November 2012

EXHIBITS In the Main Gallery TUESDAY SUNDAY MONDAY CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATORS EXHIBI- 6 11 19 CHESS CLUB: All are welcome. Bring a AMPHION QUARTET: A performance of GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION GROUP: A TION, November 1 through 30. Reception game if you have one. Tuesdays from 2 works by Wolf, Mendelssohn and Janacek. discussion of Fifth Business by Robertson & Signing: November 4. Sponsored by to 4 p.m. 3 p.m. Story in this issue. MAC Davis, continued. 1 pm Astoria Federal Savings, The Port Wash- ington Branch. Story on front page. NOVEMBER NOIR: Somewhere in the AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA: Don Night (1946-108 min.). An amnesiac WWII Giovanni. First performed in Prague in In the Martin Vogel Photography Gallery veteran (John Hodiak) searches for clues 1787, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don PETER KAPLAN: Height Photography, to his identity, leading him to a hidden Giovanni ranks among the greatest of November 1 through December 30. Mr. suitcase containing two million dollars. operatic masterpieces, distinguished by Kaplan will talk about his life and work Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz rewrote MONDAY Lorenzo Da Ponte’s excellent libretto, as on Thursday, November 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Howard Dimsdale’s screenplay, with input 12 well as extraordinary music. Playwright VIRTUAL VISITS: The Frick Collection. the Martin Vogel Distinguished Photogra- from Lee Strasberg. 7:30 p.m. Join Ines Powell for the first program in and music critic George Bernard Shaw, phers Lecture. this new series. On Monday, December considered it a “perfect” opera. Described Don 10: The Hispanic Society of America. See as a “dramma giocoso” in two acts, In the Reading Room & Giovanni story in this issue. 11 a.m. combines humor and serious- TUESDAY Community Gallery ness, seduction and punishment, as it 27 MEET PHILIP GALANES: Social Q’s: PWPL: 120 — Arranged by decades, illus- dramatizes the story of the legendary How to Survive the Quirks, Quandaries trated panels and artifacts tell the story of lover who has had his servant catalog his WEDNESDAY and Quagmires of Today. Sponsored by the the people, buildings, programs, innova- amatory encounters (1,003 in Spain alone), 7 Friends of the Library. 7:30 p.m. Story in tions and current digital environment of BOOK DISCUSSION: A discussion of The not to mention numerous other conquests this issue. our long-living institution. Rules of Civility by Amor Towles; facilitated in Germany, France and Italy. Pursued by by Lee Fertitta. 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY three women he has either seduced or 13 attempted to seduce, and by the erstwhile SOFTWARE FROM HARD ROCKS: HYPERTENSION SCREENING: Free REGISTRATIONS suitors of two of them, Don Giovanni must What happens to one’s sense of “place” or blood pressure screening conducted by St. Beginning November 1 also contend with a stone statue that comes “home” under globalization? To answer Francis Hospital. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to life and joins the Don for dinner with this question, Aashish Kumar journeyed Teen Programs . . . See Back page GAMES2CAREERS: An Interactive Work- disastrous consequences! Mozart depicts to the heart of this change – Hyderabad, a WEDNESDAY Games2Careers ...... See Nov. 13 shop with author and career visionary and particularizes his various characters 28 southern Indian city that came of age kick- Karen McKenna. Register beginning through a variety of gorgeous arias, duets CARING FOR THE CAREGIVER: A Mes- ing and screaming in the wake of the post November 1, in person or by calling the and ensemble passages. This lecture will sage of Hope and Help for Caregivers. 1990s global tech boom and bust. He found Information Desk at 883-4400, Ext. 136. briefly explore the origins of the legend Learn about counseling for the caregiver, himself in the middle of a “claim war” that Sponsored by the Jobs and Careers Infor- and its various adaptations, and will focus empowering the caregiver and providing THURSDAY defies fiction: from the struggling farm- mation Center. 7 p.m. Story in this issue. on Mozart and Da Ponte’s work, making support for the caregiver who helps others. 1 ers of Andhra Pradesh to the “CEO-style” MARTIN VOGEL DISTINGUISHED use of audio and video examples. Join Presented by Reverend Greg Johnson and Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu; from PHOTOGRAPHERS LECTURE: Peter Professor James Kolb for this audio/visual Craig Jennings. 6:30 p.m. HAC the “reverse migrants” living in gated com- Kaplan talks about his life and work in extravaganza. 2 p.m. MAC munities to the historians fighting to save PORT WRITES: The group discusses their conjunction with his exhibit in the Martin work and how to get it published, facili- Vogel Photography Gallery. 