May ‘08

REGISTRATIONS Beginning May 1 6 TUESDAY 12 MONDAY 19 MONDAY Panic Free Finals ...... See back page ROADWISE REVIEW: Registration begins COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVE: Help us GREAT BOOKS: This afternoon’s discus- Beginning May 6 May 6 for a workshop that will help seniors help others! Sign up at the Information sion is of A Gift From the Sea by Anne Mor- drive safely longer. A volunteer, trained by Desk or by calling 883-4400, Ext. 136. Walk- row Lindberg. 2 p.m. Roadwise Review ...... See May 6 AAA, will administer a one-to-one test that ins welcome! Refreshments provided. Ac- AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA: Semi- will check your driving abilites. You will iden- tivities will be provided for the children of Beginning May 13 ramide. tify health and fitness issues that affect your parents and caregivers who wish to donate. Gioachini Rossini’s last opera seria Empire Driver Safety ...... See May 13 driving by enabling you to check visual, men- Co-sponsored by the library’s Staff Asso- (or tragic melodrama) was the last of his works to be written and performed in Italy. tal and physical responses. The review will ciation and the Health Advisory Council. 3 Semiramide EXHIBITS be held on Saturday, June 7 at 10 a.m., 11 to 8 p.m. Based on a play by Voltaire, has a.m., 1 p.m. or 2 p.m. Appointments are nec- been described as “majestical” and was well In the Main Gallery essary. For Port Washington residents only. received at its premiere at Teatro la Fenice in Venice in 1823. The opera is set in ancient SYLVIA HARNICK: New and Recent Work: Volunteers are needed to conduct the re- view. If you can help, please call Jessica Ley Babylon, where Semiramide rules as Un/Cover Re/Cover, May 1 through 28. The Queen, having conspired with a prince in Art Advisory Council hosts a reception for at 883-4400, Ext. 123. The training session for volunteers is May 7 at 2 p.m. murdering her husband. Join Profssor the artist on Saturday, May 3 from 2 to 4 13 TUESDAY James Kolb for an audio-visual exploration p.m. Story in this issue. AAC LIFE AND END OF LIFE DECISIONS: DEFENSIVE DRIVING: Registration be- of this classic opera. 3 p.m. MAC, FOL In the Photography Gallery Medical & Legal Issues with a panel of ex- gins May 13 for a 6-hour course open to perts. 7:30 p.m. Story in this issue. HAC “THE VIOLIN” (El Violon) (2006-99 min.). Roger Mummert all ages to take place on Saturday, June 14, Don Plutarco, his son and grandson are mu- THE PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB OF LONG from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Those who take ISLAND: 29th Annual Exhibition, May 3 sicians and humble farmers; they also sup- this course may be eligible for a 10 percent port the guerilla movement’s armed efforts through June 30. Look for Musical Images, discount on vehicle liability, personal injury the annual slide presentation with music — against the oppressive government. When protection and collision insurance premi- the military seizes the village, the clan flees FRIDAY in digital format — on Friday, May 9 at 12:10 ums for 3 years, and a reduction of 4 points 23 to the sierra hills. But Don Plutarco must p.m. and again on Wednesday, May 14 at 8 WEDNESDAY from driving record. For Port Washington SANDWICHED IN: Way Out West: The p.m. Story in this issue. 7 play up his appearance as a harmless violin residents only. Your check or money order American West and Cowboy Culture. WEDNESDAY MATINEE: Just Pals (1920- player to sneak back into town and recover The made payable to Empire Safety Council for In the Community Gallery 50 min.). Buck Jones stars as Bim, a lazy a cache of weapons hidden in a corn field. story of the American frontier and the cow- $28 is due at registration. farmhand known in his small town as a “no Francisco Vargas Quevedo scripted, pro- boy who “won the West” is a national JOHN J. DALY SCHOOL students exhibit folktale of unwavering power and inspiration. count,” “the idol of youths, the bane of el- HYPERTENSION SCREENING: Free duced and directed this Mexican production. artwork created in conjunction with their In fact, the romantic image of the lonesome ders.” But Bim changes his attitude when screening conducted by St. Francis Hospi- In Spanish with English subtitles. Also, study of artist Jimmy Mirikitani. Story in this cowboy ambling down the dusty trail has issue. he takes charge of train-hopping orphan Bill tal. