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APRIL MAY 28 • Wednesday Anniversary of Israel Concert 1 • Tuesday Brain Body Fitness * 1 pm 1 • Thursday Travel Lights: Central Asia 1 pm Gerard Edery, folk singer 7:30 pm 2 • Wednesday 4 • Sunday 29 • Thursday Film: 3:10 to Yuma 2 & 7:30 pm NTNI/Edythe Brenner Concert/Theresa Santiago 5 Towns Music & Art 10:30 am Tkts picked up for 4/13 Layla Taj 10 am & 7 pm and Michael Wanko* 2:30 pm Anniversary of Israel Concert 3 • Thursday LONG ISLAND READS 5 • Monday Classical Concert 7:30 pm Aloft with actor David Houston 1 pm HWPL Readers: The Death of Vishnu 2 pm Jewish Film Festival: Film 1 2 pm JUNE Friends & Residents pick up tkts. Jewish Film Festival: Film 2 7:30 pm for 4/24 Highlights in Jazz 10 am & 7 pm 1 • Sunday 6 • Tuesday 6 • Sunday Young Artist Winners Concert 2 pm Met. Museum of Art: Modern Art 1 pm NTNI Eleanor Nelson & Karen Baer* 2:30 pm Jewish Film Festival: Film 3 2 pm 2 • Monday 7 • Monday HWPL Readers: Aloft 2 pm Jewish Film Festival: Film 4 7:30 pm Bette Davis Films: Now, Voyager 2 pm 9 • Wednesday 7 • Wednesday 4 • Wednesday BUDGET VOTE 7 am - 9 pm Residents pick up tkts. for Film: The Kite Runner 2 & 7:30 pm 10 • Thursday 5/18 Liar Show 10 am & 7 pm 5 • Thursday Travel Lights: Peru 1 pm ÌF Afternoon Concerts: Yukiko Tanaka 1 pm Tkts. picked up for 5/22 LICA piano recital * 7:30 pm TAC SAT Writing* 7 pm American Chamber Ensemble 10 am & 7 pm 8 • Sunday United Choral Concert * 2 pm 11 • Friday 5 Towns Forum 7:30 pm 8 • Thursday 10 • Tuesday Art Lecture: T.Germano 1 pm Jewish Film Festival: Film 5 2 pm 13 • Sunday NTNI Layla Taj * 2:30 pm ÌF Nuclear Power 7:30 pm 14 • Monday Bette Davis Films: Jezebel 2 pm Jewish Film Festival: Film 6 7:30 pm 11 • Wednesday 9 • Friday Towns Forum 7:30 pm 15 • Tuesday Film: Into the Wild 2 & 7:30 pm 12 • Monday Art Reception 3-5 pm Metropolitan Museum of Art: Silversmiths Residents pick up tkts. for to the Nation 1 pm 13 • Tuesday Art Lecture: T. Germano 1 pm 6/22 Gold Concert 10 am & 7 pm ÌF Great Books 7:30 pm ÌF Great Books 7:30 pm 12 • Thursday 14 • Wednesday 16 • Wednesday ÌF Afternoon Concerts: THE BIG SCREEN- 2 & 7:30 pm Film: No Country For Old Men 2 & 7:30 pm John Lehmann-Haupt 1 pm Tkts. picked up for 6/8 17 • Thursday 13 • Friday 5 Towns Forum 7:30 pm United Choral 10 am & 7 pm NY Humanities: Music Lecture/ 16 • Monday 15 • Thursday Rodgers & Hammerstein 10:30 am HWPL Readers: The Light of the Evening 2 pm ÌF Afternoon Concerts: Naomi Zeitlin 1 pm TAC SAT Math * 7 pm 17 • Tuesday Art Reception 3-5 pm 23 • Wednesday F Author Visit: Dr. Orzac 1 pm 18 • Sunday The Liar Show * 2:30 pm Ì Film: Valley of Elah 2 & 7:30 pm 18 • Wednesday 19 • Monday League of Women’s Voters 1 pm Tkts picked up for 5/4 Edythe Brenner Concert Film: Atonement 2 & 7:30 pm 21 • Wednesday Theresa Santiago 10 am & 7 pm 22 • Sunday Film: Michael Clayton 2 & 7:30 pm 24 • Thursday NY Humanities- Gold Concert TetraWind* 2:30 pm Residents pick up tkts. for Music lecture/Ethnic Musicals 10:30 am 23 • Monday 6/5 LICA piano recital 10 am & 7 pm Bette Davis Films: What Ever ÌF Highlights in Jazz * 7:30 pm 22 • Thursday 27 • Sunday Happened to Baby Jane? 2 pm 5 Towns Indian Association American Chamber Ensemble * 7:30 pm 25 • Wednesday Children’s Day 2 pm 27 • Tuesday 5 Towns Music & Art 10:30 am Film: The Diving Bell & 28 • Monday League of Women Voters 1 pm ÌF Anniversary of Israel Concert/ The Butterfly 2 & 7:30 pm 30 • Wednesday Highlights in Jazz Roni Ben-Hur, *Previous registration/tickets required. Film: Gone Baby Gone 2 & 7:30 pm Jazz guitarist 7:30 pm ** Children’s Program/See Overleaf Jr.for more information. Newsletter of the Hewlett- Woodmere Public Library Overleaf APRIL I MAY I JUNE 2008, VOLUME 43, NUMBER 4

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OVERLEAF JR. REMOVABLE INSERT Events & Performances Pages 2-3 Films Page 7 From the Board Page 2 Great Books Discussion Page 5 H-WPL Readers Page 5 In the Gallery Page 7 Lectures & Courses Pages 4-5 Long Island Reads Page 3 Library Information Page 7

Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library Annual Library Vote And Election PHOTO: CHRIS MAROLF Wednesday, April 9, 2008 GOLD CONCERT SERIES 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. TetraWind The Boehm Five Towns Forum Shawn Wyckoff, flute, Magan Marolf,oboe, Meeting Room Dimitar Moskovsky, clarinet, Damian Primis, bassoon I Sunday, June 22, 2:30 pm PROPOSITION 1: Proposed 2008/2009 Library Budget TetraWind, a woodwind quartet comprised of flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon is a classical music ensemble with thought-provoking theme-based programs of PROPOSITION 2: mostly American music, with historical facts, question and answer periods- fun and Election of Library Trustee incisive. Their first and critically acclaimed CD was recorded in Gold Hall in 2006. District residents may pick up tickets beginning Wednesday, June 11, 10 am & 7 pm. QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING This concert has been brought to the library through the generous efforts of Herb and Rita Gold. Registration is required only if a resident has not voted in a Hewlett- Woodmere Union Free School District or Library referendum within the last 4 years. or in a general referendum within the last 4 years. In order to be eligible to register, you must be a U.S. citizen, 18 years of age or older by April 9, 2008, and you must have been a legal resident of the H-W I Sunday, May 18, 2:30 pm UFSD for at least 30 days prior to the Are you ready for some fun? Can you pick out the liar? referendum. Registration for voting Comedian writer Andy Christie assembles four storytellers/comedians/actors takes place Wednesday, April 2, 2008, who will delight you with four fascinating, fun, sometimes oddball stories. Listen 1 p.m. – 9 p.m. in the Library. carefully because only three of these people is telling the truth; one made the For further information, please whole thing up! The audience will then interrogate the storytellers, and vote for telephone Library Director, Susan de who they think the liar is! Sciora at 516- 374-1967. District residents may pick up tickets beginning Wednesday, May 7, 10 am & 7 pm.

