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JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH

5 • Monday 1 • Sunday 1 • Sunday Silent Films: Safety Last * 2 pm SAT Math* 7 pm THE BIG SCREEN: The Palm Beach Story 2 pm 3 • Tuesday 6 • Tuesday 3 • Tuesday Jobs: Reaching Your Personal Best 1 pm F Ì Author Visit-Larry Samuel/World’s Fair 1 pm Art Lecture: Chagall & the Russians 1 pm 4 • Wednesday Seated Aerobics 11 am 7 • Wednesday 4 • Wednesday Film: La Vie en Rose 2 & 7:30 pm Seated Aerobics 11 am Registration begins Let’s Talk About It 10 am 5 • Thursday Film: Indiana Jones... 2 & 7:30 pm Fri/Woodmere Workshop 11 am Travel Lights: Newfoundland/Nova Scotia 1 pm Seated Aerobics 11 am 8 • Thursday Art Reception 7 pm 8 • Sunday Film: Music Within 2 & 7:30 pm 9 • Friday 5 Towns Forum 7:30 pm NTNI: Andrey Tchekmazov , cellist* 2:30 pm 5 • Thursday 11 • Sunday 10 • Tuesday Antique Jewelry 1 pm THE BIG SCREEN: Auntie Mame 2 pm ÌF Terrorism lecture 7:30 pm 8 • Sunday 12 • Monday 11 • Wednesday Seated Aerobics 11 am CM Butzer American Comics & the Rise HWPL Readers: Unaccustomed Earth 2 pm Tkts. for 3/22 NTNI : Kim Concert 10 am & 7 pm of the Graphic Novel * 2:30 pm SAT Writing* 7 pm Film: Transsiberian 2 & 7:30 pm 9 • Monday 12 • Thursday 13 • Tuesday HWPL Readers: The Thirteenth Tale 2 pm Docent Tou r* 10 am Jobs: Resume Writing 10:30 am Lawrence HS Tri M concert 7 pm ÌF Afternoon Concerts: Dunstable Trio 1 pm 14 • Wednesday Seated Aerobics 11 am 10 • Tuesday 13 • Friday Tkts. picked up for Jobs: Personal Organization 1 pm Fri/Woodmere Workshop 1 pm 1/25 NTNI Philomel’s Song 10 am & 7 pm 11 • Wednesday 15 • Sunday Residents & Friends pick up tickets Tickets for 2/22 NTNI: Olga Vinokur 10 am & 7pm for 1/29 Highlights in Jazz 10 am & 7 pm Seated Aerobics 11 am BIG SCREEN: Sullivan’s Travels 2 pm Film: Golden Door 2 & 7:30 pm Film: Encounters at the 16 • Monday HWPL Readers: Loving Frank 2 pm 15 • Thursday End of the World 2 & 7:30 pm Art Lecture: T. Germano Lost Art 10:30 am 12 • Thursday 17 • Tuesday ÌF Afternoon Concerts: Adam Carman 1 pm Art Lecture: Frank Lloyd Wright 1 pm 21 • Wednesday F Ì Great Books 7:30 pm Seated Aerobics 11 am 13 • Friday Fri/Woodmere Workshop 1 pm 18 • Wednesday Film: The Visitor 2 & 7:30 pm 5 Towns Forum 7:30 pm Residents pick up tkts. for NCJW 22 • Thursday 17 • Tuesday Jobs: Dress for Success 7:30 pm 3/29 film A Walk to Beautiful 10 am & 7 pm Speaking of Long Island/M. Cantor 1 pm Seated Aerobics 11 am 18 • Wednesday 25 • Sunday Film: Vicky Cristina Barcelona 2 & 7:30 pm Residents pick up tkts. for 3/1 NTNI: Philomel’s Song * 2:30 pm Silent Films/ Safety Last 10 am & 7pm 19 • Thursday 27 • Tuesday Seated Aerobics 11 am Lecture: History of Jones Beach 1 pm Math & Other Useful Info/B. Eilbott 10:30 am Film: Brideshead Revisited 2 & 7:30 pm 22 • Sunday 28 • Wednesday 22 • Sunday NTNI: Hyung-Do Kim & Ji Soo Kim * 2:30 pm Residents pick up tkts. for 2/8 American NTNI: Olga Vinokur , pianist* 2:30 pm 24 • Tuesday Comics/Graphic Novel 10 am & 7 pm 24 • Tuesday Let’s Talk About It: The Complete Maus 10:30 am Seated Aerobics 11 am Let’s Talk About It: 25 • Wednesday Seated Aerobics 11 am Film: Mamma Mia! 2 & 7:30 pm A Contract with God 10:30 am ÌF Great Books 7:30 pm Film: The Fall 2 & 7:30 pm 29 • Thursday 29 • Sunday ÌF Highlights in Jazz* 7:30 pm 25 • Wednesday Pick up tkts.for 