The Mighty Five South Orangetown Libraries are partnering with William O. Schaefer and Cottage Lane Elementary Schools for the annual Pick a Reading Partner program (PARP).  Inspired by this year’s book, Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring, this take and make kit comes with everything you need to create a memory box like Paloma.  Use it to store clues and track the mystery while you’re reading, and then as a place for special treasures.  Sign up at your home library.  Kits will be available starting Tuesday, March 9 and throughout the week.  You will also need scissors and glue.  

For the month of March, the Dennis P. McHugh Piermont Public Library presents Virtual Student Art Show: Inspirations from Disney Studios.  You can visit this exhibition by clicking on the Artist of the Month tab on our website homepage.  

Over the summer, our art classes for kids and adults took inspiration from the art and animation of Disney Studios and some of the great Disney artists including Mary Blair and Eyvind Earle.  This program tied in with the Summer Reading theme of folk tales and fairy tales, Imagine Your Story.  We hope you enjoy the magical works our students created.  

Mary Blair lived from 1911 – 1978.  She was born in Oklahoma, then moved to California where she went to art school and met her husband, Lee Blair.  They both worked for Disney Studios where Mary was one of the first women artists to be hired.  

Many people at Disney thought Mary’s art was too colorful, too abstract, and too wild!  But Walt Disney himself loved her work and Mary did not change her unique style and color combinations!  Mary traveled to South America on a tour with Walt Disney where she got more ideas for her art. 

She created art for lots of Disney movies like Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and Cinderella.  Mary would do concept art paintings and then hand them over to the animators who would turn them into movies. She also designed the ride It’s a Small World and illustrated children’s books, designed theater and television sets, and created murals and mosaics. 

Eyvind Earle lived from 1916 – 2000.  He was born in New York City and moved to Hollywood California with his family when he was 2.  His father was also a talented artist.  Eyvind Earle always wanted to work for Disney Studios and kept trying to get a job there.  He was finally hired at age 35.  He is most famous for his work on Sleeping Beauty.  For this movie, Eyvind Earle took inspiration from all over art history- painters from the Renaissance, Medieval times, Japanese and Perisan art, and the unicorn tapestries at the Cloisters Museum in New York City.  

Join us on Friday at 7:00 pm for an informative program, View from the Bench. Registration in on our website events page.

The program is entitled Views from the Bench; and the following topics will be discussed: the
selection process for federal judges, cases and issues litigated in the federal court on Long Island,
and the challenges facing our criminal justice system.

About Circuit Judge Joseph F. Bianco
Judge Bianco was nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by President
Donald J. Trump on January 23, 2019, to a seat vacated by Reena Raggi. Judge Bianco’s
nomination was confirmed by the Senate on May 8, 2019, and he received the commission on
May 13, 2019.
Judge Bianco was previously appointed as a United States District Judge in the Eastern District
of New York by President George W. Bush on January 3, 2006, and entered service on that same
date.
Judge Bianco obtained his B.A., magna cum laude, at Georgetown University in 1988 and
received his law degree in 1991 from Columbia Law School where he was a Kent Scholar and a
member of the Law Review. From 1992-1993, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Peter
K. Leisure, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. For a period of
time both before and after that clerkship, he worked as a litigation associate at Simpson Thacher
& Bartlett LLP.
From 1994-2003, Judge Bianco served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern
District of New York, where he became Deputy Chief and then Chief of the Organized Crime
and Terrorism Unit. In 2003, Judge Bianco left the Department of Justice and became Counsel
with Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in its Litigation Department.
In 2004, Judge Bianco returned to the Department of Justice and was appointed as a Deputy
Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division in Washington, D.C., where he supervised
the Counterterrorism Section, the Fraud Section, the Appellate Section, and the Capital Case
Unit. He occupied that position until his appointment to the bench.
Judge Bianco has taught a course at Fordham Law School entitled Terrorism and the Law. He is
currently an adjunct professor at St. John’s University School of Law, Hofstra University School
of Law, and Touro Law Center, where he teaches a course entitled National Security and the
Law.

Join us on Thursday, February 18th from  6:00 PM – 7:00 PM for our all new “She Persisted” Book Club with Miss Nancy. Each month we will read a book about an American woman who never gave up; she persisted! For February, we will read about Harriet Tubman. If you’re one of the first 5 to register you can come in to the library for a free copy of the book!
Grades 1 – 4

Please register through our website events calendar or call us at 845-359-4595.

On Tuesday, February 9th, New York Public Library docent Joan Marlow Golan on a virtual tour of the iconic building on Fifth Avenue. The tour includes the story of how the beloved Library Lions got their names, a brief description of the building’s Beaux Arts architecture and visits to its most famous rooms. Details and registration on our events calendar.