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

 A Community Forum to obtain input on long-range planning for our Library has been scheduled for Gold Hall on Tuesday, January 18, 2005, at 7:30 p.m.  We urge you to come that evening with ideas for ways in which we can continue to improve on what we know has been a wonderful relationship between the Library and its patrons.

Long-range planning is particularly essential in a publicly supported institution.  It should be required to engage in an ongoing process that will assure that it continues to honor its original mission of pursuing excellence in the fulfillment of its responsibilities.  It must consider, and then reflect, the changing needs and characteristics of its constituency, and, of course, must devise ways in which to adapt to a continually evolving technology.

Our successful 1996 renovation and expansion were in a very large measure based on the suggestions made over months at community meetings, and on the analysis of a detailed questionnaire then distributed throughout the Library district.

Once again we anticipate community participation in the planning process, and in the subsequent development of an updated questionnaire.  Fortunately our Library, because of the flexibility of its physical plant, and the nature of its staff, is prepared to consider the hopes, and then to accommodate the wishes, that will emerge from the joint effort.

Mark the Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2005, at 7:30 p.m. in Gold Hall.

Benjamin A. Eilbott
Vice President, Board of Trustees
 
 

 The Euphonique Saxophone Quartet offers unique programming of classical and contemporary music.  Their commitment to new works has led to numerous North America premiers by composers such as Jim Clarke, Ben Foskett, Timothy Blinko, and Philip Blimstein. 

They have performed with the Berlin Philharmonic, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Scott Gwinnell Jazz Orchestra, The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and the RCM Ensemble London. 

Please join us for a special music afternoon. The ensemble includes Christian Biegai, soprano sax, Jasmin Lalande, alto sax, Mike Bomwell, tenor sax, and Alex Hamlin, baritone sax.

Tickets may be picked up beginning Wednesday, January 12, 10 am & 7 pm.
 
  

 Olga Vinokur began her studies at age six in Russia. Upon moving to Israel, she received her BA and Artist’s Diploma with honors from the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel-Aviv University.  She went on to a Masters Degree at Manhattan School of Music, where she is currently a Doctoral candidate.  She has performed in major halls both here and abroad.  Please join us for an afternoon of beautiful music for piano.

"...She demonstrated passionate and bright playing...keen large-scaled play is full of pepper, with global comprehension of the musical text.
 Ego Magazine

Tickets may be picked up beginning Wednesday, February 2, 10 am & 7 pm.
 
 

Confessions of a Shakespeare Addict
A One-Act play by Robert L. Harrison
Featuring Bob Spiotto & Narrator, Robert L. Harrison

Sunday, February 27, 2:30 p.m.

 Henry and Emily Folger, a long forgotten Long Island couple, passionately pursued a dream of collecting Shakespeare’s books and memorabilia.  They eventually found the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., which was dedicated on Shakespeare’s 368th birthday, April 23, 1932.  Robert Harrison will begin by narrating his research about the Folgers and share with you a truly amazing story of adventure and mystery as the Folgers accomplish their quest.  Actor Bob Spiotto dramatizes the play about this couple.  Brush up on your Shakespeare as Shakespeare’s words are woven into the couple’s story!

 Mr. Harrison has an Advanced Study Degree in instructional communications from Hofstra and a BA from Stony Brook.  Mr. Spiotto is the Artistic Director of Community Arts Programs and Producer of Special Events at Hofstra University.

District residents may pick up tickets beginning Wednesday, February 16, 10 am & 7pm.
 
 

Spirit Quartet
Sunday, March 13, 2:30 p.m.

 The Spirit Quartet arose from players who attended the 2001 Bennington, Vermont Chamber Music Festival, a festival of musicians and friends coming together for the pleasure of playing music. 

Playing together they found they had a unique well-blended style, tone, and expressiveness together - a musical spirit they wanted to share with audiences.  The group includes Hubert Chen, violin, Catherine Graetzer, viola, Laura Garber, cello, and Daniel Hyman, violin. This is a very special chamber group with a wide repertoire.  Please join us. 

Tickets may be picked up beginning Wednesday, March 2, 10 am & 7pm.
 
  

Courting the Jester
A Salute to Danny Kaye
Conceived, directed, and performed by Bob Spiotto
 

 Actor, director, and producer Bob Spiotto pulls out all the stops in his delightful tribute to the one and only Danny Kaye.  Accompanied on piano, Bob Spiotto will tell stories, anecdotes, share biographical information, plus perform many of the Danny Kaye’s classic songs.

 Bob Spiotto has a BFA in theater from Hofstra University and a MFA in Directing from The Catholic University of America.  Currently, he is the Artistic Director of Community Arts Programs and Producer of Special Events for the Hofstra Cultural Center.

