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JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2021
New Building Referendum: Thank You for Your Support!
On Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, community residents approved the
Gold Coast Public Library bond to support the purchase of 2.62
acres located on Glen Head Road for the purpose of constructing
a larger modern library. The total projected cost is $11,399,500, of
which $539,500 will be funded using library funds. The total of the
approved bond will be $10,800,000. The final vote was: YES: 698,
NO: 274.
“On behalf of the Gold Coast Public Library Board of Trustees, I
would like to express our sincere appreciation to all residents who
voted and to the members of the community for their continued
support and confidence,” said Board of Trustees President Nancy Benchimol. “This is such an exciting time for
the future of our library. We look forward to working together with the community to ensure our new library
meets the needs of our community now and into the future.”
The new library will be approximately 30% larger, increasing in size to approximately 10,500-11,000 square
feet. All services will be located in one location with a one-floor open plan designed to offer expanded
programs and events, small study rooms, a teen seating and study area, an outdoor reading garden, increased
parking, flexible shelf space, expanded community rooms and more.
“Thank you to our community residents for voting on the future of our library,” said Library Director Mike
Morea. “As we move forward with the plans to build our new library, we look forward to working together
with our community and will solicit their contributions to our final plans.”
Take the Winter Reading Challenge!
Warm Up This Winter with Good Books! Begins January 10th!
Winter is here and the challenge is on! Come into
the Library beginning on January 10th and pick
up a Game Card. Read any 4 books from January
10th through March 7th and win a prize courtesy of
Friends of the Gold Coast Library! As an added
bonus, as you read and complete each book, come
in to get your Game Card stamped at the Reference
desk. Then we'll enter you into the weekly raffle
where you can win additional prizes! prizes!
50 Railroad Avenue, Glen Head, NY 11545 • Phone: 516-759-8300 • Fax: 516-759-8308
www.goldcoastlibrary.orgTHE CHILDREN'S ROOM
Make The Most of Your Winter! Join The Winter Reading Challenge!
January 10th - March 7th
Open to Children of All Ages!
Pick up a winter reading bookmark; then read (or listen to) grade-level appropriate books and tell
Mr. V about them so he can stamp your bookmark each time you finish a book. (You can enter
the Guess a Number Game each time you're here, too!) If you get five stamps, you pick a prize!
Challenge ends March 7th.
PRESCHOOL VIRTUAL SERIES PROGRAMS
The following programs will be offered online via Zoom! Registration begins January 7th @ 9:30AM online or in-person
in the Children's Room. Access information will be sent the day before the program to all registrants.
A Time for Kids
Thursday, February 25th 10ൺආ
Ages 18 Months to
5 Years. Enjoy an
interactive adult and child Monday, January 11th 10ൺආ
experience that fosters
school readiness and Monday, February 8th 10ൺආ
developmental skills. Ages 3 Months to 4 Years. Interactive
classes filled with music and movement
Wigglin' Wednesdays activities based on a theme.
Wednesday, January 20th 10ൺආ
Ages 3 to 5 Years Parents and children love dancing to Virtual Tots' Night Out
song classics and hearing stories read by Mr. V! Tuesday, January 26th 7ඉආ
Ages 18 Months to 5 Years Calling all working parents!
Time for Kids presents a fun interactive adult and child
Father Goose
educational experience that helps your child gain school
Monday, February 1 10ൺආ readiness and developmental growth skills.
Ages 12 to 35 Months. This Mr. V. Circle Time features
nursery rhymes, stories, and songs.
STOP BY THE CHILDREN'S ROOM TO PICK UP PRESCHOOL READINESS TO-GO KITS!
Reading Readiness To-Go Kit School Readiness To-Go Kit
Available Saturday, January 9th Available Saturday, February 6th
Learning to read is about listening and understand- A fun, interactive, adult and child
ing as well as working out what is printed on the educational experience that helps
page. Through hearing stories, children are exposed your child gain important school
to a wide range of words. This helps them build readiness and developmental skills.
their own vocabulary and improve their under- The kit will include crayons, a pencil,
standing when they listen. This interactive kit will worksheets, reading resources, color-
include crayons, a pencil, worksheets, reading ing pages, and a secret surprise.
resources, and a secret surprise.
