November 2011

EXHIBITS In the Main Gallery SATURDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SUNDAY JAMIE TITUS: The Power of Music: The 5 10 18 27 RESUME REVIEW & JOB FAIR INFOR- DIRECTOR’S CUT: Film expert John SANDWICHED IN: Letters Home: Civil Tonal Impressions of Jamie Titus, No- MATION: Turn in your best resume at Bosco will screen and discuss Incendies War Letters of Long Island Soldiers. Join vember 2 through 30. The Art Advisory our November 9 Job Fair. Career coach (2010-130 min.). A mother’s dying wish Harrison Hunt for a look at the war from Council hosts a reception for the artist at Diane Reynolds, M.S. Ed., will offer free, creates a painful puzzle for her grown twins the perspective of the local men who 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 12 with a individual, half-hour resume “tune-ups” by (Mélissa Désormeaux-Palin as Jeanne, fought in it. Mr. Hunt was the Senior Cura- special performance at 3 p.m. by pianist appointment on November 5 and 7. Sign up Maxim Gaudette as Simon) in writer/ tor of History for the Nassau County mu- Vassily Primakov. Story in this issue. AAC now to reserve your space by calling the director Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation seum system. He is a Civil War re-enactor, In the Photography Gallery Reference Room at 883-4400, Ext. 111. See of Wajdi Mouawad’s play. In French with as well as author of two books. 12:10 p.m. Job Fair story in this issue. English subtitles. 7:30 p.m. MARTIN VOGEL: Capturing the Moment. SCRABBLE PLAYERS: Get together for The library’s photography gallery will be FOL FRIENDS & FAMILY DAYS: Paper- a game! Contact Lee Fertitta at 883-4400, renamed The Martin Vogel Photography back Book Swap: 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Ext. 135 for more information. 2 to 4 p.m. Gallery at a ceremony on Thursday, No- LIVE@PWPL: I Me Mine: A Tribute to vember 3 at 8 p.m. Story in this issue. George Harrison. Modeled after George’s PETER GRIGGS: 500 Years of Guitar FRIDAY 1991 Live in Japan tour, when Harrison Music. Guitarist/composer Peter Griggs REGISTRATIONS 11 revisited songs from every era of his presents an overview of the modern guitar- SANDWICHED IN: Shun Yen Chinese In Progress incredible career, the band I Me Mine ist’s repertoire from the Renaissance to the SUNDAY Performing Arts. 12:10 p.m. recaptures the look and feel of that amaz- contemporary, from blues to flamenco, and Resume Review ...... See November 5 6 ing tour when George was clean shaven, beyond. Music by composers as diverse FOL FRIENDS & FAMILY DAYS: Orin GREAT DISASTERS: The New York City dressed in stylish suits and played his red as Gaspar Sanz, Johann Sebastian Bach, Beginning November 1 Grossman. George Gershwin (1898-1937) Blackout of 1965. By 5:27 p.m. on Novem- was a true rarity in American music, some- ber 9, 1965, over 8 million New Yorkers and Fender Stratocaster. Tom Cavanagh plays Bartolome Calatuyud, Django Rheinhardt, CPR for Teens ...... See back page one at home both in popular and classical, another 25 million residents of the Ameri- the part of George Harrison. 7:30 p.m. Baden Powell and Thelonious Monk will be performed along with several of Griggs’ Beginning November 15 or concert, music. A high school drop-out, can Northeast and Canadian province of he wrote his first major hit song, “Swanee,” Ontario were in the dark. Thousands were own compositions. 3 p.m. ReInvention Workshop . .See November 15 at age 19, and was a successful songwriter stranded in subway tunnels, elevator shafts from then on, writing mostly for Broadway and trains, while dead street lights forced musicals and, in the 1930s, for Hollywood hundreds of thousands to remain motion- movies. His first concert piece, “Rhapsody less in blocked intersections. Join Ron SUNDAY in Blue,” was written at 25. He continued Brown for this illustrated lecture. Spon- 20 TUESDAY 1 to write popular songs and concert pieces sored by the Friends of the Library. 