May ’07

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EXHIBITSIn the Main Gallery

ELIZABETH YAARI: Silk Paintings,through May 25. The artist conducts aworkshop on Saturday, May 19 from 2 to 4p.m. Sponsored by The Art Advisory Coun-cil. Story in this issue.

In the Photography Gallery

THE PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB OF LONGISLAND: 28th Annual Exhibition, May 3through June 30. Look for Musical Images,a slide presentation with music on Wednes-day, May 16 at 8 p.m. and again on Friday,May 18 at 12:10 p.m. Story in this issue.

In the Community Gallery

SENIORS PAINT THE TOWN: Paintings byPort Washington Senior Citizen’s, Inc. artclass. Story in this issue.

REGISTRATIONSBeginning May 1

Panic-Free Finals . . . . . . . . . . . . .See May 22

Beginning May 8

AARP Driving Course . . . . . . . . . See May 8

1 TUESDAYA CENTENARY TRIBUTE TO KATH-ARINE HEPBURN: Tonight we begin oursalute to this screen legend with Mary ofScotland (1936-123 min.). Hepburn stars asthe tempestuous queen whose claim to thecrown of England may cost her her life!Dudley Nichols scripted, from MaxwellAnderson’s play, for director John Ford.7:30 p.m. Story in this issue.

2 WEDNESDAYWEDNESDAY MATINEE: Pride and Preju-dice (1940-118 min.). Spirited ElizabethBennet (Greer Garson) finds herself drawnto scowling bachelor Mr. Darcy (LaurenceOlivier). Screenwriters Aldous Huxley andJane Murfin adapted Jane Austen’s novel fordirector Robert Z. Leonard. Also, RudolfIsing’s cartoon, The Fishing Bear (1940-8min.). 12 noon

3 THURSDAYSENIOR CONNECTIONS: Information andreferral service staffed by trained volun-teers designed to link older adults and theirfamilies to needed resources. Thursdaysfrom 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

GREAT BOOKS: A discussion of NancyMitford’s Zelda. This is the last session un-til September. 8 p.m.

4 FRIDAYSANDWICHED IN: Elvis: The “King” andI. Join Elvis’ biggest fan, Gregg Hacker, ashe presents the rise and fall of the “King”through video, personal stories andsamples from his vast collection of ElvisPresley memorabilia. Mr. Hacker has col-lected Elvis items for more than 25 years,and is known among fans for his uniqueOceanside home that has been partially-transformed into an Elvis Museum. This en-thusiast has been to Graceland many times,seen Elvis perform live and has met Elvis’cousin Patsy Presley, daughter Lisa Marie,and wife Priscilla Presley. Mr. Hacker en-courages fellow fans to come and sharetheir stories and memorabilia. 12:10 p.m.

“SHUT UP & SING” (2006-93 min.). Coun-try music trio The Dixie Chicks (NatalieMaines, Emily Robison, Martie Maguire)learn a lesson in free speech when leadsinger Maines offhandedly criticizes Presi-dent George W. Bush on the eve of the in-vasion of Iraq. Barbara Kopple and CeciliaPeck directed this rousing documentary.7:30 p.m.

6 SUNDAYDILL JONES MEMORIAL CONCERT: TheDick Smolens Swingtet performs in a con-cert sponsored by the Music Advisory Coun-cil. 3 p.m. Story in this issue.

7 MONDAYCOMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVE: Help ushelp others! Sign up at the Information Deskor by calling 883-4400, Ext. 136. Walk-inswelcome! Refreshments provided. Activitiesfor children will be provided for parents andcaregivers who wish to donate. Co-spon-sored by the library’s Staff Association andthe Health Advisory Council. 3 to 8 p.m.

