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Wagner College Drivers Education is now accepting applications for Summer Course. Open to all 16 and 17 year old students. Approved Blue Card course. Call 718-605-8520.

Eltingville Lutheran School still has openings available for Pre-K thru 8th grade students. Have your child receive an exceptional education in a small, safe and nurturing environment. Call 718-356-7811 to arrange a tour

The Lenape: The First Staten Islanders - Our collection of art, tools, natural history specimens and documents reveal how the original settlers of our island lived. Located at the Staten Island Museum. Call 718.727.1135

Celebrating the centennial year of SI Ferry operation, explore the history, art, people and sites of our floating icon. At the Staten Island Museum. Call 718.727.1135 for more info.

The Wall of Insects - The first thing you’ll see! and Hall of Natural Science - Where else can you find a 4-legged chicken, dinosaur footprints, and a Fluorescent Mineral Room 75 Stuyvesant Place. For more info call 718.727.1135

Rudolph Montanez is a conceptual artist; yet his work is easily accessible. He describes it as "word sculptures that have both literal and ambiguous meaning." Montanez is also a NYC Public High School teacher. He intends for the work to captivate and educate. He finds that his works are great teaching tools for students from different cultural backgrounds. "They learn to apply this concept to their own language in making 3-dimensional words." Richmond County Ball Park, 75 Richmond Terrace (St. George). For more info contact 718.447.3329 or e-mail: info@statenislandarts.org

Get your hands on history! Students, between the ages of 11- and 14-years-old, will grab mallets, split logs, and learn skills in restored historic houses as if time-traveling back a few hundred years ago. Apprenticeships offered in Cooking & Housewifery, Tinsmithing and Basketmaking Register by calling 718-351-1611, Ext. 281.

Wednesday, July 9

Using Historic Richmond Town as the backdrop students will have the opportunity to read, imagine, and in many cases, to actually engage in the experiences they have been reading about. The club meets at 3:30pm. Program Free (Cost of book additional) Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to register.

Thursday, July 10

Step inside a world filled with the magic of stories, crafts, music, dancing and singing. Preschool children up to age 5, from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to make a reservation. Admission $3/Child, Adult/FREE

Afterschool Book Club at Historic Richmond Town for Grades 6-8

Using Historic Richmond Town as the backdrop students will have the opportunity to read, imagine, and in many cases, to actually engage in the experiences they have been reading about. The club meets at 3:30pm. Program Free (Cost of book additional) Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to register.

Ms. Rivas will present "Laughter, Hope & a Sock in the Eye."Join us at the at Tibetan Museum, 10 Lighthouse Avenue (Lighthouse Hill), 6:30pm. Admission is free. For more info call 718-987-3500 or visit www.tibetanmuseum.org.

Saturday and Sunday, July 12 - 13

Join members of this New Jersey racing club to find out about their super-charged boats and summer racing activities. From noon – 3pm in our parking lot, cost is free.

Saturday and Sunday, July 12 - 13

July is National Ice Cream Month and there is no better way to celebrate than to make ice cream – except that we make ours with super cold liquid nitrogen! Watch as we make some strange flavors of ice cream, then take a taste and decide which you like best. At 1:00 pm, 2:15 pm and 4:00 pm on Stage, 4th Floor Breakthroughs Lounge. Cost is free with Exhibition Ticket.

Saturday, July 12

Enjoy colonial style food cooked in the historic village, including brick-oven baked bread, flame-roasted beef and turkey and salad with Thomas Jefferson's favorite salad dressing. A Dutch colonial recipe for cabbage salad rounds out the assortment of vegetables. Dessert includes seasonal fruit pies, cooked in the brick oven. Sample the lively entertainment offered by live music, celebratory toasts, early American tavern games and authentically costumed cooks and servers.The festivities also include a Victorian parlor game related to charades. Players pose to create "living pictures," or tableaux vivant, that represent a famous scene, person, myth, or painting. The other players guess what the tableaux represent. 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Pre-paid reservations required, call 718-351-1611, Ext. 280

A free showing of the latest Veggietales release at 10AM, Bethel Evangelical Free Church, located at 4550 Amboy Road in Eltingville, for more info visit www.bethelsi.org.

