Celebrating library power

Issue No. 298, April 2014

April schedule The library will be closed Sunday, April 20 in observance of Easter.

Budget Information Join us for a budget information ses- sion on April 1. The library budget vote and trustee election takes place on April 8 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Are you registered? Look for a new proposition on the ballot requiring personal registration by unregistered voters prior to the day of the Library’s election. If passed, this will take effect in 2015.

Create a resume with new online service The library has a subscription to the Cypress Resume service, which allows patrons to create resumes, cover let- ters and reference sheets in minutes. Basic personal information is entered and the program formats the data. Grammy-winners Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks have played in New York nightclubs, appeared in films:The Cotton Club, The Aviator and Login with your library card to create HBO’s , and performed for concerts at At Lincoln Center and the Newport Jazz Festival. The Music Advisory Council welcomes the six-piece band on Sunday, April 6 at 3 p.m. in the Dill Jones Memorial Jazz Concert. Story inside. your document. This service is also available in Spanish; click the Espanol button at the bottom of the page. Links to Cypress are accessible on the Research page under the featured databases and Ephron, Baker and Isaacs Headline FOL “Career & Testing” category. AARP tax help Book & Author Luncheon on May 16 Tuesdays through April 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 883-4400, Ext. 136 Reserve your place now for the luncheon extra special,” states FOL for availability. Friends of the Library’s 45th Annual president Amy Bass. She continues, Richard Dodge Whittemore Book “As our only fundraising event of the & Author Luncheon. The featured year, our Book & Author Luncheon Stay connected speakers will be Delia Ephron, au- is an opportunity for our community Sign up for eblasts, like us on Face- thor of Sister Mother Husband Dog to come together to celebrate and book and follow us on Twitter (@ (etc.), a book of autobiographical support our library and its Friends.” pwpl). Don’t miss out on library up- essays about life, love, movies and Delia Ephron is a bestselling dates! family. Ms. Ephron will be joined by author and screenwriter. Her mov- writer Kevin Baker, whose historical ies include The Sisterhood of the novel, The Big Crowd, is based on a Traveling Pants, You’ve Got Mail, After hours study hall true unsolved murder in post-World Hanging Up (based on her novel), for teens War II New York. and Michael. She has written novels We’ll extend our hours until 11 p.m. Port’s own best-selling novelist for adults and teenagers, books of on April 29 & 30 for students in grades Susan Isaacs returns as moderator. humor, including How to Eat Like 7 through 12 to study for exams. No The luncheon will be held on Friday, a Child, and essays. Her journal- registration is required and snacks May 16 at 11 a.m. at the North Hills ism has appeared in The New York will be provided. Library doors will be Country Club in Manhasset. Res- Times, O: The Oprah Magazine, locked at 9 p.m. Students must be in ervation brochures are available in Vogue, More and The Huffington the building before 9 p.m. the library and printable from the Post. She collaborated with her sister FOL website at www.pwpl.org/fol. Nora Ephron on a play, Love, Loss, The cost of the luncheon is $75. You and What I Wore. Ephron lives and Coming Soon: Express may call the library’s Community works in New York. The New York Books Relations Office at 883-4400, Ext. 130 Times described Sister Mother Hus- Look for more copies of popular titles with questions. band Dog as a “valentine, sometime on the library shelves — here when “We are proud to present a frilly but more memorably about you want them. First-come, first- well-balanced program with authors love, loss and all that is irreplace- served. No reserves, no renewals, no of fiction and non-fiction, and of able.” hassles. course, the participation of Susan Isaacs as moderator makes the Continued inside PROPOSED BUDGET Library Usage ANNUALLY FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2015 Registered Library Users 27,557 Proposed Library Visits 420,009 2015 2014 2013 Materials Circulated 433,257 REVENUES Budget Budget Budget Public Computer Use 119,083 Program Attendance 48,450 Real Property Taxes 6,936,955 6,837,176 6,706,478 Number of Community Groups Using Meeting Rooms 390 Payments in Lieu of Taxes 90,000 77,075 52,000 Library Website Visits 198,121 10,000 10,000 10,000 Interest E-Book Circulation 31,125 Other Local Revenue 83,200 83,200 84,150 State Sources 6,500 6,500 4,000 Wi-Fi Transactions 85,750 Total Revenues 7,126,655 7,013,951 6,856,628