8 TUESDAYAARP DRIVER SAFETY: For Port Washing-ton residents over 55. Registration beginsMay 8 for a class to take place on Saturday,June 9. A check for $10 payable to AARP isdue at time of registration

HYPER TENSION SCREENING: Freeblood pressure screening conducted by St.Francis Hospital. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

TOPICAL TUESDAY: The Great OnlineShopping Adventure! Learn how to use theInternet to find the exact item that you’relooking for at the lowest price. You’ll also dis-cover a number of resources for store cou-pons and Internet retailer savings codes.Most importantly, the program will provideyou with the information that you will needto feel safe and secure about shoppingonline. Join Tony Traguardo for a fun lookat the vast world of online retail. Sponsoredby the Friends of the Library. Refreshmentswill be served. 7:30 p.m.

9 WEDNESDAYWEDNESDAY MATINEE: A CentenaryTribute to Katharine Hepburn. Holiday(1938-96 min.). Screenwriters DonaldOgden Stewar t and Sidney Buchmanadapted Philip Barry’s play about a charm-ing non-conformist (Cary Grant) and theNew York society girl he falls for (Kate).George Cukor’s classic co-stars Lew Ayres,Edward Everett Horton, Binnie Barnes andHenry Daniell. 12 noon

READING GROUP: A discussion of Eveningof Long Goodbyes by Paul Murray, facilitatedby Lee Fertitta. 7 p.m.

10 THURSDAYDIRECTOR’S CUT: Film expert John Boscowill screen and discuss Children of Men(2006-109 min.). Director Alfonso Cuaronalso co-scripted this adaptation of P.D.James’s novel about a near-future worldwhere women can no longer bear children.With Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, MichaelCaine and Claire-Hope Ashitey as the lastpregnant woman on earth. 7:30 p.m.

11 FRIDAYBOOK & AUTHOR LUNCHEON: Featuredauthors are Alice Hoffman and David Nasaw.11 a.m. At George Washington Manor. Storyin this issue.

SANDWICHED IN: A Centenary Tribute toKatharine Hepburn: Bringing Up Baby(1938-102 min.). With her pet leopard Babyin tow, madcap heiress Susan Vance(Hepburn) sets her sights on an absent-minded zoologist David Huxley (Car yGrant), who is hunting for a missing dino-saur bone, which has been buried byGeorge the dog (played by Asta, of the ThinMan series fame). Dudley Nichols andHagar Wilde scripted Howard Hawks’ screw-ball masterpiece. 12:10 p.m.

“STRANGER THAN FICTION” (2006-113min.). Lonely IRS agent Harold Crick (WillFerrell) begins to hear a female voice in hishead, leading him to the realization that heis the subject of a novel and that his author(Emma Thompson) is plotting to kill him off.This romantic comedy from screenwriterZach Helm and director Marc Forster alsostars Maggie Gyllenhaal as a rebelliousbaker, Dustin Hoffman as a quizzical litera-ture professor and Queen Latifah as theauthor’s funky assistant. 7:30 p.m.

14 MONDAYAFTERNOON AT THE OPERA: Norma.Although he composed just ten operas inhis short life, Vincenzo Bellini left a legacyof gorgeous, melodic bel canto melodies inseveral memorable operas. In Norma —considered by many to be his masterpiece— Bellini dramatizes the Roman occupationof ancient Gaul and the love affair betweena Druid priestess, Norma, and her Romanlover, Pollione. Video excerpts will accom-pany this presentation by professor JamesKolb. Sponsored by Music Advisory Coun-cil and Friends of the Library. 4 p.m.

15 TUESDAYTHE HAPPILY EVER AFTER IN MAR-RIAGE: Bridging the Gap Between Fantasyand Reality. Dr. Lorraine Marxer, a licensedpsychologist with many years of experi-ence in marital counseling, will discuss whatcan be done to maintain joy in a relationshipand ways to create a deeper sense of mari-tal satisfaction and commitment. Sponsoredby the Health Advisory Council. 7:30 p.m.

