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The Westhampton Free Library Enhancement Fund WesthamptonWesthampton FreeFree LibraryLibrary Providing Library Service to July/August 2010 the Community since 1897 Serving Westhampton Beach,Westhampton, East Moriches, Eastport, East Quogue, Manorville, Quiogue, Remsenburg & Speonk We Are Open at 7 Library Ave. The Westhampton Free Library On Saturday, June 26, the Library opened its doors at the new facility at 7 Library Enhancement Fund Avenue. I hope everyone takes an opportu- Since Spring 2010, the Library has asked the community to provide enhancements to the new nity to stop by and see the investment the Library. Since the campaign has started we have raised over $135,000. The campaign runs until Fall community has made in their library. Over 2010. If you would like to find out more, please contact Matthew Bollerman, Library Director at the summer, I encourage everyone to have 631-288-3335 or [email protected] a library card, check out materials, attend our programs, use our free computers or Here is a list of those who have given to date. Thank you. access the free wifi, hang out with your kids Joan Crowther or ask a question. There is also a reading Sponsor Mr. & Mrs. Henry Kibel John Belle garden, displays, exhibits, and lots more to Oakley & Sarah Gentry Mr. & Mrs. Leo Chang Joseph A. Garvin see. (My personal favorite is the refurbished Kelly & Hulme, P.C. Attorney at Law Peter Hochstein K. Williams & D. Goebel model ship collection). If you need help J.P. Spano Building Corp. Donor Margaret K. Childs finding something please ask, any member Kathie Wolland Allen and Joan Boyce Margery Bloomfield Gari of the staff will be happy to get you to the Mr. & Mrs. Shepard Forest The Leo S. Walsh Foundation Marie Tufo right place. See you there. Myrna Solomon Associate Alen and Christina Grossman Mike Czaplick & Sons Matthew Bollerman, Library Director Harvey & Gloria Kaylie Ann Markelson Mr. & Mrs. Irving Edwards Joan & Marvin Levan Ann M. Nowak Mr. & Mrs. Mathew Hempel Henry O'Brien Foundation Anne Licursi Mr. & Mrs. Armineh Ohanian How to Join the Library Cecile O'Hare Anne M. Creed Mr. & Mrs. David E. Palamer To our Remsenburg, Speonk, Eastport, South Jerome Stern Arma E. Andon Mr. & Mrs. Robert Trager Manor, Manorville, East Moriches and East Chavie Kahn & Harold Kofman Ms. Jean Stern Contributor Quogue Residents, we invite you to join the Collette Dexter Thomas and Louise Franza Carol and Richard Johns Ursula Kosloski Westhampton Free Library. The library con- Didi Kelley Joseph P. Price Agency Inc. Dorothy B. Crean Nancy Fenner tract vote, approved by voters in your district, Louise R. Smith Dr. Marvin A. Leder Sponsor ( $50,000) provides you with an opportunity to receive Mary Pellicane Harold and Lenore Gordon Patron ( $25,000) full library service from us. You may desig- Jane & Walter Lapple Harriet and David Kaufman Donor ($ 10,000) nate only one library as your “home library” Kathleen and Donald Reilly Ileane and Martin Liss Associate ($2,500) for the period beginning July 1, 2010 to June Lee Bailin Jane & Bob Dell Contributor ($100- $ 1,500) 30, 2011. It is important you choose the Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Strauss Jean H. Seyfert library that is best suited to the needs of you Joyce and Barry Cohen and your family, as you only have one oppor- tunity to make this selection each year. PROGRAM REGISTRATION BEGINS ONLINE AND AT THE LIBRARY ON SATURDAY JUNE 26 at 1:00 pm. WESTHAMPTON Registration is required for all programs unless otherwise noted. Please confirm program locations with library when you register. FREE LIBRARY Westhampton Library Cardholders have first 7 Library Avenue priority for all programs unless otherwise noted. Westhampton Beach New York 11978 Our Budget Passed, Thank You Phone: 631.288.3335 Thank you to all who voted for the Library budget in May. We appreciate your support. Fax: 631.288.5715 www.westhamptonlibrary.org Library Hours Art Gallery At The Library Friends of the Mon. - Fri. 9:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. We're launching our Library Book Sat. 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. new Art Gallery on August 1 with the Sale Sun. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. works of seven It’s back and it’s bigger and Board of Trustees prominent East End photographers: Eva Capozzola, Lou better than ever. The Mike Lennon, President Capozzola, Tom Steele, Richard Mizdal, Peter Moore, Claudia Friends of the Library Book Karen Andrews, Vice President Schecter and Jim Reiher. The exhibit includes photographic tech- Sale will be at Westhampton niques spanning classic pristine landscapes, dramatic photo- Free Library Friday, August Joan Levan, Treasurer graphic studies of human subjects, hybrids and total abstractions. 