Newsletter of the Hewlett- Woodmere Public Library OCTOBER I NOVEMBER I DECEMBER 2015 VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 OverlA John S. and Florence G. eaf WHAT’S INSIDE Lawrence Concert OVER LEAF JR. REMOVABLE INSERT A Special Concert for Young People Big Screen Page 6 Events & Performances Pages 2-3 LONG ISLAND reSOUND Films Pages 6 Great Books Page 5 Good Vibrations Great Decisions Page 4 I Sunday, November 8, 2:30 pm H-W PL Readers Page 7 Lectures & Courses Pages 3 -5 Workshop:11:00 am Teens Page 5 Long Island reSound is an advanced community handbell ensemble based in Babylon Village . They have a vast repertoire FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY including Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, Lion King medley, What a Wonderful The Friends of the Hewlett-Wood - World, Phantom of the Opera, and much more. They ring 5 octaves of Whitehapel mere Public Library take pride and Handbells, and 3 Octaves of Malmark Handchimes. Long Island reSound will lead a pleasure in enhancing the library expe - workshop with children 6 years old and up on handchimes. The song learned in the rience for the community through workshop will be performed at the concert. cultural programs, concerts, children’s District residents may pick up tickets beginning Wednesday, October 21, 10 am & 7 pm. Registration for district residents for children’s workshop begins Wednesday, October 21, 10 am, programs, book bags, and giving “gifts” in the Children’s Room. Registration is limited. to enhance the facility beyond the budgeting process. Members also par - ticipate in advance ticket distribution days for all Friends’ ticketed events such as concerts and special programs . John Irving: Reading and Conversation Out-of-district supporters are wel - I Thursday, November 5, 8 pm comed! So, be a Friend, and join today! A Friends’ membership makes Now in its fourteenth year, Live from NY’s 92nd a great gift! ! Street Y™ (“92Y Live”) broadcasts select cultural and The Friends have received gift John Irving educational programs by simulcasting, via private donations from members of the com - webcast. This will be a live broadcast in Gold Hall. munity to show their appreciation and The bestselling author John Irving, of novels such as A Prayer for Owen Meany, The support of Friends’ activities or to World According to Garp, and The Cider House Rules explores fate and memory in commemorate a lifetime milestone. his new novel, Avenue of Mysteries , which follows an old man on a journey to the When considering gift giving, please Philippines and back into the dreams of his childhood. consider making a gift to the Friends. District residents and Friends of the Library may pick up tickets beginning Thursday, October 22, 10 am And of course, we thank all our mem - & 7 pm. Seating will begin at 7:30 pm. bers for their continuous support of Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Library the Friends. To join or purchase a gift member - GOLD CONCERT Naomi and Stanley Drucker ship, please fill out a form available at American Chamber Ensemble the Information Desk, Circulation, or I at Friends’ programs. Sunday, November 1, 2:30 pm Featuring Naomi Drucker, clarinet and Stanley BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ MEETINGS Drucker, clarinet, and pianist Marilyn Lehman Tuesday, October 13, 7:45 pm The American Chamber Ensemble, directed Monday, November 9, 7:45 pm Tuesday, December 15, 7:45 pm by pianists Blanche Abram and Marilyn Lehman and clarinetist Naomi Drucker, has presented concerts for BOARD OF TRUSTEES more than 40 years. In residence at Hofstra University, Benjamin A. Eilbott, President Shari H. Braverman, Vice President ACE is a consortium of distinguished musicians whose concerts explore the music for David A. Adler Leslie Eisenberg clarinet and/or piano with strings, woodwinds and/or voice. Stanley Drucker, world Frank Zaret, Treasurer renowned clarinetist, former lead clarinetist with the NY Philharmonic Orchestra, William Ferro, Director will be performing with ACE. Nadine Connors, Editor and Programs District residents may pick up tickets beginning Wednesday, October 21, 10 am & 7 pm. SPECIAL EVENTS & PERFORMANCES A John S. and Florence G. FEELIN’ GROOVY Lawrence Memorial Concert Quintet of the Americas The Other American Songbook: Flutist Karla Moe; Oboist Matt Rock ‘n’ roll, folk, 60s, Sullivan; Clarinetist Paul Won Jin Scarborough Fair: Cho; Horn Player Barbara Oldham; Bassoonist Gina Cuffari The Simon and Garfunkel I Sunday, December 13, 2:30 pm Experience Featuring the Guthrie