COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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THURSDAY, JULY 20

Learn Magic with Ari Bisk

Join professional magician

Ari Bisk at the Bryant Library from 5 to 6 p.m. and learn beginner magic tricks to perform for your friends and family. After each trick Ari will teach the secrets and how to perform them. It is recommended that participants have a deck of playing cards. For grades 2 to 5. The library is at 2 Paper Mill Rd. Call 516-621-2240. Online registration required at kids@bryantlibrary.org.

SATURDAY, JULY 22

Defensive Driving Course

This program from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Bryant Library is presented and coordinated by NY Safety Driving. All registration and payment questions can be directed to NY Safety Driving. They can be reached at 516-986-7801. New York Safety Driving’s course through has no formal testing and great benefits. Students who complete the six hour accident prevention workshop, receive a 10 percent discount on their automobile liability, personal injury protection, and collision insurance premiums for three years and may reduce up to four points on their driving record. Online Registration & Payment Required

Through NY Safety Driving Website. $35 Fee for Class. The library is at 2 Paper Mill Rd.

TUESDAY, JULY 25

Octopus Collage Art

Keeping with the Summer Book Club theme, the Bryant Library will continue to explore the fascinating octopus by making our own. Spend the afternoon learning a new collage technique using watercolor paints and dried pressed flowers. You will have fun and go home with colorful artwork to frame. From 1 to 2 p.m. The library is at 2 Paper Mill Rd. Call 516-621-2240.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 26

Film Noir Theater: Having a Ball with Lucille Ball

Lecture by Keith Crocker. In Lured (1947), British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic-poem clues to the cops. Lucille Ball, George Sanders, Boris Karloff. From 1 to 3 p.m. The library is at 2 Paper Mill Rd. Call 516-621-2240.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 & SATURDAY, JULY 29

Community Service Tiny Art Show

For grades 6 to 12. Wednesday, July 26, 3 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, July 29, 12 noon to 1:30 p.m., Create a tiny masterpiece for this tiny art show. Register separately for one or both sessions and stop by the library to create a work of art on a 4x4 canvas. Your artwork will

Education Laura Lynch for three Mindful Mornings sessions. Mindful looking invites us to take time to observe, question, and reflect without hurry, distraction, or judgment. During each experience we will explore one or two works of art in our galleries, with intention as we focus on color, texture, form, and personal connections. Join us for as many sessions as you like. Each will be a different opportunity to