4/1/2022
Sandwiched In with Dennis Raverty – Howard Pyle: Father of American Illustration
12:00 PM Lapham Meeting Room
Join award-winning teacher and art historian Dennis Raverty as he explores the work of Howard Pyle, known as the “father” of American illustration. His illustrations to Robin Hood, pirate tales and swashbuckler adventure stories have thrilled readers for over one hundred years and are still enormously popular today. Pyle’s career spanned the transition of printing technologies from photo engraving to screened prints to full color high quality reproduction. Participants are invited to join us in person or via Zoom. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/2/2022
Publishing Post Pandemic
1:00 PM Hagedorn Meeting Room
In this workshop, author Natalie Harnett will talk about the various ways the publishing landscape has been changed by the pandemic. Everything from agent queries, to publishing opportunities, to promotion will be discussed. Natalie will share strategies and tips from her own experience. Participants are welcome to share their own experiences, brainstorm, or simply listen to the group. Natalie S. Harnett has an MFA from Columbia in Fiction. Her debut novel, The Hollow Ground, won several prestigious awards including the John Gardner Book Award. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/2/2022
Artist Talk with PWPL Artist in Residence Lori Horowitz
3:00 PM Lapham Meeting Room
Working from her studio on Long Island, New York, artist Lori Horowitz has crafted a wholly unique practice for her art, which thematically re-humanizes anonymous people as well as elements of nature that we encounter every day. This provides intriguing narratives, and formally stretches the bounds of the materials she chooses to work in. We are at a unique moment in time when social interactions, judgments and behavior are rapidly changing. Horowitz draws from historical use of relief sculpture and brings these methods to current topics. Participants are invited to join us in person or via Zoom. Register at www.pwpl.org/events. Please note that priority will be given to Port Washington Library card holders for in person attendance.
4/4/2022
Eight-Week Financial Workshop Plan: An Investor’s Tour of Mutual Funds
7:00 PM Hagedorn Meeting Room
Mutual funds may play a major role as you try to reach your long-term financial goals. An Investor’s Tour of Mutual Funds provides a detailed look at the features, benefits and risks associated with this type of investment as well as guidance to help empower you as you explore the multitude of funds available. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/5/2022
Tuesday Matinee: “Beauty for Sale”
12:00 PM Lapham Meeting Room
“Beauty for Sale” (1933-87 min). Salon worker Letty (Madge Evans) strikes up a romance with attorney Sherwood (Otto Kruger), despite the fact that he is married. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/5/2022
College Tours: How to Make the Most, Before, During and After Your Trip
7:00 PM
College visits used to be a junior-year rite of passage. Now they’re an integral part of getting accepted to the college of your dreams. In this workshop, college counselor and President of Crimson Coaching™, Dr. P. (Dominique Padurano, Ph.D.) teaches parents and students how to prepare for visiting colleges and how to follow up with admissions officers to maximize their chances of admission. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/6/2022
Diabetes Information 11:30 AM
Lapham Meeting Room An informational session on Diabetes hosted by Doctor of Pharmacy students from St. John’s University. One-on-one consultation will be available.
