GGreat NNeck LLibrary January/February/March 2015 • Volume 33 Number 1 • www.greatnecklibrary.org

STATION BRANCH LAKEVILLE BRANCH PARKVILLE BRANCH The Gardens at Great Neck, 475 Great Neck Rd, Great Neck 10 Campbell St, New Hyde Park 26 Great Neck Rd (2nd level) Monday 9 am - 9 pm Monday 10 am - 6 pm Monday 9 am - 9 pm Tuesday 9 am - 9 pm Tuesday 10 am - 6 pm Tuesday 9 am - 9 pm Wednesday 10 am - 9 pm Wednesday 10 am - 9 pm Wednesday 10 am - 9 pm Thursday 9 am - 9 pm Thursday 10 am - 6 pm Thursday 9 am - 9 pm Friday 9 am - 6 pm Friday 10 am - 9 pm Friday 9 am - 6 pm Saturday 10 am - 6 pm Saturday 10 am - 6 pm Saturday 10 am - 6 pm Sunday 1 - 5 pm Sunday closed Sunday 1 - 5 pm

Levels will be closed LEVELS TEEN CENTER December 22 through DAYS: HOURS: LOCATION: January 4. Monday - Thursday 4 - 10 pm Saddle Rock Elementary* Friday & Saturday 6 pm - 12 am Station Branch Sunday closed Levels reopens at 4 pm on Monday, January 5. *Levels operating schedule will vary, depending upon school holidays.

AUTHORAUTHOR VISITVISIT Winter 2015 Film presented by the GREAT NECK LIBRARY held at TEMPLE EMANUEL Series: “Take Two” 150 Hicks Lane • Great Neck, NY • www.emanuelgn.org Everything old is new again. These films with similar themes made years apart -- endure, captivate and delight over and over again. The Library’s film matinees will be held on Thursdays at the SUNDAY, MARCH 22 AT 2 PM Station Branch at 2:00 pm (Doors open at 1:30 pm). January 8 ...... The Grand Seduction (2014, 115 minutes, PG-13) The Great Neck Library presents world-renowned author, journalist, and lecturer, January 15 ...... Local Hero (1983, 111 min, PG) Gail Sheehy, at Temple Emanuel (150 Hicks Lane in Great Neck). Ms. Sheehy is the January 22 ..... Jersey Boys (2014, 134 min, R) author of her recent memoir, Daring: My Passages, plus sixteen additional books. Daring is the chronicle of her trials and triumphs as a groundbreaking ‘girl’ journalist in January 29 ...... Nowhere Boy (2011, 98 min, R) the 1960s. She reveals the obstacles and opportunities she encountered when she dared February 5 ..... When Harry Met Sally (1989, 95 min, R) to blaze a trail in a ‘man’s world’, and has changed the way millions of people world- February 12..... What If (2014, 90 min, PG-13) wide look at the stages of their lives. February 19 ... The Railway Man (2014, 108 min, R) Her earliest book, Passages, was named by a survey as one of the February 26 ... The Deer Hunter (1978, 184 min, R) ten most influential books of our times and stayed on The New York Times Bestseller List March 5 ...... Big Night (1999, 109 min, R) for more than three years. She was one of the original contributors to New York March 12 ...... The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014, 122 min, PG) magazine and was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair for more than three decades. Signed copies of Daring: My Passages will be March 19 ...... Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2012, 128 min, R) available for sale at the conclusion of her talk. March 26 ...... A Most Wanted Man (2014, 121 min, R) Temple Emanuel is graciously hosting various Children’s Seating for residents of the Great Neck School District is on a first-come, and Adult programs while the Main Building is closed first-seated basis. Seating for non-residents will begin 15 minutes for renovation. Please see our Events Calendar for more before the program starts, if seats are available. information. Temple Emanuel parking is in the rear of the Temple. There is a rear entrance not far from the Please arrive early as seating is limited. parking lot near the gardens. Call the Reference Department at 466-8055, ext. 218 for more information. A Message from Board President Marietta DiCamillo Welcome to a new year and one that Contracting Inc. of TEEN SCENE @GNL should prove to be a pivotal one in the Holbrook, Long history of the Great Neck Library as we Island as our contrac- embark on the construction phase of the tor for the Main MONDAY, MARCH 9, 16, 23, 30 Main Library renovations. Library Renovations. and APRIL 13, 20 The Great Neck Library closed on the VRD was selected as the sale of its first tax exempt bonds on lowest qualified bidder as part of the public December 11. The $10.4M Dormitory of bid process as vetted by our Dominic Calgi SAT Prep Course the State of New York (DASNY), Great and David Chen of Calgi Construction and 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at the Neck Library Revenue Bonds, Series 2014 Russell Davidson of KG&D Architects. Station Branch Library produced net proceeds of $10.76M which The Town of North Hempstead is currently are committed to be used for the renovation in the process of reviewing our permit The SAT Prep Course is taught by NYS certified math and verbal skill experts. project. applications. As soon as the permits are High school juniors and seniors, and those who have not taken this course in the The entire issue of the bonds was sold approved, the construction work will begin. within three hours of the offering by An updated project timeline is available for past will be given priority. Students should bring a calculator, pen or pencil, and a Roosevelt and Cross on November 19th, your review on our Renovation webpage at notebook to class. There is a $25 fee per student for the course (fee includes and generated an original issue premium of http://www.greatnecklibrary.org/libinfo/ the textbook). Advanced registration is required. A minimum enrollment of nearly $660,000. The success of the sale libreno.php. thirteen students is required for the course to take place. had much to do with the Library garnering Our Main Library will remain closed a “Aaa rating” from Moody’s thanks to for the duration of the project for the safety In-person registration is on Monday, February 23 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the prudent fiscal management under the of both our patrons and Library staff and to guidance of our Library Board, our shorten the construction timeline. Hopefully Station Branch Library. Preference will be given to Great Neck School District Treasurer, Josie Pizer and our Business by now you have had an opportunity to Residents. Arriving early is recommended. Telephone registration for any Manager, Neil Zitofsky. visit at least one of our three branch remaining openings begins on Tuesday, February 24 at 10 am by calling the In its review, Moody’s looked at the last libraries which have all had improvements Station Branch Library at 466-8055, ext. 234. six years of summary General Fund rev- made to better accommodate additional enues and expenditures, as well as six years library materials, staff and patrons to serve of Balance Sheets and audit reports for our public during this renovation year. 2013 and 2014. Also, working in the Additional evening hours have been Did one of your top reads make the annual list Library’s favor is our tax collection process added to the Parkville Branch on Monday of favorite books voted by teens from across the country? via the School District which practically nights and the Lakeville Branch on Friday eliminates the risk of default. nights along with Sunday hours added at It is believed that the Great Neck our Station Branch. Library Staff is investi- Library is the first public Library to receive gating the viability of adding an external And the winners are… a Aaa rating from Moody’s. The Aaa rating, book drop adjacent to Bayview Avenue at as compared to an Aa2 rating, saves the the Main Library site for your convenience 1. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell Library an estimated 10 basis points when returning materials on the north end (0.10%) in bond interest expense. This of the peninsula. 2. Splintered by A.G. Howard equates to just under $25,000 per year, or We are thankful to our community part- 3. The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson nearly $500,000 over the twenty year term. ners, the Great Neck School District, the th On November 19, 2013, the voting Great Neck Park District, Temple Emanuel, 4. The 5 Wave by Rick Yancey public in the District approved a referen- Temple Israel, and the Village of Saddle 5. Monument 14: Sky on Fire dum for the $10.4M bond with a maximum Rock for generously offering us access to by Emmy Laybourne annual debt service of $875,000. The aver- programming space for Levels, Children’s age annual debt service payment has now and Adult programming. Details on all of 6. Earth Girl by Janet Edwards been finalized at $733,000, a savings of our offerings are provided in this news- 7. The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau more than $2.8 million for local taxpayers letter. Most of all we are thankful to you, over the life of the bonds. our Library patrons for your support of our 8. Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson At a Special Board meeting on renovation project and for your under- 9. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardug December 8, your Library Board of standing and patience during this renova- Trustees officially selected VRD tion period. 10. The Eye of Minds by James Dashner

