Long Island Reads: One Island-One Book Programming Guide 2012 The Lost Wife By Alyson Richman 1 Author Event Alyson Richman will be speaking on Sunday, April 22, 2012 2:00 pm at the PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE PUBLIC LIBRARY 999 Old Country Road, Plainview, New York 11803 (516) 938-0077 TRANSPORATION IS AVAILABLE: Do any of your patrons need a lift to the Alyson Richman author talk and book signing? No problem! They can reserve a space on our comfortable coach bus to the Plainview-Old Bethpage Library on Sunday, April 22nd. Stops will be made at Riverhead Free Library, Middle Country Public Library, and Christopher Morley Park, Searingtown Road, Roslyn. $7.50 per person for round-trip coach bus, snack included. And as an added attraction, you can participate in an onboard book discussion and presentation by a knowledgeable and friendly librarian. Remember, space is limited, so first come, first served. Information regarding pick up times will be provided when you register. To make reservations, patrons should contact the library from which they wish to leave. Riverhead Free Library, 330 Court Street, Riverhead: In-person registration only. Call 631-727- 3228 for directions. Middle Country Public Library: Online registration via links on website, www.mcpl.lib.ny.us or call 631-585-9393, ext. 288. Ask for Loretta Piscatella. For Christopher Morley Park, 500 Searingtown Road, Roslyn, NY: In person registration at the Port Washington Library, One Library, Drive, Port Washington. For more information, call 516-883- 4400. Ask for Lee Fertitta. Registration period runs from January 23 to March 10. Payment by check or money order only, made out to Prime Time Travel. 2 PROGRAM RESOURCES FOR “THE LOST WIFE” BOOK DISCUSSION LEADERS Wendy Marx [email protected] (Put LONG ISLAND READS in the subject heading) $150 Sarah Siegel 516-670-7202 (cell phone) $175 Pam Lieber 516-287-5330 [email protected] $300 Donna Diamond 631-266-1718 (phone) [email protected] $250 (2 hours with in-depth, fully researched “reading group guides,” author bios and more) NOTE: Daytime: Nassau and Western Suffolk; Evenings: Huntington area only. Jean Cohen (Not to be confused with “Gene Cohen”) 516-698-0660 (phone) [email protected] $200 (daytime program), $225 (evening program) South Shore/SW Nassau County: Linda Judenberg 516-295-2654 [email protected] Please call to discuss fee Edna Ritzenberg 516-374-5933 [email protected] Please call to discuss fee. 3 MUSIC AND THEATER Motyl Chamber Ensemble 172 W. 79th Street, #4G New York, NY 10024 Phone: 917-921-3710 Fax: 212-769-9276 Call for fee The MOTÝL Chamber Ensemble, formed in 2003, performs music by composers whose lives were cut short or radically transformed by the Holocaust. Some of the composers were fortunate enough to only be forced into exile while the majority lost their lives in the Holocaust. The ensemble's name, Czech for 'butterfly,' is derived from the poem "The Butterfly" written by Pavel Friedman at the Terezín concentration camp. The Workmen’s Circle Yiddish Chorus Performs at area events including festivals and concerts. They are the only Yiddish chorus on Long Island. http://www.longislandtraditions.org/artistprofiles/ethnic/workmen.html Golden Land Concerts and Connections www.goldenland.com Representing Ashkenazi (European), Sephardi, African, and Middle Eastern musical groups and performers. Fee varies, depending upon the performers. Folksbeine Theater The National Yiddish Theatre – Folksbiene is a Drama Desk Award winning, New York City based performing arts company that produces work in Yiddish, with English and Russian supertitles, as well as bilingual programming in Yiddish and English. Founded in 1915, The Folksbiene is the world’s longest continuously running Yiddish theater. In addition to presenting critically acclaimed off-Broadway plays and musicals, The Folksbiene has touring productions of musical comedies, family shows, concerts, literary readings, workshops and lectures which have been seen across the United States and internationally. For current productions and other information, please visit www.nationalyiddishtheatre.org. For information about bringing a touring production to your community, contact Motl Didner, Artistic Director/National Yiddish Theatre – Folksbeine, 135 W. 29th Street, #504, New York, New York 10001. (212) 213-2120 x202 or [email protected] For information about group sales, contact Itzy Firestone (212) 213-2120 x204 or [email protected] 4 SPEAKERS 1) The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County The mission of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County is to teach the history of the Holocaust and its lessons through education and community outreach. 