April/May/June 2019 • Volume 37 Number 2 • www.greatnecklibrary.org • 516-466-8055

MUSIC PERFORMANCES

The Gilbert & Flutes of the World Tosca Opera Screening Berman Does Broadway Sullivan Light with Tereasa Payne hosted and commentary performed by Lisa Berman by Gabe Chieco with Ruthe McKeown and Opera Company TUESDAY, APRIL 23 at 2:00 pm in the Main TUESDAY, MAY 14 at 2:00 pm Steve Goldstein of Long Island presents Library, Community Room Tosca, Puccini's SUNDAY, JUNE 2 at 1:30 pm The Gondoliers Tereasa Payne invites melodrama about Enjoy this musical arranged by the Music audiences to explore a volatile diva, review of unforgettable Advisory Committee how flutes are used an idealistic artist, tunes from the 1930s around the world to and a sadistic police chief has thrilled to the present, including SUNDAY, APRIL 7 at communicate, connect and offended audiences for more Anything Goes, Just in Time, 2:00 pm (please note time!) and create a sense of belonging. than a century. Gabe Chieco is The Party’s Over, Before the Parade The Gondoliers is the story of Marco She has performed throughout the a Founding member of the Great Passes By, Some People, and Beauty and Guiseppe Palmieri. whose care - country, including the Rochester Neck Library's Music Advisory and the Beast. free life is disrupted when they Philharmonic Orchestra and the Committee, due to celebrate its 50 th discover that they are not really orchestra of The Lion King. year in 2020. brothers - one of them is heir to the A New Argentina throne of Barataria, stolen from the The West Village with Serenade Duo royal court as an infant. Carole King Tribute arranged by the Music performed by Gail Storm Quartet Advisory Committee arranged by the Music Bossa Nova to SUNDAY, MAY 5 at 1:30 pm SUNDAY, JUNE 9 at 1:30 pm Gail's Carole King Advisory Committee Flutist Michelle LaPorte The Beatles tribute honors the SUNDAY, MAY 19 at 1:30 pm and guitarist Gerry SUNDAY, APRIL 14 artist via performance The West Village Saulter explore the and lecture/commentary. at 1:30 pm Quartet is an African- expressive artistry of Gail Storm is a American string flute and guitar chamber music by Nina Gordon, Steve New York-based Silverman and Rich quartet, performing Argentine composers, including singer/songwriter/ works from the Astor Piazzolla, the Father of Tango Shapiro are back pianist. Her blues at the Main Library classical repertoire, founded in 1987 Nuevo, and contemporary composers stylings embrace by David Burnett-Caines, second Maximo Diego Pujol and Jose Luis for bossa nova classics by Jobim, the root music she cherishes. American standards, and Beatles violinist and manager of the group. Merlin. favorites!

AUTHOR TALKS

Kevin Ellen Lisa Kohn Anthony M. Winkler Meister To the Moon DeStefano Big Deal: Dorothy and Back: Top Hoodlum: Bob Fosse Parker: a childhood Frank Costello, and Dance in The Softer under the Prime Minister the American Side of the influence of The Mafia Musical Sharpest Wit WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY, TUESDAY, SUNDAY, MAY 1 at JUNE 5 at APRIL 16 APRIL 28 7:00 pm 7:00 pm at 2:00 pm at 1:30 pm Lisa Kohn’s memoir Meet Pulitzer Prize – A fascinating look Learn about Parker's career as a of being raised in and winning journalist at the evolution of critic, poet, short story writer, essayist, torn between two conflicting worlds Anthony DeStefano. In this book, Fosse as choreographer and director screenwriter and wit, as well as her – her mother’s world, the fanatical, he draws from recently released FBI in the Broadway musical theater for involvement with causes including puritanical cult of the Moonies, and documents, family testimony, and over four decades. Kevin Winkler the civil rights movement in the 60s. her father’s world, which was based court records to construct an enjoyed a career of more than twenty Q&A will follow. Ellen Meister is the in sex, drugs, and the squalor of life engrossing chronicle of the life of years as a curator, archivist, and author of five novels, including Dorothy in New York City’s East Village in notorious Mafia boss Frank Costello , library administrator at the New York Parker Drank Here and Farewell, the 1970s. Lisa’s long-running blog a “reluctant prince of the Mafia” who, Public Library, prior to which he Dorothy Parker. Her non-fiction offers hope and joy to others who despite his criminal undertakings, was a professional dancer. He blogs has appeared in the New York Times, may feel beaten or damaged by their was “on a quest to be seen as legitimate.” for the Huffington Post and is a Huffington Post, Long Island Woman, upbringing or circumstances. MacDowell Colony fellow. and Writer's Digest.

Music performances and author talks are held in the Main Library, Community Room. Register online, in person, or by calling 516-466-8055, exts. 208/254 beginning Monday, March 25. Great Neck School District residents have priority for seating. Please arrive 15 minutes early for preferred seating. Books will be available for purchase and signing at the author talks. Please contact the Library when there is inclement weather before coming to a program. Board Game Clubs & more! No registration required. Open to all skill levels. IN THE GALLERY @MAIN!

Chess Milton Yarensky’s America weekly WEDNESDAYS from 12:30 to 4:30 pm APRIL 2 - MAY 8 at the Main Library, Multipurpose Room Milton Yarensky (1916-2008) was a visual reporter of AND weekly THURSDAYS from 12:30 social and political life in America. His oil paintings to 3:30 pm at the Parkville Branch depict climate change, immigration, and the human spirit adapting to a challenging political environment indicative of the world Scrabble we are living in today. Opening Reception: April 4 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. weekly WEDNESDAYS from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at the Station Branch Marion Gerrick Cohen AND weekly THURSDAYS from 12:30 to 3:30 pm at the Parkville Branch MAY 10 - 28 Marion is a member of the National League of American We’ll also play a round on Saturday, April 13 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm Pen Women and the Salmagundi Club. She has won at the Station Branch to celebrate the birthday of Scrabble ’s inventor, numerous awards in many mediums throughout the nation. Alfred Mosher Butts, who was born in 1899. Opening Reception: May 11 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.

Great Neck North and South High School Art Students Looking for help with JUNE 3 - 20 Annual works displaying the talent of students from Hoopla and Libby - both Great Neck North and South High Schools. eBooks, audiobooks, Reception: June 20 from 3:00 to 4:30 pm. music, and films? Mingyu Hu Stop by the Media Department and our staff will be happy to help! For more information, please call 516-466-8055, exts. 221/248. On March 12, 2019, the Great Neck Library’s new STEM Lab was officially opened to the public in a ribbon-cutting ceremony by library staff, board trustees, and town officials. The Lab is located on the main floor of the Main Building, Pet Food Drive! opposite the Reference Desk. at all Great Neck Library locations sponsored by Assemblyman Anthony See page 10 for our new lineup of STEM Lab ‘D’Urso with Long Island Cares programs, or stop by the Lab during business hours to learn more about our laser cutter, 3D printers, virtual reality equipment, and more! We are collecting unopened cans and/or bags of dog & cat food, cat litter, treats and toys from April 1 - 30. Thank you for your donation!