Click on the link from the Teen Laura Weir, Great Neck Library Interim Services homepage on the Library Director, will retire from the library system website or search for “Great Neck Library Teen Services.” effective December 26. Laura has been the Interim Director since January 2013. She also was Interim Director from 2007 to 2008, following the retirement of former director When One Door Closes, Other Doors Open At Your Great Neck Library Arlene Nevens. Her library career began as a clerk in the West Hempstead Library while The Main Library is closed for renovations. attending undergraduate school at Hofstra All materials were put into storage or taken to the branches, and the move has gone smoothly. University, and continued at the Elmont Memorial Library and the Long The Library continues to provide services, Beach Public Library before joining the Great Neck Library as Assistant materials, and programs without interruption, Director on October 7, 2002. and Library staff is pleased to assist you at our three branches. Laura says she has been looking forward to retirement for quite some time. She is a member of the Audubon Society and both the New York and Queens Botanical Gardens. She plans to spend a great deal more Please see our Event Calendars for Children’s, Teen, and Adult programs, as well as Levels time outside enjoying the natural world. Laura says she will miss the cama- and Jr. Levels, for more information. raderie she enjoys with the staff of the Great Neck Library. She states that the staff has worked very hard to ready the transfer of library materials to the branches during the Main Library closure for renovation, and has taken See you at the branches! the move in stride while working diligently to ready the branches for increased activity. We all wish Laura the very best for her retirement.

