 |      | | This Week at the LibraryAdult2:00 PM - 3:30 PM4/15/2015 With Thomas Germano, Professor of Art History, Farmingdale State College
The early Italian Renaissance was an exciting time in culture and art (circa 1400-1450), as it served to transform Western ideas and styles from the medieval to the Renaissance periods. Gothic art offered relative flatness, formal stylization, and weightlessness. But, sculptors of this era observed the ruins of Greek and Roman works that lay all around them and therefore, developed heightened realism, scientific curiosity, humanism, and the reappearance of the human nude. This session will discuss the 23 masterpieces of early Florentine Renaissance sculpture, most never seen outside Italy, to be shown at the Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA), NYC (February 20–June 14 2015). The exhibit will highlight master works by Donatello, the most important artist of the period, who emphasized realism, the importance of the individual, vitality, even psychology. Also included will be art by Luca Della Robbia—characterized by classic balance, tenderness and grace; Nanni di Banco with his well modeled Roman-like figures; and arresting works by Brunelleschi himself—famous builder of the Florence Cathedral (“Il Duomo”). The show brings together all these sculptures created for the Duomo in their original context. Professor Germano will make this period come alive in vivid PowerPoint. He will tell the amazing story of the Italian Renaissance as it unfolded in Florence.
ADMISSION FREE – ALL WELCOME
Bethpage Public Library - Auditorium & LobbyMovies2:00 PM - 4:00 PM & 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM4/17/2015 Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry
Rated: R (sex, violence, profanity); 149 minutes
Former New York writer Nick Dunne (Affleck) and his beautiful wife Amy (Pike), now trying to make ends meet in the mid-recession Midwest, appear to be the picture of contemporary marital bliss. But on the occasion of their fifth wedding anniversary, Amy goes missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a perfect marriage begins to crumble. His strange behavior and deceits have everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick kill his wife? Based on the popular novel by Gillian Flynn.
Bethpage Public Library - Auditorium & Lobby
Children10:30 AM - 11:15 AM4/15/2015 For ages 3½ to 5
Programs are held weekly.
Forty-five fabulous minutes of music, games and stories all designed to boost social and intellectual development! Get ready for school with lots of concept reinforcement! Ongoing registration. Please check children's room for availability.
Bethpage Public Library - Children's Program Room10:30 AM - 11:00 AM4/20/2015 Mondays April 13 and 20
For ages 9 – 17 months and their caregivers
Learning begins at birth; therefore, it is extremely important to focus on early literacy skills even for the youngest babies. Give your baby a head start – introduce your child to the world of reading and music. There will be songs, rhymes, lap games and simple stories with visual aids sure to excite the very young. Register from March 16.
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