Moments in Great Neck History in the Display Cases at the Main Library Give back to your APRiL 1 to 30 April is National Poetry Month. Check out the first floor display case for poetry highlights and notable local poets. Also, National community! Library Week is mid-April. Check out a fun collage celebrating The Great Neck Library is seeking prospective library workers in the gallery level showcases. candidates for the Board of Trustees MAY 1 to 31 and Nominating Committee. Honoring the war dead is a somber time in our nation's history. The Library’s election this year Great Neck was home to more than 100 men who sacrificed their will be on MONDAY, OCTOBER 28. lives during times of war for freedom. Get to know the Renneman brothers, the namesakes of the local American Legion and Veterans There will be two seats expiring in January 2020 – of Foreign Wars posts, the county's first officer killed in WWII one on the Board of Trustees (Scott Sontag) and action, the officer whose notable actions are recorded in Richard one on the Nominating Committee (Patrick McDonnell). Tregaskis' book Guadalcanal Diary, another officer whose bravery earned the namesake of a Naval destroyer, and two soldiers whose families mistakenly received death notices. Interested members should send a letter and résumé by FRIDAY, MAY 24 to: JuNE 1 to 30 Before the peninsula was taken over by developed, it was largely The Chair of the farm land. Check out the display cases for a flashback to deeply Nominating Committee, agricultural times. c/o The Director’s Office Great Neck Library . 159 Bayview Avenue GREAT N ECK L OCAL H iSTORY R OOM HOuRS Great Neck, NY 11023 Tuesdays: 1 - 3 pm & 6 - 8:30 pm; Any nominee for a position on the Board of Trustees or the Nominating Wednesdays: 1 - 3 pm; and Thursdays: 10 am - 1 pm. Committee must be a member of the Great Neck Library Association by the Record Date of October 7, 2019. All persons 18 years of age Additional assistance is also available by appointment or older, who are residents of the Great Neck School District and are by calling 516-466-8055, ext. 241. either valid library card holders or registered voters with the Nassau County Board of Elections, will be members of the Association.

2 Register online, in person, or call 516-466-8055, exts. 208/254 beginning Monday, March 25 unless specified. Registration is not required Adults but suggested for notifications of schedule changes. PRESENTATIONS

Sacred Cities of the Sacred Cities of the 30 Famous Chicken and World: Machu Picchu World: Jerusalem World Sculptures Bee Keeping presented by Ron Brown presented by Ron Brown presented by Evelyn Silver SATURDAY, JUNE 15 at TUESDAY, APRIL 2 at TUESDAY, MAY 7 at THURSDAY, MAY 30 at 11:00 am in the Parkville 2:00 pm in the Main 2:00 pm in the Main 2:00 pm in the Main Branch, Programming Room Library, Community Room Library, Community Room Library, Community Room Shawn Brown, Since the Jerusalem has This program brings masterpieces of the Commissioner Incas had been heralded as Stonehenge, Metropolitan Museum, of the Department no writing, the City of Gold MOMA, Rodin Musée, and of Public Safety for Machu by poets and the Vatican to you! the Town of North Picchu musicians, painted by the greatest of Hempstead, will be became artists, and celebrated as the center providing information on zoning the object of historical speculation, of the world by religious leaders. Hail Caesar: How Sid's regulations related to chicken and biblical theories, and science fiction. At the same time it has also been Legion Conquered bee keeping. No registration required. Who built this magnificent city? claimed, occupied, or ravaged by American Comedy ‘Bee’ sure to check out our family Why did the builders abandon it? almost all the major powers of the film screening of The Muppet Movie Is it really an ancient capital of the world. presented by John Kenrick at the Station Branch on page 9! Lost Tribes of Israel? TUESDAY, JUNE 4 at 2:00 pm in the Main Thomas Germano Library, Community Room presents Epic Sid Caesar's Your The Woman, Frida Kahlo Abstractions Show of Shows gave The Garden, in Art presented by Mary Vahey in coordination with the birth to the careers presented by TUESDAY, APRIL 9 at exhibition at the Met of writers and Louise Cella Caruso 2:00 pm in the Main performers who reshaped comedy MONDAY, MAY 13 at on stage and screen. TUESDAY, JUNE 18 Library, Community Room 2:00 pm in the Main at 2:00 pm in the Main This visual lecture Library, Community Room explores Kahlo’s creative Library, Community Room In post-World War II Film Screening for Analogy vision and self-crafted art, The ‘New York Pride Month: Milk between the identity. Frida Kahlo: School’ artists female and Appearances Can Be THURSDAY, JUNE 6 at demonstrated that a blooming Deceiving is on exhibit 1:30 pm in the Parkville abstract styles evoked garden. In this at The Brooklyn contemporary states of being. This Branch, Programming Room presentation, Museum of Art through May 12. No registration visual lecture relates to the exhibition you will see required. 2008, 129 The Crimson Rambler, paintings by: at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Philip Leslie Hale, 1908, minutes, R . Starring 1 3 Oil on canvas, 25 ⁄4” x 30 ⁄16 ” W. Homer, P. Sean Penn, James Gauguin, A. Botticelli, C. Monet, The Three Poets DNA Test: Franco, Josh Brolin, u. Hiroshige ii, E.B. Jones, J.W. with Sasha Ettinger, Evelyn What’s it All About? Emile Hirsch, Diego Waterhouse, J. H. Fragonard, J.B. Kandel, and Sybil Bank Luna. Lepage, P. de Hooch, G. Caillebotte; presented by and many more. SATURDAY, APRIL 13 Patricia Ann Kellner at 1:00 pm in the Main THURSDAY, MAY 16 at Finding Lost Family: Library, Community Room 2:00 pm at the Main A Genealogy & Join Sasha DNA Journey From Murder to Ettinger, Library, Community Room Evelyn Kandel Explore what presented by Museums: Current and Sybil Bank you can learn Patricia Ann Kellner Controversies over for a journey from your DNA THURSDAY, JUNE 6 at Nazi-Looted Art through the test results, such 2:00 pm in the Main evocative language of poetry as they as from Ances - presented by Raymond Dowd tryDNA and 23andMe, and how to Library, Community Room THURSDAY, JUNE 27 read their own poems. Open Mic. Come hear how Refreshments will be served. gain health insights by at 2:00 pm in the Main uploading your results to other sites. Patricia Ann Kellner Patricia Ann Kellner is President used traditional Library, Community Room Hear from Ray of the DNA Genealogy Group of genealogy and DNA Dowd, an advocate Long island and is a founding board to find lost family, and prove Sarah Home Composting for families seeking member. was her grandmother’s sister. with Master Gardener the return of art Charlie Kemnitzer and other posses - Cornell Cooperative Extension New York, Sustainability for sions stolen by TUESDAY, APRIL 30 at New York: Part I the Home Gardener the Nazis and, with Kathy Gaffney in some instances, 2:00 pm in the Main with Max Alvarez looted by others. Mr. Dowd will also Library, Community Room TUESDAY, MAY 21 at Cornell Cooperative Extension discuss the concept of art restitution, Topics that will be 2:00 pm in the Main TUESDAY, JUNE 11 as well as examples of ongoing cases. discussed include: Library, Community Room at 2:00 pm in the Main what to compost; New York City Library, Community Room how the process works; as we like to Learn how you can incor - the importance of heat, imagine it – the porate sustainable practices oxygen and moisture; composting “fake” Big Apple in your home gardening, systems; uses of compost and its of classic Hollywood musicals, dramas , and ways to protect our soil, benefits. romances , and later influences. water and natural resources. Please contact the Library when there is inclement weather before coming to a program. 3 CREATIVITY WORKSHOPS

