Marc Berger Sings, Movies, Yoga: Huntington Library November Events

HUNTINGTON, NY — The Huntington Public Library released its November events slate. The library is at 338 Main St., Huntington.

People can register for events by calling 631-427-5165 or online.

Event: Coloring & Creativity
Location: Main Meeting Room
Date: Thursday, Nov. 2
Time: 1 – 3 p.m.
Description: Bring your own coloring supplies and enjoy two hours of socializing, relaxing, and being creative. Led by Annina. Registration suggested. Open to all.

Event: Understanding Parkinson's Disease and Current Treatments
Location: Zoom
Date: Friday, Nov. 3
Time: 11 a.m.
Description: Join this virtual program to better understand Parkinson's Disease, treatment options, and community resources. Information will be presented by Dr. David Kreitzman, Board Certified Neurologist, Movement Disorders Specialist, and Julie Garofalo, RN, Coordinator, American Parkinson Disease Association Information and Referral Centers of Suffolk County. Both presenters have been serving the community for over 20 years. Presented by the Huntington area libraries. Registration required. Open to all.

Event: Friday Afternoon Movies: Recent Hits You May Have Missed
Location: Main Auditorium
Date: Friday, Nov. 3
Time: 3 p.m.
Description: "Love Again."
A young woman tries to ease the pain of her fiancé’s death by sending romantic texts to his old cell phone number and forms a connection with the man to which the number has been reassigned. Open to all.

Event: Musicology Mondays
Location: Main Auditorium
Date: Monday, Nov. 6
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Description: "Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World."
A documentary about the role of Native Americans in popular music history.

Event: Non-Surgical Options for Neck & Back Pain
Location: Zoom
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 8
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Description: Suffering from Neck and Back Pain? Please join Dr. Vlada Frankenberger, board-certified Interventional Pain Management specialist at St. Charles Hospital, who will provide an overview of common conditions involving neck and back pain, as well as discuss the most advanced, non-surgical treatment options. Dr. Frankenberger’s training allows her to specifically target and deliver medications precisely to the locations that will have the greatest effect on easing pain. Presented by the Huntington area libraries. Registration required. Open to all.

Event: Hatha Yoga with Danielle Tarantola
Location: Main Auditorium
Dates: Wednesdays, Nov. 8, 15, 22, 29 Dec. 6, 13, 20, 27. 8 sessions
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Description: Join India-trained Yoga Therapist and Teacher Trainer Danielle Tarantola for this holistic approach to physical and mental wellness that highlights and guides you through postures, breathing practices and meditation techniques. The practices promote physical and mental flexibility, health, and strength through the lens of the time-tested Yoga philosophy. Participants should be able to get up and down off the floor and be in general good health for this movement-based class. Please bring a yoga mat. Registration is required. Open to all. There is a $40 fee for the series.

Event: Signs From Beyond
Location: Main Auditorium
Date: Monday, Nov. 13
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: Can loved ones who have passed send us signs that they are with us in spirit? Maria D’Andrea, MSD, D.D., DRH will help us learn to tune into signs and will explore the idea of symbols and what they mean. Common ones are butterflies, birds, and coins. She will also discuss loved ones appearing in dreams. Registration required and open to all.

Event: Child of the Holocaust Lecture with Dr. William Reszelbach
Location: Main Meeting Room
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 14
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Description: A child of Holocaust survivors, Dr. Reszelbach shares his family’s harrowing experiences at the hands of the Nazis, coupled with Holocaust history. Hear about his parents’ will to survive and how these traumatic events affected their new life in the USA, as well as his own life, and his perspective on modern-day anti-Semitism. Registration required and open to all.

Event: Yogic Breathing & Meditation: Stay Balanced During the Holiday Season
Location: Main Meeting Room
Dates: Tuesdays, Nov. 14, 21, 28; Dec. 5, 12
Time: 12:30 - 1:15 p.m.
Description: The system of Yoga intelligently layers and combines subtle and potent tools to positively alter our state of mind. This class evolves with movement, breathing, visualization and other authentic, powerful techniques, like mantra and mudra, to channel the distracted mind in a positive direction. You will surprise yourself with the gradual degree of calmness, focus, and connection to your inner peace that a sustained, intelligently designed breathing and meditation practice will yield. Registration required. Open to all.There is a $25 fee for the series.

Event: "Kiss Me Kill Me" Mystery Book Discussion Group hosted by Donna
Location: Main Meeting Room and Zoom
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 14
Time: 2 – 3:30 p.m.
Description: Hidden Pictures with Special Guest Author & Edgar Award Finalist, Jason Rekulak. Mallory Quinn is an ex-drug addict with a chance at redemption working as a nanny for the Maxwells, a seemingly perfect family living in an idyllic neighborhood, in this Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Horror. But when her sweet 5-year-old charge begins drawing dark, disturbing pictures well beyond his age, Mallory starts looking for answers in a decades old story of a local artist’s murder. Is Mallory’s past coming back to haunt her or is there something malignant at play?

Books are available at the Customer Services Desk and may be available in eBook and eAudio formats using Libby & Hoopla. Any questions? Please email info@huntlib.org. We will be more than happy to give you step-by-step instructions. Registration required and open to all.

