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BOOKINGS September 2019 CELEBRATING SUSAN ISAACS and HER NEW NOVEL Sunday, October 6 at 2:30 p.m. Susan Isaacs, Port’s her time as moderator every spring at the own best-selling Friends’ highly popular Book & Author author, will discuss Luncheon. For many Luncheon attendees, her brand-new novel, it is Susan herself who is the major draw. Takes One to Know In recognition of Susan’s commitment, the One, at a special Friends established the Library’s Susan Friends of the Library Isaacs Collection in 2005. Marked with program on Sunday, a “Susan Isaacs Collection” bookplate, October 6 at 2:30 the collection is devoted to books on in the Lapham women, with a special focus on women Meeting Room. balancing careers with motherhood. Described as Susan Isaacs at her “Celebrating Susan Isaacs” will begin formidable best, Takes One to Know One at 2:30 in the Lapham Meeting Room. is Susan’s 14th novel; it will be released Following the program, the Friends invites on October 1. The plot involves a whip- the audience to a reception honoring smart suburban mystery revolving around Susan in the adjacent Karen and Ed Adler a retired FBI agent turned into a Long Art Gallery. Takes One to Know One will Island housewife who suspects that her be for sale, and Susan will be signing. neighbor is harboring criminal secrets. Advance reviews call Takes One to Know Guests are encouraged to come early to One “bitingly wry” and “ominously thrilling.” Photo by Linda Nutter be sure to get a seat. Port Washington residents are given priority until 10 The author of 13 best-selling of the Writers for Writers Award and the minutes before the program begins. novels and an e-book novella, John Steinbeck Award. Past president Susan has also produced of Mystery Writers of America, she is “Susan Isaacs is our star, and we are screenplays for two films: now chairman of the board of the literary thrilled and honored to present her as she

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Quick Reads LIVE Woodstock Set From PWPL Terrace Holiday Hours The Library is closed Saturday, Will Rock Port’s Main Street! August 31 through Monday, September 2 for the Saturday, September 14 at 5 p.m. Labor Day Weekend. Tony Traguardo has gathered up a group of local Sunday Hours Beginning Sunday, September 8 professional musicians to commemorate the 50th we will resume our regular Sunday hours of 1 to 5 p.m. anniversary of the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair, an event that came to be known all over the world Save the Date — FOL Paperback Swap as, simply, Woodstock. On Sat, Sept 14 at Returns! The Friends of the Library’s popular 5 p.m., they will rock Main Street with some Paperback Swap returns on Saturday, October of the incredible songs that were performed 19 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the meeting room. Bring on Max Yasgur’s Farm on the historic POSTAL CUSTOMER POSTAL 11050 NY Port Washington, your gently used adult, teen and children’s weekend that began on August 15, 1969. paperbacks for a free, friendly swap. We accept hardcover children’s books including board Over half a million people made their way to a 600-acre farm to hear books. Please no more than 20 books pp and no 32 acts – the leading and emerging performers of the time – play over books accepted in advance. We stop accepting the course of four days. Now – legendary bands such as the Jefferson items at 3:30 p.m. Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, the Who, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were among the line-up. It was one of the greatest cultural Ride and Read Through September 25, we happenings of all time, and a pivotal moment in music history. will be at the LIRR station on Wednesdays from 7 to 9 a.m. Made possible by FOL The live musical event will begin at 5 p.m. and take place on the Library terrace that looks out onto Main Street. Please bring a blanket or lawn Home Delivery If you or a loved one is unable to chair. We will, of course, all be chanting “No rain!” but if it does rain, the visit the Library, we’ll arrange for free delivery of books and other materials. Contact Reno Bracchi event will move into the Lapham Room.