FIND US ON THE WEB AT: www.hwpl.org FROM THE BOARD E V E N T S & P E R F O R M A N C E S An organization cannot continue to New Talent/New Ideas flourish successfully without accepting change. Complacency is counterpro- Nelson Baer Duo ductive, ultimately leading to stagna- Eleanor Nelson & Karen tion. It is therefore essential that our Baer, Piano Four Hand Library develop a long-range plan that will incorporate into its mission the I Sunday, April 6, 2:30 pm requisites for continued growth and Piano Four Hand at it’s best by this innovation. talented duo! Gershwin, classical, to In meetings during the past two Klezmer. years, a small group of residents and Tickets may be picked up beginning two Library trustees have worked on Wednesday, March 19, 10 am & 7 pm. formulating a long-range plan that focused on major categories to be Metropolitan Hot Club addressed, establishing guiding princi- ples to assure that our Library will con- F tinue to evolve as it adapts to a Ì HIGHLIGHTS IN JAZZ changing environment. Metropolitan Hot Club Areas on which the members of the Steve Kaiser, bass/vocals, committee placed emphasis were Michael Snow, violin/mandolin, Community Outreach and Commun- Aaron Lieberman, guitar ications, Library Collections and I Thursday, April 24, 7:30 pm Services, the Physical Plant, and Hot acoustic swing of the 30s and Finance. Identified under each catego- 40s, steeped in the gypsy jazz tradi- ry were the specific tasks required to tion. Metropolitan Hot Club celebrates achieve the goals laid out by the com- the music made popular by the leg- mittee. Highlighted in particular, Layla Taj endary guitarist, Django Reinhardt. among others, were such mandates as expanding the concept and schedule District residents and Friends may be pick up New Talent/New Ideas tickets beginning Wednesday, April 3, 10 am of Overleaf, partnership with commu- & 7 pm. nity groups, improved and creative sig- Layla Taj, Dance of the East nage throughout the building, making Egyptian Dance 5 Towns Indian Association certain that the Library continues to maintain its parity with the demands of I Sunday, April 13, 2:30 pm Children’s Day Celebration a rapidly evolving technology, a survey Ms. Layla Taj grew up in Long I Sunday, April 27, 2 pm of space allocation in the building, and Beach, Long Island. At the age of five The children will perform Indian a consideration of demographic analysis she began to study ballet and at seven, classical, folk, and Bollywood in the Library’s outreach efforts. viola and classical piano. But she dances. Skits and traditional music It has been more than ten years found herself drawn back to the dance will illustrate the history, culture, since we renovated our building. Priori- her Egyptian grandmother taught her and traditions of India. ties must be established to meet the as a child, classical oriental dance, increasing demands of minor repairs, ancient dances that go back thousands and plans must be put in place to of years, sometimes commonly referred address any major physical plant oblig- to as the belly dance. To learn this ations. You can of course rest assured dance she had to travel to Germany to that budgetary constraints, a major study with the great master Egyptian factor in any planning, will be scrupu- teachers. A wonderful film on dance lously observed. and Egypt will entertain us as Layla Benjamin A. Eilbott, President changes costumes. With her beautiful costumes, beauty, sparkling personality Board of Trustees and warmth she is a special dancer and Benjamin A. Eilbott, President person. As Master Egyptian teacher, Dr. Susan S. Warner, Vice President Mo Gadawwi said “ There are dancers David A. Adler, Treasurer and there are stars. Layla is a star”. Donald A. Davidson Tickets may be picked up beginning Shari H. Braverman Wednesday, April 2, 10 am & 7 pm Susan O. de Sciora, Director Nadine Connors, Editor and Programs 2 E V E N T S & P E R F O R M A N C E S LONG ISLAND READS

New Talent/New Ideas John Lehmann-Haupt EDYTHE BRENNER I Thursday, June 12, 1 pm MEMORIAL CONCERT Guitarist John Lehmann-Haupt Theresa Santiago, soprano helped kick off one of our first Michael Wanko, baritone Courtyard seasons with his beautiful playing and music from classical to I Sunday, May 4, 2:30 pm popular. New York based soprano Theresa No tickets required. Santiago has attracted international attention for her highly individual style and seamless lyric soprano. She will be joined on stage by her husband, bari- tone Michael Wanko for duets and Chang-rae-Lee solos. This is a special concert to honor past trustee of the library, Edythe LONG ISLAND READS Brenner. One Island, One Book Tickets may be picked up beginning Wednesday, April 23, 10 am & 7 pm. ALOFT by Chang-rae Lee This year Aloft by Chang-rae Lee United Choral Society Christopher Oldfather has been chosen for Long Island I Sunday, June 8, 2 pm Reads. Past Long Island Reads selec- The United Choral Society returns tions have been The Great Gatsby by for a spring concert of beautiful music Piano Recital F. Scott Fitzgerald, How the Garcia and beautiful voices. Featuring works by the Long Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Tickets