Port Washington Public Library http://www.pwpl.org Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:04:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 FOL University http://www.pwpl.org/blog/2013/05/20/fol-university-5/ http://www.pwpl.org/blog/2013/05/20/fol-university-5/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 11:02:56 +0000 friends http://www.pwpl.org/?p=13440 The Friends of the Library’s “FOL University” lecture program will resume Sunday, November 17, 2013, 1:30-4:30 p.m. in the Lapham Room. We are proud to announce that one of our most popular lecturers,  Dr. Orin Grossman of Fairfield University, will return to discuss the Gershwins’ “Porgy and Bess.” Dr. Grossman, an accomplished pianist, also will perform.

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The return of the popular Paperback Book Swap, Saturday, October 19, 2013, 1-4 p.m. Bring your adult, teen and children’s paperbacks – good condition only! – to the library’s meeting room for a free, friendly swap. (Note that we will accept hardcover children’s books including board books.) No more than 20 books per person can be donated. Books are not accepted in advance and we stop accepting books at the event at 3:30. Browsers welcome!

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]]> http://www.pwpl.org/blog/2013/06/16/writing-group-20/feed/ 0 Film http://www.pwpl.org/blog/2013/06/16/film-363/ http://www.pwpl.org/blog/2013/06/16/film-363/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:50:05 +0000 jjk728 http://www.pwpl.org/?p=13655 “THE LOSS OF NAMELESS THINGS” (2006-103 min.). In 1978, Oakley Hall III was a promising playwright on the verge of national recognition, when a twenty-foot fall from a bridge brought his artistic life to a sudden stop. He suffered horrific head injuries, was hospitalized for nearly a year, and remained incapacitated much longer. Bill Rose’s moving documentary recounts Hall’s story and reveals what happened twenty-five years later, when a theater company staged the very play he was writing the night of his fall. 7:30 p.m.

 

]]> http://www.pwpl.org/blog/2013/06/16/film-363/feed/ 0 Maker Camp http://www.pwpl.org/blog/2013/06/16/maker-camp/ http://www.pwpl.org/blog/2013/06/16/maker-camp/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:43:29 +0000 jjk728 http://www.pwpl.org/?p=13649 MAKEY MAKEY: Make a digital piano keyboard that is controlled by a bunch of bananas! Or create another quirky controller. The microcontroller circuitboard turns anything with electroconductivity into a touch-sensitive controller. Suggested ages: All ages. 3 to 9 p.m. in the lobby.

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]]> http://www.pwpl.org/blog/2013/06/16/live-music-69/feed/ 0 Friday Fun http://www.pwpl.org/blog/2013/06/16/friday-fun/ http://www.pwpl.org/blog/2013/06/16/friday-fun/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:47:28 +0000 jjk728 http://www.pwpl.org/?p=13651 FIELD TRIP FRIDAYS: Join us in the story circle for a virtual field trip to someplace new! We might journey to a chocolate factory or another planet. The destination will not be divulged until the day of the program. For children ages 5 and up with an adult. No registration required. 7 p.m.

]]> http://www.pwpl.org/blog/2013/06/16/friday-fun/feed/ 0 Scrabble http://www.pwpl.org/blog/2013/06/16/scrabble-26/ http://www.pwpl.org/blog/2013/06/16/scrabble-26/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:42:06 +0000 jjk728 http://www.pwpl.org/?p=13647 SCRABBLE PLAYERS: Join us for a game. 2 to 5 p.m.

 

]]> http://www.pwpl.org/blog/2013/06/16/scrabble-26/feed/ 0 Art Lecture http://www.pwpl.org/blog/2013/06/16/art-lecture-43/ http://www.pwpl.org/blog/2013/06/16/art-lecture-43/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:41:00 +0000 jjk728 http://www.pwpl.org/?p=13645 SANDWICHED IN: Salvaging the Past: Georges Hoentschel and French Decorative Arts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Join Tracy Grosner, Bard’s gallery outreach educator, for an exploration of this exhibit, which continues through August 11. 12:10 p.m.

 

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