Volunteer at The Tuxedo Park Library's 19th Annual Memorial Day Picnic Monday, May 27, 2024 (Posted 4/28/23)
t's almost time for TPL's 19th Annual Memorial Day Community Picnic and they need YOUR HELP to make the event a success! If you'd like to help us out on Monday, May 27th with set up, operations, and/or clean up, visit tuxedoparklibrary.org/volunteers to sign up. Thank you!
The Author's Circle Presents Eric Klinenberg March 20, 2024 (Posted 3/1/24)
Sunday, March 10th at 3pm, the Tuxedo Park Library Authors’ Circle presents Eric Klinenberg, public sociologist and author of the recently published 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed in conversation with Gerald Howard at the library and livestreaming on Zoom.
Klinenberg and Howard will discuss 2020, which features seven vivid profiles of ordinary New Yorkers—including an elementary school principal, a bar manager, a subway custodian, and a local political aide—whose experiences illuminate how Americans, and people across the globe, reckoned with 2020. Cast against the backdrop of a high-stakes presidential election, a surge of misinformation, rising distrust, and raging protests, Klinenberg allows us to see 2020—and, ultimately, ourselves—with unprecedented clarity and empathy.
Limited seating will be available at Tuxedo Park Library for this discussion, which will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Register to attend by calling the library at (845) 351-2207, or by visiting tuxedoparklibrary.org/calendar. Livestream registrants will receive an email shortly before the discussion with information on how to attend. The livestream recording will be available on the library’s YouTube channel following the event. Hardcover copies of 2020 are available now for purchase at the Tuxedo Park Library for $30.
“A gripping, deeply moving account of a signal year in modern history, told through the stories of seven ordinary people. Klinenberg’s narrative shows how the legacy of that year continues to shape us, our politics and our personal lives.” —Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies
About the Author:
Eric Klinenberg is the Helen Gould Shepard Professor in the Social Sciences and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. He is the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller Modern Romance and author of Palaces for the People, Going Solo, Heat Wave, and Fighting for Air. He has contributed to The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Wired, and This American Life. He lives in New York City.
About the Interviewer:
Gerald Howard is recently retired Vice President and Executive Editor from Doubleday Books. He is a recipient of the Maxwell E. Perkins Award. His essays and reviews have appeared in Bookforum, Lit Hub, n+1, The New York Times Book Review, and other publication
Volunteers Need for The Tuxedo Park Library's 18th Annual Memorial Day Picnic (Posted 5/5/23)
The Tuxedo Park Library observes Memorial Day with their 18th Annual Community Picnic, Monday, May 29th, 2023 from 12:00-2:30pm, following the Tuxedo town parade and ceremonies at St. Mary’s-in-Tuxedo Episcopal Church.
Volunteers are needed to make the annual picnic a success!
They will need help to set up, serve food, run games and clean up.
Fill out a volunteer form at the Circulation Desk, you can sign up for specific times or for all of the event.
For more information, call the library at (845)351-2207 and ask for Assistant Director, Cathy Sandak or email at csandak@rcls.org.
The Author's Circle Presents Tony Hiss - Author of "Rescuing The Planet" in Coversation with Gerald Howard & Christopher Gow - March 19 @3pm (Posted 3/1/23)
Award-winning author Tony Hiss will discuss his new book Rescuing the Planet - Protecting Half the Land to Heal the Earth, in conversation with Christopher Gow and Gerald Howard, in person and live stream via Zoom. Rescuing the Planet is an urgent, resounding call to protect 50 percent of the earth’s land by 2050—thereby saving millions of its species—and a candid assessment of the health of our planet and our role in conserving it, from the author of the award-winning The Experience of Placeand veteran New Yorker staff writer.
"An upbeat and engaging account of the remarkable progress being made to preserve vast wild spaces for animals to roam." — The Wall Street Journal
About the Author:
Tony Hiss is the author of fifteen books, including the award-winning The Experience of Place. He was a staff writer at The New Yorker for more than thirty years, was a visiting scholar at New York University for twenty-five years and has lectured around the world. He lives in New York with his wife, young-adult writer Lois Metzger.
About the Interviewers:
Christopher Gow was formerly a sculpture specialist at Sotheby’s Auction House and the founding owner of Creel and Gow, a specialty shop in New York City selling “Objects of an Interesting Nature.”
A botany graduate of Durham University in England, he is chairman of the Tuxedo Park Tree Advisory Board promoting environmental stewardship and converting the abandoned former horse track in Tuxedo Park into a native wildflower meadow.
Gerald Howard is recently retired Vice President and Executive Editor from Doubleday Books. He is a recipient of the Maxwell E. Perkins Award. His essays and reviews have appeared in Bookforum, Lit Hub, n+1, The New York Times Book Review, and other publications.
Register via the library’s website calendar below or call the library at (845)351-2207or
IN PERSON at Tuxedo Park Library (limited seating)
or LIVESTREAM via ZOOM
Registrants for the LIVE STREAM via ZOOM will receive an email shortly before
the program with information on how to attend via Zoom.
The Tuxedo Park Library Seeks Budget Approval November 8 (Posted 11/2/22)
The TP Library is a cornerstone in the Tuxedo community, providing a multitude of resources, services and free programing throughout the year. Their budget allocation is approved annually by the taxpayers on Election Day. This year voters will be asked to decide on the Library's request for an increase of $17,768, which equates to roughly $4.66 increse per resident annually.
Click here for a breakdown of the proposed budget and DON'T FORGET TO VOTE on Tuesday, November 8!