 Join us for a jazz filled evening of classic jazz, featuring Ed Polcer, clarinet and Judy Kurtz, vocals.  Also, Dan Block, clarinet/sax, Tom Arten, trombone, Giampaolo Biagi, drums, Mark Shane, piano, and Mike Weatherly, bass.

 Judy Kurtz is a native of Woodmere and a graduate of Hewlett High School.  You may remember Mark Shane and Giampaolo Biagi from previous outstanding Highlights in Jazz shows at the library.

All classes are choreographed to enjoyable music.  This is a complete workout, from head to toe.  One last class for the season!
 
 

• January 12
• February 23
• March 23

 Games are provided but you welcome to bring your own! Come, sit down, and join the fun!
 
 

 Please join us for a lecture on this evolving, important topic to be followed by a lively discussion. Mr. Rosenblum has recently returned from the Middle East where he met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

 Mark Rosenblum is an historian at Queens College where he is the Director of the Michael Harrington Center and head of its Middle East Project.  He has been on CNN, NPR, and the CBS & NBC evening news, offering Middle East political analysis.

Travel Lights

Norway Tuesday, January 4, 2 p.m.

 


Bali Tuesday, March 22, 2 p.m.

International Dance and Line Dancing
With Miriam Sharin
6 Thursdays
January 6 & 20, February 10 & 17, March 3 & 24, 2 p.m.

Dance away the winter doldrums to some of your favorite music! 
Miriam Sharin, a resident of Hewlett, has taught dancing for many years.  We are happy to welcome her back!

****(Please note February 3rd class rescheduled to February 10th.)****
 
 

Art Lecture
Metropolitan Museum of Art, slide lecture 
The Colonial Andes; Tapestries and Silverwork, 1530-1830
With Dr. Marvin Schwartz
Exhibition: September 29- December 12, 2004

Tuesday, January 11, 10:30 a.m.

 The arrival of the Spanish in 1532 in South America dramatically transformed the Andean cultural landscape, changing societies that had evolved over thousands of years within less than one generation.  This slide presentation focuses on two uniquely rich and inherently Andean art forms. We will explore some of the finest examples of Inca and colonial garments, tapestries, as well as ritual and domestic silverwork.

 Dr. Schwartz is an art historian who frequently lectures for the Museum.
  

Popular Sun Sign Astrology
With Pat Weiss
Tuesday, January 18, 2 p.m.

 This lecture will answer questions for both skeptics and believers of astrology.  How old is astrology?  What are the basic characteristics of the sun signs?  Is there any truth to the ability of the astrologer to forecast the future or determine the compatibility of people born under the different signs? If you only check your horoscope when no one is looking or read it religiously, this should be a fun afternoon.

 Pat Weiss has been guest on cable television and radio.  She is the former president of the National Council of Geocosmic Research.
 
 

Writer’s Workshop
With Barbara Novack
3 Tuesdays, 10 a.m.
January 25,February 22, March 8

 Another year and our workshop continues!  Come, listen, write, and enjoy the writer’s life! 
 Barbara Novack returns, now Writer-In Residence at Molloy College.

Stephen Sondheim and the American Musical Theater
With Professor James J. Kolb
Tuesday, February 15, 2 p.m.

 Join us for an afternoon of discussion and film excerpts of the work of Stephen Sondheim, one of the theater’s most prolific and original writers and lyricists.

 Professor Kolb is professor of Drama and Chairman of the Department of Drama and Dance at Hofstra University.
 
 

Art Lecture
Nancy Schneider, photography
Thursday, March 10, 2 p.m.

 Artist Nancy Schneider will discuss her current show at the library.  She will also discuss nature photography and finding beautiful outdoor areas to photograph in unexpected places.
 
 

Workshop for Parents and Caregivers
Apple of My Eye
Parents for Megan’s Law, Stony Brook, New York
Sunday, March 20, 2 p.m.

 This is a program for adults developed by Laura A. Ahearn, CSW, author of Megan’s Law Nationwide and the Apple of My Eye Childhood Sexual Abuse Prevention Program.  Focusing on Laura’s Ten Prevention Tips, this program goes beyond ‘stranger danger’ advice, since 90% of childhood sexual abuse occurs with a person who the child has an established, trusting relationship. 

You will also learn the 10 Rules of Safety to teach children, and other clear ways to detect inappropriate behavior and tricks used by sexual predators. 

Knitting Workshops
With Lori Sokolov Falbo
2 Tuesdays
February 1 & 8, 10 a.m.

 Knitting is making a big comeback.  Knitting supply manufacturers have had to increase production this year!
In our first workshop you will learn the basic knit stitch.  In our second workshop you will learn to cast on, purl, cast off, and start a first project.