4/7/2022
Singles (Age 60+) Discussion Group – Stress Happens – Your Response is a Choice
4:00 PM Lapham Meeting Room
Join us for an informal discussion that aims to build community with intelligent discussion, laughter, and social interaction. The group will be led by Lilyan Strassman, LCSW-R, Psychotherapist, and Life Coach. Ms. Strassman holds Faculty Status at the Academy for Guided Imagery. For this session the topic will be “Stress Happens – Your Response is a Choice.” Please note this will be an in-person only event and registration is required. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/8/2022
Sandwiched In with Ron Brown – Easter Parade
12:00 PM Lapham Meeting Room
In the 1870s, a group of parishioners at St. Thomas Episcopal Church took the Easter flowers that decorated the church to the nearby hospital. Down the avenue they marched, carrying Easter lilies and tulips, dressed in their finest. Today the hospital is long gone but flowers, elaborate bonnets, whimsical costumes, and formally dressed house pets still stroll in one of our beloved traditions, The Easter Parade. Participants are invited to join us in person or via Zoom. Priority will be given to Port Washington residents for in person attendance. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/11/2022
First, Second, & Third Grade Book Discussion
4:00 PM Gordon Helman Children’s Garden
Monthly book discussion for kids in First, Second, and Third grade. Books will be available for pick up in the Children’s Room at the time of registration. Register at www.pwpl.org/children
4/11/2022
Eight-Week Financial Workshop Plan: Retirement By Design
7:00 PM Hagedorn Meeting Room
We will illustrate how you can translate your vision for retirement into tangible goals. Whether you are 10 or 40 years from retirement, you’ll learn investment strategies to help design the retirement you want. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/11/2022
Pet Sitting 101 for Teens
7:00 PM
Do you love animals? Then this workshop is for you! Learn about the responsibilities and skills needed to watch an array of different animals including dogs, cats, fish and reptiles. Port teens in grades 7-12 can register beginning March 28th. This pre-recorded video will be emailed to those registered at www.pwpl.org/events
4/11/2022
Hempstead Harbor Woods – Port Washington’s Greatest Hidden Treasure
7:00 PM Lapham Meeting Room
As part of the Library’s celebration of Earth Day, join us for a story of transformation and natural regeneration of the area originally known as the Hempstead Harbor Sand Pits, located on the eastern edge of the Port Washington peninsula, into a protected area now referred to as the Hempstead Harbor Woods. This presentation will focus on the local history, geology, habitats, and wetlands of the area, and its diversity of life with a story told with photographs and maps. Over 400 species have been identified and over 20 distinct types of habitats have been described. In the center of the area is Port Washington’s largest wetland, a mosaic of seasonally flooded ponds, streams, marsh, swamp, wet meadow, and islands.
In addition, the presentation will also examine the surrounding Hempstead Harbor Beach Park area that is undergoing environmental conservation, restoration, and development projects. The presentation takes a broad approach to understanding the relationship of humans with, and our environmental impacts on, flora and fauna, habitats, wetlands, climate, and hydrology over the last decade and century.
David Jakim, who will lead this presentation, holds an MS in environmental geoscience and an MA in Earth science education. He has been mapping the flora, fauna, and habitats of the Hempstead heart or natural area with local nonprofit organizations for over a decade. This event is brought to you by the Port Washington Coalition for Biodiversity and Transition Town Port Washington. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/12/2022
Budget Vote & Trustee Election
7:00 AM to 9:00 PM Lobby
4/12/2022
Hypertension Screenings – St. Francis Hospital Outreach
11:00 AM Reading Room
Blood pressure screenings in the Joan and Arnold Saltzman Reading Room.
4/12/2022
Support Group for Caregivers of Elderly Relatives
7:00 PM Children’s Workshop
Helping our elderly loved ones navigate the world is not easy. This support group for adults gives participants the opportunity to talk with others experiencing similar circumstances, as well as share ideas for the best ways to handle difficult situations. This informal group will meet in-person and will be hosted by a PWPL librarian (not a medically trained professional). Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/14/2022
Nonfiction Book Discussion
1:30 PM Hagedorn Meeting Room
On a midsummer day in 1776, three friends disappear near the Kentucky settlement of Boonesboro, the echoes of their screams lingering in the air. A Cherokee-Shawnee raiding party has taken the girls as the latest salvo against the colonial settlers who have decimated native lands and resources. Hanging Maw, the raiders’ leader, recognizes one of the captives as Jemima Boone, daughter of Kentucky’s most influential pioneers, and realizes she could be a valuable pawn in the battle to drive the colonists out of the Kentucky territory for good. With Daniel Boone and his posse in pursuit, Hanging Maw devises a plan that could ultimately bring greater peace both to the tribes and the colonists. In this enthralling narrative, Matthew Pearl unearths a forgotten and dramatic series of events from early in the Revolutionary War, providing a window into America’s transition from colony to nation. Copies of the book are available on Libby and may also be reserved for pickup at the library. Participants are invited to join us in person or via zoom for this hybrid event. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/14/2022