Brothers, Stuart Fishman Memorial Concert Jeb & Jock ÌF Ola Fresca I Thursday, October 15, 7:30 pm I Sunday, October 4, From their mesmerizing rendition 1:30 & 4 pm of Sound of Silence, to their playful version of Cecilia , prepare to fall in Weaving musical bridges that con - love again with the music of Simon and nect traditional modern Cuban dance Garfunkel. music with salsa, funk,and world beat rhythms, Ola Fresca, assisted by the District residents and Friends of the Library may pick up tickets beginning Thursday, creative energy of Jose Conde, have October 1, 10 am & 7 pm. evolved into a swinging, fearless tropi - Established in Bogotá, Colombia in cal sound directly from Brooklyn! As 1976 and based in New York City since Marc Berger relations continue to change between 1979, Quintet of the Americas has Cuba and the US, Ola Fresca brings an spent over three decades commission - evolved Cuban sound to audiences once ing over 90 works. Known for its many again. styles of repertoire, QOA has received New York based painter, dancer, two ASCAP-CMA Awards for Adventure - musician Carlos Mateu and partner, will some Programming. per form typical Cuban and salsa dances District residents may pick up tickets beginning to selected Ola Fresca songs. Wednesday, December 2, 10 am & 7 pm. District residents and Friends of the Library may pick up tickets beginning Wednesday, ÌF September 9, 10 am & 7 pm. Only 1 ticket per HIGHLIGHTS IN JAZZ library card and Friend’s membership card. I Thursday, October 29, 7:30 pm Cabaret Jazz: A program of NEW TALENT/NEW IDEAS jazz and popular standards with RIDE - Songs and Music Moving Music: Rhythm Road Across Ronny Whyte, piano; Martin Wind, The Americas bass; David Silliman, drums With Marc Berger & Co. Ronny Whyte is not only considered I Thursday, November 19, 7:30 pm Alexander Wu, Piano a premier interpreter of classic ameri - Inspired by Marc’s lifelong love I Sunday, November 15, 2:30 pm can popular song he is also an outstand - affair with the American West and pro - This program ing jazz pianist, and an award winning duced by Marc and Mike Ricciardi, RIDE is a rediscovery songwriter. captures the vastness and romance of and exploration District residents and Friends of the Library the West while exploring its deep roots of music of the may pick up tickets beginning Wednesday, October 14, 10 am & 7 pm. in the American psyche through song Americas and music. through differ - ÌF District residents and Friends of the Library ent time peri - AFTERNOON WEEKDAY CONCERT may pick up tickets beginning Wednesday, ods, cultures, An Afternoon of November 4, 10 am & 7 pm. and styles; from Contemporary Cabaret! Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Library the early Ameri - I Thursday, December 17, 1 pm can spirituals Featuring Lois Morton United Choral Society and folk, to the popular jazz and Latin Lois Morton is a singer/songwriter I American classics. Music by Leonard Sunday, December 6, 2 pm known to Long Island and Manhattan Bernstein, Dave Brubeck, George A holiday time is not complete with - audiences for her humorous songs. Lois Gershwin, Oscar Peterson, Ástor Piaz - out singing. Come celebrate song and was a finalist for the MAC-sponsored zolla, and others will be featured. singing with this all volunteer choir. Dottie Burman Songwriter’s Award. Tickets may be picked up beginning Tuesday, Tickets may be picked up beginning Tuesday, November 3, 10 am & 7 pm. No tickets are needed. November 24, 10 am & 7 pm. 2 LECTURES & COURSES Oral History Project STEPPING ON! ART LECTURES inspired by StoryCorps Building With Prof. Thomas Germano Help Keep The Five Towns Rich Confidence 3 Wednesdays History And L eave A Legacy For and Reducing Future Generations! Falls An 8-part Workshop I Thursdays, October 1 - November 19, 1:30-3:30 pm Stepping On is a well-researched fall prevention program. It empowers older adults to reduce their risk of falling. Gustav Klimt and The program was evaluated and the The Woman in Gold results published in the September I Wednesday, October 7, 1 pm Did you grow up in the Five Towns? 