The Author's Circle Presents Janice P. Nimura in Conversation with Gerald Howard April 3
The Authors' Circle presents Janice P. Nimura, award winning author of THE DOCTORS BLACKWELL: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine.
Sunday, April 3rd at 3pm, in conversation with Gerald Howard, Historian Janice P. Nimura discusses her book THE DOCTORS BLACKWELL, a New York Times bestseller, which details the lives of Emily and Elizabeth Blackwell, who paved the way for women to study and practice medicine in 1800s America.
Register via the library’s website calendar or call the library at (845)351-2207.
TerraCycle at The Tuxedo Park Library ( Posted 3/6/22)
As part of the Great Give Back 2022, the Tuxedo Park Library is participating in a TerraCycle program whereby residents can drop off hard-to-recycle cosmetic/beauty items in designated bins and they will be sent out for collection. The program runs through April 22!
The Author's Circle Presents Debby Applegate in Conversation with Gerald Howard February 6
In conversation with Gerald Howard, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Debby Applegate discusses her new book, MADAM: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age.
The compulsively readable and sometimes jaw-dropping story of the life of a notorious madam who played hostess to every gangster, politician, writer, sports star and Cafe Society swell worth knowing, and who as much as any single figure helped make the twenties roar.
Register via the library’s website calendar or call the library at (845)351-2207. Registrants for the zoom presentation will receive an email shortly before the discussion with information on how to attend.
The Author's Circle Presents Patrick Radden Keefe October 12 @ 12pm Via Zoom
The Tuxedo Park Library Authors’ Circle presents Patrick Radden Keefe, author of “Empire of Pain, The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty” in conversation with New York Times reporter Katie Rosman live stream via zoom on Tuesday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m.
“Empire of Pain” is a grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin.
In its review, Rolling Stone wrote: “Keefe is an obsessive reporter and researcher, a master of narrative nonfiction.”
Time magazine, as part of its Best Books of 2021 So Far seriesm wrote: “Patrick Radden Keefe, one of the top narrative nonfiction authors of his generation, offers an engrossing and deeply reported book about the Sackler family... A great American morality tale”
Keefe is an award-winning staff writer at The New Yorker magazine and the author of “Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland,” as well as two previous critically acclaimed books, “The Snakehead” and “Chatter.”
He is the recipient of the 2014 National Magazine Award for Feature Writing, was a finalist for the National Magazine Award for Reporting in 2015 and 2016 and also received a Guggenheim Fellowship. He grew up in Boston and now lives in New York.
Rosman is a reporter at The New York Times. She lives in New York with her husband and two children. Rosman was also a featured Authors’ Circle author in 2010 for her book “If You Knew Suzy: A Mother, A Daughter, A Reporter’s Notebook,” a memoir about losing her mother to cancer and Rosman’s quest for more information gleaned from contacts in her mother’s address book.
Essentials
Register for this program via the library’s calendar at www.tuxedoparklibrary.org or call the library at (845) 351-2207.
Registrants for the live stream will receive an email shortly before the discussion with information on how to attend.
Interested in reading the book before the event? It’s available for checkout in various formats including eBook, eAudio, large print, regular print and book on CD.
The Tuxedo Park Library Presents "Tuxedo Reads" Throughout the Month of April
The Tuxedo Park Library presents “TUXEDO READS,” a program where library and community come together to read, discuss, and participate in book themed activities. The first Tuxedo Reads program is centered around The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival by local author Amra Sabic-El-Rayess. During the month of April, four events will take place that tie into our chosen book: a take and make Bosnian cookie kit, a virtual paint party, a book discussion with Ms. Kara, and an author afternoon with author Amra Sabic-El-Rayess herself.
For information and to register, go to the library's website calendar at www.tuxedoparklibrary.org or call the library at (845)351-2207
Tuxedo Park Library Author's Circle Presents Author Lili Anolik March 15
Tuxedo Park Library Authors’ Circle presents Lili Anolik author of “Hollywood’s Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.” and the return of Katie Rosman, editor and columnist, SundayStyles at The New York Times in “Conversation with Katie” in the reading room at the library.
Join us as Ms. Anolik and Ms. Rosman discuss her book, part biography, part cultural analysis and part memoir of the fascinating life of Eve Babitz. A onetime “It” girl who had affairs with Harrison Ford, and Jim Morrison; partied with Mick Jagger, Jack Nicholson and Sharon Tate; designed album covers for The Byrds and wrote “fiction” from the ’70s through the ’90s that mirrored her adventures.
“An intimate biography of a glamorous writer and a portrait of the city she called her playground.”
— Town & Country
“Perfect for fans of Hollywood in its glory years, this is a biography energetically told.”
— Publishers Weekly
About the author: Lili Anolik is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Her work has also appeared in Harper’s, Esquire, and The Believer. She lives in New York City with her husband and two sons.
About the interviewer: Katie Rosman is an editor and columnist for SundayStyles in The New York Times. Before joining The New York Times, Katie was a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal. Her work has also appeared in the New Yorker and Elle. A native of Michigan, she lives in New York with her husband and two children. Katie was also a featured Authors’ Circle author in 2010 for her book “If You Knew Suzy: A Mother, A Daughter, A Reporter’s Notebook”, a memoir about losing her mother to cancer and Katie’s quest for more information gleaned from contacts in her mother’s address book.
New Series About Local Government Begins This Week at the Tuxedo Park Library
Tuxedo Councilpersons Ken English and Michele Lindsay have scheduled a new series about local government at the Tuxedo Park Library. The goal is to engage residents in discussion and to provide information that will empower them to participate more fully in Town and Village governments. Registration is required on the library website or by calling 845-351-2007.