Art Lecture with Thomas Germano – Earth Art – Part 2
3:00 PM Lapham Meeting Room
Earth Art uses the natural landscape to create structures, art forms, and sculptures. While the roots of Earth Art can be traced back to antiquity, there was a return of the medium in the late 1960s when a greater consciousness to preserve the earth gained momentum and ‘Earth Day’ was established in 1970. Earth art is monumental, with the favored materials being those extracted directly from nature. Artists working with the earth, upon the earth will be the theme in this lecture by Thomas Germano and is part of the Library’s celebration of Earth Day. Participants are invited to join us in person or via Zoom. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/14/2022
Graphic Novel Book Discussion
4:00 PM Children’s Workshop
Have some fun with pictures, panels, and a discussion of the graphic novel, The Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie Escabasse with the Children’s Librarians. For children in 4th to 6th grade. Registration at www.pwpl.org/children
4/18/2022
Craft-To-Go
10:00 AM Children’s Room
Create a three-dimensional flower sculpture inspired by the wonderfully dotty world of the Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama. Pick up in the Children’s Room the week of April 18-23. Registration required at www.pwpl.org/children
4/18/2022
Adventures in Art: Dale Chihuly
10:00 AM
Discover the amazing glass creations of Dale Chihuly, one of America’s greatest living artists, in this interactive video created by Museum Educator Tami Wood. The pre-recorded video will be sent to registered patrons. Register at www.pwpl.org/children
4/18/2022
Afternoon on Broadway with Stephen Nachamie – The Legacy of Kander and Ebb
3:00 PM
Join Award-Winning Director Stephen Nachamie as he celebrates the work of John Kander and Fred Ebb. In their 40 year collaboration, this team created the music and lyrics for such iconic shows and movies as Cabaret, Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman, and so many more. Stephen will explore their life, work, and their great legacy. Please note this will be a VIRTUAL ONLY event on Zoom. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/18/2022
Eight-Week Financial Workshop Plan: Tax-free investing: It’s Not What You Make, It’s What You Keep
7:00 PM Hagedorn Meeting Room
Tax-free Investing is a workshop designed to inform individuals about the benefits and considerations of choosing investments that offer tax advantages. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/19/2022
Story Time in the Garden
9:30 AM Gordon Helman Children’s Garden
Join your favorite librarians in the Children’s Garden for stories, songs, and fingerplays. Register at www.pwpl.org/children
4/19/2022
St. Francis Outreach Bus
10:00 AM Parking Lot
Health screenings include a brief cardiac history, blood pressure check and simple blood tests.
4/19/2022
Art Lecture with Alice Schwarz – Reading Art – The Visual World and the Written Word
12:00 PM Lapham Meeting Room
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is filled with works of art connected to literature and writings from the ancient times to present day. In celebration of Poetry Month, Alice W. Schwarz, museum educator, will discuss an array of works inspired by poetry, prose, historical texts, and news of the day. Participants are invited to join us in person or via Zoom. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/19/2022
Singles (60+) Discussion Group – Wisdom from Unexpected Places
7:00 PM Lapham Meeting Room
Join us for an informal discussion that aims to build community with intelligent discussion, laughter, and social interaction. The group will be led by Lilyan Strassman, LCSW-R, Psychotherapist, and Life Coach. Ms. Strassman holds Faculty Status at the Academy for Guided Imagery. This session’s topic will be “Wisdom from Unexpected Places.” This is an in-person event. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/19/2022
Pajama Story Time 7:00 PM
Put on some comfy pajamas, grab your favorite stuffed animal, and gather around to enjoy some books, rhymes, and songs. Registration required. Zoom log-in information will be emailed to you before the event begins. Register at www.pwpl.org/children
4/20/2022
Chihuly-Inspired Sculpture
3:00 PM Children’s Workshop
Create a colorful Chihuly-Inspired water bottle sculpture. For children in 3rd to 6th grade. Register at www.pwpl.org/children
4/20/2022
Board of Trustees Meeting
7:30 PM Lapham Meeting Room
4/21/2022
Book Bingo 3:00 PM
Lapham Meeting Room Join us for bingo at the library with our special book-themed bingo set. For children in 1st to 6th grade. Register at www.pwpl.org/children
4/22/2022
Park Story Time
9:30 AM
Join your favorite librarians at Blumenfeld Park (across the street from the library) for Park Story Time! No registration required.
