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The Post Library Association
Exhibits and Events
The Post Library Association is devoted to planning
many cultural and educational functions for
the B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library. In the quarter
century that the Post Library Association has been in
existence it has contributed greatly to the cultural life on
the C.W. Post campus in general and in the Library specifically.
The Hutchins Gallery has become a
showcase of fine art with its wide variety of beautiful art exhibits
that have been uniformly praised for their high quality.
The PLA "Friday Night Programs", a dinner and
lecture series, have attracted a wide array of
nationally and internationally renowned scholars.
Other events sponsored by the PLA include the
annual book sale, various booktalks, poetry readings
and special events, such as museum and opera trips.
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Friday Night Programs |
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- September 26 -
Take it Off: An Overview of American Burlesque
- William Green, lecture.
- The essence of the American burlesque show is that it is a leg show.
For well over one hundred years, from the 1860s until very recently, the shape of the
leg, the curve of the torso has kept burlesque in the forefront of American popular
theatre and has differentiated it from other types of light entertainment. Even today
it has been going through a type of resurrection. Questions of morality aside, the
resiliency of the genre is related to the inventiveness of theatrical managers in
displaying more and more of the female dancer in very specialized routines with
less and less clothing. In this respect, the structure of the show has gone through
an evolution - the chorines and soloists moving from subsidiary positions to stage
center and almost into the laps of the audience. Crises in the economic life history
of burlesque have been averted again and again by tearing away another veil,
inventing another gyration to woo new audiences. William Green, a professor at
Queens College, will develop these points in some detail.
- October 17 -
The Secret of the Great Pyramid
- Bob Brier, lecture.
- Bob Brier, a senior research fellow at C.W. Post Campus, is a world-famous
Egyptologist who has conducted research on pyramids and tombs in fifteen countries. His
lecture coincides with the release of his new book,
The
Secret of the Great Pyramid, which will
be released on October 16th. This book chronicles the Great Pyramid of Giza. Nine years
ago, French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin became obsessed by the centuries-old mystery of
how the Great Pyramid was built. After hours of computer research, he concluded that it
was built from the inside when he discovered a mile-long ramp, unseen for 4,500 years.
Bob Brier, who has been working with Houdin, will present the new theory of how the
Great Pyramid was constructed with evidence they recently gathered in Egypt.
The Secret of the Great Pyramid will be available for purchase at the lecture,
and there will also be a book signing table.
- November 21 -
Can Schools Save the World? Or, How I Learned to Love My 10th Grade Geometry
Teacher despite Having to Learn Geometry
- Bill Morris, lecture.
- Bill Morris is Head of School at Friends Academy,
a 3 year-old to grade 12
independent Quaker School of 750 students in Locust Valley. He will explore ways in
which schools can establish the foundations for a healthy, happy adulthood. Using recent
findings about cognitive, emotional, moral, and ethical development, Bill will discuss what
schools are and should be doing to insure that students are prepared to be responsible
and contributing global citizens in the 21st Century. Prior to coming
to Friends in 2003, Bill worked for 27 years at The Taft School in Connecticut, where
he taught, coached, advised, and did a variety of administrative positions related to
academic program, faculty hiring and development, and student developmental issues.
- Programs are free and open to the public.
Programs begin at 8:00 p.m. in the library lobby.
Please call 516-299-2892 to
reserve a seat.
Social hour and dinner before the
programs begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Hutchins Gallery.
Reservations are
required. $34 per person. Call 516-299-2892.
- Explanation of Charges:
- Our charges per person cover only our out-of-pocket costs.
- The PLA makes no profit but tries to avoid losses.
- Members who cancel within 48 hours of the event remain responsible
for payment as we must pay their costs.
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Special Events |
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Open to members and their guests
- September 19 -
Long Island Vineyard / North Fork Tour
- Enjoy a day on the beautiful east end of Long Island. The group will travel
by bus to the North Fork where we will pick up a Vintage Tours
experienced tour
guide who will take us to tour a few of the wineries. A winery tour will include
everything from the press pad to the barrel cellar. Partakers may wish to indulge
in some wine tasting at their leisure. The day will also include a delicious gourmet
kitchen lunch in a beautiful winery setting. We will also have the opportunity to stop
at a local farm stand to check out what fresh produce and homemade goods are on hand.
- October 23 -
Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Enjoy a trip to one of the most famous museums in New York City, the Met.
A chartered bus will take us to the landmark museum for a guided tour of some of the
exhibits on display. There will be ample time to self-tour other collections and exhibitions
as well. Some of the scheduled exhibits are
New
York, N. Why?: Photographs by Rudy Burckhardt 1937-1940 (a collection of
the greatest photographs of New York ever made),
Giorgio
Morandi, 1890-1964 (one of the greatest 20th-century still-life and landscape painters),
Photography
on Photography: Reflections on the Medium Since 1960 and
American
Landscapes.
Lunch will also be provided.
- November 13 -
Two Museums in Downtown Manhattan
- Travel to Manhattan's historic lower tip for a tour of the
National
Museum of the American Indian. The highlight of the tour will be the exhibit titled
Fritz
Scholder: Indian/Not Indian. This is the first retrospective of the late
American Indian artist which focuses from the 1980s and 1990s, when he stopped
using overt Indian imagery and explored mythical beings, the afterlife, and the
unknown. After lunch there will be a tour of the relatively new addition to Manhattan,
the Skyscraper Museum. This interesting museum
focuses on the beautiful and tall
structures that make up our skyline. There will be a lecture on Rebecca Lepkoff, whose
Life on the Lower East Side photographs show urban and social change in the
area from 1937 to 1950.
- December 6 -
Great Hall Holiday Dinner
For additional information, please call
516-299-2892.
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PLA Annual Book Sale 2009 |
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TBA,Wednesday, 8:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m. :
Open to PLA Members and LIU Cardholders only
TBA,Thursday, 8:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m. :
Open to the Public
TBA, Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. :
Open to the Public
TBA, Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. :
Open to the Public
- The Post Library Association is happy to accept book donations through March 20th:
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- All books (except textbooks), as well as books on tape, music tapes, records, CDs, video tapes,
and DVDs are accepted.
- Especially rare, new, special editions, and fine bindings.
- Label bags and boxes clearly: "PLA BOOK SALE"
- Bring books to the B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library
- Call first (516-299-2892) to make sure that someone will be available to
receive your books. With the exception of weekends, books may be dropped off at the
Receiving Department at the northwest corner of the Library.
- If your quantity of books exceeds your transportation, please call 516-299-2892,
and we will try to arrange a pick-up.
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