(Ruth and Walter)
It is Monday Movie Night at the Newburgh Free Library again. And this time they will be showing “A Raisin in the Sun.” This is part of the series: Reel Books-From Paperbacks to Film. These films are based on the stories contained in the libraries Classic Paperback Collection found on the main level. Admission is free. Don’t you just love Sidney Poitier?
Time: 6:30-8:30
Location: Auditorium
Date: Monday, February 23
In 2009 Newburgh will be celebrating 400 years since Henry Hudson’s discovery in 1609. Can you believe that? 400 years!? There are many events planned, and there is a documentary being filmed by community organizations and Mount Saint Mary College. It will be 60 minutes long, and will tell the story of the local heritage.
“Imagine a depiction of Susan B. Anthony thanking her followers at the Palatine Hotel as she turned the gavel of the women’s suffrage movement over to the next generation. Imagine Thomas Edison directing his engineers as they built the early electric generating station he designed on Montgomery Street…” (Mary McTamaney)
This and more will be discussed in the 10 episode documentary. For more information on this film click here.
The celebration also takes a look back at every 100 years since Hudson’s discovery as to what was going on during that time. In 1909 there was a huge 300 year celebration complete with lovely postcards, programs, and written accounts.
This program only cost .25 cents! For complete information on the Newburgh Beacon Bay Celebration click here.
First of all I would like to say that growing up in NEW YAWK my whole life I did not know that the boroughs of New York City had flags…this is totally new to me. Second of all, Governors Island is not really a “borough” so really I should photoshop it out of the picture and maybe add a Newburgh flag in. Third of all-back to the point.
One of Newburghs many nicknames is the “Sixth Borrow” or “Little Manhattan”. Mark A. Gamma has used this nickname in the title of his play that recalls the highs and lows of the history of this city. You can read a full review of the plot of the play from Times Herald-Record here.
It will showing at the Newburgh Actors Studio, February 6-7th at 8pm. Tickets are $15. Call 845-569-8593 for more information.
Newburgh Actors Studio
784 Broadway, Newburgh, NY
“To Kill a Mockingbird”
Atticus Finch and Tom Robinson are two characters in one of the most famous court room trial films of all time. “To Kill a Mockingbird” is based on Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning book of 1960. Tom is accused of raping a white woman in the deep south of Alabama in 1932. Atticus becomes his lawyer despite opposition from the town. How will the trial turn out? Well, if you have never read this fantastic book or seen the movie, you can watch it for free at Newburgh Free Library on Monday, January 26th 6:30-8:30 pm.
Also, check out the calendar of events to see other activities going on at the library.
Newburgh Free Library
124 Grand Street
Newburgh, NY 12550
845-563-3601
Another film you can catch Monday, January 26th is “Evan’s Gate.” It is a film written, edited, and produced by Newburgh native, Edward Crawford. The movie is about a widowed father whose young son who becomes infected Lyme disease. The question is, how far will this father go to help his son? The movie is a little home-made looking, but considering the budget-which was none, Crawford has done a good job.
The film will show at 8:00 pm Monday at the Downing Film Center, 19 Front St., Newburgh. Tickets are $6.
(Picture taken from Times Herald-Record/Dennis Wepmann)
The title might sound a little odd but, there are Turkish maps in Newburgh of everything from a track of Magellan’s voyage around the world to the Great Wall of China! The maps are on display at the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum at 94 Broadway in Newburgh. “The maps in this exhibit are mostly such textbook map illustrations. On many, you will notice the exquisitely executed hand drawings/paintings of the characters representing various areas, along with flags, castles, and even galleons, ships and fish in the seas and oceans.”
The exhibit is open till April 30, 2009. The museum also has another exhibit “Six Generations of Gould Family Art” which is art from a famous artistic family in the Hudson Valley. That will be open till February 28th.
