May 2014

EXHIBITS In the Main Gallery Tuesday Monday Tuesday PHOTO EXACT MODELS, May 2 through 6 12 27 E-READER ASSISTANCE: See May 5 for “THE SPECTACULAR NOW” (2013-95 31. Donald Sadowsky exhibits his work. The AARP DRIVER EDUCATION: This program details. 2 to 4 p.m. min.). While Aimee (Shailene Woodley) Art Advisory Council invites you to meet the was developed by AARP as a community service for motor vehicle operators age 50 dreams of the future, Sutter (Miles Teller) artist at a reception on Saturday, May 3 from BLOOD DRIVE: The library Staff Associ- and over. Those completing the course may lives in the now. What starts as an unlikely 2 to 4 p.m. Story in this issue. AAC ation’s annual blood drive. Twenty minutes be entitled to a 10 percent discount on the romance becomes a sharp- eyed snapshot of can save a life! Register beginning May 1 by In the Martin Vogel Photography Gallery liability and collision portions of their auto the heady passion and confusion of youth. calling the Information Desk at 883-4400, insurance, as well as 4 violation points off Screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB OF LONG IS- Ext. 136. Walk-ins welcome. Child care their driver’s license. Registration begins H. Weber adapted Tim Tharp’s novel for LAND: 35th Annual Exhibition, May 3 provided in the Children’s Room. 2:30 to May 6 for a class to take place on June 14 director James Ponsoldt. 7:30 p.m. through June 30. Club members exhibit 8:30 p.m. from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A check or money their landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, still order payable to AARP, for $20 (members, in- lifes, portraits, travel pictures and abstrac- clude membership #) or $25 (non-members) Sunday tions at the library. Look for Musical Images, 18 is due at time of registration. This program is LON CHANEY DOUBLE FEATURE: The a digital slide presentation with music, on limited to Port Washington residents. Man of a Thousand Faces (1883-1930) stars Wednesday, May 14 at 7:30 p.m. and again in two dramas. In George Hill’s Tell It to on Friday, May 23 at 12:10 p.m. CHESS: All levels welcome. Tuesdays from Wednesday Tuesday the Marines (1926-103 min.), Private Skeets 2 to 4 p.m. 28 13 Burns (William Haines) vies with his supe- PORT WRITES: The group discusses its HYPERTENSION SCREENING: Free blood work and how to get it published. It meets REGISTRATIONS Research Investigators Science pressure screening conducted by St. Francis rior officer, Sergeant O’Hara (Chaney) for the 4th Wednesday of every month and is In progress Expo (RISE): Join us for a visit from par- Hospital every second Tuesday. 11 a.m. to the affections of nurse Norma Dale (Elea- facilitated by Michael Chaplan. 8 p.m. ticipants in this year’s RISE competition, an 2 p.m. nor Boardman). After a brief intermission, Resume Workshop ...... See May 10 annual event held by the Young Investigators scar-faced hunter Tiger Haynes (Chaney “ALIYAH” (2012-88 min.). Alex (Pio Mar- Society at the Feinstein Institute. Their work TOPICAL TUESDAY: A screening and dis- again) objects when Bobby Bailey (Lloyd Life Insurance ...... See May 19 mal), a young Parisian drug dealer, longs for cussion of In Darkness (2011- 145 mins.). represents the best of the research activi- Hughes) asks for the hand of his daughter, a new beginning by opening a restaurant in From acclaimed director Agnieszka Hol- Job Search Workshop ...... See May 31 ties of the North Shore–Long Island Jewish Toyo (Lupe Velez), in Tod Browning’s Where Tel Aviv and making “aliyah” (the immigra- land, In Darkness is based on the story of Health System, and will be presented in non- East Is East (1929-66 min.). These glistening tion of Diaspora Jews to Israel). Director Beginning May 1 Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty technical language. Students and teachers treasures come from the Warner Archive. Elie Wajeman scripted with Gaelle Mace. thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, Blood Drive ...... See May 12 are particularly encouraged to attend. For Silent with music score. 