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Summer ‘07 EXHIBITS In the Main Gallery 6 FRIDAY 13 FRIDAY 19 THURSDAY 23 MONDAY AAC MEMBERS’ SHOW: Members of the SANDWICHED IN: Nassau County Depart- SANDWICHED IN: The Underground Rail- READING GROUP: A discussion of the sec- 1957 FILM FESTIVAL: A Farewell to Arms library’s Art Advisory Council exhibit their ment of Assessment Roundtable. Stop in to road. Long Islander Kathleen Velsor will ond half of Andrew Carnegie by David (1957-152 min.). An ambulance driver work throughout the summer. pick up or drop off your exemption applica- speak about the history of the Under- Nasaw, facilitated by Lee Fertitta. 1:30 p.m. (Rock Hudson) and a nurse (Jennifer Jones) tions for the STAR (School Tax Reduction) ground Railroad on Long Island and on Cow fall in love amidst the violence of World War 3RD THURSDAY @ 3: The Great Depres- Program, Senior Citizens Exemption, Veter- Neck. Dr. Velsor is an associate professor I. Ben Hecht adapted Ernest Hemingway’s sion: 1929-1941. Images of breadlines, ans’ Exemption, Limited Income and Disabil- in the School of Education at SUNY Old novel for director Charles Vidor. 7:30 p.m. Hoovervilles and hungry families are as ity Exemption, Volunteer Firefighter/EMT Westbury. She is the author of Friends of haunting today as they were at the time. Exemption and Home Improvement Ex- Freedom: Anti-Slavery Struggle in Queens Why did this crisis occur in the world’s rich- emption. There will be exemption special- and Long Island. Her presentation includes est country? Was FDR promoting commu- ists available to answer questions concern- slides and stories of how the early Quak- nism? How has it shaped our lives today? ing these exemptions or any other assess- ers worked together on Long Island to help Kenneth Schwartzman, an award-winning ment matters, how your assessment value runaways to safety. 12:10 p.m. history teacher now retired, will discuss the WEDNESDAY is determined, and an overview of the 25 causes and results of the Depresssion us- Department’s property search website: JOHN MURELLO: FADED GLORIES. A 1957 FILM FESTIVAL: Funny Face (1957- ing photos, videos and music of the period. www.mynassauproperty.com. 12:10 p.m. reception for the artist whose work is in 103 min.). Stanley Donen’s musical about a the Photography Gallery. 7 p.m. At Topical Tuesday on August 16, Mr. fashion photographer (Fred Astaire) who EXEMPTION OUTREACH SITE: Nassau Schwartzman will discuss the period follow- “THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND” turns a Parisian bookworm (Audrey Hep- County Department of Assessment Exemp- ing the Depression. Sponsored by the burn) into a chic model features such tion Office personnel will be on hand to ac- (2006-123 min.). An affable Scottish medi- Friends of the Library. 3 p.m. cal student (James McAvoy) befriends Idi Gershwin songs as “How Long Has This cept and process applications for the STAR Been Going On?,” “He Loves and She Exemption. See above. 2 to 6 p.m. Amin (Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker), the charming but dangerous dictator of Loves,” “S’Wonderful,” “Let’s Kiss and In the Photography Gallery “APOCALYPTO” (2006-139 min.). In the fi- Uganda. Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock Make Up” and the title tune. This movie nal days of the ancient Mayan civilization, a scripted, from Giles Foden’s novel, for di- opened on March 29, 1057 at the Music JOHN MURELLO: FADED GLORIES, July young hunter named Jaguar Paw (Rudy rector Kevin MacDonald. Kerry Washing- Hall. 1 p.m. 6 through August 31. Sea Cliff resident John Youngblood) is captured to be sacrificed. ton and Gillian Anderson co-star. 7:30 p.m. PORT WRITES: A group of self-motivated Murello looks beyond the obvious to capture When he escapes, he must race to rescue the inner beauty of objects. Using a com- writers reading and discussing their work, his family. Director Mel Gibson scripted facilitated by Michael Chaplan. 8 p.m. puter, he has created images without a cam- with Farhad Safinia. In Mayan with English era by scanning such ordinary objects as subtitles. Caution: this film includes some flowers, leaves, grasses and detritus directly violent imagery. 7:30 p.m. on a flatbed scanner. Meet the artist at a re- SATURDAY ception on Friday, July 13 at 7 p.m. Co-spon- 14 sored by the Friends of the Library. Story SPANISH CONVERSATION: Join Alba on front page. Forman for an informal chat session. A pro- 27 FRIDAY ficiency in Spanish is required for these MONDAY sessions which meet on second Saturdays JULY 9 through September 8. 10 a.m. 1957 FILM FESTIVAL: Band of Angels SOUNDSWAP: Join host Tony Traguardo (1957-127 min.). Clark Gable plays Hamish for an evening of live music with Long Is- REGISTRATIONS Bond, a plantation owner with a secret past land band Miles to Dayton. Co-sponsored by of slave trading. Sidney Poitier is Rau-Ru, the the Friends of the Library. 