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LITERATURE

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

• Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from the “New Yorker”
  edited by David Remnick and Henry Finder
  Leader: Dave Opatow
  NOVEMBER 6
  Fierce Pajamas is a compilation of humorous essays from a variety of writers published in the New Yorker, the magazine W. H. Auden called the “best comic magazine in existence.”
  
• Midnight’s Children
  by Salman Rushdie
  Leader: Suzanne Welker
  DECEMBER 4
  Two children are switched at birth on the stroke of midnight at the moment of India’s independence. One will be raised by a wealthy Muslim family, the other by a poor Hindu street performer. The children’s lives become inextricably linked to that of their nation and to a whirlwind of disasters and triumphs that mirror modern India’s course.

Great Books: First Reading Series
with William Coble
TUESDAYS, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

• Rothschild’s Fiddle
  by Anton Chekhov
  NOVEMBER 10
  Yakov Ivanov is a poor coffin maker in a rural Russian town who becomes obsessed with his hatred for Rothschild, a wealthy Jewish musician. As the story unfolds, Yakov experiences an epiphany and finds an opportunity for redemption.
  
• On Happiness
  by Aristotle
  DECEMBER 8
  The ancient Greeks had a very different perspective on happiness than we have today. Aristotole speaks of acheiving eudaimonia. This is not an emotional state, but more about reaching one’s potential.

Soul with Heart Book Club
WEDNESDAYS, 7 to 8:30 p.m.

• Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
  by Lisa See
  NOVEMBER 18
  Set in nineteenth-century China, two friends, Lily and Snow Flower are imprisoned by rigid codes of conduct for women. Lisa See tells the story of their bond of friendship.
  
• Passing Strange
  by Martha Sandweiss
  DECEMBER 16
  Based on a true story, Clarence King led a double life on both sides of the nineteenth-century racial divide. As a Pullman porter, he was married to Ada, a former slave. As a noted geologist, he was considered a blue-eyed eligible bachelor.
  

Video Courses
presented by William Coble
TUESDAYS, 1 p.m.

I, Claudius
The Robert Graves version of I, Claudius will be presented throughout the fall and winter. The story unfolds as the dying Claudius sets down the history of his family.

• NOVEMBER 17
  Parts 5 and 6
  
• NOVEMBER 24
  Parts 7 and 8
  
• DECEMBER 1
  Parts 9 and 10
  
• DECEMBER 15
  Parts 11 and 12
  
• DECEMBER 22
  Parts 13 and extras
  

John Adams
John Adams is a unique HBO miniseries that depicts the extraordinary life and times of one of America’s least understood and most underestimated president of the United States.

• DECEMBER 29
  Parts 1 and 2

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Grupo de Conversación de Libros Latinos

La Novia Oscura
por Laura Restrepo
JUEVES, 12 DE NOVIEMBRE, 7 p.m.
La Novia Oscuro reconstruye cariñosamente el mundo fuerte, desgarrador de prostitutas colombianas y a los hombres de los campos petrolíferos que son encantados por ellas. Es la historia de Sayonara, que gobierna su paraíso escuálido como una reina, hasta que un día ella caiga en amor con un hombre que nunca puede tener.

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MUSIC

LECTURES

Superstars of Classical Music
presented by Philip Malamud, music historian
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 & DECEMBER 3, 2 p.m.
Dr. Malamud will present the final two sessions of his three-part lecture/video series, “Small Countries, Big Music.” During November he will discuss the composers and performers of Spain including the music of Rodrigo, de Falla, and others. In December he will discuss composers and performers of Poland featuring the music of Chopin, Wieniawski, and others.

CONCERTS

Steve Elmer Jazz Trio
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2:30 p.m.
Composer and pianist Steve Elmer is an expressive and creative musician. His approach to jazz is to “play the melody, improvise, tell a story, and make it swing.” The passionate harmonies and solid rhythms of this fine trio will delight the ear and illuminate the jazz repertoire.

Berman Does Martin
presented by Ruthe McKeown
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2 p.m.
Lisa Berman, Ruthe McKeown, and Stephen Goldstein will sing songs and share stories that celebrate Mary Martin’s brilliant career.

