A monthly guide to your community library, its programs and services

Issue No. 216, February 2007

Holiday schedule Friends Cabin Fever Series is under way The library will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. on Monday, February 19 in obser- The Friends of the Library Only and has performed in Korea vance of Presidents Day. hosts its popular Cabin Fever Se- and Japan. She co-produced and ries again this winter. The first pro- co-starred in the indie film Good Tax help gram, featuring Wendy Perelman, Money, which won the 1997 New will be on Wednesday, February York Comedy Film Festival award Beginning February 20 and continuing 14 at 9:30 a.m. at Main 415. Cost for Best Feature. on Tuesdays through April 10, trained of the program is $15. Registra- Having It Almost had its world volunteers from the AARP will be avail- tion information is available at the premiere at the New York Musical able to assist seniors with the prepara- library. Ms. Perelman is a musi- Theatre Festival last September. It tion of their tax returns. Please bring cal theater writer who will speak was conceived by Wendy, a 40- last year’s return. No appointment nec- about writing and producing a something woman living in Los essary; no fee. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m musical. Angeles, who had left New York Wendy is a graduate of the and her career years earlier to get SoundSwap special music theatre program at the Cin- married, raise kids and be a house- Video Killed the Radio Star: The History cinnati Conservatory of Music. wife. The seeds of what would be- of Music Videos will be presented on Feb- She has appeared in New York at come Having It Almost grew out of ruary 21 at 7:30 p.m. See the Calendar the Second Stage and Equity Li- Wendy’s need to express her cre- of Events for details. brary Theatres, The Triad, The ative self. She enlisted her TV pro- Ballroom and Don’t Tell Mama. ducer-husband, Jeremiah Bos- Regional work includes the world gang, and with the help of ASCAP Once Upon a Mattress premiere of Dear at the Syracuse and BMI, canvassed the theatre Television producer Bob Waldman, who Stage, Some Enchanted Evening at community for trunk songs that last visited the library with the 1956 pre- the Pennsylvania Stage, The Not addressed the issues she wanted to miere of The Steve Allen Show, will in- Mikado at the Virginia Opera, explore. Subsequently, in collabo- troduce our February 23 screening of Starting Here, Starting Now at the rating with her close friends David Once Upon A Mattress. On March 6, New American Theatre, Diana in Goldsmith (co-book writer and lyri- 1964, Carol Burnett taped for CBS a 90- A Chorus Line at the Lobero The- cist) and John Kavanaugh (com- minute television version of the 1959 atre, Trina in Falsettos at the poser), what was once a musical Off-Broadway musical that helped People’s Light & Theatre Com- revue of songs evolved into a full- make her a star. This tuneful adaptation pany, Pam in Baby at the Corbett fledged book musical. of The Princess and the Pea by Mary Theatre, Little Me at the Birming- The next Cabin Fever pro- Rodgers and Marshall Barer stars ham Theatre, and the Cincinnati gram, on March 14, features the- Burnett as the Princess, along with Playhouse in the Park. Wendy ater and film composer Jeanine original cast members Joseph Bova, toured the U.S. with My One and Tesori (story inside). Jack Gilford and Jane White. Search party at the Nautical Center library exhibit features Navigating the Internet can be fun when you know how to get results. yacht clubs Learn how to make search engines like Google and Yahoo! run their best for you. See the Calendar of Events for a Port’s Nautical History: complete description. Classes at 1 p.m. The Role of Yacht Clubs in the and 7:30 p.m. on February 27. Community will be on exhibit throughout February in the Community Gallery. Foundation