2THE CHILDREN'S ROOM
Registration begins January 7th @ 9:30AM online or in-person in the Children's Room. Programs noted with (American
Legion) will be held at the American Legion, 190 Glen Head Rd. For To-Go Kits Programs, register to reserve your kit.
An e-mail will be sent out prior to the program date to schedule pickup! If the kit is not picked up within one week after the
date of the program, it will be offered to the next person on the waiting list.
The Joy of Collage
Monday, January 25th @ 4:30ඉආ (American Legion)
Grades K-5. This is a one-hour, introductory collage class open to all skill levels. Each
participant learns the collage techniques needed to create a masterpiece out of paper!
STEAM Programs To-Go for Grades K-2
STEAM: Spies and Disguises STEAM: Puppets
Thursday, January 21st Thursday, February 25th
Grades K-2. Go undercover with Grades K-2. Puppets are fun to
Miss Alex and learn how to write make and even more fun to play
secret letters with invisible ink, with! Miss Alex shows you how
puzzle out spy decoders, and make to make several different kinds
your own mask! Be a master of of puppets, including paper bag,
disguise! shadow, and clothespin puppets.
Great To-Go Programs for Grades K-5
Snowflake Snackin' Bowl Chilly Bear Canvas
Saturday, January 16th Saturday, February 13th
Grades K-5. Join Miss Shirley for Grades K-5 Hey, baby, it's cold
this fun, virtual program! You'll outside! But this friendly bear is
learn how to tie-dye and cut a large cozy and warm wearing his winter
snowflake; then create a blizzard hat complete with swinging pom-
background on a large, plastic bowl. poms! Join Miss Shirley and learn
What fun snacking will be after to create this colorful bear on an
you've made this cool project! Your 8x10-inch, ready-to-hang canvas.
kit includes an instructional video Your kit includes an instructional
and all the supplies you'll need. video and all the supplies you'll need.
'TWEEN SCENE PROGRAMMING (GRADES 3-6)
Mosaic Peace Sign To-Go Kit Pop-Up Valentine Card Workshop
Wednesday, January 27th Monday, February 8th
Grades 3-6. Put a little peace Grades 3-6. Professional
(and fun) in your life and learn artist Chris Vivas shows you
how to make a mosaic peace how to design and make your
sign! Your To-Go Kit includes: own pop-up-book-style card
the peace sign base, paint, glue, using a step-by-step process;
mosaic tiles, brush, glue applicator, then you'll color and decorate
instruction sheet, and the link to the your Valentine-themed card.
instructional video. (American Legion)
3YOUNG ADULTS (GRADES 6-12)
Registration opens January 7th, online or in-person at the Reference Desk. To allow for social distancing, we are excited to
be able to offer select programming at American Legion Post 336, 190 Glen Head Rd. where indicated by (American Legion).
Valentine's Day Jewelry-Making
Monday, February 8th 7-8:30ඉආ Community Service Opportunity:
Choose from a selection of colored beads and charms to Make and Donate Dog Treats
make a beautiful charm bracelet. (American Legion) Monday, March 1st 7-8ඉආ
The Baking Coach provides instruction and all
the ingredients to make dog biscuits to donate
to a local shelter. Receive community service
credit hours and be part of a worthwhile cause!
(American Legion)
Community Service Club
Wed., Jan. 13 & 27; Feb. 10 & 24 3-4ඉආ
Earn community service hours by helping Teen
Librarian Alex prepare for upcoming craft programs
and other tasks in Annex Room B. Email her at
acivorelli@goldcoastlibrary.org to reserve your spot!
Check Out Our Virtual Escape Rooms!
Follow @gcplteens on Instagram Even if you can’t attend library
for weekly updates on upcoming programs in person, you can still
programs, community service participate in our quick and fun-
opportunities and more! themed Virtual Escape Rooms!
