A monthly guide to your community library, its programs and services

Issue No. 257, September 2010

September Holidays The library will be closed September 4 through 6 in observance of Labor Day Weekend. On Saturday, September 25, the library will close at 1 p.m. so that we can prepare for the Library Founda- tion’s Inspiration Gala.

Foundation Gala The Port Washing Library Found- ation’s 7th Inspiration Gala takes place on September 25. Story inside.

Adult story time Think the kids have all the fun? Tired of reading to them or to yourself? Join us on Wednesday, September 29 at 4 p.m. for a short session of listening, like you did when you were a kid, while we read to you. Contact Lee Fertitta at 883-4400, Ext. 135 for more information.

New resume resource Optimal Resume is an online resource that allows you to create resumes, write cover letters, produce video resumes and personalized career websites. In addition, interview training, skills assessments, document portfolios, and job searching assistance are all offered for free. Visit www.pwpl.org and click on the Optimal Resume link to get started. For further information contact the reference department at 883-4400, Ext. 111 or email reference@ pwpl.org.

Tapped! Join us for a screening and discussion of Tapped on Thursday, September 23 at 7:30 p.m. Who owns the water? Is access to clean water a basic human right, or is water a commodity that Caroline Goulding opens MAC season should be privatized and sold only to Still in her teens, Caroline Strings magazine in December Concert Artists Series, sponsored those who can afford it? From the pro- Goulding has been proclaimed as 2009, Ms. Goulding’s article about by the Rhoda Walker Teagle Con- ducers of Who Killed The Electric Car? “A precociously gifted virtuoso, the Korngold Violin Concerto ap- cert Prize. She will be presented comes an extraordinary new docu- a violinist of impressive techni- peared in the issue as well. She was in Boston at the Isabella Stewart mentary. Co-sponsored by Grassroots cal polish and musical maturity” on National Public Radio’s From the Gardner Museum and co-presented Environmental Education. by Gramophone magazine. She Top, hosted by pianist Christopher by the Washington Performing Arts has performed as soloist with the O’Riley, when she was 14. At 16, Te- Society in her Kennedy Center Cleveland Orchestra, the Toronto larc recorded a CD with Ms. Gould- debut. Friends & Family Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit ing and Christopher O’Riley, which Ms. Goulding has participated Weekend Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas won a 2010 Grammy nomination. in the Starling-DeLay Symposium Save the date! Join the Friends of the Symphony, the Cleveland Pops and A First Prize winner in the 2009 at the Juilliard School, at the In- Library for a weekend of events includ- the Aspen Concert Orchestra, to Young Concert Artists International terlochen Center for the Arts and ing the return of the popular paperback name a few. Auditions, Ms. Goulding was also the Ceilidh Trail School of Celtic swap on Saturday November 6 and Caroline Goulding opens the awarded the Slomovic Orchestra So- Music on Cape Breton Island, Nova the second FOL University featuring Music Advisory Council’s 2010- loist Prize and the Buffalo Chamber Scotia. two scholarly lectures on Sunday, No- 2011 season on Sunday, September Music Society Prize. She currently works with Joel vember 7. Watch for more information 19 at 3 p.m. Her debut opens the Smirnoff at the Cleveland Institute next month. Featured on the cover of 50th anniversary season of the Young of Music. 7th Inspiration Gala honorees On September 25, the library a chauffeured night at the opera, a classics from the “Great American Tickets to this event are $250 will be transformed for the Library villa in Turks and Caicos, a weekend Songbook,” and four outstanding and sponsorship opportunities are Foundation’s Seventh Inspiration in the Berkshires, a house in Mon- Port Washington residents will be available. Come that night to mix and Gala featuring a cocktail extrava- tauk, a private plane ride and lunch in honored. Community Leadership mingle and learn more about the proj- ganza with open bars, signature Martha’s Vineyard, teeth whitening, Awards will go to Ayhan Hassan, ects that the Port Washington Library drinks, a beer garden, food stations, a $500 gift certificate to Ayhan’s, and Hal Spielman and Zelik Ziegelbaum. Foundation has funded. For more and wonderful desserts — all pro- golf lessons. Retiring library board president information, please call 883-4400, vided by Ayhan’s Mediterranean Singer Harvey Granat will en- Julie Geller will be presented with a Ext. 180 or email the Foundation at Marketplace. Raffle prizes include tertain guests with a selection of Lifetime Achievement Award. [email protected].

