11.20.2014 Around the Island Library to screen a cinematic masterpiece For several centuries, Hindu teaching encouraged Indian widows to immolate themselves on the funeral pyres of their husbands. It was considered an act of piety. The practice was...
11.07.2014 Around the Island ‘The Shooting Party’ to be shown on Veterans Day In honor of Veterans Day on Tuesday, November 11, Movies at the Library will show “The Shooting Party,” a 1984 British gem set in the autumn of 1913 in...
10.24.2014 Around the Island The enduring power of ‘The Candidate’ In March 1968, a prize-winning novelist and freelance journalist named Jeremy Larner signed on as a principal speechwriter for Senator Eugene McCarthy’s insurgent campaign against the reigning president, Lyndon...
10.13.2014 Around the Island Movies at the Library: ‘El Norte’ tells poetic tale of ‘heart-scalding struggle’ In 2013, when our Lions Club named Michael Coles its “Citizen of the Year” for his involvement in and generosity to Shelter Island, Michael thanked the Lions for the...
09.25.2014 Around the Island Movies at the Library’s Oscar-winning season opener “Good Will Hunting,” which will be presented next Tuesday evening, September 30 at 7 p.m., is one of the gems that is the legacy of Robin Williams’ film work;...