Appropriated Designated for ERS 57,500 25,000 MATERIALS IN COLLECTION 246,165 Appropriated Fund Balance 50,000 50,000 50,000 By Type Total Revenues & App. Fund Balance 7,176,655 7,121,451 6,931,628 Adult Fiction 37,179 Adult Non-fiction and Reference 64,612 EXPENDITURES Children’s Fiction 20,190 SALARIES, TERMINAL LEAVE & Children’s Non-fiction 17,952 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS Non-print (DVDs, CDs, Audio Books) 56,631 Salaries 3,449,196 3,411,156 3,439,677 Terminal Leave 50,000 - - Magazines and Newspapers 450 Employee Benefits — Retirement 686,078 730,018 575,203 E-Books 25,657 Employee Benefits — Other 959,798 986,081 910,841 MTA Tax 7,932 7,845 11,694 Subtotal — Salaries, Terminal Leave 5,153,004 5,135,100 4,937,415 Accruals & Employee Benefits Library Budget Vote & Trustee Election LIBRARY MATERIALS Books - Fiction 51,000 51,000 56,000 Tuesday, April 8 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Books - Non-fiction 60,000 65,000 70,000 Books - Reference 43,000 43,000 53,000 Incumbent Robert Lee Aitken will run unopposed Books - Children’s 25,500 46,500 48,000 for a 5-year term on the Library Board of Trustees. Books - Audio & Electronic 45,000 45,000 45,000 Books - Young Adult 20,000 Software & Online Databases 78,000 63,000 63,000 Periodicals 39,500 36,000 36,000 Media — DVD/CD 68,000 68,000 68,000 Subtotal — Library Materials 430,000 417,500 439,000 LIBRARY OPERATIONS Office & Library Supplies 54,700 53,700 53,700 Telephone 31,000 29,000 29,000 Postage & Freight 25,000 25,000 30,000 Printing 34,500 34,500 34,500 Staff Conference & Training 20,000 17,000 12,000 ALIS / NLS 99,718 99,718 90,072 Program Services 67,500 63,000 61,500 Memberships 7,000 7,000 2,000 Maint. Office Equipment 32,000 32,000 32,000 Accounting / Legal 103,670 100,820 100,820 Security Service 30,292 30,292 30,292 Computer Service 60,040 60,040 60,040 General 7,900 5,900 5,900 Subtotal — Library Operations 573,320 557,970 541,824

BUILDING OPERATIONS Fuel & Utilities 194,123 194,123 201,823 Custodial 105,700 105,700 105,700 Insurance 74,203 74,203 65,111 Subtotal — Building Operations 374,026 374,026 372,634

Subtotal Expenditures 6,530,350 6,484,596 6,290,873 EQUIPMENT, REPAIRS & TRANSFERS Equipment 41,850 40,000 40,000 Repairs & Alterations 75,000 75,000 75,000 Transfers to Capital - - - Subtotal — Equip., Repairs & Transfers 116,850 115,000 115,000 DEBT SERVICE Bonds — Principal & Interest 529,455 521,855 525,755 Installment Debt — Principal & Interest - - - Subtotal — Debt Service (P & I) 529,455 521,855 525,755