1:30 p.m. Also, an Israeli couple is suspicious of the who hides a group of Jews for money in the more information on the Institute and its Arab woman who has just boarded their Beginning May 6 labyrinth of the town’s sewers. This evening activities, please visit FeinsteinInstitute.org. bus in On the Road to Tel Aviv (2008-15 Dr. Krystyna Keren-Chiger, the last surviv- AARP Driver Education ...... See May 6 Presented by the Library’s Health Advisory min.). Director Khen Shalem scripted with ing member of the group, will share her Council and the Fay J. Lindner Foundation. Hadar Galron. Both films are subtitled. This story which was related in her memoir The 7:30 p.m. screening comes to us from Film Movement, Girl in the Green Sweater (St. Martins Press, an organization which makes outstanding 2012). She will be joined by co-author Dan Monday 19 independent films, foreign films and docu- Paisner, and Dr. Doron Keren. In Darkness Thursday GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION GROUP: A mentaries available to educational institu- 1 received an Academy award nomination for discussion of Karel Capek’s R.U.R. 1 p.m. “INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS” (2012-104 min.). tions. 7:30 p.m. Writer/directors Joel and Ethan Coen trace best foreign film. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. 7 p.m. Story in this issue. AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA: Composer a week in the life of luckless singer Llewyn Thursday Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor Davis (Oscar Isaac) as he navigates the 8 is based on Sir Walter Scott’s novel The Bride NEBRASKA (2013-114 min.) by Alexander Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Carey of Lammermoor. The opera dramatizes the Payne. Aging, booze-addled Woody Grant Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund story of Lucia who is in love with Edgardo, (Academy Award nominee Bruce Dern) and Justin Timberlake co-star in this mel- the sworn enemy of her brother, Enrico. travels from Montana to Nebraska with Thursday ancholy comedy-drama. Recommended for Video excerpts will accompany this presenta- his estranged son David in order to claim 29 adults. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday tion by Professor James Kolb. 3 p.m. MAC “GOOD OL’ FREDA” (2013-87 min.). Shy a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes prize. 14 Liverpudlian teen Freda Kelly lands her BOOK DISCUSSION: A discussion of Frag- Actress June Squibb, as Woody’s wife Kate, LIFE INSURANCE IS NOT ONLY FOR dream job: secretary for a new band called ile Beasts, by Tawni O’ Dell, facilitated by Lee was also Oscar-nominated. Recommended PROTECTION it offers many other benefits. The Beatles. As their fame explodes, loyal Fertitta. 7:30 p.m. for adults. 7:30 p.m. This workshop with financial advisor Samuel Freda bears witness to cultural history with- PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB OF LONG ISLAND J. Schiff is free of charge, but registration is out ever exploiting her insider access. Ryan required. Sign up at the Information Desk, Friday presents Musical Images, a digital slide White directed this documentary, presented 2 presentation with music. 7:30 p.m. Story in or by calling 516-883-4400, Ext. 136. 7 p.m. in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of SANDWICHED IN: Genesis: The Life & Work this issue. The Beatles’ arrival in America. 7:30 p.m. of Sebastião Salgado. Ask photojournalists to name a peer they admire, and Salgado’s Friday name is sure to crop up. The Brazilian is 9 renowned for the long-term projects he SANDWICHED IN: The Lower East Side: Then & Now. As a preamble to our Three undertakes, devoting years at a time to docu- Tuesday menting the story of a particular people or Cultures bus trip on June 18, join Dr. Ronald 20 the evolution of a certain place. Join Nassau Brown for a look at what you can expect to Thursday GREEN CARD: Former Port resident Friday see in a neighborhood vastly different from Nelson A. Castillo will discuss his book La 30 County Museum docent Phyllis Goodfriend 15 Contemporary Cabaret. Book Discussion: A discussion of The SANDWICHED IN: what it was at the turn of the last century. Tarjeta Verde: Cómo Obtener La Residencia for an illustrated discussion of his work. Warmth of Other Suns: the Epic Story of Singer/Songwriter Lois Morton is well 12:10 p.m. Permanente in los Estados Unidos (Green 12:10 p.m. America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilk- known to her audiences in Manhattan and on Card: How to Obtain Lawful Permanent Resi- LIVE@PWPL: Homegrown. Truck on down erson, facilitated by Lee Fertitta. 