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Bookings No. 360 / September 2019 Published by the Port Washington Public Library One Library Drive Port Washington, NY 11050-2794 pwpl.org Trustee Patricia Bridges, Library Director Keith Klang, Intern Jolie Bercow, Foundation Member Ed Adler, FOL President Amy Bass 516-883-4400 • [email protected] When Nancy Curtin retired in 2018, a of 1969, participated in the Creative Readers Follow us on Facebook & Instagram committee was formed made up of Trustees program, and tracked data analytics for the Visit our YouTube channel and representatives from both the Friends Technology department, amongst several Library Trustees: of the Library and the Library Foundation to other duties. John O’Connell, President create a “Nancy Curtin Library Internship” Patricia Bridges “I definitely have a new appreciation for the to honor her legacy. Nancy Comer library,” says Jolie, “and it was an incredible William Keller After an extensive search, the committee experience to get a behind-the-scenes Michael Krevor selected Jolie Bercow, who recently glimpse of the Library and be welcomed by Adrienne Saur graduated from Schreiber High School and the staff. I had the chance to learn everything Sima Vasa is headed to the Massachusetts Institute of from art history to working with kids to really Library Director: Technology in the Fall. looking at how technology is used by Library Keith Klang patrons. This was an amazing opportunity.” Jolie worked in various departments Bookings Editor: at PWPL over the summer to get an The internship award was made possible Laurie Cotumaccio understanding of each of these areas and by the Friends of the Library and the Bookings Contributors: Denise Anchico, Amy Christake, Lori Gerbasi, how they interact. She helped coordinate the Library Foundation. Jonathan Guildroy, James Hutter, Oral History project for the Schreiber Class Sharon Maier-Kennelly, Kate Monsour, Vanessa Nastro, Tony Traguardo, Janet West, Jeff Zeh Design and Layout: Meet Jane Green Smallkaps Assoc., Inc. Author of The Friends We Keep Library Hours Thursday, September 19 at 7 p.m. Labor Day Weekend: The Library is closed Saturday, Jane Green is the author of seventeen New York August 31 through Monday September 2. Times bestsellers, and People magazine has called Beginning Sunday, September 8 we will resume regular Sunday hours: 1 to 5 p.m. her “the queen of beach books.” Join us on Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: September 19 at 7 p.m. when Jane Green visits PWPL 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. to discuss The Friends We Keep. Wednesday: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Set in both the United Kingdom and the United States, Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Friends We Keep opens with a trio of unlikely Residents of the Port Washington Union Free School friends who meet at university. Evvie, a former child District are entitled to a PWPL card, which may also be actress from America, is lonely and out of place used at any Library in Nassau County. To apply for a card, stop by the Library with proof of residence or when she meets Maggie, a girl who shares her sense apply online at pwpl.org. Non-residents who work in of humor. Together, they meet Topher, an outsider Port Washington may also apply. struggling with his sexual identity. They bond immediately and vow to be friends forever. But life, as it often does, gets in the way after graduation, and they lose touch. At their thirtieth college reunion, they have a chance to reconnect – and a second chance at happiness. But a secret revealed could ruin everything. Jane Green has written many novels (including Jemima J, The Beach House, Falling, and The Sunshine Sisters), and one cookbook, Good Taste. Her novels have been printed in more than twenty-five languages and she has over ten million books in print worldwide. Green’s deft hand with challenging and provocative issues that are relatable makes her latest novel, The Friends We Keep, a rich, thoughtful and poignant read. MISSION STATEMENT: The Port Washington Public Library is a center Dolphin Bookshop will be selling books at the event. for community engagement, knowledge and personal enrichment. Saturday, September 14, 2019 / 5 to 8 p.m.

An 8-week intensive workshop designed to help participants obtain employment through networking Thursdays: October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 and November 7, 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Monday: November 11 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Registration begins 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 10 www.pwpl.org/events or by calling the Library. Participants will be: Motivated to conduct an effective job search Instructed on using LinkedIn and other forms of social media Guided towards time management and developing job objectives Assisted with their personal brand and elevator pitch to build their profile Given resume and cover letter advice Advised about building an effective network to find a job in today’s marketplace For information or to place an Job Search Boot Camp will be presented by Maria Themistocleous-Frey, President and Founder of Executive Consultants of New York, Corp. and the e-journal ad, call Debbie Naclerio ECNY Foundation, a non-profit corporation that specializes in career coaching PORT WASHINGTON at 516.883.4400, Ext. 1107 or and professional development. Made possible by the Career & Personal LIBRARY FOUNDATION email to [email protected]. Finance Center.