7,176,655 7,121,451 6,931,628 Total Expenditures Riccarda de Eccher exhibits The Art Advisory Council welcomes artist Riccarda deEccher to the Main Gallery during April. Meet the artist at a reception on Saturday, April 5 from 2 to 4 p.m. Tax Levy Increase 1.46% 1.95% 1.97% Riccarda de Eccher was born in Bolzano, Italy. She started painting, Budget Increase .78% 2.74% 2.08% mostly in watercolor, at a mature age, drawing inspiration from her love of mountains. She published several little books in collaboration with writers. Her first exhibition was in 2006, in Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy, and many Additional Information: Detailed financial statements are available through the Director’s Office. more followed. She lives in Oyster Bay with her husband and her two children. For more information, visit www.deeccher.net. Have you registered for our trip to the Lower East Side? It’s not your grandparents’ neighborhood Although mostly gentrified, at Eldridge Street Synagogue was with a multitude of cafes, music their first great house of worship. venues, boutiques and gourmet The Italian American Mu- restaurants, Manhattan’s Lower seum once housed Banca Stabile East Side is still culturally diverse. founded in 1885. During its heyday, On Wednesday, June 18, we’ll visit the bank was a link for immigrants museums which celebrate Chinese, in the United States to their rela- Italian and Jewish cultures. tives in Italy. Founded in 1980 and recently Between visits, we’ll enjoy expanded, The Museum of Chi- brunch at Spitzer’s Corner, which nese in America brings 160 years features an eclectic American of Chinese-American history to life menu. Weather permitting, we’ll through its innovative exhibitions, make a special stop before re- educational and cultural programs. turning. Fee of $85 per person is Built in 1887 by Eastern Eu- payable at registration, which is in ropean immigrants, the Museum progress — space is limited.

In the Martin Vogel Photography Gallery through April 29 Bill Brady: Food Art The Edna Project The Friends of the Port Wash- recited poetry over the radio to Bill Brady picked up his first Pollock-inspired mash-ups to a ington Public Library invites you to support the war effort. camera when he was eight years series transforming Gummy Bears attend The Edna Project on Sunday, In the immediate post-World old and never looked back. While into African art. As a commercial April 27 at 3 p.m. War I era, Millay emerged as a he understands traditional film as a photographer his work is confined One of the most popular writ- major figure in the cultural life of medium, he was an early practitioner to a specific set of rules, but as ers in her time, the Pulitzer Prize- Greenwich Village, when the Vil- of digital photography. After earning an art photographer he is free winning poet Edna St. Vincent Mil- lage served as an incubator of every a BA in communications in 1988, Bill to explore, push and destroy any lay is a major figure in 20th-century important American literary, artistic began his career in corporate Amer- boundaries that constrain him. The American literature. and political movement of the pe- ica. He quickly decided that photog- result is this show, entitled Food Born in Rockland, Maine riod. As part of this milieu, Millay’s raphy was more than just a hobby Art. Meet Bill Brady at his talk on in 1892, Edna soon displayed the work and life came to represent the and decided to pursue it as a career. Monday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m. literary talents for which she later modern, liberated woman of the Realizing that any great photogra- became known for. She was only Jazz age, free of the restrictions of pher needs to have passion for his nineteen years old when she pub- the past. subject, he merged his two greatest lished one of her most famous This program features a per- passions and started photographing poems, Renascence. Over the next formance of the poetry of Millay’s food. Over the past fourteen years three decades, she published po- poetry interpreted in song by Liz Bill has established himself as a top etry, plays, political writings, and Queler and Seth Farber — an commercial food photographer. He a libretto for an opera set to music eclectic, imaginative collection of works on campaigns for clients rang- by Deems Taylor. She also went on songs spanning the genres of folk, ing from family-owned restaurants cross-country reading tours and bluegrass, rock and jazz. to Fortune 100 companies. You may not know him but chances are you have seen his work. As an outlet for his creative impulses, Bill has been creating art photography using food The Sweet Science on DVD as a main theme, from his Jackson This month we screen the boxing classic Body and Soul (1947). The “sweet science” has inspired moviemakers and documentarians since the dawn of cinema. Here are some boxing movies and docs in our circulating DVD collection: Feature Films: Ali • Annapolis • Bad Blonde • Battling Butler • Be Yourself! • Bowery Blitzkrieg • The Boxer • Champion • Cinderella Man • Cinderella Man: The James J. Braddock Story • City for Conquest • The Library Budget Crowd Roars • Don’t Tempt Me • Fat City • The Fighter • Gentleman Jim • Ghayal • Girlfight • Golden Boy • The Great White Hope • Hammer (1972) • The Hammer (2007) • Hard Times • The Harder They Fall • Here Comes Mr. Jordan • The Hurricane • Joe and Max • Kid Dynamite • Kid Vote Galahad • Killer McCoy • Killer’s Kiss • The Milky Way • Million Dollar Baby • The Miracle Kid * Monkey on My Back • Nurse, Fighter, Boy • Play It to the Bone • Pride of the Bowery • Raging Bull • Real Steel • Requiem for a Heavyweight • Right Cross • The Ring • Rocky • Rocky II • Rocky & Trustee Election III Rocky Balboa • Rocky Marciano • Schizo • The Set-Up • Somebody Up There Likes Me • They Made Me a Criminal • Undisputed • Whiplash Documentaries: a.k.a. Cassius Clay • Facing Ali • The Last Round: Chuvalo vs Ali • Muhammad Ali the Greatest • Muhammad and Larry • Tuesday, April 8 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. One Night in Vegas • The Real Rocky • Tyson • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson • When We Were Kings April 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. Early Childhood To register and/or inquire about availability for the following programs, please call Children’s Services at 883-4400, Ext. 150.