3/8 Tchekmazov 10 am & 7 pm NCJW: A Walk to Beautiful * 2 pm *Previous registratio n/tickets required. Film: Frozen River 2 & 7:30 pm 31 • Tuesday ** Children’s Program/See Overleaf Jr. for more information. REGISTRATION FOR BUDGET VOTE 1- 9 PM Newsletter of the Hewlett- Woodmere Public Library OverlJANUARY I FEBRUARY I MARCH e2009, VOLUaME 44, NUMfBER 3 What’s Inside American Comics OVERLEAF JR. REMOVABLE INSERT and the Rise of the Events & Performances Pages 2-3 Graphic Novel Films Pages 6-7 With C.M. Butzer, Friends of the Library Page 2 Editor in Chief, Great Books Discussion Page 5 Rabid Rabbit, H-WPL Readers Page 5 comic anthology, In the Gallery Page 7 The Gettysburg Lectures & Courses Pages 4-5 Graphic Let’s Talk About It Page 3 I Sunday, February 8, 2:30 pm HEWLETT-WOODMERE Graphic novels have taken the literary world by storm. Many have been made into movies – Stardust, Batman Begins, Spiderman, Iron Man. This presentation will PUBLIC LIBRARY cover the history of cartooning, comics, graphic novels, Will Eisner - the father of ANNUAL LIBRARY VOTE the graphic novel, how graphic novels are made, what makes a good graphic novel, AND ELECTION and more. C.M. Butzer holds a BFA in Illustration from Cornish College of the Arts and a Tuesday, April 7, 2009 MFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts. Harper Collins is publishing C.M. 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Butzer’s graphic novel The Gettysburg Graphic in 2009. The Boehm Five Towns This program coincides with Let’s Talk About It: Jewish Literature: Modern Forum Meeting Room Marvels: Jewish Adventures in the Graphic Novel . (see p. 3) District residents may pick up tickets beginning Wednesday, January 28, 10 am & 7 pm. PROPOSITION 1: Proposed 2009/2010 Library Silence is Golden - Let’s Hear it Budget for the Silent Films! PROPOSITION 2: SAFETY LAST Election of Library Trustee With silent film composer/pianist , QUALIFICATIONS FOR Ben Model and film historian, Philip Harwood VOTING Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis; 73 min. Directed by F.Newmeyer, Registration is required only if a Sam Taylor; Written by Hal Roach, 1923 resident has not voted in a Hewlett- I Woodmere Union Free School District Sunday, March 1, 2 pm or Library referendum within the last Actor Harold Lloyd,playing a clerk in a 4 years. In order to be eligible to reg - store, has been attempting to hide his misfor - ister, you must be a U.S. citizen, 18 tune by sending his girlfriend at home the years of age or older by Tuesday, most expensive presents he can’t really quite afford. She mistakenly thinks he is April 7, 2009, and you must have already successful enough to support a family and takes a train to visit him. In his been a legal resident of the H-W embarrassment he pretends to be the store manager. Later he overhears the gener - UFSD for at least 30 days prior to the al manager talking about how he would give $1,000 to anyone who attracts major referendum. Registration for voting attention to the store. Now the fun begins! takes place Tuesday, March 31, 2009, So much of the music that originally accompanied these films has been lost. Mr. 1 p.m. – 9 p.m. in the Library. Model has composed piano compositions to accompany these great films and will For further information, please accompany this film with one of his compositions. We