Upcoming Events at the Jericho Public Library

Friday, April 14

10:30 a.m.: Sensory Storytime (Ages 2 to 5 Years) - This introductory Sensory Storytime is designed for children who may need extra sensory support. Sensory Storytimes combine traditional storytime components with sensory elements to enhance the experience.

12:30 p.m.: In-Person ~ Learn to Play

Mah Jongg - American Mah Jongg is an exciting four-player tile game with Chinese origins. Using 152 tiles with various characters and symbols, players pick and discard in turn to form combinations found on the National Mah Jongg League’s annual card of hands. Strategy, skill and luck are needed to be the first player to complete a hand and declare “Mah Jongg!” Join us for this fun challenging yet surprisingly easy game to learn and understand.

Cost: $15 (6 sessions). No refunds.

4:00pm Tweens: Ocean Origami (Grades 4–6) - In April of 1845, the L.I. whaleship Manhattan became the first American ship to enter Japan’s waters in over 200 years. We will celebrate Japanese artistry by creating ocean inspired origami.

Saturday, April 15

11:00 a.m.: Chinese Cooking - Kung Pao Chicken with Sunnie Zhang - Sunnie will show us how to make the most popular Chinese dish, Kung Pao chicken which has a spicy lychee flavor. It is a well known traditional dish both here and abroad. Please note: This recipe contains peanuts.

Recipes and tasting for all!

Cost: $3.00 per person (Non-Refundable)

2:00 p.m.: Teen/Tween Movie: “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind” (Gr. 4–12) - Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet. Rated PG.

Sunday, April 16 est art museums, housed in a former Beaux-Arts railway station. It holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914. The Musée d’Orsay has the biggest collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces by painters including Manet, Renoir, van Gogh, Degas, Gauguin, Monet and Cézanne. Around every corner you come eye to eye with a dear old friend like “Whistler’s Mother,” van Gogh’s “Bedroom at Arles,” or Manet’s “Luncheon on the Grass.”

Tuesday, April 18

2:00 p.m.: Hybrid ~ Art LectureVermeer: Rijksmuseum Exhibition with Professor Thomas Germano - Johannes Vermeer lived and worked in Delft, Holland. His tranquil, domestic, introverted, interior scenes and use of bright, colorful light and realistic illusionism is what he is known for. He left behind about 35 paintings. The Rijksmuseum’s exhibition will include masterpieces never before shown to the public in the Netherlands. Join Professor Germano when he presents this visual lecture about Vermeer and the Dutch exhibition.

7:00 p.m.: Hybrid ~ Talk About Books with Fran Cohen: “A Speck in the Sea” by John Aldridge & Anthony Sosinski - A tale of survival, perseverance, and community, A Speck in the Sea tells of one man’s struggle to survive as friends and strangers work separately, and together, to bring him home.

Wednesday, April 19

2:00 p.m.: In-Person Movie ~ “Elvis”Biography/Drama/Music - The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker. Starring Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge. Rated PG-13. 2 hours, 39 minutes.

Friday, April 21

10:30 a.m.: Jump for Joy (Ages 18 Months to 5 Years) - Join us for a lively program of music and group activities for you and your child.

NASSAU COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING FOR BUDGET VOTE, CAPITAL RESERVE PROPOSITIONS AND ELECTION FOR

2:00 p.m.: In-Person ~ BreakdownA Musical Tribute to Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ fans will love this ultimate tribute to Petty’s music catalog. Breakdown features Steve Jaworowski, guitar and vocals; Bobby DiGiovanna, keyboards and vocals; Bob Becker III, bass and vocals; and Rich Capitelli, drums. Come feel the energy and excitement by this group of seasoned performers.

Tickets are required and available to ALL. Two tickets per person. Non-ticket holders will be seated as space allows.

THE JERICHOUNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE JERICHO PUBLIC LIBRARY MAY 16, 2023 OF JERICHO UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK

This program is co-sponsored by the Jericho Public Library and the Town of Oyster Bay Distinguished Artists Concert Series.

NOTICE is hereby given to the qualified voters of Jericho Union Free School District, Nassau County, New York, that the annual budget and election school district will be held in the Gymnasium of Jericho High School, Cedar Swamp Road, Jericho, New York, on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 between 6:00 A.M.

NOTICE is hereby given that the public hearing on the proposed budget of the school district will be held on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 in the Little Theatre School, Cedar Swamp Road, Jericho, New York, at 7:00 P.M.

Monday, April 17

2:00 p.m.: Hybrid ~ Art LectureThe Musée d’Orsay with Mary Maguire

- We will be visiting one of Europe’s larg-

Voting will be held for the following purposes:

2:00 p.m.: Virtual ~ Great Performers with Marc Courtade: The Superb Emma Thompson - Emma Thompson is known for her skillful performances over her forty year career. She starred in Me and My Girl in London and made several films with her then husband Kenneth Branagh. She won the Academy Award as Best Actress for her performance in “Howards End.” Thompson wrote the screenplay for “Sense and Sensibility,” winning a second Oscar, becoming the only person to win an Academy Award for both acting and writing. Join us for a look at the life and career of this astonishingly brilliant and versatile performer.

NOTICE is given that a copy of the statements of the amount of money required for the ensuing year for school purposes and library purposes may be qualified voter in the District at each schoolhouse and at the Office of the District Clerk, between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. on each day other than or holiday during the fourteen days immediately preceding such Budget Election Voting.

1. To elect two (2) members of the Board of Education for a three (3) year term commencing July 1, 2023 and expiring June 30, 2026.

2. To vote upon the appropriation of funds to meet the estimated expenditures of the District for school purposes for the school year beginning July 1, 2023