Wednesday, August 14, from 7:00 – 8:30 Changes in Election Law
with Louise Vandemark, Commissioner, Orange County Board of Elections
Early voting: poll locations and dates
Absentee Voting
Voter registration: deadlines, party registration, changing registration
Other topics:
How to become a poll watcher
Local political party committees
How to run for local office
Upcoming dates are Wednesdays, September 18; October 16; November 13 and December 18. Topics will include Open Meetings Law, Long-Term Capital Planning, Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code, Public Hearings and Getting Involved with Local Government.
The Author's Circle Presents Mark Dery Sunday March 10 - 3pm
The Authors' Circle Presents: Mark Dery, author of Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey.
Sunday, March 10th at 3pm
The Author's Circle Presents Cristina Alger in Conversation with Kaite Rosman Sunday, October 21 at 3pm
The Authors' Circle presents
Cristina Alger author of
THE BANKER'S WIFE
in a conversation with Katie Rosman
Sunday, October 21st at 3pm
Cristina Alger is a lifelong New Yorker. A graduate of Harvard College and NYU Law School, she worked as a financial analyst and a corporate attorney before becoming a writer. Her third novel, THE BANKER'S WIFE, was published in July 2018 by Putnam and is a USA Today Bestseller. She's currently working on her fourth novel. She lives in New York with her husband and children.
Katie Rosman, editor and columnist, SundayStyles at The New York Times.
After her presentation, Ms. Alger will be signing copies of her book.
Space is limited - please register here or call the library at 845-351-2207.
The Tuxedo Park Library Authors’ Circle presents John Freeman Gill, author of The Gargoyle Hunters - Saturday November 4
Tuxedo Park Library Presents Linda Zimmermann December 10
The Tuxedo Park Library will host Bill Lemanski in a Book Talk interview with local author, Linda Zimmermann, author of Hudson Valley UFOs: Startling Eyewitness Accounts from 1909 to the Present. The Hudson Valley of New York is a hotspot in the country for UFO sightings that go back at least a century. Linda has taken special care with her research including interviews with many eyewitnesses to giant triangles, disks, cylinders, and rectangular craft as well as time lapses and close encounters.
Linda has found so much material about UFOs and close encounters in the Hudson Valley that she has written two books on the subject with the first book being made into an award-winning documentary. This book talk is sure to be a delight to fans of Linda Zimmermann and for those who live in the Hudson Valley.
Space is limited. Please register on the library’s online calendar at tuxedoparklibrary.org.
About the author:
Linda Zimmermann wasn’t always focused on the paranormal, she earned a B.S. in Chemistry and a Master’s in English. With a wide range of interests she decided to write. She is now the author of 30 books and a popular speaker. Her first book on Hudson Valley UFO sightings was made into an award winning documentary.
About the interviewer:
Bill Lemanski is a Vietnam combat veteran, with an engineering background in the nuclear power industry. He’s worked as a freelance journalist in the Hudson Valley, held public office as a councilman, and served as a police commissioner in the Town of Tuxedo, New York. Book talks with Bill Lemanski, author of Adventures in Distant and Remote Places, Lost in the Shadow of Fame, and Murder in Tuxedo Park, are recurring events highlighting a different local author each time.
The Tuxedo Park Library Authors’ Circle presents John Freeman Gill, author of The Gargoyle Hunters - Saturday November 4
Tuxedo Park, NY: Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 5:00pm the Tuxedo Park Library Authors’ Circle is excited to welcome John Freeman Gill and delighted for the return of Katie Rosman, editor and columnist, SundayStyles at The New York Times in another “Conversation with Katie” in the reading room at the library.
Hilarious and poignant, The Gargoyle Hunters is a love letter to a vanishing city, and a deeply emotional story of fathers and sons. Intimately portraying New York's elbow-jostling relationship with time, the novel solves the mystery of a brazen and seemingly impossible architectural heist—the theft of an entire historic Manhattan building—that stunned the city and made the front page of The New York Times in 1974. A boy and a city both navigating through a difficult time while both grasping at the glorious construction of the past.
Space is limited. Please register on the library’s online calendar at tuxedoparklibrary.org.
About the author:
John Freeman Gill is a native New Yorker and longtime New York Times contributor whose work has been anthologized in The New York Times Book of New York and More New York Stories: The Best of the City Section of The New York Times. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Observer, the International Herald Tribune, New York magazine, Premiere, Avenue, The New York Times Book Review, and elsewhere. A summa cum laude graduate of Yale University, where he won two prizes and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he received an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. He lives in New York City with his wife, three children, and a smattering of gargoyles.
About the interviewer:
Katie Rosman is an editor and columnist for SundayStyles in The New York Times. Before joining The New York Times, Katie was a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal. Her work has also appeared in the New Yorker and Elle. A native of Michigan, she lives in New York with her husband and two children. Katie was also a featured Authors’ Circle author in 2010 for her book If You Knew Suzy: A Mother, A Daughter, A Reporter’s Notebook, a memoir about losing her mother to cancer and Katie’s quest for more information gleaned from contacts in her mother’s address book.
The Authors’ Circle presents Philip Carlson - June 11 - 3PM Posted: 6/2/17
The Authors’ Circle presents Philip Carlsonauthor of Breaking and Entering: A Manual for the Working Actor in Film, Stage and TV
Tuxedo Park, NY: Sunday, June 11, 2017 at 3:00pm the Tuxedo Park Library Authors’ Circle presents Philip Carlson. This is the third in a series of Authors’ Circle programs titled “Conversations with Katie” with Katie Rosman, editor and columnist, SundayStyles at The New York Times. Katie Rosman’s specialty of pop culture and Philip Carlson’s specialty of the world of acting will make for some highly entertaining conversations.