Coloring for Performance Poets Finding and Using Parkville Gardening Relaxation Association Readings Resources From the Spruce Up weekly MONDAYS* coordinated and facilitated Library’s Website SATURDAY, MAY 11 from at 2:00 pm at the by George Pafitis weekly TUESDAYS and 1:00 to 3:00 pm at the Parkville Branch, SATURDAYS from 1:00 WEDNESDAYS at 10:00 am Parkville Branch Programming Room to 3:00 pm: APRIL 6, at the Main Library, Members from the We will play nice, soft MAY 4, and JUNE 1 Lakeville Civic Estates music, and supply Reference Area Association and the at the Station Branch Learn how to pencils and coloring local Boy Scouts will Participate in find books or pages. All you have to help us restore and repair the old reading your movies in the do is come in, relax, beds, and build a new garden square own work and/ Library catalog, and color - let your stress just melt in the Parkville Garden Area. or listen and support others. reserve a away! No registration required. No registration required. The Performance Poets Association museum pass, and more from *No class May 27. is a non-profit that brings original our homepage! Register by callng poetry and related arts to the 516-466-8055, exts. 214/218/219. Driver public. No registration required. Sticks in the Stacks Safety Course weekly WEDNESDAYS Philately Anyone? SATURDAYS, MAY 18 and at 3:30 pm at the The Writer Within with Lynda Aron with Librarian Christy Orquera JUNE 8 from 10:00 am Lakeville Branch MONDAY, APRIL 8 at Come and learn the FRIDAYS from 1:00 to to 4:30 pm at the basics, perhaps just 3:00 pm: APRIL 12, MAY 17, 2:00 pm at the Main Parkville Branch, brush up on what you and JUNE 21 at the Library, Community Room Community Room already know and help Learn about Refresher course us crochet and knit for Main Library, Large the American for drivers age 50+. a cause! All skill levels Multipurpose Room Philatelic Society, This is a six-hour welcome. Supplies will be provided, Access your authentic the basics about class; please bring or bring your own from home. voice and explore the stamp collecting, your lunch. AARP Please call to register at 516-466- power of imagination, useful resources, stamp dealers and member fee: $20; Non-member 8055, ext. 232. self-expression and upcoming stamp shows. No appraisals fee: $25. Checks only, please (make storytelling. New writers, will be given. Registration begins payable to “ AARP.”) Register by professionals and Monday, March 18 at 10:00 am phone at 516-466-8055, ext. 273. Knitting & everyone in between by phone at 516-466-8055, exts. Crocheting Circle are welcome. Sharing encouraged 218/219 or go online. but not required. Registration Senator Anna Kaplan weekly THURSDAYS begins Monday, March 25 by at 6:30 pm at the calling 516-466-8055, exts. 208/254 Newspaper Mobile Office Parkville Branch, or go online. THURSDAY, MAY 23 Programming Room Databases from 3:00 to 6:00 pm Just starting out and All-Ages Earth Day TUESDAY, at the Main Library, APRIL 9 at 2:00 pm at like having others to Celebration: Small Multipurpose Room help you? Advanced the Main Library, Large The Office of Senator and like working Terrific Terrariums! Multipurpose Room Anna M. Ka plan is with company? SATURDAY, APRIL 27 Learn how to obtain information hosting mobile office Come join us! Help, advice, and at 12:00 pm at the from The Historical New York Times hours to hear from chitchat will be facilitated. All skill (1851-2015,) as well as articles from constituents and discuss levels welcome. Supplies will be pro - Station Branch Join an current issues, 1980 to the present. whatever concerns you may have. vided, or bring your own from home. Registration begins Monday, March 18 Please call 516-746-5924 with any No registration required instructor from Clark at 10:00 am by phone at 516-466- questions or assistance. No registra - Botanic 8055, exts. 218/219 or go online. tion required; walk-ins are welcome. Garden and Virtual/Print on make your own terrarium that can last for years with proper care and Tax A-Z Databases Demand Museum attention. Materials will be provided. Assistance TUESDAY, MAY 28 at passes are here! Registration begins Monday, April 1 WEDNESD AYS through 2:00 pm at the Main Virtual online, in person, or by phone at APRIL 10 from 10:00 am Library, Large Multi- 516-466-8055, ext. 218. one-time to 2:00 pm at the purpose Room use passes Parkville Branch, A-Z is the premier can be job search, reference reserved Community Room and mailing list and AARP Tax Preparers database which includes 30 million will assist in preparing New York Hall of Science printed Pay Your Fines Online! business and executive profiles and available April 1! for your Pay your fines and bills in excess and filing simple 240 million residents. Registration next museum visit! of $3.00 via the Library’s online Federal tax returns begins Monday, May 6 at 10:00 am catalog. Log in to your library online. You must by phone at 516-466-8055, exts. Go to bit.ly/gnl-museums or account by entering your name have an appointment and bring all 218/219 or go online. scan the QR code with your and library card number, then relevant tax papers, including last device for more click unpaid Fines and Bills . year’s return. Please call 516-466 information and Visa, MasterCard and Discover 8055, ext. 273 for details or to a complete list of credit cards are accepted, and debit make an appointment (last Try Wowbrary Today! museums available. cards must display the logo for appointment 1:00 pm). Get weekly either MasterCard or Visa. updates of our new arrivals in our catalog thanks to this free service! Just go to www.wowbrary.org, enter the zip See page 10 for our STEM Lab programs! code 11023 and choose 'Great Neck Library'! Please contact the Library when there is inclement weather before coming to a program. 4 WELLNESS CONVERSATIONS