8 p.m. Story in In Progress slave Bond has raised as a son. Yvonne De this issue. Teen Workshops . .See back page Carlo is Amantha Starr, a fiery belle who 16 MONDAY goes on the auction block when her mixed Beginning July 3 heritage is revealed. John Twist, Ivan Goff AN AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA: Beethoven’s Concertos. Beethoven com- Computer Classes for Adults . .See July 3 and Ben Roberts scripted, from Robert Penn Warren’s novel, for director Raoul pleted seven concertos in his lifetime, five Beginning July 10 Walsh. 7:30 p.m. for the piano, one for the violin and one triple concerto for violin, cello and piano. 20 FRIDAY Psychic Daniel Akner . See July 18 Mozart and Haydn clearly influenced SANDWICHED IN: Dreams on Canvas: Sur- Beethoven’s early piano concertos of 1795 realism in Europe and America. When it and 1797. Join educator Stuart Bailin for comes to movements in art, nothing beats this audio-visual lecture. Sponsored by the the drama and dynamism of the Surrealists. TUESDAY Music Advisory Council and Friends of the They had it all: the fiery personalities and 10 Library. 4 p.m. their brilliant technique through which a fan- TUESDAY 3 HYPERTENSION SCREENING: Free 1957 FILM FESTIVAL: Desk Set (1957-103 tastic torrent of dreams, sex, humor and po- COMPUTER CLASSES FOR ADULTS: blood pressure screening conducted by St. min.). A television network hires efficiency etry flowed in an endless expression of pas- Registration begins July 3 for the following Francis Hospital. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. expert Spencer Tracy to computerize their sion and invention. The groundbreaking ex- sessions: Computer Kindergarten: Saturday, research department. Can his machines hibition at the Nassau County Museum July 21 from 10 a.m. to noon; Computer match the brilliant mind of librarian gathers not only the European stars of the First Grade: Saturday. July 28 from 10 a.m. Katharine Hepburn? Pheobe and Henry movement, but the young Americans — in- SANDWICHED IN: Meet John Marchese. to noon. Payment of $12 for each class is Ephron scripted, from William Marchant’s cluding Jackson Pollock, Adolph Gottlieb and On a quest to learn about what many con- due at registration. play, for director Walter Lang. This roman- Willem De Kooning — who flocked to its sider the world’s most perfect instrument, WEDNESDAY tic comedy debuted on May 16, 1957 at the brilliance as well. Starting with Andre Breton, 1957 FILM FESTIVAL: Last summer, the li- 11 author and musician John Marchese be- Roxy. 7:30 p.m. Surrealism’s acknowledged founder, the friended an old-world craftsman in Brooklyn, brary took you 50 years back in time with show includes the flamboyant Salvador Dali our 1956 Film Festival. This year we will New York: Sam Zygmuntowicz, a man in his and his cohorts Rene Magritte, Max Ernst, mid-40s who practices a craft that goes back transport you to the year 1957 with 26 Giorgio de Chirico, Joan Miro, Roberto screenings of comedies, dramas, westerns, centuries. The Violin Maker (HarperCollins Matta, Andre Masson, Jean Arp and Yves 2007) opens up for the reader the insular musicals, war films, sci-fi flicks, horror films, Tanguy. Along with their masterful paintings and even a TV show. We launch the festivi- and fascinating realm of music, musicians, WEDNESDAY and sculpture, the exhibition considers the and the craftsmanship that is essential to ties with An Affair to Remember (1957-119 18 impact they had upon American artists. To that world. John Marchese, an award-win- min.). A playboy (Cary Grant) and a night- 1957 FILM FESTIVAL: A Face in the round out the picture, the exhibition pre- club singer (Deborah Kerr) fall in love on a ning journalist, who lives in New York City Crowd (1957-126 min.). Television sents the many wonderful ways in which and Narrowsburg, New York, will discuss luxury liner. They vow to break off their cur- launches charismatic drifter and jailbird Surrealism penetrated other media, includ- rent engagements and meet up in New York. his book and provide musical illustration. Lonesome Rhodes (Andy Griffith) to na- ing film, theater and fashion, affecting Mr. Marchese’s book will be available for Delmer Daves and Donald Ogden Stewart tional fame, and fame plunges him into modes of thinking, as well as making art. It scripted with director Leo McCarey. This purchase and signing after his talk. Spon- megalomania. Budd Schulberg scripted for is a trip into the minds and dreams of mod- sored by Friends of the Library. 12:10 p.m. three-hankie weepie premiered at the Roxy director Elia Kazan. Patricia Neal, Anthony ern artists at their strangest, sometimes in New York City on July 20, 1957.
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