13 – Sunday, August 15. If Esther Glazer you have donations of The public is cordially invited to experience this exhilarating Jane Lapple books or audiovisual mate- exhibition at the library and meet some of the artists during the rials in good condition Maria Moore Westhampton Beach Art Studio Tour on Saturday and Sunday, you’d like to contribute, Hank Tucker August 14th and 15th. please feel free to call and Library Director Don't forget to check out the photographs documenting the find out how to make dona- Matthew Bollerman construction of the new library on exhibit in July! tion arrangements. WESTHAMPTON FREE LIBRARY NON PROFIT 28 Library Avenue ORGANIZATION Westhampton Beach, New York 11978 U.S. POSTAGE PAID WESTHAMPTON BEACH, NY POSTAL CUSTOMER PERMIT NO. 144 July/August Adult Programs Registration beings June 26 at 1 pm. Registration is required for all programs unless otherwise noted. Taking Woodstock It's Been A Hard Day's Night - with Elliot Tiber 8 Days A Week! Friday, July 16 at 6:00 pm. Meet the man who made Woodstock But we made it! Thanks to the generous support and patience of so 1969 possible! Elliot Tiber, author many people and organizations, we've made the transition to our of Taking Woodstock, will be on beautiful new library. So we're planning a Sixties style summer of hand as we screen director Ang love for all the wonderful books, movies, programs and people who Lee's movie. He’ll share his experiences as an make our library unique. We hope you'll join us! author, screenwriter and provocateur and give us a look at his new book, Palm Trees on What better way to begin than with a visit from the man who brought us Woodstock? Author the Hudson. Register early to reserve your Elliot Tiber will be here to host a viewing of Taking Woodstock, the Ang Lee movie based on tickets. Tickets required and must be reserved his book. We also have a Baseball Bus Trip to Coney Island to see the Brooklyn Cyclones. either online or at the library. Our summer Beach Concert will feature the far out and fabulous Beatles tribute band The Liverpool Shuffle. Baseball Bus Trip Channel your creative talents into such Sixties crafts as our Silk Let us Take You Out to the Sarong, Tie Dye T-shirt, Martini/Sorbet Glass Painting and Ball Game on Saturday, July Fun with Flip Flops workshops. For exercise, we're offering 31st! We have fabulous Field Sunset Yoga, Pilates at the Beach, Tai Chi for Seniors and Box Seats to see the Brooklyn Senior Aerobics and something new: Zumba! Cyclones take on the Staten Island Yankees. Tickets are $38.00 for adults, In August, author Susan Isaacs will be here on tour with her $25.00 for children and teens under 18 newest book, As Husbands Go. Our new Art Gallery will open (accompanied by adult parent or caretaker) officially with an exhibit of photographs by seven East End and include game tickets, all bus transporta- photographers. And the annual Library Book Sale will be open tion expenses and a free baseball hat. The bus for business August 13, 14 and 15th. leaves from Westhampton Free Library at 12:00 Noon to give you plenty of time to enjoy Of course, that's not all. Come into your new library and check it out! Coney Island before the 6:00 pm game. Limited seats available. SPECIAL PROGRAMS Fun with Flip Flops: Susan Isaacs Wednesday, July 21 at 7:00pm. Dress up those Susan Isaacs: Friday, August 20 See also Children's and Family Programs summer classics and make them uniquely at 6:00 pm. Award-winning, Westhampton Beach Historical Society your own! You provide the flip flops, we'll pro- author Susan Isaacs leaped onto presents Long Island's Ruins and vide the accessories! Fun for the whole family! the New York Times best-seller list Remnants: Registration required. with her first book Compromising Sunday, July 11 at 2:00 pm. This program takes Positions (and wrote the screen- viewers on a journey through some of the most Chef's Night Out pres- play) and has been there ever since. We hope unique and interesting locations on Long ents Ice Cream Social!: you'll join us as she reads and discusses her Monday, July 26 at 7:00 pm. Island. Glimpse the wonderful tapestry of Long work, including her newly released best seller Classic or contemporary, Island's history from grand estates and military As Husbands Go, in which Ms. Isaacs brilliant- these ice cream recipes will and industry ruins to historic homes and ly turns the conventions of the mystery on have you set for the summer! abandoned psychiatric hospitals and more. end as Susie Gersten, suburban mom, floral Lots of tastings and old-fash- designer, and fashion plate, goes from shallow Incredible Journey: ioned deliciousness for every- to deep in her search for the truth about her The Story of West Hampton one! Registration required.
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