Newsletter of the Hewlett- Woodmere Public Library I I OverlJANUARY FEBRUARY MAReCH 2012 VOaLUME 47, NUf MBER 3 What’s Inside OVERLEAF JR. REMOVABLE INSERT Events & Performances Pages 2-3 Films Pages 6 Great Books Page 5 Great Decisions Page 6 H-W PL Readers Page 5 In the Gallery Page 7 Lectures & Courses Pages 3-5 Special Films Page 7 HEWLETT-WOODMERE PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL LIBRARY VOTE AND ELECTION Tuesday, April 3, 2012 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. The Boehm Meeting Room ÌF LET’S HEAR IT FOR PROPOSITION 1: THE SILENT FILMS! Proposed 2012/2013 Library Budget I Sunday, March 11, 2 pm PROPOSITION 2: Election of Library Trustee Flesh and the Devil, 1926 Starring Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lars Hanson, Barbara Kent QUALIFICATIONS FOR Directed by Clarence Brown, Screenplay by Benjamin Glazer, VOTING based on the book “The Undying Past” by Hermann Sudeman, 112 minutes Registration is required only if a Live piano accompaniment by Ben Model, resident has not voted in a Hewlett- pianist, composer, & silent film historian Woodmere Union Free School District Discussion led by Philip Harwood, film historian or Library referendum within the last The Plot: Leo and Ulrich are life long friends. Home on leave from their military 4 years or in a general referendum training, Leo (John Gilbert) sees the beautiful Felicitas (Greta Garbo) at the rail - within the last 4 years. In order to be road station. The following evening they meet again at a ball. Drawn to her by her eligible to register, you must be beauty, they leave the ball together. Alone together in her room, her elderly hus - a U.S. citizen, 18 years of age or older band, Count von Rhaden, (of which Leo knows nothing about) comes in, discovers by Tuesday, April 3, 2012, and you them, and challenges Leo to a duel. The duel is fought and the Count is killed, leav - must have been a legal resident ing Felicitas a widow. Leo, having fought the duel and killed the Count, is ‘request - of the H-W UFSD for at least 30 days ed’ to serve 5 years in Africa. He asks Ulrich (Lars Hanson) to watch over the widow prior to the referendum. Registration Felicitas, while he is gone. After 3 years, Ulrich is able to get a pardon for Leo. Leo for voting takes place Tuesday, is anxious to be reunited with Felicitas. When he arrives, he learns that Felicitas March 27, 2012, 1 pm – 9 pm in the has married Ulrich. Leo tries to stay away from Felicitas and Ulrich, which hurts Library. and puzzles Ulrich. But Felicitas has other plans and pursues Leo. Ulrich’s sister For further information, please Hertha (Barbara Kent) tries to save her brother and his beloved friend, Leo, from telephone Library Director, Susan de disaster. Sciora at 516-374-1967. District residents & Friends of the Library may pick up tickets beginning Tuesday, February 28, 10 am & 7 pm. FIND US ON THE WEB AT: www.hwpl.org NEW TALENT/NEW IDEAS Miki Sawada the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris. she participated in the Young Artist A graduate of Mannes College of Music Competition, placing first. The compe - where she also received her Master’s tition gave her the opportunity to play degree, Ms. Hutton-Dewys is a teacher with Ken-David Masur, son of Kurt and freelance pianist in New York City. Masur, and conductor of the San She is one of the newest members of Antonio Symphony Orchestra. the chamber music group Opus Nine Tickets may be picked up beginning Tuesday, and is on the piano faculty of February 14, 10 am & 7 pm. Greenwich House Music School. Tickets may be picked up beginning Edythe Brenner Wednesday, January 11, 10 am & 7 pm. Memorial Concert Sylph Clarino Consort Nadine Scharman, flute Vivian Israel, cello Ann Zalkind, piano I Sunday, March 18, 2:30 pm Sylph represents the element of air Miki Sawada, pianist and is the paradigm in medieval natural philosophy from which sound and music I Sunday, January 8, 2:30 pm come forth. The members of Sylph , Miki Sawada is a native of Japan, Nadine Scharman, flutist, Vivian Israel, but also spent her formative years in cellist, and Ann Zalkind, pianist per - London, Paris, Chicago, and New form chamber music by a variety of York. Recent awards include first prizes Clarino Consort composers. Most recently Sylph per - at Concours International de Piano du Baroque Trumpet Ensemble, formed at Carnegie Weill Hall with the Moulin d’Andé in France, Northwestern Soh Young Ensembe to outstanding University’s Thaviu-Isaak Endowed valveless trumpets and reviews. Piano Scholarship Competition, and piano Tickets may be picked up beginning Tuesday, Northwestern University’s Concerto I March 6, 10 am & 7 pm. Competition. She is currently pursuing Sunday, February 5, 2:30 pm a Master of Music degree