Find virtual challenges and new
escape rooms on Facebook, on our
Attention Teens & Parents: Email acivorelli@
Instagram at @gcplteens, or on our website on the
goldcoastlibrary.org if you’re interested in receiving
“Teen Corner” under “Departments.” Let us know
our monthly Teen E-Newsletter!
if you have suggestions for the next theme!
YA Craft To-Go Kit Programs
Registration begins January 7th @ 9:30AM online or in-person at the Reference Desk. Registrants will be able to schedule
curbside pickup of To-Go Kits, complete with supplies and instructions to do the crafts at home!
Kindness Rocks
Wednesday, January 13th - Earn community service while doing this easy craft at
home. Your To-Go Kit has all the supplies you will need to decorate rocks with kind and
encouraging words that you can place around your neighborhood to brighten someone's
day!
Paint Night
Wednesday, February 17th - Liven up your winter break making this DIY painting at
home. Your To-Go Kit will have all the supplies you need to paint a canvas, including a
choice of templates and graphite paper to trace and paint whatever image you choose!
4ADULTS
Registration opens January 7th, online or in-person at the Reference Desk. To allow for social distancing, we are excited to
be able to offer select programming at American Legion Post 336, 190 Glen Head Rd. where indicated by (American Legion).
The Joy of Collage Valentine's Day Jewelry-Making
Monday, January 25th 6:30ඉආ Monday, February 8th 7-8:30ඉආ
Choose from a selection of colored beads and charms to
In this introductory, one-
make a beautiful charm bracelet just in time for Valentine's
hour collage class, you will
learn collage techniques
Day! (American Legion)
and create a masterpiece out
of paper in any style you
choose. (American Legion)
Community Service Opportunity:
Make and Donate Dog Treats
Monday, March 1st 7-8ඉආ
The Baking Coach
provides instruction and
all the ingredients to make
dog biscuits to donate to
a local shelter. Be part
of a worthwhile cause!
(American Legion)
Free Weekly Virtual Exercise Classes via Zoom in January and February!
Library Programming from the Comfort of Your Living Room!
The following programs will be offered online via Zoom! Visit the Library website or call 516-759-8300 to register. You
will receive access information for these sessions via e-mail the day before the event.
Tai Chi with Linda Cafiero Yoga with Debra Monaco
Mondays Starting January 11th @ 11ൺආ Tuesdays Starting January 12th @ 11:30ൺආ
Join Linda Cafiero for relaxation Join Yoga Instructor Debra Monaco
and movement. Tai Chi not for an hour of basic Yoga. Yoga helps
only helps to reduce stress the body to relax and lowers stress
and anxiety, but also helps to levels. Its three important elements
increase flexibility and improve (meditation, breathing, and poses)
balance. All levels welcome! help to regulate heart rate.
There will be no class on
Monday, February 15th.
Guided Meditation
Thursday, February 11th @ 2ඉආ
Come for a relaxing half-hour of guided meditation led by Linda Cafiero. Let the
stressors of the week fade away as you focus on relaxation and peacefulness.
5VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING AND BOOK DISCUSSIONS
Virtual Lecture Series
World War I and Hollywood Learn to Cook with Chef Rob via Facebook Live
Wednesday, January 27th 7ඉආ Spend the afternoon cooking with
Here is the perfect presentation for the centennial of the Chef Rob and have a complete and
war that was supposed to end all wars: Keith Crocker delicious dinner when the class is
presents vintage film clips of both silent and early sound done! These live programs will stream
film excursions into the subject of WWI, starting with the on the Library's Facebook Page.
propaganda films of D.W. Griffith and Eric Von Stroheim. Register online to receive a reminder
Later films and made-for-TV productions dealing with the and full recipes prior to the class so that you can cook
war will also be discussed. along! Can't make it live? The program will be available
for viewing the rest of the month!
