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Sandwiched In with William Thierfelder - Windows to Nature

Friday, November 8, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Planning on a trip to a Natural History Museum? When you visit a major Museum like the American Museum of Natural History in New York, one of the highlights is the remarkable, life...

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

Planning on a trip to a Natural History Museum? When you visit a major Museum like the American Museum of Natural History in New York, one of the highlights is the remarkable, life-like dioramas. Join Dr.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

FOL University - Features Eminent Ecologist Carl Safina

Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

FOL University, the Friends of the Library’s scholarly lecture series, will feature one of America’s premier ecologists, Carl Safina, Endowed Professor for Nature and Humanity at S...

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

FOL University, the Friends of the Library’s scholarly lecture series, will feature one of America’s premier ecologists, Carl Safina, Endowed Professor for Nature and Humanity at Stony Brook University.  

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Art Lecture with Alice Schwarz - A Closer Look: Nydia

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Nydia was the most popular American sculpture of the nineteenth century and was replicated by artist Randolph Rogers 167 times in two sizes. Join Alice W. Schwarz, museum educ...

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

Nydia was the most popular American sculpture of the nineteenth century and was replicated by artist Randolph Rogers 167 times in two sizes. Join Alice W.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

"Driving The Green Book" with Author Alvin Hall and Filmmaker Saro Varjabedian

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Author Event, Film, Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us for a special film screening and discussion of the documentary film, Driving the Green Book (2023, 40 min.), based on the podcast and subsequent book by award-winning broad...

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

Join us for a special film screening and discussion of the documentary film, Driving the Green Book (2023, 40 min.), based on the podcast and subsequent book by award-winning broadcaster and author Alvi

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Art Lecture with Thomas Germano - Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment

Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

PLEASE NOTE THE NEW START IME OF 2:00 P.M. The origins of Impressionism began with an 1874 exhibition, now considered the birth of modern painting.  Through January 19, 202...

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

PLEASE NOTE THE NEW START IME OF 2:00 P.M.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Sandwiched In with Ron Brown - The Lost City of Z

Friday, November 15, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join Professor Ron Brown as he continues his series about lost cities, with one man's obsession with the Lost City of Z. British Major Percy Fawcett stumbled across a legend of a l...

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

Join Professor Ron Brown as he continues his series about lost cities, with one man's obsession with the Lost City of Z.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Sandwiched In with the Pan Am Museum

Friday, November 22, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

In celebration of National Aviation History Month, Linda Freire, Board Chair of the Pan Am Museum and former flight attendant will discuss the history of Pan American World Airways...

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

In celebration of National Aviation History Month, Linda Freire, Board Chair of the Pan Am Museum and former flight attendant will discuss the history of Pan American World Airways, its connection to Port Washin

This event is in the "Adults" group.

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

Monday, November 25, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join Award Winning Stage and Film Director Stephen Nachamie as he takes a look at some of Broadway’s current celebrated Leading Ladies!  In a multimedia presentation Mr. Nacha...

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

Join Award Winning Stage and Film Director Stephen Nachamie as he takes a look at some of Broadway’s current celebrated Leading Ladies!  In a multimedia presentation Mr.

Special Library Hours: 11am - 5pm

Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Port Washington Public Library

The library is open from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm on Thanksgiving Eve.

Closing
Branches:
Port Washington Public Library
Description:

The library is open from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm on Thanksgiving Eve.

Library Closed for Thanksgiving

All Day
Port Washington Public Library

The Library will be closed for Thanksgiving.

Closing
Branches:
Port Washington Public Library
Description:

The Library will be closed for Thanksgiving.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Art Lecture with Alice Schwarz - Joseph Wright of Derby: British Painter

Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join museum educator, Alice W. Schwarz, for a lecture on the British painter Joseph Wright. A contemporary of the great portrait painters, Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborou...

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

Join museum educator, Alice W. Schwarz, for a lecture on the British painter Joseph Wright.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Sandwiched In - Meet Authors Caryn Hirshleifer and Jennifer Goldman

Friday, December 6, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Author Event, Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us to learn about the inspiring memoir, In the Face of Catastrophe: How a Traumatic Brain Injury Became a Blessing, written by Caryn Hirshleifer and Jennifer Goldman.  Af...