supports Did you know that Port preservation initiative Washington has a direct link to the Olympics and the Ameri- The Port Washington Library Founda- ca’s Cup? The five yacht clubs tion has made a gift to the Local His- that dot Manhasset Bay are tory Center to support a digitization over 100 years old and have project. Story inside. contributed to the nautical his- tory of our waterfront. Knick- Save the date erbocker Yacht Club, Man- hasset Bay Yacht Club, Mill The Friends of the Library will hold its Pond Model Yacht Club, North annual Book & Author Luncheon on Shore Yacht Club and Port Friday, May 11. Save the date for this Washington Yacht Club have Music Council welcomes Modigliani popular event that, as Friends president joined forces to present their Amy Bass describes it, “is always excit- unique contribution to our lo- Quartet ing, and challenges our audience’s sen- cal history, as well as to sailing sibilities and high intellect.” Informa- The Music Advisory Council hosts the Amedeo Modigliani Quartet on Sunday, tion and announcement of authors will communities around the world. February 18 at 3 p.m. Story inside. be in future issues of this publication. In our circulating media collection Looking to the future A message from Action films on DVD the director This month we screen Rob- Akira Kurosawa: The Hidden Die Hard • Die Hard with a Ven- ert Aldrich’s Emperor of the North, Fortress • The Seven Samurai • geance • The Fifth Element • Hos- The Library, with the help of an action classic from the 1970s. Yojimbo tage • Sin City • 12 Monkeys community residents, has com- Here are some other action-packed pleted its long range plan for 2007- movies from our circulating DVD Jet Li: Black Mask • Hero • John Woo: Broken Arrow • 12. Please see the result on our collection: Once Upon a Time in China parts Face/Off • Hard Boiled • The website at www.pwpl.org. 1-3 • Unleashed Killer • Mission: Impossible 2 Robert Aldrich: The Dirty We are taking some exciting new directions to meet your Dozen • Flight of the Phoenix • The Arnold Schwarzenegger: Zorro: The Legend of Zorro • needs. A recent national study Longest Yard • Ulzana’s Raid Commando • Conan the Barbarian The Mark of Zorro (2 versions) • called “Long Overdue: A Fresh • Predator • The Terminator • Ter- The Mask of Zorro • Zorro Rides Look at Public and Leadership At- Jackie Chan: First Strike • minator 2: Judgment Day • Total Again • Zorro’s Black Whip • titudes about Libraries in the 21st Legend of Drunken Master • Mr. Recall • True Lies Zorro’s Fighting Legion Nice Guy • Rush Hour Century” drew conclusions that aligned with many of our results Sylvester Stallone: Death More action films: Assault on in the library’s long range plan- Harrison Ford: Force 10 from Race 2000 • First Blood • Rambo: Precinct 13 (both versions) • Bullitt ning process including the impor- Navarone • The Fugitive • Raid- First Blood, Part II • Rambo III • Charlie’s Angels • The Crimson tance of technology, literacy sup- ers of the Lost Ark Pirate • Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry port, orienting new immigrants to Quentin Tarantino: Kill Bill • Duel • The Edge • El Mariachi the community, and providing job Mel Gibson: Braveheart • parts 1 and 2 • Pulp Fiction • Res- • Heat • The Italian Job (both ver- search information and counsel- Lethal Weapon • Mad Max • Pay- ervoir Dogs sions) • The Naked Prey • The River ing. back • The Road Warrior Wild • Romancing the Stone • We look forward to improv- Jean-Claude Van Damme: Ronin • The Scorpion King • Speed ing our services within these ar- Pam Grier: Arena • Black Timecop • Universal Soldier • The 13th Warrior • To Live and eas. Thank you for your support of Mama, White Mama • Coffy • Die in L.A. • The Transporter • the the Library. We look forward to Foxy Brown • Sheba, Baby Bruce Willis: Armageddon • Zatoichi series serving you.