Registration suggested online, in person, or call 516-466-8055, exts. 208/254 beginning Monday, March 25 unless specified. English Language Conversation Groups Free Blood Pressure Screenings Tai Chi weekly TUESDAYS from 12:30 courtesy of St. Francis Hospital facilitated by to 3:00 pm at the Station Branch with Librarian Barbara Buckley AND THURSDAYS from 12:00 to 2:00 pm: Joseph Panico THURSDAYS through MAY 16 at 6:30 pm at the APRIL 4, MAY 2, and JUNE 6 at the SATURDAYS, APRIL 13 to JUNE 15* Lakeville Branch with Librarian Jennifer Ransom Station Branch, Reference Area at 10:30 am at the Main Library, This is an informal group that meets once a week to have Have your blood pressure checked by a clinical Community Room conversations in English on a variety of topics. Refreshments served at the Station group. No registration required. nurse from St. Francis Hospital. No registra - Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes. tion required. Please call the Reference Dept. for more information at in person registration only at Main begins 516-466-8055, exts. 218/219. Monday, March 25 for GNSD residents and Ovarian Cancer: Monday, April 1 for non-residents. $40 fee for entire series of 8 classes (check, cash/money Project Independence New Developments that are order or charge card made payable to “GREAT Discussion Groups Changing Our Approach NECK LIBRARY .” ) *No classes May 18 & 25. weekly THURSDAYS at 11:30 am (Social) with Andrew Menzin, M.D. AND weekly FRIDAYS at 10:30 am (Men’s) Northwell Health at the Parkville Branch, Programming Room Allies in Wellness: A New You No registration required. Group dates are subject to change FRIDAY, APRIL 5 at 2:00 pm at the facilitated by Librarian Mimi Rabizadeh due to poor weather and/or at the discretion of the facilitator. Station Branch, Community Room TUESDAYS at 7:00 pm: APRIL 16, Please call 516-869-6311 to see if a meeting has been canceled. Dr. Menzin will review the nature of ovarian MAY 21, and JUNE 18 at the Main cancer. He will also speak about recent trends in care that are creating new opportunities for Library , Large Multipurpose Room Socrates Salon with Ron Gross treatment among women at risk for and who Gain awareness and courage to have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. change old, unwanted habits! FRIDAYS at 3:00 to 4:30 pm: APRIL 5, Join Mimi in a spiritual MAY 3, & JUNE 7 at the Main discussion on how to live Library, Large Multipurpose Room Yoga & Meditation creatively. Registration strongly suggested by Come share your life experiences, knowledge, and wisdom calling 516-466-8055, exts. 218/219 or go online. about topics that matter. No registration required. To receive with Sharon Epstein further information, e-mail Ron at [email protected]. MONDAYS at 10:00 am: APRIL 8 to JUNE 10* Mindfulness Meditation Great Decisions OR THURSDAYS at 7:00 pm : with Carolyn Carpentiere with Librarian Christy Orquera APRIL 11 to JUNE 13* at the WEDNESDAYS at 7:15 pm: APRIL 17, THURSDAYS, APRIL 25 and Main Library, Community Room MAY 15, and JUNE 12 at the MAY 23 at 2:00 pm at the Main Library, Please bring a yoga mat, meditation pillow to Main Library, Community Room Large Multipurpose Room sit on, water bottle and small towel. Dress in Meditation is a practice that April 25: The Rise of Populism; May 23 : Decoding U.S.- China comfortable clothing. Open to all skill levels. strengthens our focus and Trade. Annual fee for all eight 2019 sessions and the Briefing Book is $10 for Great Neck School District residents, attention, as well as releases $40 fee for entire series of 8 classes - in-person $20 for non-residents. Please call 516-466-8055, exts. stress to stay healthy. Open to 218/254 for more information . registration at Main begins Monday, March 25 all skill levels. Please bring for GNSD residents and Monday, April 1 for a mat or use our chairs. non-residents (cash, check/money order or New Beginnings: charge card made payable to “G REAT NECK LI- Singles 50 Plus BRARY .” ) Please call 516-466-8055, ext. 254 for Chronic Lower Back Pain facilitated by Marla Matthews further information. *No classes April 22 & 25 with Shaheda Quraishi, M.D. and May 27 & 30. SATURDAYS, APRIL 27 and Northwell Health JUNE 15 at 4:00 pm at the FRIDAY, MAY 3 at 2:00 pm at the Main Library, Community Room Liver Rescue: Preventive Station Branch, Community Room Marla Matthews facilitates this growing discussion, social Measures to Transform Dr. Quraishi will discuss the causes, and support group for divorced, widowed, single, or empty nesters age 50 plus. No registration required. Your Health treatment, and prognosis for back pain. facilitated by Librarian Mimi Rabizadeh She will also cover the spectrum of treatment for spinal disorders World in Motion THURSDAYS from 12:00 to 2:00 pm: ranging from conservative to facilitated by Martha Cohen APRIL 11, MAY 9, and JUNE 13 at aggressive. Her goal is to help people MONDAYS, MAY 20 and JUNE 17 the Main Library, Community Room understand the reasons why they at 2:00 pm at the Main Library, Join Mimi to learn about the functions of this have back pain and what can be done to Large Multipurpose Room life-saving organ and how to support a healthy manage it and help prevent recurrences. Martha Cohen returns for more discussions on current liver. Registration suggested by calling 516- world issues! Register online or by phone at 516-466-8055, 466-8055, exts. 218/219 or go online. ext. 208/254. Sun Safety: Protecting Parkville Yoga & Meditation Yourself from Skin Cancer Spanish with Sharon Epstein and Dehydration Conversation Circle FRIDAYS, APRIL 12 to JUNE 14* with Dr. Penny Stern, Northwell Health with Librarian Jennifer Ransom at 10:30 am at the Parkville TUESDAY, JUNE 11 at 2:00 pm THURSDAYS, JUNE 6, 13, & 20 at 6:30 pm at the Lakeville Branch Branch, Programming Room at the Parkville Branch, La biblioteca invita a los adultos que desean conversar $40 fee for entire series of 8 classes Programming Room unicamente en español para discutir diferentes temas de - in-person registration at Parkville Spring and summer can be interes. Para aquellos que asistan por primera vez, habrá begins Monday, March 25 for GNSD a wonderful time for people un recorrido de la biblioteca. No es necesario registrarse. residents and Monday, April 1 for to enjoy the sunshine, but non-residents (cash, check/money there are risks associated The library invites adults who wish to converse only in order or charge card made payable to “G REAT with it. This talk explores Spanish to discuss different topics of interest. First-time NECK LIBRARY .” ) Please call 516-466-8055, attendees will be offered a tour of the library in Spanish. skin cancer and dehydration, and provides tips No registration is required. ext. 254 for further information. *No classes to keep you safe and healthy in the sun. April 26 & May 24. See page 10 for our STEM Lab programs! 5 Please contact the Library when there is inclement weather before coming to a program. BOOK DISCUSSIONS

Lakeville Literary Club Parkville Pageturners West Egg Book Club WEDNESDAYS at 7:00 pm THURSDAYS at 1:30 pm TUESDAYS at 7:00 pm at the Lakeville Branch at the Parkville Branch at the Station Branch

Copies of the book will be available to registered Copies of the book will be available to registered Please contact Reference early enough to obtain patrons for pick-up at the branch of their choice. patrons for pick-up at the branch of their choice. your copy of the book. Books may take 10 to 14 Participants must be registered by the first of the days to reach us from outside the Library. month by calling 516-466-8055, ext. 232 in order to guarantee receiving the book on time.

The Storied Life Hugo (film screening) Autobiography of of A.J. Fikry APRIL 4 Red by Anne Carson by Gabrielle Zevin When a wily and resourceful APRIL 30 APRIL 17 boy discovers a secret left In this unconventional retelling A. J. Fikry's life is not at all what by his father, he unlocks a of an ancient Greek myth set in he expected it to be. His wife mystery and embarks on a the present, Geryon, a young boy has passed way; his bookstore is quest that will transform those who is also a winged red monster, experiencing the worst sales in around him, and lead him to reveals the volcanic terrain of its history; and now his prized a safe and loving place he can his fragile, tormented soul. As he possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has call home. Based on the novel by Brian Selznick. grows older, Geryon escapes his abusive brother been stolen. When a mysterious package appears 2011, 126 minutes, PG. Starring Asa Butterfield, and affectionate but ineffectual mother, finding at the bookstore, it gives him the opportunity to Sacha Baron Cohen, Sir Ben Kingsley, Chloe Grace solace behind the lens of his camera and in the make his life over and see everything anew. Moretz. arms of a young man named Herakles, a cavalier drifter who leaves him at the peak of infatuation. Last Days of Night by Graham Moore Exit West by Mohsin Hamid The Joy Luck Club APRIL 25 New York, 1888. The miracle MAY 28 by Amy Tan of electric light is in its infancy. In a country teetering on the MAY 22 Thomas Edison has won the brink of civil war, Nadia and In 1949, four Chinese women, race to the patent office and is Saeed embark on a furtive love recent immigrants to San suing his only remaining rival, affair and are soon cloistered in Francisco, begin meeting to eat George Westinghouse, for the a premature intimacy by the dim sum, play mahjong, and unheard of sum of one billion unrest roiling their city. When it talk. United in shared loss and dollars. To defend himself, Westinghouse makes explodes, turning familiar streets into a patchwork hope, they call themselves the a surprising choice in his attorney - he hires an of checkpoints and bomb blasts, they begin to hear Joy Luck Club. As each reveals untested 26-year old fresh out of Columbia Law whispers about doors that can whisk people far her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, School named Paul Cravath. away, if perilously and for a price. the strings become more tangled, more entwined. All the Light The Book Thief We Cannot See by Markus Zusak by Anthony Doerr JUNE 25 The Great Alone MAY 30 It is 1939. Nazi Germany. by Kristin Hannah Marie-Laure lives with her By her brother's graveside, JUNE 26 father in Paris near the Museum Liesel's life is changed when Alaska, 1974. Ernt Allbright, of Natural History. When she she picks up a single object, a former POW, comes home is six, she goes blind and her partially hidden in the snow. from the Vietnam war a father builds a perfect miniature It is The Gravedigger's Hand - changed and volatile man. of their neighborhood so she can memorize it book , her first act of book When he loses yet another by touch and navigate her way home. Meanwhile, thievery. So begins a love affair with books and job, he makes an impulsive in a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordian- decision: he will move his becomes an expert at building and fixing radios, playing foster father, learns to read. family north, to Alaska, where they will live off a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy the grid in America’s last true frontier. But as for Hitler Youth. winter approaches and darkness descends on SPECIAL PROGRAM Alaska, his fragile mental state deteriorates and the family begins to fracture. Station Eleven Long Island Reads 2019 by Emily St. John Book Discussion: Mandel The Interestings Are you or do you know JUNE 27 by Meg Wolitzer One snowy night, a famous someone in the District who with Librarian Maureen McKenna Hollywood actor slumps over is homebound and would like THURSDAY, APRIL 18 at and dies onstage during a library materials delivered production of King Lear. 2:00 pm at the Main Library, to them? Please contact Nick Hours later, the world as we Large Multipurpose Room at the Circulation Department know it begins to dissolve. Moving back and forth The summer that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a summer camp for the arts become inseparable. at 516-466-8055, ext. 207 in time—from the actor’s early days as a film star for information. Decades later the bond remains powerful, but so to fifteen years in the future, when a theater troupe much else has changed. The Interestings follows these roams the wasteland of what remains—this characters from the height of youth through middle age, suspenseful, elegiac, spellbinding novel charts as their talents, fortunes, and degrees of satisfaction the strange twists of fate that connect five people. diverge. Registration suggested beginning Monday, Please contact the Library when there is inclement March 25 at 10:00 am by calling 516-466-8055, ext. 208/254 or go online. weather before coming to a program. 6 FILM MATINEES