Join us at 5:00 P.M. on the lawn of the Alice Austen House Museum. Enjoy an afternoon of Gospel, Jazz, Opera, Reggae, African Drums, Steel Orchestra and more. This is a fundraiser event in support of Island Voice, Inc. Individual tickets: $75.00 Seniors 62 and over: $50.00. Students with High School or College ID: $25.00 For more information: E-mail: Islandvoice@aol.com, Telephone: 718-273-7736

Sunday, July 13

Bethel Evanglical Free Church hosts a Luau Cookout with rides and water slides for the kids. Beginning immediately following 10:45 services. Located at 4550 Amboy Road, just off of Richmond Ave. Visit www.bethelsi.org for more info.

National Safety Council 6 hour Defensive Driving Classes at Moore Catholic H.S., 100 Merrill Ave, reservations required call 718-606-7150 or 718-608-9451 Save on auto insurance/ reduce points.

Staten Island’s oldest community stage band meets every Monday at Bethel United Methodist Church in Tottenville. Musicians of all levels are welcome. For further information, call 718-948-0688 or visit www.southshoreband.org.

Tuesday, July 15

The Staten Island Zen Community, an interfaith group, holds its weekly meditation every Tuesday evening from 7:15 to 9:00 p.m. at the Mount Manresa Jesuit Retreat House, 239 Fingerboard Road,Fort Wadsworth (one block north of the SI Expressway). For information visit www.zencommunitysi.org, or you may call Jerry Mulnick at 718/448-0544.

Using Historic Richmond Town as the backdrop students will have the opportunity to read, imagine, and in many cases, to actually engage in the experiences they have been reading about. The club meets at 3:30pm. Program Free (Cost of book additional) Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to register.

Step inside a world filled with the magic of stories, crafts, music, dancing and singing. Preschool children up to age 5, from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to make a reservation. Admission $3/Child, Adult/FREE

Afterschool Book Club at Historic Richmond Town for Grades 6-8

Using Historic Richmond Town as the backdrop students will have the opportunity to read, imagine, and in many cases, to actually engage in the experiences they have been reading about. The club meets at 3:30pm. Program Free (Cost of book additional) Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to register.

Saturday and Sunday, July 19 - 20

July is National Ice Cream Month and there is no better way to celebrate than to make ice cream – except that we make ours with super cold liquid nitrogen! Watch as we make some strange flavors of ice cream, then take a taste and decide which you like best. At 1:00 pm, 2:15 pm and 4:00 pm on Stage, 4th Floor Breakthroughs Lounge. Cost is free with Exhibition Ticket.

We’re going buggy! Discover amazing facts about insects from the destructive to the fabulous-looking and everything in between. You can even learn about the honeybee crisis and how to help them. Is there something you’ve always wanted to know about insects? Ask an entomologist from Terminix or a Science Center staff member and receive a free giveaway, while supplies last. From 1pm – 4pm on Stage, 4th Floor Breakthroughs Lounge. Cost is free with Exhibition Ticket.

Face Your Fears at Liberty Science Center

“Fear Factor” This presentation helps guests consider their innermost fears and examine their responses to different stimuli. It even includes plenty of audience participation. Don’t miss it! At 1pm and 3pm, on Stage, 4th Floor Breakthroughs Lounge. Cost is free with Exhibition Ticket

Bethel Evangelical Free Church Parenting Workshop

In today’s trying times, with doubt and uncertainty in the job market and Wall Street, it’s easy to lose sight of what's really important. When we think of raising our kids, it can be overwhelming. Should we try to be their friends or their parents? And what does that mean? We hope to discuss this and many more issues during the 'Shepherding A Child's Heart' workshop at Bethel Evangelical Free Church located at 4550 Amboy Road. Registration and coffee from 9 to 9:30am. Workshop runs from 9:30am - 2:30pm with breaks. The workshop is free. Follow-up sessions will take place the next four Tuesday nights in July and August. Visitwww.Bethelsi.org for more information.