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. French filmmaker Cyril Paris’s classroom (George Stone) and places him in the one- short, Un Bisou pour le Monde (A Kiss for been assiduously cultivated since the days room schoolhouse run by Mary (Helen TOPICAL TUESDAY: Do Dead People the World) (2007-9 min.). This screening of the cattle drives and gunslingers of the Ferguson). Paul Schofield scripted this Watch You Shower? Concetta Bertoldi has comes to us from Film Movement, an orga- Wild West. Roger Mummert explores the charming tale for director John Ford. been communicating with the “Other Side” nization that makes outstanding foreign inception, meaning and ongoing preserva- Jonathan & Alexander Kaplan composed the since childhood. Books will be available for films, independent films and documentaries tion of the cowboy image in literature, film clarinet / violin / piano score. 12 p.m. purchase and signing. Admission is free available to educational institutions. 7:30 p.m. and music. He is a widely published writer 2 FRIDAY but tickets are required and will be available whose articles and commentaries appear at the Library’s Information Desk after LIBRARY FOUNDATION BOARD meets. regularly in The New York Times and else- May 1. 7:30 p.m. Story in this issue. FOL 8 p.m. where. Cowboy hats optional. 12:10 p.m. “HER NAME IS SABINE” (2007-85 min.). French actress Sandrine Bonnaire co- 8 THURSDAY scripted and directed this documentary about her sister Sabine, whose growth and SENIOR CONNECTIONS: Information and TUESDAY talents were crushed by an improper diag- referral service staffed by trained volun- 14 WEDNESDAY 20 nosis of her autism. After a five-year-stay in teers designed to link older adults and their WEDNESDAY MATINEE: The Flame and “JERRY GARCIA: BEYOND THE DEAD.” a psychiatric hospital, Sabine wins a new families to resources in the community. Music historian and archivist Peter Irwin lease on life in a home with other young Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the Arrow (1950-88 min.). In medieval Lombardy, Dardo the Arrow (Burt Lan- presents his new film about singer, song- people living with similar mental and emo- BOOK & AUTHOR LUNCHEON: Featured caster) leads peasants in revolt against a writer and guitarist Jerry Garcia’s life and tional illnesses. In French with English sub- authors are Laurence Bergreen (Marco Hessian warlord (Frank Allenby). Jacques music beyond the confines of his iconic titles. Also, writer/director Dan Lee West’s Polo: From Venice to Xanadu) and Brian Hall Tourneur’s Technicolor adventure co-stars group, the Grateful Dead. 7:30 p.m. Story The Visitor (2007-15 min.), in which a man (Fall of Frost: A Novel). Registration infor- Virginia Mayo and Nick Cravat. 12 p.m. in this issue. encounters the daughter he never knew. mation is available at the library. Luncheon This screening comes to us from Film takes place at the Clubhouse at Harbor BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP: A discussion Movement, an organization that makes out- Links. Story in this issue. FOL of The Emperor’s Children by Claire Messud, standing foreign films, independent films facilitated by Lee Fertitta. 7:30 p.m. and documentaries available to educational DIRECTOR’S CUT: Film expert John Bosco PCLI: The Photography Club of Long Is- institutions. 7:30 p.m. will screen and discuss writer/director land presents Musical Images, its annual WEDNESDAY Emanuele Crialese’s Golden Door (Nuovo- 21 slide presentation with music. Story in this mondo) (2006-119 min.), a drama about an WEDNESDAY MATINEE: issue. SANDWICHED IN: The Urban Treasure innocent Italian peasant (Vincenzo Amato) (1954-104 min.). The president of a giant Hunter. Every city possesses countless hid- and a worldly Englishwoman (Charlotte furniture company dies, leaving seven board den treasures waiting to be discovered: an- Gainsbourg) starting new lives in America members locked in an intense power WEDNESDAY cient artifacts, valuable jewelry, vintage at the turn of the 20th century. In Italian struggle. Screenwriter 28 coins, and antique bottles, as well as hun- with English subtitles. 7:30 p.m. adapted Cameron Hawley’s novel for pro- WEDNESDAY MATINEE: I’ll Cry Tomor- dreds of other highly sought-after col- ducer John Houseman and director Robert row (1955-119 min.). Alcoholism lands lectibles. Michael Chaplan, treasure hunter 15 THURSDAY Wise. The all-star cast includes William singer Lillian Roth (Oscar nominee Susan extraordinaire, has written a practical guide BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP: A discus- Holden, , , Hayward) on skid row, but Alcoholics to locating, unearthing and identifying all sion of Let Every Nation Know: John F. , , Shelley Win- Anonymous gives her the courage to climb those treasures waiting to be found in and Kennedy In His Own Words by Robert ters, Paul Douglas, Louis Calhern, Dean back. Screenwriters Helen Deutsch and Jay around any city or town. Join the Port Wash- FRIDAY Dallek, facilitated by Lee Fertitta. 