- May 2012
- Wednesday, May 16
7:30 pm
LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES meets. 7:30 p.m.
- Thursday, May 17
1:30 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot, facilitated by Lee Fertitta. 1:30 p.m.
3:00 pm
3rd THURSDAYS @ 3: Vincent van Gogh. Ines Powell will talk about the latest scholarly theories on the artist published in conjunction with the winter 2012 landmark exhibition “Van Gogh Up Close” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. 3 p.m.
- Friday, May 18
12:10 pm
SANDWICHED IN: Hats Through History. Based on the exhibition, Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones, at Bard Graduate Center, this illustrated lecture takes an in-depth look into the art and history of millinery. Tracy Grosner, Gallery Outreach Educator at the BGC, will discuss the origins and journey of millinery through significant figures in history, artwork, [...]
2:00 pm
SCRABBLE PLAYERS! Join us. 2 to 5 p.m.
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7:30 pm
LIVE AT PWPL: Vienna to Hollywood. Soprano Melanie Henley Heyn and pianist Deirdre Brenner trace the journeys and music of the extraordinary Jewish composers who fled Vienna on the eve of World War II and found a home in Los Angeles. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. 7:30 p.m.
- Sunday, May 20
3:00 pm
KEN KRESGE: Miles, Duke, and Monk. The singer/pianist celebrates the legacy of three of the most influential voices in modern Jazz. 3 p.m.
- Monday, May 21
1:00 pm
GREAT BOOKS: A discussion of Stefan Zweig’s Burning Secret. 1 p.m.
7:30 pm
WORLD FILM FESTIVAL: Don’t Tempt Me (Sin Noticias de Dios) (2001-108 min.). An angel from Heaven (Victoria Abril as Lola) and one from Hell (Penelope Cruz as Carmen) vie for the soul of boxer Manny (Demian Bichir). Fanny Ardant, Gael Garcia Bernal, Gemma Jones and Javier Bardem co-star in this fantasy from writer/director Agustin Diaz-Yanes. [...]
- Tuesday, May 22
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7:30 pm
STROKE PREVENTION: The Health Advisory Council welcomes board certified neurologist Dr. Philip Ragone who will review how you can reduce your risk and how to act fast at the first warning signs. 7:30 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 23
7:30 pm
WORLD FILM FESTIVAL: Face to Face (Ansikte Mot Ansikte) (1976-136 min.). Liv Ullmann earned an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Dr. Jenny Isaksson, a psychiatrist haunted by images and emotions from her past that drive her to a nervous breakdown. Erland Josephson and Gosta Ekman co-star in this drama from writer/director Ingmar Bergman. In [...]
8:00 pm
PORT WRITES: The group discusses its work and how to get it published. Facilitated by Michael Chaplan. 8 p.m.
- Friday, May 25
12:10 pm
SANDWICHED IN: The Patsy (1928-77 min.). Patricia Harrington (Marian Davies) is the patsy in her family, the forgotten good girl who watches her flirtatious sister Grace (Jane Winton) attract all the young men. But when Grace two-times her current beau Tony (Orville Caldwell), Pat seizes the chance to attract Tony by taking on the personas [...]
7:30 pm
WORLD FILM FESTIVAL: Today’s Special (2009-99 min.). Samir (Aasif Mandvi) quits his job as a chef at a posh Manhattan restaurant and tries to save his ailing father’s (Harish Patel) failing Indian restaurant in Queens. With the help of cab driver Akbar (Naseeruddin Shah) and fellow chef Carrie (Jess Weixler), Samir rediscovers his heritage and [...]
