Freeport Memorial Library Newsletter

BUDGET VOTE TUESDAY, MAY 20

Please see the Library Budget Proposal and a message from the Library Board of Trustees.

MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE

sponsored by American Legion Post 342
MONDAY, MAY 26, 10:45 a.m.
At the conclusion of the Memorial Day parade, a wreath-laying ceremony will be held at the Library.

The Big Read: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. Long Island Traditions, in collaboration with the Freeport Memorial Library and the Freeport School District, received a grant to encourage reading within our community. In support of the grant the Library will host many programs, including:

The Big Read Readathon
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Please call the Reference Department at 379-3274, ext. 505, if you would like to read a five-minute selection from To Kill a Mockingbird.

Talking about Literature
FRIDAY, NOON to 1:30 p.m.
Bring your lunch and join us for a lively discussion. We provide a beverage and a dessert. Books are available at the Circulation Desk four weeks in advance. No registration required.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Leader: Suzanne Welker
MAY 2
A novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up.

To Kill a Mockingbird: Mock Trial
presented by the Broadhollow Players
FRIDAY, MAY 2, 7 p.m.
The Broadhollow Players will perform the dramatic trial scene from To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee’s classic novel.

Great Books
with Dave Opatow
TUESDAYS, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
MAY 13
A novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up.

The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol
by John Berger
JUNE 10
The culminating story from Pig Earth, which chronicles the life of a wild peasant woman.

Teen Book Discussion
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Leaders: Karen Farrell, Michelle Samuel, and Cindy Soto
TUESDAY, MAY 13, 4 p.m.
Join us for a discussion of Harper Lee’s classic novel. Refreshments will be served. For grades 7-12.

Soul with Heart Book Club
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
A novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up.

Grupo de Conversación de Libros Latinos
Matar un ruisenor por Harper Lee
JUEVES, 15 DE MAYO, a las 7 p.m.
Atticus Finch, un abogado en las era de depresión en el sur, defiende a un hombre encontra de un inmerecido cardo de violación. Protagonista Gregory Peck.
Clasificada PG; 129 Min., 1962.

Freeport’s Civil Rights Sites: Driving Tour
SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2 p.m.
A self-guided tour will explore civil rights sites in Freeport, spanning the years 1915 to 1968. Please call Long Island Traditions at (516) 767-8803 for reservations. Limited to 20 participants. We will meet in the Library for a short presentation and directions.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
a performance reading by David Houston
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 7:30 p.m.
David Houston reads from To Kill a Mockingbird with traditional background music.

Freeport’s Civil Rights Sites: Lecture
presented by Herb Jurist
FRIDAY, MAY 23, 3 p.m.
Mr. Jurist will explore civil rights sites in Freeport spanning the years 1915 to 1968.

Films and Discussion

El Norte
MONDAY, MAY 12, 6 p.m.
Two Guatemalan teenagers, uneducated and
illegal, make their way to Los Angeles, where
they try to start a new life.
Rated R; 139 min., 1983.
To Kill A Mockingbird
Discussion leaders: Joseph McNeil and Joan Hodges
Discussion follows the 7 p.m. showing.
FRIDAY, MAY 16, 3 and 7 p.m.
Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a man against an undeserved rape charge. Starring Gregory Peck.
Rated PG; 129 min., 1962.

LITERATURE

Oprah Book Club
MONDAY, MAY 12, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
Leader: John Zaluski
A best-selling author’s spiritual manifesto for a better way of life and a better world.

Talking about Literature
FRIDAY, NOON to 1:30 p.m.
Bring your lunch and join us for a lively discussion. We provide a beverage and a dessert. Books are available at the Circulation Desk four weeks in advance. No registration required.

The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
Leader: Suzanne Welker
JUNE 6
Twenty-seven-year-old Mark Schluter, suffering from a rare brain disorder that causes him to believe his sister is an impostor, endeavors to discover the cause of the motor vehicle accident that resulted in his head injury.

Soul with Heart Book Club
WEDNESDAYS, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
JUNE 11
This memoir tells the story of Hirsi Ali’s childhood in Somali, her flight from an arranged marriage, and her eventual move to the United States.

Let’s Talk about It: Jewish Literature
presented by Dr. Annette Labovitz
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1 p.m.
Join us for a reading and discussion series like no other. This series will feature five book discussions on the theme “A Mind of Her Own: Fathers and Daughters in a Changing World.” Books will be available one month before the discussion.

Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories
by Sholem Aleichem
These timeless stories illustrate the tribulations and resilience of Russian Jewry and the disintegration of shtetl life at the twilight of the czarist empire.

Let’s Talk about It: Jewish Literature, a reading and discussion series, has been made possible through a grant from Nextbook and the American Library Association.

MUSIC

Celebrating Shakespeare
presented by Christiana Drapkin
SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2:30 p.m.
Celebrate the power and beauty of Shakespeare’s poetry set to music in jazz arrangements. Ms. Drapkin, a Fulbright scholar, has studied jazz with pianist Charles Sibirsky.

Spent, a Musical Revue
presented by Primrose Productions
SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2:30 p.m.
This revue about growing older in America covers every topic of interest to seniors - all with a light and humorous touch.

Virtuoso Superstars of Classical Music
presented by Phillip Malamud, music historian
THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2 p.m.
The last part of a three-part lecture/video series that allows you to see as well as hear great performers interpreting timeless music. The focus is on Franz Schubert, Hector Berlioz, AaronCopeland, and others.

Freeport Community Chorale Spring Concert
TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 7 p.m.
Maestro Gerry Kirby will conduct the chorale in a medley of memorable music.

Beethoven’s Symphonies
presented by Dr. Stuart Bailin
FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2 p.m.
Dr. Bailin will discuss the life and and music of Ludwig van Beethoven and present musical selections from Beethoven’s symphonies

Opera Video and Discussion
presented by William Coble
THURSDAYS, 1 p.m.
We will examine two operatic treatments of the novel Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost. Manon, whose only interest is a life of pleasure, is pursued by numerous men, of which only one, Chevalier des Grieux, is truly sincere.

Manon by Jules Massenet
MAY 15
Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini
JUNE 19

Art

LECTURE

Iris Apfel: Rare Bird of Fashion
Nassau County Museum of Art
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2:30 p.m.
This unique slide presentation will feature exciting couture clothing from every major European and American designer. This unusual exhibit will be at the Museum May 18 through August 10.

EXHIBITS

The Art of Freeport’s 7th–12th Grade Students
MAY 6 to 28, Art Gallery
Reception: THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.
Freeport’s middle-school and high-school student artists exhibit their extraordinary work.

Twenty-eighth Annual Juried Photography Show
sponsored by the Long Island Arts Council at Freeport
JUNE 1 to 26, Art Gallery
Reception: THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
This premier show is regularly reviewed by Newsday and the New York Times. Meet the exhibiting photographers at the June 5 awards reception.