2004 issue of the Journal of American Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) painted Did you live here before World War II? Geriatrics Society. In this study, Dr. Adele Bloch-Bauer: The Woman in Do you have memories of your family Lindy Clemson, an occupational thera - Gold. The close relationship that exist - and prior generations? Did your family pist in Australia, found that those com - ed between the artist and one of his have a business here for generations? pleting Stepping On experienced a 31% key subjects and patrons is apparent reduction in falls. North Shore/LIJ and Adele has the distinction of being Inspired by StoryCorps, a national pro - Health System purchased the license the only person Klimt painted twice. gram designed to help public libraries for the program and had health profes - across the country collect the stories of sionals specially trained to become their communities, long-term residents Master Leaders. Picasso Sculpture Exhibition will be asked to share their recollec - The series consists of eight work - I Wednesday, November 4, 1 pm tions of historic Five Towns. With your shops; once a week for two hours. Two MoMA, NYC: September 14 - February 7, 2016 help, Five Towns’ rich heritage and trained leaders facilitate the classes. MoMA, NYC is hosting a wide ranging wealth of memories can be brought to Classes are highly participatory with survey of Pablo Picasso’s three dimen - life and preserved for future genera - the sharing of mutual support and suc - sional works, the first such museum tions. cess that builds participants’ confi - exhibition in the US in 48 years. If you or someone you know would dence in their ability to reduce the risk This lecture will introduce and discuss like to participate, please contact of falls and maintain active and fulfill - the works in this exhibition, Picasso’s Local History Librarian, Millicent ing lives. innovations, and the influence his Vollono, 516-374-196 7 x158, or email: Eligibility: 60 years or over, not sculpture has had on others. [email protected]. suffering from dementia, walking independently or using a cane, are at John Singer Sargent: ÌF Beyond Gatsby risk of falling, have a fear of falling, have fallen one or more times. “An Ex-Patriot American Artist ” The Fabled Gardens of District residents may register beginning I Wednesday, December 2, 1 pm Long Island’s Gold Coast Thursday, September 24,10 am. John S inger with CeCe Haydock, Constance T. In-person registration is required. You will be Haydock, Landscape Architect, P.C. required to fill out a form at time of registra - Sargent (1856- I Wednesday, December 16, 1 pm tion. Workshop is limited to 15 persons. 1925) was born in Florence, Beginning around the turn of the Italy, enrolled century and through the 1920s, the H-WPL SCHEDULE CHANGES in the Accade - North Shore was the place to be for mia di Belle Art some of the most notable Americans. Monday, October 12 CLOSED in Florence, Along with grand houses, they built Monday, November 2 1 – 9 pm and then the elaborate gardens.Discover the gar - Wednesday, November 11 CLOSED family moved dens, as they were originally built, and Wednesday, November 25 9 am – 6 pm to Paris for his learn about their history, landscape Thursday, November 26 CLOSED development as an artist. A later move design, and present condition. Thursday, December 24 9 am – 1 pm to London established him as a great CeCe Haydock graduated Princeton University Friday, December 25 CLOSED with a BA in English, and received a master’s Sunday, December 27 CLOSED portrait painter of the English aristocracy. degree in landscape architecture from the Thursday, December 31 9 am – 1 pm Check out the novel “Strapless” by Deborah SUNY School of Environmental Science and Friday, January 1 CLOSED Davis. A tale of Singer’s art and celebrity and Forestry. the story of the famous painting “Madame X”.

3 LECTURES & COURSES Lectures with Prof. Ron Brown BOOK DISCUSSION Word Fun World’s Fair Series 50 Children: One Ordinary Etymology American Couple's Extraordinary 4 Tuesdays With Ben Eilbott Rescue Mission Into the Heart Monday, October 19, 10 am of Nazi Germany by Steven Pressman Ben Eilbott will discuss (not without some tangents, knowing Ben), by illu - With Jane Shapiro minating selected English words, how I Wednesday, October 14, 1 pm they migrated into our language, often They said it couldn’t be done-rescue without any, or more than a minor, 50 Jewish children from Nazi-held Vien - alteration. na in 1939 and bring them to safety in German: Acht, Macht, Nacht, Knecht the US. Would the Nazi’s let them out English: eight, might, night, knight and would the US State Department let French: dan de lion America’s First World’s Fair, them in? The film on this episode in his - English: dandelion. And many more… The American Institute Fair, 1829 tory was viewed last year at the library, I partnering with NCJW. This book goes Poetry Tuesday, October 13, 1 pm deeper into this historic, courageous I In 1829, the United States joined act by a couple from Philadelphia to Tuesday, October 