July ‘09

EXHIBITS In the Main Gallery MONDAY TUESDAY SATURDAY ART ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS’ 6 14 “STREET ANGEL” (1928-101 min.). In HYPERTENSION SCREENING: Free 18 SHOW, throughout the summer. AAC MANHASSET BAY BOAT TOURS: Have “laughter-loving, careless, sordid Naples,” screening by St. Francis Hospital. 11 a.m. a look at Manhasset Bay – from the water! In the Photography Gallery a fugitive named Angela (Oscar winner to 2 p.m. A free 90-minute boat tour will explore Janet Gaynor) joins a circus and falls in Legendary Long the history and ecology of our corner of love with a vagabond painter named Gino TOPICAL TUESDAY: Islanders. What do Billy Joel, Martha Stew- Long Island Sound. Tour dates are July (Charles Farrell). Philip Klein and Henry art, Kiri Te Kanawa and astronaut Dr. Mary 18; August 8 and 29. The tour is free, but Roberts Symonds scripted, from a novel Cleave have in common? They have all you must register at the Information Desk by Monckton Hoffe, for director Frank lived on Long Island and were interviewed for the 30 available seats. Registration for Borzage. Ernest Palmer and Paul Ivano by Helene Herzig when she was feature the July 18 tour begins July 2; Registration provided the glistening cinematography. editor of North Shore Magazine. Herzig has for the August tours begins July 21. Phone Silent with orchestral score. 7:30 p.m. collected more than 70 of her interviews, registration is acceptable. Tours at 1 and written over a 20-year period. The celebri- 3 p.m. Call 883-4400, Ext. 136 for more ties and entrepreneurs — from the arenas information. NAC of art, drama, media, politics, fashion, sci- ence, home and garden, horse-racing and business — talked candidly about their TUESDAY lives. Join Ms. Herzig for a glimpse into the 7 lives of the rich and famous. Sponsored by SoundSwap answers the musical ques- MONDAY tion: “Is there Rock and Roll on the Moon?” the Friends of the Library. 7:30 p.m. MONDAY 27 “THE COUNTRY TEACHER” (2008-115 Burt Lancaster 7:30 p.m. Story in this issue. 20 AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA: Lovers in min.). A science teacher (Pavel Liska) HOLLYWOOD PORTRAITS, July 6 Opera, Part 1: La Boheme, Aida, Carmen. befriends the mother (Zuzana Bydzovska) through August 31. In the early days of Through its larger-than-life scenarios, of a troubled teenager (Ladislav Sedivy) in Hollywood, studios began releasing pho- emotions, characters, and music, opera this drama from writer/director Bohdan draws the listener and viewer into its own Slama. In Czech with English subtitles. tographs of their actors and actresses to newspapers and fan magazines in order WEDNESDAY magical realm. This program offers a Also, Pinny Grylls’s Peter and Ben (2007- 15 unique twist for both current and future to drum up interest in their most recent WEDNESDAY SOUNDSWAP presents Kip Rosser: 10 min.), about the friendship between a films. This summer’s exhibit will include 8 There’s a Theremin on the Radio! 8 p.m. opera-lovers as it explores the various love man and a sheep. This screening comes to BOOK GROUP: A discussion of Away by relationships in several of the most popular us from Film Movement, an organization portraits of Hollywood’s greatest stars, Amy Bloom, facilitated by Lee Fertitta. Story in this issue. and beloved operas: boy/girl, love triangle, which makes outstanding independent including Fred Astaire, John Barrymore, 7:30 p.m. James Cagney, Gary Cooper, Marlene parent/child, friends, slave/master. Focus films, foreign films and documentaries Dietrich, Kirk Douglas, Clark Gable, LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES organi- will be on plot and characters and how the available to educational institutions. 7:30 Susan Hayward, Rita Hayworth, Charlton zational meeting. 7:30 p.m. music reflects and supports these themes, p.m. Heston, Buster Keaton, Veronica Lake, as well as their historical, social and politi- cal aspects. Dr. Judith Alstadter is a con- Charles Laughton, Dorothy Lamour, Jeanette MacDonald, Marilyn Monroe, THURSDAY cert pianist, music educator, lecturer and 16 recording artist. Part 2 (Don Giovanni, Vincent Price, Ginger Rogers, James 3rd THURSDAY @ 3: A lecture by Thomas Stewart, Johnny Weiss-muller and Orson Germano. In the 16th century, Venice was Rigoletto, La Traviata) will be presented one of the largest and richest cities in on August 17. 3 p.m. MAC Welles. Also on view, a selection of movie THURSDAY WEDNESDAY star postcards! Story in this issue. 