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Board of Trustees Donald A. Davidson,  President Benjamin A. Eilbott, Vice President Marilyn S. Crainin, Trustee Susan Warner, Trustee David Adler, Trustee Susan O. de Sciora, Director Nadine Connors, Editor and Programs

During the first week of April, the proposed Library Budget for fiscal year 2005/2006 will be mailed to your homes.  This document will be distributed in the Library as well. The impact on the library tax paid by the average resident is estimated at an increase of 4.8%.  The Board is pleased that the rate of increase has stabilized, resulting in a budget that maintains all hours of operation while expanding several often requested services.

The proposed budget reflects some of the savings that has resulted from the refunding of the bonded indebtedness on the library building by the school district.  The remaining savings will be spread throughout the remaining life of the bond (about 10 years). 

The budget also includes expanded services to our teenage population, and expansion of access to electronic resources both in the building and from your homes, businesses or college dorms.  It reflects the increasing costs of utilities, although the library is one of the few libraries in Nassau and Suffolk Counties that has successfully participated in the energy conservation program endorsed by LIPA, and includes provision for ongoing building maintenance and minor repairs.

As you review the budget, please contact the Library Director or any Board member with questions that may arise, and please remember to exercise your franchise and vote in the Library on April 13th.

Donald A. Davidson, President
Board of Trustees 
 
 

Gold Concert Series
Manhattan School of Music
Featuring  Hadley Reinert, soprano, Christopher Clayton, baritone, accompanist, Scott Rednour
Sunday, April 17, 2:30 p.m.

    Please join us for an afternoon of wonderful singing by these talented, young professionals from the Manhattan School of Music.  They will sing arias, duets, and showtunes.
    Ms. Reinert is graduate student, studying with Ashley Putnam.  Mr. Clayton is a merit scholarship student, currently a professional studies student studying under the direction of Maitland Peters..

This concert has been brought to the library through the generous efforts of Herb and Rita Gold.

    Mr. Jacobsen has done a remarkable amount of concertizing for a young musician.  In fall 2003 he appeared with Renee Fleming at the opening of Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall and also on the Late Show with David Letterman.  He was cellist in residence with The Silk Road Project in Virginia, where in January 2004 he performed with Yo-Yo Ma in a concert involving the Music of the Roma (Gypsy music).  He is a sought after solo performer and well as a conductor.  Currently he is completing his studies at The Juilliard School.

    Mr. Jacobsen organizes a chamber ensemble, The Knights of the Many-Sided Table, which performed in 2002 at the Library.  Two members of this ensemble will be joining him for a delightful program of music for cello, piano, and violin.

Thursday, April 7, 7:30 p.m.

    For an evening of swinging standards, come hear the Dick Smolens Swingtet as they perform music by Gershwin, Porter, Waller, Ellington, and more.
 
 

Concert
Transitions Saxophone Quartet
Sunday, April 10, 2:30 p.m.
 

The Transitions Saxophone Quartet is dedicated to bringing saxophone music, either written for or transposed for the saxophone, to the public.  With a repertoire that spans Baroque to popular music, including compositions by Bach, Debussy, Mozart, as well as Gershwin, Douglas Walter, jazz by Joplin, Woods, and Parker there is sure to be something for everyone to enjoy!  Don’t miss this musical event!

The Dream of the Prophet, a one-man play, shows how Whitman’s expansive personality and unabashed sensuality came to find their expression in his revolutionary poetry.  The play tells the story of Whitman’s extraordinary life from his origins in Long Island, his struggle for artistic recognition, his moving account of the Civil War, to his passion for poetry and American democracy. 

Barry H. Kaplan is familiar to theater audiences in New York and Long Island for his performances of leading roles in numerous musical and dramatic production 

 Barry Edelson has written several plays.    The Dream of the Prophet” was written in 2003 with the encouragement and collaboration of Barry Kaplan, for whom the role of Walt Whitman was written. 

United Choral Society 
Director/Conductor, Mr. Michael Wustrow
Tuesday, May 17, 7:30 p.m.

    The United Choral Society will perform a varied program of music, including works by Mozart, Haydn, and Dvorak.  Also, a delightful tribute to Irving Berlin and well as selections from “Fiddler on the Roof” will be part of the evenings’ program

    The United Choral Society, now in its 63rd year, is an all-volunteer singing organization, based in the 5 Towns area.  Admission is free and open to the public.
 
 
 

Highlights in Jazz
Ballads, Blues, and BeBop!
Featuring vocal jazz duo, Kim Kalesti and Marion Cowings
Thursday, May 26, 7:30 p.m.

