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Performance Poets Association Readings at Station Join George Pafitis when he hosts Performance Poets Association Readings on Saturday, Dec. 7 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Station Branch, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Gardens at Great Neck Plaza, above Best Market. A monthly Open Mic forum, participate in reading your own work and/or listen and support others. Warren Chiasson Trio at Main arranged by the Music Advisory Committee Enjoy the Warren Chiasson Trio, featuring Gene Bertoncini on guitar and Mark Hagan on bass, on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 1:30 p.m. in the Main Library’s Community Room, 159 Bayview Ave. Warren Chiasson has been called one of the top jazz vibraphonists in the Gene Bertoncini is a Jazz master of solo guitar. He has played with practically everybody that is famous in the music world of today. Mark Hagan, a solid bassist, and composer plays bass in Broadway pit orchestras and writes music for Nickelodeon TV. The Great Neck Library Music Advisory Committee, now in its 49th year, co-chaired by founding member Gabe Chieco (who passed away on Nov. 19, 2019) and Michele Ganz, includes members Estelle Pace, Robert Schaufeld, Donna Litke (staff member), Joan Brill-Pavlovic, Ellen Charlop, and Pamela Levy. This all-volunteer committee of Great Neck residents represents a wide range of musical experience and performance. Neighborhoods of the Empire City Harlem: Many Cities in One presented by Ron Brown at Main Join Ron Brown when he presents Harlem: Many Cities in One on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 2:00 p.m. in the Main Library’s Community Room, 159 Bayview Ave. By the early 1900s Harlem became a well-to-do African American neighborhood and mass migration from the rural south transformed the city into the African American Mecca. The modern Civil Rights Movement and Harlem Renaissance put Black Harlem on the world map. Today Harlem is again reinventing itself as a white, upwardly mobile city within a city. Dr. Ronald Brown is an authority on the religious history of New York City. He has published three books on the subject: A Religious History of Flushing, Queens; Into the Soul of African American Harlem; and How New York Became the Empire City. Matinee Film at Main The next Wednesday Matinee, about a family that returns to China under the guise of a fake wedding to say goodbye to their beloved matriarch — the only person that doesn’t know she only has a few weeks to live, will be shown on Dec. 11 at 2:00 p.m. at the Main Library, 159 Bayview Ave. FAFSA and Financial Aid Workshop for Teens at Parkville Join Michael Turner, from New York State Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC), for a presentation on FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) and the financial aid application process on Wednesday, Dec. 11 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the Parkville Branch, 10 Campbell St. (off Lakeville Road), New Hyde Park. Q&A. Teens and parents welcome. Conversations on Personal Transformation facilitated by Librarian Mimi Rabizadeh at Main Learn tools and meditations for achieving higher energy and personal transformation, facilitated by Librarian Mimi Rabizadeh on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 12:00 p.m. in the Main Library’s Large Multipurpose Room, 159 Bayview Ave. Encore Film at Station The next encore film, about a family that returns to China under the guise of a fake wedding to say goodbye to their beloved matriarch — the only person that doesn’t know she only has a few weeks to live, will be shown on Dec. 12 at 2:00 p.m. at the Station Branch, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), above Best Market. Great Neck Library Milestones Congratulations to Margery Chodosch, Reference Librarian and Department Head of Reference Services, on 40 years of service to the Great Neck Library and community; and best wishes to Pamela Levin, A/V Media Librarian and Head of Audiovisual Services, upon her retirement this December after 31 years of service. Great Neck Library Closing/Cancellation Information Online Library patrons connected to the Internet are asked to check the website: www.cancellations.com for Library weather-related closings/program cancellations. |
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