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Newsletter of the Hewlett- Woodmere Public Library I I OverlJANUARY FEBRUARY MARCHeaf2010, VOLUME 45, NUMBER 3 What’s Inside Silence is Golden - OVERLEAF JR. REMOVABLE INSERT Let’s Hear it for the Silent Films! With Ben Model, pianist and Events & Performances Pages 2-3 silent film historian Films Pages 6-7 And Philip Harwood, film historian Great Books Discussion Page 5 I Great Decisions Page 4 Sunday, March 7, 2 pm H-WPL Readers Page 5 The Cameraman In the Gallery Page 7 Starring Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, Lectures & Courses Pages 4-5 Directed by Edward Sedgwick, Written by NYCH Speaker’s Programs Page 3 Clyde Bruckman, Joseph Farnham; 1928, 67 min. The Cameraman is the best of Keaton and the first film he made with MGM, now that the Joseph Schenck studio had closed. In the film HEWLETT-WOODMERE Keaton plays a street photographer who, smitten with a receptionist at a newsreel PUBLIC LIBRARY company, strives to become a newsreel cameraman. An elegant, romantic comedy ANNUAL LIBRARY VOTE with a subtle, expressive, fine tuned performance by Keaton. AND ELECTION One Week Starring Buster Keaton, Sybil Seely, Joe Roberts Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Directed by Edward f. Cline, Buster Keaton, written by Edward F. Cline; 1920, 22 min. 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Keaton was now out on his own, no longer working with Fatty Arbuckle. One The Boehm Five Towns Week was his first independent film. One Week is definitive of Buster Keaton’s style. His stunts in this movie did not rely on editing; the house really did turn, the PROPOSITION 1: train sequence was real. Newlyweds Keaton and Seely receive as a wedding gift a Proposed 2010/2011 Library ‘house-in-a-box’ and a building lot. Budget District residents and Friends of the Library may pick up tickets beginning Wednesday, February 24, PROPOSITION 2: 10 am & 7 pm. Election of Library Trustee Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Library QUALIFICATIONS FOR Vivian Swift VOTING AUTHORVISIT Registration is required only if a When Wanderers Cease to Roam: resident has not voted in a Hewlett- A Traveler’s Journal Woodmere Union Free School District By Vivian Swift or Library referendum within the last I 4 years or in a general referendum Thursday, February 4, 1 pm within the last 4 years. In order to be Vivian Swift racked up twenty-three temporary eligible to register, you must be addresses in twenty years. Following a lifetime of a U.S. citizen, 18 years of age or trekking across the globe, she finally dropped her older by Tuesday, April 13, 2010, and well-worn futon mattress and rucksack in a small you must have been a legal resident town on the edge of the Long Island Sound. She of the H-W UFSD for at least 30 days spent the next decade quietly taking stock of her life, her immediate surroundings, prior to the referendum. Registration and, finally, what it means to call a place a home. for voting takes place Tuesday, The result is When Wanderers Cease to Roam. Filled with watercolors of beauti- April 6, 2010, 1 pm – 9 pm in the ful local landscapes, seasonal activities, and small, overlooked pleasures of easy Library. living, each chapter chronicles, month by month, the beautifully mundane perks of For further information, please remaining at home—from curious notices in the local paper to the variations of telephone Library Director, Susan de autumnal clouds. This is truly a beautiful, gem of a book that you will take your Sciora at 516- 374-1967. time to read and enjoy. Ms. Swift will discuss her book and illustrations using a multi-media presentation. FIND US ON THE WEB AT: www.hwpl.org Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Library EVENTS&PERFORMANCES Ì New Talent/New Ideas F Berman Michi Wiancko, violin does I Martin Sunday, February 21, 2:30 pm Songs & Stories Recently described in Gramophone Celebrating Magazine as an “alluring soloist (with) Mary Martin’s heightened expressive and violinistic Brilliant Careet gifts,” violinist Michi Wiancko has per- With Ruthe formed concertos with orchestras McKeown, Elena Ulyanova including the NY Philharmonic and Los Stephen Goldstein and Lisa Berman Angeles Philharmonic, and in recital I New Talent/New Ideas and chamber appearances across the Sunday, March 21, 2:30 pm Mary Martin originated many roles Elena Ulyanova, pianist nation. Ms. Wiancko is a member of the renowned Los Angeles Piano Quartet. over her long career; Nellie Forbush in I Sunday, January 10, 2:30 pm She has been a guest artist at the South Pacific, Maria in The Sound of At the age of 5, Elena Ulyanova Lincoln Center Outdoor Series, Pablo Music, of course Peter Pan, on began to study piano with her mother, Casals Festival, and regularly per- Broadway and in the famous television Larisa Ulyanova, in Saki, Crimea. After