- Tuesday, May 29
7:30 pm
WORLD FILM FESTIVAL: When Strangers Appear (2001-100 min.). When Beth (Radha Mitchell) opens her diner, located along a remote roadside, she expects another slow day. Then handsome drifter Jack (Barry Watson) bursts in, bleeding and on the run from three sinister surfers. Scott Reynolds scripted and directed this thriller from New Zealand. 7:30 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 30
7:30 pm
WORLD FILM FESTIVAL: Vasermil (2007-95 min.) gets its title from a soccer stadium located in the Israeli town of Be’er Sheva’. Shlomi, Adiel and Dima (Nadir Eldad, Adiel Zamro, David Taplitzky), three teenagers of different ethnic backgrounds, pin their hopes on soccer as a way out of their rough neighborhood. But in order to succeed, [...]
- Thursday, May 31
7:30 pm
WORLD FILM FESTIVAL: Once Upon a Time in China (Wong Fei Hung) (1991-134 min.). Producer, director and co-writer Tsui Hark follows the efforts of high-kicking kung fu folk hero Wong Fei Hung (Jet Li) to stop the slave trade that serves the California gold fields. In Cantonese & Mandarin with English subtitles. 7:30 p.m.
- June 2012
- Friday, June 1
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12:10 pm
SANDWICHED IN: Automotive Styling at GM. The early 1950s was an exciting time in American automobile design. In this illustrated lecture, H. Roy Jaffe, who worked as a stylist for General Motors from 1949 to 1953, will talk about the design process. 12:10 p.m.
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3:00 pm
SCRABBLE PLAYERS! Come and join us for a game! 3 to 5:30 p.m.
7:30 pm
“WAR HORSE” (2011-146 min.). Producer/director Steven Spielberg and screenwriters Lee Hall and Richard Curtis adapt Michael Morpurgo’s novel about the friendship between trainer Albert (Jeremy Irvine) and horse Joey, who both risk their lives in World War I. Peter Mullan, Emily Watson, Niels Arestrup, David Thewlis, Tom Hiddleston and Benedict Cumberbatch round out the cast. [...]
- Saturday, June 2
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1:00 pm
WOMEN, WEALTH & WARDROBE: The Nine Must Have Accessories for Your Financial Plan. Presented by financial professionals Samuel J. Schiff and Ande D’Addona. Registration in progress, in person or by calling 883-4400, Ext. 136. Learn the importance of having the nine essential components of a successful financial plan. This seminar uses humor and fashion knowledge [...]
- Sunday, June 3
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2:00 pm
RICHARD R. MOGER, Architect, FAIA: The Art Advisory Council hosts a reception for the artist. 2 to 4 p.m.
- Monday, June 4
all day
MANHASSET BAY BOAT TOURS: Get a different perspective on Port’s beautiful waterfront with a 90-minute boat tour. Registration begins June 4. Tours take place on Saturday, June 9 at 10 a.m. & noon, Thursday, June 14 at 7 p.m., Saturday June 23 at 10 a.m. & noon, Sunday July 1 at 10 a.m. and 1 [...]
- Tuesday, June 5
2:00 pm
CHESS PLAYERS: Join fellow chess players for a game. Beginners welcome. Please bring a game if you have one. Tuesdays from 2 to 4 p.m.
7:30 pm
WORLD FILM FESTIVAL: This series continues with Ashes of Time Redux (1994/2008-94 min.). Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung, Brigitte Lin, Jackie Cheung, Maggie Cheung and Carina Lau star in Wong Kar-wei’s re-edit of his art-house swashbuckler, set in China’s Yuli Desert. In Cantonese with English subtitles. 7:30 p.m.
- Thursday, June 7
7:30 pm
DIRECTOR’S CUT: Film expert John Bosco will screen and discuss Albert Nobbs (2011-113 min.). A woman (Glenn Close) poses as a man named Albert Nobbs so she can work as a butler in Dublin’s most posh hotel. Close also scripted, with John Banville and Gabriella Prekop, from a short story by George Moore, for director [...]