1:30 p.m. Jagger and . 12 p.m. Richard Kennedy adapted Roth’s memoir 9 for director Daniel Mann. 12 p.m. ington resident for a discussion of the ad- rd MOVING ON: Retirement Options — Pub- ventures described in his book, which is 3 THURSDAYS @ 3: The African Ameri- lish! Don’t Perish. With the Internet and PORT WRITES: A group of self-motivated published by Square One, 2008. 12:10 p.m. can Opera Experience. Dr. Jasmin Cowin’s audio-visual lecture explores the lives of print-on-demand possibilities, anyone with writers reading and discussing their work. THE UNRELEASED BEATLES: Richie exceptional operatic divas and ventures be- something to say, whether it’s a family his- Facilitated by Michael Chaplan. 8 p.m. Unterberger discusses his new book The yond expected appearances in such stan- tory for loved ones, a collection of recipes Unreleased Beatles: Music and Film. 7:30 dards as Porgy and Bess, Aida, Madame or an epic love story, can avoid the roadblock p.m. Story in this issue. Butterfly and La Forza del Destino. Re- of traditional publishing. Let author Carol scheduled from February 22. 3 p.m. FOL Hoenig show you how. Ms. Hoenig is a fulltime freelance writer and publishing con- sultant. Her novel Without Grace was 30 FRIDAY awarded the Silver Medal for Book of the Year 2005 by ForeWord Magazine and was SANDWICHED IN: Mixed Bag Live! The SATURDAY given First Place for Fiction by the DIY library celebrates the 40th Anniversary of 3 Simon and Garfunkel’s album Bookends with FRIDAY Book Festival. Jada Press and the New York SYLVIA HARNICK: A reception for the art- 16 Book Festival also gave it honorable men- legendary New York DJ Pete Fornatale. ist whose work is in the Main Gallery this SANDWICHED IN: The New Galleries — tion. Her book The Author’s Guide to Plan- 12:10 p.m. Story in this issue. month. 2 to 4 p.m. Story in this issue. AAC Part 2. Join Metropolitan Museum of Art ning Book Events was named finalist by USA DJ PETE FORNATALE will return for an lecturer Vivian Gordon for the second of a Book. 7:30 p.m encore discussion. 7:30 p.m. two-part series exploring the newly reno- vated galleries. 12:10 p.m. WAY OFF BROADWAY: The Ad Hoc Dy- FOL Sponsored by the Friends of the Library SUNDAY lans. Bob just turned 67, and we’ll cel- 4 ebrate with performances by David Bailey, Sponsored by the Art Advisory Council AAC LATINO FESTIVAL: At the library and the Stuart Markus and James O’Malley who’ll Landmark. Story on front page. FOL cover some of Dylan’s early hits. 7:30 p.m. MAC Sponsored by the Music Advisory Council

Photo by Sandy Jo Becker Hyman HAC Sponsored by the Health Advisory Council SANDWICHED IN: The Photography Club 5 MONDAY of Long Island presents Musical Images, its SUNDAY Refreshments for the Sandwiched In Series annual slide presentation with music. 12:10 18 courtesy of the Friends of the Library. GREAT BOOKS: A discussion of The Lov- p.m. Story in this issue. ATWATER-DONNELLY: The Jean Ritchie ers by Marguerite Duras. 2 p.m. Folk Concert. 3 p.m. Story in this issue. Priority seating at all events is given to WAY OFF BROADWAY: Film: The Cats of MAC Port Washington residents and “JEOPARDY” (1953-69 min.). Helen and Mirikitani (2006-74 min,). Eighty-year-old cardholders. Doug Stilwin (Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Jimmy Mirikitani survived the trauma of Sullivan) are enjoying a coastal road trip with WWII internment camps, Hiroshima, and PORT WASHINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY their young son Bobby (Lee Aaker). When homelessness by creating art. But when 9/ (516) 883-4400 Doug falls through a rotten pier, he finds 11 threatens his life on the New York City himself pinned under a heavy pylon with streets and a local filmmaker brings him to LIBRARY HOURS the tide starting to rise. Helen’s only hope her home, the two embark on a journey to Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday, 9 to 9 of saving Doug is to appeal to a passing confront Jimmy’s painful past. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 11 to 9 stranger, Lawson (Ralph Meeker) — who Story in this issue. 22 THURSDAY Saturday, 9. to 5 happens to be a fugitive from the law! Mel Sunday, 1 to 5 Dinelli and Maurice Zimm scripted this taut SOUNDSWAP. An evening of spiritual and thriller for director John Sturges. 7:30 p.m. healing music with singer/songwriter Bianca Bragonian. 7:30 p.m. FOL