Join us for fun in conjunction. Challenge yourself during a “Face Your Fears” program, soar with amazing rubber-band powered gliders, make strange ice cream flavors, enjoy bug and animal demonstrations and search for real marine fossils of extinct creatures – including sharks – that you can take home. All day, building-wide. Cost is free with Exhibition Ticket

St. Paul's - St.Luke's Lutheran Church will be sponsoring a food drive from 10am - 12pm. Please donate canned goods (tuna, chicken, fruits, vegetables and tomato sauces) dried fruits, pasta, coffee, tea, cereals and baby foods. Contact Marlene at (718) 442-7224.

12pm-3:30pm at Our Lady Star of The Sea Church, 5371-Amboy Road. (Parish Hall Bsmt). Join us for the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of the children residing at New York Foundling. Our fundraising activities include an all homemade goods bake sale, 50/50 and generously donated raffle baskets. Jewelry and candles are also available at great prices. All proceeds raised will provide sporting and recreational goods for the children. For more info call (718) 227-4108.

Monday, July 21

Staten Island’s oldest community stage band meets every Monday at Bethel United Methodist Church in Tottenville. Musicians of all levels are welcome. For further information, call 718-948-0688 or visit www.southshoreband.org.

Tuesday, July 22

The Staten Island Zen Community, an interfaith group, holds its weekly meditation every Tuesday evening from 7:15 to 9:00 p.m. at the Mount Manresa Jesuit Retreat House, 239 Fingerboard Road,Fort Wadsworth (one block north of the SI Expressway). For information visit www.zencommunitysi.org, or you may call Jerry Mulnick at 718/448-0544.

Bethel Evangelical Free Church Parenting Workshop

7:30 to 900pm - Soccer practice. Ballet lessons. Tutoring. Saving up for proms, cars and college. What's a parent to do? And ultimately, what really counts? Join us as we continue our "Shepherding a Child's Heart" workshops with question and answer sessions regarding raising children of all ages on Staten Island. Workshops are free.

Wednesday, July 23

Using Historic Richmond Town as the backdrop students will have the opportunity to read, imagine, and in many cases, to actually engage in the experiences they have been reading about. The club meets at 3:30pm. Program Free (Cost of book additional) Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to register.

Thursday, July 24

Using Historic Richmond Town as the backdrop students will have the opportunity to read, imagine, and in many cases, to actually engage in the experiences they have been reading about. The club meets at 3:30pm. Program Free (Cost of book additional) Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to register.

Just like most of life's triumphs and dramas, food is usually involved and these three short plays introduce three different situations that happen around food. In Cafe Ole, Mavis is having her usual coffee. Enter Lenny who questions where she's been for the past three days. Mavis doesn't know Lenny. Humble beginnings and social ascent are explored in Doing Lunch, while the cheese doodles fly when Glenn brings Melanie to meet his friends in Cheese Doodle Fingers. Join us at The Cup, 388 Van Duzer, 7pm.

Saturday and Sunday, July 26-27

We’re going buggy! Discover amazing facts about insects from the destructive to the fabulous-looking and everything in between. You can even learn about the honeybee crisis and how to help them. Is there something you’ve always wanted to know about insects? Ask an entomologist from Terminix or a Science Center staff member and receive a free giveaway, while supplies last. From 1pm – 4pm on Stage, 4th Floor Breakthroughs Lounge. Cost is free with Exhibition Ticket.

“Fear Factor” This presentation helps guests consider their innermost fears and examine their responses to different stimuli. It even includes plenty of audience participation. Don’t miss it! At 1pm and 3pm, on Stage, 4th Floor Breakthroughs Lounge. Cost is free with Exhibition Ticket.