Dutch Masterpieces with Thomas Germano Grandma-Style Spaghetti Deep Dish Pizza
Monday, February 1st 7ඉආ Saturday, January 23rd 3ඉආ
Dutch paintings of the 17th century - the Golden Age of Italian Bread Stick and Fresh Vegetable Salad,
Rembrandt, Hals, de Hooch, Steen and Vermeer - have Grandma Style Spaghetti Deep Dish Pie, Crustless
been a highlight of The Met collection since the museum's Apple Crumb Pie-National Pie Day.
founding in the 19th century. These works are arranged Panko Chicken Milanese
thematically to present issues in Dutch culture, including
debates about religion, consumption, the national landscape Saturday, February 20th 3ඉආ
and seascape, professions, the thriving middle class, and the Tomato Basil, Mozzarella Quesadillas with a Parmesan
domestic lives of women. Crust, Panko Chicken Milanese with Blistered Tomatoes
and Basil Sauce, The Ultimate Chocolate Chip Oatmeal
Cookie.
Good Reads Book Discussions with Sarah Siegel
The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Wednesday, January 13th 2ඉආ
Wednesday, February 17th 2ඉආ
The author of The Orphan Train returns with
Yaa Gyasi’s extraordinary novel
an ambitious, emotionally-resonant novel
illuminates slavery’s troubled legacy
about three women whose lives are bound
both for those who were taken and
together in 19th-century Australia and the
those who stayed—and shows how the
hardships they weather together as they fight
memory of captivity has been woven
for redemption and freedom in a new society.
into the fabric of our nation's history.
Copies of Book Discussion Selections Will Be Available to Check Out at the Circulation Desk!
No Daily Fines on Older Items! Stitches and Stories
Starting January 1st, the Library Mondays, Jan. 11, 25; Feb. 8, 22 2-3ඉආ
will no longer charge daily overdue Stitches and Stories offerspatronstheopportunityto
fines on older items! Once an item learn to crochet or knit in a warm, friendly
is overdue for 30 days, a $3 fine will environment. Come enjoy the camaraderie
apply for each item. Please note, while learning a new skill or
there will still be fines for all new items and all museum improving on the skills you
already have. Work on your own
passes and video games. Visit goldcoastlibrary.org for a
or on a group project.
full fines schedule and borrowing rules.
(Annex Room A)
6FRIDAY AFTERNOON MOVIES AT THE LIBRARY ANNEX
Movie production has been at a standstill since early last year. While we all await the return of new feature
films to theaters and the Library Annex, come see some great popular classics, both old and new.
Movies will be screened in Library Annex Room A on Friday afternoons at 2PM. Social distancing
protocols will be followed. You MUST wear a mask to attend. Please register online to reserve your seat.
Schedule subject to change; please check the Library website for updates.
Naked City (1948) January 8th The Crimson Pirate (1952) February 5th
"There are eight million stories in the Naked City and this is At once a parody and an enthusiastic tribute to the swashbuckling
one of them." Director Jules Dassin's dazzling police procedural pirate epics of the 1930s and ‘40s, The Crimson Pirate stars the
was shot entirely on location in New York City. This Academy- acrobatic Burt Lancaster as the leader of a pack of unscrupulous
Award-winner remains a benchmark for naturalism in noir, living pirates. (104 Minutes)
and breathing in the promises and perils of the Big Apple, from
its lower depths to its highest skyscrapers. (96 Minutes)
Bad Education (2019) February 12th
The superintendent of New York's Roslyn School District and
A Marriage Story (2019) January 15th his staff, friends and relatives become the prime suspects in
Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson deliver tour-de-force the unfolding of the single largest public school embezzlement
performances as Charlie, a charismatic New York theater director scandal in American history. With Ray Romano, Hugh Jackman
wedded to his work, and Nicole, an actress who wants to change and Allison Janney. (108 Minutes)
her life. Their hopes for an amicable divorce fade as they are
drawn into a system that pits them against each other and forces
