December Calendar Exhibits In the Karen and Ed Adler Gallery 7 Wednesday 13 Tuesday 19 Monday 27 Tuesday TIMNA TARR. Contemporary quilting. A BOB DYLAN SOUNDSWAP. An eve- HYPERTENSION SCREENING: Free AFTERNOON ON BROADWAY. Guys and “THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY” (2015- December 1 through January 2. ning of clips of Nobel laureate Bob blood pressure screening conducted Dolls (1950) remains one of the great- 108 min.). Writer/director Matt Brown Dylan. 7:30 p.m. by St. Francis Hospital. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. est musical comedies. Frank Loesser’s adapted Robert Kanigel’s book about music and lyrics find a perfect match pioneering Indian mathematician Registrations “THE DRIFTLESS AREA” (2015-96 min.). in Damon Runyon-esque characters Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel) and Bartender Pierre (Anton Yelchin) re- and a New York City that only exists in his friendship with his mentor, Profes- In progress turns to his hometown after his parents fantasy. Professor James Kolb discusses sor G.H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons). Stephen 8 Thursday die, and finds himself in a dangerous the show and plays such unforgettable Fry co-stars as Sir Francis Spring, and Resume Workshop................December 3 situation involving mysterious Stella songs as “A Bushel and a Peck,” “Luck Be Jeremy Northam portrays Bertrand DIRECTOR’S CUT. Film expert John Bos- Entrepreneurs Workshop...December 3 (Zoe Deschanel) and violent crimi- a Lady” and “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ Russell. 7:30 p.m. co will screen and discuss Woody Al- Financial Checklist.............December 12 nal Shane (John Hawkes). Directed by the Boat.” 3 p.m. MAC len’s Cafe Society (2016-96 min.). In the Zachary Sluser. 7:30 p.m. 1930s, young Bronx native Bobby (Jes- Beginning “THE MAN IN THE FUNNY SUIT” (1960- sie Eisenberg) moves to Hollywood, 60 min.). Ralph Nelson recreates the where he falls for Vonnie (Kristen Stew- Wednesday Exercise Over 50....................December 6 drama on the set of Requiem for a 28 art), the secretary of his uncle (Steve Heavyweight (1956) as Keenan Wynn Carell), an agent to the stars. 7:30 p.m. 14 Wednesday tries to help his father, Ed Wynn, tack- DIGITAL PRIVACY BASICS. Are you con- Events le his first dramatic role after decades cerned about your digital privacy and MEDICAID SIGN-UP HELP. Free, walk- of comedy. When Wynn Sr. flubs lines how to safely surf the Internet? Which in assistance from the Nassau-Suffolk or loses his way, he falls back on old websites are trusted and which are Hospital Council. 2:30 to 5 p.m. catch-phrases and jokes. As Requiem not? Join James Hutter of the PWPL 9 Friday Computer Services department for a is an intense drama scheduled for live FICTION BOOK DISCUSSION: The As- timely, one-hour seminar exploring ba- SANDWICHED IN: “The Big Apple Goes broadcast, this causes much worry Friday sociation of Small Bombs by Karan Ma- sic techniques. Questions are encour- 2 to War.” Jim Picinich, docent at New- among the cast. The Wynns, Nelson, hajan. After two friends are killed by a aged! 7:30 p.m. York Historical Society, discusses the Rod Serling and Red Skelton all play SANDWICHED IN: We will screen Soft bomb in a Dehli marketplace, a young role New York City played in World War themselves in this installment of The Hands: Jazz Ethereal, a profile of jazz man becomes entangled with a myste- “ELVIS & NIXON” (206-86 min.). Director Two. More than three million troops Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, broad- guitarist Joshua Breakstone, who will rious and charismatic activist. Discus- Liza Johnson recreates a bizarre mo- and over sixty-three million tons of cast in 1960. TV producer Bob Wald- join us to discuss the film. On Sunday, sion led by Keith Klang. Books available ment in American history, when Elvis supplies passed through New York man will discuss the program. 7:30 p.m. December 11 he will return to per- at the Information Desk. 7:30 p.m. Presley (Michael Shannon) paid a call Harbor en route to the battlefield. Sup- form with his group, The Cello-Quartet. to the White House to ask President plying our armed forces, New York pro- Made possible by the Friends of the Li- Richard Nixon (Kevin Spacey) to depu- duced everything from battleships to brary. 12:10 p.m. tize him in the war on drugs. 7:30 p.m. penicillin. 12:10 p.m. Tuesday Thursday 20 SCRABBLE. Join us for a game! Fridays 15 PORT WRITES. Discusses your writing HARLEM. Join Dr. Ronald J. Brown for in December from 2 to 5 p.m. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, IRENE DUNNE! The and how to get it published. 