AARP Tax-Aide is a free tax counseling and preparation service, helping low and middle-income taxpayers, with special attention to people ages 60 years and older.
AARP Tax Aide volunteers cannot prepare returns that include rental property, military income, alternative minimum tax, or those with many stock transactions.
Tuesdays, January 12, 19, 26 • 11:00 am to 12:00 pm • Register online for HSA398
Registration is required to receive Zoom sign-in via email.
Join us for fun games and exercises to keep your mind and body in shape! A representative from Long Island Alzheimer’s and Dementia Center (LIAD) will lead participants through some brain teasers, trivia, Jeopardystyle games and some chair exercises. Limited space. Registration required. Open to All
Thursdays, January 14, 21, 28; February 4 • 6:00 to 8:30 pm • Register online for HMA832
Registration is required to receive Zoom sign-in via email.
Let go of watercolor anxiety and learn to trust your instincts with color! Jan Guarino instructs and inspires you to capture the colors of winter in your painting. Upon your request, she is happy to critique your work. Find a place to set up a workspace with all your supplies. See the recommended supply list at the public service desks or in the online program record. You will receive a link to the Zoom class before class begins. Registration required. HPL cardholders only
Celebrate 5 Years of Kiss Me, Kill Me!
Tuesday, January 19 • 2:00 – 4:00 pm • Register online for HMA165
Registration is required to receive Zoom sign-in via email.
In honor of our fifth year of the Kiss Me, Kill Me Mystery Book Club, we will be having a very special guest joining us ... S.J. Watson! S.J. Watson’s first novel, Before I Go to Sleep, was the very first book discussion for Kiss Me, Kill Me and now he will be joining us to discuss his latest novel, Final Cut.
Blackwood Bay. An ordinary place, home to ordinary people. It used to be a buzzing seaside destination. But now, ravaged by the effects of dwindling tourism and economic downturn, it's a ghost town--and the perfect place for film-maker Alex to shoot her new documentary. But the community is deeply suspicious of her intentions. After all, nothing exciting ever happens in Blackwood Bay--or does it?
Wednesday January 20 • 7:00 – 8:30 pm • Register online for HMA631
Registration is required to receive Zoom sign-in via email.
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
There is no single American narrative, there are millions of personal stories across the country: gay, straight, white, black, Asian, Latino, Native American,rural, urban, immigrant, religious, secular, living with disability, able-bodied (and more!) Join librarian Thérèse Purcell Nielsen in a year-long project of examining our American Stories as recorded in memoirs and autobiographies.
January’s memoir is Heavy by Kiese Laymon. Heavy received a starred review from Kirkus, which described the books as “A challenging memoir about black-white relations, income inequality, mother-son dynamics, Mississippi byways, lack of personal self-control, education from kindergarten through graduate school, and so much more.”
Reserve a copy of either title (or all our future titles) through the Huntington Public Library catalog, accessible on our website, or download a digital copy via our Overdrive collection, also accessible through our website or the Libby app for mobile devices.
Please contact one of our reference librarians at 631-427-5165 ext 251 for help in reserving either book. If you have questions about our American Stories project, please contact Thérèse Purcell Nielsen at . Open to all. Registration is required. You will receive a Zoom link by email the day before the meeting.