3 p.m. MONDAY CHESS: Beginners welcome. Bring a game until his untimely death from a brain tu- 28 NOVEMBER NOIR: Raw Deal (1948-79 if you have one. Tuesdays from 2 to 4 p.m. mor at 38. By understanding Gershwin’s LIVE@PWPL: Powder Finger pays tribute min.). A convict (Dennis O’Keefe) escapes musical sources, we gain insight into the to Neil Young. 7:30 p.m. NOVEMBER NOIR: Since 2004, we have from prison to take revenge on the pyro- multicultural nature of American musical screened dozens of crime films from the maniac mob boss (Raymond Burr) who traditions, and into the genius of one of 1940s, ‘50s and early ‘60s in our annual betrayed him. This thriller from screen- our greatest composers. The lecture will November Noir series. This month we writer Leopold Atlas and director Anthony conclude with a performance of Gersh- offer another eight classics, beginning Mann features cinematography by John win’s masterpiece, “Rhapsody in Blue.” Dr. with Stranger on the Third Floor (1941-64 Alton and a haunting Theremin score by Grossman came to Fairfield University in min.), in which a reporter is haunted by Paul Sawtell. 7:30 p.m. 1975 as an Assistant Professor of Fine Arts. the knowledge that he may have sent an SATURDAY innocent man to the electric chair, leav- In 1991 he was named Dean of the College 12 of Arts and Sciences. After 10 years as NEXT CHAPTER: Join us for a discussion ing a real murderer on the loose. Some SIMPLE GIFTS: Simple Gifts presents a va- Academic Vice President, he returned to of current events. 10 a.m. to noon. critics consider this little suspenser from riety of ethnic folk music, including every- screenwriter Frank Portos and director the music faculty within the department of Sponsored by RECEPTION AND PERFORMANCE: The thing from lively Irish jigs and down-home Boris Ingster to be the first true ! Visual and Performing Arts. the Friends of the Library Art Advisory Council welcomes Jamie American reels to hard-driving Klezmer Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret . 1:30 p.m. TUESDAY Titus and Vassily Primakov. Story in this freilachs, haunting Gypsy melodies, and 29 Tallichet and Elisha Cook, Jr. star. Also, issue. 2 p.m. exotic Balkan dance tunes. Following the LIVING IN THE USA: Practical informa- Betrayed (a.k.a. When Strangers Marry) concert, Simple Gifts will show willing tion on different topics for newcomers. In (1944-67 min.), in which new bride Mil- participants how to play spoons in the English. Información práctica para recién lie Baxter (Kim Hunter) investigates the Appalachian tradition. Linda Littleton and llegados en diferentes tópicos. En Inglés. disappearance of her husband Paul (Dean Karen Hirshon have performed as Simple 6 p.m. Jagger), with the help of her former beau Made possible in part by MONDAY Gifts since 1995. NOVEMBER NOIR: The Window (1949-73 Fred Graham (). William 7 a grant from the Islip Arts Council. 3 p.m. Castle directed, from Dennis J. Cooper’s GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION GROUP: min.). Little Tommy (Bobby Driscoll) has King SUNDAY screenplay. 7 p.m. Today’s topic will be Shakespeare’s 13 told so many tall tales that nobody believes Lear. 1 p.m. Laurie Rubin & Marija Stroke: him when he witnesses a murder through The mezzo soprano and pianist perform FOL FRIENDS & FAMILY DAYS: Family a tenement window. Barbara Hale and contemporary and classical compositions. Arthur Kennedy play Tommy’s parents; Film: Popeye (1980-113 min.). See Library Story in this issue. 3 p.m. MAC Kids page. Note the early start time: 7 p.m. Paul Stewart and Ruth Roman play their MONDAY unsavory neighbors. Ted Tetzlaff directed 21 and Mel Dinelli scripted, from a Cornell GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION GROUP: WEDNESDAY Woolrich story. 