A monthly guide to your community library, its programs and services Issue No. 262, February 2011 February holidays The library will be open 1 to 5 p.m. on WALKING THE LINE: Monday, February 21 in observance of A Tribute to Johnny Cash Presidents’ Day. Men’s book group Join us on Tuesday, February 1 at 2 or 7:30 p.m. for a discussion of Summer- time by J.M. Coetzee. In this autobio- graphical novel, a young biographer is researching for his book about the deceased John Coetzee. He interviews various people who knew Coetzee when he was in his 30s, based on the notion that this was the period in which Coetzee developed himself as a writer. AARP Tax Help Get help with your tax return on Tues- days from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. February 1 through April 12. Appointment re- quired — call the Information Desk SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27 AT 3 P.M. Join us for Walking the Line: A Tribute to Johnny Cash. On February 26, the Man in Black would have for availability. been 79. Walking the Line takes you on a musical journey performing material from every decade of Cash’s legendary career. Long Island’s own Tom Cavanagh, whose most recent gig was as lead guitar in Broadway’s Rock of Ages, plays the part of Johnny Cash. The 7-piece band comes complete with three Carter sisters providing harmonies — Christine Vaskas as June, Lisa Stawecki as Anita and Jess Katz as Helen. New magazines Also, James Erickson on guitar as Luther Perkins, Kenny Kearney on bass as Marshall Grant, Chris Pagano on drums as W.S. Holland. If you The library has added following titles love the music of Johnny Cash, but never got to see him live, this is as close as you can get. to our extensive collection: ADDitude, Concrete Wave, The Fisherman, Food and Wine, Le Monde Diplomatique, Teen Voices and The Week. The latest copies of Concrete Wave and Teen Voices can be found in TeenSpace. The Fortune & Spirits most recent editions of the other titles are in the Reading Room. If you have a suggestion for a new title, please contact the Reference Desk. Tai Chi Improve your balance, stamina, coor- dination and well being with Tai Chi. Registration for a 4-session series be- gins March 3. See next month’s issue for details. Interested in running for the library board? The Library Budget Vote & Trustee Election takes place Tuesday, April 12. This year, there is an open seat on the Board of Trustees. Residents interested in being a candidate should pick up a petition at the Administra- tion Office Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. beginning February 14. After hours and on week- ends, please ask for the librarian in charge. Petitions must be returned by March 14. Please keep the following dates in mind — February 16: Budget FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25 AT 7:30 P.M.: SoundSwap presents the band Fortune & Spirits in a live performance. Along with The Hearing/Board Meeting, March 16: Red Season, Fortune & Spirits rose from the ashes of indie pop/jazz sextet Nothing Plural. Founded in 2007 through a partnership Budget Hearing/Board Meeting, and of producer/solo artist Jim Robert and drummer Matthew Record, Fortune & Spirits eventually grew to include a full rock band setup and string section. Fortune & Spirits has from its inception been writing songs for a forthcoming eponymous debut album. March 30 : Budget Information Session & Meet the Candidates’ Night. Spy films & shows in DVD This month we screen the An- (series) • The Man Who Knew Too gelina Jolie filmSalt . Here is a selec- Little • The Man Who Never Was • tion of other spy films and teleseries The Manchurian Candidate (both from our circulating DVD collection: versions) • Mata Hari • MI-5 Affair in Trinidad • Alias (se- (series) • Ministry of Fear • Mis- ries) • The Ambushers • Austin Pow- sion: Impossible (series and films) • ers (film trilogy) •The Avengers (se- Modesty Blaise • Mr. & Mrs. Smith ries) • Bait • Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever • My Favorite Blonde • My Favorite • Belly of the Beast •Berlin Express • Brunette • North by Northwest • Billion Dollar Brain • Black Book • Notorious • OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Black Dragons • Blockade • Blood Spies • Our Man Flint • Our Man on the Sun • Blunt: The Fourth Man in Havana • Paris Underground • Body of Lies • Bourne Identity (both • Pickup on South Street • The versions) • The Bourne Supremacy Prisoner (series) • The Recruit • • The Bourne Ultimatum • Breach • Reilly, Ace of Spies (series) • Remo Breakaway • British Intelligence • A Williams: The Adventure Begins • Bullet for Joey • Burn Notice (series) Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island Upcoming MAC concerts Sabotage • Saboteur • The • Callan (series) • Candlelight