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

3:30pm–4:45pm
Adults
Lecture
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Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
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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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Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
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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

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Beyond the Bin: The Journey and Impact of Your Waste

7:00pm–8:30pm
Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults, Everyone
Civic Engagement, Lecture
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Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Civic Engagement, Lecture
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Where does trash go once it’s taken from the curb? Join TTPW and Monique Fitzgerald, cofounder of the Brookhaven Landfill Action and Remediation Group (BLARG) for an informative evening about where our waste goes.

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Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
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He was Charles Chaplin (1889-1977) — star and director of The Gold RushCity LightsThe Circus

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

12:00pm–1:30pm
Adults
Lecture
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Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
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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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Sandwiched In with Tanisha Mitchell - Leontyne Price - Prima Donna Assoluta

12:00pm–1:30pm
Adults
Lecture, Music/Theater Performance
Upcoming
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Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture, Music/Theater Performance
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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.

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FTR: Women Who Rocked! The Famous and the Obscure

7:00pm–9:00pm
Adults, Everyone
Lecture, Music/Theater Performance
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Lecture, Music/Theater Performance
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For Womens History Month, Tony Traguardo's 'For the Record' program focuses on some of the greatest and most interesting female performers of the rock music era.

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'Crossfire' - Film Screening and Discussion with Foster Hirsch

2:00pm–5:00pm
Adults
Film, Lecture
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Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Film, Lecture
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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.

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

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Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
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No Sandwiched In program today

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Room: Lapham Meeting Room
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Join TV and film historian Sal St. George for a multimedia presentation about the making of the classic animated film Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs.

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Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
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Stage and Film Director Stephen Nachamie will celebrate the life and work of Tommy Tune.

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Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
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Herter Brothers, the New York firm of the German-born Christian and Gustave, was arguably the leading cabinetmaking and decorating firm in the United States during the late nineteenth century. Join museum educator, Alice W.

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Art lecture with Thomas Germano - Raphael: Sublime Poetry

2:00pm–3:30pm
Adults
Lecture
Upcoming
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Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present the first comprehensive exhibition on Raphael (1483-1520) in the United States from March 29 through June 28, 2026, bringing together more than 200 of the artist’s greatest masterpieces and ra

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Sandwiched In with Dennis Raverty - Postwar Illustration

12:00pm–1:30pm
Adults
Lecture
Upcoming
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Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
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Join award winning teacher and art historian Dennis Raverty for a visual presentation "Living the American Dream - Postwar Idealism and Cold War Anxiety."  In the decades after 1945, the United States experienced unprecedented prosperit

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Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
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Join Professor Ron Brown as he begins a new series about his recent travels with a program about the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa.  Who writes history?

Memorial Day Weekend

All Day 5/23–5/25
Closing
Branches:
Port Washington Public Library
Description:

Memorial Day Weekend - Library is Closed.

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Jonathan Butterick's Art Reception

2:00pm–4:00pm
Adults, Everyone
Lecture
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Lecture
Event Details:

Art Lecture

Juneteenth

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Port Washington Public Library
Description:

Juneteenth - Library is Closed.

Labor Day Weekend - Library Closed

09/05/2026 @ 8:00am–09/07/2026 @ 12:00am
Closing
Branches:
Port Washington Public Library

Columbus Day

12:30am–1:00am
Closing
Branches:
Port Washington Public Library

Columbus Day

5:00pm–11:30pm
Closing
Branches:
Port Washington Public Library