will begin with two Harold telephone Library Director, Susan de Lloyd short films. Mr. Model travels extensively promoting silent films. He will be Sciora at 516- 374-1967. doing a presentation at MoMA this winter. Film historian Philip Harwood will join Mr. Model in a discussion/lecture about this film and other silent films. FIND US ON THE WEB AT: www.hwpl.org District residents may pick up tickets beginning Wednesday, February 18, 10 am & 7 pm. EVENTS & PERFORMANCES New Talent/New Ideas Olga Vinokur, pianist I Sunday, February 22, 2:30 pm N A M

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Become a Friend of the E T Philomel’s Song S performer. Library © Tickets may be picked up beginning The Friends of the Hewlett- New Talent/New Ideas Wednesday, February 11, 10 am & 7 pm. Woodmere Public Library take pride and pleasure in enhancing the library Philomel’s Song experience for the community Phyllis Farmer, mezzo soprano, through cultural programs, concerts, Jill Sokol, flute, Emily Olin, piano children‘s programs, book bags, and I Sunday, January 25, 2:30 pm giving “gifts” to enhance the facility “Philomel’s Song” is a chamber beyond the budgeting process. So be group composed of voice, flute, and a Friend, and join today! piano. This will be a program of hope, Lenore Kramer, President change, and new beginnings. Irene Levy, VP Administration Tickets may be picked up beginning Claire Zimmerman, VP Programs Wednesday, January 14, 10 am & 7 pm. Gitty Greene, VP Public Relations Iris Gorenberg, VP Special Projects Olga Vinokur Abbott Wool, VP At Large Pearl Cande, VP Children's Library Liaison F June Firestone, Secretary Ì AFTERNOON WEEKDAY Florence Hoffman, Ph.D. CONCERTS Immediate Past President Adam Carmon, tenor Musical Theater Take A Guided I “Behind the Books” Tour Thursday, February 12, 1 pm of Your Library Adam Carmon graduated from The Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam I Thursday, March 12, 10 am in 2004 and received his masters in The Friends of the Library offer Voice from Mannes College of Music. guided docent tours of the library. Mr. Carmon was also a winner of the Registration forms are available Carol Sudhalter Friday-Woodmere Music Club vocal at the Information Desk. competition and a winner of the 5 Towns Music and Art competition. ÌF Highlights in Jazz BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ presents MEETINGS Jazz Portraits of Cole Porter, Monday, January 12, Harold Arlen & Jerome Kern 7:15 pm open, 7:45 pm meeting with Carol Sudhalter and Company Monday, February 9, 7:15 pm open, I Thursday, January 29, 7:45 pm meeting 7:30 pm Monday, March 9, 7:15 pm open, Saxophonist/flutist Carol Sudhalter

7:45 pm meeting and her all star quintet featuring vocal - Jay Rozen ist Elena Camarine will perform jazz versions of songs composed by Cole Board of Trustees Dunstable Trio - Violin, Benjamin A. Eilbott, President Porter, Harold Arlen, and Jerome Kern. Susan S. Warner, Vice President District residents and Friends of the Library Bassoon and Tuba may pick up tickets beginning Wednesday, David A. Adler, Treasurer I Thursday, March 12, 1 pm Donald A. Davidson January 14, 10 am & 7 pm. Shari H. Braverman Leader: Jay Rozen, tuba Susan O. de S ciora, Director Early music, Berg, Schoenberg, Nadine Connors, Editor and Programs Hindemith, and some whimsy!