- Friday, June 8
12:10 pm
SANDWICHED IN: Muriel’s Wedding (1995, 108 mins.) Muriel Heslop finds life in Porpoise Spit, Australia dull, and spends her days alone in her room listening to ABBA music and dreaming of her wedding day. The problem is – Muriel has never had a date. Deciding to stop dreaming and start doing, she “acquires” some money, [...]
7:30 pm
“THE DESCENDANTS” (2011-115 min.). Hawaiian landowner Matt King (Oscar nominee George Clooney), an indifferent husband and neglectful father of two girls, must re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife falls into a coma after a boating accident. Producer/director Alexander Payne scripted with Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, from the novel by Kaui [...]
- Saturday, June 9
10:00 am
NEXT CHAPTER: Join us for a discussion of current events. Bring your opinion! 10 a.m. to noon.
- Sunday, June 10
3:00 pm
WARREN SCHEIN IN CONCERT: The Velvet Mist will enterain you with songs from the Great American Songbook. 3 p.m.
- Monday, June 11
7:30 pm
WORLD FILM FESTIVAL: The Color of Paradise (2000-90 min.). A blind boy’s father plans to disown him, convinced that having a disabled son will spoil his upcoming wedding. Director Majid Majidi also scripted this Iranian production. In Farsi with English subtitles. 7:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, June 12
11:00 am
HYPERTENSION SCREENING: Free blood pressure screening conducted by St. Francis Hospital. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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2:00 pm
CHESS PLAYERS: Join fellow chess players for a game. Beginners welcome. Please bring a game if you have one. Tuesdays from 2 to 4 p.m.
7:30 pm
GIRLS NIGHT OUT: Meet Rachelle Bergstein, author of the entertaining and informative new book, Women from the Ankle Down (Harper, June 2012). Sponsored by Friends of the Library. 7:30 p.m.
- Wednesday, June 13
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7:30 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP: Faith by Jennifer Haigh, facilitated by Lee Fertitta. 7:30 p.m.
- Thursday, June 14
7:30 pm
SOUNDSWAP: AZTEC TWO-STEP. Rex Fowler and Neal Shulman continue their 40th anniversary celebration with a return engagement. This program is made possible by The Friends of the Library. 7:30 p.m.
- Friday, June 15
12:10 pm
SANDWICHED IN: Identity Theft. Ralph Pernick, Assistant Attorney General, Nassau Regional Office, State of New York Office of the Attorney General, will discuss tips for consumers. Learn how to protect yourself and what to do if you become a victim. 12:10 p.m.
7:30 pm
LIVE AT PWPL: Meet Marc Dolan, author of Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock ‘n Roll. Musical illustration will be provided by Tom Cavanagh. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. 7:30 p.m.
- Sunday, June 17
1:30 pm
A SILENT CINEMA DOUBLE BILL: In The Red Lily (1924-81 min.), circumstance separates two lovers, leading Jean Leonnec (Ramon Novarro) to a life of thievery and making Marise La Nove (Enid Bennett) a fallen woman. Director Fred Niblo also scripted. After a brief intermission, the comedy The Red Mill (1927-74 min.) finds downtrodden Dutch barmaid [...]
- Monday, June 18
3:00 pm
AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA: Macbeth. Giuseppe Verdi’s life-long fascination with the works of Shakespeare inspired him to adapt three of the playwright’s works, with the long desired King Lear, which never appeared, as his fourth adaptation. Nonetheless, Verdi’s adaptations of Macbeth, Othello and The Merry Wives of Windsor certainly give us wonderful operatic approaches to [...]
7:30 pm
WORLD FILM FESTIVAL: Malena (2000-92 min.). Teenager Giuseppe Sulfaro falls in love with town beauty Monica Bellucci, despite vicious gossip about her. Giuseppe Tornatore directed. Lajos Koltai’s cinematography and Ennio Morricone’s score earned Oscar nods. In Italian with English subtitles. 7:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, June 19
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2:00 pm
CHESS PLAYERS: Join fellow chess players for a game. Beginners welcome. Please bring a game if you have one. Tuesdays from 2 to 4 p.m.