The Amedeo Modigliani Quartet

Philippe Bernhard, violinist • Loïc Rio, violinist Laurent Marfaing, violist • François Kieffer, cellist

The Music Advisory Council Nederlands String Quartet Festi- FNAPEC European Chamber Mu- welcomes The Amedeo Modigliani val, and the Eindhoven Frits sic Competition. The Amedeo Quartet on Sunday, February 18 Philips Music Center in the Neth- Modigliani Quartet is recipient of at 3 p.m. The group will perform erlands, and the International Fes- a grant from the Fondation Groupe selections from Wolf, Ravel and tival Musika Musica in Bilbao, Banque Populaire. Beethoven. Spain. They have appeared with The Amedeo Modigliani Praised by Le Progrès for its such artists as Jean-François Quartet was formed in 2003 by the “stunning technical expertise, out- Heisser, Vanessa Wagner, Roland four young musicians who were standing ensemble and a particu- Pidoux and Philippe Muller. studying at the Conservatoire Na- larly accomplished musical iden- At the 2004 Eindhoven Inter- tional Supérieur de Musique de tity,” The Amedeo Modigliani national String Quartet TROMP Paris (CNSM). The group was Quartet won the 2006 Young Con- Competition, its first international soon admitted to the prestigious cert Artists International Audi- competition, the Quartet was string quartet class at the Diane Hoffman tions in New York. They were also awarded First Prize, the Audience Conservatoire National de Région awarded the Jerome L. Greene Prize, the Young Jury’s Prize and de Paris (CNR), where they Trio Foundation Prize, which sponsored the Willem Vos Prize for the best worked with Daria Hovora and their New York debut at Car- interpretation of a contemporary Marie Bereau. They are currently Richard Rodgers had two negie’s Zankel Hall, the Washing- work. They have received schol- enrolled in the CNR’s String Quar- great collaborators during his ca- ton Performing Arts Society Prize, arships from the Forum Musical tet Professional Training Program, reer: Lorenz Hart and Oscar which sponsored their Washing- International de Normandie, the where they work closely with the Hammerstein II. The Rodgers and ton, D.C. debut at the Kennedy Cziffra Foundation and the Ysaye Quartet. Hart output is witty, cynical and Center, the Gulbenkian Founda- widely represented in the Ameri- tion Concert Prize for a concert in can Standard Songbook. Rodgers Paris, the Vancouver Recital Soci- and Hammerstein brought us the ety Prize, the Princeton University integrated musical show and a Concerts Prize, Krannert Center legacy of upbeat, expansive songs. for the Performing Arts Prize and Vocalist Diane Hoffman re- the Sander Buchman Memorial turns to our stage on Sunday, Feb- Prize. The Quartet had previously ruary 25 at 2 p.m., with Don won First Prize in the 2005 Young Militello on keyboard and Rudy Concert Artists European Audi- Petschauer on drums. The pro- tions in Paris. gram includes It Might As Well Be The Quartet has already per- Spring, Dancing on the Ceiling, formed at renowned festivals and Hello Young Lovers, I Didn’t Know concert venues in Europe includ- What Time It Was, People Will Say ing Folle Journée (Nantes), Festi- We’re In Love, I Could Write a val de l’Epau, Festival de Deau- Book, Spring is Here, This Can’t Be ville, Théâtre de la Ville-Abbesses, Love and many more. and Théâtre Mogador in France, Join us! the Royal Concertgebouw, the Library Foundation funds digitization project A move to make unique library collections accessible The Local History Center is benefit genealogists, researchers, pleased to announce an historic students, teachers, authors, and all preservation project that will elec- those who are interested in past tronically capture thousands of pho- and present people, places and tographs, postcards, maps, written events of Port Washington. documents and audiotaped inter- views about life in Port Washing- Faces in the news ton over the past 200 years. With funding from the Li- Master Sitan Chen, who has won over 32 gold medals and the title of Champion in national and international Tai Chi competitions, presents a Tai Chi Demonstration brary Foundation for this exciting and Workshop on Thursday, February 8 at 8 p.m. Developed in China a few pilot project, a digital scanning sta- hundred years ago, Tai Chi is a type of martial art that is known for its health tion will be set up in the Local His- benefits. Audience participation follows the demonstration. tory Center. Under the direction of Elly Shodell, archivists will pre- pare materials, enter data into a special database, caption, organize and digitize carefully selected ex- Photographs, postcards, maps, other amples from the library’s unique documents and audiotapes will be avail- Your library world historic collections. The project will able online From A to Z, we’ve got you covered. While the following list is by no means comprehensive, it does give you a good idea of the range of services available at your library. Ask us! We’re here to help.