Cabaret program in memory of FOL Board Member Bob Drew Sunday, September 8 at 3 p.m. “Too Marvelous for Words: A 1930’s annual Book & Author Luncheon. Bob’s Songbook,” a cabaret program created talents also embraced finance. When the FOL by multiple award-winning recording artist received a major bequest some twenty years Jeff Harnar, will take place on Sunday, ago, it was Bob who monitored the status September 8 in the Lapham Meeting Room of the bequest and successfully guided the at 3 p.m. The program is sponsored by the FOL in its financial decision-making. Friends of the Library and will honor the Bob volunteered as an English language memory of longtime FOL Board member tutor in the library’s ESOL program, which Bob Drew, who passed away last year. All is sponsored by the FOL. He was a very are invited. Bob Drew popular teacher with a following of devoted The cabaret program will feature songs by students and of other ESOL teachers. Rodgers & Hart, Cole Porter, Richard Whiting Peggy O’Hanlon, head of the library’s ESOL and Johnny Mercer. The New York Times program, commented, “I still break down called Jeff Harnar “the most important male crying whenever I see anything about Bob. cabaret performer to emerge since Michael What a great teacher and human being he Feinstein.” was. I still miss him.” Bob Drew was a Port Washington resident “We look forward to the cabaret program,” for nearly 50 years. He was an actor whose stated Amy Bass, FOL president, “and the career included work in radio, in off- and on- opportunity to honor the memory of our Broadway productions, in film, in television devoted board member Bob Drew.“ including soap operas and game shows, and in national commercials. He was a proud member of three unions: Actor’s Equity, the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. For some 25 years, Bob was a devoted member of the FOL board of directors. He loved books and organized the FOL’s booth at Harborfest for many years, and he oversaw the sound system at the FOL’s Jeff Harnar 6 FRIDAY 13 FRIday Sandwiched In: The Thirties – A Panoramic View Sandwiched In: Power of Music Don Parker, a retired American history teacher, Karen Olson, a multi-award-winning musician, returns to present a snapshot of the 1930s. Topics teacher, healer and bestselling-author, comes to range from the Great Depression to radio programs discuss and demonstrate music’s the healing role in like “The Jack Benny Program,” and serials like The our lives. 12:15 p.m. Lone Ranger, the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, pop World Travels with Ron Brown: Heidelberg, culture icon Shirley Temple, big band leaders Glenn Germany: The Queen of the Rhine River Adult & Family Miller and Benny Goodman, popular author Agatha Heidelberg stands on the banks of one of the most Christie, the beginning of World War II and much Events famous rivers in Europe, the Rhine. The city is famous more! 12:15 p.m. Priority seating at all events is reserved for for its palaces, its beerhalls and its university, which Port Washington residents and cardholders. Port Washington Play Troupe Presents: rivals Harvard and Oxford. But for centuries, Heidel- Solitary Man: Neil Diamond, berg has also been the faithful protector of the many The Man and his Music. 7:30 p.m. mystical creatures than inhabit the Rhine River. Com- Exhibits: poser Richard Wagner and a host of writers, painter, Mary O. Johnson 8 SUNDAY poets and filmmakers have celebrated Woglinde, The Spirit of Humanity: A Retrospective Jeff Harnar Sings Too Marvelous for Words: Wellgunde and Flosshilde, the legendary Rhine August 29 through September 30 A 1930s Songbook Maidens, along with a menagerie of water sprites, Reception Saturday, September 7, 2-4 p.m. AAC Join Jeff Harnar as he celebrates songs of the mermaids and witches. Most people relegate these 1930s from Broadway to Hollywood and the Hit creatures to the world of myth, but to the residents of HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH Parade, featuring songwriters Rodgers & Hart, Cole Heidelberg, they are real, alive and well. 3 p.m. FOL Community Art Gallery – Anabel Marquez Walzer Porter, Richard Whiting & Johnny Mercer among August 27 through September 29 Film: Captain Marvel (2019-124 min.). Brie Larson many others, with standards and surprises originally Artist reception Saturday, September 21, 2-4 p.m. stars in this Marvel comics adaptation from writer/ introduced by Bing Crosby, , Judy directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Samuel L. Garland and The Andrew Sisters. This performance Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Annette Ongoing Registrations: is dedicated to the memory of Bob Drew, who spent Bening and Jude Law co-star. 7:15 p.m. Job Search Boot Camp: Registration begins many years as an FOL Board member. 