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A monthly guide to your community library, its programs and services Issue No. 234, September 2008 Library schedule The library will be closed Labor Day Weekend. Our full weekend schedule resumes after Labor Day. We will be open Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. Holiday decorations Last year, the library adopted a policy that allows only seasonal displays in Decem- ber. Members of the community asked the Board of Trustees to reconsider this decision. The Board would like to hear your point of view on Wednesday, September 3 at 7:30 p.m. There will be no action taken at this meeting, but all comments are welcome. Individual com- ments will be limited to 3 minutes. Library Foundation announces gala honorees Long Term Care: The The Port Washington Library A Corporate Leadership Glen S. Ruben will be honored with NY State Partnership Foundation’s Fifth Inspiration Gala Award will be presented to Ted Community Leadership Awards. Program will take place Saturday, October 4 Bier, of T.M. Bier Associates. Jazz Rose Land, of the Long Island Family and at the Clubhouse at Harbor Links. legend Marian McPartland and Dr. Continued inside . Children’s Association, offers valuable information on planning for the future. Registration begins September 9 for the program on September 23. See calendar listing for details. Let’s Science 101 Join Philip Sherman on September 16 at 2 p.m. for a new series that explores Talk the mysteries of everyday life. See the calendar for details. About It Download to your iPod In September, the library will begin to The library proudly announc- offer downloadable audio book titles that es that it is again among the 34 are compatible with iPods! Visit us online libraries nationwide selected at www.pwpl.org to get started. to receive a grant from the American Library Associa- U.S. Merchant Marines tion and NextBook, publish- The Nautical Advisory Council welcomes ers of Jewish literature, for sailors from the U.S. Merchant Marine the project initiative “Let’s Academy at King’s Point on Tuesday, Talk About It.” Beginning October 7 to share their sailing adventures Thursday, September 18, the from world-wide competitions. library will host a series of five monthly discussions led by Sally Ann Drucker, professor of English at Nassau Com- munity College, on the theme Between Two Worlds: Stories of Estrangement and Homecom- ing. All sessions begin at 11 a.m. A reading list is available at the Information Desk. For Music Council opens season further information please The Music Advisory Council welcomes the Corinthian Trio in the opening concert of its 2008-09 contact program coordinator Season. Join us for upcoming concerts on October 12 (soprano Sarah Elizabeth Wolfson), Jessica Ley at 883-4400, Ext. November 16 (pianist Vassilis Varvaresos) and December 7 (Jean Ritchie Folk Concert). 123. An image from this summer’s Teen Photography Story inside. Workshop (more inside) In our collection: Movies from Down Under in DVD This month we screen Noise, Thunderdome • The Man from a new drama from Australia. Other Snowy River • Man of Flowers • films from Australia and New Zea- Moulin Rouge • Mr. Nice Guy • land in our circulating DVD collec- Muriel’s Wedding • My Brilliant tion, include . Career • The Navigator: A Medieval Adam’s Apples • The Adven- Odyssey • Once Were Warriors • tures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Peter Pan • The Piano • Picnic at • Alexandria’s Project • Be with Me Hanging Rock • Pitch Black • Proof • The Blood of Heroes • Breaker • The Price of Milk • The Proposi- Morant • Candy • The Coca-Cola tion • The Quiet Earth • Rabbit- Kid • Crocodile Dundee • A Cry in Proof Fence • The Rage in Placid the Dark • Danny Deckchair • Dead Lake • Rain • The Road Warrior • Alive • Dead Calm • The Dish Romper Stomper Flirting • Forgotten Silver • Salaam Namaster • Shine • Fortress • Gallipoli • The Good Wife Sirens • Somersault • Starstruck • • He Died with a Felafel in His Hand Strictly Ballroom • The Sundowners • Heavenly Creatures • Heyy Babyy • Sweetie • Two Friends • Visitors • Teen photo workshop a success • Innocence • Japanese Story • Jind- Walkabout • We of the Never Never • abyne • Kangaroo Jack • Lantana • Whale Rider • Where the Green Ants This summer’s teen photog- and learned basic concepts about The Last Wave • Little Fish • Lonely Dream • Wolf Creek • The World’s raphy workshop drew 16 budding lighting and grouping. Those who Hearts • Look Both Ways • The Lord Fastest Indian Ansel Adams’ and Annie Leib- submitted photographs had their of the Rings trilogy You’ll find additional titles in ovitz’. Participants worked with handiwork exhibited in TeenSpace Mad Max • Mad Max: Beyond our circulating VHS collection. Polaroid and disposable cameras, throughout August. Library Foundation Gala October 4 Continued from front page The Honorable Leonard Partland, it soon