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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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- March 14 -
The Parts of Ten Famous Songs You've Probably Never Heard
- David Fuchs, concert and lecture.
- We all know that the invention of the phonograph record revolutionized
the music business. Sheet sales were no longer the economic engine of the industry.
Suddenly singers had a life of their own, whether they were Broadway stars or not.
Entire scores could be recorded. People who never got near a theatre knew them by
heart. But those old 78s did away with something else as well - the 'verses,' or
introductions to the songs. They could not hold the verse plus two choruses. Since
it was the chorus, the familiar melody, that people wanted, two choruses were played
and the verse was dropped. It was not until the CD came along that the entire work
began to reappear, and the wonderful ingenuity of the verses, or the 'set up,' could
be experienced. This will be a musical evening in which we will play and discuss
ten famous songs, their verses and the people who wrote them.
- April 18 -
Why We Speak the Way We Do
- Richard Auletta, lecture.
- Professor Auletta will focus on the ways in which American
English has changed dramatically in both accent and idiom because of the
movements of various communities, including those of Germans, Scots and
Jews. Professor Auletta, an Assistant Professor, has been a member of the
Foreign Language Department
of C.W. Post for more than thirty years. He received
a B.A. from Long Island University and an M.A. from the State University of New
York at Buffalo.
- May 16 -
Introducing Antoine Vollon: A 19th-Century Master Painter
- Carol Tabler, lecture.
- The French nineteenth-century painter Antoine Vollon rose to the top of
his profession during the 1870s when the rebel movement called Impressionism had begun
to assert itself. He established his reputation as a painter of still life, an art form which, at
the time, was considered inferior to the painting of the human figure. Vollon's distinctive
painterly style, displayed in his landscape paintings as well as his still lifes, brought him
accolades from the critics. One of them noted that "if painting had not existed, Vollon
would have invented it". During this transitional period of art history, Vollon's
anti-academic, personal expressiveness can be viewed as aligning him with modernist
aesthetic tendencies and makes him a fascinating artist to study.
Carol Forman Tabler has published
numerous articles
on Vollon, who was the
subject of her doctoral dissertation at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
- 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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Art Exhibits |
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Hutchins Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
- Apr 30 - May 9: Master's Thesis Show
- C.W. Post Art Department
- Beatrice J. Chang: Inspiration from Underground Kingdom
- Lisa Dunn: Simulacrum
- Emily Hertzberg: Breakfast, Lunch, Happy Hour, Dinner (photographs)
- Carol A. Palma: Transformation (mixed media)
- John Rapone: Head in the Gutter (sequential art and illustration)
- Shannon Rideout: In Fashion (photographs and designs)
- Artists' Reception: Wednesday, April 30, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
- May 17 - Jun 6: Local
Treasures
- Original approaches to expression by artists who go beyond originality
- John Digby: Archival Collages
- Richard Gachot: Found Object Art
- Faith McCurdy: Architectural Limnings
- Frank Olt: Ceramic Abstractions
- Arden Scott: Bronze Ship Skeletons
- Sally Shore: Triaxial Ribbon Weaving
- Marcia Widenor: Paper Quilts
- Artists' Reception: Sunday, May 18, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
- Jun 12 - Jun 20: Oriental
Brush Painting
- In Kwon Kim
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- Earlier this year:
- Jan 20 - Jan 30: Found Drawing
- Rim, Jai Kwang
- Jan 20 - Jan 30: Dialogue
- Lee, Sang-Bong
- Feb - Mar: Paintings in Oil
- Monica Spier
- Feb - Mar: Fine Art Photography
- Art Goldberg
- Reception: Wednesday, March 12, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
- Mar 25 - Apr 16: Seven Painters and
Seven Sculptors
- The Second Annual Long Island Professional Artist's Showcase
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- Reception: Sunday, April 6, 1:00-4:00
- Apr 21 - Apr 25: Master's Thesis Show
- C.W. Post Art Department
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Special Events |
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Open to members and their guests
- April 16 -
Morgan Library and Museum, and Battery Park
- Travel by bus to Manhattan for a tour of the
Morgan Library and Museum.
This historic site and architectural landmark began as the private
library of financier Pierpont Morgan.
Today it is a museum, independent research
library, and a musical and
performing arts venue. There will be ample time to
self-tour the collections and exhibitions, especially the exhibit
Michelangelo,
Vassari, and Their Contemporaries: Drawings from the Uffizi. In the afternoon,
the bus will travel to Manhattan's southern tip and visit Battery Park. This is
where the group will have lunch and conclude the day with a quick tour of the area.
- May 15 -
Princeton Art Museum
- Founded in 1882, the Princeton
University Art Museum is one of the
leading university art museums in the country. From a founding gift of a
collection of porcelain and pottery, the collections have grown to over 60,000
works of art that range from ancient to contemporary art and concentrate
geographically on the Mediterranean regions, Western Europe, China, the
United States, and Latin America. One of the current exhibitions is
Invoking the
Comic Muse: Toulouse-Lautrec's Parody of "The Sacred Grove". This focus
exhibition is centered on a painting by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec that simultaneously
pokes fun of and pays homage to the winner of the highest prize at the 1884 Salon,
Puvis de Chavannes's "Sacred Grove Dear to the Arts and Muses", also on view.
The tour will also see the exhibit An
Educated Eye: the Collections of the
Princeton University Art Museum and have lunch on the
Princeton Campus.
For additional information, please call
516-299-2892.
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PLA Annual Book Sale 2008 |
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March 26,Wednesday, 8:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m. :
Open to PLA Members and LIU Cardholders only
March 27,Thursday, 8:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m. :
Open to the Public
March 28, Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. :
Open to the Public
March 29, 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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