Although this “Conversation with Katie” will provide valuable information to any aspiring actor, it will also provide a peek for someone merely interested into how people break into and enter the world of acting. Philip Carlson has represented an impressive list of talented actors and has much to share about their careers and about them as people working to achieve their goals.
Although a free event, space is limited. Please visit the library’s website calendar to register (tuxedoparklibrary.org).
About the author:
Philip Carlson is an author, teacher and career consultant. For more than thirty years, he represented actors as a manager and agent, serving as the New York head of talent at three of the most prestigious agencies in the business as well as his own agency. Phil was the first agent to sign Philip Seymour Hoffman, Billy Crudup, Liev Schreiber, Claire Danes, Idris Elba, Kyra Sedgwick, Adrien Grenier and Paul Giamatti and has represented Viola Davis, Kathy Bates, Brian Dennehy, and W.H. Macy among many gifted others.
About the interviewer:
Katie Rosman is an editor and columnist for SundayStyles in The New York Times. Before joining The New York Times, Katie was a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal. Her work has also appeared in the New Yorker and Elle. A native of Michigan, she lives in New York with her husband and two children. Katie was also a featured Authors’ Circle author in 2010 for her book If You Knew Suzy: A Mother, A Daughter, A Reporter’s Notebook, a memoir about losing her mother to cancer and Katie’s quest for more information gleaned from contacts in her mother’s address book.
Tuxedo Park Library Authors’ Circle present James P. Carse Saturday May 20 - 3pm Posted: 5/8/17
Fans of Puzzles Will Die For This Murder Mystery
Meet James P. Carse, author of PhDeath: The Puzzler Murders
Tuxedo Park, NY: Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 3:00pm the Tuxedo Park Library Authors’ Circle present James P. Carse. This is the second in a series of Authors’ Circle programs titled “Conversations with Katie” with Katie Rosman, editor and columnist, SundayStyles at The New York Times. James and Katie will also be joined by Mark Brennan, Adjunct Professor at NYU Stern who takes his puzzle avocation very seriously. Mark could easily be a character in the book and will greatly add to the clever conversation about this puzzling whodunit.
Katie Rosman will ask probing questions to discover how a knowledge-packed puzzle master could write such a clever mystery. With eight previous titles of non-fiction, find out how Carse made the transition to creating a piece of complex fiction with characters developed from his illustrious career in academia.
Although a free event, space is limited. Please visit the library’s website calendar to register (tuxedoparklibrary.org).
About the author:
James P. Carse is Professor Emeritus of History and Literature of Religion at New York University, where he was also Director of the Religious Studies Program. Carse is the winner of numerous awards including New York University’s Great Teacher Award, New York University Distinguished Teaching Award, and Doctor of Humane Letters from Georgetown University. He is the author of eight non-fiction books, including Finite and Infinite Games, Breakfast at the Victory: The Mysticism of Ordinary Experience, and The Religious Case Against Belief. He was host of The Way to Go, a CBS Sunday morning program for eight years that focused on religious, artistic and intellectual figures. He live in New York and Massachusetts.
About the interviewers:
Katie Rosman is an editor and columnist for SundayStyles in The New York Times. Before joining The New York Times, Katie was a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal. Her work has also appeared in the New Yorker and Elle. A native of Michigan, she lives in New York with her husband and two children. Katie was also a featured Authors’ Circle author in 2010 for her book If You Knew Suzy: A Mother, A Daughter, A Reporter’s Notebook, a memoir about losing her mother to cancer and Katie’s quest for more information gleaned from contacts in her mother’s address book.
Mark Brennan, PhD is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Business Ethics in the Business & Society Program at Stern where he teaches both undergraduate and graduate students. His research interests include U.S. diplomatic and economic history, twentieth century global politics, and the history of classical economics. Professor Brennan is also the American editor of the Quarterly Review, a British literary magazine founded in 1809.
The Tuxedo Park Library Authors’ Circle presents David Bianculli - Sunday April 2 - 3pm Posted: 3/27/17
The Tuxedo Park Library Authors’ Circle presents David Bianculli, author of The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to The Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific
Tuxedo Park, NY: Sunday, April 2, 2017 at 3:00pm the Tuxedo Park Library Authors’ Circle will proudly present David Bianculli. This is first in a series of Authors’ Circle programs titled “Conversations with Katie” with Katie Rosman, editor and columnist, SundayStyles at The New York Times. One of our best television critics explains—historically, in depth, and with probing interviews with the celebrated creators themselves—how the art of must-see/binge-watch television has evolved and why TV shows have eclipsed films as the premier form of visual narrative art in our time. Sure to be riveting dialog between two seasoned interviewers and experts on pop culture. Please register on the library’s online calendar at tuxedoparklibrary.org.
About the author: David Bianculli has been a TV critic since 1975 and is currently a guest host and TV critic on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross. A contributor to the show since its inception. From 1993 to 2007 Bianculli was a TV critic for the New York Daily News. He has written three books: Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Teleliteracy: Taking Television Seriously, and Dictionary of Teleliteracy.
An associate professor of TV and film at Rowan University in New Jersey, Bianculli is also the founder and editor of the online magazine TVWorthWatching.com.
