The Great Neck Library is hosting a Sunday Musical Performance Poems into Music by Three North Shore Friends. The event offers and afternoon of poetry and song with Hank Bjorklund (co-composer, drums, and vocalist), Diane Menzel (composter, guitarist and vocalist), and Helen Kotsky (flute, piano, mandolin and vocal accompaniments).
Hank Bjorklund is a former New York Jets football player who has been diagnosed with a life-altering brain illness. He has found that the power of writing poems and turning them with friends into songs has helped him heal. His recently published autobiography Head Hits I Remember: My Brain, Dysautonomia, and Football.
Diane Menzel is a retired family therapist who met Hank in a public library poetry group.
Helen Kotsky is a retired music teacher.
The concert is on Sunday, Dec. 17 at 2:00 p.m. at the Main Library 159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY. Registration is required. Great Neck cardholders and residents have priority for seating. For more information, please contact Great Neck Library (516) 466-8055 or email adultprogramming@greatnecklibrary.org.