    Join us for an evening of jazz singing at its best! “One of the joys of listening to Kim and Marion is that they have so many ways of presenting their talents.  Each is a gifted soloist, they blend and entwine their voices, either might take the lead.  They can sing in straight unison or strange harmonies, they can caress a lyric or go into educated scatting.  In short they are full of surprises and never sound routine.”- Dan Morgenstern, jazz historian & author, Director of Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University.
 

    Join us in welcoming back the talented Linda Ciofalo and her band.  Linda is a versatile vocalist/songwriter whose repertoire is a fusion of jazz, blues, showtunes, and original compositions.  Her cd “Take the High Road” brought her to the attention of jazz fans both here and abroad.  This warm hearted performer has played in some of the best clubs in New York.  Don’t miss her!
 
 

Donald X. Clavin. Receiver of Taxes, Town of Hempstead
Friday, April 1, 1 p.m.

    Donald Clavin will explain how the taxes are structured, details on how to challenge the reassessment, and tax exemptions.
 
  

Different Methods of Dealing with Chronic Pain
With Dr. Samuel P. Thampi
Thursday, April 14, 10 a.m.

    Dr. Samuel P. Thampi of North Shore Pain Services at Franklin Hospital Medical Center, will discuss back and neck pain, arthritis, cancer pain, shingles, occupational and accidental injuries, etc.  Dr. Thampi is a Interventional Pain Specialist 
 

    We continue with our popular knitting workshop.  Having mastered knit and purl, we will begin learning different stitches. 
Please bring: size 10 needles- 14” or 10”, 3 ½ ounces of knitting worsted yarn, any odds and ends of yarn, tape measure, tapestry needle for sewing.

Registration is limited to 20 people District residents may register at the Information Desk beginning Wednesday, May 4 at 10 a.m. Non-residents may register, space allowing, Friday, May 13.
 

Eliminate Bad Habits through Hypnosis
With Charles Broady, M.Ed
Thursday, May 12,10 a.m.

    If you are trying to lose weight, quit smoking, overcomes stress, etc., hypnosis has been shown to be effective. 

Mr. Brody is a certified hypnotherapist with a master degree in psychology and Education from Columbia University and a frequent lecturer on the topic.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Book Review
War Trash: A Novel  by  Ha Jin
With Randi Kreiss, book reviewer/columnist for the Nassau Herald 
Tuesday, May 17, 2 p.m.

    War Trash is a powerful story concerning the Chinese POW’s held during the Korean conflict.

The "war trash" of this hypnotic novel are Chinese soldiers who were taken prisoner by U.N. forces -- mainly American -- during the Korean War. Written in the modest, uninflected prose of a soldier's letter home, Ha Jin's story, a mixture of authentic historical detail and realistic invention, is a powerful work of the imagination…- Washington Post

    Randi Kreiss is a popular book discussion/reviewer.  Her weekly column appears in the Nassau Herald.
 
 
 
 

Writer’s Workshop
With Rhoda Ferber
 

    Our workshop continues.  Please join us, don’t be shy.  Come and listen, bring that novel you started in college, and experience the writer’s life.

    Rhoda Ferber, a longtime resident of Hewlett and retired teacher, is a highly experienced writing workshop leader.

    These two shows are ‘packing them in’ so we hope you can make it!
 

Ukraine Tuesday, June 7, 2 p.m.       Ukraine is a world of golden domes, garish palaces, eloquent architecture, museums, and a colorful, turbulent history, coupled with a friendly and enthusiastic people.  Please join us to learn about these passionate people who just enjoyed, not without incident, a presidential election.

A Sense of Africa Namibia and the Republic of South Africa Tuesday, June 14, 2 p.m.       Enjoy the pictures of natural beauty and indigenous people still steeped in their primitive cultures.  Outdoor adventures abound here with a variety of wildlife easily observed in the national parks.  The cities are modern and blossoming but both regions are still struggling with the troubled history of colonial subjugation.

For Now
A poetic journey through humanity
With Conny Brunner and Doug Going
Tuesday, May 3, 10:30 am

    How do you preserve wonder and beauty and transmit a profound experience , touching on the common thread of humanity so others may share it?  “For Now”, a captivating multi-media presentation, is a remarkable attempt to do just that. 

    Conny Brunner and Doug Going set out to travel from Africa through South and Southeast Asia that was to last 6 months.  Fifteen months later they returned, having experienced the people, culture, cuisine, art and history of ten different countries.

