenue house undergoing extensive renovations was significantly damaged in a fire on Thursday afternoon.  It appears to have been caused by heat guns used by men working on the structure, said Sea Cliff Fire Department Chief Ernie Longobucco. READ MORE   

CHILDREN SPINNING, SPRINGING AND SWIRLING AT ANNUAL NUTCRACKER WORKSHOP

December 16, 2014 -- Children spun, sprung and swirled to the music of Tchaikovsky at the Sea Cliff Children's Library's  annual "Introduction to the Nutcracker" workshop this past Saturday morning.  Sea Cliff resident Dan DiPietro, and his wife Ann, the Children's Library director, have organized the event each December for more than two decades, introducing to hundreds of children who have participated over the years, the story, dance, and music of the Christmas-time classic, as well as to ballet as an art form.  READ MORE

HANUKKAH HAPPENS FOR ALL AT THE SEA CLIFF FIRE HOUSE


December 18, 2014 -- Sea Cliff residents from a variety of religious and spiritual persuasions turned out for Hanukkah Happening Tuesday evening at the Sea Cliff Fire Department to enjoy good company and celebrate the holiday's traditions.  Children spun dreidels, worked on crafts, and decorated cookies while snacking on latkes and chocolate gelt. READ MORE

MEMORIAL FOR SEA CLIFF RESIDENT AND RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER ARTHUR LEIPZIG TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 10

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A memorial service for Sea Cliff resident and renowned photographer Arthur Leipzig will be held at the Hillwood Recital Center at the Tilles Center for Performing Arts on the LIU - C.W. Post campus in Brookville on January 10 at 1 pm.  Mr. Leipzig, who is perhaps best known for his photographs of ordinary people enjoying life in New York City during the 1940s, 50s and 60s, and who taught as an art professor at CW Post for more than two decades, passed away earlier this month at the age of 96.  Click here for the obituary that appeared in the New York Times on December 5.

JUST SIXTIES BENEFIT CONCERT FOR ARTS ANGELS COMING THIS JANUARY

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On Saturday night, January 10, 2015, at 7:30 PM, North Shore High School is having a benefit for the North Shore Arts Angels. The show, “Just Sixties…The Stories…The Songs!” is a narrated, interactive show featuring the country’s longest running Sixties tribute band, Just Sixties, which was founded by North Shore High School math teacher Dr. Rob Gerver in 1982.  READ MORE
COMING IN JANUARY AT THE GOLD COAST PUBLIC LIBRARY

COOK BOOK CLUB BEGINNING JANUARY 7

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Do you love browsing through cookbooks and trying new recipes or cooking techniques?  Do you enjoy sampling and sharing new dishes? Join Cook the Book, the Gold Coast Public Library’s cookbook club.Visit the Library any time before Wednesday, January 7 and choose a slow cooker or casserole recipe from four pre-selected cookbooks, make it at home, then bring it to the program on Wednesday, January 7 at 1pm. Participants will sample the dishes and discuss the recipes. The cookbooks are at the Reference Desk. For more information call the Library’s Reference Desk at 759-8300, Extension 4, or visit the Library, 50 Railroad Ave. Glen Head. READ MORE

TEEN COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY AT THE GOLD COAST PUBLIC LIBRARY

Teens in Grades 6-12 can earn community service hours by teaching adults how to use their own electronic devices at the Gold Coast Public Library. Here’s how it works: Teens complete an application and signed parental permission form and drop it off at the Library or email it to Young Adult Librarian Dina Schuldner at [email protected] by January 7; then they attend a mandatory training teen-only training on Thursday, January 8 from 4:30-5:30pm. On Thursdays January 22, 29 and February 5 from 6:30-7:30pm they teach adults how to use their laptops, tablets, digital cameras, iPads, iPods, iPhones, Trackphones and any other digital device they own. Teens may attend any or all of the adult training sessions.

Applications and parental permission forms are available at the Library and online at www.goldcoastlibrary.org/departments/young-adults.

Questions?  Contact Young Adult Librarian Dina Schuldner by phone at 516-759-8300 x4 or by email at [email protected].
OFFBEAT ARTIFACTS SALE
Saturday, 12.20 on the John Burns Village Green, Sea Cliff.  Proceeds to Benefit the Sea Cliff Library.

NEXT NORTHWORDNEWS WEEKLY ON JANUARY 2

The next Northwordnews Weekly will be sent out on Friday January 2nd.  Keep updated with local news by visiting the Northwordnews homepage daily. Have a Wonderful Holiday Season and a Very Merry New Year!
LOCAL MUSIC

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STILL PARTNERS 
Sea Cliff, 8 PM
Fri 12/19 - Crash My Party
Sat 12/20 - Dave Diamond Band
Tues 12/23 - The Other Sho


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THE OAK ROOM TAVERN, Sea Cliff, 8 PM
Fri 12/19 - David Berg and Friends
Fri 12/26 - Matt Pinto Jazz Trio
Wed 12/31 - New Years Eve Party

METROPOLITAN BISTRO, Sea Cliff


Friday. 12/19 - Andy Aledort



LOCAL ART 

EXPERTS' PERSPECTIVES ON CHINESE ART AT THE NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM 

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Co-curator Amy G. Poster will present on March 7. 
In conjunction with the exhibition, China Then and Now, on view through March 8, Nassau County Museum is offering four talks by internationally recognized experts in various aspects of Chinese art and art collecting.  READ MORE

NOAH BARKER'S ALL FROZEN ROADS LEAD NORTH AT SC LIBRARY

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 Runs through the end of January.  


Click here for article on the exhibition and its opening reception.