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Art Lecture with Thomas Germano - Norman Rockwell

Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

Join Professor Thomas Germano for a visual presentation exploring the art of Norman Rockwell (1894-1978).

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Professor Thomas Germano for a visual presentation exploring the art of Norman Rockwell (1894-1978).

This event is in the "Adults" group

Sandwiched In with Eco-Photo Explorers - Exploring Long Island's Shipwrecks

Friday, January 16, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

Join Eco-Photo Explorers for an informative and exciting presentation that explores a number of different shipwrecks from all eras in Long Island history.

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Eco-Photo Explorers for an informative and exciting presentation that explores a number of different shipwrecks from all eras in Long Island history.

This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Everyone" group

SoundSwap: Author Bill German: Multimedia Presentation "Under Their Thumb: How a Nice Boy from Brooklyn Got Mixed Up with the Rolling Stones (and Lived to Tell About It)"

Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Author Event, Lecture, Music/Theater Performance
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone

Author and Rolling Stones insider Bill German will discuss his ups and downs with “the greatest rock ’n’ roll band in the world.” His presentation will include film, slide show, and audience Q&A.

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Author Event, Lecture, Music/Theater Performance
Event Details:

Author and Rolling Stones insider Bill German will discuss his ups and downs with “the greatest rock ’n’ roll band in the world.” His presentation will include film, slide show, and audience Q&A.

This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Everyone" group

For the Record: “Wait… They Played WHAT?”: Strange Covers by Famous Artists (Rescheduled Event!)

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture, Music/Theater Performance
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone

Enjoy a fun evening of surprising cover songs performed by successful artists putting their unique spins on hits they didn’t write or record.

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Lecture, Music/Theater Performance
Event Details:

Enjoy a fun evening of surprising cover songs performed by successful artists putting their unique spins on hits they didn’t write or record.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Sandwiched In with Tony Traguardo - Celebrating Pete Fornatale!

Friday, January 23, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

Tony Traguardo celebrates the life of legendary DJ Pete Fornatale with rare career-spanning audio and video footage. Watch and hear segments from Pete’s earliest radio shows, TV appearances, and classic interviews.

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Tony Traguardo celebrates the life of legendary DJ Pete Fornatale with rare career-spanning audio and video footage. Watch and hear segments from Pete’s earliest radio shows, TV appearances, and classic interviews.

This event is in the "Children" group
This event is in the "Teens (Grades 7-12)" group
This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Everyone" group

Winter Sowing Made Easy - With Live Demo

Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Civic Engagement, Lecture, Workshop
Age Group:
Children, Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults, Everyone

If you have ever wanted to grow varieties of flowers, vegetables or herbs, but couldn’t find them in the local nursery, you probably bought seeds.

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Civic Engagement, Lecture, Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

If you have ever wanted to grow varieties of flowers, vegetables or herbs, but couldn’t find them in the local nursery, you probably bought seeds.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Art Lecture with Alice Iglehart - Gilbert Stuart - Portrait Painter

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

Join museum educator Alice W.

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
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Event Details:

Join museum educator Alice W.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Sandwiched In with Sue Miller - Discovering Your Family History: Where to Start

Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

Interested in exploring your family history? Join the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society's Susan R. Miller to explore the essential steps to starting the process.

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Interested in exploring your family history? Join the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society's Susan R. Miller to explore the essential steps to starting the process.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Sandwiched In with Ron Brown - Billie Holiday - A Life of Glory and Tragedy

Friday, February 6, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

The Great Migration brought some 6 million African American to the north. Among them was Leonora Fagan who gained fame as Billie Holiday.

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
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The Great Migration brought some 6 million African American to the north. Among them was Leonora Fagan who gained fame as Billie Holiday.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Afternoon on Broadway - From Screen to Stage: Broadway’s Love Affair with Film – Part Two

Monday, February 9, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:45pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

Join award-winning stage and film director, Stephen Nachamie for part two of this series exploring Broadway adaptations of classic films including Death Becomes Her, Beetlejuice

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join award-winning stage and film director, Stephen Nachamie for part two of this series exploring Broadway adaptations of classic films including Death Becomes Her, Beetlejuice

This event is in the "Teens (Grades 7-12)" group
This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Everyone" group

Winter Wildlife on the Port Washington Peninsula

Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Civic Engagement, Lecture
Age Group:
Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults, Everyone

Join us for a visual presentation about the diverse wildlife found in the Port Washington peninsula during the winter months.  Naturalist Stéphane Perreault will discuss the behavior of wintering mammals, including bats, show what duck

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Civic Engagement, Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a visual presentation about the diverse wildlife found in the Port Washington peninsula during the winter months.  Naturalist Stéphane Perreault will discuss the behavior of wintering mammals, including bats, show what duck

This event is in the "Adults" group

Art Lecture with Thomas Germano - Millet: Life on the Land

Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

Join Professor Thomas Germano for a visual lecture about the art and life of French artist Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875).

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Professor Thomas Germano for a visual lecture about the art and life of French artist Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875).