2 EVENTS & PERFORMANCES ALA Grant Program/ Nextbook PART II New Talent/New Ideas ÌF AUTHOR VISIT Andrey Tchekmazov, cello The End of Innocence: Let’s Talk About It: Jewish I Sunday, The 1964-1965 New York Literature: Identity and March 8, World’s Fair 2:30 pm By Lawrence R. Samuel Imagination Hailed by critics I Tuesday, January 6, 1 pm Modern Marvels: Jewish as an ‘extraordi - Literature in the Graphic nary musician” (The Washington Novel Post ) cellist Andrey With discussion leader, Tchekmazov is Dr. Sally Ann Drucker known for his ver - Join us for part two of this excit - satility as a soloist, ing grant program featuring the recitalist, and chamber musician. Born graphic novel. Residents may reserve in Moscow into a family of professional books ahead of time. pianists, he studied piano and later Registration begins Wednesday, Feb. 4, cello at the Gnessin Academy. A schol - 10 am . arship student at The Juilliard School, he has performed extensively in the SPECIAL PROGRAM United States and in Europe. American Comics & the Tickets may be picked up beginning Rise of the Graphic Novel Wednesday, February 25, 10 am & 7 pm. Former resident of Hewlett, Larry With Cartoonist/Graphic Samuel has written a book about the Novelist C.M. Butzer New Talent/New Ideas famous World’s Fair of 1964-1965, pub - I Sunday, February 8, 2 pm Hyung Do Kim, pianist lished by Syracuse Press. A delightful (See Front cover for details.) Ji Soo Kim, violin book about a hopeful time, space trav - el, the world around us, and the inno - The discussion schedule is I Sunday, March 22, 2:30 pm cence of the New Frontier. Mr. Samuel as follows: Twelve year old piano prodigy is also the author of Pledging I 5 Tuesdays at 10:30 am Hyung-Do Kim with be performing with Allegiance: An American Identity and February 24 - A Contract with his equally talented older sister, Ji Soo the Bond Drive of World War II and God by Will Eisner Kim, violin. Hyung-Do Kim performed Brought to You By: Postwar Television as part of the Winners Concert with Advertising and the American Dream . March 24 - The Complete Maus the Friday-Woodmere Music Club, He lives in Miami Beach. by Art Spiegelman Spring 2008. “ A poetic masterpiece, thought- April 21 - Julius Knipl, Tickets may be picked up beginning provoking, and of sound scholarship.” Real Estate Photographer Wednesday, March 11, 10 am & 7pm . — Philip E. Schoenberg, President, by Ben Katchor New York Talks and Walks. May 12 - The Quitter ÌF Emerging Patterns of by Harvey Pekar International Terrorism AUTHOR VISIT June 2 - The Rabbi’s Cat With Michael Dressler, AIG World Long Island History by Joan Sfar Investigative Resources Jones Beach: An Illustrated I Tuesday, March 10, 7:30 pm History In Case of Weather This lecture will give an overview of By John Hanc Emergency how international terrorism has gotten I Thursday, March 19, 1 pm to where it is now, where the United We urge you to call 374-1667 dur - John Hanc is a long time contribut - States is now in terms of terrorism, and ing a weather emergency before leav - ing writer for Newsday . A fascinating ing for the library. All information what we are doing now to control any lecturer, Mr. Hanc has written a defini - regarding closings and delayed open - future terrorist activities. tive history of Jones Beach back to the ings will be posted on this taped Mr. Dressler is a resident of Hewlett Jones behind the beach - Sir Thomas announcement. Please note that if and the Chief Investigative Officer at the Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD is Jones. He will lecture about this his - AIG World Investigative Resources. closed, the library will not open toric Long Island landmark and much before 1 pm. more.