WEDNESDAYS at 2:00 pm in the Main Library, Community Room and THURSDAYS at 2:00 pm in the Station Branch

THE FAVOURITE AT ETERNITY’S GATE VICE April 3 & 4 May 1 & 2 June 5 & 6 2018, 119 minutes, R 2018, 111 minutes, PG-13 2018, 132 minutes, R Cast: Olivia Colman, Cast: Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Cast: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz Oscar Isaac, Mads Mikkelsen, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Early eighteenth-century Mathieu Amalric, Jesse Plemons, Alison Pill England is at war with the Emmanuelle Seigner, The story of Dick Cheney, French. A frail Queen Anne Niels Arestrup, Anne Consigny, a Washington insider and occupies the throne, and her Amira Casar, Vincent Perez bureaucrat, who George W. friend Lady Sarah tends to her ill health. When a Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh Bush picked to run with him new servant Abigail arrives, Sarah takes her under spends his final years in Arles, France, painting in the 2000 election, representing the Republican her wing, until eventually Abigail steps in as the masterworks of the natural world that surrounds Party. After winning the election, Dick acquired Queen's companion. him. substantial power and began to reshape the United States, along with the world, in ways that are still noticeable today. THE CHILDREN ACT BOHEMIAN May 8 & 9 RHAPSODY 2018, 106 minutes, R Cast: Emma Thompson, MARY POPPINS April 10 & 11 Stanley Tucci, Ben Chaplin, 2018, 135 minutes, PG-13 Fionn Whitehead, RETURNS Cast: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Rosie Cavaliero, Honey Holmes, June 12 & 13 Aiden Gillen, Gwilym Lee, Nikki Amuka-Bird, 2018, 130 minutes, PG Allen Leech, Ben Hardy, Jason Watkins Cast: Emily Blunt, Emily Mortimer, Tom Hollander, Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London Meryl Streep, Dick Van Dyke, Joseph Mazzello tasked with ruling on the case of Adam, a boy Lin-Manuel Miranda, A chronicle of Freddie Mercury and the band who is refusing a life-saving blood transfusion. Colin Firth, Ben Whishaw Queen during the years leading up to their He is three months from his eighteenth birthday Decades after her original visit, appearance at the 1985 Live Aid concert. and legally still a child. the magical nanny returns to help a grown-up Jane and Michael Banks and his three children, through a difficult period in their lives. MARY QUEEN GREEN BOOK OF SCOTS April 17 & 18 May 15 & 16 2018, 130 minutes, PG-13 2018, 124 minutes, R IF BEALE STREET Cast: Mahershala Ali, Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie COULD TALK Viggo Mortensen Queen of France at sixteen, June 19 & 20 When Tony Lip, a bouncer widowed at eighteen, Mary 2018, 117 minutes, R from an Italian-American Stuart defies pressure to remarry Cast: Kiki Layne, Stephan James, neighborhood in the Bronx, and instead returns to her native Scotland to Regina King, is hired to drive Dr. Don reclaim her rightful throne. By birth, she also Colman Domingo, Shirley, a world-class black pianist, on a concert has a rival claim to the throne of Elizabeth I, who Teyonah Parris, tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they rules as the Queen of England. Michael Beach, must rely on a book to guide them to the few Aunjanue Ellis establishments that were then safe for African A woman in Harlem attempts desperately Americans. ON THE BASIS to prove her fiancé is innocent of a crime OF SEX while she is pregnant with their first child. May 22 & 23 2018, 120 minutes, PG-13 CAN YOU EVER Cast: Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, FORGIVE ME? Justin Theroux, Sam Waterston, STAN & OLLIE April 24 & 25 Kathy Bates June 26 & 27 2018, 106 minutes, R An inspiring and spirited true 2018, 97 minutes, PG Cast: Melissa McCarthy, story that follows young lawyer Ruth Bader Cast: John C. Reilly, Richard E. Grant, Ginsburg as she teams with her husband Marty to Steve Coogan Jane Curtin, bring a groundbreaking case before the US Court One of the world's great Stephen Spinella of Appeals and overturn a century of gender comedy teams set out on Lee Israel made her living in discrimination. a variety hall tour of Britain the 70s and 80s profiling the likes of Katharine in 1953. Diminished by age Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and and with their golden era journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee is no COLETTE now behind them, they face an uncertain future. longer able to get published, she turns her art May 29 & 30 As the charm and beauty of their performances form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend 2018, 112 minutes, R shine through, they reconnect with their adoring Jack. An adaptation of the memoir - the true story Cast: Keira Knightley, fans but also can't quite shake the specter of the of the best-selling celebrity biographer. Eleanor Tomlinson, past. Dominic West, Fiona Shaw After marrying 'Willy,' a successful Parisian writer, Colette is trans - planted to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Willy convinces her to ghostwrite a semi- autobiographical novel, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation, inspiring additional novels.

Please contact the Library when there is inclement weather before coming to a program. 7 • Advanced registration • We reserve the right to • Parents/caregivers, not or tickets will be deny admittance ten library staff, are responsible distributed in the minutes after start time. for the supervision of following order of If there is availability, their children. waitlisted patrons may preference: Children’s be allowed to attend. • Please call the Children's Department to cancel 1. Great Neck Library • Parents/caregivers must your registration if you're Card Holders remain in the Program unable to attend. Room with children 2. Great Neck School under 5 years of age. • Please contact the Library SPRING BREAK SHOWS! District Residents when there is inclement • Parents/caregivers must weather before coming remain in the Children's to a program. Tickets available Thursday, April 11 at 8:00 pm at all Great Neck Library locations. 3. Non-residents Department while children in grades K & up The Uncle Madeline and Turtle attend programs. Brothers the Bad Hat Dance Music THURSDAY, APRIL 18 MONDAY, APRIL 22 WEDNESDAY, at 11:00 am at the at 11:00 am at the APRIL 24 at Our Storytime Format Station Branch Main Library 11:00 am at the Children’s language development is likely to progress This upbeat Based on Parkville Branch more rapidly when they are given frequent opportunities and fun the beloved Come to be read to. Language development is the process by show is full Children’s join us which children come to understand and communicate of important book, a for a one- language during early childhood. Our Preschool Storytime programs messages young Parisian girl learns of-a-kind will help them develop speech and language skills before Kindergarten. wrapped in spirit and that first impressions aren’t sensory experience! They will be taught simple songs and nursery rhymes, and develop humor! A family event everything. For grades K A family event for all ages! hearing, speech, and cognitive skills. for all ages! to 2 with parent/caregiver.

Sign up for 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten (1KB4K) today ! The concept is simple, the rewards are priceless. Read a book (any book) to your newborn, infant, and/or toddler. The goal is to have read 1,000 books (yes, you can repeat books) before your precious one starts kindergarten. Stop by any of our locations and pick up your starter kit!

