Joan Blondell Double Bill: Union Depot & Three Men on a Horse
Sunday, June 18 @ 1:30 pm
Lapham Meeting Room
Union Depot (1931-68 min.). Travelers of different and varied backgrounds meet and interact on one night in a metropolitan train station and its environs. Starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Guy Kibbee, and Joan Blondell. After intermission, Mervyn LeRoy’s Three Men on a Horse (1936- 86 min.). A trio of gamblers virtually kidnaps a meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses. Starring Frank McHugh, Joan Blondell, and Guy Kibbee.
Art Lecture with Alice Schwarz – Lilly Martin Spencer, American Painter
Tuesday, June 20 @ 12:00 pm
Lapham Meeting Room and on Zoom
Lilly Martin Spencer was among the most popular and widely reproduced American female genre painters in the mid-nineteenth century. Join museum educator Alice W. Schwarz to explore Spencer’s paintings of domestic scenes and women and children in a warm, happy atmosphere. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Register at pwpl.org/events
Film: A Double Life (1947-104 min.).
Tuesday, June 20 @ 7:00 pm
Lapham Meeting Room
Celebrated stage actor Anthony John (Academy Award winner Ronald Colman) struggles to distinguish his life from his most recent stage role, Shakespeare’s wife-murderer, Othello. Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin scripted, Milton Krasner operated the camera, and Miklos Rozsa supplied the Oscar-winning music score. Also onscreen: Signe Hasso as Britta, Edmond O’Brien as Bill Friend, and Shelley Winters as Pat Kroll.
Introduction to Smartphone Photography
Wednesday, June 21 @ 2:30 pm
Hagedorn Meeting Room
A 5-week course exploring the basics of using your smartphone’s digital camera. Learn how to take pictures, where they are stored on your device, and how to delete them. Go over tips for taking selfies, recording videos, and sharing your photos! This course also introduces some fundamental photography principles about composition and lighting. This class is in partnership with Senior Planet from AARP and is intended for those aged 60 and up. Register at pwpl.org/events
Weekly Game Night
Wednesday, June 21, from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Mezzanine Meeting Room
Come in and play a variety of board and card games. No registration is required.
Board of Trustees Meeting
Wednesday, June 21 @ 7:30 pm
Lapham Meeting Room
Board of Trustees Meeting. All are welcome to attend.
Weekly Mahjong Meet-Up
Thursday, June 22, from 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Mezzanine Meeting Room
Join us for a game of Mahjong. No registration is required.
Homebrew Music Presents: Artist Ana Paul
Thursday, June 22 @ 7:00 pm
Lapham Meeting Room
Ana Paul is a singer-songwriter based in Port Washington, New York. Her music reminds listeners of Joni Mitchell and Folk music of the ’60s, as she likes to keep an acoustic sound and has been writing her music for several years. In 2020, she released her first album of all original songs titled “Lady Moon.” The Homebrew Music series’ goal is to unite people over a shared love of music and introduce our Library community to fine, local musical talent. No registration is required.
Park Story Time
Friday, June 23 @ 9:30 am
Off-site
Join your favorite librarians at Blumenfeld Park (across the street from the Library) for Park Story Time! No registration is required.
Sandwiched In with Dennis Raverty – Success and Scandal: The Armory Show of 1913
Friday, June 23 @ 12:00 pm
Lapham Meeting Room and on Zoom
Join award-winning teacher and art historian Dennis Raverty as he explores the legendary Armory Show of 1913. This blockbuster exhibition introduced modern European art to the United States. It was the most well-attended exhibition of the entire 20th century and had a profound effect on subsequent American Art.
Weekly Scrabble Meet-Up
Friday, June 23, from 2:00- 5:00 pm
Mezzanine Meeting Room
Drop in and play a game of Scrabble. No registration is required.
Defensive Driving Course
Saturday, June 24 @ 9:30 am
Hagedorn Meeting Room
Class will be from 9:30 am – 3:30 pm with a 30-minute lunch. Seating is limited, and priority will be given to Port Washington cardholders. Payment of $30 will be collected by the instructor during class. Register at pwpl.org/events
LinkedIn Settings
Saturday, June 24 @ 10:00 am
Online
Learn about new LinkedIn settings that can help protect your profile, connections, and other essential security settings. Made possible by the Career & Personal Finance Center. Register at pwpl.org/events
How to Maximize Your LinkedIn Profile
Saturday, June 24 @ 1:00 pm
Online
Participants will identify the must-haves for a LinkedIn profile that attracts attention and gets you noticed. Made possible by the Career & Personal Finance Center. Register at pwpl.org/events
Pride Month Screening: Sweetheart (2023-103 min.)