3 LECTURES & COURSES Seated Aerobics ethnic composition of French, Scottish, Frank Lloyd Wright Irish, and English heritage. With Fran Machida, With Mary Vahey DanceAerobics ART LECTURES I Tuesday, March 17, 1 pm I Wednesdays at 11 am The Battle of Anghiari: Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect and January 7, 14, 21, 28 Leonardo’s Lost Masterpiece controversial personality, was born June February 4, 11, 18 8, 1867 and died April 9,1959 at 91 March 4, 11, 18, 25 With Prof. Thomas Germano, years old. We will explore his career All classes are choreographed to SUNY Farmingdale, painter and architectural design. I enjoyable music. This is a complete Thursday, January 15, (See HWPL Readers: Loving Frank by workout from head to toe. Wear com - 10:30 am Nancy Horan, Monday, March 16, 2 pm) fortable clothes. In the early 1500s, the Florentine Republic commissioned Michelangelo From Victoria R . SPEAKING OF and Leonardo to paint two battle to Jackie O. : LONG ISLAND scenes to commemorate the heroic vic - tories of the Republic. Leonardo set out 109 Years of President Obama & the to outdo his rival, creating numerous Adornment for Economics of Long Island sketches. Neither artist completed the Men and and New York State commission. However, there is a belief Women today that under the current frescoes With Martin Cantor, CPA, With Jessica Ley, The Gilded Lily in the Palazzo Vecchio in the Sala dei LI Economic & Social Policy I Thursday, February 5, 1 pm Institute, Dowling College Cinquecento, Leonardo’s incomplete Battle of Anghiari might be recovered. This exciting PowerPoint/illustrated I Thursday, January 22, 1 pm lecture covers the decades from 1860 What lies ahead for New Yorkers to 1969, highlighting the historic, soci - given the current fiscal crisis and how etal, economic, and political influences will New York figure in the economic in each period, from the somber reign plans of this new administration and of Queen Victoria through the sizzling Albany? Join us for a lively discussion. sixties presided over by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Unimportant, but useful, One item of jewelry per person for math tricks, as well as some a verbal evaluation. Ms. Ley has been a dealer in antique interesting, but irrelevant, and vintage jewelry for 20 years and information. holds a certificate in Fine Arts With Ben Eilbott Appraisal from NYU. I Tuesday, January 27, 10:30 am AARP DRIVER IMPROVEMENT The Olympic symbol of five inter - Call 516 374-1967 x 231 for infor - locking rings denotes the five conti - mation about our on-going defensive nents. Five? driving classes. Why is everyone naked in a gymnasi - um? Your tax bill rises from 6% to 8%. How much is the increase? Gas at the Marc Chagall: Chagall and TAX HELP IS AVAILABLE pump goes from $2.00 to $3.00. Your Artists of the Russian Theater Tuesdays, February 17 – April 14 car does 20 mpg. What is your Exhibit: The Jewish Museum of 10 am - 1 pm increased cost per mile? Can you men - New York, November 9 through By appointment only tally calculate 3 ½ x 3 ½ almost instan - March 22, 2009 Tax help is available for senior cit - taneously? Just a sampling. With Mary Vahey izens with simple tax returns. This I Tuesday, February 3, 1 pm service is available through the aus - Travel Lights Through paintings, costume and set pices of the Town of Hempstead’s With Irma and Bob Mandel designs, posters, photographs, film Office of Senior Enrichment. Please Newfoundland and Nova Scotia clips and theater memorabilia, this bring last year’s tax return, 1099s or I Thursday, March 5, 1 pm exhibition reflects the moment in the W-2s, and any other pertinent docu - cultural history of the Soviet Union Newfoundland – unique, barren, ments. when innovative visual artists joined rugged, beautiful cliffs and rocky Beginning Tuesday, January 6, forces with avant-garde playwrights, coastline. Nova Scotia – tamer, more 2009 at 10 am, call 374-1967 x 231, actors, and theatrical producers. populated than Newfoundland. Multi- to schedule an appointment. 