4/22/2022
Sandwiched In – Hempstead Harbor Woods – Port Washington’s Greatest Hidden Treasure
12:00 PM Lapham Meeting Room
As part of the Library’s celebration of Earth Day, join us for a story of transformation and natural regeneration of the area originally known as the Hempstead Harbor Sand Pits, located on the eastern edge of the Port Washington peninsula, into a protected area now referred to as the Hempstead Harbor Woods. This presentation will focus on the local history, geology, habitats, and wetlands of the area, and its diversity of life with a story told with photographs and maps. Over 400 species have been identified and over 20 distinct types of habitats have been described. In the center of the area is Port Washington’s largest wetland, a mosaic of seasonally flooded ponds, streams, marsh, swamp, wet meadow, and islands.
In addition, the presentation will also examine the surrounding Hempstead Harbor Beach Park area that is undergoing environmental conservation, restoration, and development projects. The presentation takes a broad approach to understanding the relationship of humans with, and our environmental impacts on, flora and fauna, habitats, wetlands, climate, and hydrology over the last decade and century.
David Jakim, who will lead this presentation, holds an MS in environmental geoscience and an MA in Earth science education. He has been mapping the flora, fauna, and habitats of the Hempstead heart or natural area with local nonprofit organizations for over a decade. This event is brought to you by the Port Washington Coalition for Biodiversity and Transition Town Port Washington. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/24/2022
Earth Day Celebration
2:00 PM
PWPL invites you to our second outdoor Earth Day celebration at Sunset Park. Back by popular demand, Tony Traguardo, the Library’s resident musicologist and Media Librarian, will lead a band of local musicians in a rocking concert of well-known hits at the Sousa Bandshell. In addition, representatives from the Town of North Hempstead (TONH) and other Port Washington environmental organizations will be on site with important information about their latest sustainability initiatives. Stop by their tables to have a conversation about going green. Enter a raffle for a chance to win a TONH Rain Barrel for your garden. Take home some cool environmental swag. Bring your kids to the children’s table to make a fun eco craft. Most of all, enjoy the music, the water view, and discover important ways YOU can make a difference by making our community a healthy and sustainable one.
Visit PWPL.org/earthday for more information. Earth Day events are funded by the Port Washington Library FOL. Rain Date Saturday, April 30th at 2pm.
4/25/2022
Digital Privacy for the Perplexed
2:30 PM Hagedorn Meeting Room
Join our PWPL tech-xperts as they discuss best practices to protect your home computer, smartphone and other devices. Learn how to recognize scams and phishing, as well as avoid hacking attempts. This program is for beginners as well as experts. Participants are invited to join us in person or via Zoom. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/25/2022
Eight-Week Financial Workshop Plan: Preparing Your Estate Plan
7:00 PM Hagedorn Meeting Room
Do you know where your assets will go when you die? If not, Preparing Your Estate Plan will help familiarize you with the basic steps of planning for your estate, including the function of a will and the different types of trusts. An estate planning attorney will be present at this event. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/26/2022
Story Time in the Garden
9:30 AM Gordon Helman Children’s Garden
Join your favorite librarians in the Children’s Garden for stories, songs, and fingerplays. Register at www.pwpl.org/children
4/26/2022
Tuesday Matinee: “Wings in the Dark”
12:00 PM Lapham Meeting Room
“Wings in the Dark” (1935-76 min). Aviator Cary Grant develops a device to help pilots fly blind — and then he loses his sight! Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/26/2022
Fifth & Sixth Grade Book Discussion
7:15 PM Gordon Helman Children’s Garden
Monthly book discussion. A Place To Hang the Moon by Kate Albus. Books will be available at the time of registration in the Children’s Room. Kids should pick up their book and complete reading by April 26. Participants will discuss the book and watch a painted interpretation unfold through the eyes and paintbrush of our guest host, Michelle Shain, watercolor artist, and illustrator. For children in 4th to 6th grade. Register at www.pwpl.org/children
4/26/2022
Fiction Book Discussion
7:30 PM Lapham Meeting Room
Millie and her brother David manage to escape to the U.S. just before Kristallnacht, leaving their parents and little sister in Berlin. Millie attends Bryn Mawr on a special scholarship for non-Aryan German girls and graduates to a magazine job in Philadelphia. David enlists in the Army and is eventually posted to the top-secret Camp Ritchie in Maryland, which trains German-speaking men for intelligence work.