Event: The Thanksgiving Garden with Paul Levine
Location: Main Auditorium
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 15
Time: 2 p.m.
Description: Learn the best techniques for a beautiful Thanksgiving garden using late season plants such as mums, pansies, and ornamental cabbage. The horticulturalist will discuss the best soil, fertilizer, plant containers to use, how often to water, and what locations are suitable for each plant. Registration required and open to all.

Event: Replacing Victor Henry’s Headstone
Location: Main Auditorium
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 15
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: The simple goal of wanting to visit the gravesites of all April Earle’s direct ancestors back to 3rd great-grandparents developed into quite the project when cousins discovered the headstone of their 3rd great-grandfather, Victor Henry, was broken. April Earle will discuss the subsequent research done to discover long lost descendants, including navigating cemeteries, leveraging social media, and the steps taken to replace Victor’s stone. Registration required and open to all.

Event: Coloring & Creativity
Location: Main Meeting Room
Date: Thursdays, November 16
Time: 1 - 3 p.m.
Description: Bring your own coloring supplies and enjoy two hours of socializing, relaxing, and being creative. Led by Annina. Registration suggested. Open to all.

Event: Drama Book Club: "August: Osage County" by Tracy Letts
Location: Main Small Meeting Room
Date: Thursday, Nov. 16
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: Read "August: Osage County" by Tracy Letts then meet to discuss and read selected scenes aloud to add a deeper understanding of the work. The story of the Weston family, and how the death of patriarch Beverly Weston sets them into a dysfunctional, downward spiral. His disappearance leads to his family reuniting to care for his wife, Violet Weston, where dark secrets are revealed. Registration suggested. Open to all.

Event: Friday Afternoon Movies: Recent Hits You May Have Missed
Location: Main Auditorium
Date: Friday, Nov. 17
Time: 3 p.m.
Description: "Asteroid City."Following a writer on his world-famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Asteroid City to compete in a junior stargazing event, only to have his world view disrupted forever. Open to all.

Event: Tai Chi with Joseph Panico
Location: Main Auditorium
Dates: Saturdays, Nov. 18, 25; Dec. 2, 9, 16
Time: 10 - 11 p.m.
Description: Tai Chi is a Chinese form of exercise that helps reduce tension, improve balance and increase vitality. It incorporates breathing with slow and fluid movements, emphasizing correct posture and body mechanics. By placing our mind on our movements, we start to learn how to control ourselves. Registration required. Open to all. There is a $25 fee for the series.

Event: Marc Berger Solo Performance
Location: Main Auditorium
Date: Saturday, Nov. 18
Time: 2:00 pm
Description: Marc's life has been about pursuing twin passions: creating, recording, and performing his original songs and exploring remote areas of the American West. He’s performed at Austin's SXSW Music Festival and the Kerrville Folk Festival and opened for Bob Dylan and other national acts, and his antinuclear anthem "The Last One" was a staple of Richie Havens' concerts. Marc’s critically acclaimed album, RIDE, a collection of songs all having to do with the romance of the West, has received national attention. At this special concert, Marc will perform songs from the album and share unforgettable stories about his experiences as an easterner in the mountain and desert west. Registration required and open to all.

Event: What Happens After the Paychecks Stop? A Retirement Primer Seminar
Location: Main Auditorium
Date: Monday, Nov. 20
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: Join Lily Kowasz from Edward Jones and examine how to budget for retirement expenses, potential sources of retirement income and potential risks such as LTC and health care costs. Registration required and open to all.

Event: Medicare Advantage Plans & Smarter Social Security
Location: Main Meeting Room
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 21
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Description: This educational workshop will give you a broad overview of the Social Security retirement program while examining spousal and survivor benefits to help you make smart choices about your Medicare options. Registration required and open to all.

Event: The Usual Suspects True Crime Club: The Kobe Cannibal
Location: Main Meeting Room
Date: Monday, Nov. 27
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: Responsible for the murder, rape, and cannibalization of Renée Hartevelt in Paris in 1981, Issei Sagawa, aka "the Kobe Cannibal," became a celebrity in Japan upon release from the mental facility where he was a patient. Thanks to his family’s immense fortune, he was able to avoid serious prosecution for the crime, even though French and Japanese police had him dead to rights. Registration required and open to all.

Event: Hallmark Holiday Movie Afternoon
Location: Main Auditorium
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 29
Time: 2 p.m.
Description: Screening of "Merry & Bright." During the busy Christmas period, Merry and Bright Candy Cane Company owner Cate meets a mysterious man and assumes he is the man her determined mother is trying to set her up with. Open to all.

Event: Pinstripes & Tales: Curious Stories the Yankees Told Me
Location: Main Auditorium
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 29
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: Join Bill Schulman for an evening of NY Yankee history, stories, and memories. A lifelong Yankee fan, Bill wrote two columns for the team publication, Yankees Magazine. During the period from 1982 - 1999 he interviewed more than 115 former Yankee stars for his segment, "Where Are They Now." Attendees will hear many of the interesting and amusing anecdotes as told to him by the former Yankee stars themselves. A must see for all baseball fans in general and Yankee fans in particular! Registration required and open to all.

Event: Name That Tune!
Location: Main Auditorium
Date: Thursday, Nov. 30
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: Can you name that tune? Teams will test their knowledge of music from the 1950s to the present and answer questions about songs, musicians, albums, and TV Shows. Enjoy some snacks with your evening of music trivia! Prizes will be awarded to each member of the winning team. Registration required. Open to all.