Art lectures
Da Vinci & Bernini
With Prof. Thomas Germano, artist & art historian
 
 

Tuesday, April 19, 10 a.m. The Genius of  Leonardo da Vinci  (& The da Vinci Code) This slide lecture explores the art, life, and time of this intriguing Renaissance man and genius, coupled with a factual and art historical look at the works discussed in Dan Browns’s “ The da Vinci Code”.
	Thursday, April 28, 10 a.m. Gian Lorenzo Bernini- 17th Century Baroque sculptor and Architect to the Popes     Gian Lorenzo Bernini was named as the agent and artist for the secret society of the Illuminati in Dan Brown’s first work of fiction “Angels and Demons”.  This visual slide presentation focuses on the life, the work, and the times of Bernini, with a concentration on the actual works of art introduced in the fictional novel.

    Prof. Germano is an artist and art historian who holds a Master degree in Art (painting) from Yale University and currently teaches at SUNY Farmingdale.
 
 

Author Visit- Carol Berkin
Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle of America’s Independence by Carol Berkin

Tuesday, June 21, 2 p.m.

    Ms. Berkin’s new book reveals the stories of the patriot and loyalist women who served as spies, messengers, and saboteurs for their armies. 
    Please join us to meet and listen to this author of numerous books about the revolutionary beginnings of our country.
 

"Carol Berkin has merged the craft of the skilled historian and the 
sensitivity of a master storyteller with her sensibilities as a 
pioneering scholar of women to produce the best narrative of how women 
of diverse backgrounds experienced the American Revolution." 

--Edith Gelles, author of Portia: The World of Abigail Adams
 

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Celebrating National Library Week – April 10-16, 2005 LONG ISLAND READS     Long Island Reads, now in its fourth year, celebrates National Library Week featuring Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck.   Libraries in Nassau and Suffolk counties will be featuring programs about this book and related subjects.

Book Discussion
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
With Madelyn Edelson
Tuesday, April 5, 2 p.m.

    This is an excellent time to revisit the works of John Steinbeck.  As Americans reach for the comfort of shared values, the roots of these values were given thoughtful attention to by Steinbeck in many of his earlier works.  His attentiveness to the natural world, his understanding of the maturation process, and the handling of social injustice are his hallmarks as a writer. 

    Madelyn Edelson is a retired English teacher and popular lecturer.
 
 
 
 
 

• Wednesday, April 6, 2 & 7:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, May 25, 2 & 7:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, June 8, 2 & 7:30 pm.
• Wednesday, June 22, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

Appetizing Film Series
They say the first bite is always taken with the eyes for food not only nourishes our bodies but also our souls.  Here are three award- winning films that celebrate the special, often comical place, the culinary arts has in our lives.
 

• Wednesday, April 20, 2 & 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday, May 5, 2 & 7:30 p.m. 
• Wednesday, June 15, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

The Hewlett-Woodmere Readers
Our Fifth Season of Good Reading!
A Monthly Afternoon & Evening Book Discussion Group

All are welcome.  District residents may reserve copies of the books well in advance of the meetings.  Review packets are available at the Information Desk.  Join us for an afternoon or evening spirited discussion of good books!
 

One Thousand White Women By Jim Fergus Discussion leader: Edna Ritzenberg Monday, April 4, 2 p.m. An American western with a most unusual twist, this is an imaginative fictional account of the participation of May Dodd and others in the controversial “Brides for Indians” program, a clandestine U.S. government sponsored program intended to instruct “savages” in the ways of civilization and to assimilate the Indians into the white culture through the offspring of these unions.  The women are recruited from jails, penitentiaries, and mental institutions.  It is a superb tale of sorrow, suspense, exultation, and triumph.
	The Amateur Marriage By Anne Tyler Discussion leader: Karen Porcella Monday, May 9, 2 p.m. Anne Tyler intuitively understands the middle class’s Norman Rockwell ideal but she doesn’t share it; rather, she has a masterful ability to make it bleed.  Her latest novel delineates, in careful strokes, the thirty-year marriage of Michael Anton and Pauline Barclay, and its dissolution.  A lesser novelist would take moral sides, using this story to make a didactic point.  Tyler is much more concerned with eh fine art of human survival in changing circumstances.  The range and power of this novel awakens us to the collective excellence of Anne Tyler’s career.
The Photograph By Penelope Lively Discussion leader:  Edna Ritzenberg Monday, June 13, 2 p.m. Booker prize-winning author, Penelope Lively, weaves a tale of love, mystery, and possible infidelity when a husband finds an old photograph of his late wife in a compromising situation.  He embarks on a quest to find out about the parts of her life that he knew nothing about.  The insightful novel covers many issues including grief, abandonment, adultery, relationships, loyalty, and mourning.
	EVENING SESSION Alexander Hamilton By Ron Chernow Discussion leader: Susan de Sciora Monday, May 16, 7:30 p.m.  National Book Award winner Ron Chernow has written a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation.  With masterful storytelling skills,  Chernow presents the whole sweep of Hamilton’s turbulent life: his exotic, brutal upbringing, his brilliant military, legal, and financial exploits; his titanic feuds with Jefferson, Madison, Adams, and Monroe, his illicit romances, and his famous death in a duel with Aaron Burr in July 1804.