Enjoy colonial style food cooked in the historic village, including brick-oven baked bread, flame-roasted beef and turkey and salad with Thomas Jefferson's favorite salad dressing. A Dutch colonial recipe for cabbage salad rounds out the assortment of vegetables. Dessert includes seasonal fruit pies, cooked in the brick oven. Sample the lively entertainment offered by live music, celebratory toasts, early American tavern games and authentically costumed cooks and servers.The festivities also include a Victorian parlor game related to charades. Players pose to create "living pictures," or tableaux vivant, that represent a famous scene, person, myth, or painting. The other players guess what the tableaux represent. 5 PM - 9 PM. Pre-paid reservations required, call 718-351-1611, Ext. 280

Saturday, July 26

Presenting Lori Belilove & Company at 6:30 P.M. An Outdoor Dance Performance on the front lawn of the Alice Austen Museum, overlooking New York Harbor and the magnificent Manhattan Skyline. Bring your family, friends, a picnic basket, a blanket or lawn chair and be prepared for an extraordinary experience as two creative forces, Alice Austen and Isadora Duncan, come together in a program of nature and dance. $5.00 suggested donation. For more information contact 718 816-4506 x12.

Monday, July 28

Staten Island’s oldest community stage band meets every Monday at Bethel United Methodist Church in Tottenville. Musicians of all levels are welcome. For further information, call 718-948-0688 or visit www.southshoreband.org.

Church, located at 4550 Amboy Road in Eltingville. Visit www.bethelsi.org for more information.

Tuesday July 29

Bethel Evangelical Free Church Parenting Workshop

7:30 to 9:00pm Soccer practice. Ballet lessons. Tutoring. Saving up for proms, cars and college. What's a parent to do? And ultimately, what really counts? Join us as we continue our "Shepherding a Child's Heart" workshops with question and answer sessions regarding raising children of all ages on Staten Island. Workshops are free. Bethel Evangelical Free Church, located at 4550 Amboy Road in Eltingville. Visit www.bethelsi.org for more information.

Tuesday July 29

The Staten Island Zen Community, an interfaith group, holds its weekly meditation every Tuesday evening from 7:15 to 9:00 p.m. at the Mount Manresa Jesuit Retreat House, 239 Fingerboard Road,Fort Wadsworth (one block north of the SI Expressway). For information visit www.zencommunitysi.org, or you may call Jerry Mulnick at 718/448-0544.

Wednesday, July 30

Using Historic Richmond Town as the backdrop students will have the opportunity to read, imagine, and in many cases, to actually engage in the experiences they have been reading about. The club meets at 3:30pm. Program Free (Cost of book additional) Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to register.

Thursday, July 31

Step inside a world filled with the magic of stories, crafts, music, dancing and singing. Preschool children up to age 5, from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to make a reservation. Admission $3/Child, Adult/FREE

Using Historic Richmond Town as the backdrop students will have the opportunity to read, imagine, and in many cases, to actually engage in the experiences they have been reading about. The club meets at 3:30pm. Program Free (Cost of book additional) Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to register.

Bring a blanket or lawn chair, snacks or a picnic basket, and enjoy the Starlight Concert sponsored by the Borough President. For more information contact 718 816-4506 x12.

Practice paleontology as you hunt through fossil-rich sand for remains of extinct marine life, including real shark teeth. Compare your find with a photo panel to identify the type of creature your fossil came from, then take it home! From 1pm – 4pm on Stage, 4th Floor Breakthroughs Lounge. Cost is one free fossil per person with paid admission

National Safety Council 6 hour Defensive Driving Classes at Moore Catholic H.S., 100 Merrill Ave, reservations required call 718-606-7150 or 718-608-9451 Save on auto insurance/ reduce points.

Monday, August 4

Staten Island’s oldest community stage band meets every Monday at Bethel United Methodist Church in Tottenville. Musicians of all levels are welcome. For further information, call 718-948-0688 or visit www.southshoreband.org.