27, 1 pm the community of nations as a free, rescue 50 Jewish children. Poetry is not a dirty word! Let’s listen, stable, and vast country. To celebrate look, and think: the announcement of a new country, Sharper Training Solutions, Inc. Poems and witty sayings that will the USA hosted the American Institute Inside your iPhone and iPad effortlessly remind, provoke, stimu - Fair, unofficially known as America’s I Thursday, December 10, 7 – 9 pm late, and even amuse. So often misun - First World’s Fair. derstood and misapplied: Where igno - Learn all about the settings on your rance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise. The Crystal Palace Exposition, 1853 device. In this class, we will discuss Good fences make good neighbors. iCloud, Mail, Contacts, and Calendars, I Tuesday, October 20, 1 pm Education forms the common mind, protecting your security with Privacy Just as the twig is bent, the tree’s By 1853, the United States had settings, settings that impact battery inclined. So let us do just a tiny bit of expanded to the Pacific Ocean, rivaling life, and much more. Bring your device bending. Europe in wealth, territory, and glory. and your questions. Prerequisites: Registration begins Wednesday, October 7, 10 am. Between July 1853 and November 1854, Introduction to iPad and iPhone or New York City invited the great nations equivalent, and comfortable with using of the world to display the fruits of their your device. Donald X. Clavin, industrial accomplishments at The District residents may register beginning Receiver of Taxes Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations. Wednesday, November 18, 10 am. Non-residents I may register, space allowing, Saturday, Tuesday, October 27, 7 pm World’s Fair 1939-1940 December 5. Mr. Clavin will discuss tax discounts, I Tuesday, November 17, 1 pm property tax exemptions (seniors, Vet - GREAT DECISIONS 2016 erans, Basic Star & Enhanced Star, New York City celebrated the emer - Foreign Policy Association Home Improvement), payment options, gence of the United States as a major dates, times, and locations to pay your world empire with a big party, called A With Stanislao G. Pugliese Hofstra University taxes (mobile tax office, satellite World’s Fair. The American empire I offices, email payments, and NEW- text included Puerto Rico, Panama Canal, Wednesdays at 7:30 pm reminders. Hawaii, Alaska, and the Philippines, January 2 Middle East: Wake, and Guam. Shifting Alliances Challenges February 24 ISIS I Monday, November 16, 1 pm World’s Fair 1964-1965 March 30 The Kurds Mr. Clavin will discuss the grievance April 27 Migration I Tuesday, December 15, 1 pm process which may result in lower May 11 The Two Koreas assessment, thus reducing property This fair celebrated the declaration May 25 United Nations taxes. that the United States was now the June 8 Climate Change Politics leading nation on the planet. Britain June 22 Cuba and France were second-rate powers, Registration begins Tuesday, December 3, AARP SMART DRIVER COURSE the US economy, military, culture, and 10 am. There is no charge for the booklet. Call 516.374.1967 x231 for infor - language ruled the planet. Again, New Booklets arrive the first week of January mation about our on-going defensive York City was the premier city of this 2016. Exact titles, order of discussion topics, and dates may be subject to change. driving classes. global empire. 4 HEALTH TEENS LifeForce Yoga for Teen Database Night College Finance: How to Depression and Anxiety Let Us Show You the Way to an “A” Beat the High Cost of College With Alyssa Gilbert I Thursday, October 1, 7 pm With Barry Fox, Financial Aid I 2 Wednesdays: October 21 & School has begun, and so has the Counselor October 28, 11 am long slog through the swamp of I Tuesday, November 3, 7 pm LifeForce Yoga for Depression and research assignments. Not sure where There have been many changes in Anxiety was developed by Amy to start? Our librarians will demon - the financial aid process as college Weintraub to address the emotional strate our best online resources that costs continue to escalate. Filling out needs of those who either do not man - will make working on your next project the FAFSA and other topics and updates age their moods with medication or easy. Most of these databases are on financial aid will be covered. would like some additional support. accessible anywhere you have Wi-Fi! Through the use of sound, movement, Art Smart: Japanese and meditation, students move through College Applications Floating Lanterns the guided practice and leave feeling With