4 LECTURES H-WPL READERS Jobs . . . Jobs . . . Jobs . . . A Monthly Afternoon Discussion Group I Mondays at 2 pm Resume Writing and Job District residents may reserve copies of the books well in advance of the discus - Preparation Skills sions. Review packets are available at the Information Desk. Join us for an after - With Christine Brown, noon discussion of good books. Long Island Cares I Tuesday, January 13, 10:30 am Unaccustomed Earth Loving Frank Brush up your resume, create a pro - By Jhumpa Lahiri By Nancy Horan I fessional cover letter, find out about Monday, January 12 Discussion leader: Ellen Getreu the websites and resources helpful in Discussion leader: I Monday, March 16 your job search. Candace Plotsker-Herman Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Christine Brown has a BA in Author of Interpreter of Maladie s Borthwick Cheney met when husband Sociology/Social Work, and is currently and The Namesake, Ms. Lahiri returns to Edwin Cheney commissioned Mr. Wright working on a MPH Stony Brook in Public the topic of expatriate Bengali parents to build a house for them. Their subse - Health. Long Island Cares offers a and their American-born raised children. quent love affair wrecked both their variety of programs and is the oldest “Never before has Lahiri mined so marriages. Ms. Horan’s novel focuses foodbank on Long Island. perfectly the secrets of the human not only on the love affair but on heart.” — Carol Memmott, USA TODAY. Mamah Cheney, a bright, intelligent Personal Organization woman at odds with the restrictions of Workshops The Thirteenth Tale: the early 20th century. A Novel “Loving Frank is a remarkable literary with Kathryn Hunt, Fashion achievement, tenderly acute and even- Designer and Career Coach By Diane Setterfield handed in even the most I Tuesday, February 10, 1 pm Discussion leader: Edna Ritzenberg heartbreaking moments.” Everyone admits to using 20% of a I Monday, February 9 — Ann Bartholomew, closet filled to 110% capacity. Vida Winter, Britain’s most famous Amazon Significant Organization is the key to an effortless author, has been confounding her fans Seven. wardrobe. Whether you are preparing and biographers for years by giving 19 for a job search or you want to make different versions of her life. She con - use of the clothes you have more cre - tacts Margaret Lea, a London book - atively, this is the workshop for you. seller’s daughter who has written an obscure biography, to engage her to Dressing for Success: write her true life story before she dies. Men & Women In the style of Brontë and Du Maurier, author Setterfield crafts a story around I Tuesday, February 17, a plain young woman who gets 7:30 pm immersed in a dark ruin of a house. A Create a wardrobe that works for rich plot cleverly written, a twisting interviews, meetings, and travel. Learn voyage into a world of secrets, confused how to navigate today’s business casual identities, lies, half-truths, and a rous - style while impressing higher-ups. ing good ghost story! Reaching Your Personal Best at All Ages ÌF GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION GROUP 2008 With Beverly Eiges Dr. Allen Lanner and the Great Books discussion group continue. Selections are I Tuesday, March 3, 1 pm read and discussed from the following books: Looking and feeling our best is desir - I Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. April 14 able at all ages, by men and women February 24 Ford, Ford Madox The Good Soldier alike. Create a positive self-image Flaubert, Gustave Sentimental ISBN 0-486-41921-5 through body language, selective Education May 12 wardrobe, speech, and life goals. ISBN 0-486-45233-6 Wharton, Edith Summer Beverly Eiges is the former director March 17 ISBN 0-486-45238-7 of the Barbizon School of Modeling. Forster, E.M. A Room with a View All books are available at Dover ISBN 0-486-28467-0 Publications, 31 E. 2nd St, Mineola, NY 11501- 3582. Fax or credit card orders: 516-294-9758. Tele: 516-241-5438. ÌF Indicates a Friends of the Library program.

5 FILMS THE BIG SCREEN These were great films when they were shown in a movie house on the big screen, before the days of television and VCR and DVD players. Join us for the big screen experience!