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TUESDAY,January JANUARY 6 THURSDAY, JANUARY 15 SUNDAY, JANUARY 25 West Egg Book Group: Take Two Thursday Film Matinee series: New Beginnings Singles: Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan Local Hero WarnerBros. Age 50+ Adult Discussion, The year is 1972, and the Cold War (1983, 111 minutes, PG) Social and Support Group with TV Talk Show Host is far from over. England's legendary Cast: Burt Lancaster, Marla Matthews intelligence agency M15 is funding Peter Riegert writers whose politics align with Join social worker, group facilitator, those of the government in an opera- and television talk show host of The Relationship Knox Oil and Gas of Houston is far tion code-named "Sweet Tooth." Journey, Marla Matthews in a discussion, social, and removed from the North Sea oil it Cambridge student Serena Frome, support group for divorced, widowed, single adults, and desires, and the sleepy Scottish a compulsive reader, is selected to empty nesters ages 50 and over who would like a new seaside village of Ferness it wants infiltrate the literary circle of a young writer named Tom beginning. Make new friends, network and learn new to buy and replace with a refinery. Haley. How long can she conceal her undercover life? skills towards reinventing yourself, with inspiration Knox decides to send its ace dealmaker to negotiate. and hope for the future. 3 pm (doors open at 1:30 pm) 2 pm Registration is ongoing as of December 1, 2014 at 10 am in person, online, or by phone at 466-8055, ext. 233. Books will be available about 1 month before program. 7 pm WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28 Lakeville Branch Lakeville Literary Club: THURSDAY, JANUARY 8 SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 Wild by Cheryl Strayed Take Two Thursday Film Matinee series: Parkville Branch AARP Defensive Driving Class Wild tracks Strayed's personal journey on the Pacific Crest Trail through The Grand Seduction Register for a six-hour refresher driving course for drivers 50+. California and Oregon, as she comes (2014, 115 minutes, PG-13) to terms with the devastating loss of Get a reduction on points or a discount on insurance. Cast: Brendan Gleeson, her mother, her divorce, and her Please bring your lunch, as this will be a full day class. Taylor Kitsch, Liane Balaban, unpredictable reactions to it. Strayed Gordon Pinsent Fee: $20 for AARP members, $25 for non-members. does not want sympathy however, and her confident Call 466-8055, ext. 273. 10 am to 4:30 pm prose stands on its own, deftly pulling both threads into A small fishing village must procure a story that inhabits a unique riparian zone between a local doctor to secure a lucrative wilderness tale and personal-redemption memoir. business contract. When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Register online at www.greatnecklibrary.org, in person, Lewis lands in their lap for a trial residence, or by phone at 466-8055, ext. 231. 7 pm the townsfolk rally together to charm him into staying. THURSDAY, JANUARY 22 Take Two Thursday Film Matinee series (doors open at 1:30 pm) 2 pm WarnerBros. Jersey Boys (2014, 134 minutes, R) THURSDAY, JANUARY 29 Cast: Erich Bergen, Parkville Branch Book Discussion: FRIDAY, JANUARY 9 John Lloyd Young, The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman Socrates Salon with Ron Gross Michael Lomenda, In this deftly-crafted debut novel, "Our Values, Ourselves" will be the subject for robust Vincent Piazza, conversation at this meeting of the Salon. What are some Tom Sherbourne, seeking constancy Steve Schirripa, after the horrors of WWI, takes a of your most important values? Independence? Family? Christopher Walken lighthouse keeper's post on an Prosperity? Health? Fulfillment? Power? Come prepared to The story of four young men from the Australian island, and calls for Isabel, share one of yours - and hear a host of others. Let's astonish wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came a young woman he met on his travels, one another with the diversity and depth of our commit- together to form the iconic 1960s rock group, to join him there as his wife. As their ments! At the Great Neck Salon you are welcome to a The Four Seasons. (doors open at 1:30 pm) 2 pm love grows during the four years on the island, several different kind of conversation - one with open-mindedness, miscarriages bring Isabel's seemingly boundless spirit acceptance, curiosity, discovery and sincerity. Enjoy light to the brink. Tom is left feeling helpless until a boat refreshments and deep conversation. Topics will be washes ashore with a dead man and a living child. announced one month before the Salon. 3 pm Isabel convinces herself - and Tom - that the baby is a gift from God. Two years later, they are confronted with the mother of their child, very much alive. SATURDAY, JANUARY 24 SUNDAY, JANUARY 11 Nature’s : Organic presented by Gary Feldman Register online at www.greatnecklibrary.org, in person, Author Talk/Book Signing with Brad Berger: Learn the connection between industrial or by phone at 466-8055, ext. 271. 1:30 pm Unplug & Play!: 50 Games That Don’t Need Charging agriculture’s departure from nature and (Program for the Family and All Ages) the decline of our well-being. Gary will Brad Berger’s Unplug & Play! encourages people to come teach you the crucial differences between Take Two Thursday Film Matinee series: together for challenging and fun games that require nothing organic and conventional food. Learn more than pens and paper. There are 50 fun technology-free about organic standards and how organic Nowhere Boy games which test each player's ability to strategize, bluff, (2011, 98 minutes, R) read minds, memorize, think quickly, and solve puzzles. food is grown. Find out the correlation between how conventional food is grown Cast: Aaron Johnson, Brad Berger grew up in Great Neck, Kristin Scott Thomas, and why so many of us develop brittle bones. Gary will and is president and publisher of a Anne-Marie Duff, 130-year-old family-owned publish- show you the various organic certifications to look for David Threlfall ing business. Inspired to bring peo- on food labels, how to decode produce stickers, and the most reasonably priced and nutritious food choices. ple back together without techno- Set in Liverpool in 1955, the adolescent logical interruption, he crafted the years of John Lennon are chronicled. ultimate playbook of games to give Gary Feldman has 22 years in the nutrition field. people a reason to come together Raised by his Aunt Mimi, his world is turned inside out He created an innovative nutritional supplement when his free-spirited mother re-enters his life, opening up and “unplug” for a while. Books available for sale at the specialty retail catalog and is a continuing education event. Please call 466-8055 old wounds that release pain, anger, frustration, , ext. 277, or go online to regis- instructor in food and agriculture. 11 am ter for this program, as seating is limited. Registration and his artistry. (doors open at 1:30 pm) 2 pm begins on Monday, January 5 and goes through Friday, page 3 January 9. 2 pm ventsTo register for Library programs online,alendar click the Program Registration EE button on our homepage www.greatnecklibrary.orgCC or call 466-8055 .

FebruaryTUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 West Egg Book Group: Author Talk/Book Signing with Lakeville Branch How It All Began Rick Ehrlich: A Little Consideration Lakeville Literary Club: by Penelope Lively Over the past 20 years, Richard Ehrlich Inferno by Dan Brown When Charlotte Rainsford, a retired has kept track of life’s smallest moments, In the heart of Italy, Harvard schoolteacher, is accosted by a petty by giving “a little consideration” to the professor of symbology Robert thief on a London street, the conse- things that take place around us every Langdon is drawn into a harrowing quences ripple across the lives of day. Borrowing that phrase for his title, world centered on one of history’s acquaintances and strangers alike. Rick has compiled personal essays that most enduring and mysterious literary A marriage unravels after an illicit reveal the constants of his daily routine. masterpieces…Dante’s Inferno. love affair is revealed through an He shares his memories of gathering palms for the Jewish Against this backdrop, Langdon errant cell phone message; a posh yet financially holiday of Sukkot and wearing his father’s prayer shawl. battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingen- strapped interior designer meets a business partner who He makes sense of those moments by drawing from Jack ious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of classic art, might prove too good to be true; an old-guard historian Kerouac and Paul McCartney, as well as the Talmud and secret passageways, and futuristic science. Drawing tries to recapture his youthful vigor with an ill-conceived the Bhagavad Gita. from Dante’s dark epic poem, Langdon races to find idea for a TV miniseries; and a middle-aged central answers and decide whom to trust…before the world European immigrant learns to speak English and Born in Brooklyn, Rick grew up in Long Beach, has been is irrevocably altered. Call 466-8055, ext. 232. 7 pm reinvents his life with the assistance of some new teaching high school since 1986 and began teaching at friends. Call 466-8055, ext. 234/235. 7 pm Great Neck South in 1997, where he now teaches 9th and 10th grade. Books available for sale at the event. 2 pm THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26 WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Parkville Branch Book Discussion: FEBRUARY 4 - APRIL 8 Take Two Thursday Film Matinee series: Flight Behavior Parkville Branch Free AARP Tax Aide What If by Barbara Kingsolver AARP Tax Preparers will assist in preparing and filing (2014, 90 minutes, PG-13) A brilliant and suspenseful novel set simple federal tax returns online only, every Wednesday Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan in present day Appalachia. A young from 10 am to 1 pm starting February 4 through April 8. wife and mother on a failing farm in rural Tennessee experiences Wallace decides to put his love life on something she cannot explain. Registration for Tax Assistance hold after being burned by bad relation- Her discovery energizes various appointments will begin on Thursday, ships, but then meets Chantry. The two competing factions—religious leaders, January 8, 2015 at 10 am. You must form an instant connection, striking up climate scientists, environmentalists, politicians—trapping have an appointment and bring all relevant a close friendship. Still, there is no deny- her in the center of the conflict and ultimately opening tax papers. Call the Parkville Branch at ing the chemistry between them, leading the pair to wonder: up her world. Call 466-8055, ext. 273. 1:30 pm 466-8055, ext. 273 for details or to what if the love of your life is actually your best friend? make an appointment. (doors open at 1:30 pm) 2 pm

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5 Take Two Thursday Film Matinee series: Take Two Thursday Film MatineeUniversalPictures series: Take Two Thursday Film Matinee series: Railway Man The Deer Hunter (1978, 184 minutes, R) WarnerBros. (2014, 108 minutes, R) When Harry Met Sally Cast: Robert De Niro, (1989, 95 minutes, R) Cast: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgard, John Savage, Cast: Billy Crystal, Carrie Fisher, Hiroyuki Sanada, Meryl Streep, Meg Ryan, Bruno Kirby Jeremy Irvine, Sam Reid Christopher Walken

Romantic comedy follows the long Eric Lomax is a British Army officer Michael Cimino's epic film about relationship between two adults who captured by the Japanese during WWII friendship chronicles the lives of three try throughout the changes in their and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to steel workers and their friends, whose lives are lives to remain platonic friends - work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later and still irrevocably changed by a tour of duty in Vietnam. and what happens when they don't. suffering from the psychological trauma, he’s persuaded by The film is renowned for the Russian roulette scenes. (doors open at 1:30 pm) 2 pm his wife to confront one of his captors in an attempt to let go (doors open at 1:30 pm) 2 pm of a lifetime of bitterness and hate. Based on a true story. (doors open at 1:30 pm) 2 pm FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Socrates Salon with Ron Gross WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 At the Great Neck Salon you are welcome to a different Brown Bag Program: Meet Me Parkville Branch AARP Defensive Driving Class kind of conversation. One with open-mindedness: listen at The Musee d’Orsay in Paris Register for a six-hour refresher to and respect all points of view; acceptance: suspend Art Lecture/Slide Presentation driving course for drivers 50+. judgment as best you can; curiosity: seek to understand by Louise Cella Caruso Get a reduction on points or a discount on insurance. rather than persuade; discovery: question assumptions The Musee d’Orsay is a world Please bring your lunch, as this will be a full day class. and look for new insights; sincerity: speak from your renowned museum at the center Fee: $20 for AARP members, $25 for non-members. of Paris, formed from a silenced train station along the heart and personal experience; brevity: go for honesty Call 466-8055, ext. 273. 10 am to 4:30 pm and depth while being brief. Topics will be announced banks of the River Seine. Works by Monet and other one month before the Salon. 3 pm Impressionists, as well as Degas, Cezanne, van Gogh, and Gauguin will be covered. Bring your lunch if you like!