16 WEDNESDAYWEDNESDAY MATINEE: A CentenaryTribute to Katharine Hepburn. State of theUnion (1948-123 min.). A presidential can-didate (Spencer Tracy) is caught betweenthe support of his loyal wife (Hepburn) andthe schemes of an ambitious newspaperowner (Angela Lansbury). Anthony Veillerand Myles Connolly adapted the PulitzerPrize-winning play by Howard Lindsay andRussel Crouse for producer/director FrankCapra. 12 noon.

LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES meets.Executive session at 7 p.m. The public isinvited at 7:30 p.m.

CONVERSATIONS FROM MAINSTREET: Meet Valentino Achak Deng. Mr.Deng is the subject of Dave Eggers’ newbook, What Is the What, a fictionalized ac-count of Mr. Deng’s life from the time hewas a small boy in Sudan through his firstyears as a refugee in the United States. Co-sponsored by the Library, Dolphin BookShop and the Landmark. At Landmark onMain Street. 7:30 p.m.

PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB OF LONG IS-LAND presents Musical Images, its slidepresentation with music. (Note: the 2005and 2006 editions are available in our circu-lating DVD collection.) 8 p.m.

17 THURSDAYREADING GROUP: A discussion of TheWorld is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman, fa-cilitated by Lee Fertitta. 1:30 p.m.

3rd THURSDAY @ 3: Meet Douglas G.Morris. Justice Imperiled is the story oflawyer Max Hirschberg, one of Germany’smost courageous defenders of justice inthe face of Hitler’s power. Hirschberg livedan extraordinary life at a defining momentin German and European history. By thetime he fled Nazi Germany in 1934, he hadargued a series of cases in Munich’s court-rooms that shed light on the history of po-litical justice in pre-Nazi Germany and, byextension, the miscarriage of justice in allWestern democracies. In this unique blendof biography and courtroom drama, Dou-glas G. Morris captures the excitement ofHirschberg’s actual cases and presents le-gal battles that still rage, in different cir-cumstances, to this day. Douglas G. Mor-ris is a legal historian and practicing crimi-nal defense attorney with Federal Defend-ers of New York. Justice Imperiled will beavailable for purchase and signing followinghis talk. This program sponsored by theFriends of the Library. 3 p.m.

18 FRIDAYSANDWICHED IN: The Photography Clubof Long Island presents an encore perfor-mance of Musical Images, its annual slidepresentation with music. 12:10 p.m.

WAY OFF BROADWAY: Naomi BeltsBroadway. Cabaret singer Naomi Zeitlin per-forms an energetic program of Broadwaystandards blended with a touch of jazz andblues. 8 p.m.

19 SATURDAYTHE JOY OF ART: Workshop with Eliza-beth Yaari , whose silk paintings on on ex-hibit in the Main Galler y. Register atelizabeth@elizabethyaari.com. Story in thisissue. 2 to 4 p.m.

20 SUNDAY

KOREAN DANCE: Young Ok Hong willperform a program of Korean dances in cel-ebration of Asian Heritage Month. She hasdanced at the Olympic Games in Mexicoand South Korea. In addition, musician andstoryteller Soh Young Lee-Segedo will nar-rate a history of Korean dance and culture.This project is made possible in part, withpublic funds from the New York State Coun-cil on the Arts Decentralization Program,administered by the Long Island Arts Coun-cil at Freeport and the Korean AmericanAssociation. 2 p.m.

21 MONDAYLIBRARY FOUNDATION: The Port Wash-ington Library Foundation meets at 7 p.m.

“MADEINUSA” (2005-100 min.). Madein-usa (Magaly Solier) is a sweet-faced 14-year-old who lives in a dirt-floor house anddreams of a world beyond her Peruvian vil-lage. She is drawn to Salvador (Carlos de laTorre), a young geologist who has been im-prisoned by the townspeople. DirectorCarlos Llosa also scripted. Also, Polish ani-mator Tomek Baginski’s short Fallen Art(2004-5 min.), in which army officers nur-ture their insanities at a forgotten militarybase. This screening comes to us from FilmMovement, an organization that makes out-standing foreign films, independent filmsand documentaries available to educationalinstitutions. 7:30 p.m.