100 Crescent Beach Road Glen Cove, NY 11542 The Center can offer any or all of the following: ▪An introduction to the history of the era, especially in Czechoslovakia ▪The various ways in which people reacted to the strictures and fear ▪Information on the Ghetto Terezin, the Nazis’ intention regarding this camp; who where the people incarcerated there; the variety of activities; and why they were tolerated. ▪Comments on the verisimilitude of the choices made by prisoners, particularly those made by the prisoners depicted in the book. The resources of the Louis Posner Memorial Library can be made available to you. Center librarian Marcia Posner, along with two colleagues, can enhance your book discussion with dramatic readings and a discussion of the time period of the book. She is willing to work with you to create an enlightening and entertaining program. Tours of the Center can also be arranged. Programs are free, but a donation to the Center and travel fare is recommended. For Speakers (survivors of the Holocaust) and Tours Contact: Silvana Rivera, 516-571-8040, ext. 103 For Book Discussion program Contact Marcia Posner, [email protected], 516-571-8040 (Center library) or 516-437-0383 (home). NOTE: Daytime program only. 2) New York Humanities Council Lecturer: Miriam Intrator, Doctoral Candidate in Modern European and Jewish History, CUNY Contact via the New York Humanities Council http://www.nyhumanities.org/speakers/adult_audiences/email_speaker.php?speaker_id=354 (Personal Email not available) Or via CUNY Graduate Center History Department, Room 5111 365 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10016 NOTE: No phone calls. Must contact speaker via the link above. “Intellectual Resistance During the Holocaust: Escape Through Books, Reading, and Storytelling” During the Second World War, a prisoner-run library was established in the ghetto concentration camp Theresienstadt. The "Ghettozentralbucherei" (Ghetto Central Library) opened in November of 1942 and 5 remained in operation, offering prisoners vital means of escape and solace, until liberation in May of 1945. Its staff worked creatively and diligently to provide access to the available reading materials. They invented a bookmobile system, created branch libraries throughout the camp, oversaw the cataloging of Hebrew and Judaica volumes, worked to ensure the preservation and survival of rare and valuable works, and encouraged reading aloud so that each book could reach as many people as possible. Through its very normalcy as an institution of leisure and learning, the library existed as an instrument of resistance, representing an organized system of life, all the more inspirational and strengthening as it thrived within the much larger system of death. This lecture is available from December 1, 2006 to January 1, 2013* Fee – See New York Council for the Humanities website on how to apply for a lecturer http://www.nyhumanities.org/speakers/adult_audiences/ 3) City College of CUNY Lecturer: Emily Greble, Assistant Professor, Department of History Professor Greble teaches about inter-war and wartime Czechoslovakia. She has lived in Prague while studying arts and cultural history. She can discuss her trips to Terezin, highlighted by personal photos, including those of her mother’s house. According to Professor Greble, Terezin is one of the best preserved one can visit. She recently completed her first book on the multicultural city Sarajevo during the Second World War. Currently, she is working on a book on Islam in the Balkans from the late Habsburg to early Communist periods. Prior to coming to City College, Professor Greble held fellowships at the Remarque Institute at New York University and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, part of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. She also has received numerous grants, including from Fulbright- Hays, ACLS, Mellon Foundation, IREX, and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Contact her via email at [email protected] or call 914-260-0103. Fee is $250, negotiable. 4) Czech Arts, Crafts and Architecture Lecturer: Jessica Ley PRAGUE: Arts & Architecture Although the city of Prague dates back to the 11th century, this program will focus on the periods between 1895 and now. Beginning at the end of the Gilded Age, the borders of the ancient center city, Stare Mesto, began to expand. Architecture in the new areas reflected the art of the Czech artist Alphonse Mucha and were exuberantly Art Nouveau in style. As the city expanded further, Secessionist and Art 6 Deco styles were added. Glass, jewelry, furniture, ceramics began to be produced by small businesses who were learning new technologies to adorn the modern spaces and the people dwelling in them. In the early 20th century, WW I not only disrupted, but nearly collapsed these industries. After the war, the new state of Czechoslovakia was the largest glass bead exporter in the world. Another disruption came after World War II, and still another after the Communist regime fell in 1991. But business is booming and this PowerPoint-illustrated lecture includes some of what you can expect to see - and buy - when you visit this phenomenally beautiful city. Some samples of Czech jewelry will be on display as well. Ten Vale Drive, Huntington, NY 11743 63-424-7445 [email protected] $160 5) Lost Loves Lecturer: Donna Hanover, author of “My Boyfriend’s Back.” Donna Hanover is a broadcast journalist, currently at CUNY TV as a correspondent on the show, SCIENCE & U.