July 10 @ 1:30 PM - Clash of the Titans

Join film historian Keith Crocker and the Reader Services Department for a showing of 1981’s Clash of the Titans, the last film to feature the brilliant stop-motion visual effects of Ray Harryhausen. This movie features the heroic adventures of Perseus, as he battles magic, monsters and ancient gods to rescue beautiful Andromeda. Keith Crocker will talk about the genuis of Ray Harryhausen, and how he brought to life some of the creatures in this film, such as Pegasus, Medusa, and the Kraken.

Register online by clicking on this link or by calling 516-794-2570, option 3.

CANCELLED - June 25 @ 1:30 PM - Life on the Mississippi by Rinker Buck

Join us on June 25 at 1:30 p.m. as we discuss Life on the Mississippi by Rinker Buck. A modern-day Huck Finn, Buck casts off down the river on the flatboat Patience accompanied by an eccentric crew of daring shipmates. Over the course of his voyage, Buck steers his fragile wooden craft through narrow channels dominated by massive cargo barges, rescues his first mate gone overboard, sails blindly through fog, breaks his ribs not once but twice, and camps every night on sandbars, remote islands, and steep levees. As he charts his own journey, he also delivers a richly satisfying work of history that brings to life a lost era.

Register online by clicking on this link, or by calling 516-794-2570, option 3.

The eBook version of Life on the Mississippi can be accessed through the Nassau Digital Doorway.

For more information, please call the Reader Services Department at 516-794-2570 ext. 1236.

June 18 @ 7 PM - Mystery Club - Freefall by Jessica Barry

Join us on June 18 at 7:00 p.m. as we discuss Freefall by Jessica Barry. When her fiancé’s private plane crashes in the Colorado Rockies, Allison Carpenter survives – but the fight for her life is just beginning. Allison knows secrets that powerful men will kill to keep buried. If they know she’s alive, they will come for her. In Owl Creek, Maine, Maggie Carpenter learns that her only child is presumed dead, but with no body Maggie isn’t giving up hope. She doesn’t know anything about her daughter’s life now – not even that she was engaged to wealthy pharmaceutical CEO Ben Gardner. Can Maggie uncover the truth in time to save her daughter?

Register online by clicking on this link, or by calling 516-794-2570, option 3.

The eBook version of Freefall can be accessed through the Nassau Digital Doorway.

For more information, please call the Reader Services Department at 516-794-2570 ext. 1236.