Louise Cella Caruso is an art appraiser, art historian, and lecturer. Her research is ongoing and she is always page 4 page 4 developing new art shows to present to the public. 11 am ventsTo register for Library programs online,alendar click the Program Registration EE button on our homepage www.greatnecklibrary.orgCC or call 466-8055 .

TUESDAY,March MARCH 3 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 West Egg Book Group: Brown Bag Program: Speakers in Humanities Lakeville Branch The Uncommon Reader The Golden Age of Television: What Made Lakeville Literary Club: by Alan Bennett the 1950s So Special for American TV Home Front by Kristin Hannah When her corgis stray into a mobile presented by Brian Rose Like many couples, Michael and Jolene library parked near Buckingham American television was all set to Zarkades have to face the pressures of Palace, the Queen feels duty-bound launch in the late 1930s, but its everyday life, even as their twelve-year to borrow a book. Discovering the joy progress was interrupted by the start marriage is falling apart. When an unex- of reading widely and intelligently, of World War II. By the end of the 40s, pected deployment sends Jolene deep she finds that her view of the world NBC and CBS began broadcasting to into harm’s way, Michael is left at home, changes dramatically. Abetted in her their east coast affiliates, but by the end unaccustomed to being a single parent to their two girls. newfound obsession by Norman, a young man from of the 50s, the era of live TV "theater" was over. When tragedy strikes, he must face his darkest fear and the royal kitchens, the Queen comes to question the This presentation will look at the forces that made this fight a battle of his own, for everything that matters to his order of the world and loses patience with the routines "golden age" such an intriguing chapter in TV history and family. Call 466-8055, ext. 231. 7 pm of her role as monarch. Her new passion for reading why it was so short-lived. This Speakers in the Humanities alarms the palace staff and soon leads to surprising and event, which is free and open to the public, is made possible very funny consequences for the country at large. through the support of the New York Council for the Call 466-8055, ext. 234/235. 7 pm Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Bring your lunch if you like! THURSDAY, MARCH 26 Take Two Thursday Film Matinee series: LionsGate Films, Inc. Brian Rose is a Professor in the Department of A Most Wanted Man THURSDAY, MARCH 5 Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University, Take Two Thursday Film Matinee series: (2014, 121 minutes, R) where he teaches courses in film and television history, Big Night theory, and economics. He has written several books on Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, (1999, 109 minutes, R) television history and cultural programming, as well as two Rachel McAdams, Cast: Ian Holm, Stanley Tucci, anthologies on television genres. 11 am Robin Wright, Willem Dafoe Tony Shalhoub, Minnie Driver, Isabella Rossellini, Marc Anthony German intelligence agent Gunther Bachmann (Philip Seymour Hoffman, in his final starring role) must race Set in the 1950s, this film provides an THURSDAY, MARCH 19 against time to solve a perilous mystery: Is the half- Take Two Thursday Film MatineeFocus Features series: Old World/New World look at Italian Chechen, half-Russian Muslim who's surfaced in Hamburg brothers and their elegant but failing Tinker Tailor a victim seeking refuge, or a terrorist seeking revenge? restaurant. (doors open at 1:30 pm) 2 pm Soldier Spy (doors open at 1:30 pm) 2 pm (2012, 128 minutes, R) Cast: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, THURSDAY, MARCH 12 Tom Hardy, Mark Strong, Take Two Thursday Film Matinee series: Benedict Cumberbatch SATURDAY, MARCH 28 The Hundred-Foot Parkville Branch AARP Defensive Driving Class Journey At the height of the Cold War, an oper- Register for a six-hour refresher (2014, 122 minutes, PG) ation goes horribly wrong, and the head of British driving course for drivers 50+. Cast: Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Intelligence wonders if a double agent is leaking secrets. Get a reduction on points or a discount on insurance. Manish Dayal, Charlotte Le Bon, Master spy George Smiley is brought out of retirement to Please bring your lunch, as this will be a full day class. Amit Shah expose the potential mole. As the emotional and physical Fee: $20 for AARP members, $25 for non-members. tolls mount on the high-ranking suspects, Smiley will be Call 466-8055, ext. 273. 10 am to 4:30 pm Hassan is a culinary ingenue displaced forced into the ultimate spy game where everyone's from his native India. When he and his motives are in question. (doors open at 1:30 pm) 2 pm family settle in a quaint village in the south of France, they plan to open an Indian restaurant. However, Madame Mallory, the owner of a classical French restaurant, gets MUSIC CONCERT wind of it. Her icy protests against the new Indian restau- rant so near her own escalate to all-out war, until Hassan's held at TEMPLE EMANUEL cooking talent and love for Madame Mallory's assistant 150 Hicks Lane • Great Neck, NY • www.emanuelgn.org cannot be ignored. (doors open at 1:30 pm) 2 pm SUNDAY, MARCH 29 AT 3 PM FRIDAY, MARCH 13 Anton Polezhayev with Yelena Polezhayev: Socrates Salon with Ron Gross Recital for Violin & Piano At the Great Neck Salon you are welcome to a different kind of conversation. One with open-mindedness: listen Enjoy a recital of violin favorites from the classical, romantic, Europe, Canada, and the . Since coming to and virtuoso repertoire. Works featured include Paganini, New York in 1990, they founded a successful music school and to and respect all points of view; acceptance: suspend Wieniawski, Sarasate, Kreisler, Bach, and others. have appeared on various television and radio shows. Their judgment as best you can; curiosity: seek to understand programs include original classical masterworks as well as rather than persuade; discovery: question assumptions Violinist Anton Polezhayev was born in St. Petersburg, their own arrangements of Broadway, Folk, Tango, Gypsy, and look for new insights; sincerity: speak from your Russia, in 1976, and began his musical studies at the Central Klezmer, and Jazz music. heart and personal experience; brevity: go for honesty Music School of Moscow State Conservatory. He won “Grand and depth while being brief. Topics will be announced Prix” and gold medal at the International Violin Competition This concert is presented by the Great Neck Library and the one month before the Salon. 3 pm of Pierre Lantier in Paris, France, 1997. He has won GNL Music Advisory Committee. Temple Emanuel is numerous other competitions, awards and scholarships. graciously hosting three 2015 music programs while the Main Mr. Polezhayev was a member of the New York Philharmonic Building is closed for renovation. Parking is in the rear of the from 2002 to 2004, and was a member of the New Jersey Temple. There is a rear entrance not far from the parking lot Symphony Orchestra from 2000 to 2002. near the gardens.

