Community Room

Come learn the age old game of chess from a skilled instructor and play with other kids! No experience necessary. Chess board provided. Ages 8-14.

Please register at 708.795.8000 ex 3088, on our website, or in person at the Youth Services desk. Sign up begins 30 days before event.

Come learn the age old game of chess from a skilled instructor and play with other kids! No experience necessary. Chess board provided. Ages 8-14.

Please register at 708.795.8000 ex 3088, on our website, or in person at the Youth Services desk. Sign up begins 30 days before event.

Get your draw on! Meet other artists and learn new tricks from local graphic designer Marty McGowan

Get your draw on! Meet other artists and learn new tricks from local graphic designer Marty McGowan.

Get your draw on! Meet other artists and learn new tricks from local graphic designer Marty McGowan.

Food is every household's second largest expense, next to housing, with costs expected to escalate almost 10% in 2014. In this popular fast-paced program based on green kitchen economist Laura Bruzas’ book 100 Simple Ways to Eat Well for Less, audience members learn dozens of eco-friendly, health-supportive practical tips and insider secrets to save money big time whether eating in, dining out or entertaining. No coupons required! Books will be available for purchase after the presentation.

Bill Helmuth takes us on a remarkable journey to the Holy Land following the footsteps of Jesus from Nazareth to Bethlehem and finally to Jerusalem, where He died and Christianity was born. The Bible comes alive with stunning visual experiences including River Jordan, Galilee, Bethlehem, with Manger Square and the close by fields where the Shepherds watched their flocks by night, and finally to Gethsemane. We will travel down Via Dolorosa in the Old City where He carried the cross and to
the tomb that is covered for posterity by the muscular Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

Advance registration required: $5.00 charge for the buffet lunch.
In this poignant and humorous love story nominated for four Academy Awards, Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr meet on an ocean liner and fall deeply in love. Though each is engaged to someone else, they agree to meet six months later at the Empire State Building, if they still feel the same way about each other. But a tragic accident prevents their rendezvous and the lover's future takes an emotional and uncertain turn. Get out your handkerchiefs for this four-star weepie.

Join us for "I Dwell in Possibility" with Emily Dickinson, adapted and performed by Betsey Means. Thought of an eccentric by the locals, Emily became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests, or later in life, even leave her room. Most of her friendships were carried out by correspondence. Emily was a prolific private poet. Her poems questioned the nature of immortality and death. Through nature and life she was able to glimpse into a mystic dimension beyond worldly distractions. Emily is one of the most loved and certainly the greatest American woman poet.

Join cabaret singer Kym Frankovelgia as she performs a selection of holiday and seasonal favorites. Kym began her career in nightclubs and on cruise ships and she has performed with renowned entertainers like Maxene Andrews from the Andrews Sisters and Allison McKay. She has also shared the stage with renowned big band orchestras such as the Sammy Kaye Orchestra and the Glenn Miller Band. She now entertains for seniors, private parties, social clubs and various organizations. Take the time to relax and smell the holly during this delightful performance.