Cheryl Frey Richards Made Easy Grades 6 - 12 at greater ease with themselves. With Ellen Karcinell Students also learn practices to take I I Thursday, October 8, 7 pm Tuesday, November 10, 7 pm home. This is a seated class. Floating lanterns were traditionally Ellen Karcinell takes the mystery out Alyssa Gilbert is an E-RYT200/ RYT500 yoga used in a ceremony to help spirits teacher and is registered with the Yoga of the college application process: the return to the other world. They are Alliance and the International Association of Common Application, Supplements, Yoga Therapy. She has been a yoga practioner also used to commemorate lost Applications not covered by the for sixteen years and a teacher for four. relatives and heroes from past wars. Common App, and Resumes. Her unique Participants will build and decorate technique for essay writing will simplify Sharper Training Solutions, Inc. their very own traditional floating the entire process, giving the student a lantern to take home. Research Medical Needs winning package. Online District residents may register beginning District residents may sign up NOW at the Info Wednesday, October 28, 10 am & 7 pm. I Wednesday, November 18, Desk. Refreshments will be served. Registration is limited. 10 am – 12 noon Learn how to use the Internet to What every college bound student Spirit Sky Drumming research health-related needs. This and parents need to know. I Monday, December 7, 7 pm Grades 6 - 12 class will include an introduction to the The New Rules of College Internet for non-users. We will visit Learn the art of natural rhythm that sites providing reviews of medical Admissions is within each of us, a rhythm as natu - I professionals, information on drug Tuesday, October 13, 6:45 to ral as our own heartbeat. This class will interactions, research on symptoms of 8:15 pm introduce the student to drum, hand disease and ailments, information on With Michael Binder, techniques, and listening skills. alternative approaches to treatments, Your College Navigator District residents may register in the Children’s and much more. Learn what colleges look for in their Room beginning Wednesday, November 25, 10 am & 7 pm. Prerequisites: Computer Kinder - candidates, what high school sopho - garten and Computer 1st grade or mores, juniors, and seniors can do to equivalent and comfortable using a differentiate themselves, how to deter - Teen Movie Nights I computer. mine your “best fit” reach, target and Monday, December 28, 6:30 pm I District residents may register beginning high probability colleges, and how to Tuesday, December 29, 6:30 pm Thursday, November 5, 10 am. Registration is maximize your scholarship and financial Join us in Gold Hall to enjoy a film. limited to 24 persons. Non-residents may regis - aid potential. Check with Youth Services Department ter, space allowing, Saturday, November 14. District residents may sign up NOW at the for more details. Info Desk. Refreshments will be served. H-WPL Library Card is your ticket to admission. Mind, Body, Empowerment Connection ÌF Great Books Discussion Group 2015 Tuesdays at 7:30 pm With Dr. Teresa Antony October 20: Roth, Philip December 8: Shakespeare, William I Two Tuesdays: November 24 Richard III and December 8, 1 pm Short Story selections from Goodbye Columbus: and Five Short Stories ISBN 10 0486287475 Dr. Antony will present a PowerPoint Houghton Mifflin Copies of the titles currently in our collection presentation on the History of Yoga. November 24: James, Henry will be available behind the Circulation Desk. Following will be a series of seated Dover Publications, 31 E. 2nd St., Mineola, NY Spoils of Poynton stretches. The class will finish with a 11501-3582. Fax or credit card orders: Penguin Classics 516-294-9758. Telephone: 516-241-5438. 15-minute traditional meditation.

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Brush up on NCJW ZIMMERMAN FUND your Star Wars I Sunday, October 25, 2 pm before the new Last Days in Vietnam release on Film: The Green Prince Documentary, 100 min. December 18 ! The new movie is set 30 Documentary: Written by Nadav Schirman, Produced & Directed by Rory Kennedy years after the last episode. Rated PG Mosab Hassan Yousef: Directed by Nadav I Monday, November 9, 2 pm Schirman, 101 min., PG-13 Star Wars: Epis ode 1 Set against the chaotic backdrop April 1975, during the chaotic final The Phantom M enace 126 min. of recent events in the Middle East, days of the Vietnam War, as the North I November 4, 7 pm Nadav Schirman’s The Green Prince Vietnamese Army closed in on Saigon, retraces the details