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A monthly guide to your community library, its programs and services Issue No. 243, June 2009 Library schedule Sunday, June 14 is our last Sunday opening for the season. The library will be closed Saturday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. Beginning July 11, the library will be open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. Our full weekend schedule resumes after Labor Day. Stay connected . Are you on our e-mail list? Sign up for e-mail alerts by logging on to www. pwpl.org. Click on “receive e-mail alerts” and follow the prompts. Join us on Facebook. Search “Port Marion Klein, Marion McManus, Ann Pellaton and Catchi, along with Patrick J. Foye, will be honored on September 12 Washington Public Library” from your Facebook page, and become a fan. This is another tool that we’ll use to Foundation announces honorees bring you news from the PWPL. The Port Washington Library mayor of Sands Point, is Honorary Their dedication and tireless energy Foundation’s Sixth Inspiration Gala Chair. are a wonderful example of com- Roadwise Review will take place Saturday, September Catherine Childs (Catchi), munity service and service to our Now you can check your driving 12. This year, the library will be trans- Marion Klein, Marion McManus library. abilities conveniently and confiden- formed for an arts festival, cocktail and Ann Pellaton have been a part As individuals, all four women tially from the comfort of home. The hour and dining reception honoring of the library family since 1970. All have exhibited widely in galleries Roadwise Review CD-ROM from AAA Patrick J. Foye and four women who are working artists who have given and museums. Each has received can be used on your home computer have served on the library’s Art Advi- their time to the group that evaluates, so that you can monitor your “driving sory Council for more than 35 years. schedules and hangs exhibits in the health.” Copies are available in the The Honorable Leonard Wurzel, library’s Main Gallery each month. continued on page 2 Media Department. Free notary service . the library offers free notary ser- vice weekdays between the hours of Library Foundation Gala 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. No appointment is neces- sary, but call ahead to confirm avail- at the library on Saturday, September 12 ability. Filmmaker visits Filmmaker Ann Deborah Levy visits Meet John McWhorter on Monday, June 22 at 7:30 p.m. to present two of her films. Waterscape: English is full of inconsistencies a cache of trivia about the origins Illusions captures compelling images and peculiarities, but many of them of sentence structure and words, of a mysterious wilderness lake and are explained by fascinating histori- McWhorter’s book demonstrates its elegant swans. The filmmaker films cal detail. “The real story of English the arbitrary, maddening nature of the antics of a family of swans, ponders shows us how English is genuinely English. the script she is writing, attempts weird — miscegenated, abbreviated, On Friday, June 19 at 12:10 the optimal light meter reading, and and interesting,” says bestselling au- p.m., the Friends of the Library in- becomes frustrated when the swans’ thor, linguist, and Manhattan Institute vites you to meet John McWhorter, activities make them difficult to film. Senior Fellow, John McWhorter. who will address any questions you Offscreen voices bring to life notable In his new book, Our Mag- may have. A contributing editor to “expert” swan observers ranging from nificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold The New Republic, he has taught lin- Aristotle to Samuel Taylor Coleridge. History of English (Gotham, 2008), guistics at the University of Califor- The short filmWatercolors chronicles McWhorter delves into our lan- nia at Berkeley and has been widely the surface of a pond over the course guage’s past, explaining its quirks profiled in the media. Books will be of a year. and quandaries. Drawing on genetic available for purchase and signing. and linguistic research as well as Gala honorees continued from front page honors and awards and is affili- led the firm’s Brussels, Budapest ated with a number of professional and Moscow offices. organizations. Biographies will be Patrick Foye previously available at the event. served as Executive Vice Presi- Patrick J. Foye is a partner in dent of Apartment Investment and Rivkin Radler LLP’s Corporate & Management Company (AIMCO), Commercial and Real Estate, Zon- a NYSE-listed, S&P 500 component ing & Land Use Practice Groups. company. Mr. Foye has also served Mr. Foye’s practice focuses on as Chief Executive Officer of United corporate restructuring work and Way of Long Island. real estate projects from the firm’s Mr. Foye has served on a Manhattan office. number of boards including the Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Long Island Power Authority, (Vice Foye was appointed by Governor Chair 1995-2006), New York Public Spitzer and served as Chairman Asset Fund (Chair 2004-08), the of the Empire State Development Long Island Association, LIA Health Corporation, where he played a Alliance, Long Island Community leadership role in the Moynihan Foundation, Port Washington Li- Station, Jacob Javits Convention brary Foundation, Sands Point Center, Long Island City redevel- Board of Zoning Appeals (2000- Professor Germano lectures opment, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 2006), and the Port Washington and Harriman Research Campus Union Free School District (elected Professor Thomas Germano visits on Thursday, June 18 at 3 p.m. for a stimulating slide-illustrated lecture, The Battle of Anghiari: Leonardo’s Lost Masterpiece. In the projects, in addition to a variety May 2006). He also served on the early 1500s, the Florentine Republic commissioned Michelangelo and Leonardo of other initiatives. There, he also boards of public companies, mutual Da Vinci to paint two battle scenes to commemorate the heroic victories of the oversaw various subsidiaries which funds with over $40 billion under Republic. Da Vinci created numerous sketches before setting brush to wall. While managed economic and real estate management and an equity money neither artist completed this commission, it is currently believed that beneath the development. manager with approximately $2 bil- frescoes in the Palazzo Vecchio in the Sala Cinquecento, Leonardo’s incomplete Mr. Foye was a corporate lion under management. “Battle of Anghiari” might be found. This program is sponsored by the Friends of partner at Skadden Arps where he the Library. Seniors exhibit artwork Artists from Port Washington Senior Citizens, Inc. in Manorhaven will exhibit their work in the library’s Community Gallery throughout June. Barbara Silbert and Barbara Stein volunteer their time each week to teach and guide the class in their artistic endeavors. Exhibitors include Ed Balcourt, Anne Marie Bischoff, Nick Capobianco, Joan Masi, Socorro Roman and Llewellyn Simpkins. Online resources: Homework Help & Live Librarian Cramming for exams? Need nication with a reference librarian help with those end-of-school-year who can assist with your Internet projects? search or answer questions about Homework Help provides tu- our electronic resources. The ser- tors for both English and Spanish- vices is available 24 hours a day, 7 speaking patrons. Live Homework days a week. Log on to our website Help is available daily between 3 at www.pwpl.org to make use of and 9 p.m. Tutors offer assistance either of these online resources. to students in grades K through These services are made 12, college preparatory and adult possible by the Friends of the Port learners. Washington Public Library, and Live Librarian offers Nassau both are available year round. County residents real-time commu- Library at the LIRR Meet comedian Jeff Kreisler Get Rich Cheating: The Crooked the pages of US Weekly, you’re just Path to Easy Street (Harper, June not cheating hard enough. Popular service to 2009) is a hilarious satirical guide Fun, witty and irreverent, Get to getting ahead the old-fashioned Rich Cheating is a book for people way. Comedian/author Jeff Kreisler who want to get ahead in life but are visits our library on Thursday, too lazy to put in the work. resume in July June 18 at 7:30 p.m. to look at how Kreisler is Comedy Central’s everyone in our society — from our InDecision 2008 award-winning co- The library’s service to Long Island Railroad commuters resumes politicians to our sports legends — median who maintains a syndicated July 8. The Port Washington Public Library will be on-site at the Port cheats and how you can get a piece business humor column on Jim Washington station Wednesday mornings (weather permitting) from 7 of that action. Cramer’s TheStreet.com. He lives to 9 a.m. through August 26. To help make your commute enjoyable, a Why shouldn’t you be mak- in New York City, and performs collection of popular paperbacks will be available for you to borrow. ing millions of dollars as the CEO his stand-up comedy around the You don’t need your library card. When you’re finished, simply re- of a multinational corporation or country. Books will be available for turn the books to the library table at the station on Wednesday mornings as the clean-up hitter for a profes- purchase and signing. or to the library. This program is funded by the Friends of the Library. sional baseball team? The answer This program is sponsored by For further information, contact Jean Bennett at (516) 883-4400, is simple: if you’re not a CEO or a Friends of the Library. Ext. 119. celebrity debutante splashed across Bollywood Musicals on DVD The success of Slumdog Million- Chal Chala Chal (2009).