About the interviewer: Katie Rosman is an editor and columnist for SundayStyles in The New York Times. Before joining The New York Times, Katie was a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal. Her work has also appeared in the New Yorker and Elle. A native of Michigan, she lives in New York with her husband and two children. Katie was also a featured Authors’ Circle author in 2010 for her book If You Knew Suzy: A Mother, A Daughter, A Reporter’s Notebook, a memoir about losing her mother to cancer and Katie’s quest for more information gleaned from contacts in her mother’s address book.
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The Tuxedo Park Library presents Dr. Elizabeth Poynor Sunday October 16 - 3pm Posted: 10/11/16
Tuxedo Park, NY: Sunday, October 16 at 3:00pm, the Tuxedo Park Library will proudly present Dr. Elizabeth Poynor in a discussion titled Optimizing Women’s Health. Of the many topics covered, included will be the body, how it is engineered, and how to live at your optimal health.
Dr. Poynor will share ideas on how to adopt health as a lifestyle. Her discussion will explore functional and holistic approaches to women’s health through nutrition, hormone health, gut health, skin health, and how to age with strength and vitality. Not just a “healthy lifestyle,” but “health as a lifestyle.”
Dr. Poynor’s experience and insight within the field of women’s health is immense and the library is looking forward to an informative discussion full of the knowledge needed to help us achieve our best health possible.
For more information on attending this event, please contact the Tuxedo Park Library at 845-351-2207.
About the presenter:
Dr. Elizabeth Poynor, MD, PhD, FACOG is a gynecological oncologist and advanced pelvic surgeon. She has been consistently noted to be a Castle Top Doctor for the New York Metro Area for gynecological oncology. She graduated manga cum laude from Princeton University and from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. In her private practice she focuses on disease treatment but also on disease risk stratification and prevention. She has been quoted in numerous publications and has appeared as an expert commentator on several TV networks and programs.
The Tuxedo Park Library's Authors’ Circle presents James Kaplan – author of Sinatra: The Chairman - Saturday September 24 - 11am Posted: 9/19/16
The Tuxedo Park Library Authors’ Circle presents: Sinatra: The Chairman by James Kaplan on Saturday, September 24th at 11:00am at the Tuxedo Park Library. This event was originally planned for January 24th but was rescheduled due to inclement weather.
In this acclaimed biography of Frank Sinatra -- which completes the two-volume work begun by him in Frank: The Voice - James Kaplan traces Sinatra's incredibly dense life after his 1955 comeback Oscar for his performance in "From Here to Eternity" : in between recording albums and singles, many of them truly immortal, he often shot four or five movies a year; did TV show and nightclub appearances; started his own label, Reprise; and juggled his considerable commercial ventures (movie production, the restaurant business, even prizefighter management) alongside his famous and sometimes notorious social activities and commitments
During the presentation, participants will listen to important songs recorded by Frank Sinatra and learn how the recordings came about and their impact on American popular music. Kaplan will also answer audience questions about the book and Sinatra's epic American life.
Seating is limited. Please call the Tuxedo Park Library at 351-2207 or email tuxpl@rcls.org to register. The book, Sinatra: The Chairman, will be available for purchase at the library
The Tuxedo Park Library Authors’ Circle present Stacey Goergen and Amanda Benchley, authors of Artists Living With Art - June 12 Posted: 6/6/16
Tuxedo Park, NY: Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 3:00pm the Tuxedo Park Library Authors’ Circle will proudly present Stacey Goergen and Amanda Benchley, authors of Artists Living With Art.
With original interviews and nearly 200 photographs by world-renowned editorial photographer Oberto Gili, ARTISTS LIVING WITH ART offers an intimate tour of 25 homes including Cindy Sherman’s duplex penthouse, Laurie Simmons and Carroll Dunham’s redbrick Georgian, Rashid Johnson’s brownstone, Ugo Rondinone’s apartment in a former Baptist church, and Helen and Brice Marden’s restored manor. Each home reflects friendships, inspirations, and a wide range of collections, including paintings, drawing, ceramics, textiles, and natural objects.
These unforgettable homes are a testament to a refined and adventurous aesthetic that comes from being fully immersed in creating and collecting. In the living room of Francesco Clemente’s Greenwich Village townhouse, a Joseph Beuys sculpture sits on a Frank Lloyd Wright table. In Chuck Close’s NoHo penthouse, shelves of portraits, including a photograph by Cindy Sherman and a painting by Alex Katz, fill the foyer. In Glenn Ligon’s bedroom in his Lower Manhattan apartment, a poster from a 1968 Memphis strike hangs among works by Richard Prince and Roni Horn. It is in these profound juxtapositions that the authors find new insight.
In a foreword by museum curator and art historian Robert Storr and text by independent curator Stacey Goergen and filmmaker and journalist Amanda Benchley, ARTISTS LIVING WITH ART contemplates what is unique and inspiring about the way artists collect, live with, and make art.
About the authors:
STACEY GOERGEN is an independent curator and journalist. She was the codirector of SmartSpaces, a nonprofit organization that installed contemporary art in vacant urban locations. Previously, she worked in the curatorial department at the Whitney Museum of American Art. She has published in Whitney Museum catalogs, the Wall Street Journal, Gotham Magazine, Hamptons Magazine, and Art Basel Miami Beach Magazine. She has also produced art-related television programming for Plum TV. She serves on the boards of The Drawing Center, Princeton University Art Museum, and Friends of Hudson River Park, and she is a member of the Madison Square Park curatorial committee.
AMANDA BENCHLEY is an independent filmmaker and journalist. She has produced short films for the History Channel at the New-York Historical Society, the Chicago History Museum, and the Smithsonian Institute, and her writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Observer, and the Huffington Post. She serves on the board of the Maysles Documentary Center.