Accomplished pianist Yelena Polezhayev, and mother of Anton, has performed with her husband Vladimir throughout page 5 The Great Neck Library a picture history of how we’ve grown

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page 6 Winter 2015 Films Everything old is new again. These films with similar themes made years apart -- endure, captivate and delight over and over again. See the Events Calendar for more information.

The Library’s film matinees will be held on Thursdays “Takeseries Two” at the Station Branch at 2:00 pm (Doors open at 1:30 pm).

Seating for residents of the Great Neck School District is on a first-come, first-seated basis. Seating for non-residents will begin 15 minutes before the program starts, if seats are available.

PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY AS SEATING IS LIMITED. JANUARY 8 JANUARY JANUARY 15 JANUARY 22 JANUARY 29 JANUARY FEBRUARY 5 FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 12 FEBRUARY 19 FEBRUARY 26 FEBRUARY MARCH 5 MARCH MARCH 12 MARCH MARCH 19 MARCH MARCH 26 MARCH

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Children’s Program Registration begins January 21 at 9:30 am online STATION BRANCH and at 10:01 am in person or phone (466-8055), except where noted.

JANUARY 3 to MARCH 28 Attend this parent/child time with your WEDNESDAY The most hilarious, inventive and child- preschooler. Help your child get on the FEBRUARY 18 pleasing variety arts show around. The Read, Learn, Grow! road to reading by joining us each week juggling, magic, physical comedy and Saturdays 2 - 2:30 pm for stories to be read aloud. Ages 2 - 5 with Flow improvisations will astound you! Grades parent/caregiver. No registration required. K-6 with parent/caregiver. Tickets will be Circus available Thursday, February 5 at 8:00 11 - 11:45 am p.m. at the Station and Parkville Branches, and Friday, February 6 at 9:00 a.m. at Join us in an exploration of creativity! JANUARY 12 the Lakeville Branch. Each month, the Station Branch staff FEBRUARY 9 hosts a fun craft to promote creativity Creative Corner and individuality. Ages 2 – 10 with Mondays 5:15 - 5:45 pm parent/caregiver. Registration begins January 5 for January class and February 2 for February class. THURSDAY Celebrate the Chinese New Year 2015, the Year of the Sheep, with wonderful, FEBRUARY 19 TUESDAYS Make fun and creative masterpieces simple crafts to make and celebrate the JANUARY 27 planned especially for third and fourth Chinese holiday. Come in and ask for your take graders and have a chance to make new home Chinese New Year activity page! to MARCH 10 friends. Grades 3 - 4 ONLY. There will New Year Ages 5 and up. B’Twixt & B’Tween be NO classes the week of February 16. 10 am - 8 pm 5 - 6 pm

WEDNESDAYS Join us for hands-on science! You'll learn JANUARY 28 about and replicate science experiments FEBRUARY 7 Join us at the Station Branch for an after- to MARCH 11 that will broaden your knowledge and noon where you can build, create and you will have fun while gaining practical MARCH 14 play with LEGOs. A great way to relax Totally applications. Topics may include the and spend family fun time together! environment, engineering, technology, Family LEGO Day Ages 5 -12 with parent/caregiver. Tweens and health. Grades 5 - 6 ONLY. There Saturdays 3:30 - 4:30 pm Registration begins January 31. 5 - 6 pm will be NO classes week of February 16.