7:30 p.m. ancient rock formations from developers. Mr. Kumar is an independent filmmaker tated by Michael Chaplan. 8 p.m and media educator based in New York WEDNESDAY City. Join him for a discussion and screen- 14 LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES meet. ing of his documentary. Sponsored by the The public is invited at 7:30 p.m. Friends of the Library. 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY PCLI: The Photography Club of Long 21 LIBRARY is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. FRIDAY Island welcomes Robert Salzbank from THURSDAY 2 Rampage Studio, who will enlist audience SANDWICHED IN: Tattoo: Art or Not? 29 NOVEMBER NOIR: In a Lonely Place Tattooing has been a Eurasian practice at members to demonstrate portrait lighting. 7:30 p.m. (1950-93 min.). A self-destructive screen- least since Neolithic times. More recently, writer (Humphrey Bogart) has an affair tattoos were a symbol of working class THURSDAY with a starlet (Gloria Grahame) while masculinity, and are now accepted into 8 trying to clear himself of a murder rap. DIRECTOR’S CUT: Film expert John FRIDAY the middle class. This change in the sta- Andrew Solt scripted this from tus of the tattoo has steadily evolved from Bosco will screen and discuss Sound of 23 Dorothy B. Hughes’ novel. Nicholas Ray that of an anti-social activity to that of a My Voice (2011-85 min.). Journalist Peter Aitken (Christopher Denham) and girl- directed. 7:30 p.m. trendy fashion statement. But are tattoos THURSDAY art? Join art historian Mary Vahey for an friend Lorna Michaelson (Nicole Vicius) 15 illustrated lecture and come to your own investigate a cult whose leader, Maggie BOOK DISCUSSION: A discussion of The conclusions. 12:10 p.m. (Brit Marling), claims to be from the Discovery of Jeanne Baret by Glynis Ridley; future. Director Zac Batmanglij scripted facilitated by Lee Fertitta. 1:30 p.m. “THE ILLUSTRATED MAN” (1969-103 with actress Marling, who produced. The 3rd Thursdays @ 3: A History of the World mins.) Set in the backroads of America, film was scored by the director’s brother, in 100 Objects of Art: Part Two. The First FRIDAY Jack Smight’s film comprises three of Ray Rostam Batmanglij. 7:30 p.m. 30 Bradbury’s stories set in the future, with Cities and States (4000 – 2000 BC), The SANDWICHED IN: The Great 2012 Scare: as a man named Carl working Beginning of Science & Literature (1500 – Fact vs. Fantasy. Are we all doomed come in a carnival sideshow, telling tales of some 700 BC) Illustrated lecture with Professor December 21, 2012? Is the calendar kept of the tattoos on his body. 2 p.m. Thomas Germano. 3 p.m. AAC by the ancient Maya of Mexico and Gua- temala about to roll up the red carpet of time? The $200-million disaster movie NOVEMBER NOIR: Body and Soul (1947- FRIDAY 2012 was designed to break all records 104 min.). Aspiring boxer 9 for disaster spectacles — with cracking SANDWICHED IN: Vienna! For old mas- sells his soul to gangsters to become a continents, plunging asteroids, burning ters Mozart and Beethoven, Vienna was contender. Robert Rossen directed. Abra- cities, and a tsunami throwing an aircraft the city for music. Its run deep in FRIDAY ham Polonsky’s screenplay was Oscar- carrier through the White House. The the fabric of European culture, and even 16 nominated. 7:30 p.m. SANDWICHED IN: Circus and the City: Chopin and Ravel paid their musical dues movie’s ominous slogan was: “Find out the New York, 1793-2010. From humble begin- there. Join pianists Vlada Yaneva and truth.” Let Astrophysicist Kevin Manning nings, the circus grew into the most popu- Matthew Harrison for a discussion and reveal the fiction and the truth about these lar form of entertainment in the United performance. 12:10 pm. events with you. 12:10 p.m. States. By the turn of the 20th century, COMPARATIVE COURTESY: The Atomic New York City was its most important NOVEMBER NOIR: Private Hell 36 (1954- Age. On July 16, 1945 the United States market and the place where cutting-edge SUNDAY 81 min.). Two police detectives (Steve LIVE@PWPL: A Salute to YES! Unplugged tested the first atomic bomb, and a month circus performances and exhibitions 25 Cochran, Howard Duff) and a nightclub & Acoustic. Performed by Tribute – the later it was used against Hiroshima and were introduced to the nation. The Bard singer (Ida Lupino) plot to keep a box of Band. 7:30 p.m. Nagasaki in Japan. Shortly afterward New Graduate Center is currently presenting stolen money, with tragic results. Lupino York journalist William L. Laurence coined an exhibition that uses New York City as scripted and produced with Collier Young. the term “The Atomic Age.” Join Ronald a lens through which to explore the ex- Don Siegel directed. 