Port Artist Exhibits in Main Gallery 17 in Observance of Father’S Day
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A monthly guide to your community library, its programs and services Issue No. 220, June 2007 June holidays The library will be closed Sunday, June Port artist exhibits in Main Gallery 17 in observance of Father’s Day. Port Washington artist sey, the Judi Rotenberg Gallery Rachelle Krieger exhibits Ex- in Boston, the Wyndy More- Fabulous Finds pressions of Nature, a series of head Gallery in New Orleans oil paintings, through June 28. and the Taylor Jardine Gallery Visit the Reading Room in June for an The Art Advisory Council hosts in London. exhibit of rare, interesting and unusual a reception for the artist on Sat- An award-winning painter, printed books. These include illustrated urday, June 2 from 2 to 4 p.m. Rachelle Krieger has been hon- books, first editions, and inscribed cop- Ms. Krieger was born in ored with the Mark Rothko Me- ies. Several items have been donated to New York City in 1967. Her morial Scholarship, the Alex- the library, and some are from our own work has been exhibited in gal- ander Medal, and the Award collections. leries throughout the United for Excellence in Design from States and abroad. She has had Pratt Institute. She received a several one-person shows, in- BFA from Pratt Institute in Summer fun for teens cluding those at the Mulligan- 1989, and has studied at the Art Shanoski Gallery in San Fran- Students League and New York Registration begins Tuesday, June 12 in cisco, the Karen Mitchell Studio School in Manhattan. TeenSpace for a number of teen pro- Frank Gallery in Dallas and the Her paintings are part of grams/workshops. Dates and descrip- Federal Building in Jamaica, numerous private and corporate tions on back page. Queens. In addition, her work collections including those at has been featured in many the Texas State Bank; Hale & group shows including those at Dorr in Boston; and Rauscher Summer schedule the Simon Gallery in New Jer- Pierce in Houston. June 24 will be the last Sunday that the library is open until September. Begin- ning July 7, we’ll be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. Our full week- end schedule resumes after Labor Day. Summer job board for teens coming soon The library will host the Port Washing- ton Youth Council’s Teen Employment Bulletin Board of summer job listings for teens beginning in July. If you’re looking for student help this summer, contact Marianne Hart at 944-7625. Need summer reading ideas? If you’re in a reading slump or just don’t have the time to assemble your reading list this summer, let us help. To borrow a bag full of books geared to- ward your interests, simply stop by or call the Information Desk (883-4400, Ext. 136), answer a few questions, and we’ll put together some summer read- ing sure to please and entertain you. For more information, call Lee Fertitta at 883-4400, Ext. 135. Vacation loans Vacation loans are available for Port Washington patrons with a clear library record. You may request a period longer than the normal 28 days on up The library’s recent Latino Festival was generously funded by the Friends of the Library with special recognition of support from Joyce and Robert Fieldsteel. Additional funding was provided by the Children’s Advisory Council, and a great time was to 10 books. Some exclusions apply, in- had by all. Photographs by Yolanda Froylan and Martin Vogel. cluding new books, books on reserve, travel guides and media materials. Dino DVDs and Velociraptor Videos This month, Media Services director Jonathan Guildroy displays his collection of dinosaur toys in the Children’s Room. Here are some documentaries about prehistoric life from our circulating DVD and video collection: • Allosaurus: A Walking with Di- • Nova: Curse of T. Rex nosaurs Special • Nova: T. Rex Exposed • Before We Ruled the Earth • Prehistoric America • Dinosaur! • Prehistoric Giants • Dinosaur Eggs & Babies • The Real Jurassic Park • Dinosaur Planet • Searching for Lost Worlds: • The Dinosaurs! Dragon Hunters: Secrets of the Gobi • Discovering the Great Minds of Desert Science: Paleontology • Valley of the T-rex • Eyewitness: Prehistoric Life • Walking with Cavemen • The Great Dinosaur Hunt • Walking with Dinosaurs • Greatest Discoveries: The Origin • Walking with Monsters: Life Be- and Evolution of Life fore Dinosaurs • Hollywood Dinosaur Chronicles • Walking with Prehistoric Beasts • Land of the Mammoth • When Dinosaurs Ruled • National Geographic: Dinosaur Giants: Found! You’ll also find plenty of fic- • National Geographic: Dinosaur tion films starring prehistoric Hunters creatures — look up the subject • The New Explorers: Fragments “DINOSAURS - DRAMA” in our of Time video catalog for a complete list- • Nova: The Case of the Flying Di- ing! nosaur Sixth Annual concert with Warren Schein From Broadway to Borscht Belt The incomparable Warren tained Port Washington audiences