This event is in the "Adults" group

Sandwiched In with Claire Bellerjeau - Cato in the Revolution: Spies, Slavery, Church, and Chocolate

Friday, February 13, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

Join historian and author Claire Bellerjeau as she shares her exciting new discoveries about Cato, an enslaved Black man who aided the Patriot spy and tailor Hercules Mulligan during the Revolutionary War.

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join historian and author Claire Bellerjeau as she shares her exciting new discoveries about Cato, an enslaved Black man who aided the Patriot spy and tailor Hercules Mulligan during the Revolutionary War.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Art Lecture with Alice Iglehart - A Close Look: Henry Ossawa Tanner's "The Thankful Poor"

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

In celebration of Black History Month, join museum educator, Alice W. Iglehart for an in-depth exploration of The Thankful Poor, a painting by the first internationally known African American artist, Henry Ossawa Tanner.

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

In celebration of Black History Month, join museum educator, Alice W. Iglehart for an in-depth exploration of The Thankful Poor, a painting by the first internationally known African American artist, Henry Ossawa Tanner.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Sandwiched In with Dennis Raverty - African Diaspora Art

Friday, February 20, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

Join award winning teacher and art historian Dennis Raverty as he explores African Diaspora Art with a visual lecture.

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join award winning teacher and art historian Dennis Raverty as he explores African Diaspora Art with a visual lecture.

This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Everyone" group

Art Lecture - Laura James

Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture, Other
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone

Art Reception

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Lecture, Other
Event Details:

Art Reception

This event is in the "Adults" group

Sandwiched In with Tanisha Mitchell - Opera in Ebony

Friday, February 27, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture, Music/Theater Performance
Age Group:
Adults

As part of the Library's celebration of Black History Month, join Tanisha Mitchell as she pays tribute to legendary African American singers who performed at prestigious venues like the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, and the Royal

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture, Music/Theater Performance
Registration Required
Event Details:

As part of the Library's celebration of Black History Month, join Tanisha Mitchell as she pays tribute to legendary African American singers who performed at prestigious venues like the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, and the Royal

This event is in the "Adults" group

Afternoon on Broadway with Stephen Nachamie - Broadway's Leading Ladies

Monday, March 9, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:45pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

In recognition of Women's History Month join stage and film Director Stephen Nachamie as he celebrates the life and work of Laura Benanti (Nine, Gypsy, Sh

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

In recognition of Women's History Month join stage and film Director Stephen Nachamie as he celebrates the life and work of Laura Benanti (Nine, Gypsy, Sh

This event is in the "Adults" group

Art Lecture with Thomas Germano - Caravaggio and his "Boy with a Basket of Fruit"

Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

The Morgan Library exhibition (January 16-April 19, 2026) features an extraordinary loan from the Galleria Borghese in Rome of the painting Boy with a Basket of Fruit, an important early work by C

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

The Morgan Library exhibition (January 16-April 19, 2026) features an extraordinary loan from the Galleria Borghese in Rome of the painting Boy with a Basket of Fruit, an important early work by C

This event is in the "Adults" group

Sandwiched In with Max Alvarez - Charlie Chaplin and the Art of Screen Comedy

Friday, March 13, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

He was Charles Chaplin (1889-1977) — star and director of The Gold RushCity LightsThe Circus

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

He was Charles Chaplin (1889-1977) — star and director of The Gold RushCity LightsThe Circus

This event is in the "Adults" group

Art Lecture with Alice Iglehart - Grandma Moses - American Folk Painter

Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

Anna Mary Robertson Moses, or Grandma Moses, was an American folk artist in paint and embroidery. Join museum educator, Alice W. Iglehart to study her images of simple farm life and rural countryside in celebration of Women’s History Month.

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Anna Mary Robertson Moses, or Grandma Moses, was an American folk artist in paint and embroidery. Join museum educator, Alice W. Iglehart to study her images of simple farm life and rural countryside in celebration of Women’s History Month.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Sandwiched In with Tanisha Mitchell - Leontyne Price - Prima Donna Assoluta

Friday, March 20, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture, Music/Theater Performance
Age Group:
Adults

As part of the Library's celebration of Women's History Month, join Tanisha Mitchell as she explores the life and career of Leontyne Price, who is highly regarded as one of the greatest operatic sopranos of all time.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture, Music/Theater Performance
Registration Required
Event Details:

As part of the Library's celebration of Women's History Month, join Tanisha Mitchell as she explores the life and career of Leontyne Price, who is highly regarded as one of the greatest operatic sopranos of all time.

This event is in the "Adults" group

'Crossfire' - Film Screening and Discussion with Foster Hirsch

Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Film, Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

Join us for a special screening and discussion of Crossfire, a 1947 American crime film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Robert Young, Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Film, Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a special screening and discussion of Crossfire, a 1947 American crime film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Robert Young, Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Sandwiched In with Ron Brown - Gloria Steinem - Pioneering Journalist

Friday, March 27, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

In celebration of Women's History Month join Professor Ron Brown as he explores the life and legacy of activist and journalist Gloria Steinem who broke through the glass ceiling of journalism in the late 1960s and helped pioneer other women

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

In celebration of Women's History Month join Professor Ron Brown as he explores the life and legacy of activist and journalist Gloria Steinem who broke through the glass ceiling of journalism in the late 1960s and helped pioneer other women