9 Europe. Demand for paintings from both “LUCKY STAR” (1929-99 min.). Charles 29 DIRECTOR’S CUT: Film expert John local and international clients fostered a WEDNESDAY WESTERN: Escape from In the Community Gallery Farrell stars as Tim Osborne, a telephone Bosco will screen and discuss Gran Torino climate of exceptional competition and lineman who returns from World War I in a Fort Bravo (1953-98 min.). Union officers DRAWINGS BY BEN CALDWELL, (2008-116 min.). Director Clint Eastwood innovation. The Museum of Fine Arts, wheelchair. Janet Gaynor is Mary Tucker, and their Confederate prisoners join forces throughout the summer. Presented in also stars as widower Walt Kowalski, who Boston is host to a superlative exhibition a mischievous backwoods lass whose dis- to battle the Mescalero Indians who have conjunction with workshops for kids and clings to his prejudices despite the changes ( through August 16) titled “Titian, Tin- like of Tim gradually turns to sympathy surrounded them. This suspenseful drama teens. Story in this issue. in his Michigan neighborhood. When toretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance and then to love. Screenwriter John Hunter from screenwriter Frank Fenton and direc- his neighbor Thao (Bee Vang), a Hmong Venice.” This show is the first major ex- Booth adapted a Tristram Tupper story tor John Sturges stars William Holden, REGISTRATIONS teenager, tries to steal Walt’s prize Gran hibition dedicated to the artistic rivalry for director Frank Borzage. Christopher Eleanor Parker, John Forsythe, William Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the of the three greatest Venetian painters of Caliendo composed the musical score. Demarest, Richard Anderson and Polly In Progress youth. 7:30 p.m. the 16th century: Titian, Tintoretto, and 7:30 p.m. Bergen. 7:30 p.m. Veronese. Their careers overlapped for Kids’ Summer Workshops ...... almost four decades. Juxtapositions of the ...... See Library Kids Page canvases demonstrate how much the three Teen Summer Workshops ...... were influenced by one another and how ...... See back page they used their paintings as critiques and dialogues. Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese FRIDAY Beginning July 2 together created individual works that WEDNESDAY 31 defined a “Venetian style” through loose 22 SANDWICHED IN: Jane Austen: Money, July Manhasset Bay Boat Tours ...... PORT WRITES: A group of welcoming ...... See July 18 brush technique, rich coloring, and often writers discusses their work and how to Men and Marriage. The queen of romance pastoral or sensual subject matter. These get it published. Facilitated by Michael novels has also become the idol of chick Beginning July 21 elements inspired countless later artists, Chaplan. 8 p.m. lit and chick flicks. Austen’s novels are the August Manhasset Bay Boat Tours ...... promoting a Venetian current in painting benchmark of good English and have the ...... See July 18 through the modern era. This lecture timeless appeal of fine writing. Join Bar- introduces their lives and nearly 60 paint- bara Hellering, vice president of the Jane ings from the most important museums Austen Society of North America, for this in Europe and the United States, as well slide illustrated presentation. 12:10 p.m. as pictures that have remained over the WAY OFF BROADWAY: “I Left My Heart . FRIDAY WEDNESDAY years in the settings for which they were . .” Take a stroll down memory lane during painted, now in Boston’s MFA exhibition. 24 1 SANDWICHED IN: Afghanistan: Hidden WEDNESDAY WESTERN: The Man from this salute to Tony Bennett, presented by 3 p.m. AAC Laramie (1955-104 min.). Vigilante James Maria Falconetti as Joan of Arc Treasures from the National Museum, Plaza Theatrical Productions. This concert Stewart obsessively pursues his brother’s BOOK GROUP: A discussion of The Trav- Kabul. Ancient Afghanistan — at the captures over four decades of music that killer in this Cinemascope and Technicolor els of a T-Shirt by Pietra Rivoli, facilitated crossroads of major trade routes and the Bennett recorded, from his early top-40 classic from screenwriters Philip Yordan by Lee Fertitta. 1:30 p.m. focus of invasions by great powers and hits, jazz recordings with Count Basie, Stan and Frank Burt (adapting a Saturday nomadic migrations — was home to one Getz and Bill Evans, to his torch songs and Evening Post story by Thomas T. Flynn) FRIDAY of the most complex, rich, and original film scores, all the way toMTV Unplugged, and director Anthony Mann. Arthur Ken- 10 civilizations on the continent of Asia. which introduced him to a whole new gen- SANDWICHED IN: The Passion of Joan nedy, Donald Crisp and Cathy O’Donnell The Museum’s exhibition celebrates the eration of listeners. 