Absentee Ballots Live Librarian Adult Programs Local History Antiques Research Magazines Archives Maps Art Exhibitions Meeting Rooms Audiobooks Microforms Babysitter List Monthly Newsletter Book Discussions Museum Passes Book Reviews Music Books Nautical Center Bus & Train Schedules Newspaper & Magazine Indexes Business Information Newspapers Career Information Notary Public CDs Online Book Clubs Children’s Audio & Video Online Databases Children’s Books Oral History Program Children’s Programs & Workshops Parent-Child Home Program College Information Parent-Child Workshop Community Information Parenting Information Computer Classes Parents’ Group Computers Photo Archives Concerts Photocopiers Consumer Information Photography Exhibits Defensive Driving Classes Port Personality File Downloadable Audiobooks Port Washington History DVDs Port Washington News E-Books Postcard Collection E-mail Quiet Study Space Friends welcomes Jeanine Tesori English for Speakers of Other Readers’ Advisory Services Languages (ESOL) Real Estate Assessment Informa- in next month’s Cabin Fever Exercise Classes tion Family Place Remote Access 24-7 Theater and film composer Original theater scores in- Feature Films Reserves & Renewals Jeanine Tesori will be the guest of clude Violet (Winner, NY Drama Film & Video Programs Senior Connections the Friends of the Library at its Critics Award for Best Musical Financial Aid Forms Services to Hearing & Visually- March 14 Cabin Fever program. 1997), Twelfth Night (Tony Nomi- Financial Information Impaired Cost of the program, to be held at nation for Best Score), Thoroughly Foreign Language Books Special Collections 9:30 a.m. at Main 415, is $15. Reg- Modern Millie (Tony Award Win- Friends of the Library Story Times istration brochures have been ner for Best Musical, 2002), Genealogy Research Summer Reading Clubs mailed to Friends’ donors and are Caroline, or Change (Tony nomina- Government Documents Talking Books available to the general public at tion for best score), Mother Cour- Health Information Center Tax Forms the library. age, Shrek: The Musical (opening Historical & Traveling Exhibitions Teen Programs & Workshops Jeanine Tesori was born and on Broadway in 2008) and a Met- Historical Photographs Telephone Directories raised in Port Washington, and ropolitan Opera and Lincoln Cen- Homebound Service Telephone Reference Service graduated from Schreiber High ter Commission for a new work Information & Referral Service Test Preparation Materials School in 1979. She studied music with playwright Tony Kushner. Information Experts Textbooks at Columbia University and Film work includes Shrek 3, Mulan Interlibrary Loan Vacation Loans graduated magna cum laude from 2, Lilo and Stitch 2, Kronk’s New Internet Access Videotapes Barnard College in 1983. Ms. Groove, Little Mermaid 3 and Job & Career Center Voter Registration Forms Tesori, the Daughter of Gilda and Rapunzel Unbraided. Large-Type Books Website Joseph Tesoriero, started her ca- Jeanine lives in New York Lectures Wireless Hotspot reer as a Broadway conductor and City with her husband, Michael Legal Information & Forms Workshops arranger. She is now a full-time Rafter, and their 9-year-old daugh- Library Foundation ZoomText composer for theater and film. ter Siena. Library Publications February Library Kids Welcome to the page for Children’s Services. Be sure to look here for upcoming exhibits, programs and articles relating to Children’s Services and the Parenting Information Center. Parents: Please comply with the age guidelines for these programs and be prepared to show proof of local residency.