August 4 - 22

For adventurous kids, ages 8-12 years. Earth Camp is held August 4-22, 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. To register and for further information, contact Seth Wollney at 718-727-1135 ext 105 or swollney@statenislandmuseum.org.

Staten Island Museum August Bike-In

The museum is free to all who bicycle to its St. George door during the month of August.

CPG is a non profit whose mission is “to promote the understanding and appreciation of photograph as a modern visual language and a legitimate form.” It does this by finding appropriate venues for photographers to exhibit their work. CPG meets 7pm on the first Tuesday of the month at 814 Richmond Terrae, just outside of Snug Harbor. Membership is free. For more info contact George Roos at groos 319@hotmail.com.

Using Historic Richmond Town as the backdrop students will have the opportunity to read, imagine, and in many cases, to actually engage in the experiences they have been reading about. The club meets at 3:30pm. Program Free (Cost of book additional) Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to register.

Step inside a world filled with the magic of stories, crafts, music, dancing and singing. Preschool children up to age 5, from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to make a reservation. Admission $3/Child, Adult/FREE

Using Historic Richmond Town as the backdrop students will have the opportunity to read, imagine, and in many cases, to actually engage in the experiences they have been reading about. The club meets at 3:30pm. Program Free (Cost of book additional) Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to register.

“Fear Factor” This presentation helps guests consider their innermost fears and examine their responses to different stimuli. It even includes plenty of audience participation. Don’t miss it! At 1pm and 3pm, on Stage, 4th Floor Breakthroughs Lounge. Cost is free with Exhibition Ticket

Wonderful Day of FREE, Family-style Musical Entertainment and Children’s Activities. Bring Lawn Chairs and Blankets. Rain or Shine.

Join us at the Alice Austen Museum as thirty Hula Champions, 15 men and 15 women from Hawaii, will be performing for the first time on the East Coast, accompanied by drummers and singers. For more info contact 718 816-4506 x12.

Monday, August 11

Staten Island’s oldest community stage band meets every Monday at Bethel United Methodist Church in Tottenville. Musicians of all levels are welcome. For further information, call 718-948-0688 or visit www.southshoreband.org.

Using Historic Richmond Town as the backdrop students will have the opportunity to read, imagine, and in many cases, to actually engage in the experiences they have been reading about. The club meets at 3:30pm. Program Free (Cost of book additional) Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to register.

Step inside a world filled with the magic of stories, crafts, music, dancing and singing. Preschool children up to age 5, from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to make a reservation. Admission $3/Child, Adult/FREE

Using Historic Richmond Town as the backdrop students will have the opportunity to read, imagine, and in many cases, to actually engage in the experiences they have been reading about. The club meets at 3:30pm. Program Free (Cost of book additional) Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to register.

Practice paleontology as you hunt through fossil-rich sand for remains of extinct marine life, including real shark teeth. Compare your find with a photo panel to identify the type of creature your fossil came from, then take it home! From 1pm – 4pm on Stage, 4th Floor Breakthroughs Lounge. Cost is one free fossil per person with paid admission

Join Bethel Evangelical Free Church each night from 7-9PM as kids from K thru 6 grade explore our VBS space camp while participating in daily projects and having fun adventures. Visit www.bethelsi.org for more information.

Staten Island’s oldest community stage band meets every Monday at Bethel United Methodist Church in Tottenville. Musicians of all levels are welcome. For further information, call 718-948-0688 or visit www.southshoreband.org.

Using Historic Richmond Town as the backdrop students will have the opportunity to read, imagine, and in many cases, to actually engage in the experiences they have been reading about. The club meets at 3:30pm. Program Free (Cost of book additional) Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to register.

Step inside a world filled with the magic of stories, crafts, music, dancing and singing. Preschool children up to age 5, from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to make a reservation. Admission $3/Child, Adult/FREE

Using Historic Richmond Town as the backdrop students will have the opportunity to read, imagine, and in many cases, to actually engage in the experiences they have been reading about. The club meets at 3:30pm. Program Free (Cost of book additional) Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to register.