3 p.m. FOL September 10 for the fall session of Job Search Boot 14 SATURDAY Camp. This 8-week intensive workshop is designed 9 MONDAY The Music of Woodstock to help participants obtain employment through Virtual Visits: The Art of Native North America LIVE on the PWPL Terrace networking. Sessions are on October 3, 10, 17, 24, Travel through the exhibition Art of Native America – See article in newsletter. Bring a chair or blanket. 31 and November 7, 11, 21. Register at pwpl.org/ The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection with museum 5 p.m. events or at the Library. educator Alice W. Schwarz to discuss sculpture from Resume & Cover Letter Workshop: 9/21 at 10 a.m. British Columbia and Alaska, California baskets, 15 SUNDAY pottery from Southwestern pueblos, Plains drawings Happy Birthday Agatha Christie! Interviewing Skills Workshop: 9/21 at 1 p.m. and regalia, and rare accessories from the Eastern The British mystery writer, born this day in 1890, Guitar Lessons with Reno Bracchi: 9/9, 9/16, 9/23 Woodlands. 2:30 p.m. supplied the story for Crooked House (2017-115 8:15 p.m. Guitar Lessons with Reno Bracchi min.), which stars Glenn Close, Terence Stamp, NEW CLASS - Qigong: Mondays 12:30 p.m. 8:15 p.m. Registration required. Gillian Anderson, Christina Hendricks and Julian Exercise Over 50 Chair: Tuesdays 9:15 a.m. Sands. Director Gilles Paquet-Brenner scripted with Yoga: Wednesdays 5:30 p.m. 10 TUESDAY Julian Fellowes and Tim Rose Price. 2:00 p.m. Exercise Over 50 Mat: Thursdays 9:15 a.m. Registration: Job Search Boot Camp Registration begins today for the fall session. This 16 Monday Tai Chi – Class One: Thursdays 12:45 p.m. 8-week intensive workshop is designed to help HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH Tai Chi – Class Two: Thursdays 1:45 p.m. participants obtain employment through networking. Afternoon on Broadway: Exercise Over 50 Chair: Fridays 9:15 a.m. Sessions are on October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 and Hispanic Representation in Broadway Musicals – November 7, 11, 21. Register at pwpl.org/events or at from Pre-WEST SIDE STORY to IN THE HEIGHTS the Library. In this lecture by Stephen Nachamie, award-winning EVENTS Calendar: Hypertension Screening stage and film director (Broadway - SHE LOVES ME), Free blood pressure screenings conducted by we will examine the evolution of Hispanic stories and St. Francis Hospital 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. HAC representations in the Broadway Musical. Through 3 TUESday anecdotes and a multimedia presentation - we will Film: Fiction Book Group: look through the history of stories and performers Pitch Black (1999-109 min.). Our summer series of Summer Secrets by Jane Green and creative entities on Broadway. 3 p.m. MAC outer space stories continues into September! A Copies available at the information desk. 7:30 p.m. spaceship crash-lands on a planet where, when the Guitar Lessons with Reno Bracchi three suns set, flocks of deadly monsters take to the 11 WEDNESDAY 8:15 p.m. Registration required. air. Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser and Keith Medicaid Sign-up Help David star in David Twohy’s Australian production. Free, walk-in assistance from the Nassau-Suffolk 19 Thursday Recommended for adults. 7:15 p.m. Hospital Council. 2:30 – 6 p.m. Non Fiction Book Discussion: Heart: A History by Sandeep Jauhar. Virtual Reality for the Perplexed Copies available at the Information Desk. 1:30 p.m. 5 Thursday So you’ve heard the term virtual reality, but maybe General Health Screenings now you’re wondering what the point of it is. Are HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH The St. Francis Outreach Van will be in our parking you curious about what the experience is like and Third Thursdays at 3: Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera lot. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. how it works? The PWPL tech-xperts will discuss Professor Thomas Germano returns to examine Lucas Romasnki and His Trio Perform some of the ways VR is being used and explain the the lives and art of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. a Classical Music Program different consumer-level options out there. We’ll have Together, these two colorful, larger-than-life artists Local violinist Lucas Romanski our Playstation 4 VR bundle on hand for a few lucky have endured as vibrant characters from an ancient will perform an eclectic mix volunteers to demo. VR made possible thanks to the Mexican culture abruptly entering the modern era. of classical music, ranging Friends of the Library. 2:30 p.m. Rivera is considered one of the 20th century’s from Mozart to Bartok, with Photography Club of Long Island major artistic figures. Flamboyant, irreverent, and the accompaniment of Tim Monthly meeting. 