Saturday, July 25 The library will be open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. so that we can prepare for the Foundation Gala

Board adopts Susan Isaacs talks about her latest book sponsorship Port Washington’s own Susan tan Writing Center Award. the Arts Literature Program and on Isaacs visits the library on Tuesday, She serves as chairman of the many anti-censorship campaigns. policy September 14 at 7:30 p.m. to talk board of Poets & Writers and is a about and read from her latest tour past president of Mystery Writers de force As Husbands Go (Scribner, of America. She is also a member At its June 16 meeting, 2010). Books will be available for of the Creative Coalition, PEN, the the library Board of Trustees purchase and signing, and refresh- American Society of Journalists adopted a sponsorship policy. ments will be served. This program and Authors, the International As- The board encourages is sponsored by the Friends of the sociation of Crime Writers and the financial sponsorship in support Library. Adams Round Table. She sits on of programs, events, projects Susan Isaacs was dubbed “Jane the boards of the Queens College and activities conducted by the Austen with a shmear” on NPR’s Foundation, the Walt Whitman library or by library-affiliated Fresh Air. Isaacs’ fiction includes Birthplace Association, the North groups in conjunction with the Lily White, After All These Years and Shore Child and Family Guidance library. . In 1985, she wrote Association and the Nassau County All sponsorship donations the screenplay for Paramount’s Coalition Against Domestic Vio- will be made to the Port Wash- (based on lence, and is an active member of ington Library Foundation and her novel), which starred Susan Sar- her synagogue. applications to participate as a andon and . She also wrote A member of the National sponsor will be reviewed by the and co-produced Touchstone Pic- Book Critics Circle, she has re- library’s Board of Trustees. tures’ Hello Again. The 1987 comedy viewed for , The Board of Trustees starred Shelley Long, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago reserves the right to exempt any and Judith Ivey. Tribune, and organizations from this policy at Susan Isaacs is a recipient of , and written about poli- its sole discretion. the Writers for Writers Award, the tics, film, popular culture and First For additional information, Marymount Manhattan Writing Amendment issues. contact the library director’s of- Center Award, the John Steinbeck She has worked to gather sup- fice at 883-4400, Ext. 101. Award and the Marymount Manhat- port for the National Endowment of Gerald Busby visits On Sunday, September 26 at 3 p.m. composer Gerald Busby presents a combined performance and discussion of the importance of time to the creation of music for dance, film, theater and the concert stage, with examples from his repertoire of compositions in those fields. Busby, a native Texan, gradu- ate of Yale and protege of Virgil Thomson, made his professional debut as a composer with a com- mission from Paul Taylor. Other significant collabora- tions include the score for Robert Altman’s film 3 Women and an opera, Orpheus in Love, with Craig Lucas. In addition to his more than 200 concert works in all genres, Busby has acted in films and has been awarded commissions, fellowships and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the John Simon Guggenheim Honorable Grasshopper Foundation, the Rockefeller Foun- dation, the MacDowell Colony and In the Photography Gallery / September 9 through October 31 Yaddo. Most recently, Busby com- posed the score for Beautiful Dar- Winifred Boyd’s Inner Reflections of the Outer World ling, a feature-length documentary about Candy Darling, one of Andy Winifred Boyd clearly re- funky, digital ‘grandchildren’ to take work, coupled with miniature prints Warhol’s superstars of the 1970s. It members reaching for her dad’s center stage for the woman who can of her landscape photographs. premiered at the Berlinale earlier Nikon 35mm camera over 40 years now comfortably call herself “a pho- The photographer’s frequent use this year. ago. Many cameras and years have tographer,” one who is continually of simple and inexpensive digital passed under the bridge since learning and growing. point-and-shoot cameras reminds then. Simplicity coupled with in- the viewer that one does not always Winnie has become an acu- tense complexity form the du- need expensive tools to capture, puncturist and Reiki Master. But plicitous foundation of the natural explore and enjoy the incredible time has a unique way of flowing world’s innermost beauty. In much details of the world around us. in cycles, and the camera is now no of Ms. Boyd’s work she attempts to Look for a slide talk with the longer just a “visitor” to life’s mo- capture that concept through the photographer on Monday, October ments. Three degrees and a few use of macro photography. 4 at 7:30 p.m. decades later, a different camera, This unique exhibit features a Canon, has been joined by a few large prints of Winnie’s macro