formed and toured with the Mark Morris production in 1954. It’s hard to forget winning several first prizes in Ukrainian Dance Group. A native of Southern Ms. Martin singing My Heart Belongs to and Russian competitions, she was California, she began playing violin at Daddy! Come hear this talented cast awarded full scholarships for study in age 3. celebrate in song and words the great Moscow at Gnessin College of Music, Tickets may be picked up beginning Mary Martin. Gnessin Academy of Music, and Moscow Wednesday, February 10, 10 am & 7 pm. District residents and Friends of the Library may pick up tickets beginning Wednesday, Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Elena immi- March 10, 10 am & 7.pm. grated to Washington, DC from the Ukraine in May 2004. Joey Morant Zig Zag Quartet Tickets may be picked up beginning Wednesday, December 23, 10 am & 7 pm. New Talent/New Ideas Matei Varga, pianist I Sunday, February 7, 2:30 pm Matei Varga is already established as one of the leading young artists of his native Romania and his prodigious tal- ent is fast becoming recognized in the United States and Europe. His 2008 New Talent/New Ideas debut performance at Zankel Hall was Zig Zag Quartet described by Rorian Schrade of New With Alexander Wu, piano, York Concert Review as “masterful, Ì with tremendous dynamic range (and F Highlights in Jazz presents Francisco Roldan , guitar, showing) an exceptional mind at work.” “Salute to Satchmo” Hilliard Greene, double bass, Danny Mallon, percussion, Tickets may be picked up beginning Starring Joey Morant Wednesday, January 20, 10 am & 7 pm. Tango Dancers: Sol “La and Company Argentinita” and Ricardo Santiago I Thursday, February 25, I Sunday, April 11, 2:30 pm 7:30 pm This unique ensemble was formed in Trumpeter/vocalist Joey Morant, 2005 and has been receiving great considered by leading jazz authorities accolades for its attractive acoustical to be the greatest living disciple of blend, jazz and South Smerican music Louis Amrstrong, will perform an and visually entertaining performances, evening of Armstrong favorites with an accented by two talented Tango all star group. dancers, Sol“La Argentinita” and District residents & Friends of the Library Ricardo Santiago. may pick up tickets beginning Wednesday, Tickets may be picked up beginning Matei Varga February 10, 10 am & 7 pm. Wednesday, March 24, 10 am & 7 pm. 2 EVENTS&PERFORMANCES NEWYORKCOUNCILFOR A CELEBRATION OF INDIAN ART & CULTURE THEHUMANITIES IN COOPERATION WITH THE 5 TOWNS INDIAN ASSOCIATION SPEAKER’SSERIES The Golden Age of Beyond the Saree: Indian Clothing and Television Fashion from 1500 B.C. to the present What Made the 1950s So Special With Dr. Rohini B. Ramanathan for American TV I Thursday, January 28, 1 pm With Prof. Brian Rose, A multi-media presentation including 10-12 sample Fordham University ensembles of clothing on display. An audience member I Tuesday, March 9, 1 pm will be invited to participate in a saree wrapping! American television was ready to Besides working in business, as a writer, and professor launch in the late 1930s but World War at the Fashion Institute of Technology for many years, Dr. II interrupted its progress. By the Ramanathan is also a talented Indian singer and musician. 1950s television offered a variety of She has taught Indian classical music at the New School for programs and live original dramas. By Social Research in Manhattan. the end of the 1950s, the era of live TV theater was over. New York City was no Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!- Film with English Subtitles longer the center of TV production. I Sunday, February 28, 2 pm This lecture will examine this intrigu- Starring Abhay Deol, Paresh Rawal. Neeta Chandra ing era of TV and why it was so short Directed by Dibakar Banerjee lived. Hindi, with English subtitles, 121 minutes Brian Rose is a Professor in the Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye tells the story of a loveable con-man Lucky Singh (Abhay Department of Communication and Deol). Such is his charm that even the police are fond of him. The film is the jour- Media Studies at Fordham University. ney of Lucky from a middle class boy to becoming a small time crook to notoriety He has written several books on televi- and faux celebrity and the people he encounters in this journey. The film address- sion history, genres, and cultural pro- es class envy and conflict, family dynamics, lower middle class aspirations, gramming. thwarted ambitions, and the nature of celebrity. How the Internet Changed the Media Why Newspaper, Music, and Television Will Never Be the Same With Prof. Brian Rose, Fordham University I Tuesday, March 23, 1 pm This illustrated lecture will examine the many ways the Internet has radical- ly transformed the “old” media of newspapers, magazines, the recording industry, film, radio, and television.