7:30 p.m. unforgettable, Kahlo created startling and at times Serignese on the piano disturbing works of art. Fifty-five of her 143 paintings and Aaron Goldstein on 12 THURSDAY are self-portraits which speak of her vivaciousness the cello. Mr. Romanski, a Film: and personal tragedies. 3 p.m. AAC Schreiber graduate, is entering It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958-69 min.). Author Visit: Jane Green University College London as a philosophy student. A spaceship crew faces a terrifying stowaway: a Port Washington Public Library is thrilled to welcome Lucas brings his passion for that subject into the blood-thirsty Martian (played by master stuntman Jane Green, author of seventeen New York Times program by discussing the relationship between the Ray “Crash” Corrigan)! This movie from screenwriter bestsellers, to discuss her new book The Friends musical pieces performed, and the philosophical Jerome Bixby and director Edward L. Cahn’s movie We Keep an unforgettable novel about friendship, and artistic movements of the times in which they inspired 1979’s Alien. 7:15 p.m. betrayal and the joy of forgiveness. Dolphin Book were composed. The set will also include original Shop will be on site to sell the books. 7 p.m. compositions. 7:30 p.m. 20 FRIday 29 SUNday COMMUNITY MEET-UPS Sandwiched In: An Afternoon with Family Film: Mary Poppins Returns Chess The Lockhorns Cartoonist John Reiner (2018-130 min.). Join a game, every Tuesday at 2 p.m. Cartoonist John Reiner Decades after her Scrabble Join a game, every Friday at 2 p.m. collaborates with writer original visit, the Next Chapter A current events discussion group, Bunny Hoest on three magical nanny meeting the 2nd Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. cartoon series: The (Emily Blunt) returns Great Books Lockhorns, syndicated by to help the Banks Great Books Discussion group meets on the first and King Features, and Laugh family through a third Wednesday of the month from 2:30 p.m. to Parade and Howard Huge difficult time in their 4 p.m. Selections available at the Information Desk. (both for Parade magazine). lives. Producer/ Come hear about his career and artistry. 12:15 p.m. director Rob Sponsorship Key Marshall co-scripted with producer John DeLuca and Film: A Star Is Born AAC Art Advisory Council David Magee. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, (2018-136 min.). Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, Dick Van CAC Children’s Advisory Council Musician Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) helps Dyke and Angela Lansbury co-star. 2:00 p.m. FOL Friends of the Library rising singer Ally (Lady Gaga) find fame as his own career begins a downward spiral. Mr. Cooper also 30 MONDAY HAC Health Advisory Council directed, from a script he wrote with Eric Roth and MAC Music Advisory Council Film: The Wild Heart (1952-86 min.). Will Fetters. Compare this to versions from 1937, A squire (David Farrar) set his sights on a village lass NAC Nautical Advisory Council 1954 and 1976! 7:15 p.m. (Jennifer Jones) in this adaptation of Mary Webb’s Events Sponsored by the advisory councils are 21 SATURday novel Gone to Earth from writer/directors Michael funded by donations to the Port Washington Library Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Christopher Challis Resume & Cover Letter Workshop Foundation. Events sponsored by Friends of the contributed the stunning Technicolor cinematography. Small group resume and cover letter preparation Library are noted in listings. FOL also provides 7:15 p.m. workshop for job seekers. Presented by professional refreshments for Sandwiched In. career counselor, Karen McKenna, and made possible by the Career & Personal Finance Center. Register online at www.pwpl.org/events 10:00 a.m. PWPL’s Music Advisory Council’s Interviewing Skills Workshop Careful planning and preparation contribute to positive interview outcomes. Participants learn what 2019-20 Concert Season to do before, during, and after an interview. This small Maxim Lando, Piano Randall Goosby, Violin Aizuri Quartet group workshop will cover how to conduct research, answer challenging questions, write thank you letters, and present references. Presented by professional career counselor, Karen McKenna, and made possible by the Career & Personal Finance Center. Register online at www.pwpl.org/events 1:00 p.m. HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH Artist reception for Anabel Marquez Walzer in the Community Art Gallery. 2-4 p.m. 22 SUNDAY MAC 2019-20 Season Debuts 9/22/19 3 p.m. 10/20/19 3 p.m. 11/24/19 3 p.m. with Pianist Maxim Lando See article in newsletter 3 p.m. Yi-Nuo-Wang, Piano Jonathan Swensen, Cello Ned Hanlon, Bass 23 MONDAY Happy Birthday ! The dapper actor, born this day in 1897, stars with , and Richard Carlson in Richard Thorpe’s (1942-88 min.), about a brown-skinned beauty who tempts the white men at an African cocoa plantation. Leon Gordon scripted, from his stage play. 2:00 p.m.