of a highly the South Vietnamese resistance crum - Star Wars: Episode II unprecedented partnership that bled. The United States had only a Attack of the Clones 142 min developed between sworn enemies. skeleton crew of diplomats and military I November 18, 7 pm In the style of a tense psychological operatives still in the country. With the Star Wars: Episode III Revenge thriller, this extraordinary documen - lives of thousands of South Vietnamese of the Sith 140 min. tary recounts the true story of the hanging in the balance, those in control I December 2, 7 pm son of a Hamas leader who emerged faced an impossible choice—who would as one of Israel’s prized informants, go and who would be left behind Star Wars: Episode IV: and the Shin Bet agent who risked his to face brutality, imprisonment, or A New Hope 125 min. career to protect him. possibly death. At the risk of their I December 9, 7 pm District residents may pick up tickets begin - careers or courts-martial, a handful of Star Wars: Episode V: The ning Wednesday, October 7, 10 am & 7 pm. individuals took the matters into Empire Strikes Back 127 min their hands, engaging in unsanctioned I December 16, 7 pm NCJW ADVOCACY operations to evacuate as many South Vietnamese as possible. Star Wars: Episode VI: Documentary: Return of the Jedi 135 min. The Pink Room I December 23, 7 pm WEDNESDAY FILMS SPEAKERS Kingsman: Theresa A. Tebbett, Deputy Bureau Chief, The Secret Service BIG SCREEN FILMS District Court Bureau, Starring: Colin Firth Samuel L. Jackson, Some movies are experienced best Nassau County District Michael Caine on the Big Screen. Attorney; Directed by Matthew Vaughn, 129 min. Rated R Amanda Burke , Assistant District I October 7, 7 pm only Cinema Paradiso Attorney with the Nassau County District A spy organization recruits an unre - Starring Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Attorney’s Office Special Victims Bureau, Chief of the Human Trafficking Unit fined, but promising street kid into the Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, 121 min., Rated PG, 1988, Italian with subtitles Directed by Joel Sandvos, 57 min. agency’s ultra-competitive training Winner Best Foreign Film: Oscar, Golden I program, just as a global threat Globe, Grand Prize in Cannes, 1990 Sunday, November 22, 2 pm emerges from a twisted tech’ genius. I Sunday, October 18, 2 pm The Pink Room follows the journey of Mien, and other young girls in the Cinema Paradiso offers a nostalgic turbulent world of sex slavery. This is Life Itself look at films and the effect they have Documentary also a story of redemption, ordinary on a young boy who grows up in and Directed by Steve James, 120 min. Rated R people who become unlikely heroes, around the title village movie theater I Cambodians rising up with compas - October 21, 2 pm only in this Italian comedy drama that is sion to take back their country and a The life and career of the renowned based on the life and times of screen - town’s process of rebuilding from the film critic and social commentator, writer/director Giuseppe Tornatore. Roger Ebert. inside out. In a world where it is esti - The King and I mated that there are over one million children held captive and sexually Woman in Gold Starring Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno Directed by Walter Lang, 133 min., Rated G, 1956 abused, a flower blooms in the heart Starring Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, of Cambodia. Daniel Bruhl I Sunday, December 20, 2 pm Directed by Simon Curtis 109 min. Rated PG-13 District residents may pick up tickets begin - Deborah Kerr plays English widow ning Wednesday, November 4, 10 am & 7 pm. I October 28, 2 & 7 pm Anna Leonowens, who comes to Siam in Non-residents who are members of NCJW, Maria Altmann, an octogenarian the 1860s to tutor the many wives and Peninsula Section, may reserve a ticket by Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian children of the country’s progressive calling NCJW office; 342 Central Avenue, government to recover artwork she King, played by Yul Brynner, recreating Lawrence, NY. 516-569-3660, 9 am – 4 pm, Monday to Thursday. believes rightfully belongs to her family. his Broadway role.

6 H-WPL READERS IN THE GALLERY A Monthly Book Discussion Group District residents may reserve copies of the books well in advance of the discussions. Review packets are available at the Information Desk. Please note that this quarter, the group meets at different times and different days.

