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February Calendar EXHIBITS In the Karen and Ed Adler Gallery 5 Friday 12 Friday 17 Wednesday 24 Wednesday MEGAN SIRIANNI-BRAND: Chang- SANDWICHED IN: “Fraud.” Elizabeth SANDWICHED IN: “Modern Art and GREAT BOOKS: Three Lives by Ger- PORT WRITES. On the 4th Wednes- ing Directions. January 31 through Feb- Hansen, from the U.S. Postal Service, the Dictators, Part 1: Art for the People trude Stein. 1 p.m. day of every month, the group discuss- ruary 29. will teach you how to protect yourself or for the Party?” Lenin saw the revo- es their work and how to get it pub- against the many fraud schemes that lutionary potential of modernist art, BUDGET HEARING AND BOARD lished. 8 p.m. In the Martin Vogel Photography appear in your mailbox. 12: 10 p.m. architecture and design. Under Stalin, OF TRUSTEES MEETING. The public Gallery all art that could not be used as propa- is invited at 7:30 p.m. SCRABBLE. Join us for a game, each ganda was banished. Eventually, most DIANA BERRENT: Under the Banyan Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. of Russia’s finest artists and designers WOMEN DIRECTORS FESTIVAL: Trees: Glimpses of Myanmar. February emigrated to the West. Join Dennis Ra- Hava Nagila (The Movie) (2012-75 2 through 28. WOMEN DIRECTORS FESTIVAL: verty, Associate Professor at New Jer- min.). Producer/director Roberta 25 Thursday Arcadia (2012-91 min.). Greta’s dad sey City University, for an illustrated Grossman romps through the history, In the Community Gallery is moving the family cross-country lecture. 12:10 p.m. mystery and meaning of the great Jew- EXPLORING LONG ISLAND’S SHIP- in a dented station wagon, promising ish standard, which journeyed from the WRECKS. Eco-Photo Explorers will “PRINTMAKING AND THE LAND- a California paradise to his kids. All WOMEN DIRECTORS FESTIVAL: shtetls of Eastern Europe to the kibbut- present a multimedia program exam- that’s missing is Mom. Olivia Silver If You Don’t, I Will (2014-102 min.). zim of Palestine to the cul-de-sacs of ining shipwrecks from the Revolu- SCAPE.” Presented by HEARTS. scripted and directed. Also, Silver’s Longtime couple Pomme and Pierre America. The movie features appear- Through February 11. tionary War through modern times, short Little Canyon (2008-20 min.), the (Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Almar- ances by Harry Belafonte, Leonard Ni- including photos of what these wrecks basis for Acadia. 7:30 p.m. ic) break up during a hike in the woods. moy, Connie Francis, Glen Campbell look like today and what types of ma- In the Column Gallery He returns to their home but she re- and Regina Spektor. 7:30 p.m. rine life inhabit them. Refreshments mains in the forest and meditates on will be served. 7:30 p.m. NAC “IN CHILDHOOD.” Classic portraits her life choices. Sophie Fillières script- of Port children by Stanley Mason. ed and directed this French produc- tion. Also, Manon (Pauline Etienne) 6 Saturday must take her grandmother (Bella Wa- REGISTRATIONS jnberg) with her to her driving lesson 18 Thursday MEGAN SIRIANNI-BRAND. A re- in writer/director Elodie Lelu’s Belgian Friday short, Driving Lessons (Lecons de Con- 26 In progress ception for the artist whose work is on NON-FICTION BOOK DISCUS- exhibit in the Adler Gallery. 2 to 4 p.m. duite) (2012-14 min.). In French with SION: On the Move by Oliver Sacks. English subtitles. 7:30 p.m. SANDWICHED IN: “Blues Divas, Annuities In Retirement......February 8 In this memoir, Sacks shares his obses- Part 2.” Join singer/pianist Gail Storm Job Search Strategies..........February 20 DIANA BERRENT. A reception for the sion with motorcycles, his family guilt for another mix of music and stories Resume Workshop.............February 20 photographer whose work is on exhibit and his passion for medicine. Discus- as she pays tribute to the women who in the Vogel Gallery. 2 to 4 p.m. sion led by Keith Klang. Books avail- sang the blues, from Billie Holiday to Beginning able at the Information Desk. 1:30 p.m. Bonnie Raitt. 12:10 p.m. Saturday North Fork Bus Trip.............February 2 13 3rd THURSDAYS AT 3: “Classic or Cliché? Part 8: Leonardo da Vinci’s The NEXT CHAPTER. Join us for a dis- Last Supper.” Find out why this famil- Monday cussion of current events. Bring your iar work became so iconic. With Marc EVENTS 8 opinions! 