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story (2019)
them to redefine their relationship and their family. (137 Minutes)
February 19th
In 1975, in an America defined by both the upcoming
The Heiress (1949) January 22nd bicentennial and ongoing socio-political turmoil, Bob Dylan
Olivia De Havilland is an aristocratic young woman living under and a band of troubadours—including luminaries such as
the scrutiny of her malevolent father. When a handsome but Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg, and Joni Mitchell—embarked on
penniless suitor (Montgomery Clift) proposes, her father believes a now-legendary tour known as the Rolling Thunder Revue, a
he could only be after her vast estate and threatens disinheritance. freewheeling variety show that was part traveling carnival, part
(115 Minutes) spiritual pilgrimage. (142 Minutes)
Tenet (2020) January 29th Cabaret (1972) February 26th
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival Liza Minnelli plays Sally Bowles, star of the seedy Kit Kat
of the entire world, John David Washington journeys through a Club. Her exuberance and optimism charm both the audience
world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in and an English journalist (Michael York), their ill-fated romance
something beyond real time. (150 Minutes) mirroring the political chaos that surrounds them. (124 Minutes)
Gold Coast Memories
The George Sessler Bottling Company
The hamlet of Glenwood Landing was once known for its beachfront hotels and shipbuilding
yards. Industry and manufacturing also played a role in its history. At one time, 111 Glenwood
Landing Road was the home of a bustling glass bottling company. Mineral waters, ginger ale,
seltzer, and beer were all bottled at a factory run by resident George Sessler.
Sessler moved to Glenwood Landing from Manhattan. He ran the bottling plant with his
brothers, Adolph and William, until his death in 1933. His son, George Jr., took over the family
business for a short time before closing the plant. Bottles with the Sessler imprint still turn up
now and then at local yard sales and antique stores.
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The 2021 North Shore Reads!
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Fඋංൽൺඒ ൺඇൽ Sൺඍඎඋൽൺඒ - 10ൺආ to 6ඉආ Save the Date!
Sඎඇൽൺඒ - Nඈඈඇ ඍඈ 5ඉආ Tuesday, April 20th @ 6:45ඉආ
The North Shore Reads is an annual
event for book lovers from eight lo-
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Mඈඇൽൺඒ, Jൺඇඎൺඋඒ 18ඍඁ - MLK Jඋ. Dൺඒ ant, Glen Cove, Gold Coast, Locust
Mඈඇൽൺඒ, Fൾൻඋඎൺඋඒ 15ඍඁ - Pඋൾඌංൽൾඇඍඌ Dൺඒ Valley, Manhasset, Oyster Bay-East
Norwich and Sea Cli൵.
This year's North Shore Reads will either be held at the
Winter Blood Drive Swan Club or online via Zoom if COVID restrictions
prevent us from meeting in person. For updates and in-
Sponsored by Assemblymen Michael formation about how you can attend North Shore Reads,
Montesano & Ed Ra visit northshorereads.org or read more about it in the
Wednesday, January 20th March/April library newsletter.
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For each pint of blood donated, This Year's Selection is The Vanishing Half
three lives can be saved. Won't
by Brit Bennett
you please help save a life? Come
to the Library Annex...and bring a Bennett's novel portrays twin sisters who grow up in
friend or two! small-town Louisiana, before choosing di൵erent paths
in di൵erent places. Years later, separated by guarded
secrets and many miles, the fates of the twins remain
Library Board of Trustees intertwined. What will happen to the next generation
Nancy Benchimol, President when their daughters' lives intersect? Reserve your copy
Rosemarie Ryba, Vice-President for curbside pickup or download one from the Nassau
Barbara Palermo, Treasurer Digital Doorway today!
Amy Kempton, Secretary
Rosemarie Cartagine Upcoming Special Meetings and Events
Valerie Lynn Library Board of Trustees Meetings
David Martin Wednesdays, January 6th, 20th; February 17th
Anthony Papiro Streamed via Zoom - 7:30ඉආ
Julie Rooney
Paper Shredding Event
Library Director — Michael Morea Saturday, April 3rd from 9ൺආ - Noon
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