- Wednesday, June 20
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7:30 pm
LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES meets. The public is invited. 7:30 p.m.
- Thursday, June 21
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1:30 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP: Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, by Rhoda Janzen, facilitated by Lee Fertitta. 1:30 p.m.
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3:00 pm
3rd THURSDAYS @ 3: North Italian Painting. Ines Powell’s presentation will focus on the art of painters active between the end of the 15th and the middle of the 16th centuries. Works by Bellini, Titian, Lotto, Giambattista Moroni and other artists will be discussed. The presentation will serve as an introduction to a special exhibition [...]
- Friday, June 22
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12:10 pm
SANDWICHED IN: After Happily Ever After (2011-62min.) is filmmaker Kate Schermerhorn’s quirky, funny and moving personal quest for the secret to a happy marriage and for answers to some timely questions about an institution that, surprisingly, is rarely examined in any comprehensive way. The film features an eclectic mix of long-married couples, from a couple [...]
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2:00 pm
SCRABBLE PLAYERS!! Come and join us for a game! 2 to 5 p.m.
7:00 pm
FAMILY FILM: “HUGO” (2011-126 min.). Orphan Hugo (Asa Butterfield) lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s in Paris. The only thing that he has left that connects him to his father is an automaton that doesn’t work — Hugo embarks on a search for its missing heart-shaped key. On his adventures, he [...]
- Monday, June 25
7:30 pm
WORLD FILM FESTIVAL: Osama (2003-83 min.). A 12-year-old Afghan girl (Marina Golbahari) and her mother lose their jobs. The Taliban have forbidden women to leave their houses without a male escort. With her husband and brother dead, the mother disguises her daughter as a boy. Now called Osama, the girl embarks on a terrifying and [...]
- Tuesday, June 26
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2:00 pm
CHESS PLAYERS: Join fellow chess players for a game. Beginners welcome. Please bring a game if you have one. Tuesdays from 2 to 4 p.m.
- Wednesday, June 27
7:30 pm
WORLD FILM FESTIVAL: Queen of Hearts (La Reine des Pommes) (2009-82 min.). Thirty-something Adèle (writer/director Valérie Donzelli) is devastated after a painful breakup. Her distant cousin Rachel (Beatrice De Stael) reluctantly takes her in and graciously attempts to salvage Adèle’s personal and professional lives. Rachel finds Adèle a job and suggests that she sleep with [...]
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8:00 pm
PORT WRITES: The group discusses their work and how to get it published. Facilitated by Michael Chaplan. 8 p.m.
- Thursday, June 28
7:30 pm
WORLD FILM FESTIVAL: Saawarya (2007-138 min.). Streetwalker Lilipop (Zohra Seghal) falls in love with shy musician Ranbir (Ranbir Kapoor), but he is smitten with the melancholy Sakina (Sonam Kapoor), who in turn yearns for the lover who promised to return to her a year ago. Screenwriters Prakash Kapadia and Vibhu Puri adapted Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s story [...]
- Friday, June 29
12:10 pm
SANDWICHED IN: Forever Free. James Coll will discuss the American legal and political struggle towards the abolition of slavery, focusing on the structure and impact of President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, as well as post-Civil War developments. 12:10 p.m.
3:00 pm
INTRODUCTION TO E-READING: New Kindle, Nook, or iPad? Interested, but don’t know where to start? Staff and volunteers present an overview of popular e-readers and our free e-book lending feature. Bring your e-reader device. Limited registration begins June 12. Prerequisite: Computer kindergarten or the equivalent. 3 p.m.
7:30 pm
“TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY” (2011-128 min.). In the bleak days of the Cold War, veteran spy George Smiley (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman) is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6. Screenwriters Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan earned an Oscar nomination for their adaptation of John Le Carré’s novel. Alberto Iglesias’s music [...]