22 TUESDAYPANIC-FREE FINALS (Grades 7-12): Reg-istration begins Tuesday, May 1 inTeenSpace. A one-session workshop in ac-tive study strategies, time managementskills and tips for test-taking and essay writ-ing, led by Corlyn Nedwick of Long IslandStudy Skills Clinic. Materials fee $3. 7 p.m.Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

23 WEDNESDAYWEDNESDAY MATINEE: A CentenaryTribute to Katharine Hepburn. Suddenly,Last Summer (1959-114 min.). Screen-writers Gore Vidal and Tennessee Williamsadapted Williams’ play about Southern ma-triarch Violet Venable (Hepburn), her sup-posedly mad niece Catherine Holly (Eliza-beth Taylor) and Dr. Cukrowicz (Montgom-ery Clift), a neurosurgeon who is trying tocure the girl. Joseph L. Mankiewicz di-rected. 12 noon

PORT WRITES: A group of self motivatedwriters, facilitated by Michael Chaplan,meets the four th Wednesday of eachmonth. 8 p.m.

24 THURSDAYSOUNDSWAP: Video archivist/historianPeter Irwin and the Long Island Music Hallof Fame host an evening of music by jazzlegend John Coltrane. 7:30 p.m. Story in thisissue.

25 FRIDAY

SANDWICHED IN: Star Wars: May the FanFilm Be with You. Even after 30 years, in-terest in George Lucas’ Sci-Fi epic is at anall-time high. When the original Star Warstrilogy returned to theaters in 1997, moviefans who had grown up with the film be-came inspired to make their own Star Warsfilms. Now in their 20s and 30s, armed withvideo cameras and powerful home comput-ers used for editing and special effects,these weekend directors created a genrethat became known as fan films. Many oftheir homespun creations rival the originalmovies and are now a permanent part of theStar Wars universe. Clive Young will showsome of these films and discuss the historyof the growing fan film movement. Clive isSenior Editor of ProSound News and haswritten for MTV, VH1, American Songwriterand many other publications. 12:10 p.m.

“JOURNEY TO THE DAY” (1960-90 min.).Six patients at a state mental hospital gatherfor a group therapy session in author RogerO. Hirson’s episode of Playhouse 90, whichoriginally aired on April 22, 1960. JohnFrankenheimer directed. The cast includesMary Astor, James Dunn, James Gregory,Steven Hill, Janice Rule, Vivian Nathan, Pe-ter Votrian, and Mike Nichols in his firstdramatic role. Television producer BobWaldman will introduce. 7:30 p.m.

29 TUESDAY“HALF NELSON” (2006-107 min.). Brook-lyn junior high school teacher Dan Dunne(Ryan Gosling) has a secret – he’s a drugaddict. When his student Drey (ShareekaEpps) catches him smoking crack in thebathroom, the two enter into a wary friend-ship. Director Ryan Fleck scripted thisdrama with Anna Boden. 7:30 p.m.

30 WEDNESDAYWEDNESDAY MATINEE: A CentenaryTribute to Katharine Hepburn: The GlassMenagerie (1973-105 min.). In AnthonyHarvey’s production of Tennessee Williams’play, Southern belle Amanda Wingfield(Hepburn) attempts to impose her shat-tered dreams onto the hopes of her frag-ile, reclusive daughter Laura (Joanna Miles).Michael Moriarty plays Amanda’s son Tom,and Sam Waterston is Jim O’Connor, Laura’s“gentleman caller.” 12 noon

31 THURSDAY“TOUCH THE SOUND: A SOUND JOUR-NEY WITH EVELYN GLENNIE” (2004-99min.). Grammy-winning percussionistEvelyn Glennie — who happens to be deaf— performs and discusses her music. Tho-mas Riedelsheimer’s fascinating film comesto us from Docurama, a leading source foroutstanding documentaries. 7:30 p.m.