Tween Mosaic Reception and Unveiling Friday, February 9 from 7 to 8 p.m. Celebrate the hanging of this colorful mosaic created last summer by 5th and 6th grade students for the new Tween Scene in the Children’s Room. Each participant designed and painted an individual tile at Dvora’s Art Studio. Dvora assembled the tiles and gave the piece its finishing touches. Please RSVP in the Children’s Room or by calling 883- 4400, Ext. 150. Light refreshments will be served. Vacation Week Programs Twilight Tuesdays Pinkalicious Tuesday, February 20 at 2:30 p.m.

Bilingual Story Time – Tuesday, February 13 at 7 p.m. The Vital Children’s Theatre presents a musical production about a little Takes place the second Tuesday of every month. Join local resident girl who loves the color pink, especially pink cupcakes. Based on the Mayra Cruz-Vazquez and children’s librarian Rachel Fox for stories and children’s book by Elizabeth and Victoria Kann, Pinkalicious eats so fingerplays in English and Spanish from 7 to 7:30 p.m. For children many cupcakes that she turns pink from head to toe. For children ages ages 3½ to 6 accompanied by an adult. Family members welcome. No 4 to 10 accompanied by an adult. Tickets required and will be available registration required. in the Children’s Room beginning Tuesday, February 13 at 9:15 a.m.

Pajama Story Time – Tuesday, February 20 at 7 p.m. Winter Theme Corkboard Takes place the third Tuesday of every month. Come in pajamas and listen to bedtime stories from 7 to 7:30 p.m. For children ages 2½ to 5 Thursday, February 22 from 1 to 2 p.m. accompanied by an adult. Family members welcome. No registration required. Join art designer Shirley Ruby and decorate a wooden corkboard us- ing markers, foam pieces, pine needles, snowflakes and lots of shiny Page Turners – Tuesday, February 27 at 7:15 p.m. trims. For children in grades K to 4. Registration is required and begins Takes place the last Tuesday of every month. Fifth and sixth grade Tuesday, February 13 at 9:15 a.m. in the Children’s Room or by calling members in this monthly book group will meet from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. 883-4400, Ext. 150. Workshop fee: $3. For availability call 883-4400, Ext.150. No-Sew Pillow Thursday, February 22 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Join Shirley Ruby and make a colorful and fluffy pillow without any stitches. Lots of patterns and colors to choose from. For children in grades 5 and 6. Registration is required and begins Tuesday, February 13 at 9:15 a.m. in the Children’s Room or by calling 883-4400, Ext. 150. Workshop fee: $3.