Sing and Swing Story Time – Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. For children ages 18 months to 2½ years with an adult. No registration required. Does not meet April 15.

Baby Rhyme Time – Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. For children ages birth to 17 months with an adult. No registration required. Does not meet April 17.

Toddler Story Time – Fridays at 10:30 a.m. For children ages 2½ to 3½ years with an adult. No registration required. Does not meet April 18.

Preschool Story Time – Fridays at 1:30 p.m. For children ages 3½ to 5 years without an adult. No registration required. Does not meet April 18.

PlayHooray – Monday, April 7. A preschool music and movement pro- gram. Ages birth to 17 months with an adult at 10 a.m. Ages 18 months to 2½ years with an adult at 11 a.m. Ages 18 months to 4 years with an Thursday, April 24 at 4 p.m. adult at 12 noon. Ages 2½ to 5 years with an adult at 1 p.m. Registration began March 31 – call for availability. Book Discussion & Author Visit

Story Time with Miss Lucy and Mr. Mike: Monday, April 14 at 10:30 with Natalie Bober a.m. For children of all ages with an adult. No registration required. Children in grades 3 and 4 are invited to celebrate poetry month with lo- cal author and award-winning biographer Natalie Bober. Participants will Pajama Story Time – Wednesday, April 23 at 7 p.m. Come in pajamas discuss Papa Is a Poet: A Story About Robert Frost, Natalie’s first children’s and listen to bedtime stories. For children of all ages with an adult. No book which was recently named a Notable Social Studies Trade Book registration required. for Young People. Natalie will lead the book discussion and share her stories about this remarkable man and his poetry. Registration is limited A Time for Kids. Monday, April 28 at 10:30 a.m., 12 or 1:15 p.m. and begins April 1 – participants will receive a new copy of Papa is a Poet Educational activities combine preschool concepts and fun. For ages 18 and have their books signed by the author on April 24. months to 5 years with an adult. Registration begins April 21.

Kindergarten through Sixth Grade To register and/or inquire about availability for the following programs, please call Children’s Services at 883-4400, Ext. 150.

