Jan. 21: Paint in Pastels, Kids Roller Skate for Free

Friday has arrived and with it comes a predicted 2 to 6 inches of snow in Long Beach. But as you break out the shovel and snow blower, remember there are other things happening today. Here’s what you need to know:  

1. Meet with the Long Beach Art League and learn to paint in pastels with Marsha Leviton starting at 1 p.m. at the Magnolia Senior Center.

2. Later today on Long Beach Patch, we’ll feature a story on the City of Long Beach’s hiring of a former City Council member, a move that has come under scrutiny by some.

3. Are your teens/tweens bored on Friday nights? Why not them to Hot Skates , the Merrick Road skate rink on the border of RVC and Lynbrook, which offers free skating from 7 to 9:30 p.m. for kids 10 to 14? There are no adults allowed in the building except for chaperones.

4. While the Long Beach High School girls’ basketball team (2-8) plays host to Carey at 4:30 p.m., the boys’ basketball team (5-5) tips off at the same time at Carey.

5. Attention theater fans! Hofstra University will stage a production of “Night of January 16th,” a play by Ayn Rand, author of “Atlas Shrugged,” at 8 p.m. at the Helene Fortunoff Theater, located at Monroe Lecture Center on California Avenue, South Campus, in Hempstead. For tickets and information, call John Cranford Adams Playhouse Box Office at 516-463-6644, from 11 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. today, or visit hofstra.edu/hofstraentertainment.