10 a.m. to noon. Kopman, Adjunct Professor of Art TAI CHI. Registration begins today at History, LIU Post. 3 p.m. AAC 9 a.m. for seven Thursday classes from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. Dates are Feb- ruary 25, March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 and Monday April 7. Fee of $20 is payable at reg- 1 istration. Co-sponsored by the Fay J. Sunday 14 Friday AARP TAX HELP. Beginning today, Lindner Foundation. HAC 19 register for an appointment, available VIRTUAL VISITS. The National Mu- SANDWICHED IN: “Modern Art on Tuesdays from February 9 through seum of Fine Arts of Havana consists and the Dictators, Part 2: The Fate of April 19 between 9:15 a.m. and 1:15 of the Palace of Fine Arts, dedicated to Art in Nazi Germany.” Distinguished p.m. Register at the Reference Desk or Cuban art from colonial times to the modernists taught at Germany’s Bau- call 516-883-4400, ext. 111. present, and the Palace of the Astur- haus School of Art and Design during WOMEN DIRECTORS FESTIVAL. ian Center, with a collection of ancient the 1920s, but Hitler’s “Degenerate Art Foreign Letters (2012-99 min.). Life objects from Egypt, Greece and Rome. Exhibit” of 1936 portrayed modernism brightens for Ellie (Noa Rotstein), a Join Ines Powell for this illustrated lec- as an unhygienic symptom of miscege- 12-year-old immigrant from Israel, ture. Sponsored by the Friends of the nation that needed to be outlawed. As WOMEN DIRECTORS FESTIVAL: when she meets Thuy (Dalena Le), Library. 2:30 p.m. a result, most of central Europe’s best Beyond the Lights (2014-116 min.). a Vietnamese refugee. Trust slowly artists, designers and architects moved The pressures of fame are driving R&B builds as the two teach each other ANNUITIES IN RETIREMENT. Fixed to the United States. Join Dennis Ra- superstar Noni (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) about life in America, but when they investments such as CDs, money mar- verty, Associate Professor at New Jer- to the edge, until she falls in love with eventually find themselves betraying ket accounts and bonds have tradition- sey City University, for an illustrated Kaz Nicol (Nate Parker), an ambitious each other, Ellie must give up her most ally provided retirees with protection lecture. 12:10 p.m. young cop who’s been assigned to her prized possession in order to save their from market volatility, but have recent- detail. Gina Prince-Bythewood script- friendship. Writer/director Ela Their, ly provided little growth. Annuities are ed and directed. Minnie Driver and based this story on her own experi- an alternative—learn about their value Danny Glover round out the cast. 7:30 ences. Also, Their’s short film, A Sum- for retirement. Sign up at the Informa- p.m. mer Rain (2009-16 min.), the basis for tion Desk, or call 516-883-4400, ext. VALENTINES DAY DOUBLE BILL. Foreign Letters. 7:30 p.m. 136. 7 p.m. Love Affair (1932-68 min.). Heiress 20 Saturday Carol Owen (Dorothy Mackaill) learns WOMEN DIRECTORS FESTIVAL: to fly from aeronautical engineer Jim JOB SEARCH STRATEGIES WORK- The Forest for the Trees (Der Wald Leonard (Humphrey Bogart), who SHOP. Learn how to optimize your ca- vor Lauter Baumen) (2003-80 min.). begins neglecting his work as their reer search and increase your odds of 29 Monday Melanie (Eva Loban) leaves home to affair progresses. Matters are further finding successful employment. Sign become a teacher, but finds herself complicated when she learns that her up at the Reference Desk, or call 516- WOMEN DIRECTORS FESTIVAL: mocked and tormented by her stu- father died penniless and that she is 883-4400 ext. 111. 10 a.m. Watchtower (2012-100 min.). A man dents and shunned by her colleagues. being supported by her financial advi- and a woman seek refuge from the When a friendship with her neighbor sor, and now suitor, Bruce Hardy (Hale RESUME AND COVER LETTER world—Nihat (Olgun Simsek) at a turns sour, she tries dating a creepy Hamilton). Jo Swerling and Dorothy WORKSHOP. A small group work- forest fire tower, Seher (Nilay Erdon- colleague. Writer/director Maren Ade Howell scripted for director Thorn- shop for job seekers. Sign up at the mez) at a rural bus station. When their shot this touching tale of loneliness on ton Freeland. After a brief intermis- Reference Desk, or call 516-883-4400 lives collide, each has to fight a battle digital video. In German with English sion, Love on the Run (1936-80 min.) ext. 111. 1 p.m. of conscience in the presence of the subtitles. Also, Paul Cotter’s Estes Ave- finds two rival reporters (Clark Gable, other. Pelin Esmer directed this Turk- nue (2004-3 min.), in which five people Franchot Tone) wooing the same heir- ish drama. Also, a Greek village invites say the same word at the same time on ess (Joan Crawford) and confronting a visitor to stay in Althea C. Avramis’s the same Sunday morning. 7:30 p.m. international spies. Joseph L. Mankie- short, The Foreigner (2012-17 min.). wicz produced and W.S.