OBERTO GILI is a highly acclaimed photographer who, during his 40-year career, has been one of the most prolific lenses in the world of editorial photography, with his images of fashion and interiors appearing in such magazines as Architectural Digest, House & Garden, Town & Country, and Vogue. His most recent book is Valentino: At the Emperor’s Table (2014).
The Tuxedo Park Library Authors’ Circle presents Stephen M. Silverman April 3, 2016 Posted: 3/21/16
The Tuxedo Park Library Authors’ Circle presents Stephen M. Silverman,
author of The Catskills: Its History and How It Changed America Tuxedo Park, NY: Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 3:00pm the Tuxedo Park Library Authors’ Circle will proudly present Stephen M. Silverman talking about his recently published book on the Catskills and their impact on the history of the area and on the nation as a whole. Silverman’s book, co-authored with the late Raphael D. Silver, captures the unique and constant evolution of the character of an enchanting 700,000 acre landscape often referred to as America’s original frontier, the first great vacationland, and the subject of a great many Hudson River School paintings.
Being quite impossible to cover all that is contained within his stunning book, Silverman will touch upon highlights ranging from Henry Hudson in 1609 to the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts that opened in 2006. The Catskills have an enchanting history peppered with eclectic characters, stories, and many vital turning points.
For more information on attending this event, please contact the Tuxedo Park Library at 845-351-2207.
Books are now available for purchase at the Tuxedo Park Library and may be signed at the event.
About the authors:
STEPHEN M. SILVERMAN is a twenty-year veteran of Time Inc. and was the first editor of People.com. His books include biographies of the filmmakers David Lean and Stanley Donen, and his work has appeared in Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, The New York Times, The Times of London, Vogue, and The Washington Post. He lives in New York City.
RAPHAEL D. SILVER grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of a rabbi, and lived in New York City until his death in 2013. A real-estate developer, he founded Silverfilm with his wife, director Joan Micklin Silver, and produced her Hester Street and Crossing Delancey. His first novel, Congregation, was published posthumously.
Local Author, William Lemanski Talks About His Recently Published Memoir This Sunday At the Tuxedo Park Library Posted: 9/17/15
Local author, William Lemanski
talks about his recently published memoir Adventures in Distant and Remote Places
Sunday, September 20th at 2:00pm This memoir by William E. Lemanski, award winning author of Lost in the Shadow of Fame, covers some of his many adventurous travels in war, sailing, fishing and big game hunting. Spanning well over forty years, Lemanski discusses hunting trips across North America from New Mexico to artic Canada as well as pursuing some of the dangerous game of Africa. A graphic and poignant picture is portrayed of the night-time hostilities around Saigon during the Vietnam War and its emotional impact on a plane load of young paratroopers. His sailing adventures will convey the excitement and danger he and his friends experienced while braving a severe storm far out at sea in a small sailboat. These and other adventures will entertain and excite those of a kindred spirit with an interest in unusual travel - far from the beaten path.
The Tuxedo Park Library Presents Elephants: What is Happening to The Today? Saturday at 2pm! Posted: 7/24/15
The talk will include the horrors of the ivory trade and its greedy effect on wild elephants and will also focus on the conditions of captive elephants with emphasis on the ones that Richard has known personally, where they live, how they live and what can be done to make their lives better. Richard will give highlights on his recent visit to the Boon Lott Elephant Sanctuary in Thailand, a place that can be a model for captive elephants all over the world.
There are some spaces left - don't forget to register!
New Mobil Bookcase in Tuxedo Train Station - 2/24/15
The Tuxedo Park Library has placed a small mobile bookcase in the main lobby of the Tuxedo Train Station. The bookcase contains free used books provided by the Friends of Tuxedo Park Library. Tuxedo train travelers are encouraged to donate and take free books. We believe the addition of a bookcase in the train station will provide a valuable resource to Tuxedo commuters.
Start your Amazon.com shopping at the link on the Tuxedo Park Library’s homepage. Amazon will share a percent of your purchase with the Library. This benefit applies to all items that Amazon sells, not just books. What a simple and anonymous way to donate to your Library at no extra cost to you. Just start your shopping at the Amazon link on our homepage.
The Author's Circle Presents Howard Shore: Music & Image September 28
The Authors' Circle Presents Howard Shore: Music & Image
Tuxedo Park, NY- September 28 2013
Oscar-winning composer Howard Shore, who lives and writes in Tuxedo Park, will discuss how musical ideas are initiated and developed during the writing, orchestrating and conducting stages of a film score with specific references to The Lord of the Rings, Hugo, The Aviator, Ed Wood and more. By illustrating his talk with scenes from his films and by citing such diverse influences as nature, nineteenth-century opera and the groundbreaking scores of the 1950s, Shore provides a uniquely personal insight into the art of writing and orchestrating music for moving images.
The presentation will be held at St. Mary's-In-Tuxedo at 1:00-2:30 pm.
Seating is limited. Please call the Tuxedo Park library at 351-2207 to register.
The Authors' Circle Presents Janet Wallach Sunday, March 10, 3pm
Join us at the Tuxedo Park Library on Sunday, March 10th at 3pm, for a presentation from famed biographer Janet Wallach. Ms. Wallach will discuss her newest book The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age. Seating is limited; please call the library at 351-2207 to register.
When Hetty Green died in 1916, she was worth at least 100 million dollars, or more than two billion in 2012 currency. In her newest bookThe Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age, New York City native and famed biographer, Janet Wallach captures the nuance of Green’s fascinating life against the backdrop of the Gilded Age, an era marked by government scandal and financial crises. Janet Wallach’s fascinating exploration of this complex woman reveals striking parallels between repeated financial crisis and today’s recession woes.