Preschool Valentine Craft Erik’s Reptile Edventures Friday, February 23 at 2:30 p.m. Bee My Valentine – Monday, February 12 from 1 to 1:45 p.m. Meet Godzilla, a green iguana; Fendi, a blood python; and Blueie, a Jeanne Hall will tell stories, sing songs and show you how to decorate blue tegu! With an ongoing love for nature and 10 years veterinary a large heart with an adorable buzzing bee. For children ages 3 to 5 and teaching experiences, Erik Callender presents a live show with 12 accompanied by an adult. Registration is required and begins Thursday, animals from turtles and frogs to lizards and snakes and much more. February 1 at 9:15 a.m. in the Children’s Room or by calling 883-4400, For children in grades K and up accompanied by an adult. Tickets re- Ext. 150. quired and will be available in the Children’s Room beginning Tuesday, February 13 at 9:15 a.m. Parents: Due to the nature of this program, please comply with the age guidelines. Our Monthly Display Visit the Children’s Room throughout the month to view a display of artwork created by the children of the St. Peter of Alcantara Elemen- tary School. Parent Child Workshop February 28 and March 7, 14, 21, 28 from 11:15 to 12:30 p.m. Spend time with your child and meet new people in an educational and Mother Goose Rhyme Time creative environment. Each week a different resource professional is In-person registration begins in the Children’s Room Thursday, February 15 at 9:15 a.m. on hand to discuss speech and hearing, physical fitness, nutrition and behavior. For children ages 18 to 29 months and a parent or caregiver For children ages 9 to 17 months accompanied by an adult – siblings – siblings welcome. In-person registration begins Thursday, February 8 welcome. Three Thursdays from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Session I – March 1, at 9:15 a.m. in the Children’s Room. Proof of age required; families must 8 & 15; Session II – April 12, 19 & 26; Session III – May 10, 17 & 24. be Port Washington residents; priority given to first time registrants. Co- Proof of age required; registrants may sign up for only one session. sponsored by the Port Washington Public Library Family Place. Library’s collection enhances TNH project Near the beginning of the library’s collections are used on the south end of the North Town of North Hempstead’s the kiosk, and Elly Shodell, the Hempstead Town Dock, along the Manhasset Bay Trail at the Town library’s oral historian, contrib- shoreline of Sunset Park, through Dock, is a kiosk that details points uted her editing skills to the the waterfront of the Villages of of interest along the trail, includ- project. The section of the kiosk Baxter Estates, Manorhaven and ing Bayview Colony, the A & R titled “The Way We Worked,” high- Port Washington North, past Marshall Shipyard, the John Philip lights baymen, boat building, sand Sheets Creek and ending at the Sousa Memorial Band Shell, the mining and the era of aviation. Ms. west end of Manorhaven Park. Baxter Homestead, the Ike Smith Shodell has produced exhibits/ The Bay Trail is designed to Boatyard, the Dodge Homestead, books on each of these areas. introduce residents and visitors to the Mill Pond Model Yacht Club, Books are available in our circu- Manhasset Bay, provide a safe the site of Cock’s Grist Mill, the lating and reference collections, as path for walking, jogging and bird Manhasset Bay Sportsmen’s Club, well as for sale in the lobby. watching, and create public access the Pan Am site, the Old Ferry The Town of North Hemp- to the water for canoeing and Dock, regional sand mining sites stead’s BayTrail Waterfront Park kayaking. The trail is also a walk and yacht clubs. is designed as a continuous 1.7 through four centuries of history. Historical photos from the mile promenade extending from

Upcoming concerts

The Music Advisory Coun- cil’s 2006-07 Season continues with these fine performers. Please join us on Sunday afternoons at 3 p.m.

Sunday, March 18 at 3 p.m. Dora Seres, Flute

Sunday, April 15 at 3 p.m. Adam Neiman, Piano

Sunday, May 6 at 3 p.m. Smolens Swingtet

Library Budget Vote & Trustee Election Tuesday, April 10 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. February 14 / Budget Hearing & Board Meeting March 21 / Budget Hearing & Board Meeting March 28 / Budget Information Meeting

All meetings begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Hagedorn Meeting Room

Online Databases Available from Home 24 Hours a Day — visit the Library’s Web Site!

Port Washington Public Library card holders can access information on business, health, technology, art, education, science, literature and more from home. Just follow these easy steps: 1. Point your browser to http://www.pwpl.org/vrr, or from our “Worked Papers” on exhibit home page at http://www.pwpl.org, click “Research”