may be picked up beginning Island Composers Alliance & Alvarez, Snow in August by Pete Wednesday, May 14, 10 am & 7 pm the National Association Hamill, Travels with Charley by John of Composers/USA-Texas Chapter Steinbeck, and The Color of Water American Chamber With pianist, Christopher Oldfather by James McBride. Ensemble I Thursday, June 5, 7:30 pm Selections from Aloft I Thursday, May 22, 7:30 pm Two well known composer associa- by Chang-rae Lee The American Chamber Ensemble, tions join together to present a concert co-directed by pianist Blanche Abram of piano compositions of contemporary With David Houston and clarinetist Naomi Drucker has pre- works developed in traditional styles. I Thursday, April 3, 1 pm sented concerts for 42 years. A varied This concert will also be performed in Actor, writer, and director David program featuring core members of the Texas as well as Long Island. This hour Houston, with music, effects, and in ensemble. long concert will feature composers the style of radio drama interprets District residents may pick up tickets beginning Herbert Deutsch, Marga Richter, and the successes, disaffections, and Wednesday, May 7, 10 am & 7 pm. Dana Richardson, and others from Long befuddlements of protagonist Jerry Island and composers Lynn Job, Dimitar Battle in selections from Chang-rae F Ninov, and Stephen Lias from the Texas Lee’s thought-provoking view of life Ì AFTERNOON WEEKDAY chapter of NAC/USA. CONCERTS among the mobile upper middle District residents may pick up tickets beginning classes of Long Island Wednesday, May 21, 10 am & 7 pm. Yukiko Tanaka I Thursday, April 10 , 1 pm Book Discussion Classical piano with a lec- With Edna Ritzenberg ture/conversation about the music I Monday, April 7, 2 pm being performed. As part of our HWPL Readers Naomi Zeitlin series, book discussion leader Edna Ritzenberg will lead a discussion of I Thursday, May 15, 1 pm Aloft. Versatile singer and dynamic per- Copies of the book are being held former Naomi Zeitlin returns for an at Circulation. Library members may afternoon of entertaining music and reserve a copy well in advance. fun. Yukiko Tanaka

3 L E C T U R E S & C O U R S E S Brain Body Fitness New York Council for the Humanities The Empowered Learner: A Look at American An Introduction to Brain Gym® Musical Theater - with Emily Eisen, M.Ed, Director, Brain Gym, Instructor/Consultant The Rodgers and Hammerstein Era: Reinventing Musical Theater I Tuesday, April 1, 1 pm With Marc Courtade Specific movements stimulate par- ticular aspects of brain function. The I Thursday, April 17, 10:30 am 26 Brain Gym‚ exercises are designed From 1943 to 1959, the brilliant to activate different cognitive func- Modern Art at the Met team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar tions, including communication, com- Permanent Collection, Hammerstein II changed the structure prehension, organization, and focus. of Musical Theater. First Floor and Mezzanine The Brain Gym‚ movements consciously activate the whole mind/body system, With Ellen Goldschmidt The Ethnic Musicals: stimulating nervous system activity I Tuesday, May 6, 1 pm Assimilation and Integration equally in all parts of the brain. It’s fun Using the collections of The With Marc Courtade and easy to do and requires no special Metropolitan Museum of Art, this lec- I Thursday, April 24, 10:30 am skills. It’s exercise for your brain cells! ture will look at works by some of the District residents may register beginning most influential artists of the 20th c. The melting pot of America was Wednesday, March 12, 10 am. Works by artists such as Matisse, reflected in the Broadway Musicals. Picasso, Hopper, O’Keeffe, de Chirico, Marc Courtade is Business Manager and Leger will be discussed. for Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at Long Island University. He is a ART LECTURES frequent lecturer for the Hutton House With Professor Thomas Germano, Lectures SUNY at Farmingdale William Hogarth, English painter, Engraver, and Moral Story Teller I Tuesday, May 13, 1 pm Hogarth was one of the leading British artists of the first half of the 18th century. A trained engraver, he had his own printing business. He stud- ART LECTURES AT HWPL ied at St. Martin’s Lane Academy under Travel Lights Sir James Thornhill. He is noted for his Metropolitan Museum of Art With Irma and Bob Mandel Silversmiths to the Nation: morality series; A Harlot’s Progress, A Rake’s Progress, and more. He ran his Central Asia: From the Dawn Thomas Fletcher and Sidney own academy in St. Martin’s Lane, gen- of Civilization to the Demise Gardiner, 1808-1842 erally credited as an important fore- of Communism With Madill Higgins-Harvey runner to the Royal Academy founded a I Thursday, May 1, 1 pm I Tuesday, April 15, 1 pm few years after his death. Flamboyant market places, veiled The silversmithing firm established American Presidential women, and majestic mosques create a by Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Portraiture fascinating pastiche. Officially their Gardiner produced silver of unprece- I governments are democratic, but our dented quality and grandeur. This