in Sunday, March 6 at 3 p.m.: Pianist Charlie Albright performs selections Sandbaggers (series) • The Saint Algiers • Charlie Chan (film series) from Janacek, Menotti and Schumann. • Charlie’s Angels (series and film) (series) • Secret Agent • Secret Agent X-9 • The Sentinel • Shack • Charlotte Gray • Confessions of a Sunday, April 10 at 3 p.m.: Singer Bill Staines performs in the Annual Out on 101 • Shiri • The Silencers Nazi Spy • Contraband • Cool Mc- Jean Ritchie Folk Concert. Cool cartoons • Cottage to Let • The • Smiley’s People • Spartan • Spies • The Spook Who Sat by the Door • Day of the Jackal • A Deadly Affair Sunday, May 15 at 3 p.m.: Saxophonist Ashu and pianist Kuang-Hao Spy Game • Spy Hunt • Spy Kids • The Eagle Has Landed • Eye of the Huang perform selections from Rachmaninoff, Villa-Lobos, Debussy (series) • Stopover Tokyo • The Needle and Piazzolla. Family of Spies • Fathom • Tailor of Panama • Team America: First Strike • 5 Fingers • Five Graves World Police • They Got Me Covered to Cairo • The Foreigner • Foreign • The Thief • The 39 Steps • Three Correspondent • Get Smart (series Days of the Condor • Tinker, Tailor, and film) • The Good Shepherd • Soldier, Spy • Top Secret! • Topaz Meet author Tom Franklin Hangmen Also Die! • The Holcroft • Torn Curtain • Triple Agent • Covenant • The House on 92nd Street True Lies • 24 (series) • Unpub- Crooked Letter, Crooked thoughtful story that sinks deep • I See a Dark Stranger • I Spy (se- lished Story • The Whistle Blower • Letter, Edgar Award-winner Tom into a Southern hamlet of the ries) • In Like Flint •The Informant! World for Ransom • The Wrecking Franklin’s third novel, tells a rivet- American psyche,” says the Wash- • The In-Laws (both versions) • Crew • XXX ing story of rural Mississippi. ington Post. Journey into Fear • Kiss of the Dragon And don’t forget the James The author visits on Tuesday, Books will be available for pur- • La Femme Nikita • The Lady Van- Bond movie series! If you need even February 8 at 11:30 a.m. chase and signing. Refreshments ishes • Lust, Caution more espionage entertainment, In the 1970s, the South was will be served. Sponsored by the MacGruber • The Mackintosh you’ll find many other films in our rife with racial tension, but skin Friends of the Library. Man • The Man from U.N.C.L.E. circulating VHS collection! color didn’t matter to boyhood companions Silas Jones and Larry Ott. Silas, the son of a poor, single black mother, and Larry, the child of white lower-middle-class parents, were both outsiders — Silas because of his color, Larry because he was quiet and a little odd. Their bond strengthened over time, until the night a pretty local girl went on a date with Larry and was never heard from again. No body was found and Larry never confessed, but that didn’t keep the townspeople from suspecting him. “[A] terrific new novel…. if you’re looking for a smart, Save the date: Sunday, March 20 Friends’ FOL University features Bogen Memorial Lecture “Herman Melville’s classic newspaper obituary writers were afternoon, “Melville in his Time and contemporary issues in higher Moby Dick is perhaps the greatest surprised to learn that he wasn’t al- Ours,” will focus on why Melville was education. In 2001, he was named of all American novels. Melville, ready dead,” says professor Andrew unrecognized in his own time, and why by Time Magazine as “America’s however, was virtually unknown in Delbanco. his genius, recognized over the course Best Social Critic,” and in 2003 was his day. He was a genius who, after Delbanco, Chair of the Ameri- of the 20th century, speaks to us so named New York State Scholar of a youth of wandering and adventure, can Studies Department at Columbia powerfully today. the Year by the New York Council sat down to write his masterpiece University and author of Melville: His Andrew Delbanco’s essays ap- for the Humanities. at the midpoint of the 19th century. World and Work, will be welcomed pear regularly in The New York Review See next month’s issue for “Yet, upon publication Moby by the Friends of the Library on of Books, The New Republic, The New information on a second FOL Uni- Dick was denounced and worse, Sunday, March 20 to present the York Times Magazine, and other jour- versity Scholar. ignored, by the critics, and Melville Ruth D. Bogen Memorial Lecture nals, on topics ranging from Ameri- died unknown — so obscure that at FOL University. His topic for the can literary and religious history to 2011/2012 Budget Meetings February 16 Budget Hearing/Board Meeting March 16 Budget Hearing/Board Meeting March 30 Budget Information Session & Meet the Candidates’ Think spring! Bus trip Join us as we head Back to Brooklyn: Coney Island and Brighton Beach on Wednesday, May 25. We’ll depart from the library parking lot promptly at 9 a.m.