MAIN LIBRARY LAKEVILLE Registration begins Wednesday, March 27 at 9:30 am (online only), BRANCH 10:01 am in person or by phone at 516-466-8055 unless specified. Stay & Play Baby Steps Saturday Storytimes Registration begins Wednesday, March 27 at 9:30 am (online only), 10:01 am in person or by MONDAYS, APRIL 1 to STEM SATURDAYS, APRIL 6 phone at 516-466-8055, ext. 232 unless specified. to MAY 20* at 2:15 pm WEDNESDAYS, to MAY 25 at 11:00 am This drop-in APRIL 3 to This provides a great opportunity program includes for working parents and care - Preschool Storytime open play, MAY 22* at 2:30 pm givers to enjoy activities together! WEDNESDAYS, APRIL 3 parachute time, See the ways that play and For Infant to 6 years with parent/ everyday life experiences can to MAY 22* at 11:00 am and books for you and your caregiver but open to all ages. Join us for a variety of activities to encourage build babies' STEM thinking. child to enjoy together. For No registration required. early literacy and motor skills! For 18 to 23 Come dressed for a mess! ages 1 to 4 years with parent/ months with parent/caregiver . *No classes 4/17 For infant to 23 months with caregiver; siblings welcome. Stroller Fitness & 24. No registration required. parent/caregiver . * No classes *No classes 4/15, 22 & 29. 4/17 & 24. WEDNESDAYS, MAY 22 to JUNE 26 at 11:45 am Creative Corner STEM Explorers Tween STEM This fitness WEDNESDAYS, APRIL 3, MAY 1, class caters to and JUNE 5* at 6:45 pm TUESDAYS, APRIL 2 THURSDAYS, APRIL 4 moms of all Dress for a mess as we engage, explore, and to MAY 21 * at 6:30 pm to MAY 23* at 6:30 pm fitness levels: experiment in art. For 2 to 10 years with Exercise design, problem-solving, This pregnant moms, new moms, and parent/caregiver . *No classes 4/17 & 24. and critical thinking skills while program moms with one or more stroller- creating a different activity educates aged children . For preschoolers each week. For grades 1 to 3. kids in with parent/caregiver, geared Story Crafts *No classes 4/16 & 23. science, towards pre-walkers. FRIDAYS, APRIL 12, MAY 10, technology, engineering and and JUNE 7 at 4:30 pm Creative Corner math in an interdisciplinary and Muppet Craft Listen to a story and make a related craft to take applied approach. For grades 4 home! Parents are asked to remain with child TUESDAYS, APRIL 2 to 6 . * No classes 4/18 & 25. TUESDAY, JUNE 11 during program. For 2 to 10 years with parent/ to MAY 21 * at 4:00 pm at 3:30 pm caregiver. Dress for a mess! Celebrate the 40 th anniversary Toy Time For 2 to 10 years of The Muppet Movie with a Paper Airplane Week with parent/caregiver . FRIDAYS, APRIL 5 to memorable craft! For all ages. *No classes 4/16 & 23 No registration required; MAY 20 to 25 MAY 24 * at 11:00 am Create a high-flying paper airplane with our . Featuring a musical supplies limited. supplies to be the farthest flying, most creative Itty Bitty setting, singing, puzzles, and toys in Picky Eater & Food design, and "Best in Show." For all ages! Babytime which little ones can No registration required. WEDNESDAYS, play and climb! For 10 to 17 Craft Workshop APRIL 3 to MAY 22* months with parent/caregiver . TUESDAY, JUNE 18 Muppetcycling at 11:00 am *No classes 4/19 & 26. at 11:00 am WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 Learn how to introduce your Food crafts, picky eater education, at 6:45 pm samplings and more ! For pre- child to words and language by Make your favorite Muppets using schoolers with parent/caregiver. incorporating songs into all upcycled materials. Come dressed to Registration begins Wednesday, your routines! For infant to 9 make a mess. For all ages! Registration begins See page 10 for our June 12 online, in person, or months with parent/caregiver . Monday, April 29 online, in person, or by STEM Lab programs! by phone at 516-466-8055. *No classes 4/17 & 24. phone at 516-466-8055, ext. 232. 8 PARKVILLE BRANCH STATION BRANCH

Registration begins Wednesday, March 27 at 9:30 am (online only), Registration begins Wednesday, March 27 at 9:30 am (online only), 10:01 am in person or by phone at 516-466-8055, ext. 272 unless specified. 10:01 am in person or by phone at 516-466-8055, ext. 209 unless specified.

Sign Language Bad Art Night Itty Bitty Babytime All-Ages Earth Day for Cruisers TUESDAY, APRIL 23 MONDAYS, APRIL 1 to Celebration: MONDAYS, APRIL 1 to at 4:00 pm MAY 20* at 4:00 pm Terrific Terrariums! MAY 20 * at 11:00 am We encourage you to Learn how to introduce SATURDAY, APRIL 27 make the worst piece of For 10 months to 5 years your child to words and at 12:00 pm with parent/caregiver. art that you can! The most language by incorporating Join an instructor *No classes 4/15 & 22. dreadful creation will be songs into all your routines! from Clark Botanic awarded a prize. For ages 8 and up For infant to 9 months with parent/ Garden and make with parent/caregiver. No registra - caregiver . * No classes 4/15 & 22. Preschool Art Lab tion required. your own terrarium. MONDAYS, APRIL 1 Materials will be provided. Registra - to MAY 20* at 1:00 pm Toy Time tion begins Monday, April 1 online, (Afternoon) & 4:15 pm Homework Helpers TUESDAYS, APRIL 2 to in person, or by phone at 516-466- 8055, ext. 218. (Evening) TUESDAYS, APRIL 30 MAY 21* at 4:00 pm Dress for a mess! For 2 to 5 years to JUNE 4 at 4:30 pm Featuring a musical setting, singing, with parent/caregiver. *No classes Join us for this drop-in program puzzles, and toys in which little ones Fozzie’s Open 4/15 & 22. where kids can receive homework can play and climb! For 10 to 17 help from high school students in months with parent/caregiver . Mic Jokes a group setting. For grades K to 5. *No classes 4/16 & 5/21. MONDAY, Tiny Tots Storytime No registration required. Stop by the TUESDAYS, APRIL 2 APRIL 29 at 4:00 pm Reference desk to check-in on the day Stories for Tots Have a favorite joke? Come on in and to MAY 21* at 11:00 am of the program. First-come, first-served. THURSDAYS, APRIL 4 to tell us in this family-friendly open For 2 to 5 years with parent/ mic! For all ages - Wocka Wocka! caregiver. *No classes 4/16 & 23. MAY 23* at 11:00 am Free Comic Book Day Participate in a variety of simple LEGO Night SATURDAY, MAY 4 at 2:00 pm songs, rhymes, music and smiles! Muppet Craft Join us on Free Comic For 18 to 23 months with parent/ WEDNESDAY, TUESDAYS, APRIL 2, MAY 7, Book Day to create your caregiver. No registration required. and JUNE 4 at 6:30 pm own comics, color your *No classes 4/18 & 25. JUNE 5 at 4:00 pm Come create your very own Kermit Build awesome creations that will be favorite characters, and the Frog bookmark! For 2 to 10 displayed in our branch for a whole chat with fellow comic lovers! We Sign Language years with parent/caregiver. month! Children under 10 must have will also be raffling off prizes from a grown-up with them. For all ages! for Cruisers local comic book store Grasshopper FRIDAYS, APRIL 5 to No registration required. Comics. For all ages! No registration Muppet Trivia Night required. MAY 24* at 11:00 am Children’s Crochet Club Using true American Sign Language MONDAY, JUNE 10 signs, we will sing, sign, and play WEDNESDAYS, APRIL 3 at 7:00 pm Asian Pacific American our way into learning! For 10 Join or bring a team and see who to MAY 22* at 4:30 pm Heritage Month months to 5 years with parent/ can get the most questions correct. Work on a project for your - caregiver. *No classes 4/19 & 26. Snacks will be served. For all ages! self or earn community Storytime service hours by making an THURSDAY, MAY 16 item to donate to a local Family Film: The Muppet Movie charity. Materials will be provided. at 7:00 pm SATURDAY, JUNE 22 at 4:00 pm For grades 1 to 6. No registration Celebrate both Asian Celebrate the 40 th anniversary of The Muppet Movie! See our required. *No classes 4/17 & 24. and Pacific Island Chicken & Beekeeping program at the Parkville Branch on page 4! history with a story - 1979, 95 minutes, G . For all ages! No registration required. time and a craft! Full STEAM Ahead For 5 to 7 years - siblings welcome. THURSDAYS, APRIL 4 No registration required. See page 10 for our and MAY 2 at 5:00 pm Exercise design, problem-solving, Muppet Celebration JR. LEVELS STEM Lab programs! and critical thinking skills in this SATURDAY, JUNE 8 science-based program. For grades For grades 5 & 6 only! Registration begins Friday, March 22 at 2 to 4. at 2:00 pm 10:00 am online, in person or by phone at 516-466-8055, ext. 216. Celebrate the 40 th anniversary of The Muppet Saturday Seedlings Movie and kick off the Creative STEAM On SATURDAY, APRIL 6 2019 Summer Reading Writing WEDNESDAYS, at 11:00 am Program with a screening MONDAYS, APRIL 10, MAY 8, and Celebrate Earth Day a little of Muppets from Space. APRIL 29 to MAY 20 at JUNE 12 at 7:00pm at early by planting vegetable There will also be a craft and a and flower seeds! For all photo booth! 1999, 88 minutes, G . 4:30 pm at the Main the Lakeville Branch ages! No registration required. For all ages! No registration required. Library, Levels Join an exploration of Science, See our Chicken & Beekeeping Write in response to fun prompts Technology, Engineering, Art, and Poetry and Jazz program on page 4! and learn new ways to tap into your Mathematics! creativity. Month Storytime Beginner THURSDAY, APRIL 11 Pride Month Storytime Maker Club Ukulele at 7:00 pm THURSDAY, JUNE 27 TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, April is National at 5:00 pm Poetry Month and June is Pride Month! Join APRIL 30 to MAY 2 to 30 at 4:30 pm at Jazz Appreciation us as we celebrate diverse MAY 28 at 4:30 pm at the Main Library, Levels Month. Join us for families, learn about LGBT Learn to play ukulele. No experience a storytime filled with music and the Main Library, Levels history, and make a fun craft. For Combine your love of gaming needed! We will cover basic tech - rhyme! For 5 to 7 years; siblings 5 to 7 years; siblings welcome. nique, chords, and simple songs. welcome. No registration required. and making with Nintendo Switch No registration required. Labo to create unique projects! 9 Register online, in person, or call 516-466-8055, exts. 230 beginning Monday, March 25 unless specified. STEM Lab If space is available, walk-ins are welcome.

