Whitman and Beyond: Fanfares for the Common Man

On Friday, April 8, 2:30 p.m., George Wallace, former Suffolk County Poet Laureate and the Walt Whitman Birthplace 2011 Writer in Residence, will examine how American authors such
as Walt Whitman, Carl Sandburg, John Steinbeck, and Woody Guthrie have celebrated the common man in prose and poetry.

Pulitzer Prize Winner Bernard Malamud

On Wednesday, April 13, 2 p.m., Shula Hirsch, retired Hofstra professor, will lecture on one of the great American Jewish authors of the 20th century. Bernard Malamud wrote eight novels and 54 short stories. His novel The Fixer won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

Golden Age of Radio with Herb Norman

On Friday, April 22, 2 p.m., former broadcaster Herb Norman will take a look back at prime-time radio classics such as Eddie Cantor, Jack Benny, and Fred Allen. The audience will hear selections from old-time radio shows via an antique tabletop radio that has been modified to accommodate a tape recorder and speaker.

Lights! Camera! Trivia! presented by Richard Knox

On Wednesday, April 27, 2 p.m., Film maven Richard Knox invites you to demonstrate your knowledge of films spanning decades of Hollywood movie-making. Mr. Knox will also present still photos and soundtracks from famous films, and will discuss the key elements of a movie montage.

Freeport Cinema

Inception, Friday, April 29 at 3 and 7 p.m. Dom Cobb is adept at stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious of others during the dream state when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb’s rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Rated PG-13, 148 min., 2010.

Welcome New Director

Mr. Ken Bellafiore has been a librarian for over twenty
years and has worked in libraries for thirty years. He comes
to us from Nassau Community College where he has been
a Professor in the Library Department since 1996. If he
looks familiar that’s because he has worked part-time at the
Freeport Memorial Library since 1989, when was enrolled
in the Master Degree program in Library Science at the
Palmer School of Information and Library Science. Ken
was director at Lakeview Public Library from 2007-2008.
He is the current president of the Nassau County Library
Association.

Freeport Author Paul Hashagen

On Wednesday, January 19th, Freeport author Paul Hashagen discussed his two latest novels, The Twelfth Hour and Fire of God. Paul served as captain of Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company 1 in Freeport from 1981-1982, where he is still an active member today. He joined the FDNY in 1978 and retired after twenty-five years of service. Paul was an Adjunct Professor at John Jay College in Manhattan. He has written numerous articles for Firehouse Magazine as well as two novels on the history of the FDNY. Pictured from left to right, Cynthia Krieg, Freeport town historian and librarian, and Paul Hashagen.