7:30 p.m. 2 Today’s discussion will be of Shake- NOVEMBER NOIR: speare’s King Lear. 1 p.m. (1948-79 min.). When a cunning thief (Richard Basehart) shoots a cop, the police MONDAY AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA: Anna track the killer through the storm drains of TUESDAY 14 Bolena was Gaetano Donizetti’s 30th and 8 KLEZMER CONCERT: In honor of Alper’s break-through opera. It dramatizes the Los Angeles. Alfred Werker’s docudrama HYPERTENSION SCREENING: Free Hardware. 7:30 p.m. Story in this issue. was reportedly co-directed, uncredited, blood pressure screening conducted by St. rivalry between Anne Boleyn and Jane WEDNESDAY by Anthony Mann. John Alton provided Francis Hospital. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Seymour, Henry VIII’s second and third 30 the high-contrast cinematography. Scott wives, as the King struggles to produce a NOVEMBER NOIR: The Atomic City (1952- Brady, Whit Bissell and Jack Webb co-star. FOL FRIENDS & FAMILY DAYS: Meet son and heir to the throne of England. Join 85 min.). Nuclear physicist Frank Addison 7:30 p.m. George Vecsey. A sports columnist at Professor James Kolb for this audio/visual (Gene Barry) and wife (Lydia Clarke) are since 1982, Port experience. 3 p.m. MAC living every parent’s worst nightmare: Washington resident George Vecsey has TUESDAY their son (Lee Aaker) has been kidnapped. written over a dozen books, including five 15 SOUNDSWAP: Singer/songwriter Jen The ransom? Top-security plans for the H- best-sellers. His most recent is Stan Mu- REINVENTION WORKSHOP: Registra- Chapin performs. Sponsored by the bomb! Sydney Boehm scripted for director sial: An American Life (Ballantine/ESPN tion begins November 15 for a program Friends of the Library. 7 p.m. Story on Jerry Hopper. 7:30 p.m. Books, 2011), an appreciation of the be- by Ann Fry, MSW, to be held December 3 front page. PORT WRITES: The group, facilitated by THURSDAY loved St. Louis Cardinal star. In February, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Story in this issue. Michael Chaplan, discusses its work and 3 2011, Musial was awarded the Presidential SCIENCE 105: What is Sound? Dr. Philip FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS: St. Francis how to get it published. 8 p.m. Sherman will discuss the many aspects of Medal of Freedom by President Obama. Hospital Outreach Van will be at the library sound and how we respond to it. 2 p.m. Vecsey has admired Musial since the late to offer FREE Health Screenings: Blood 1940s, when Musial used to bombard the Pressure, Cholesterol and Diabetes. No THE MARTIN VOGEL PHOTOGRAPHY Brooklyn Dodgers, which earned him the appointment necessary. Take advantage WEDNESDAY GALLERY will be named in a ceremony SPONSORSHIPS nickname of Stan the Man. In working on of this opportunity! 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. HAC 23 in which Martin will discuss his new book this unauthorized biography, Vecsey spoke NOVEMBER NOIR DOUBLE BILL: and exhibition, Capturing the Moment. He with dozens of friends, admirers and fam- Thunder Road (1958-93 min.). Backwoods AAC Art Advisory Council has also invited guest speaker George Ka- ily members plus former teammates and bootlegger Lucas Doolan (Robert Mit- CAC Children’s Advisory Council chum) is caught between federal agents linsky, the official photographer of Madi- opponents, who told stories of Musial’s HAC Health Advisory Council son Square Garden and Radio City Music and racketeers. Mitchum also produced grace and generosity off the field. Books MAC Music Advisory Council Hall. 8 p.m. Story in this issue. will be available for purchase and signing. and wrote the story, and contributed Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. WEDNESDAY the music to the “Whippoorwill” song. NAC Nautical Advisory Council 7:30 p.m. 16 Arthur Ripley directed. Also, Cape Fear All programs sponsored by the Advisory