This is “forgotten history” at its finest and has appeal for history buffs, woman readers, and today’s business tycoons, who just might learn a thing or two from Hetty Green.
The Authors Circle Presents Clotaire Rapaille July 21 at 3pm
The Authors' Circle Presents Clotaire Rapaille author of "The Culture Code An Ingenious Way to Understand Why People around the World Live and Buy as They Do"
Saturday, July 21st at 3pm
In The Culture Code, internationally revered cultural anthropologist and marketing expert Clotaire Rapaille reveals for the first time the techniques he has used to improve profitability and practices for dozens of Fortune 100 companies. His groundbreaking revelations shed light not just on business but on the way every human being acts and lives around the world.
Call the Tuxedo Park Library at 351-2207 to register.
The Author's Circle Presents A Conversation Between Amy Hemple and Patricia Bosworth May 5
The Authors' Circle Presents a conversation between acclaimed fiction writer Amy Hempel and the noted biographer Patricia Bosworth on Saturday, May 5th at 3pm.
On May 5th at 3 PM the Tuxedo Park Library will host a conversation between the acclaimed fiction writer Amy Hempel and the noted biographer Patricia Bosworth, moderated by two publishing professionals and Tuxedo residents, Glenn Young and Gerald Howard. Expect a lively, candid and free-ranging discussion of the many joys and hazards of the writing life, including finding inspiration, success and failure, surviving reviews good and bad, making money, the eternal quest for recognition, and the peculiar ways of publishers.
AMY HEMPEL is widely recognized as a contemporary master of the short story. She is the author of several books, including the collections REASONS TO LIVE and THE DOG OF THE MARRIAGE, and most recently COLLECTED STORIES. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and an award in literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
PATRICIA BOSWORTH is one of our finest contemporary biographers, the author of widely praised biographies of Montgomery Clift, Diane Arbus, Marlon Brando and, most recently, JANE FONDA:THE PRIVATE LIFE OF A PUBLIC WOMAN. She is a contrbuting editor at Vanity Fair
The Tuxedo Park Garden Club and The Authors’ Circle Presen tA Talk by Acclaimed Writer and Garden Designer, Page Dickey
Sunday, April 15th at 3pm
Page Dickey will draw upon her many years of visiting gardens around America and Europe to share the ones she loves the best and her thoughts on what makes a garden special: its atmosphere, sense of design and spirit of originality. She will conclude with a first-hand glimpse into her own remarkable garden that has been thirty years in the making in North Salem, NY. Ms. Dickey is the author of several additional books including Duck Hill Journal and has written on garden design for House & Garden, House Beautiful, and Elle Décor.
The trustees of the Tuxedo Park Library have announced that the library's director, Claudia Depkin, has moved on to be director of the Haverstraw Library. The library has implemented many improvements over the past 6 years under her direction, and the trustees wish her much success in her new job.
A search committee has been formed and is already receiving applications for the director position. In the interim, Florence Brady, who has been a most capable Assistant Director for many years, is now Acting Director until a replacement is found, thus, assuring a seamless transition. Florence can be reached at fbrady@rcls.org or at 351 2207 ext 18.
Tuxedo Park Library receives Greater Hudson Heritage Network Award for Excellence
Tuxedo Park Library Named Recipient of Award for Excellence for "Tuxedo Park: Lives,
Legacies, Legends"
Tuxedo Park, NY (09/07/2011) - The Tuxedo Park Library is a recipient of the Greater
Hudson Heritage Network Award for Excellence for the publication of "Tuxedo Park: Lives, Legacies, Legends," by Chiu Yin Hempel, in recognition of the continued effort to bring the rich histoly of Tuxedo and its residents to life. The award will be given at the GHHN Annual Meeting on October 14th at the West Point Museum.
Author and Tuxedo Park resident Chiu Yin Hempel set out to answer the intriguing questions: who were the people who lived in the period houses? Who were the laborers who built the mansions, winding roads and endless stonewalls? What were their lives like, and how did they fit into what was happening in America at the time? Did their deeds have any significance that transcends time? Relying on personal interviews with descendants of the original settlers, some of whom still reside in Tuxedo, Hempel unearthed a treasure trove of family histories, private photographs, and memorabilia.
"Tuxedo Park: Lives, Legacies, Legends," is available for sale from the Tuxedo Park Libraly and on Amazon, for $80. Proceeds from the book are split between the Tuxedo Park Library and the Tuxedo Park Fire Department.
The Tuxedo Park Library is an association public library serving the 3,624 residents of the Town of Tuxedo. To find out more, please visit www.tuxedoparklibrary.org.
The Greater Hudson Heritage Network's Awards For Excellence program seeks to recognize and commend exceptional efforts among GHHN members. Awards are made to projects and organizations that exemplify creativity and professional vision resulting in a contribution to the preservation and interpretation of the historic scene, material culture and diversity of the region. To find out more, please visit www.greaterhudson.org.
Contact:
Claudia Depkin, Library Director
845-351-4925
cdepkin@rcls.org
The Authors’ Circle Proudly Presents Meet Author Amy Plum
Die for Me
Saturday, June 11th
4 pm
Review of the book from the March 1 issue of Booklist:
"Move over, Bella and Edward. Zombies replace vampires in this well-crafted paranormal romance. After the tragic death of their parents, Kate and her older sister, Georgia, move to Paris. Georgia fits into the party scene immediately, but Kate continues to grieve and brood until she meets the dashingly handsome Vincent. Although their attraction is immediate and intense, Kate is uneasy, even wary. Through a narrative that alternates between romance and violence, Kate and the reader are introduced not only to contemporary Paris but to a war-torn netherworld populated by zombies who save people from death and other beings who plot to kill them. In her debut novel, Plum deftly navigates the real world and the fantastical. Her characters are authentic, and their romances are believable. Plum introduces a world and a story that are sure to intrigue teen readers and will easily attract fans of the Twilight series."