Auntie Mame I Sunday, January 11, 2 pm Starring Rosalind Russell, Forrest The Visitor Tucker, Coral Browne, Peggy Cass, Fred Clark, I Wednesday, January 21, Roger Smith 2 & 7:30 pm Directed by Morton DaCosta, Starring Richard Jenkins, Hiam Abbass, 143 min., 1958 Haaz Sleiman, Dani Gurira Based on the book by the Directed by Tom Mc Carthy, PG-13, 118 min. same name by Patrick Dennis, outra - Thou?’ about the common man. Film- From the director of The Station geous Auntie Mame Dennis is an individ - makers Joel and Ethan Coen paid Agent , this is the story of an aging pro - ualist socialite who becomes the homage to Sturges and his film by nam - fessor and a real estate scammed guardian of her brother’s son, Patrick, ing their own 21st century film O couple, who has taken up residence in when her brother dies. Rosalind Russell Brother, Where Art Thou. After some the professor’s apartment. A heartfelt is at her best as Mame and Peggy Cass failed attempts dressed as a hobo and drama, which explores identity and is hilarious as her pregnant assistant. companionship on the road with an immigration. aspiring blonde actress simply called The Palm Beach Story The Girl (Veronica Lake), he succeeds Mamma Mia! I Sunday, February 1, 2 pm unexpectedly in losing his freedom, I Wednesday, January 28, Starring Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, identity and name, health, pride, and 2 & 7:30 pm Rudy Vallee money to find what he was looking for. Starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Directed by Preston Sturges, 88 min., 1942 A dramatic comedy worth seeing again. Christine Baranski Gerry Jeffers (Claudette Colbert) Directed by Phyllida Lloyd, PG-13, 108 min. walks out on her husband Tom (Joel Based on the musical by the same McCrea) because she feels she is a bur - WEDNESDAYS @ THE MOVIES name, full of fun, campy singing, span - den for him and no help in getting his Indiana Jones & the dex, any maybe You Can Dance through new age airport built. She finds herself Kingdom of the Crystal Skull the whole movie! on a train to Florida , with Tom in hot I pursuit, in search of a millionaire to Wednesday, January 7, Music Within 2 & 7:30 pm marry who will finance Tom’s airport. I Wednesday, February 4, The train ride with the Ale and Quail Starring Harrison Ford, Ray Winstone, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett 2 & 7:30 pm Club and their dogs, meeting million - Directed by Steven Spielberg, PG-13, 162 min. Starring Ron Livingston, Melissa George, aire Hackensacker III (Rudy Vallee), on Nineteen years later, he’s cracking Michael Sheen to Palm Beach and Hackensacker’s Directed by Steven Sawalich, Rated R, 99 min. his whip again, and many things have predatory sister (Mary Astor), who has Based on a true story, Music Within changed . . . but some have remained the taken a fancy to Tom, turns this movie depicts how one man helped change same. into a four-ring circus! policies and attitudes toward people Golden Door with disabilities. Sullivan’s Travels I I Wednesday, January 14, Encounters of the End Sunday, March 15, 2 pm 2 & 7:30 pm Starring Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake of the World Starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vincenzo Amato Directed by Preston Sturges, 90 min., 1941 I Directed by Emanuele Crialese, PG-13, 115 min. Wednesday, February 11, The film tells of the ‘mission’ of subtitles 2 &7:30 pm ‘Sully’ (Joel McCrea), a big-shot Set in 1913, a widowed Italian Starring & Directed by Werner Herzog, l01 min. Hollywood director of lightweight father and his two sons decide to come documentary comedies, to experience suffering in to America. Beautiful costumes and Encounters at the End of the World the world before producing his next stunning photography with a plot that offers a poignant study of the human socially-conscious film of hard times - cleverly twists and turns. psyche amid haunting, stunningly beau - an epic titled ‘O Brother, Where Art tiful landscapes of Antarctica. 