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Newsletter of the Hewlett- Woodmere Public Library Overleaf APRIL ■ MAY ■ JUNE 2009, VOLUME 44, NUMBER 4 What’s Inside OVERLEAF JR. REMOVABLE INSERT Events & Performances Pages 2-3 Films Page 7 Friends of the Library Page 2 Great Books Discussion Page 5 H-WPL Readers Page 5 In the Gallery Page 6 Lectures & Courses Pages 4-6 Let’s Talk About It Page 6 HEWLETT-WOODMERE PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL LIBRARY VOTE AND ELECTION ❒F ECO DEL SUR,“Echoes of the South” Tuesday, April 7, 2009 ■ Sunday, April 5, 2:30 pm 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Eco del Sur plays authentic Andean music with a variety of traditional instru- The Boehm Five Towns ments originated during Pre-Columbian times in combination with the stringed instruments influenced by the Spanish conquistadors such as zampoñas, quenas, Forum Meeting Room zencas, ocarinas, charango, mandolin, guitar, Peruvian cajon, claves, rainsticks, PROPOSITION 1: and many more! This entertaining and educational presentation is a wonderful way Proposed 2009/2010 Library to introduce the diverse cultures, languages, and rich cultural heritage of the many Budget regions of South America. District residents & Friends of the Library may pick up tickets beginning Monday, March 30,10 am & 7 pm. PROPOSITION 2: The Friends of the Library are proud to co-sponsor this program. Election of Library Trustees QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING EDYTHE BRENNER Registration is required only if a MEMORIAL resident has not voted in a Hewlett- CONCERT Woodmere Union Free School District or Library referendum within the last Music in Exile: Émigré 4 years or in a general referendum Composers of the 1930s within the last 4 years. In order to be With MOTYL Chamber Ensemble eligible to register, you must be a ■ Sunday, May 3, 2:30 pm U.S. citizen, 18 years of age or older MOTYL is comprised of violinist Aleeza by Tuesday, April 7, 2009, and you Wadler, violin (Artistic Director), Julie must have been a legal resident of Artzt Becker, violin, Vivian Chang- the H-W UFSD for at least 30 days Freiheit, piano, Ellen Rose Silver, cello, prior to the referendum. Registration and Anoush Simonian, viola. Clarinetist for voting takes place Tuesday, March Marissa Byers will be guest artist with the 31, 2009, 1 p.m. – 9 p.m. in the group for this performance. This award Library. winning ensemble will present a concert featuring music by composers who were For further information, please forced to flee Germany and Austria during the 1930s . telephone Library Director, Susan de Sciora at 516- 374-1967. This project is made possible in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program administered by the Long Island Arts Council at Freeport. FIND US ON THE WEB AT: www.hwpl.org Tickets may be picked up beginning Wednesday, April 22, 10 am & 7 pm. EVENTS & PERFORMANCES Become a Friend of the Library The Friends of the Hewlett- Woodmere Public Library take pride and pleasure in enhancing the library experience for the community Shenole Latimer PHOTO BY FRANK COOPER through cultural programs, concerts, Shenole Latimer Ensemble children’s programs, book bags, and giving “gifts” to enhance the facility ■ Sunday, April 19, 2:30 pm beyond the budgeting process. So be Award-winning jazz saxophone and a Friend, and join today! Tierra Records recording artist, Shenole Lenore Kramer, President Latimer brings a talented ensemble of Irene Levy, VP Administration piano, bass, drums, and saxophone for LONG ISLAND READS Claire Zimmerman, VP Programs an afternoon of songs from the Swing 2009 Gitty Greene, VP Public Relations Era-1930s — 1960s and straight ahead Iris Gorenberg, VP Special Projects jazz. Shenole Latimer’s fun style and One Island, One Book Abbott Wool, VP At Large abundance of talent makes any perfor- A Two-Part Program Pearl Cande, VP Children's Library Liaison mance a memorable one. There will be June Firestone, Secretary an informal question and answer period Wait Till Next Year Florence Hoffman, Ph.D. about jazz at the end of the concert. by Doris Kearns Goodwin Immediate Past President District residents may pick up tickets beginning An hour-long performance /reading Wednesday, April 1, 10 am & 7 pm. in the style of radio drama Take A Guided Featuring actors Diana Heinlein “Behind the Books” Tour and David Houston of Your Library ■ Tuesday, April 28, 1 pm ■ Thursday, June 11, 10 am Set in Rockville Centre, 1948 to 1958, Wait Till Next Year is a touching The Friends of the Library offer memoir of growing up in love with guided docent tours of the library. family and baseball. Actors Diana Registration forms are available Heinlein and David Houston will present at the Information Desk. a dramatized reading of selections from the book. The BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ Brooklyn MEETINGS Dodgers With Bud Tuesday, April 7, 7 pm Livingston Monday, May 11, 7:45 pm ■ Tuesday, Monday, June 8, 7:45 pm April 14, 1 pm 5 Towns Indian Association In conjunction with the Long Island Children’s Day Reads Selection, Wait Till Next Year, Board of Trustees join us for a discussion about the Benjamin A. Eilbott, President ■ Sunday, April 26, 2:30 pm Dodgers, and enjoy those wonderful David A. Adler The children will perform Indian Donald A. Davidson days at Ebbets Field. We’ll discuss classical, folk, and Bollywood dances. Shari H. Braverman, Treasurer “Dem Bums” of the 30s, 40s, and 50s, Susan O. de Sciora, Director Skits and traditional music will illus- while we sit in the catbird seat and Nadine Connors, Editor and Programs trate the history, culture, and tradi- tear up the pea patch and discover a tions of India. host of fascinating characters. 2 EVENTS & PERFORMANCES ❒F AFTERNOON Christiana Drapkin WEEKDAY CONCERTS Benjamin Franklin and the Armonica With Cecilia Brauer ■ Thursday, April 23, 1 pm In 1991, Cecilia Brauer added a new Joe Traina dimension to a very successful piano career, namely, the Armonica. She is ❒F Highlights in Jazz presents now one of only a handful of musicians Swinging Broadway in the world actively performing on the Showtunes and Jazz instrument, invented by Benjamin Standards Franklin. Recently she performed with the Metropolitan Opera’s production of With the Joe Traina Quartet Dr.Atomic, an opera by composer John Joe Traina, clarinet/sax, power of William Shakespeare’s poetry Adams. Sean Smith, bass, and presents it in lively, sometimes haunting jazz arrangements. Ms. Scot Neumann, drums, and Cecilia Brauer Tim Regusis, piano Drapkin was inspired to create this show after listening to a recording by ■ Thursday, April 30, 7:30 pm legendary singer Cleo Laine entitled The Joe Traina Quartet has been “Shakespeare and All That Jazz”, with performing throughout the tri-state most of the arrangements by Ms. area since 1990. Some of their venues Laine’s husband, John Dankworth. include The Rainbow Room, Tavern on District residents may pick up tickets the Green, Shelly’s New York, Sardi’s, beginning Wednesday, May 13, 10 am & 7 pm. and The Savoy Grill. Members of the quartet have played in the orchestra pits of hit Broadway shows and teamed United Choral Society up with many of the top jazz vocalists ■ Sunday, June 14, 2 pm singing today. Christopher Morrongiello, The United Choral Society returns District residents and Friends of the Library Lute for a spring concert of beautiful music may pick up tickets beginning Tuesday, April 14, 10 am & 7 pm. ■ Thursday, May 14, 1 pm and beautiful voices. Tickets may be picked up Wednesday, June 3, Christopher Morrongiello has dedi- 10 am & 7 pm. cated his artistic and academic career to researching and performing the rich music of the Renaissance. Mr. NEW YORK COUNCIL Morrongiello received his degrees from FOR THE HUMANITIES Mannes College of Music, Royal College American-Jewish Music of Music, London, and doctorate in & African-American Music: Historical Studies at University of Classic Oxford. Shared Visions & Dreams Americano Trio Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Library With Robert Cohen ■ Tuesday, June 23, 1 pm Shakespeare GOLD CONCERT American-Jewish music has incorpo- and All That Jazz rated African and African-American Classic Americano Trio — The Bard’s own words set to music by musical idioms – blues & jazz, reggae Alexander Wu, piano, Francisco John Dankworth, Arthur Young, Duke and world music, even gospel and rap- Roldan, Guitar, Gretchen Farrar, Ellington, and Billy Strayhorn to express the exuberance and vitality soprano Featuring jazz vocalist Christiana of contemporary Jewish Life and to ■ Sunday, May 17, 2:30 pm Drapkin, Michael Kanan, piano, enable the mainstreaming of Jewish Classical & popular songs and music Stephanie Greig, string bass, popular music. We’ll listen in on this of Spain, Latin America/Caribbean & Michael Petrosino, drums ongoing musical conversation. the USA: Albeniz, Guarnier, Cordero, ■ Sunday, May 31, 2:30 pm This program, which is free and open to the Bernstein, Weill, Gershwin, and more. public, is made possible through the support of New York jazz vocalist, Christiana the New York Council for the Humanities’ District residents may pick up tickets beginning Speakers in the Humanities program. Wednesday, May 6, 10 am & 7 pm. Drapkin celebrates the beauty and 3 LECTURES & COURSES Picturing America century, Francis Bacon: A Centenary tional effects of divorce on children With Prof. Thomas Germano, Retrospective will feature 153 works and divorce in tough economic times. SUNY Farmingdale, painter that span the entirety of the artist’s Mediation aims at reducing the tension full and celebrated career. and painfulness of separation or ■ Thursday, April 2, 1 pm divorce. Mediation is for couples who Picturing America is the newest ini- Astronomy: The Size and want to retain control over the deci- tiative of the We the People program Scale of the Universe sions that affect their lives.