COMPUTER COURSES HOLIDAY PROGRAMS 3D PRINTING NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK & LASER CUTTING at the Main Library GNL Tech Squad Cinco de Mayo TUESDAYS from 1:00 to 3:00 pm: Vacation: VR Style! Laser Engraving 101 Make a 3D-Printed APRIL at the Lakeville Branch SUNDAY, MAY 5 from 1:30 to Bookmark - All Ages! MAY at the Main Library for Adults 4:30 pm at the Main Library TUESDAY, APRIL 9 at 4:30 pm JUNE at the Station Branch TUESDAY, JUNE 18 at 7:00 pm Visit Mexico City and (Family) OR 7:00 pm (Adults) Bring your smartphone, many other locations at the Main Library Learn the basics of Create a library-themed book - tablet, laptop, Microsoft without ever leaving the laser engraving and mark for you to keep. Learn the Office, or any technology Great Neck community, all through the cutting using our basics of 3D printing and design you need help with, in power of Virtual Reality! Participants Epilog Laser Cutter through Tinkercad and our short sessions lasting no must be 13 years or older. longer than 30 minutes. No registration and CorelDRAW software. No experience MakerBot Replicator +. necessary. No experience necessary. required. First-come, first-served. Mothers’/Fathers’ Day Engraving Workshops Intro to SATURDAYS from 11:00 am National Scrabble Day: Creative Writing with Computers: to 1:00 pm AND 3:00 to Create Your Own Google Docs for Adults Windows PC 5:00 pm at the Main Library: Custom Scrabble THURSDAY, APRIL 11 at 2:00 pm In this program you will have MONDAY, APRIL 1 at 11:00 am APRIL 27 (Mothers’ Day Project) Tile Rack - All Ages! at the Main Library JUNE 8 (Fathers’ Day Project) a few minutes to write stream- Learn how to open different programs Create a personalized gift SATURDAY, APRIL 13 from of-consciousness style, based such as Word, how to access the Internet, using computer software 11:00 am to 1:00 pm AND on general prompts. Then, print, and much more. No experience and our Epilog Laser 3:00 to 5:00 pm pass on your writing to a different person. necessary. Cutter. No experience Learn the basics of 3D At the end, we will all share our stories necessary. printing with our MakerBot with the whole group. No experience or Replicator + and Tinkercad Google account required. Basic Google to create your own Scrabble THURSDAYS at 11:00 am VR AND EMERGING TECH tile rack. Additionally, at the Main Library: we will have Scrabble boards set up Digital APRIL 4 (Gmail) so you can play during the day! Paint Night Experience No experience necessary. MAY 2 (Google Docs) Virtual THURSDAYS JUNE 6 (Google Slides) at 7:00 PM: APRIL 11 (Teens) Register for one or all of these programs. Reality (VR) Teen 3D Printing MAY 9 (Adults) THURSDAYS from 3:00 to 9:00 pm Don’t have a Gmail account? Let the TUESDAY, APRIL 16 at 7:00 pm Let your creativity shine as you create a librarian know when you register and at the Main Library: APRIL 25, Learn 3D design beautiful landscape painting using our you could come in a half hour before the MAY 30, and JUNE 27 with our MakerBot Wacom intuos drawing tablets and class to get set up! Walk in outer space, dive on a shipwreck, Replicator + and Corel Painters Essentials. Space is experience the wild west, or visit the Tinkercad to create extremely limited! Awesome Apps Great Wall of China with Oculus Go and your own one-of-a- Oculus Rift! Participants must be 13 kind box with closing lid. Perfect for SD FRIDAYS at 2:00 pm years or older. Use Augmented at the Main Library: cards, flash drives, jewelry, or any small item. No experience necessary. APRIL 12 (Library) Reality to Enhance MAY 10 (Organizational Tech Toy Time - All Ages! your Library Card JUNE 14 (Educational) SATURDAYS, MAY 25 & JUNE 22 3D Printing for Adults - All Ages! No experience necessary. from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm TUESDAYS at 7:00 pm: AND 2:00 to 5:00 pm WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 MAY 21 to JUNE 11 (Beginners) between 10:00 am & 6:00 pm Basic iPhone, iPad, at the Main Library APRIL 30 & JUNE 25 Stop by to learn and Drop in anytime between 10 am and 6 pm and Android Phone try out some of this (Intermediate) to create your own AR library card - MONDAYS at 11:00 am emerging tech for Learn 3D printing and design with it is actually very simple! No registration at the Main Library: yourself! Children under our MakerBot Replicator +. Work with required. Thingiverse and Tinkercad to print APRIL 15 (iPhone), MAY 13 (iPad), the age of 10 must be accompanied by an adult. existing designs and make your own! JUNE 10 (Android Phone) Basic 3D printing class/skill is required Learn how to send a text for the intermediate class only. message, make a call, how NATIONAL MINIATURE to take a photo, download JR. LEVELS WORKSHOPS GOLF DAY and edit apps, and much more. Please bring your device with you. No experi - NATIONAL SCAVENGER at the Main Library ence necessary. Jr. Levels: Sphero Challenges WEDNESDAYS, MAY 1 to 29 at HUNT DAY 4:30 pm at the Main Library at the Main Library Mini Golf with Sphero - Basic Microsoft In this course we All Ages! Office will introduce you to AR Scavenger Hunt for SATURDAY. MAY 11 from 1:00 Sphero, our coding FRIDAYS at 2:00 pm at the Children and Parents! to 5:00 pm Main Library: APRIL 19 (Word), robots, and teach Play a round of mini golf you the basics of FRIDAY, MAY 24 from 3:00 to with your family or friends MAY 17 (PowerPoint), JUNE 21 (Excel) coding. For children in 5 th and 6 th grade . Register for one or all of these programs. 5:00 pm at the Children’s Room using our Sphero Experience the Children's No experience necessary. coding robots. No need for Jr. Levels: room like never before golf clubs! with Augmented Reality Learn to Archive Learn Morse (AR) through the form your Physical Photos Code! of a fun scavenger hunt! Design a Mini Golf TUESDAY, APRIL 23 at 3:30 pm THURSDAY. JUNE 6 at 4:30 pm Course for Teens at the Lakeville Branch at the Main Library Make your own AR TUESDAY, MAY 7 from 7:00 Do you have an old Learn how to create Morse Code Circuits to 9:00 pm at the Large family photo that for Teens! using Little Bits! This program is a tech - THURSDAY, MAY 23 at 7:00 pm Multipurpose Room has special meaning nological salute to the men and women Learn the basics of creating Augmented Help design layouts and obstacles for our to you that you don’t who served in WWII as it marks the 75 th Reality (AR) to create a scavenger hunt golf courses on May 11 using cardboard want to see get lost anniversary of the Battle of Normandy. within the library! No prior experience boxes, tape, and paint, or go fully digital or destroyed? Bring a photo or two that No experience necessary. For children in necessary. and create 3D printed designs that are you would like to preserve digitally. 5th and 6 th grade . completely unique. No experience necessary. For teens in grades 7 through 12! Registration begins Monday, April 1 at 10:00 am online, in person, or by phone at 516-466-8055, ext. 218 unless specified. Teens Teens and parents register with their own library cards. Please contact the Library when there is inclement weather before coming to a program.