7:30 p.m. Brown for this discussion. On December traordinary development and spectacular 14, The Age of Aquarius/New Age. Spon- pageantry of the American circus. Join sored by the Friends of the Library. 3 p.m. Gallery Outreach Educator Tracy Grosner SPONSORSHIPS for an exciting illustrated discussion of Art Advisory Council SUNDAY Notes on a Scandal. AAC LIVE@PWPL: Based this exhibition, which continues through 4 on episodes in the life of Alessandro CAC Children’s Advisory Council PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE: Insiders February 3, 2013. 12:10 p.m. Look at Children’s Literature in the 21st Stradella (1644-1682), Notes on a Scandal HAC Health Advisory Council is a musical journey. Stradella pushed the SCRABBLE PLAYERS: Join us for a game! Century. November 4 at 1:30 p.m. Panel- NOVEMBER NOIR DOUBLE BILL. The MAC Music Advisory Council dramatic, harmonic and virtuosic envelope 2 to 5 p.m. ists: Moderator, Jane Breskin Zalben. Rita Desperate Hours (1955-112 min.). Escaped Nautical Advisory Council with his masterful cantatas. This program NAC Auerbach, Sandra Jordan, Renee McGrath, convict Humphrey Bogart terrorizes follows the story of the novel, and excerpts All programs sponsored by the Advisory Leonard Marcus, Neal Porter, Laura Vac- suburbanite Fredric March, wife Martha are read as interludes between the musical Councils are funded by donations to the Port caro Seeger, Caroline Ward. Reception & Scott and their children. Joseph Hayes pieces, which feature Stradella’s works and Washington Library Foundation. Signing in conjunction with the Children’s scripted this tense thriller, from his novel other period Italian vocal and instrumen- Illustrators Exhibition, from 3 to 5 p.m. and stage play, for producer/director Wil- In addition to the Friends-sponsored programs tal selections. Melissa Fogarty, soprano, liam Wyler. After a brief intermission, listed above, refreshments for the Sandwiched performs with Jennifer Griesbach, harpsi- SUNDAY 18 Bogie makes his final screen appearance In Series are courtesy of the Friends of the chord, and Christine Gummere, baroque LIBRARY EXPLORATORIUM: Explore in The Harder They Fall (1956-108 min.), Library. cello. 7:30 p.m. the future. Library staff and experts will showcase new technology and demon- as Eddie Willis, a sportswriter who teams Priority Seating at all events is given to Port strate how you can do familiar things up with promoter Benko (Rod Steiger) in Washington residents and cardholders. MONDAY in surprising new ways. A fun interac- a plan to fool seven-foot giant Toro Moreno (Mike Lane) into believing that he has a Food Allergy Disclaimer: Participants with food 5 tive, hands-on afternoon. Sponsored by allergies need to be aware of the risk of foods GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION GROUP: A Karma411. Co-sponsored by DC Connect, shot at the heavyweight title. Philip Yordan discussion of Fifth Business by Robertson adapted Budd Schulberg’s novel for direc- consumed or items one may come in contact Davis. 1 p.m. MakerBot & Xerox. 1 to 5 p.m. Story in with while at any of our programs. SATURDAY this issue. tor Mark Robson. 1:30 p.m. 10 CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE NOVEMBER NOIR: Since the autumn NEXT CHAPTER: Join us for a discussion of 2004, the library has been screening of current events. Bring your opinions! 10 Lori Gerbasi, Jonathan Guildroy, Jessica Ley, classic crime films of the 1940s and ‘50s a.m. to noon. Brooke Salit, Susan Shattuck, Elly Shodell, in a series called November Noir. This Joni Simon month we present more tales of murder, FOL BOOK SWAP: The Friends of the Library Paperback Book Swap returns. Port Washington Public Library / (516) 883- kidnapping, robbery, seduction and guilt, MONDAY beginning with Black Angel (1946-81 min.). Bring your paperback adult, teen and chil- 26 4400 When a beautiful blackmailer is murdered, dren’s books – good condition only! – to the NOVEMBER NOIR: Force of Evil (1949-82 library’s meeting room for a free, friendly min.). A crooked Wall Street lawyer (John LIBRARY HOURS suspects include her drunken husband Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9 to 9 (Dan Duryea), her married lover (John book swap. Please: No more than 20 books Garfield) must choose between loyalty per person, and books are not accepted in to his brother (Thomas Gomez) and a Wednesday, 11 to 9 • Saturday, 9 to 5 Phillips), and a shady nightclub owner Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. (Peter Lorre). Screenwriter Roy Chanslor advance, outside or in the lobby. Browsers ruthless racketeer (Roy Roberts). Direc- adapted a Cornell Woolrich novel for direc- welcome! (Note that we make an exception tor scripted with Ira tor Roy William Neill. 7:30 p.m. for hardcover children’s books including Wolfert. 7:30 p.m. board books). 1 to 4 p.m.