Computer Live @ PWPL: an alternate route in library entertainment classes The Port Washington Public Kresge Trio, The Scofflaws, Millers Registration is in progress for the Library has taken another route to Crossing and The Queazles, among following classes: entertaining the community with its others. new series, live@pwpl. On one or Library Program Coordinator Your Computer: The Possibilities two Friday nights each month, the Jessica Ley is delighted with the 4 sessions - take as many as you library offers diverse performances response that her new series has like: ranging from blues to bluegrass, gotten from the community. “So from Celtic to country, from jazz far, we seem to be appealing to all • Word Processing: Saturday, Oc- to jive, from rock to reggae and ages,” she says, “which is exactly tober 9 from 10 a.m. to noon beyond. what I had in mind.” • Finances: Saturday, October 23, Without abandoning the more Coming up: from 10 a.m. to noon traditional concerts of classic com- Fusion jazz with the Shenole • Understand and Use Email: positions and the Great American Latimer Duo on September 24; Saturday, November 13 from 10 Songbook, the library is offering alternative rock with John Ford a.m. to noon opportunities to experience Long of The Strawbs (back by popular • Digital Photography: November Island-based talent. Our five annual demand!) on October 15; Doctorow, 20 from 10 a.m. to noon Celebrations of Talent Foxsong & Ramas salute Joni have been extremely popular, and Mitchell on November 5; and Street Payment of $12 (cash or check) have featured performers such as Fighter pays tribute to The Rolling for each class is payable at reg- Caroline Doctorow, Little Toby Walk- Stones on November 12. istration. John Ford of The Strawbs er, Gathering Time, Joe Iadanza, Ken All events begin at 7:30 p.m. ½ September Library Kids Welcome to the page for Children’s Services. Be sure to look here for upcoming exhibits, programs and articles relating to Children’s Services and the Parenting Information Center. Parents: Please comply with the age guidelines for these programs and be prepared to show proof of local residency. Early Childhood Programs To register or inquire about the following programs, please call Children’s Services at 883-4400, Ext.150. PlayHooray Monday, September 13 A preschool music and movement program. PlayHooray for Babies for ages birth to 18 months with an adult at 10 a.m. PlayHooray for Toddlers for ages 18 months to 2½ years with an adult at 10:45 or 11:30 a.m. Play- Hooray for children ages 2½ to 5 with an adult at 12:30 p.m. Registration begins September 7. Storytime Art Monday, September 27 from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Listen to classic picture books and create your own masterpiece with local resident and artist Devorah Weinberg. For children ages 2½ to 5 with an adult. Registration begins September 20. Preschool Story Time Programs for School-Age Kids Fridays at 10:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. Begins October 1 and ends December 10. For children ages 3½ to 5 without Kindergarten Through Sixth Grade an adult. No registration required. To register or inquire about the following programs, please call Children’s Services at 883-4400, Ext.150. A Time for Kids Monday, October 4 at 10:30 a.m., 12 noon or 1:15 p.m. Intergenerational Chess Workshop Educational activities combine preschool concepts and fun. For ages 18 Sundays, October 3, 10, 17 & 24 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. months to 5 years with an adult. Registration begins September 27. Join the Long Island Chess Nuts and learn how to play chess and improve your skills. Children ages 6 to 12 are invited to enjoy the game with a parent, grandparent or favorite adult. Co-sponsored by the Blumenfeld Toddler Story Time Family Fund in memory of Lawrence Kamisher. Registration begins Sep- Tuesdays at 10 or 11:30 a.m. tember 20. Begins October 5 and ends December 7. For children ages 2½ to 3½ with an adult. No registration required. After School Story Time Wednesdays at 4 p.m. October 6 through December 8 For children in kindergarten through second grade without an adult. Parent Child Workshop Registration begins September 27. Wednesdays, October 6, 13, 20, 27 & November 3 from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Spend time with your child and meet new people in an educational and cre- ative environment. Each week a different resource professional is on hand to discuss speech and hearing, physical fitness, nutrition and behavior. For children ages 18 to 29 months with an adult – siblings welcome. In-person registration begins September 23 at 9 a.m. - proof of age required. Parenting