Guitar Lessons with Reno Bracchi 8:15 p.m. Registration required. 1/12/20 3 p.m. 2/9/20 3 p.m. 3/8/20 3 p.m. 27 FRIday Sandwiched In: Gloria Glantz: The Courageous Jean Ritchie Folk Concert: Dave Ruch Dill Jones Concert: Brandon Ridenour, Trumpet Rescue of a Hidden Child The Smolens-Wurtzel Swingtet Author and hidden child Gloria Glantz will share her Holocaust story. Hers is a gripping tale of fear, danger and loss; she will share her journey from home to home during the time the Nazis occupied Poland and talk about the strangers who saved her life. 12:15 p.m.

SoundSwap: John Ford of The Strawbs and Hudson Ford Join us for the return of PWPL favorite John Ford with his band! The set list for tonight’s 4/19/20 3 p.m. 5/17/20 3 p.m. 5/31/20 3 p.m. program will feature songs from John’s years with The Strawbs, who are celebrating their 50th anniversary. The band will also perform classic tracks from the Hudson Ford catalog and John’s diverse These Sunday afternoon concerts are free and are made possible thanks to donations to the solo career. Hosted by Tony Port Washington Library Foundation. Priority seating is given to Port Washington Library cardholders. Traguardo. 7:30 p.m. FOL Community Gallery Exhibit: Gloria Glantz: Holocaust Survivor and Anabel Marquez Walzer Author of From Home to Home to Home August 27 – September 30 Friday, September 27 at 12:15 p.m. Reception Saturday, September 21, 2-4 p.m. Gloria Glantz was born in Wegrow Poland, in 1939. She had a very loving, large family which included many uncles, aunts, cousins, 2 older brothers, and grandparents. To save her life, her parents enlisted the help of a simple, righteous Christian family. In her lifetime Gloria has lived in 4 countries, on two continents, so her journey to America was a very circuitous and unusual one. On Friday, September 27 Gloria will share her gripping tale of fear, danger and loss; she will share her journey from home to home to home during the time the Nazis occupied Poland and Anabel Marquez Walzer talk about the strangers who saved her life. was born into a large Mexico City family with In her professional life as a teacher Gloria Glantz nine siblings. She left has made it a mission to see that the Shoah is not Mexico in 1995, living in Port Washington for two decades and forgotten. She is the winner of a fellowship from raising three daughters there. She has also lived in Miami, Milan, the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Sur- London, Paris and Hong Kong with her journalist husband and vivors, American Federation of Teachers, and Jewish Labor Com- family. Over the years she has studied art in New York and at mittee to study the Holocaust and Resistance. She is also the 2002 the Hampstead School of Art London and has taught art as well, recipient of The Spirit of Anne Frank Outstanding Educator Award. mainly to children. As an artist, she has drawn on inspiration from Gloria resides in Port Washington with her husband Miles. They are the colors and themes of her native country. Her hobbies include the proud parents of a son and a daughter, and the grandparents of cooking, dancing and travel. three girls and two boys.