8 p.m. the last in a series focusing on the his- NON-FICTION BOOK DISCUSSION: The actress, born this day in 1898, plays toric neighborhood. Made possible by Train to Crystal City by Jan Jarboe Rus- TRAVELERS WITH CAMERAS. Atypical the title role in John Cromwell’s ad- the Friends of the Library. 3 p.m. sell. A dramatic account of a secret travel films by Ann Deborah Levy and aptation of Sinclair Lewis’s novel, Ann WWII-era American internment camp Chris Lynn. 7:30 p.m. Vickers (1933-76 min.), about a woman PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD. Philip Har- where prisoners were exchanged for who opts for self-fulfillment in social 29 Thursday wood presents a four-film series that other Americans behind enemy lines causes rather than use “women’s wiles” captures the motion picture industry in Japan and Germany. Discussion led to snare a man. 7:30 p.m. "FOREVER PLAID: PLAID TIDINGS." Play at a critical period in the early 1930s, by Keith Klang. Books available at the Troupe of Port Washington presents 3 Saturday when depictions of criminality, sexu- Information Desk. 1:30 p.m. the holiday-themed sequel to the doo- ality and drug use caused outrage wop musical Forever Plaid. 7:30 p.m. RESUMES AND COVER LETTERS. A small and soon led to strict enforcement of 3rd THURSDAYS AT THREE: “Biblical group workshop for job seekers, pre- the Motion Picture Production Code. Themes in Art.” A talk with Marc Kop- 21 Wednesday sented by career counselor Karen McK- Tonight, in Mervyn LeRoy's Five Star man. 3 p.m. AAC enna. Sign up at the Reference Desk, or Final (1931-89 min.), Edward G. Robin- GREAT BOOKS: Ode 3.2 by Horace and Friday call 516-883-4400, ext. 111. 10 a.m. son stars as Randall, the city editor of A BOB DYLAN HOOT. A hootenanny Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen. 30 a sleazy tabloid, who goes against his tribute to the Nobel laureate. 7:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. SANDWICHED IN: “They Work Hard For ENTREPRENEURS WORKSHOP. Due to own journalistic ethics to resurrect a the Money.” Evelyn Silver, docent at the technological advances and economic long-forgotten murder case. 7:30 p.m. LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEET- Nassau County Museum of Art, dis- factors, more people are launching ING. The public is invited at 7:30 p.m. cusses art portraying men and women their own business or working as in- Friday at work from the 1500s to the present. dependent contractors. This workshop 16 PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD. Philip Har- These works reflect the mores of their will explore self-employment options wood will screen and discuss Night Saturday SANDWICHED IN: “From Saint to Santa.” eras, and include Bruegel’s peasants, and resources to help potential en- 10 Nurse (1931-72 min.). Private nurse Bar- Through centuries of art, much of it Thomas Hart Benton’s steel workers, trepreneurs make key decisions. Pre- bara Stanwyck uncovers a criminal plot NEXT CHAPTER. A discussion of current now in East Coast museums, we'll ex- Manet’s courtesan, Red Grooms’ taxi sented by career counselor Karen McK- to starve a wealthy woman's children events. Bring your opinions! 10 a.m. plore how a Turkish bishop evolved driver, Degas’ ballet dancers, and Nor- enna. Sign up at the Reference Desk, or to death. William A. Wellman directed. into one of Christianity’s most beloved man Rockwell’s Rosie the Riveter. 12:10 call 516-883-4400, ext. 111. 1 p.m. Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell and a young saints. Then in American artwork we'll Clark Gable co-star. 7:30 p.m. p.m. see Nicholas change again—into Santa Claus. Join Dr. Dennis Raverty for this il- PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD. Philip Har- 11 Sunday lustrated discussion, made possible by wood will screen and discuss The Sunday the Friends of the Library. 12:10 p.m. Mayor of Hell (1933-90 min.), in which 4 LIVE AT PWPL: The Cello-Quartet, fea- Thursday gangster Patsy Gargan (James Cagney) turing jazz guitarist Joshua Breakstone, 22 DANIEL HSU. The pianist performs se- LIVE AT PWPL: Hungrytown. A Vermont takes over the management of a woe- accompanied by Mike Richmond on lections from Beethoven, Chopin, Scri- duo with timeless-sounding, original “EAST SIDE SUSHI” (2015-106 min.). fully run reform school for boys. Direc- cello, Lisle Atkinson on bass and drum- abin and others. 3 p.m. MAC folk-based songs. 7:30 p.m. Latina single mom and expert home tor Archie Mayo received an uncredit- mer Andy Watson. Made possible by cook Juana (Diana Elizabeth Torres) ed assist from Michael Curtiz. 7:30 p.m. the Friends of the Library. 3 p.m. lands a job doing food prep at a Japa- nese restaurant. To earn the respect of her bosses, she sets out to learn the art Tuesday Sunday 6 18 of sushi preparation.