Tuesday, June 10, 1 pm slides and stories depict the true story. lecture will explore some of the mon- Included in this visual art lecture will be portraits of George Washington, umental vessels that celebrate naval The Phenomena of Peru and civic heroes as well as domestic Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and personal items, all created with and Theodore Roosevelt, featuring art I Thursday, June 5, 1 pm sophistication of design and skillful by Gilbert Stuart, Jean-Antoine Peru, a land of intriguing lost cities, manufacturing. Houdon, John Trumbull, Rembrandt tumultuous historical upheavals, and Exhibition - November 20, 2007 – Peale, Horatio Greenhough, Emanuel rich cultural heritage fires one’s imagi- May 4, 2008, American Wing Gallery Leutze, Matthew Brady, and Gutzon nation and curiosity like few other Borglum. places. ÌF Indicates a Friends of the Library program. 4 LECTURES H - W P L R E A D E R S AUTHOR VISIT A Monthly Afternoon Discussion Group I Mondays at 2 p.m. F Ì Dr. Edward S. Orzac District residents may reserve copies of the books well in advance of the discus- The Love Ashram sions. Review packets are available at the Information Desk. Join us for an after- and other Short Stories noon discussion of good books. I Tuesday, June 17, 1 pm These exotic I Monday, April 7, 2 pm tales by author /physician Edward Aloft By Chang-rae Lee Orzac are sure to Discussion leader: Edna Ritzenberg spice up your read- Jerry Battle is the semi-retired patri- ing life. These arch of a well-off Long Island family, short stories en- owners of Battle Brothers, a landscaping compass a lifetime business. Sensitive but emotionally adventure from detached, Jerry escapes by flying solo in World War II in his small plane as he ponders his Italy to Vietnam, responsibilities to his loved ones. Lee's Afghanistan, and Indonesia. Whoever characters makes for a moving story heard of a doctor legally running a about a family of today. house of ill-repute for the US Army? Take his daring journey from Kabul I Monday,May 5, 2 pm over the Khyber Pass to Peshawar, The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri hunting down an antiquity, and more. Discussion leader: Ellen Getreu ÌF Nuclear Power: An aging alcoholic receives permis- sion to sleep on the floor of an apart- Friend or Foe? ment house and slips into a coma and With Daniel R. Einbund, attorney lays dying. His neighbors surround him, I Tuesday, June 10, 7:30 pm arguing over who gave Vishnu a few World consumption of fossil fuels dried chapattis, who called the doctor riage to an older novelist and a success- for the production of energy is rising at for him, etc. Drifting through increasing- ful career as a writer, a divorce and a unprecedented levels, bringing on ly vivid scenes from his past, Vishnu series of affairs with married men, a life problems of price instability and global recalls his relatively rare snatches of love that Dilly both envies and scorns. The climate change. How can nuclear and joy – and especially his romance with award-winning O’Brien evokes the cru- power help and what are the trade-offs Padmini, a self-involved prostitute. The elty of estrangement while allowing her of further developing this sometime apartment house upon whose floor characters to remain sympathetic and controversial source of electricity? Vishnu spends his final hours functions as giving them real voice. Daniel R Einbund joined the nuclear a microcosm of Indian society. The Death fuel industry in 1981 as Counsel, of Vishnu, embodies comical, richly Nuclear Fuel Services in Transnuclear, drawn characters, loving attention to the ÌF GREAT BOOKS Inc. in New York and later was one of details of everyday life, and an explo- DISCUSSION GROUP 2008 the founding members of Nukem, Inc. ration of destiny and free will. Dr. Allen Lanner and the Great Books I Monday, June 16, 2 pm discussion group continue. Selections Tax Help Is Available The Light of Evening are read and discussed from the fol- Tuesdays, February 19 - April 15 by Edna O’Brien lowing books: By Appointment Only Discussion leader: I Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. Tax help is available for senior cit- Candace Plotsker-Herman April 15 izens with simple tax returns. This Author O’Brien, in her 20th novel, Dubois, W.E.B. service is available through the aus- ruminates on the lure of home and the The Souls of Black Folk pices of the Town of Hempstead's compulsion to leave. Dilly, 78 and wid- ISBN 0-486-28041-1 Office of Senior Enrichment. Please owed, lies in a Catholic hospital in rural May 13 bring last year's tax return, 1099's or Ireland waiting for her eldest child, Verne, Jules W-2's, and any other pertinent docu- Eleanora, to arrive at her bedside. Dilly Journey to the Center of the Earth ments. recalls her early years as well as the ISBN 0-486-44088-5 Beginning Tuesday, January 8, decades of misunderstanding and con- All books are from Dover Publications, 2008 at 10 am, call 374-1967 x231, to flict with Eleanora. Eleanora’s story 31 E. 2nd St., Mineola, New York 11501 schedule an appointment. begins with a move to England, mar- call, 1 800-223-3130 Fax: 516 294-9758.