Mother Goose Rhyme Time New Parents Support Group Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays at 4 p.m. October 6 through May 25 Session I: October 7, 14 & 21 The Port Washington Public Library has offered this wonderful program Session II: November 4, 11 &18 for the past few years. Our objective is to provide a place for new parents Session III: December 2, 9 & 16 to be able to talk with other new parents, share parenting concerns and For children ages birth to 17 months with an adult – siblings welcome. gain support in your most important role. Each parent can participate Registration begins September 30. in the group for 2 years or until their child is 2½ years old, whichever comes first. Registration begins September 27 — call Children’s Services at 883-4400, Ext.150. Tummy Time Thursdays, October 7, 14 and 21 from 11:30 to 12 noon Babies are spending more time on their backs than ever before due to the recommendations set by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Babies need lots of Tummy Time to develop their muscle strength and coordina- On Exhibit tion. You and your child will be led in song, rhymes, and simple stories. There will be time for playing with rattles, soft blocks, and other develop- mentally appropriate toys. This program is for parents/caregivers with Back-to-School babies between the ages of 3 months to pre-crawlers. Registration begins Visit the Children’s Room throughout the month to view a fun display of on September 30. school-related paraphernalia. Actress Helen Mirren This month we screen The Long Good Friday (wife of crime Last Station, which features an kingpin Bob Hoskins) • Losing Oscar-nominated performance by Chase (a mother suffering a ner- Helen Mirren. She was born Ilyena vous breakdown) • The Madness Vasilievan Mironov in West London of King George (Queen Charlotte) on July 26, 1945, joined the National • A Midsummer Night’s Dream Youth Theatre at age 18 and then (Hermia in the 1968 version, Tita- performed with the Royal Shake- nia in 1981) • The Mosquito Coast speare Company beginning at age (Harrison Ford’s wife) • National 21. She later brought her talents to Treasure: Book of Secrets • O Lucky the silver screen and to television. Man! • The Pledge • Prime Suspect Here are some of the Helen Mirren (police detective Jane Tennyson) • titles in our circulating collection: The Queen (Elizabeth II) • Raising DVD: Age of Consent (as Helen • Shadowboxer (Rose, an as- artist’s model Cora Ryan) • The sassin) • State of Play • 2010 Apple Cart (the king’s unruly mis- VHS: Cal (the Irish prob- tress) • As You Like It (Rosalind) lems) • Invocation: Maya Deren • Calendar Girls • Cause Celebre (narrator) • Miss Julie (the title (a woman confesses to murdering role) • No Such Thing • Pascali’s her husband) • The Clearing • The Island • The Passion of Ayn Rand Comfort of Strangers (the demented (the controversial author) • Some Caroline) • Coming Through (D.H. Mother’s Son (more Irish prob- Lawrence’s wife Frieda) • Cym- lems) • When the Whales Came beline (Imogen) • Door to Door • Where Angels Fear to Tread • • Elizabeth I (the title role) • Ex- White Nights calibur (Morgana) • Gosford Park • To learn more about the ac- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy tress, read her autobiography, In • Hussy (a prostitute named Beaty) the Frame: My Life in Works and • Inkheart • Last Orders • The Pictures.

Jobs & Careers Center Live @ PWPL Join us on Friday, September 24 at 7:30 p.m. for fusion jazz with the Shenole Latimer Duo. news Career Coaching: Career Schedule an appointment with coach Diane Reynolds meets pri- business etiquette specialist Nancy vately with those seeking assis- R. Wadler, Esq. to learn practical tance in job placement, career ideas and strategies that will help Artists Invite Artists options, skills assessment, resume you present a more polished and Members of the Art Advisory Council have each invited a friend, acquain- and cover letter preparation, and professional image. tance or colleague to participate in a group show this month. Meet the artists interviewing techniques. For fur- Registration begins Tuesday, at a reception on Friday, September 10 from 7 to 9 p.m. ther information or to schedule an October 12. See the October news- appointment, call the Reference letter for complete information. Art Advisory Council exhbitions are privately funded by donations to the Room at 883-4400, Ext. 111. Franchising: Franchise spe- Port Washington Library Foundation. Diane received her M.S. de- cialist Stuart Levenberg, of the gree in counseling from Hofstra Kensington Company, presents University, and has been a profes- Finding the Right Business for You: invited by Eileen Neville Tomek Bogacki sional career coach for over 20 All About Franchising and Business June Burden invited by Rachelle Krieger years. Re-Sales on Monday, October 18 at Sue Contessa invited by Barbara E. Fishman Business Etiquette: Indi- 7 p.m. vidual Appointments Available in Look for details in next Gloria Cunnick invited by Ann Pellaton October. month’s issue. Debbie Czegledy invited by Catchi Bernice Faegenburg invited by Marion Klein Thomas Germano invited by Marion McManus Robert Kobayashi invited by Pam Record Steve Lampasona invited by Shelley Holtzman Maria Lipkin invited by Bruce Laird Robert Raymond Mehling invited by Richard Kane Leonard Meiselman invited by Aaron Morgan Stephanie Narvon invited by MaryJo Anzel James Pion invited by Rita Katz John Schiff invited by Shellie Schneider Dustin Spear invited by Alan Fishkind Ken Wakeshima invited by Betty Gimbel Susan Zwirn invited by Lynda Schwartz What’s newinTeenSpace? information Complete on TRW it. activities of will fun be the for read to national initiative to encourage teens year’s this of theme the is Library” Your @ Beat With “Books 17-23). celebrate Teen Read Week (October to you invites Association, Library American the with conjunction in The Port Washington Public Library, series, the what know you Do books. new of collection our out check and remote the down Put television. the spending time with emphasizes family away from which Week, TV Turnoff National supports TeenSpace Banned Booksbelow. recommended of list our See ment. Amend- First the of importance the event annual celebrating the freedom to read and an is Week Books Banned List. Books Banned the on Giver all have in common? They are

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