Craft for a Cause: ACT Prep Course A New Chapter: Making a Community Service for Teens WEDNESDAYS, MAY 8 to 29 from Healthy Transition to College TUESDAYS, APRIL 9 to MAY 14 at 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Main Library, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 from 6:30 4:30 pm at the Lakeville Branch Large Multipurpose Room to 8:00 pm at the Main Library, Volunteer and make a difference for Students will spend each class Large Multipurpose Room local community organizations and on a different topic, addressing Join us as our panel of experts earn community service by partici - the strategies, tips and tricks from Northwell Health help you pating in craft and writing projects. for that section along with prepare for college life. Topics will Come as often or as little as you would content and question review. include learning how to manage your stress and like. No registration required. Bring a calculator, pen or pencil, and a notebook. maximize your college experience; making healthy food choices; preparing emotionally and knowing All-Ages Earth Day $25 registration fee (includes course materials) what to expect from a student and parent’s will be collected at the first class - cash or check perspective. Celebration: made out to “G REAT NECK LIBRARY .” Advanced Terrific Terrariums! registration is for grades 10 and up. SATURDAY, APRIL 27 at 12:00 pm Regents Reviews at the Station Branch at the Main Library, Join an instructor from Clark Botanic Garden SAT Crash Course Large Multipurpose and make your own terrarium that can last for SATURDAY, MAY 18 from 10:30 am Room years with proper care and attention. Materials to 1:00 pm at the Station Branch Review content, learn strategies, dissect test questions, will be provided. Are you a teen who is getting and more! Students who take both of the classes on ready to take the SAT? If you Saturday may bring a bagged lunch to enjoy during FAFSA and Financial answered yes, then the SAT a break. The following classes will be held: Aid Workshop Crash Course is for you! Learn strategies, tips, and tricks for Saturday, June 8: WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 each section of the exam. There will also be time • Chemistry from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at the Main for student questions. Bring a calculator, pen or • Geometry from 1:30 to 4:00 pm Library, Large Multipurpose Room pencil, and a notebook. Advanced registration is Wednesday, June 12: Join Michael Turner from New York State Higher for grades 9 and up. • Algebra II/Trigonometry from 6:00 to 8:30 pm Education Services Corporation (HESC) for an informative presentation on FAFSA and the Thursday, June 13: financial aid application process. Q&A will follow. See page 10 for our STEM Lab programs! • Algebra I from 6:00 to 8:30 pm

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LIBRARY LOCATIONS Main Library Parkville Branch (ext. 273) 159 Bayview Avenue 10 Campbell Street Great Neck, NY 11023 New Hyde Park, NY 11040

Lakeville Branch (ext. 232) Station Branch (ext. 234) 475 Great Neck Road 26 Great Neck Road, 2 nd Level Great Neck, NY 11021 Great Neck, NY 11021

LIBRARY HOURS *through June 9 - Sunday hours resume in September MAIN LAKEVILLE PARKVILLE STATION MONDAY 9 am - 9 pm 10 am - 6 pm 10 am - 9 pm 9 am - 9 pm TUESDAY 9 am - 9 pm 10 am - 6 pm 9 am - 9 pm 10 am - 9 pm WEDNESDAY 10 am - 9 pm 10 am - 9 pm 10 am - 9 pm 10 am - 6 pm THURSDAY 9 am - 9 pm 10 am - 9 pm 9 am - 9 pm 9 am - 9 pm FRIDAY 9 am - 9 pm 10 am - 6 pm 10 am - 6 pm 10 am - 6 pm SATURDAY 10 am - 6 pm 10 am - 6 pm 10 am - 6 pm 10 am - 6 pm SUNDAY 1 pm - 5 pm* closed 1 pm - 5 pm* closed Please contact the Library when there is inclement weather before coming to a program. N O N HOLIDAY CLOSINGS P - E P U R R F . Easter: Sunday, April 21 O S l M u F .

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SOY INK O Meetings generally begin at 7:30 pm. Open to the general public. This newsletter is printed on recyclable, N Tuesday, April 2 at the Main Library (Budget Hearing & Adoption) partially-recycled paper, using soy-based ink. Tuesday, April 16 at the Main Library Tuesday, May 14 at the Main Library Monday, June 17 at the Lakeville Branch 2019-20 GREAT NECK LIBRARY

BOARD OF TRUSTEES BUDGET HEARING & ADOPTION Rebecca Miller, President Weihua Yan, Vice President Budget Hearing & Adoption: Dr. Barry Smith, Secretary TUESDAY, APRIL 2 at 7:30 pm in the Main Library Josie Pizer, Treasurer Chelsea Sassouni, Assistant Treasurer Budget Vote: TUESDAY, MAY 21 from 7:00 am Liman Mimi Hu, Assistant Treasurer to 10:00 pm at four polling locations: Scott Sontag, Trustee E.M. Baker School (69 Baker Hill Rd) Saddle Rock School (10 Hawthorne La) Denise Corcoran, Director Lakeville School (47-27 Jayson Ave) South High School (341 Lakeville Rd ) Tracy Van Dyne, Assistant Director VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION NEWSLETTER If you have voted in any school or general election since 2015, you are already registered to vote. Residents must be 18 years of age or older, a citizen of the United States, Donna Litke, Outreach/Programming Coordinator and have lived in the district for at least 30 days. To find your polling location, go to Debra Feldman, Programming/Editorial Assistant https://nb.findmypollplace.com/greatneckufsd and enter your town and street name. Cindy Simeti, Graphic/Web Designer For more information, please call 516-441-4020 on school days. Copies of the budget can be found on our website. Meetings are open to the public. Times and/or locations may be subject to change. Visit our website at www.greatnecklibrary.org for updated information.

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