After returning to their former hometown, they are haunted by ghosts and hoping against hope to find their family. Millie works to root out the most dedicated Nazis from publishing and is consumed with rage at her former country and its citizens. David works trying to help displaced persons build new lives, while hiding his more radical nighttime activities from his sister. Atmospheric and page-turning, The Living and the Lost is a story of love, survival, and forgiveness of others and of self.
Copies of the book are available on Libby and may also be reserved for pickup at the library. Participants are invited to join us in person or via zoom for this hybrid event. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/27/2022
Art Smart
4:00 PM Children’s Workshop
Enjoy a story followed by an art activity. Bring your creativity and imagination. For children ages 4 to 6 years old without an adult. Registration at www.pwpl.org/children
4/27/2022
A Film Movement Screening: “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy”
7:00 PM Lapham Meeting Room
“Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” (“Guzen To Sozo”). Writer/director Ryusuke Hamaguchi presents three stories — “Magic (or Something Less Assuring),” “Door Wide Open,” “Once Again” about an unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction and a chance encounter with the past. In Japanese with English subtitles. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/29/2022
Park Story Time
9:30 AM
Join your favorite librarians at Blumenfeld Park (across the street from the library) for Park Story Time! No registration required.
4/29/2022
Sandwiched In with Max Friedman – Author of “Painful Joy – A Holocaust Family Memoir”
12:00 PM Lapham Meeting Room
As a journalist, writer and author, Max Friedman has spent his working life writing hundreds of stories about others. With Painful Joy, he turns to an area he had avoided for most of his life — the lives of his parents. He and his sister were born to Sam and Frieda, Holocaust survivors who grew up in poverty in Poland, and met and married there after liberation from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The family emigrated to the US, seeking a new beginning, but their horrific experiences during the war held them back from any life that could be considered normal. His father spoke about the war just once. His mother spoke every day about the camps, sometimes as bedtime tales. When Max wanted to find out more, he discovered that what his parents had told him were reimagined fragments of complicated realities. Max shares with readers what really happened to them and it is the hardest story he has ever had to write. Books will be available for purchase and signing. This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Library and will be offered both in-person and via Zoom. Please register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/29/2022
A Film Movement Screening: “You Will Die at Twenty”
7:00 PM Lapham Meeting Room
“You Will Die at Twenty” (2019-103 min). When a sheikh predicts that Sakina’s (Islam Mubarak) newborn will die in twenty years, she becomes overly protective of her son. As he grows up, Muzamil (Mustafa Shehata) challenges his destiny. Up first, Ahmed Abdelnaser’s short, “More Than Two Days” (2016-10 min) and Alala’s short “Studio” (2012-8 min). All films are in Arabic with English subtitles. Please register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/30/2022
Resume Formatting in MS Word & Google Docs
10:00 AM
This interactive workshop provides participants with a step-by-step guide to formatting a professional looking resume that is detailed, informative, organized, and guaranteed to land on the desk of executive recruiters and hiring managers. Presented by JJ Ko, of Executive Consultants of New York, Corp. This is an online Zoom event. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/30/2022
Teen SAT Crash Course
10:00 AM
This course will cover the English and Math sections of the test and students will learn about the different types of questions that appear on the test. Teens in grades 9-12 can register beginning April 1. This event is made possible by the Friends of the Library and will be presented by J&J Test Prep. The Zoom link information will be emailed to you before the event. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
4/30/2022
Developing Your Kitchen Sink Resume
1:00 PM
Everyone should have a ‘Kitchen Sink’ resume! It’s a great way to keep a historical record of your entire career path, as well as have exactly what you need at your fingertips when tailoring it for any job description. This interactive workshop will help participants create a resume template for use when applying for all types of employment. Presented by JJ Ko, of Executive Consultants of New York, Corp. This is an online Zoom event. Register at www.pwpl.org/events