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JANUARY 12 & FEBRUARY 9 Join us in an exploration of creativity! Each month, Parkville JANUARY 20 Branch staff hosts a fun craft to promote creativity and individ- Creative Corner uality. Ages 2 – 10 with parent/caregiver. Registration begins MARCH 24 Mondays 5:15 - 5:45 pm January 5 for January class and February 2 for February class. B’Twixt & B’Tween Tuesdays 4:30 - 5:15 pm Attend this parent/child time with your preschooler. Help your JANUARY 17 • FEBRUARY 21 • MARCH 21 Make fun and creative masterpieces child get on the road to reading by joining us each week for Saturdays 2 - 2:30 pm planned especially for third and fourth Read, Learn, Grow! stories to be read aloud. Ages 2 - 5 with parent/caregiver. graders and have a chance to make No registration required. new friends. Grades 3 - 4 ONLY. TUESDAYS JANUARY 27 to MARCH 10 Join us for hands-on science! You'll learn about and replicate Registration begins January 13. science experiments that will broaden your knowledge and you Totally Tweens 5 - 6 pm will have fun while gaining practical applications. Topics may include the environment, engineering, technology, and health. Grades 5 - 6 ONLY. There will be NO classes the week of February 16.

WEDNESDAYS JANUARY 28 to MARCH 11 Make fun and creative masterpieces planned especially for third and fourth graders and have a chance to make new B’Twixt & B’Tween 5 - 6 pm friends. Grades 3 - 4 ONLY. There will be NO classes the week of February 16.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 Celebrate the Chinese New Year 2015, the Year of the Sheep, To register for a Children’s Chinese New Year with wonderful, simple crafts to make and celebrate the program or for program 10 am - 8 pm holiday. Come in and ask for your take-home Chinese New information, scan the QR Code Year activity page! Ages 5 and up. with your smart phone.

Happy This interactive concert for families and kids gets the audience playing and laughing together with movement, dance, and Clam musical games. This show is based on Lena’s popular Parents Show Choice Award-Winning CD “Happy as Clams.” Dance along 11 - 11:45 am with Grabby the Crabby, row the pirate ship along with Hugh Stinkfoot, and come "Rock under the docks" with us for this Or visit our Library website CLAM-tasic musical SHELL-elebration. Ages infant - 7 years at www.greatnecklibrary.org, with parent/caregiver. Tickets available Thursday, February 5 then click on Program at 8:00 p.m. at the Station and Parkville Branches, and Friday, Calendar & Registration. page 8 February 6 at 9:00 a.m. at the Lakeville Branch. KIDS’ WORLD

ALL BRANCHES TEMPLE ISRAEL 108 Old Mill Road, Great Neck JANUARY 5 to 31 Join our Winter Reading Club! TUESDAYS Come for movement and interactive Beginning online Monday, JANUARY 27 play with your little one. Once Upon A Winter January 5, 2015, participants will Reading Club record and write a review of what to MARCH 10 Ages 12 to 23 months with parent/ they have read. Baby Romp caregiver. Located at the Pine Room Class A: 10:15 - 10:45 am at the Lower Level of the Temple. After the 31st, readers who have Class B: 11:15 - 11:45 am registered and reported on a mini- Parking and entry is via the School mum of 25 books (for children entrance in the rear parking lot. ages 3-6), 8 books (for children There will be NO classes the week ages 7-9), or 5 books (for children of February 16. ages 10-12), will be eligible to receive a prize bag. Ages 3 - 12 with parent/caregiver. JR. LEVELS THURSDAYS We'll hop & bop, jump & jive, and Release your inner artist! Paint or JANUARY 29 wiggle & giggle with a time full of MONDAYS fun activities and silly songs. JANUARY 26 draw a masterpiece, make jewelry to MARCH 12 and other crafts for yourself or to MARCH 9 Wiggles Ages 2 to 4 with parent/caregiver. friends! Grades 5 - 6 ONLY. There Located at the Pine Room at the Arts & Crafts with will be NO classes the week of &Giggles Lower Level of the Temple. Gabby Volano February 16. Class A: 2:15 - 2:45 pm Parkville Branch 5 - 6 PM Class B: 3:15 - 3:45 pm Parking and entry is via the School entrance in the rear parking lot. There will be NO classes the week of February 16. TUESDAYS Come in to create improvised JANUARY 27 scenes, play theater games, and Children’s Program Registration begins January 21 at 9:30 am online to MARCH 10 laugh your face off! Grades 5 - 6 and at 10:01 am in person or phone (466-8055), except where noted. ONLY. There will be NO classes Theater Games the week of February 16. Parkville Branch 4 - 5 PM

WEDNESDAYS Write hit songs with your very Registration for January/February Story Time programs JANUARY 28 own melodies and lyrics! begins Wednesday, January 21, 2015! Grades 5 - 6 ONLY. There will be Beginning 9:30 am, go online at www.greatnecklibrary.org, to MARCH 11 NO classes the week of February 16. Songwriters Workshop in person at 10:01 a.m., or by phone at 466-8055. Station Branch 4 - 5 PM ALL CHILDREN FROM INFANT THROUGH AGE 5 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR CAREGIVER.