Books will be available for purchase and autographs after the program.
Call the Library to register at 351-2207.
Chiu Yin Hemple Reveals The Best of Her New book at Joint Library/Fire Department Benefit in NYC June 14, 2011
Chiu Yin Hempel reveals in secrets and slides the best of her new book "Tuxedo Park: Lives, Legacies, Legends" at Doubles Club, 783 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
6.30 pm cocktails/lecture ($35), dinner buffet to follow ($75 including wine, tax, tip).
Signed book available for $80, with sale proceeds benefiting Tuxedo Park Library and Tuxedo Park Fire Department.
Dress: jacket & tie. Seating very limited, advance reservations required at
Book Discussion “Room” by Emma Donoghue
Thursday, April 7th
7pm
Told in the inventive, funny, and poignant voice of Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience-and a powerful story of a mother and son whose love lets them survive the impossible.
Copies of the book will be available at the Circulation Desk starting March 7th.
55 ALIVE Driver Safety
Monday, April 18th
9am - 5pm
This 8-hour refresher course is specially designed for motorists 50 and over. Prepayment of $12 for AARP members and $14 for nonmembers (check only) made payable to AARP is required at registration. Cold lunch sponsored by the Library.
Registration begins March 7th.
Spring Craft
Thursday, April 21st
6:30pm
Presented by Heather Wright-Porto
Registraiton begins March 21st.
For Teens
Book Discussion
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Wednesday, April 6th
7pm
Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown asks her to burn a bundle of secret letters. But when Grace's drowned body is fished from the lake, Mattie discovers the letters reveal the grim truth behind a murder.
The Author's Circle Proudly Presents Architect Peter Pennoyer at the Tuxedo Park Library Saturday, February 12, 4pm
Peter Pennoyer Architects practices a refined architecture that imaginatively reinterprets classical pre-war American design for modern living. Drawing upon the examples of his aesthetic mentors Delano & Aldrich, Warren & Wetmore, and Grosvenor Atterbury, PPA’s projects strike a balance between comfort, luxury, and beauty. The work is characterized by a sophisticated use of detail and an insistence on meticulous craftsmanship and materials rarely found in contemporary architecture. This continuity with the past, both in concept and execution, lies at the very core of PPA’s award-winning designs.
Books will be available for purchase and autographs after the program.
Call the LIbrary to register.
Peter Pennoyer Architects practices a refined architecture that imaginatively reinterprets classical pre-war American design for modern living. Drawing upon the examples of his aesthetic mentors Delano & Aldrich, Warren & Wetmore, and Grosvenor Atterbury, PPA’s projects strike a balance between comfort, luxury, and beauty. The work is characterized by a sophisticated use of detail and an insistence on meticulous craftsmanship and materials rarely found in contemporary architecture. This continuity with the past, both in concept and execution, lies at the very core of PPA’s award-winning designs.
Combining an inventive spirit with an erudite grasp of architectural history, Peter Pennoyer Architects has been designing elegant, classically based homes in both urban and country settings for two decades. Twenty of the firm’s residential projects are featured in this sumptuously illustrated volume, ranging from a triplex on New York’s Fifth Avenue to a Spanish Colonial Revival house in San Francisco, from a farmhouse in the Virginia countryside to a ranch in New Mexico. Guided by Anne Walker’s illuminating text, the reader can count on deriving a great appreciation for the firm’s impeccable implementation of classical traditions and skillful adaptation of timeless design to the exigencies of modern life.
Tuxedo Park Library January Author's Circle Events
Meet Barbara Allen
Local Author of “Front Toward Enemy”
Thursday, January 20th at 7pm
A slain soldier’s widow details her husband’s murder and how the military courts allowed the killer to escape justice. Books will be available for purchase and autographs after the program.
Call the Tuxedo Park Library at 351-2207 to register.
Meet Michelle Caruso–Cabrera
Author of “You Know I’m Right”
Saturday, January 22nd at 4 pm
Straight-talking CNBC reporter Michelle Caruso-Cabrera demands a modern solution to our nation's social and economic woes—a return to our political roots: fiscal conservatism, limited government, and personal accountability. Books will be available for purchase and autographs after the program. Call the Tuxedo Park Library at 351-2207 to register.
Classical Guitar Concert at the Tuxedo Park Library December 5
Classical Guitar Concert Performed by Bret Williams
Sunday, December 5th at 1pm
Bret Williams has been hailed as a guitarist of "spectacular energy and technical resource" (Nylon Review) and billed as a "rising star in the New York classical guitar scene" (New York Classical Guitar Society). Please join us for this special concert. The concert is free but the seating is limited. Call the Library at 351-2207 to register.
Tuxedo Park Library Special Event - Tuxedo Park: Lives, Legacies, Legends
Saturday, December 4th at 2 pm
Chiu Yin Hempel, co-editor of Tuxedo Park: The Historic Houses, will speak about her new book, Tuxedo Park: Lives, Legacies, Legends, a book that celebrates the lives of the extraordinary men and women who lived in Tuxedo between 1886 and 1940, and their legacies to Tuxedo and the nation at large.
Seating is limited. Call the Library to register at 351-2207.
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