1:30 p.m. Long Island for her witty songs dealing with SCRABBLE PLAYERS! Join us for a game. dence in the United States). This is a bilingual — the band pays homage to the Grateful diets, cell phones, clutter and the comedy 2 to 5 p.m. English/Spanish program. No registration Dead. Dancing in the aisles encouraged. 3rd THURSDAYS@3: 20th Century English of everyday life. She’ll keep you laughing! necessary. 7 p.m. Story in this issue. “AMERICAN HUSTLE” (2O13-138 min.). 7:30 p.m. Art: Bacon, Freud and Moore. Francis Bacon 12:10 p.m. FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper) and Lucien Freud were two of England’s SCRABBLE PLAYERS! Join us for a game. enlists con artist Irving Rosenfeld (Christian leading artists of the post war period. Al- 2 to 5 p.m. Bale) and his seductive partner Sydney though figure painting was out of vogue, Prosser (Amy Adams) to help him take both shunned fashion and created some of “GRAVITY” (2013-91 min.). Medical engi- down volatile New Jersey political opera- the most important figurative paintings in neer Ryan Stone (Academy Award nominee tor Carmine Polito (Jeremy Renner). Will the global art world. Their art would serve Sandra Bullock) and astronaut Matt Kowal- Wednesday Rosenfeld’s unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jen- Saturday to reintroduce the motif of the figure. Henry 21 ski (George Clooney) work together to sur- 10 Moore is best remembered for his semi- “AUSTENLAND” 2013-97 min.). Obsessed nifer Lawrence) gum up the works? David O. Next Chapter: Join us for a discussion vive after an accident leaves them adrift in with Pride and Prejudice, Jane Hayes (Keri Russell’s caper film earned ten Oscar nods! of current events. Bring your opinions! 10 abstract monumental public sculpture. Join space. Producer, director and editor Alfonso Russell) travels to a Jane Austen theme park Note the early start time: 7 p.m. a.m. to noon. Professor Thomas Germano for this illus- Cuaron also scripted this Oscar nominated trated lecture. 3 p.m. AAC in search for her own Mr. Darcy. Director drama with his son Jonas Cuaron. 7:30 p.m. RESUME & COVER LETTER WORKSHOP Jerusha (Napoleon Dynamite) Hess scripted with Karen McKenna. Small group resume “GINGER & ROSA” (2012-90 min.). In Lon- this comedy with Shannon Hale, from the and cover letter preparation workshop for don in the early 1960s, teenagers Ginger latter’s novel. 7:30 p.m. job seekers. This workshop is free of charge and Rosa (Elle Fanning, Alice Englert) are LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES meets. but registration is required. Sign up at the inseparable — they play truant together, The public is invited. 7:30 p.m. Saturday Reference Desk, or by calling 516-883-4400, discuss religion, politics and hairstyles, and 3 Ext. 111. 1 p.m. dream of lives bigger than their mothers’ Saturday DONALD SADOWSKY: A reception for the frustrated domesticity. But, as the Cold War 31 artist whose work is in the Main Gallery this meets the sexual revolution and the threat JOB SEARCH STRATEGIES WORKSHOP: month. Join us! 2 to 4 p.m. of nuclear holocaust escalates, the lifelong Karen McKenna gives tips on how to opti- friendship of the two girls is shattered. Sally mize your career search and increase your Potter scripted and directed. 7:30 p.m. odds at finding successful employment. This 22 Thursday workshop is free of charge but registration Sunday “ENOUGH SAID” (2013-93 min.). Divorcee is required. Sign up at the Reference Desk, 11 Eva (Julia Louis Dreyfus) decides to pursue or by calling 516-883-4400, Ext. 111. 