Birthday Bash Story Time – Wednesdays at 4 p.m. Each week will highlight an author’s birthday that takes place during the month of April. Books written by Amy Schwartz will be shared on April 2, by Donald Carrick on April 9, by John Burningham on April 23 and by Amy Hest on April 30. For children ages 4 to 7 years without an adult. Registration not required. Does not meet April 16. Vacation Week Specials Tickets are required for the following programs and will be available begin- Family Bingo – Tuesday, April 15 at 2:30 p.m. Have fun with your family and ning April 1. These programs are sponsored by the Children’s Advisory play a variety of Bingo games. For families with children in grades K and Council and funded by the Port Washington Library Foundation. up. Registration begins April 1. Sammie and Tudie’s Comedy Show – Wednesday, April 16 at 2:30 p.m. Join Page Turners – Tuesday, April 29 at 7:15 p.m. Monthly book discussion for Sammie and Tudie for a playful show filled with classic comedy and funny children in grades 5 and 6. Call for availability. magic. Themes of cooperation and togetherness bring lots of surprises and silly struggles that only two clowns can create. For children ages 4 Young Birders Club – May 3 and 10 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Children ages 6 and up with an adult. to 10 with an adult are invited to LOOK, LISTEN, and DISCOVER! You’ll observe local birds and their habitats using your senses and recording Laser Safari with Prismatic Magic – Thursday, April 17 at 11 a.m. Join Pris- your impressions. Activities will include short walking field trips from the matic Magic for an amazing laser adventure which explores two ecosys- library, nature exploration, and hands-on learning activities. The leaders tems, the African Savannah and the Brazilian Rainforest. Learn how these are local naturalists and members of the North Shore Audubon Society. ecosystems and their inhabitants have adapted to thrive in their unique Registration begins April 25. climates. For children in grades 1 and up with an adult. FOL Book & Author Luncheon continued from front page

Kevin Baker is the author of takes another juicy bit out of the Big the New York-based City of Fire Apple, demonstrating once again trilogy of historical novels: Dream- that nobody does old New York – in land, Paradise Alley and Strivers Row. all its glamour and its grit – better.” He is also the author or co-author of The Friends welcomes indi- five other works of fiction, history, vidual and business sponsors of and biography. He is a contributing the Book & Author Luncheon at editor at Harper’s Magazine, a fre- levels beginning at $250. Contact quent contributor to The New York FOL vice president Ellen Zimmer- Times, and has written for many man at [email protected] other periodicals. Baker lives in New for more information on becoming York with his wife, Ellen. Booklist a sponsor of this much-anticipated said of The Big Crowd that “Baker literary event.