becomes appar- ington in 1989, and has become a Wurzel, mayor of Sands Point, is ent that the remarkable breadth nationally-recognized clinician in honorary chair. and manner of her accomplish- the area of smile design and recon- Theodore M. Bier of Sands ments are, in all likelihood, un- struction. In 1999, he expanded Point, is the owner and president matched in the history of jazz. the practice to include an innova- of T. M. Bier & Associates, Inc., A pianist and composer gifted tive facility for pediatric dentistry, a company involved in the design with a vast, encyclopedic memory called Little Smiles. The office and construction of mechanical and an intuitive sense of harmony, has been featured in numerous systems emphasizing energy con- McPartland has been performing publications for its unique movie servation. professionally for over 65-years, theatre theme. Mr. Bier began his career as delighting audiences with her Dr. Ruben has been in the a Reserve Officer in the United engaging artistry in clubs and con- forefront of the revitalization of States Army Ordinance Corps, re- cert halls around the globe and on the lower Main Street area. As a sponsible for maintaining computer scores of recordings. local civic leader, he has served What do we want the and electronic systems supporting To millions of radio listeners, on the Board of Directors of the air defense and anti-missile defense she is also the lively host of “Mar- Port Washington Business Im- next president to be? in Alaska. His contributions earned ian McPartland’s Piano Jazz,” the provement District for the past Leadership expectations for the American him the highest non-combat award popular Peabody Award-winning six years, as well as the Board of president have expanded greatly in the past issued by the U.S. Army. National Public Radio program. Directors of Building Bridges of few years. How do we define presidential Ted started one of the early She has mentored countless musi- Long Island since its inception. leadership today, and do we have realistic expectations for executive governance? Join ventures in commercial/industrial cians, spearheaded efforts in jazz Building Bridges was established Dr. Meena Bose on Monday, September 15 energy cost control in 1977. Since education and served as one of the by Chabad of Port Washington to at 12 p.m. for an in-depth exploration of this then, projects have been designed best ambassadors of jazz the world benefit youth from all segments relevant topic. and/or installed throughout the has known. Meena Bose is Peter S. Kalikow Chair in of the community, through sports Presidential Studies at Hofstra University and Northeast and Puerto Rico (in- 2004 was a banner year for activities and anti-violence and Director of Hofstra’s Peter S. Kalikow Center cluding the Port Washington and Ms. McPartland. She was awarded anti-gun instruction. for the Study of the American Presidency. Manhasset Public Libraries). her first Grammy, a Trustees Life- Along with his wife Tami, Dr. She is the author of Shaping and Signaling Presidential Policy: The National Security Raised in Queens, Ted attend- time Achievement Award celebrat- Ruben is active in Connections on Decision Making of Eisenhower and Kennedy ed Cornell and received a degree in ing her work as an educator, writer Long Island, a community service (1998), and co-editor on a number of other Mechanical Engineering. He holds and radio host. She celebrated the and outreach initiative of UJA. The titles. She also is a contributor to the tenth a master’s degree in Management 25th Anniversary of Piano Jazz Rubens are also affiliated with edition (2008) of the American Government: Institutions and Policies textbook by James Q. Engineering from the University of with a live taping at Kennedy Cen- the Leukemia and Lymphoma Wilson and John J. DiIulio, Jr. Alaska and an M.B.A. in Finance/ ter, Washington D.C., and was a Society. Her current research focuses on the Management from Long Island headliner at the 50th Anniversary The Rubens have lived in changing role of the United Nations in American University. of the Newport Jazz Festival. She foreign policy. Dr. Bose teaches courses on Port Washington for 15 years. the American Presidency, American Foreign Ted and his family have long was honored by the nation’s pre- They have two daughters, both Policy, and American Politics. She taught supported the library and are fre- miere jazz radio station, Newark’s avid readers who have spent lots for six years at the United States Military quent borrowers. He and his wife WBGO, at its 25th Anniversary of time enjoying all the library has Academy at West Point, where she also served as Director of American Politics in 2006. Paula are determined to read their Gala, alongside long-time friends to offer. From 1996-2000, Dr. Bose taught at Hofstra way through “1,000 Books You and fellow pianists Dave Brubeck Complete biographies are University.