Craft Programs:
Thursdays at 4:00pm. 4 to 11 year olds.
Registration: January 5
Program: January 15
Registration:
February 2
Program: February
12
Registration: March
2
Program: March 12 |
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| Children's Movies: Sunday
at 2:00pm |
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| Story Time: Mondays
at 4:15 pm (3-5 Year Olds) - a half hour program
of stories and a short film. |
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Book Discussions:
Tuesdays at 6:30 pm (Grades 4 - 7)
Registration
- January 12
Program: February
10
The Theif Lord By: Cornelia
Funke
Registration - February
9
Program: March 24
To Be Announced |
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| Toddler Time:
Thursdays at 10:30am (24 - 35 months) - A lively
half-hour of songs, stories, fingerplays, movement
and a short film for a child accompanied by
an adult. |
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| Mother Goose: Fridays
at 10:00 am (12-23 months) - Programs of songs,
finger plays, nursery rhymes and board books
for very young readers accompanied by a parent
or caregiver. |
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Parent-Child Workshop:
Thursdays at 10:00-11:15 (12-35 months)
A special program that encourages parents to
play, sing and do finger plays with their children.
Specialists in the fields of Speech and Hearing,
Behavior and Development, Nutrition, and Dance/Movement
are available at various sessions. Registration
is required and is being accepted in the children's
room. |
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Book Talking with Arnold
Rosenbaum: Wednesdays at 1:00pm
The Defining Moment - FDR's First Hundred Days
and the Triumph of Hope by Jonathan Alter. January
31
Economic Problems Facing the Middle Class .Mr.
Rosenbaum will present his thoughts on the socioeconomic
problems facing the American middle class. March
14 |
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| If Music Be The Food
of Love...Shakespeare In Love: Sunday,
January 7 at 2:30pm. New York jazz vocalist
Christiana Drapkin celebrates the beauty and
power of William Shakespeare's poetry and presents
it in lively, sometimes haunting, jazz arrangements.
The songs are direct quotations from Shakespeare's
plays. Tickets required. |
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Picasso and American
Art: Monday, January 8 at 1:00 pm.
Picasso is acknowledged by many as the central
figure of the modern movement. Art historian
Mary Vahey will examine the sometimes worshipful,
sometimes testy relationship between American
artists and the Picasso, the immensely inventive
Spaniard.
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| A Rockette Remembers:
Wednesday, January 17 at 1:00pm. Corliss
Whitney, the honorary historian of the Rockette
Alumnae, shares poignant stories about her years
as a Rockette during the 40's and 50's. |
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| Laugh Your Way to Health
- Humor Therapy: Wednesday, January 24 at 1:00pm.
A presentation that will focus on the latest
studies that scientifically prove and explain
how and why laughter IS the best medicine. |
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| Berman Does Merman:
Sunday February 4 at 2:30pm. Songs and stories
celebrating Ethel Mermans brilliant career will
be brought to PPL by vocalist Lisa Berman. Tickets
required. |
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| India...Exotic and Ancient
Land of Contrasts: Thursday, February
8 at 1:00pm. Through lecture and slides, Sally
Wendkos Olds will guide you on a journey to
another world of exotic beauty and ancient splendor. |
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| Great Lyricists and/or
Poets: Wednesday, February 14 at 1:00pm.
Arnie Rosenbaum will share the poetic lyrics
of Ira Gershwin, Alan J. Lerner and Larry Hart.
You decide if the great lyricists of the 20th
century really were master poets. |
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| Surrealist Art - Magritte
Ernst, Miro' and de Chirico: Tuesday,
February 27 at 1:00pm. Professor Thomas Germano
will present an illustrated lecture designed
to offer an enriching, educational and pleasurable
afternoon. |
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| The Vietnam Babylift
- The Daring Rescue of Orphaned Children from
Vietnam in 1975: Wednesday, March 7 at 1:00pm.
The Vietnam Babylift was a humanitarian effort
that took place in April 1975 when over 2,600
children under the age of 10 were evacuated
from Vietnam. The No one family was one of the
families that took in Vietnamese children. Lana
No one will share her experiences, mementos
and photos of her recent diplomatic trip to
Vietnam. |
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| Frank Sinatra -
A Man and His Music: Monday, March 12 at 1:00pm.
A presentation focusing on Sinatra's contributions
to American popular music and why he is an American
legend. |
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| From Broadway to Soulful
Jazz - A Mixed Bag: Sunday, March 18
at 2:30pm. Join soloist and guitar player Naomi
Zeitlin as she explores the amazing diversity
of music. Tickets required. |
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| Louis Comfort Tiffany
and Laurelton Hall - An Artists Country
Estate: Monday, March 19 at 1:00pm. Ines Powell,
Metropolitan Museum of Art educator, will present
an illustrated lecture which will bring together
many of the architectural elements and design
features of Tiffany's extraordinary country
estate in Oyster Bay. |
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| A Balkan Odyssey:
Thursday, March 22 at 1:00pm. World traveler
Laurie Campbell will share her adventures around
the western Balkans. Her slides capture the
material poverty as well as the cultural richness
of each country explored. |
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| Barbara Krupit Reviews
.... Wildfire (Nelson Demille) : Monday,
March 26 at 1:00pm. This novel presents a what-if
scenario that is so plausible you may have to
remind yourself that Demille is making the whole
thing up. A tour de force of relentless narrative
power that neither stops nor slows for twists
or turns, but charges ahead in the face of danger.
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