 
 

 

	The Great Decisions course has been cancelled. The informal meetings with Kan Mariwalla as moderator will continue on the Friday morning dates
Fridays at 10:30 a.m.

    A stimulating and thought provoking series of discussions, facilitated by a member of the Association, covering the United States’ role in foreign policy making.
 
 

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April 29
May 13
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June 10
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Great Books Discussion Group 2004-2005

    We welcome back Dr. Allen Lanner and the Great Books discussion group for an 8th series.  Please join us for discussions of these provocative literary works.  Following are the dates and books that will be covered.

Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.
 

April 5: Virginia Woolf, Jacob’s Room   DP# 40109-X

May 3 : Willa Cather, My Ántonia   DP#28240-6

 

     Call to order your books at Dover Publications at: 1- 800-223-3130 or visit the Dover store in Mineola.
 
 

    Our collaboration with the Nassau County Museum of Art continues.  The Long Island art scene of the 1970’s enjoyed a strong vitality and the emergence of many fine women artists.  With a strong commitment to culture, this generation of Islanders, migrating from the city after the war, sculpted, painted, and made prints from Great Neck to Levittown. 

Featured are: Ethel Brown Camhi, Harriet Stanton, Estelle Ginsburg, Charlotte Brown, Helen Goldberg, Renee Ritter, Judy Simon, Richard Vaux, Sandra Benny, and Doris Seidler.

In the Boehm Room
Nancy J. Schneider, photography
March 2- April 29, 2005

    Ms Schneider uses photography to record wild natural areas found within the boroughs of New York City and on the South Shore of western Long Island. Within the urban/suburban areas there are, surprisingly, pockets of wilderness not developed or under human control that are quite beautiful and interesting.

    Ms. Schneider has a BFA in photography from Alfred University and a MA in photography from NYU.
 

School District Children’s Art
May 3 – 26, 2005
Receptions: Thursday, May 12 & Thursday, May 19, 3:30  p.m.

We are pleased to present the annual Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District student art exhibition.
 

“F” is For Fiber”
Fiber Arts Show
Long Island Craft Guild
June 2- June 29, 2005
Reception: Saturday, June 11, 2-4 p.m.

    “ F is For Fiber” is a juried show featuring a collection of fiber-related work from the members of the Long Island Craft Guild.

LIBRARY TRUSTEES’ MEETINGS Wednesday, April 13  7:45 pm Monday, May 9  7:45 pm Monday, June 13  7:45 pm

55 Alive/Mature Driving Course 55 Alive Mature Driving Courses are given for Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District residents on a regular basis.  A schedule of upcoming courses and registration dates is available in the Administration Office and at the Information Desk.

 
 
 

Summer Reading Club Kickoff
ALL-STAR MUSICAL MANIACS
With Petra Puppets

Thursday, June 16, 6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
Ages 4 and older

    Put down that remote control! Drummers in diapers, Robot Radio, and Gargling Piranha Fish are on the loose!
Join us for this delightful ventriloquist puppet show!
 
 

District residents and Friends of the Library may pick up tickets beginning Wednesday, June 1 at 10 a.m. & 7 p.m.

The Friends of the Library are proud to co-sponsor this program.
 
 
 

BUDGET INFORMATION Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library Annual Library Vote And Election Wednesday, April 13, 2005 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. The Boehm Five Towns Forum Meeting Room PROPOSITION 1: Proposed 2005/2006 Library Budget PROPOSITION 2 Election of Library Trustees   Qualifications for Voting  Registration is required only if a resident has not voted in a Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District or Library referendum within the last 4 years.  In order to be eligible to register, you must be 18 years of age or older by April 13, 2005, and you must have been a legal resident of our district for at least 30 days prior to the referendum.  U.S. citizenship is also required. Voting Information  Voting in the Boehm Meeting Room of the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett, New York, for all registered voters, Wednesday, April 13,2005 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. For further information, telephone Susan de Sciora, Library Director at: 374-1967.  Registration for Budget Vote: Wednesday, April 6, 2005, 1-9 p.m.