Dill Jones Memorial Jazz Concert Chad & Jeremy

Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde played to a full house in February as part of the library’s 50th This concert pays tribute to the late Dillwyn “Dill” Jones, a anniversary of the Beatles arrival in America. renowned jazz pianist who lived the last years of his life in Port Wash- ington. Dill Jones was one of the leading figures in London jazz circles prior to his coming to the United States in 1961. He is remembered for his considerable abilities as a performer of the “Harlem Stride SoundSwap welcomes Sheri Miller Piano School” of jazz. Roslyn resident Sheri Miller on drums and Gerry Leonard on will grace the SoundSwap stage on guitars. Her song “I Could Love You Grammy-winners Vince Gior- Festival in August; the Mayo Center Thursday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m. Still,” produced by Lee, featured dano and the Nighthawks, who will in Morristown, NJ in May; Rose Hall Taking classical piano lessons Steve Cropper on guitar and Paul perform on Sunday, April 6 at 3 p.m. at Jazz at Lincoln Center in a battle at an early age, Sheri began to com- Shaffer on B3 organ. Sheri was in the Dill Jones Memorial Jazz Con- of the bands with Toshiko Akioshi’s pose her own original songs and featured as a musical guest on the cert, have played in New York night- Band in March. And in January, they teach herself acoustic guitar, sing- PBS TV show One on One with Steve clubs, appeared in films and at Jazz erupted like a “wellspring of eupho- ing along with Ella Fitzgerald, Etta Adubato, and released a “Mantra” at Lincoln Center and the Newport ria” at the 92nd Street Y. James, Billie Holiday, Bonnie Raitt, video and two original holiday Jazz Festival. Their concert here is In 2011, Turner Classic Movie The Beatles and The Beach Boys. songs in 2013. She is currently in sponsored by the Music Advisory Film Festival invited them to accom- Sheri then moved up to venues pre-production for her first LP. Council. pany a Buster Keaton silent filmThe like Rockwood Music Hall, Living Brooklyn-born Giordano’s pas- Cameraman. Also in 2011, Vince and Room, Canal Room, Joe’s Pub, Bow- sion for this music and the people the band were on the PBS series ery Ballroom, B.B. King’s, World that made it began at age 5. He has ’s American Song- Café Live and Hotel Cafe. Upon the amassed an amazing collection of book, where Vince revealed some release of her debut EP Mantra in over 60,000 band arrangements, treasures from the Great American 2008, Sheri was named one of Music 1920s and ‘30s films, 78 record- Songbook. Then Secrets of New York Connection Magazine’s “Hot 100 ings and jazz-age memorabilia. featured the band, earning them an Unsigned Artists,” and was asked Giordano sought out and studied Emmy Award. to join a four-part vocal harmony with important survivors from the Early appearances with Leon group, The Delilahs. Upon depart- period: Whiteman’s hot arranger Redbone and A Prairie Home Com- ing that group, Sheri released her Bill Challis and drummer Chauncey panion and ’s critically-acclaimed EP Winning Morehouse, and bassist Joe Tarto. film The Cotton Club, led to work- Hand, produced by Kevin Killen Giordano’s passion, commitment to ing with ’s Orchestra (U2, Peter Gabriel), which featured authenticity, and knowledge led him in over a half dozen Will Lee on bass, Charley Drayton to create a sensational band of like- soundtracks, then acting as a bass minded players, the Nighthawks. player, most notably in Sean Penn’s Giordano has single-handedly kept band in Woody’s Sweet And Low- alive an amazing genre of American down. He and the band have been From the Jobs & Careers Center music that continues to spread the both onscreen and in the studio joy and pathos of an era that shaped for Gus Van Sant’s film Finding our nation. Forrester; in Martin Scorsese’s The Saturday, April 12 at 1 p.m. In 2012, Vince Giordano and Aviator; and Sam Mendes’ Revolu- INTERVIEWING with Karen McKenna. This small group workshop Wynton Marsalis performed twelve tionary Road. Other recording proj- will cover how to conduct research, answer challenging questions, write shows at Dizzy’s Club Cola-Cola in ects include soundtracks for Terry thank you letters, and present references. Free of charge but registration Jazz at Lincoln Center, playing the Zwigoff’s Ghost World; Tamara Jen- is required. Sign up at the Reference Desk. music of and His kins’ The Savages; Robert DeNiro’s Hot Five and Hot Seven, along with The Good Shepherd; Sam Mendes’ Monday, April 14 at 7 p.m. Jon-Erik Kellso, Andy Stein, Victor Away We Go; Michael Mann’s Public FINDING THE RIGHT BUSINESS FOR YOU: Franchising & Business Goines, Chris Crenshaw, Ken Salvo, Enemies, along with Michael Sucsy’s Resale: A workshop presented by Stuart Levenberg of the Kensington Dan Nimmer, Carlos Henriquez and Grey Gardens, and Todd Haynes’ Company. Everything you need to know about owning your own busi- Ali Jackson. mini-series Mildred Pierce. ness, from financing to franchising. Free of charge but registration is Vince Giordano & the Night- This summer Vince Giordano required. Sign up at the Information Desk. hawks won a Grammy for Best & the Nighthawks will perform Compilation Soundtrack for Visual concerts at: Ambler, PA’s Music and Monday, April 21 at 7 p.m. Media for their work on Boardwalk Arts Festival, Lincoln Center’s Mid- LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE: Understanding the Benefits with Empire Volume 1 – Music from the summer Night Swing, Old Westbury financial advisor Samuel J. Schiff. Learn the basics to help make a more HBO Original Series CD. Vince and Gardens, Music Mountain and the informed decision. Free of charge but registration is required. Sign up the band are heard and seen on the Levitt Pavillion in Westport, CT. at the Information Desk. show as well as on the USA Network Vince Giordano & the Night- series Royal Pains. hawks can be heard Monday & Saturday, April 26 at 1 p.m. Vince Giordano & the Night- Tuesday evenings at Iguana NYC. USING LINKEDIN FOR YOUR JOB SEARCH with Karen McKenna. 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