April Programs for Adults

Sunday, April 1
2:30 pm
"Fools in Love" Jazz Afternoon

Vocalist Christiana Drapkin and her trio celebrate love in song, with standards by George & Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Tholonious Monk, Charlie Parker and Kurt Weill. (C)

Wednesday, April 4
7:00 pm
Westchester Poetry SLAM!

Celebrate National Poetry Month with SLAM competition, Open Mic, Coffee House and featured spoken artist Jason Carney, HBO Def Poet and reformed juvenile delinquent who now inspires with poetry of tolerance and healing. Please register for Open Mic or Poetry Slam at 6:30 pm and bring 3 original poems of up to 3 minutes each. Co-hosted by local poets Eric ZORK Alan and Prof. Christine Timm of WCC. All are welcome! Questions? Contact program librarian Barbara Wenglin by e-mail bwenglin@whiteplainslibrary.org or phone 422-1486. (Fo)*

Friday & Sunday, April 6 & 8
Library Closed 
(Good Friday & Easter)

Wednesday, April 11
2:30-4:30 pm, repeated 7-9 pm
"American Fiction Shorts"
Book Discussion Series
with Professor Lee Schlesinger of Purchase College

Join us as we explore the compelling classic story “The Beast in the Jungle” by Henry James in series anthology, available at the Ref. Desk or for purchase. Please register at Ref. Desk or by contacting program librarian Barbara Wenglin by email (bwenglin@whiteplainslibrary.org) or phone 422-1486. See March 21 calendar listing for details. (Fr & C)

Sunday, April 15
2:30 pm
A National Poetry Month Special!
M & M Productions Acting Company Presents
"Feathers Sometimes Soar on the Breath of God" by Ward James Riley

This delightful play about the poet Emily Dickinson focuses on her relationship with editor and man of letters Thomas Wentworth Higginson whose help she sought in getting her work published. Following years of correspondence, the two fi nally met in August of 1870, with no record of what took place. This “Magic of Live Theater” production dramatizes their imaginary meeting with artful and intriguing results. Directed by Melinda O’Brien, starring Daphne Platt as Dickinson, Sean Keohane as Higginson, and Carol Eagen as Emily’s sister Lavinia. (Fo)

Wednesday, April 18
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Starting & Operating a Small Business

This free seminar is presented by SCORE.
For more information, call 948-3907.

Saturday, April 21
2:00 pm
From Page to Stage...
Poetry SLAM Workshop

Marc Kelly Smith, founder of poetry slam movement worldwide, author of acclaimed Complete Idiot’s Guide to Slam Poetry, joins us from Chicago to inspire and guide in the art and craft of performance poetry. A National Poetry Month event. (Fo)*

Library Board of Trustees
Upcoming Meetings

Tuesday, March 20 at 7:00 pm
(regular meeting)

Tuesday, April 17 at 7:00 pm
(annual meeting)

Meetings are open to the public.
Call 422-1407 for more information.

Sunday, April 22
2:00 pm
Freshmen Again! at the Friends of the Library Annual Meeting

The barbershop quartet Freshmen Again! will perform following the Friends’ annual meeting, which will include a celebration of their 60th anniversary. The quartet will recreate the great jazz sounds of The Four Freshmen, popular in the 1950s and 60s with classics like Route 66, Graduation Day, and It’s A Blue World.(Fr)

Wednesday, April 25
2:30-4:30 pm, repeated 7-9 pm
"American Fiction Shorts"
Book Discussion Series
with Professor Lee Schlesinger of Purchase College

Join us as we explore the intriguing classic stories “The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane and “Paul’s Case” by Willa Cather, in our series anthology, available at the Ref. Desk or for purchase. Please register at Ref. Desk or by contacting program librarian Barbara Wenglin by email or phone. See March 21 calendar listing for details.(Fr & C)

Sunday, April 29
2:30 pm
The Clarice Wilson Memorial Concert with Contrasts Quartet

featuring Evelyne Luest, piano; Ayako Oshima, clarinet; Caroline Stinson, cello; and Monica Bauchwitz,violin The White Plains Library Foundation invites you to an inspiring program in memory of Clarice Wilson, music specialist at the Library from 1974- 1999. The acclaimed, prize-winning artists will perform a work by Fauré, 3 “laudi” from the Italian/French repertoire, & more! (Fo)