1 p.m. JOAN CRAWFORD DOUBLE FEATURE: a romantic relationship with Albert (James Sunday As a Mother’s Day treat, we present two Gandolfini), even after she learns that he is 4 early Joan Crawford vehicles. In Harry RAVE ON! The band pays tribute to Buddy the ex-husband of her bitter new friend Mari- Beaumont’s silent picture, Our Dancing SPONSORSHIPS Holly. For families with children age 7 and Friday anne (Catherine Keener). Nicole Holofcener up – dancing in the aisles encouraged. 3 p.m. Daughters (1928-84 min.), flapper Diana 16 AAC Art Advisory Council SANDWICHED IN: Saving Mr. Banks (2013- scripted and directed. 7:30 p.m. Medford (Joan) is secretly an old fashioned CAC Children’s Advisory Council gal, while her gold-digging pal Ann (Anita 126 min.). Director John Lee Hancock and HAC Health Advisory Council Page) is masquerading as an ingénue. Who screenwriters Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith Music Advisory Council will win the hand of millionaire Ben Blaine reveal how Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) man- MAC (Johnny Mack Brown)? After a brief inter- aged to convince author P.L. Travers (Emma NAC Nautical Advisory Council Thompson) to allow his studio to produce a mission, Joan returns as Alice “Bingo” Dowl- All programs sponsored by the Advisory Councils Monday ing, a vivacious flapper from the jungles of film version of her book,Mary Poppins. The Friday are funded by donations to the Port Washington 5 South America, in Jack Conway’s musical, cast also includes Colin Farrell, Paul Gia- 23 Library Foundation. GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION GROUP: SANDWICHED IN: The Photography Club Untamed (1929-86 min.). Bingo falls in love matti, Jason Schwartzman, Bradley Whitford A discussion of Richard Dawkins’ The God of Long Island presents an encore screening In addition to the Friends-sponsored programs at first sight with playboy Andy McAllister and Rachel Griffiths. 12:10 p.m. Delusion, chapters 1 and 2 of 3. 1 p.m. of Musical Images, a digital slide presenta- listed, refreshments for the Sandwiched In are (Robert Montgomery), but socialite Mar- SCRABBLE PLAYERS! Join us for a game. tion with music. 12:10 p.m. Story in this courtesy of the Friends of the Library. E-READER ASSISTANCE: Have an eReader jorie (Gwen Lee) claims him for herself. 2 to 5 p.m. issue. riority eating or tablet and want to learn more about the These glossy gems come from the Warner P S at all events is given to Port Washington residents and cardholders. library’s online eBook collection? We’ll Archive. 1:30 p.m. “12 YEARS A SLAVE” (2013-134 min.). John FAMILY FILM: Frozen (2013-102 min.). Ridley’s Academy Award-winning screen- help you set up an account and get started. When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eter- Food Allergy Disclaimer: Participants with food Bring the device and any passwords associ- play is based on the memoir of Solomon nal winter, fearless Anna (voiced by Kristen allergies need to be aware of the risk of foods ated with it. All questions welcome, not just Northup (Oscar nominee Chiwetel Eijofor), Bell) teams up with mountain man Kristoff consumed or items one may come in contact with eReaders. Stop by the Reference Desk on a free black New Yorker who in the year (Jonathan Groff) and his reindeer pal to while at any of our programs. 1841 was kidnapped and sold into slavery. Mondays in May: May 5, 12 and 19 from 2 track down the Snow Queen, who is Anna’s CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE to 4 p.m. for one on one assistance. The film won the Academy Award for Best disgruntled sister Elsa (Idina Menzel). Chris Lori Gerbasi, Jonathan Guildroy, Jessica Ley, Picture, and Lupita Nyong’o earned a Best Buck and Jennifer Lee’s musical fairytale Brooke Salit, Joni Simon Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal earned an Academy Award for Best Ani- of the slave Patsey. Steve McQueen directed. LIBRARY HOURS mated Feature; the song “Let It Go” earned Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9 to 9 Recommended for adults. Note the early an Oscar as well. Early start time: 7 p.m. Wednesday, 11 to 9 • Saturday, 9 to 5 start time: 7 p.m. Sunday 1 to 5