Schein takes our library audience as a lead performer with the Port from Broadway to Borscht Belt in Singers as well with the Herrick’s 90 minutes, give or take, on Fri- Community Players and with day, June 15 at 8 p.m. Hofstra U.S.A. Productions. His Warren has been singing most recent career endeavor is as and performing on stages across an actor in television commercials the New York metropolitan area for such well known advertisers as for over two decades. He has The History Channel, American played lead singing roles in many Movie Classics, Nickelodeon, summer stock and off-Broadway M&M’s, Nick At Nite and WPLJ performances. He has also enter- Radio. SoundSwap film event: Re-inventing Retirement Join Diane Reynolds on June projects as The Displaced Home- The U.S. vs. John Lennon 4 at 7 p.m. for Reinventing Retire- maker Grant, The Federal Dis- ment. Ms. Reynolds is fascinated placed Worker Program for the Join us on Thursday, June ment seeking to remove a with the role of work in people’s Pan Am World Airways shutdown, 21 at 7:30 p.m. for a SoundSwap “troublemaker.” lives, especially at crucial transi- and the Northrup-Grumman Pro- Film Event: The U.S. vs. John Tony Traguardo will present tion points. She has over 20 years ject. Her current interest is how Lennon (2006-96 min.). a number of related, rarely-seen of experience in career counseling work or “occupation” will play out The story of John Lennon’s Lennon clips before the film, and and out-placement services, and with our expected increased lon- transformation from mop-topped will also moderate a post-film Q&A has worked on such critical gevity. Beatle to crusader for world discussion. peace forms the core of this film by David Leaf and John Schein- feld. Lennon’s anti-war senti- ments, outspoken nature, high vis- ibility, and leftist connections Let’s Talk About It made him a target for the para- noid Nixon administration and his The Port Washington Public monthly discussions led by Sally chief watchdog J. Edgar Hoover. Library proudly announces that it Ann Drucker, professor at The film sheds light on Lennon’s is once again among the 34 librar- Nassau Community College, on crusade — a deeply serious effort ies nationwide selected to receive the theme “Neighbors: The softened by humorous events and a grant from the American Li- World Next Door.” Seminars be- musical “happenings” — and fea- brary Association and NextBook gin at 11 a.m. For further infor- tures some key appearances from for the project initiative “Let’s Talk mation, please contact program the period. It is also a disturbing About It.” coordinator Jessica Ley, 883.4400, look at the methods of persecu- Beginning September 10, Ext. 123. tion employed by a fragile govern- the library will host a series of five Fire Department and library celebrate new oral history and website Over 150 people gathered at tory of the Port Washington Vol- www.pwfdhistory.com. the library recently for the 100th unteer Fire Department” website, Thanks to the leadership of the anniversary of the Port Washing- Peter Zwerlein played audio ex- Boards of both the Port Washington ton Fire Department and the de- cerpts from interviews, showed Public Library and the Port Wash- but of a website and oral history samples of the thousands of pic- ington Fire Department, this coop- project that will preserve the his- tures and newspaper articles he erative project has resulted in 58 in- tory of our dedicated and very spe- digitized and captioned, and de- terviews, 3000 pages of transcript, cial volunteer fire services. scribed how to navigate through a detailed and lively website, audio Organized by ex-chief Peter the elements. Library users, stu- excerpts from more than 60 hours Zwerlein and library oral historian dents, educators, researchers and of tape, historical narrative about Elly Shodell, the reception also community members can access Protection, Flower Hill, Atlantics honored the more than 50 men the stories, insights and rare vin- and Fire Medic Companies, and vi- and women who participated in tage fire department material suals and newspaper articles dating oral history interviews describing through either www.pwpl.org or back to 1888. their work and lives in the fire de- partment. In their recordings, In memory of they remembered chiefs, hooks and ladders, lucky charms, fires, Myrna Turtletaub wives and families, the Ladies Aux- iliary, signals, social life, “wet In April, the library lost one of its downs,” “rowdies, rangers and most vibrant and talented volun- runts,” changes in the community, teers, Myrna Turtletaub. Myrna and much more. Guiding the pro- was a long-standing member of cess were two talented interview- the Art Advisory Council and ers, Sally Wendkos Olds and Mar- curated many beautiful exhibi- garet Dildilian, with additional tions in the library’s gallery as memoirs gathered by Christina well as contributing her own Southard and Peter Zwerlein work to Council shows.