We Have Florence Gordon by Brian Morton Always My New Hat by Kathy Leistner Lived Discussion leader: Candace Plotsker-Herman Three in the Castle I I Monday, November 23, 1 pm October 1 – October 31, 2015 by Shirley Reception: Saturday, October 3, 2 pm Jackson Florence Gordon: blunt, brilliant, Three is an exhibit of three award Discussion leader: cantankerous and passionate, feminist winning photographers: Elizabeth Ellen Getreu icon to young women, invisible to Amoroso, Kathy Leistner, and Terri I almost everyone else. At age 75 she Tuesday, Pakula. Their many years of friendship October 13, 11 am deserves to lay down her burden after raising a family, enjoy her solitude, and have enhanced and supported their very Since the mysterious death of four get on with writing her memoirs. As she different visions of the photography. family members, Mary Katherine begins to write, she is interrupted by “Merricat”, her Uncle Julian, and her Rita Wilmers her son Daniel, who has returned to agoraphobic sister, Constance have I New York with his wife and daughter, November 5 – December 3, 2015 lived in a bizarre but happy state of involving her in their dramas. And then Reception: Saturday, November 14, 2 pm isolation. Merricat develops rules and her left foot, which is starting to drag... Rita Wilmers is an artist who has protective magic to guard them from With wit, a tenderness and respect for worked in watercolor, acrylic, mixed neighbors and strangers. Then cousin humanity, Brian Morton introduces a media, and pen and ink. Her paintings Charles arrives, in search of the Black - collection of unforgettable characters. have been exhibited in group shows and wood fortune and a long hidden family "What a treat it is to one-woman shows in galleries and secret is revealed as the magic fails. read Brian Morton's reside in private collections.Twenty “ A witch’s brew of eerie power and starling latest novel, novelty” —The New York Times populated with the four of her pieces have decorated the prickly, civic-minded set walls of the TV series, Gossip Girl. liberal intellectuals The Children Act we've come to expect Long Island Photo Walkers by Ian McEwan from him...self-aware and humorous..." Fine Feathered Friends Discussion leader: Esther Davidson —NPR.org I December 9 – January 5, 2016 I Thursday, November 12, 10:30 am Reception: Saturday, December 12, 2 pm Fiona Maye is a Mary Coin The Long Island Photo Walkers is a leading High Court by Marisa Silver local group in Long Beach founded by judge who pre - Discussion leader: Edna Ritzenberg Ilene Schuss. The group was created sides over cases I Monday, December 14, 11 am after Ms. Schuss led a photo walk in the family In 1936, a young mother, resting by inspired by Scott Kelby’s Worldwide division. Her pro - the side of the road, is photographed Photowalk, where photographers fessional success by a woman d ocumenting migrant gather to explore an area together, belies the sor - laborers in search of take photographs, share thoughts, and row of her per - work. The photograph make friends. sonal life. She becomes known as The is called on to Migrant Mother. Inter - IN THE BOEHM ROOM decide an urgent case: weaving the stories of Long Island Black Artist’s Adam, a lovely 17-year-old boy is refus - Mary Coin (the young ing medical treatment that could save mother) and the daring Association his life for religious reasons, which his photographer, this story I September 24-November 9, 2015 family supports. Her judgment has con - exposes two women who Reception: Saturday,October 17, 2 pm face life-altering deci - sequences for them both. sions and the depth of Founded in 1968 by a small group of “Highly subtle and page-turningly the human spirit and desires. artists, the Long Island Black Artist’s dramatic…Only a master could imagine, in Association helps African Americans barely over 200 pages, to engage so many “[A] superb new novel…Silver’s acute observations ideas, leaving nothing neatly answered.” and understated style are evident here as are showcase their work. The group has —Boston Globe her matter-of-fact, unapologetic characters… exhibited locally, nationally, and inter - mesmerizing... —Library Journal, Starred Review. nationally. 7 1125 Broadway Hewlett, New York 11557-2337 Non Profit Org. Telephone (516) 374-1967 U.S. Postage Programs (516) 374-1667 PAID Weather Emergency (516) 374-1667 Permit No. 70 We urge you to call the library during a weather Hicksville, NY 11801 emergency before leaving for the library or check our website at www.hwpl.org.

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SEPTEMBER 24 • Thursday Residents register for Stepping On 10 am

