October Events at the Cold Spring Harbor Library

The following events are open to the general public. Advance registration is always encouraged.

Medicare Questions Answered
Thursday, October 1, at 7pm
Just in time to assist with making enrollment decisions! Join us for a presentation by a planning expert, followed by a Q&A session on this most important medical program. This program is free and open to the general public. Advance registration is encouraged.

Should I Buy A Desktop, Laptop, or Tablet?
Tuesday, October 6, at 1pm
Ready to purchase something new but not sure whether to buy a tablet, a laptop, or a desktop computer? There are so many choices and many salespeople are more interested in earning a commission then educating you about the options. Your choice should be based on a number of factors, including what you’ll be using the device for, its performance, your experience, and your budget. In this presentation, a SeniorNet guide will discuss how to make the best choice for your computing needs. Q&A follows. Advance registration is encouraged.

Beginner/Intermediate Knitting: Two Sessions

Choose either the morning: 10am-12pm, or the evening class: 6:45-8:45 pm.
Four Wednesdays, October: 7, 14, 21, and 28
Learn to knit, improve your technique, or get help with a current project in this four class session with knitting experts. Beginners should bring one skein of light-colored yarn in a worsted weight and a pair of size 8 knitting needles. Students who are already knitters should bring their patterns, needles, and yarn.

Advance, in-person registration must be accompanied by a check for $100 payable to the Cold Spring Harbor Library. You do not need to be a library member to participate.

Guided Meditation
Thursday, October 8 at 7pm
Come for a relaxing hour of guided meditation led by Linda Cafiero, and discover the path to your true nature. Chairs will be available, as well as floor space for those who prefer to lie down. Please bring a towel, mat or pillow if you plan on being on the floor. Register at the Information Services Desk with $5 cash or check payable to the Cold Spring Harbor Library per class. If paying the night of the program, please come to the Information Services Desk by 6:45pm. You do not need to be a library member to participate.

Personalized Photo-Shoot Sessions
Saturday, October 17
10-11:30am for those with Point & Shoot cameras; 12:30-2pm for those with DSLR cameras.

Professional photographer John Spoltore will give two hands-on workshops during which attendees will learn how to set their cameras for different functions and then shoot with them to see the results. Students will experiment with: white balance, ISO, apertures and depth of field, shutter speeds, flash, image quality, metering modes, drive modes, scene settings, exposure compensation, focus lock, and photo composition.

Students should bring a digital camera that can be utilized in P, TV, S, A, or AV shooting modes, (not just automatic) and their camera manuals with them.

Weather permitting, some of the practice shooting will be outdoors.

The 10-11:30am workshop is for those with Point & Shoot cameras; the 12:30-2pm is for those with DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) cameras. Each class is limited to 12 students. Advance registration is required. You do not need to be a library member to participate.

Health Lecture: Memory Disorders
Tuesday, October 20, at 7pm
A physician from the North Shore-LIJ Health System will present on this month’s health topic, memory disorders. The lecture will cover the risks and causes of dementia; evaluation of patients with dementia; how to plan behavioral and pharmacologic treatment strategies to minimize the personal, social and financial impacts of dementia; the physiology and treatment of delirium; and the diagnosis and treatment of depression in the elderly.

Advance registration recommended. This program is free and open to the general public.

Author Talk: Historic Haunts of Long Island by Kerriann Flanagan Brosky
Wednesday October 21, at 7pm
Kerriann Flanagan Brosky, historian and award-winning author of the Ghosts of Long Island books, will discuss her new release, Historic Haunts of Long Island; Ghosts and Legends from the Gold Coast to Montauk Point. In this book, Ms. Brosky reveals the history behind the spiritual occupation of Long Island sites such as the Execution Rocks Lighthouse, Bayport’s Grey Horse Tavern, the Cutchogue Village Green, and other fascinating locales that she has researched and investigated with medium and paranormal investigator Joe Giaquinto. Book sale and signing follows. This program is free and open to the general public.

AARP Smart Driver Defensive Driving
Saturday October 24, from 10am to 5pm
The AARP Defensive Driving Course is geared to adults over 50 years of age. You do not need to be a library member to participate.

Students must register in person at the Information Services Desk, with a check made payable to ‘AARP,’ by Tuesday, October 20. Fee: $20.00 (AARP members), or $25.00 (non-AARP members)

Remember to bring your NYS Driver’s License and a bag lunch to the program.

King Tut: The Inside Story
Wednesday, October 28, 7pm
Most of us have either seen or read about the treasures of Tutankhamen, but just who is King Tut, the boy king? History paints him as unimportant; it is the wealth that was found in his tomb that makes him famous. Howard Carter, the discoverer of the tomb, is a more interesting subject, yet his name rarely appears anywhere.

Dr. Regina T. Gilbert will reveal the story behind King Tut and Mr. Carter, and the intrigue of one of the wealthiest finds in history.

Free and open to all. Advance registration requested. 

Book Discussion

Wednesday, October 14 at 11am:
All are welcome to attend a lively discussion of this month’s selection, Unfinished Desires by Gail Godwin.

From this three-time National Book Award finalist and acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Evensong and The Finishing School, comes a sweeping new novel of friendship, loyalty, rivalries, redemption, and memory.

It is the fall of 1951 at Mount St. Gabriel’s, an all-girls school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina. Tildy Stratton, the undisputed queen bee of her class, befriends Chloe Starnes, a new student recently orphaned by the untimely and mysterious death of her mother. Their friendship fills a void for both girls but also sets in motion a chain of events that will profoundly affect the course of many lives, including the girls’ young teacher and the school’s matriarch, Mother Suzanne Ravenel.

Fifty years on, the headmistress relives one pivotal night, trying to reconcile past and present, reaching back even further to her own senior year at the school, where the roots of a tragedy are buried.

Books are available for pick-up at the Circulation Desk approximately one month prior to the discussion date. You do not need to be a library member to participate.

Cold Spring Harbor Library is located at 95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724

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