Registration is limited to 20 people. ** Please bring one pair, size 8, 10 inches long knitting needles, one skein 3 ½ ounces of knitting worsted weight yarn.

 Lori Sokolov Falbo studied art and textiles at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and at F.I.T.  For the past 20 years she has designed sweaters and accessories for many designers and manufacturers such as Joan Vass, Carol Horn, Alexander Julian, and The Gap,

District residents may register at the Information Desk beginning Wednesday, January 19 at 10 a.m.
  

The Messiah in Jewish Tradition
With Rabbi Paula Winnig, Temple Sinai of Long Island
Tuesday, March 15, 2 p.m.

 Rabbi Winnig will give a talk on the subject of the Messiah as understood in Jewish tradition.

 Rabbi Winnig is the spiritual leader of Temple Sinai in Lawrence.  Rabbi Winnig was a regular guest on the television program “ Father Tom and Friends” for three years.  She has also appeared in the film “Heaven and Earth” about the Abuyadaya of Uganda.  She is the mother of two sons.
 
 

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.
 

• February 15: Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes  DP# 43164-9
• March 22: Ivan Turgenev, Fathers & Sons DP# 40073-5     *****please note change of date*****
• April 5: Virginia Woolf, Jacob’s Room DP# 40109-X
• May 3 : Willa Cather, My Ántonia DP#28240-6

• Afternoons at 2 p.m.
• Evenings at 7:30 p.m.

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!
 
 

	When the Emperor Was Divine By Julie Otsuka Discussion leader: Edna Ritzenberg Monday, January 10, 2 p.m.  This heartbreaking, bracingly unsentimental novel depicts in poetic detail the travails of a Japanese family living in an internment camp during World War II, raising the specter of wartime injustice in a bone chilling fashion.  With crystalline intensity and precision, Osaka evokes the deracination, both physical and emotional, of a generation of Japanese-Americans.
The Falls By Joyce Carol Oates Discussion leader: Candace Plotsker-Herman Monday, March 7, 2 p.m.  Oates is not only on her authentically rendered home ground in this sprawling novel set in the city of Niagara Falls during the 1950’s, she is also writing at the top of her form.  This is vintage Oates, spanning nearly thirty years, a fevered examination of family and love and, of course, how the past colors the future.  Like its inspiration, “ The Falls” has a narrative force that is hard to resist.

• Evening

Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy By Carlos Eire Discussion leader: Edna Ritzenberg Monday, March 14, 7:30 p.m.  Yale historian Eire’s introspective memoir begins the day his world changed – when Castro’s troops sent President Batista into exile.  The book abounds with magical interpretations of ordinary boyhood events until the world that has been bursting with complicated, colorful meaning is replaced with the monotony of Castro’s rhetoric and terrorizing reform.  The final cataclysm comes when Eire and his brother, still young boys, are shipped off to the United States to seek safety and a better life.

 
 
 
 
 
 

IN CASE OF A WEATHER EMERGENCY In Case of a Weather Emergency  We urge you to call 374-1667 during a weather emergency before leaving for the library.  All information regarding closings and delayed openings will be posted on this taped announcement.  Please note that if the Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD is closed, the library will not open before 1 p.m.

  

Nassau County Museum of Art
Artists of Latin Heritage
Long Island and New York Metropolitan area
December 8, 2004- February 10, 2005

 Our exhibition will feature young artists of Latin heritage from Long Island and the NY Metro area.  Using a variety of mediums, this exhibition will coincide with the Museum’s exhibition of artist Fernando Botero.
 
 

In our Display Cases & The Boehm Room
TriCounty Artists
January 4- February 25,2005
Reception: January 8, 2 p.m.

 TriCounty Arts of Long Island was founded in 1947 under the name Malverne Artists.  Its members, award winning artists and talented novices, represent a gamut of styles and media, sculpture and canvas, from miniature to very large.  They have exhibitions throughout the year all over Long Island.
 
 

Nassau County Museum of Art
Long Island Artists
February 12 - April 20, 2005
 Our collaboration with the Nassau County Museum of Art continues with a show featuring the fine artists of Long Island.
 
 

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.
 

This exhibition has been funded, in part, by the Puffin Foundation, Ltd.
 
 

Wednesday, February 23, 11 a.m.

Ages 4 and older

Songs, Puppetry, Poetry, Sign Language, Movement and Mime!! 
You can be a storyteller, too!  Learn the skills of story telling in this fun-filled program with Master story-teller/musician Janice Buckner.

District Residents and Friends may pick up tickets beginning Wednesday, February 9 at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.

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

• Wednesday, January 19, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

• Wednesday, February 9, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

• Wednesday, March 23, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

• Thursday, March 17, 2 & 7:30 pm

• Wednesday, January 26, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

• Wednesday, February 16, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

• Wednesday, March 2, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

 

 
 




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