Sunday, June 25 @ 2:00 pm
Lapham Meeting Room
A socially awkward, environmentally conscious British teenager named AJ (Nell Barlow) is dragged to a coastal holiday park by her painfully “normal” family, where she becomes unexpectedly captivated by a chlorine-smelling, sun-loving lifeguard named Isla (Ella-Rae Smith). Marley Morrison produced and directed. But, first, Emma Aikman’s short film “Admit One” (8 min.), in which a moviegoer named Piper falls in love at first sight with the girl working the concession stand.
A Time For Kids: Baby Start
Monday, June 26 @ 10:00 am
Lapham Meeting Room
Join A Time for Kids, Inc., as we introduce our littlest learners to the wonderful world of library programs. Activities include music, movement, fine and gross motor development, and circle time. Focus is on early literacy, early language development, and socialization. Registration required. Sponsored by the Donald and Barbara Zucker Family Foundation. Registration begins June 12 at pwpl.org/events
Full STEAM Ahead
Monday, June 26 @ 10:45 am
Lapham Meeting Room
Join A Time for Kids, Inc. in this interactive and educational series to stimulate and engage thinking as we explore, play and build together. This STEM/STEAM introductory class provides the materials to design, create, and experiment using manipulatives that encourage problem-solving and critical thinking. For children ages 18 months to 5 years old with an adult. Registration begins June 12 at pwpl.org/events
Film: Alice, Darling (2023-90 min.).
Monday, June 26 @ 7:00 pm
Lapham Meeting Room
While on vacation with two close friends, Alice (Anna Kendrick) realizes they are staging an intervention out of concern about her abusive boyfriend. Alanna Francis scripted this drama for director Mary Nighy.
Film: Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022-139 min.)
Tuesday, June 27 @ 6:45 pm
Lapham Meeting Room
Chinese immigrant Evelyn Wang (Michelle Yeoh) is swept up in an insane adventure where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led. This mind-blowing sci-fi fantasy from writer/directors Daniel Mann & Daniel Scheinert won 7 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actress (Ms. Yeoh), Best Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis), and Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan).
Magic Workshop Series with Ari Bisk
Tuesday, June 27 @ 7:00 pm
Children’s Workshop Room
Learn beginner magic tricks in this series of workshops. For children entering 3rd to 6th grade in the fall. Registration required.
Fiction Book Club
Tuesday, June 27 @ 7:30 pm
Hagedorn Meeting Room
Join fellow readers at the Library for an engaging discussion of House in the Cerulean Seas by T.J. Klune. Copies of the book are available on Libby and may also be reserved for pickup at the Library. Register at pwpl.org/events
Play Pals
Wednesday, June 28 @ 11:30 am
Children’s Workshop Room
Spend time with your child and meet new people in an educational and creative environment—ages 18 months to 5 years with an adult. Registration begins June 12. Register at pwpl.org/events
Crafternoon
Wednesday, June 28 @ 4:00 pm
Children’s Workshop Room
Create a fun craft. For children entering 1st to 3rd grade in the fall. Registration begins June 12. Register at pwpl.org/events
Chess
Wednesday, June 28 @ 6:00 pm
Children’s Workshop Room
Learn the rules and strategies of Chess and practice what you have learned by playing against your peers. For children entering 3rd to 6th grade in the fall. Registration begins June 12. Register at pwpl.org/events
Film: Confess, Fletch (2022-98 min.)
Wednesday, June 28 @ 7:00 pm
Lapham Meeting Room
While searching for a stolen art collection, private investigator Fletch (Jon Hamm) becomes the prime suspect in a murder case. Director Greg Mottola scripted with Zev Borow from Gregory McDonald’s novel. Also in the movie: Roy Wood Jr., Annie Mumolo, Kyle MacLachlan, and Marcia Gay Harden.
Escape Room Workshop Series
Thursday, June 29 @ 7:00 pm
Children’s Workshop Room
Mysteries, puzzles, ciphers, and more! Work together to solve an escape room and other fun puzzles. Then learn how to make an escape room at home for your friends and family to solve. For children entering 4th to 6th grade in the fall. Registration begins June 12. Register at pwpl.org/events
Park Story Time
Friday, June 30 @ 9:30 am
Off-site
Join your favorite librarians at Blumenfeld Park (across the street from the Library) for Park Story Time! No registration is required.
Sandwiched In Clive Young – Billy Joel’s New York
Friday, June 30 @ 12:00 pm
Lapham Meeting Room and on Zoom
Join Clive Young for a closer look at Billy Joel, one of Long Island’s most popular musicians. His program, “Billy Joel’s New York,” will take the audience on a virtual stroll through the Long Island and New York City landmarks of The Piano Man’s career and songs. Discover the touchstones of his early, formative years; find out what eateries inspired the Parkway; see the locations where some of his most famous album covers and music videos were shot; and more! Register at pwpl.org/events