THURSDAYS Write, shoot, and edit your shorts! JANUARY 29 Each workshop will start with to MARCH 12 planning, then shooting and finally editing a short movie. Have fun TOY TIME LITTLE LISTENERS Make a Mini Movie with your friends creating 11 - 11:45 am (10 - 17 months) 10:30 - 11 am (ages 2 - 5) Tuesdays: Jan 27 with Mike Meehan comedies, thrillers, and dramas! Mondays: Jan 26 Grades 5 - 6 ONLY. There will be Feb 2, 9, 23 • March 2, 9 Feb 3, 10, 24 • March 3, 10 Station Branch 5 - 6 PM NO classes the week of February 16. BABY TIME BABY TIME TEMPLE EMANUEL 2 - 2:30 pm (infant - 9 months) 4 - 4:30 pm (infant - 9 months) 150 Hicks Lane, Great Neck Tuesdays: Jan 27 Wednesdays: Jan 28 Feb 3, 10, 24 • March 3, 10 Feb 4, 11, 25 • March 4. 11 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Fly away with the Darling children to Neverland, where Peter battles with a band of pirates and his arch enemy: LITTLE LISTENERS TOY TIME Peter Pan the villainous Captain Hook. Peter is 3 - 3:30 pm (ages 3 - 5) 10:30 - 11:15 am (10 - 17 months) 11 am - 12 pm a daring, courageous and mischievous Wednesdays: Jan 28 Thursdays: Jan 29 co-sponsored by boy - an incurable prankster with a Feb 4, 11, 25 • March 4, 11 Feb 5, 12, 26 • March 5, 12 Temple Emanuel valiant heart. This live performance of the ageless story of love and STORIES FOR TOTS bravery will leave you in Aahhh! 11 - 11:30 am (18 - 23 months) All children are Thursdays: Jan 29 For Grades K - 6 with parent/ Feb 5, 12, 26 • March 5, 12 required to have a caregiver. Tickets available Thursday, February 5 at 8:00 p.m. valid Great Neck at the Station and Parkville 2’S STORYTIME Library card at the Branches, and Friday, February 6 10:30 - 11 am (2 years of age) The treasured at 9:00 a.m. at the Lakeville Branch. Fridays: Jan 30 time of registration. tale of an Feb 6, 13, 27 • March 6, 13 adventurous Parking is in the rear of the Temple. boy who never There is a rear entrance not far from grows up! the parking lot near the gardens. page 9

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LIBRARY HOLIDAY CLOSINGS New Year’s Eve Wednesday, December 31, 2014 (closes at 1 pm) New Year’s Day Thursday, January 1, 2015 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday, January 19, 2015 Presidents’ Day Monday, February 16, 2015

Levels will be closed December 22 through January 4. STATION BRANCH The Gardens at Great Neck, Levels reopens at 4 pm on Monday, January 5. 26 Great Neck Rd (2nd level) Monday 9 am - 9 pm Tuesday 9 am - 9 pm BOARD OF TRUSTEES Wednesday 10 am - 9 pm Marietta DiCamillo, President Thursday 9 am - 9 pm Francine Ferrante Krupski, Vice President Friday 9 am - 6 pm Varda Solomon, Secretary Saturday 10 am - 6 pm Josie Pizer, Treasurer Sunday 1 - 5 pm (through June 14, 2015) Joel Marcus, Asst. Treasurer Michael Fuller, Asst. Treasurer LAKEVILLE BRANCH 475 Great Neck Rd, Great Neck Janet Nina Esagoff, Trustee (until January 27, 2015) Monday 10 am - 6 pm Robert M. Schaufeld, Trustee (beginning January 27, 2015) Tuesday 10 am - 6 pm Christine Johnson, Interim Assistant Director Wednesday 10 am - 9 pm Thursday 10 am - 6 pm Friday 10 am - 9 pm BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETINGS Saturday 10 am - 6 pm Tuesdays at 7:30 pm (open to the general public) Sunday closed January 20 at the Station Branch January 27 at the Parkville Branch (Annual Reorganization Meeting) PARKVILLE BRANCH 10 Campbell St, New Hyde Park Monday 9 am - 9 pm Check the Library website at www.greatnecklibrary.org NON-PROFITORGANIZATION Tuesday 9 am - 9 pm for future meeting dates.

Wednesday 10 am - 9 pm NO.PERMIT 1626 U.S.POSTAGE Thursday 9 am - 9 pm Flushing,NY

Friday 9 am - 6 pm PAID Saturday 10 am - 6 pm GNL NEWSLETTER Debra Feldman, Programming/Editorial Assistant Sunday 1 - 5 pm (through June 14, 2015) Cindy Simeti, Newsletter, Layout/Design

This newsletter is printed on recyclable, partially recycled newsprint paper, using soy-based ink.

WEDNESDAYS, FEBRUARY 4 - APRIL 8 Parkville Branch Free AARP Tax Aide Beginning February 4, 2015, AARP Tax Preparers will be at the Parkville Branch on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to assist in preparing and filing simple State and Federal tax returns online.

You must have an appointment and bring all relevant tax papers. Registration for Tax Assistance appointments will begin on Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.

Call the Parkville Branch at 466-8055, ext. 273 for details or to make an appointment.

Pay Your Fines Online with ECommerce

ECommerce is an online payment system that allows you to pay your fines and bills in excess of $3 via the Library’s online catalog. You simply log into your library account by entering your name and library card number. Click the link to your Unpaid Fines and Bills and follow the instructions.

When you have completed your transaction, a receipt will be emailed to you. To print the receipt, right-click on the receipt and click Print. In order to see the change in the amount you owe, please exit from your library account and log back in.

You can use ECommerce from the Library’s public computers or any computer with an Internet connection. Ecommerce is designed for use by you, the patron, without staff intervention; however, staff will be available to assist you by telephone or in person during Library hours.

Visa, MasterCard and Discover credit cards are accepted, and debit cards must display the logo for either MasterCard or Visa. Please call the Circulation Department at 466-8055, ext. 203 with any questions.