“Fear Factor” This presentation helps guests consider their innermost fears and examine their responses to different stimuli. It even includes plenty of audience participation. Don’t miss it! At 1pm and 3pm, on Stage, 4th Floor Breakthroughs Lounge. Cost is free with Exhibition Ticket

Staten Island’s oldest community stage band meets every Monday at Bethel United Methodist Church in Tottenville. Musicians of all levels are welcome. For further information, call 718-948-0688 or visit www.southshoreband.org.

Using Historic Richmond Town as the backdrop students will have the opportunity to read, imagine, and in many cases, to actually engage in the experiences they have been reading about. The club meets at 3:30pm. Program Free (Cost of book additional) Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to register.

Quit smoking and/or lose weight with hypnosis. S.I. University Hospital will offer the Green Seminar at 475 Seaview Ave. from 7-9pm. Call for more info and to reserve your seat 800-342-1303.

Step inside a world filled with the magic of stories, crafts, music, dancing and singing. Preschool children up to age 5, from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to make a reservation. Admission $3/Child, Adult/FREE

Using Historic Richmond Town as the backdrop students will have the opportunity to read, imagine, and in many cases, to actually engage in the experiences they have been reading about. The club meets at 3:30pm. Program Free (Cost of book additional) Please call (718) 351-1611 x 280 to register.

Practice paleontology as you hunt through fossil-rich sand for remains of extinct marine life, including real shark teeth. Compare your find with a photo panel to identify the type of creature your fossil came from, then take it home! From 1pm – 4pm on Stage, 4th Floor Breakthroughs Lounge. Cost is one free fossil per person with paid admission

CPG is a non profit whose mission is “to promote the understanding and appreciation of photograph as a modern visual language and a legitimate form.” It does this by finding appropriate venues for photographers to exhibit their work. CPG meets 7pm on the first Tuesday of the month at 814 Richmond Terrae, just outside of Snug Harbor. Membership is free. For more info contact George Roos at groos 319@hotmail.com.

Come join the fun, make family memories at the 28th annual. Includes: Amusement Rides; Entertainment; Games; Contests; Demonstrations; Exhibits; Special Attractions & MORE ! Visit our web site: www.RichmondCountyFair.org. Sign-up Early for Sponsorships & Contests

Staten Island’s oldest community stage band meets every Monday at Bethel United Methodist Church in Tottenville. Musicians of all levels are welcome. For further information, call 718-948-0688 or visit www.southshoreband.org.

A 4 mile tour at Gateway National Park. Adult bikes only, any speed. Meet at 1pm with helmet and water bottles. Weather permitting. Register by calling Ray at (718) 483-7109.

A workshop table at the Museum’s Annual Fence Show outside Snug Harbor Cultural Center. Wheel on over and buy art! Meet the Spollen Bros. & the Hunter College Polar Bears.

Staten Island’s oldest community stage band meets every Monday at Bethel United Methodist Church in Tottenville. Musicians of all levels are welcome. For further information, call 718-948-0688 or visit www.southshoreband.org.

Sunday, September 28, 2008 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Rain Date: October 5, 2008) Admission: $2/person; Children under 16 free./Child Interested Vendors contact S. Lundegard 718/351-1611 X-236.

Staten Island’s oldest community stage band meets every Monday at Bethel United Methodist Church in Tottenville. Musicians of all levels are welcome. For further information, call 718-948-0688 or visit www.southshoreband.org.

CPG is a non profit whose mission is “to promote the understanding and appreciation of photograph as a modern visual language and a legitimate form.” It does this by finding appropriate venues for photographers to exhibit their work. CPG meets 7pm on the first Tuesday of the month at 814 Richmond Terrae, just outside of Snug Harbor. Membership is free. For more info contact George Roos at groos 319@hotmail.com.