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Michael Clayton I Wednesday, May 21, 2 & 7:30 pm Starring Tom Wilkinson, Michael O’Keefe, Sydney Pollack, , ; Directed by Tony Gilroy, Rated R, 119 min. An attorney known as the “fixer” in The Diving Bell and the his law firm comes across the biggest Butterfly case of his career that could produce I Wednesday, June 25, disastrous results for those involved. 2 & 7:30 pm 3:10 to Yuma Starring Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle The Kite Runner seigneer, ; Directed by Julian I Wednesday, April 2, I Wednesday, June 4, Schnabel, Rated PG-13, 112 min. Subtitles. 2 & 7:30 pm 2 & 7:30 pm The true story of Elle editor, Jean- Starring Russell Crowe, , Peter Starring Khalid Abdalla, Atossa Leoni, Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke Fonda, Dallas Roberts; Directed by James Zekeria Ebrahimi, Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada and has to live with an almost totally Mangold; Rated R, 122 min. Directed by Marc Forster, Rated PG-13, 122 min. paralyzed body; only his left eye isn’t A small time rancher agrees to hold After spending years in California, paralyzed. a captured outlaw, awaiting a train to Amir returns to his homeland in go to court in Yuma. Afghanistan to help his old friend YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN In the Valley of Elah Hassan, whose son is in trouble. Based on the popular book by Khaled THIS ON THE BIG SCREEN I Wednesday, April 23, Hosseini. “Something’s coming…” 2 & 7:30 pm In Celebration of the 50th Starring , Charize Theron, Into the Wild , James Franco Anniversary of Broadway Musical I Wednesday, June 11, Directed by Paul Haggis, Rated R, 121 min. West Side Story (1957 – 2007) A career officer and his wife work 2 & 7:30 pm with a police detective to uncover the Starring Emile Hirsch, , West Side Story truth behind their son’s disappearance William Hurt, Catherine Keener, Vince Vaughn, Starring , Richard Beymer, Hal Holbrook; Directed by , following his return from a tour of duty , , George Chakiris Rated R, 140 min. Directed by , , in Iraq. Christopher McCandless, graduate of 152 min. Emory University, top student and ath- I Wednesday, April 16, Gone Baby Gone lete, abandons his possessions, gave his 2 & 7:30 pm I Wednesday, April 30, entire $24,000 savings account to char- Jerome Robbins, Arthur Laurents, 2 &7:30 pm ity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in and ’s idea of a musi- Starring Casey Affleck, , the wilderness. A true story. cal version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and , Amy Madigan Juliet was originally called East Side Directed by Ben Affleck, Rated R, 114 min. Atonement Two Boston detectives investigate a Story, the central theme a romance I little girl’s kidnapping which turns into Wednesday, June 18, between a Jewish boy and a Catholic 2 & 7:30 pm a crisis both professionally and person- girl. Shelved for several years, the idea ally for them. Starring James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, lost its relevancy for the creative team. , The story they told instead was of a Directed by Joe Wright, Rated R, 130 min. No Country for Old Men native born Polish boy and a newly Fledgling writer immigrant Puerto Rican girl, with a I Wednesday, May 14, Briony Tallis, a 13 back drop of gang violence entitled 2 & 7:30 pm year old, irrevocably West Side Story. The Broadway show Starring Tommy Lee Jones, , changes the course opened September 26, 1957 at the Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, of several lives when Winter Garden Theatre starring Larry Kelly Macdonald, Tess Harper she accuses her Directed by Ethan and Joel Coen, Kert, Carol Lawrence, and Chita Rivera, older sister’s lover Rated R, 122 min. ran 732 performances and produced Violence and mayhem ensue after a of a crime he did many touring road companies. hunter stumbles upon some dead bod- not commit. Based The movie won 10 , ies, a stash of heroin, and more than $2 on the novel by Ian including Best Picture. A young Eliot million in cash. McEwan. Feld can be seen as the character Baby