7:30 p.m. of Arc (1928-110 min.). A true landmark co-star. 7:30 p.m. unique role of Afghanistan as a center for of European art cinema, Carl Theodor both the reception of diverse cultural ele- Dreyer’s silent masterpiece is a sublime FRIDAY ments and the creation of original styles of meditation on suffering and faith. Based 17 art that combine multiple stylistic materi- SPONSORSHIPS SANDWICHED IN: “Brief Chuckles: The on original transcripts, the film depicts Art of the Humorous Essay.” Roger Mum- als — such as the Hellenized examples Art Advisory Council the trial, torture and execution of Joan AAC mert’s experience of writing a “suburban from the second-century B.C. city of Ai of Arc, told largely through close-ups of CAC Children’s Advisory Council humor column” for The New York Times Khanoum, the array of trade goods found Maria Falconetti’s hauntingly expressive FRIDAY gave him the idea for this lecture, which in the first-century city of Begram, and HAC Health Advisory Council 3 face. Today’s screening will be narrated the astonishing nomadic gold found in SANDWICHED IN: Happy Days (1980-85 examines short humorous essays of his- by film historian Philip Harwood with live MAC Music Advisory Council min.). Winnie (Irene Worth) strives to toric figures in American literature such the hoard at Tillya Tepe, which also dates musical accompaniment by Ben Model, stay chatty and optimistic, even as she as Mark Twain and Will Rogers, as well as to the first century. It commemorates the NAC Nautical Advisory Council accompanist for MoMA for the past 20 finds herself buried deeper and deeper contemporaries like Calvin Trillin, David heroic rescue of the heritage of one of years. 12:10 p.m. in the ground. David Heeley directed this Sedaris and Dave Barry. Shorter essays the world’s great civilizations, whose pre- All programs sponsored by the Advisory version of Samuel Beckett’s absurdist play “FROST/NIXON” (2008-123 min.). Dis- from new media such as Webzines and cious treasures were thought to have been Councils are privately funded by donations for producer Joseph Papp. A Broadway graced former president Richard M. Nixon blogs will also be explored. Roger places destroyed. Highlights of the exhibition to the Port Washington Library Founda- Theatre Archive release. 12:10 p.m. (Oscar nominee Frank Langella) agrees to special emphasis on capturing American include gold vessels from the Tepe Fullol tion. an interview with jet-setting British televi- “vernacular language” and hearing the hoard, superb works and architectural “THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN sion personality David Frost (Michael “rhythms” of effective essay writing. 12:10 elements from Ai Khanoum, extraordinary BUTTON” (2008-165 min.). Benjamin Refreshments for the Sandwiched In Series Sheen). Peter Morgan scripted, from his p.m. turquoise-encrusted gold jewelry and Button (Oscar nominee Brad Pitt) is born courtesy of the Friends of the Library. stage play, for director Ron Howard. The ornaments from the tombs at Tillya Tepe, an old man and ages in reverse, as Daisy WAY OFF BROADWAY: Hey, Hey it’s supporting cast includes Sam Rockwell, as well as sculptural masterpieces in ivory, (Cate Blanchett), the love of his life, ages The Queazles! Travel back to the ‘60s with Priority seating at all events is given to Port Kevin Bacon, Oliver Platt and Toby Jones. plaster medallions and Roman glass from normally from youth to old age. Eric Roth Richard Hyman, George Murphy, Harvey 7:30 p.m. Begram. Join Vivian Gordon for a virtual Washington residents and cardholders. and Robin Swicord scripted, from a story Balopole, Erich Josenhans and David Karp tour of this exciting exhibit, which runs by F. Scott Fitzgerald, for director David — five guys who harmonize. Dancing in through September 20. 12:10 p.m. CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE Fincher. Note the early start time: 7 p.m. the aisles encouraged! 7:30 p.m. FAMILY FILM: Bolt (2008-96 min.). A Lori Gerbasi, Jonathan Guildroy, Jessica dog named Bolt (voiced by John Travolta) Ley, Rosann McManus, Brooke Salit, Joni and his right-hand hamster Rhino (Mark Simon, Tony Traguardo MONDAY Walton) must journey from New York City 13 to Hollywood to save Miss Penny (Miley PORT WASHINGTON PUBLIC “CITY GIRL” (1930-88 min.). Charles Far- Cyrus) from peril. Byron Howard and LIBRARY / (516) 883-4400 rell plays Lem, a strapping young farmer Chris Williams directed this animated who journeys to Chicago to sell his family’s adventure, from a screenplay by Williams LIBRARY HOURS wheat crop. Mary Duncan is hard-bitten and Dan Fogelman (who voices the role Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday, 9 to waitress Kate, who dreams of a life in of Billy). Popcorn will be served! Note the 9 / Wednesday, 11 to 9 the country. The two marry impulsively, early start time: 7 p.m. but find that life on the farm is not the Saturday, 9 to 1 honeymoon they had hoped for. Berthold Viertel and Marion Orth scripted, from Elliott Lester’s play, The Mud Turtle. This was director F.W. Murnau’s penultimate film. Christopher Caliendo composed the The Queazles musical score. 7:30 p.m.