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

Join us to learn about the inspiring memoir, In the Face of Catastrophe: How a Traumatic Brain Injury Became a Blessing, written by Caryn Hirshleifer and Jennifer Goldman.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Afternoon on Broadway with Stephen Nachamie - Celebrating the musical "Gypsy"

Monday, December 9, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

The iconic musical Gypsy starring Audra McDonald has just returned to Broadway!  Award Winning Stage and Film Director Stephen Nachamie will take us behind the scenes of the m...

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

The iconic musical Gypsy starring Audra McDonald has just returned to Broadway!

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Art Lecture with Thomas Germano - Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350

Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Please note the new start time of 2:00 p.m. Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350, which is currently on view at the Met, examines the pre-dawn of the Italian Renaissance ...

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

Please note the new start time of 2:00 p.m.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Sandwiched In with Ron Brown - The Lost City of Knossos, Crete

Friday, December 13, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join professor Ron Brown as he continues his series on “lost” cities of the world and takes the audience on a journey to the ancient city of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete.&n...

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

Join professor Ron Brown as he continues his series on “lost” cities of the world and takes the audience on a journey to the ancient city of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete.  Greek statues, art, archit

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

MUSIC TRIVIA NIGHT! Test Your Knowledge of Music From the 60s Through the 80s

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture, Music/Theater Performance
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

In this multimedia trivia event music historian, local DJ and librarian, Tony Traguardo will test your knowledge of music from the 1960s to the 1980s. Answer multiple choice questi...

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

In this multimedia trivia event music historian, local DJ and librarian, Tony Traguardo will test your knowledge of music from the 1960s to the 1980s.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Sandwiched In with Dennis Raverty - Gaudi's "Sagrada Familia"

Friday, December 20, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join award winning teacher and art historian Dennis Raverty as he explores Antonio Gaudi's architectural masterpiece, Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) Expiatory Temple....

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

Join award winning teacher and art historian Dennis Raverty as he explores Antonio Gaudi's architectural masterpiece, Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) Expiatory Temple.  Gaudi'

Library Closed for Christmas

All Day 12/24 - 12/25
Port Washington Public Library

The library is closed on December 24 & 25 for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Closing
Branches:
Port Washington Public Library
Description:

The library is closed on December 24 & 25 for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

PLEASE NOTE: There will be no Sandwiched In today

Friday, December 27, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

There will be no Sandwiched In program today

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

There will be no Sandwiched In program today

Library Closed for New Years

All Day 12/31 - 1/1
Port Washington Public Library

The Library is closed for on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. 

Closing
Branches:
Port Washington Public Library
Description:

The Library is closed for on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. 

This event is in the "Adults" group.

PLEASE NOTE: There will be no Sandwiched In Program today

Friday, January 3, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

There will be no Sandwiched In program today.

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

There will be no Sandwiched In program today.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Art Lecture with Thomas Germano - Piet Mondrian - Ever Further

Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Piet Mondrian (1872-1944): Ever further (Guggenheim Museum November 22, 2024 through April 20, 2025,) is the first in the exhibition series, Coll...

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

Piet Mondrian (1872-1944)Ever further (Guggenheim Museum November 22, 2024 through April 20, 2025,) is th

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Sandwiched In - Everybody Loves Somebody Named Dean Martin

Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

From his partnership with Jerry Lewis, star of one of TV’s greatest variety shows, and member of the legendary Rat Pack, Dean Martin was one of the most beloved performers of all t...

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

From his partnership with Jerry Lewis, star of one of TV’s greatest variety shows, and member of the legendary Rat Pack, Dean Martin was one of the most beloved performers of all time.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Sandwiched In with Dennis Raverty - Caspar David Friedrich and the Sacralization of Nature

Friday, January 17, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join award winning teacher and art historian Dennis Raverty as he explores the first major retrospective exhibition of the work of Caspar David Friedrich in thirty years which will...

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

Join award winning teacher and art historian Dennis Raverty as he explores the first major retrospective exhibition of the work of Caspar David Friedrich in thirty years which will be on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from February through