OCTOBER 25 • Sunday 19 • Thursday NCJW Film: The Green Prince * 2 pm Stepping On* #7 1:30-3:30 pm 1 • Thursday 27 • Tuesday Poetry with Ben Eilbott * 1 pm F Feelin’ Groovy: Ride - Marc Berger * 7:30 pm Residents & Friends pick up tickets Donald Clavin, Tax Collector 7 pm 22 • Sunday for 10/15 Feelin’ Groovy 10 am & 7 pm 28 • Wednesday NCJW Advocacy: Film: The Pink Room* 2 pm Stepping On - Introduction* 1:30-3:30 pm Residents register for Art Smart 10 am & 7 pm 23 • Monday Let Us Show You the Way to an “A”! 7 pm LifeForce Yoga 11 am HWPL Readers: Florence Gordon 1 pm 3 • Saturday Art Reception 2-4 pm Film: Woman in Gold 2 & 7 pm 24 • Tuesday 4 • Sunday 29 • Thursday Pick up tickets for 12/6 ÌF Stuart Fishman Concert * 1:30 & 4 pm Stepping On* #4 1:30-3:30 pm United Choral Society 10 am & 7 pm 7 • Wednesday ÌF Hi ghlights in Jazz* Ronny Whyte 7:30 pm Mind, Body, Empowerment 1 pm Residents pick up tickets for 10/25 NCJW ÌF Great Books 7:30 pm Zimmerman Fund film 10 am & 7 pm NOVEMBER 25 • Wednesday Art lecture: Gustave Klimt 1 pm 1 • Sunday Residents register for 12/7 Registration begins for Word Fun 10 am Gold Concert Series: Spirit Sky Drumming 10 am & 7 pm Film: Kingsman: The Secret Service 7 pm only American Chamber Ensemble * 2:30 pm 8 • Thursday 3 • Tuesday DECEMBER Stepping On* #1 1:30-3:30 pm Pic k u p tickets for NTNI Alexander Wu 10 am & 7 pm College Applications Made Easy* 7 pm College Finance with Barry Fox 7 pm 2 • Wednesday Residents pick up tickets for 12/13 Lawrence 13 • Tuesday 4 • Wednesday Concert: Quintet of the Americas 10 am & 7 pm HWPL Readers: We Have Always Residents pick up tickets for 11/22 NCJW Art Lecture: John Singer Sargent 1 pm Lived in The Castle 11 am Advocacy Film, The Pink Room 10 am & 7 pm Film: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith 7 pm Lecture: The American Institute Fair 1 pm Residents & Friends pick up tickets for 11/19 New Rules of College Admission 6:45-8:15 pm Feelin’ Groovy 10 am & 7 pm 3 • Thursday 14 • Wednesday Art Lecture: Picasso’s Sculpture 1 pm Registration for Great Decisions begins 10 am Residents & Friends pick up tickets for Film: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 7 pm 6 • Sunday United Choral Societ y* 2 pm 10/29 Highlights in Jazz 10 am & 7 pm 5 • Thursday 7 • Monday Spirit Sky Drumming * 7 pm Book Discussion: 50 Children. .. 1 pm Residents register for 8 • Tuesday League of Women Voters 6:30 pm Medical Needs Research 10 am Mind, Body, Empowerment 1 pm 15 • Thursday Stepping On* #2 1:30-3:30 pm Stepping On* # 5 1:30-3:30 pm ÌF Great Books 7:30 pm Feelin’ Groovy: Scarborough Fair * 7:30 pm F 92YLive*: John Irving (seating 7:30 pm) 8 pm 9 • Wednesday 17 • Saturday Art Reception 2-4 pm 8 • Sunday Film: Star Wars: A New Hope 7 pm 18 • Sunday Big Screen: Cinema Paradiso 2 pm Lawrence Children’s Concert 10 • Thursday Inside Your iPhone & iPad 7 pm 19 • Monday Long Island reSound * 2:30 pm 12 • Saturday Art Reception 2 pm Etymology with Ben Eilbott* 10 am 9 • Monday 13 • Sunday 20 • Tuesday Special Film: Last Days in Vietnam 2 pm Lawrence Concert: Quintet of Lecture: The Crystal Palace Exposition 1 pm 10 • Tuesday the Americas * 2:30 pm League of Women Voters 6:30 pm Medicare Made Easy 1 pm 14 • Monday HWPL Readers: Mary Coin 11 am ÌF Great Books 7:30 pm Art Smart 7 pm 15 • Tuesday Lecture: World’s Fair 1 pm 21 • Wednesday 12 • Thursday 16 • Wednesday Residents pick up tickets for 11/8 Lawrence HWPL Readers: The Children Act 10:30 am ÌF Beyond Gatsby: Fabled Gardens of LI 1 pm Children’s Concert & registration for children’s Stepping On* #6 1:30-3:30 pm Film: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 7 pm handchime workshop begins 10 am & 7 pm 14 • Saturda y Art Reception 2-4 p m 17 • Thursday Residents pick up tickets for 15 • Sunday NTNI: Alexander W u* 2:30 pm ÌF Afternoon Weekday Concert 1 pm 11/1 Gold Concert 10 am & 7 pm 16 • Monday 20 • Sunday Big Screen: The King and I 2 pm LifeForce Yoga 11 am Donald Clavin, Tax Collector; Challenges 1 pm 23 • Wednesday Film: Life Itself 2 pm 17 • Tuesday Lecture: The World’s Fair 1 pm Film: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 7 pm 22 • Thursday 18 • Wednesday 28 • Monday Residents & Friends of the Library pick Medical Needs Research* 10 am-12 noon Teen Movie Night 6:30 pm up tickets for 11/5 92YLive 10 am & 7pm Film: Star Wars: Attack of the Clones 7 pm 29 • Tuesday Stepping On* # 3 1:30-3:30 pm Residents register for 12/10 iPhone & iPad 10 am Teen Movie Night 6:30 pm

F Co-sponsored by Friends of the Library ÌF Indicates a Friends of the Library program. * Previous registratio n/tickets required.