Eric Person and the Meta-Four Jazz Band
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2:30 p.m.
Eric Person has been active in the New York and international jazz scene for decades. He studied at the St. Louis Conservatory of Music and has played alto and soprano saxophones and flute on more than thirty recordings. His band presents the finest selections in the jazz tradition.

Mambo Loco
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2:30 p.m.
During the past several years, Mambo Loco, a group led by conguero Larry Belford, has been bringing the best of Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican music to the Long Island area.

Anna Tonna, Mezzo-soprano
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2:30 p.m.
Anna Tonna, a Fulbright Scholar, has completed a thorough review of the twentieth-century Spanish song repertoire. She will be singing a variety of songs by composers of Puerto Rico. Accompanying her will be Daniel Daroca,who has given recitals and master classes in Europe, Asia, and the United States.

The Fantastic 50s Show
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2:30 p.m.
Stan Edwards and Linda Ipanema will present a tribute to the fabulous singers and songs of the 1950s. Enjoy hits such as Music, Music, Music!, Rock Around the Clock, Fever, and Chances Are.

Fascinating Rhythms
presented by Alexander Wu
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2:30 p.m.
Mr. Wu, a spectacular pianist, presents the music of George Gershwin and other twentieth-century composers who brought a fresh sound, style, and rhythm to the American public. Mr. Wu is equally fluent in the classical, jazz, and folk traditions.

David Burgess, Guitarist
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2:30 p.m.
David Burgess is recognized as one of today’s outstanding guitarists. Through his extensive travels in Spain and Latin America, he has mastered many traditional Spanish guitar styles, and extended the limits of the guitar repertoire.

Freeport Community Chorale Holiday Concert
presented by the Friends of the Library
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2 p.m.
Maestro Gerry Kirby will conduct the chorale in a medley of seasonal music. Refreshments following the concert will be provided by the Friends of the Library.

Holiday Caroling in the Lobby
presented by Freeport High School Chorale
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 4 p.m.
The superb Freeport High School Chorale under the direction of Ms. Monique Campbell-Retzlaff will present a program of holiday songs in the lobby of the library. Refreshments will be served.

Sounds of the Nguzo Saba
with Egbé Alájé
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2:30 p.m.
Celebrate the seven principles of Kwanzaa with this dynamic percussion group led by Sékou Alájé. Experience the harmonies and feel the invigorating rhythms in an uplifting and interactive performance.

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Opera Video and Discussion
presented by William Coble
THURSDAYS, 1 p.m.

• Jenůfa
  by Leoš Janáček
  NOVEMBER 19
  Although Janáček wrote eleven operas, Jenůfa is the only one produced outside the Czech Republic with any regularity. The opera revolves around peyton-place relationships set in a small Moravian village in the nineteenth century.

• The Nutcracker
  by Peter I. Tchaikovsky
  DECEMBER 17
  Drosselmeyer, Clara’s godfather, gives her a Christmas gift of a nutcracker shaped like a soldier. After everyone has gone to bed, Clara sneaks back downstairs to see her nutcracker become a handsome prince who whisks her off to the land of the Sugar Plum

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Art

EXHIBITS

A Digital Collection
by John Micheals
NOVEMBER 2 to 29
RECEPTION: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2 to 4 p.m.
John Micheals, winner of the Best in Show award for the Long Island Arts Council Juried Photography Exhibit 2009, uses diverse images and various digital techniques to capture the
essential design elements in everyday sights and articles of daily life. His images challenge the viewer to find the original subject that sparked his imagination.

Decorative Quilts
by Janet McLaughlin
DECEMBER 2 to 30
Janet McLaughlin began her sewing career as a child making her own clothes. Later she moved to making her own curtains and bedspreads, and finally on a whim, tried quilting. She enjoyed it so much that she joined the Long Island Quilters Society. Ms. McLaughlin will display quilts that she has made.

LECTURE

Islamic Art
presented by the Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2:30 p.m.
A docent from the Metropolitan Museum of Art will explore the history of Islamic art and its relation to the religion of Islam. Islamic art rarely uses human or animal figures, but expresses itself through geometric, arabesque, floral, and calligraphic forms. The Met has an extensive collection of Islamic art that reflects the great diversity and range of the Islamic culture.