Joan R. Rogers exhibits her created both three-dimensional 2. Select from the following searchable databases (this is only a “Worked Papers” in the Main Gal- and two-dimensional collages. In partial list): lery February 1 through 26. The some instances the use of the strip ALISWeb — Card Catalog, Place Reserves, Renew Items Art Advisory Council hosts a re- quilting technique further en- AP Photo Archive — Photographs from the Associated Press ception on Saturday, February 10 hances the image.” Britannica Online — Encyclopedia Britannica, Dictionary from 2 to 4 p.m. Ms. Rogers earned a B.F.A. Career Cruising — Career Guidance, College Information “My antennas go up when I from the Rhode Island School of Community Resource — Directory of LI organizations see a quilt,” says the artist. “The Design and studied with Will Granger’s — Index of Poetry, Biographies direct imagery, the juxtaposing of Barnet at the Art Students League Heritage Quest — Genealogy, Census Data colors, the space divisions and pat- and Robert White at SUNY Stony Legal Forms — Popular legal forms and Dictionary terns, all have strong appeal for Brook. She has participated in LitFinder — Poems, Short Stories, Essays, Speeches me. These works start with those many juried and invitational shows Magazine & Newspaper Resources elements and go beyond, to and has received numerous Business & Company Data achieve more than what just fab- awards for her work, which is in 3. To login, you must enter your valid full Port Washington rics can do. Using bits and pieces many private and public collec- Library card number without spaces. of patterned papers and my own tions. prints and printed papers, I have 4. For complete database descriptions see the library’s web site. What’s new in TeenSpace?

February 22 at 7 p.m. joyment of the present. (YA FIC Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman. Bedazzling Beaded Bookmark Colasanti) Julie and Ashleigh, high school Workshop for Teens sophomores and Jane Austen fans, Beautify your books with your own Romeo’s Ex: Rosaline’s Story by seem to fall for the same Mr. homemade bedazzled bookmark. Lisa Fiedler. In a story based on Darcy-like boy and struggle to This one-of-a-kind beaded gem is the Shakespeare play, 16-year-old hide their true feelings from one a great way to save your page. Rosaline, who is studying to be a another while rehearsing for a Registration (in-person only) be- healer, becomes romantically en- school musical. (YA FIC Shulman) gins February 1, in TeenSpace. tangled with the Montague family Materials fee $5. even as her beloved young cousin, Accidental Love by Gary Soto. Af- Juliet Capulet, defies the family ter unexpectedly falling in love Love is in the Air feud to secretly marry Romeo. with a “nerdy” boy, 14-year-old Romantic Novels for Teens (YA FIC Fiedler) Marisa works to change her life Check out some of these romance by transferring to another school, novels that celebrate love with sto- Cyrano by Geraldine McCaugh- altering some of her behavior and ries of crushes, lost loves, mis- rean. Ashamed of his ugliness, losing weight. (YA FIC Soto) guided infatuations and of course, long-nosed Cyrano de Bergerac, a Friday, February 16 at 12:10 p.m. romance! brilliant 17th-century poet and ex- HIDDEN NEW YORK: Despite its innu- pert swordsman in the French merable tourist attractions, New York Scrambled Eggs at Midnight by army, helps a rival woo and win City still has many secrets hidden in the Brad Barkley. Calliope and Eliot, Roxane, the beautiful cousin most unlikely places. Author Steve two 15-year-olds in Asheville, Zeitlin will show you what’s there, what Cyrano loves in silence. (YA FIC used to be there, and why it will be there North Carolina, begin to acknowl- McCaughrean) edge some unpleasant truths for years to come. As a guide to the New about their parents and form their York City that is less traveled, this unique book shows that some of the best places own ideas about love. (YA FIC Goy Crazy by Melissa Schorr. With the help of her opinionated grand- to visit are ones that you never knew Barkley) existed. Steve Zeitlin is the director and mother, her annoying neighbor cofounder of City Lore, and received his When It Happens by Susane and her social-climbing best Ph.D. in folklore from the University of Colasanti. High school seniors friend, Rachel Lowenstein must Pennsylvania. Prior to arriving in New Sara and Tobey attempt to figure decide whether to follow her heart York, Steve served for eight years as a and turn her back on her religion, folklorist at the Smithsonian Institution out what is important in life as in Washington, D.C. Hidden New York they try to balance their prepara- or listen to her family and find a nice Jewish boy. (YA FIC Schorr) will be available at a special price cour- tions for their futures with their en- tesy of the Friends of the Library.

Issue No. 216, Febuary 2007

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