6 FILMS IN THE GALLERY charms with beautiful views of the Brideshead Spanish city and a wonderful, well- Revisited matched cast. I Wednesday, February 18, The Fall 2 & 7:30 pm I Starring Matthew Wednesday, March 25, Goode, Ben Whishaw, 2 & 7:30 pm Hayley Atwell, Emma Thompson Starring Lee Pace, Justine Waddell, Daniel Directed by Julian Jarrold, PG-13, 134 min. Caltagirone, Leo Bill, Catinca Untaru Based on the novel by Evelyn Directed by Tarsem Singh, Rated R, 117 min. Waugh, it is a suspenseful, beautiful A beautiful, fanciful film whose film that draws contemporary audi - story flows between a hospital in 1915 ences into the drama of class, religion, Los Angeles with an injured, heartbro - and desires. ken actor and the fantastic story he tells a child in an effort to get her to Asher Levy Frozen River help him. Film debut by Romanian child I January 7 - February 25, 2009 star Catinca Untaru is unforgettable. I Wednesday, February 25, I Reception: Thursday, 2 & 7:30 pm January 8, 7 pm Starring Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Using mostly black and white por - Michael O’Keefe Directed by Courtney Hunt, Rated R, 97 min. traits of people he photographed Two women, driven by economic through the years, Mr. Levy transforms hardship, form an unlikely partnership them into colorful, dynamic images, smuggling illegal immigrants across the using bright and vivid colors. Canadian border in this gritty indie film. IN THE BOEHM ROOM Picturing America La Vie en Rose NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH Picturing America, an exciting new I WOMEN - ADVOCACY Wednesday, March 4, initiative from the National Endowment 2 & 7:30 pm A WALK TO BEAUTIFUL for the Humanities, in cooperation with Starring Marion Cotillard, Gerard Depardieu, Directed by Mary Olive Smith & Amy Bucher the American Library Association brings Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory Engel Entertainment high-quality reproductions of notable Directed by Oliver Dahan, PG-13, 141 min. Speaker: TBA American art into communities. Beautiful sets and cinematography, I Sunday, March 29, 2 pm Marion Cotillard’s mesmerizing portray - The award winning feature-length al of famous, tragic songtress Edith Piaf documentary A Walk to Beautiful is not to be missed. tells the stories of five Ethiopian TAC PROGRAMS Transsiberian women who suffer from devastating childbirth injuries and embark on a SAT PREP AND STRATEGY I Wednesday, March 11, journey to reclaim their lost dignity. COURSE 2 & 7:30 pm Rejected by their husbands and A 90 minute session for students and Starring Eduardo Noriega, Ben Kingsley, ostracized by their communities, parents that includes a comprehensive Kate Mara, Woody Harrelson these women are left to spend the overview of the SAT, including common Directed by Brad Anderson, Rated R, 111 min. rest of their lives in loneliness and types of questions and test-taking Two missionaries working abroad shame. They make the choice to advice. Learn tips and tricks on how to decide to take the Trans-Siberian take the long and arduous journey to score your best and find out what is Express train, making friends with a the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in covered on the SAT, even the essay. couple along the way. A suspenseful search of a cure and a new life. thriller with an intimidating Russian Math Portion with Dr. Keith Harrow detective (Ben Kingsley) . District residents may pick up tickets I Monday, January 5, 7 -8:30 pm beginning Wednesday, March 18, 10 am & 7 pm. Writing Portion with Ellen Karcinel l Vicky Cristina Barcelona * Non- residents who are members of I I Wednesday, March 18, National Council of Jewish Women, Monday, January 12, 2 & 7:30 pm Peninsula Section, may obtain tickets for 7- 8:30 pm both films at the Offices of NCJW, Starring Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz, District Residents may register at the 342 Central Avenue, Lawrence, NY Rebecca Hall, Javier Bardem Information Desk beginning Monday, Tele: 516.569.3660. Directed by Woody Allen, PG-13, 96 min. December 22 at 10 am. THERE ARE NO A beguiling tragic-comedy, which FEES FOR THESE COURSES. 7