John. 6 F I L M S IN THE BOEHM ROOM Happy 100th Birthday, I April 1 – 30, 2008 TO MARK THE 60TH Reception: Thursday, May 15 Bette Davis! ANNIVERSARY OF ISRAEL 3- 5 pm Bette Davis was nominated 11 times 5 Towns Jewish Council presents Student Art marking the 60th for Best Actress Oscars (counting her Israeli Film Festival Anniversary of the Founding of Israel – famous write-in votes for Of Human sponsored by 5 Towns Jewish Council. Bondage), and won twice. Afternoons and Evenings.Six different Ruth Elizabeth Davis was born , exciting films! Details regarding film IN THE GALLERY 1908 in Lowell, Massachusetts. After titles will follow. her role in (1934), I Monday, May 5 Student Art Show - May 2008 she was finally a star. She won Best Film 1 at 2 pm, Film 2 at 7:30 pm Dangerous I Reception: Thursday, May 15 Actress Oscars for (1935) I Tuesday, May 6 Jezebel 3- 5 pm and (1938). After an unsuccess- Film 3 at 2 pm, Film 4 at 7:30 pm ful lawsuit against Warner Brothers she Artwork by the talented students of began to get the roles she wanted, but I Thursday, May 8 the Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD, K- 12. after the , her career faltered Film 5 at 2 pm, Film 6 at 7:30 pm only to be revived in the with the AP Art Students & Faculty of horror films What Ever Happened to HIGHLIGHTS IN JAZZ Hewlett High School - June Baby Jane? (1962) and Hush...Hush, Roni Ben-Hur, Jazz guitarist 2008 Sweet Charlotte (1964). She died Octo- ber 6, 1989. I Tuesday, May 27, 7:30 pm We are privileged again to showcase I Wednesday, May 28, 7:30 pm the wonderful artwork of our young Jezebel artists from Hewlett High School and A virtuoso guitarist with impec- the talented Faculty that inspires Monday, April 14, 2 pm cable swing! them. Starring Bette Davis, , ; With the co-operation of the Friends of the Directed by Billy Wyler, Library 104 min. 1938 TAC PROGRAMS Bette Davis plays a tempestuous Gerard Edery, folk singer, southern belle, Julie Marston, which “Israel in Song” TAC Teen Advisory causes a break in her engagement to I Wednesday, May 28, 7:30 pm Committee presents President Dillard (Henry Fonda). When SAT Prep and Strategy Dillard returns married, the fireworks Classical Concert / TBA Course begin! I Thursday, May 29, 7:30 pm A 90 minute session for students and Now, Voyager In the Boehm Room parents that includes a comprehensive overview of the SAT, including common Monday, June 2, 2 pm I April 1 -30, 2008 types of questions and test-taking Starring Bette Davis, , ; Directed by , Student art marking the 60th advice. Learn tips and tricks on how to 117 min. 1942 Anniversary of the Founding of Israel. score your best and find out what is Bette Davis, playing a repressed covered on the SAT, even the essay. spinster. On a cruise she meets Jerry Writing Portion Durrence (Paul Henreid) a married man AARP DRIVER IMPROVEMENT tied to a sickly wife. Falling in love with Ellen Karcinell Call 516 374-1967 ext. 231 for they both realize the impossibility of a I Thursday, April 10, 7 pm information about our on-going life together. defensive driving classes. Math Portion Whatever Happened to with Dr. Keith Harrow Baby Jane? IN CASE OF WEATHER I Thursday, April 17, 7 pm EMERGENCY Monday, June 23, 2 pm District Residents may register at the Starring Bette Davis, We urge you to call 374-1667 dur- Information Desk beginning Monday, March 31 Directed by , 132 min, 1962 ing a weather emergency before at 10 a.m. Time magazine called this film “The leaving for the library. All informa- THERE ARE NO FEES FOR THESE COURSES. year’s scariest, funniest, and most tion regarding closings and delayed sophisticated chiller.” An eerie tale of openings will be posted on this taped BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ MEETINGS a demented ex-child star living with announcement. Please note that if Wednesday, April 9 7:45 pm the Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD is her invalid sister whose domestic ten- Monday, May 12 7:45 pm sions lead to murder. closed, the library will not open before 1 pm. Wednesday, June 11 7:45 pm

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