Coun- LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Execu- (1962-106 min.), in which sadistic ex-con cils are privately funded by donations to the tive session at 7 p.m. The public is invited Max Cady (Mitchum again, in a terrifying Port Washington Library Foundation. at 7:30 p.m. performance) stalks the family of Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck), the upstanding In addition to the Friends-sponsored programs FRIDAY attorney who testified at Cady’s trial. J. Lee listed above, refreshments for the Sandwiched 4 Thompson directed, from James R. Webb’s In Series are courtesy of the Friends of the SANDWICHED IN: Meet Tom VincIguer- Library. ra, author of Backward Ran Sentences. WEDNESDAY screenplay. 1 p.m. 9 Priority Seating at all events is given to Port “Maybe he doesn’t like anything, but he JOB FAIR: 35 employers will be on site to can do everything,” New Yorker editor meet with prospective employees. Spon- THURSDAY Washington residents and cardholders. Harold Ross once said of the magazine’s sored by the New York State Department 17 3rd THURSDAY@ 3: Ripped: The Allure of Food Allergy Disclaimer: Participants with food brilliantly sardonic theater critic Wolcott of Labor and the Port Washington Public Collage. Collage was the first medium in allergies need to be aware of the risk of foods Gibbs. And, for over 30 years at the maga- Library’s Jobs & Careers Information Cen- the 20th century to challenge the sanctity consumed or items one may come in contact zine, Gibbs did do just about everything. ter. No registration required. Call 883-4400, of the age-old forms of painting and sculp- FRIDAY with while at any of our programs. He turned out fiction and nonfiction, pro- Ext. 117 for information. Story in this issue. ture. Derived from the French word “col- 25 files and parodies, filled columns in “The FAMILY HOLIDAY PROGRAM: Roger CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ler” (to glue), collage uses bits of torn and Talk of the Town” and “Notes and Com- Greenawalt of Beatles Complete on Denise Anchico, Lori Gerbasi, Jonathan cut paper, sometimes taken from trash, to ment,” covered books, movies, nightlife, BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP: The Art of Ukelele. See Library Kids page. Guildroy, Jessica Ley, Brooke Salit, Joni Simon, create a sense of dislocation, experimenta- and, of course, the theater. In Backward Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, facili- Tony Traguardo tion, irony and, often, great beauty. Join “LIMITLESS” (2011-105 min.) Burnt-out Ran Sentences, journalist Thomas Vin- tated by Lee Fertitta. 7:30 p.m. Dorothy Cappadonna, docent at the Heck- writer Eddie Morra () ciguerra provides a biographical sketch Port Washington Public Library / (516) 883- PCLI: The Photography Club of Long scher Museum of Art in Huntington, for an tries a top-secret pill that unleashes the of Gibbs and gathers a generous sampling 4400 Island presents Harvey Augenbaum, overview of the exhibition which continues full capacity of his brain. But his dream of his finest work across an impressive who will talk on the “Complete Survey of through January 8, 2012. 3 p.m. AAC life soon becomes a waking nightmare, as LIBRARY HOURS range of genres, bringing a brilliant, mul- Macro Techniques.” 8 p.m. the drug’s brutal side effects take their toll. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9 to 9 titalented writer of incomparable wit to a BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP: The Pink Leslie Dixon scripted, from Alan Glynn’s Wednesday, 11 to 9 • Saturday, 9 to 5 new age of readers. Books will be available Lady: The Many Lives of Helen Gahagan novel, for director Neil Burger. Robert Sunday 1 to 5 for purchase and signing. Sponsored by the Douglas by Sally Denton, facilitated by Lee De Niro, Abbie Cornish and Anna Friel Friends of the Library. 12:10 p.m. Fertitta. 7:30 p.m. co-star. 7:30 p.m.