Mary O. Johnson MAC 2019/20 Season Debuts The Spirit of Humanity: A Retrospective with Pianist Maxim Lando August 29 through September 30, 2019 Sunday, September 22 at 3 p.m. Reception Saturday, September 7 • 2-4 p.m. American pianist Maxim Lando received national attention in 2017 at the age of fourteen when he appeared on the bench alongside pianist Lang Lang, performing the parts intended for Mr. Lang’s injured left hand, at Carnegie Hall’s Gala Opening Night. At this concert, they joined Chick Corea and the Philadelphia Orchestra led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin in an unprecedented three- pianist version of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” Mr. Lando and Mr. Lang also performed together with the symphonies of Pittsburgh, Toronto, Vancouver and Hawaii, and with China NCPA Orchestra. His collaboration with Lang Lang and The Adler gallery is pleased to present a retrospective exhibit by Chick Corea was chronicled in The New York Times. This season social realist painter Mary O. Johnson (1890-1950). During the early he will work with Mr. Corea again, in recordings for the Chick Corea part of the 20th century, an age in which women had only begun Music Workshops video series. Mr. Lando won First Prize at the to win equality in the world of art, Mary Olmsted Johnson bravely 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. The 2019-20 explored her passion for painting. Mining her prodigious talent, Concert season has Lando making his recital debuts in New York, she created art with provocative depictions of ordinary people that in the Peter Marino Concert at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall, and stimulated thought and understanding of the social and cultural in Washington, DC, at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater — environments which influenced her subjects. and at PWPL! Grades 7-12

September is Library Card Sign-up Month! This month, the American Library Kindergarten Association (ALA) and libraries nationwide join together to remind parents, caregivers Through Sixth Grade and students that signing up for a library Chess card is the first step towards academic Thursdays, October 3, 10, 17, 24 achievement and lifelong learning. from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sign up for your card online or in person. Learn the rules and strategies of chess, and practice what you have learned by playing SAT Workshop Series against your peers. For children in grades 3 September 7, 14, 21 & 28 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. to 6. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library This series will focus on both math and verbal sections. Registration is in memory of Lawrence Kamisher. Register in progress for Port Washington cardholders in grades 9-12. Payment online at pwpl.org/children/childrens-programs may be in the form of cash, check or money order made out to Port beginning September 23. Washington Public Library or credit card. Workshop fee is $100 for four sessions. Please note, September 14 is Pride in Port. These workshops Third and Fourth Grade Book Discussion will be led by Curvebreakers Test Prep. Thursday, October 17 from 4 to 4:30 p.m. This month’s selection is Bunnicula by College Admissions Essay Workshop James Howe. Register online at pwpl.org/children/ September 18 at 7 p.m. childrens-programs beginning September 30. You’re a high school senior. You’ve written a million essays, but you know Books available at time of registration. Kids should this is the big one: the make-or-break essay that can determine which pick up their first book and complete reading by college accepts you. What do you write about? What are colleges looking October 17. for? How do you even get started? College Admission Essay Specialist Ethan Mann will teach you the basics, show you essays that worked, and Children’s Events Continue on the Next Page help you start to tell your story. Registration begins Tuesday September 3 for Port Washington cardholders in grades 9-12 and their parents. Prospective College Students Interview Express New RBdigital Streaming Service One-hour preparation sessions for the college bound This service will be provided to anyone who already has a college interview scheduled in the immediate future and is either anxious or looking to perfect their skills prior to the interview. Interview Express will take place at the library, and meetings will be one-on-one with communications expert Sandra Meyer. Sandra is Vice President of MeyerMix Productions, LLC and adjunct professor at NYU, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Email [email protected] for an appointment or call 516-883-4400 x1500. This service is made possible by the Career & Personal Finance Center. Teen Video Game Night September 26 at 7 p.m. Play on our Nintendo Switch or test out our Playstation VR in a friendly environment. Participating VR players will need to have a parent/guardian sign a waiver prior to game play. Registration begins September 3 at www.pwpl.org/teens for Port Washington cardholders in grades 7-12. This event is made possible by the Friends of the Library. Stream and download movies, TV shows, concerts, documentaries, online courses and magazines for free with your PW Library card! The Library’s new RBdigital streaming video service includes selections from Acorn TV (British TV & film), Great Courses (online training), Qello (music concerts & documentaries), IndieFlix (films, documentaries & TV shows), Pongolo (Spanish Language telenovelas and movies), Learn it Live (wellness and personal development classes) and Method Test (online ACT & SAT test prep). Checkout an all-access 7-day pass to binge watch as much as you would like on a Single Channel. Popular digital magazines can also be downloaded through the service. Get the free RBdigital mobile app on your phone, tablet or video streaming device or visit Banned Books Week portwashingtonny.rbdigital.com to get started. September 22- 28 Banned Books Week is an annual celebration that encourages readers to learn about censorship and celebrate their First Amendment right to read freely. The 2019 theme, “Censorships Leaves us in the Dark. Keep the Tutor.com is a free service providing Light On!” is a reminder that everyone needs to speak out against the tide Tutor.com real-time contact with a live online tutor. of censorship. Visit TeenSpace during Banned Books Week and check Available in English and Spanish, it serves grades K through out a challenged or banned book from our collection. 12, college prep, and adult learners. Visit http://www.pwpl.org/ research/courses/. Made possible by Friends of the Library Event POLICIES Please see event listings for registration requirements. Due to high demand, we ask that you arrive at least 5 minutes before the event for which you are registered to claim your spot. If you have not arrived 5 minutes before the event, we may transfer your spot to someone who is waiting. Priority for all events is given to Port Washington residents. Early Childhood Baby Rhyme Time: Session I Thursdays, October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 at 9:30 or 10:30 a.m. A lapsit story time filled with songs, music and bouncing rhymes that emphasizes early literacy skills and introduces babies to the magic of books. For children ages birth to 17 months with an adult. Register online at pwpl.org/children/childrens- programs beginning September 23.

