We all have our dark side. Mine leads me between the covers of books that feature a fair amount of disappointing human behavior and sad examples of poor choices (sex and violence). I can say this in …
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By Randi Kreiss
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9/1/11
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After learning of the tribulations of 8-year-old Kendall Curnuck, a Wilson Elementary School student battling leukemia, a group of young St. Agnes students found their cause.
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8/3/11
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When Ben and Janine Szenes saw the opportunity to turn a passion for books into a business, they seized it. March 2011 marked the opening of Buy the Book, their full-service bookshop that combines the personalization of a “mom and pop” shop with discounts that can often rival superstores or the Internet.
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Teri Ann Loeser
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6/10/11
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The market is down, oil prices are up, the Arab world is imploding and I have this annoying pain in my shoulder. What to do but pick up a good book?
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6/10/11
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Six delightful stories come to life in Theatreworks USA’s charming new musical revue “Duck for President & Other Story Books,” Ssturday, April 30.
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4/13/11
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Exhibits and more...
AccelerateA juried exhibition of emerging artists with disabilities. This mixed media show presents works by artists ages 16-25. Through Dec. 22. Nassau Community College's …
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12/15/10
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Please don’t be giving me a ribbon-tied basket of assorted chocolates or a gift card for iTunes this season, not that there’s anything wrong with these products.
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by Randi Kreiss
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12/9/10
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Led by Rockville Centre librarian Ellen Berman, who facilitates a book club at the Sandel Senior Center, a number of the center’s members traveled to Molloy College on Oct. 5 to meet David Oliver Relin, who, with Greg Mortensen, wrote the best seller “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time.”
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10/13/10
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On Sept. 22, the Rockville Centre Library dedicated the Elaine and Irving Gelston Jr. Art Book Collection.
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10/13/10
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Exhibits and more...
Defying The Devil: Christian Clergy Who Saved Jews From The HolocaustPhotographs, artifacts and video relate the events of the Holocaust. Through Sept. 30. Holocaust Memorial …
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9/30/10
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