at the Clarino Consort was founded by Eastman School of Music with Natalya Baroque trumpet specialists Barry Antonova. Bauguess and Patrick Dougherty to pre - Tickets may be picked up beginning Tuesday, sent familiar and little-known master - January 3, 10 am & 7 pm. pieces demonstrating the Instrument’s diverse repertoire—martial and royal to Manon Hutton-Dewys, melodic and lyrical. Their innovative programs encompass a repertoire span - ning the 15th through 18th centuries. Performing on valveless period trum - pets, accompanied by piano on some pieces, Clarino Consort offers a unique insight into the music of the Baroque Jesters of Jive Trumpet—the Instrument of ings. K Tickets may be picked up beginning Highlights in Jazz presents Manon Hutton-Dewys, Wednesday, January 25, 10 am & 7 pm. pianist Jesters of Jive I with Joan Crowe Sunday, January 22, 2:30 PM Jiaxin Tian, pianist I I American pianist Manon Hutton- Sunday, February 26, 2:30 pm Thursday, March 29, 7:30 pm Dewys has long been earning praise and Jiaxin Tian, born in Beijing, China, Jesters of Jive is jazz with humor recognition for her performances of comes from a very musical family. She featuring the music of Fats Waller, classical and modern music. Hutton- began her piano studies at a young age. Louis Jordan, Benny Goodman with Dewys has performed in some of the At the Manhattan School of Music she singer Joan Crowe. best classical musical venues such as is studying for her masters with District residents & Friends of the Library pick Carnegie Hall and at the Salle Cortot at Professor Jeffery Cohen. In April 2011, up tickets beginning Tuesday, March 13, 10 am & 7 pm. 2 SPECIAL EVENTS FEELIN’ GROOVY The Other American Songbook Caroline Doctorow and Band American Songwriter 1960s I Thursday, March 15, 7:30 pm Caroline Doctorow returns after a sell out performance, wrapping up our first Feelin’ Groovy serie s. This perfor - mance will focus on the great folk/folk New York Cabaret Unlimited rock songwriters of the 1960s featuring songs such as Gentle On My Mind , A Landslide on Asteroid Vesta Image: NASA, JPL-Caltech, UCLA, MPS, DLR, IDA ÌF New York Cabaret Snowbird, and more. Unlimited presents Caroline Doctorow’s original folk ASTRONOMY PROGRAM songs and her very personal tribute to Frank Loesser & His Music songwriters of the ’60s, is folk music at Movers in the Sky: Comets, I Sunday, February 12, 2:30 pm its finest. A mesmerizing vocalist and Meteors, & Asteroids champion of American folk music, With Astrophysicist and former New York Cabaret Unlimited has Caroline is a singer-songwriter who NASA consultant, Kevin Manning been performing for over 19 years. The lives in Bridgehampton, New York. I group consists of four singers (two Sunday, January 29, 2:30 pm Ms. Doctorow appeared last summer men, two women), a narrator, a What differentiates these “small at the folk mecca, The Guthrie Center, bassist, and a pianist /arranger. They bodies” as remnants of the solar sys - Great Barrington, MA. She played the will present songs by Frank Loesser, tem’s formation? Comets as omens of New Bedford, MA Summerfest this sea - blended into a narration depicting high - disaster and other superstitions are son to standing-room only crowds and lights from the composers’ life and debunked. Have you ever seen a mete - rave reviews. She can be heard on the challenges faced as an artist. or streak across the sky, or better yet a PBS special Freedom –The History of Frank Loesser wrote scores for over meteor shower? What about the Us , narrated by Katie Couric. 60 films for Paramount and Universal impending danger of asteroids or Feelin’ Groovy will continue through Pictures. His first published song was comets colliding with the earth? spring 2012 and into the summer with “In Love with the Memory of You” in Several interesting pictures and illus - great musicians and great music of the collaboration with William Schuman. trations serve to uncover these myster - other great American songbook! After WW II, he wrote “Where’s ies. Charlie”, based on the play, Charlie’s Coming soon in this series: Kevin Manning is an international Aunt . This was followed up by Guys and May The Kennedys award-winning astrophysicist. Kevin Dolls, which swept the Tony Awards in goes to great lengths to communicate June Johnny Cash Tribute with 1950. Returning to Hollywood, he his passion for the amazing world of Tom Kavanagh & Company wrote the score for Hans Christian outer space in terms that all ages can Andersen . Then back to Broadway with July Little Toby Walker understand. He’s lectured widely, built The Most Happy Fella followed by How This program is co-sponsored by the Friends of telescopes and observatories, and has to Succeed Business Without Really the Library been a consultant to NASA.