A Time For Kids Sing and Swing Story Time Monday, October 7 at 9:30 or 10:45 a.m. Fridays, September 20, 27 at 9:30 or 10:30 a.m. Ms. Karen presents educational activities, movement, music and a craft. For Interactive stories, rhymes and songs emphasize early literacy skills and help children ages 1 ½ to 5 years with an adult. Register online at pwpl.org/children/ instill a lifelong love of learning. For children ages 1 ½ to 3 years with an adult. childrens-programs beginning September 30. Admittance is on a first come first served basis for 50 participants for each time slot. Numbered tickets will be available one half hour before each start time. Preschool Story Time: Session I Tuesdays, October 15, 22, 29 and November 5, 12 Ready Set Story Time at 10:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. Mondays, September 16, 23 at 9:30 or 10:30 a.m. at 9:30 or 10:30 a.m. You and your child will enjoy great stories, songs, and fingerplays, while your Ms. Susie introduces early literacy practices through stories, songs, fingerplays child develops essential early literacy skills. For children ages 2 ½ to 5 years and rhymes. For children of all ages with an adult. Admittance is on a first come with an adult. Register online at pwpl.org/children/childrens-programs beginning first served basis for 50 participants for each time slot. Numbered tickets will be September 30. available ½ hour before each start time.

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten – Kick Off Creative Readers Saturday, Sept. 28 at 11:00 a.m. or 2:30 p.m. Creative Readers is an arts and Come read and grow with us! literacy inclusion program where Drop-in to celebrate the kickoff children in kindergarten through of our 1,000 Books Before grade 5 will use theater, art, Kindergarten program with movement and music to bring special Saturday storytimes! books to life. First session dates Why participate in the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program? are October 19, 26, and Parents & caregivers are children’s first educators. By reading aloud November 2, 9, 16, 23. to your child you are helping build early literacy skills. The more you Facilitated by Program Director read to your child the more language, songs, sounds, gestures and Elise May and supported by words they are exposed to. The 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten the PWPL Children’s Advisory challenge is to simply encourage you to read a book, any book, Council. Professional behavior to your newborn, infant, and/or toddler. The goal is to read 1,000 support will be at all sessions. books before your child starts kindergarten. It’s easier than you think and the rewards are priceless! For program information and high school volunteer opportunities, Port Washington Public Library is happy to support you in please email [email protected] or visit the Creative this journey by providing a chart and stickers to track your Readers page on the PWPL website. Register online at pwpl.org/ progress. We are also always available to make age appropriate children/childrens-programs beginning September 16. Please recommendations of our favorite books. note: Your child must commit to attending all dates.

Homegrown Readers Adults – Financial Planning Workshop: The Port Washington Getting Your Piggies in a Row Public Library’s Home- grown Readers (formerly, Saturday, October 5 the Parent-Child Home from 2:30 – 4 p.m. Program), had a wonder- ful year with 4 children Adults register to learn graduating. Homegrown the basics of financial and Readers is an innovative legal planning (life insurance, home-based literacy, cash management, health care school readiness and directives, and saving for college parenting program serv- and retirement) while your school age children create an upcycled ing families of diverse populations that prepares children for aca- piggy bank with Dawn Braccio. Presented by Jaime D. Lewis, Esq. demic success. Homegrown Readers believes that children learn PLLC, and Tracy Young, Financial Consultant. Register online at best through play and that learning can be fun. Congratulations to pwpl.org/children/childrens-programs beginning September 16. our most recent graduates! This initiative is funded by donations to the Port Washington Library Foundation and The Elise and Marvin More Kindergarten Through Sixth Grade Events Tepper Homegrown Readers Summer Initiative. on Previous Page