Music Advisory Council Concert

Join the Music Advisory Council and the Port Washington Public Library as we welcome pianist Albert Cano Smit for an exceptional performance at the Library.

A musician who has been praised as “a moving young poet” (Le Devoir), Spanish/Dutch pianist Albert Cano Smit enjoys a growing international career on the orchestral, recital, and chamber music stages. Noted for his captivating performances, storytelling quality and nuanced musicality, the First Prize winner of the 2019 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions has appeared as a soloist with the Las Vegas Philharmonic, the San Diego Symphony, Montréal Symphony, the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río, Barcelona Symphony, Catalonia National Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, Nottingham Youth Orchestra, and American Youth Symphony.

An advocate for new music, Albert has premiered numerous solo works on his recital programs, commissioned for him by Stephen Hough, Miquel Oliu, and Katherine Balch. He has given four hand performances with Jean-Yves Thibaudet at the Wallis Annenberg Center Hall and Zipper Hall, taken part in the Jupiter Chamber Players in New York and the Bridgehampton Chamber Festival, and performed with such artists as Gary Hoffman, Andrej Bielow, Thomas Mesa, and Lev Sivkov. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with such ensembles as the Ebene, Szymanowski, Casals, Cosmos, Gerhard, and Verona Quartets, and has released an album of Austrian viola music for Champs Hills with Emma Wernig.

3:00pm - 4:30pm View Details

Virtual Premiere - Vegetable Gardening Series - Part Three - Getting the Most Out of the Season

In case you missed it, Part Three of the Vegetable Gardening Series - Getting the Most Out of the Season, is now available on the Library's YouTube page.

CLICK HERE to access the video.

Part Three - Getting the Most Out of the Season

Planning before the season starts is the best way to maximize the output from the area you have designated for growing food. This involves deciding what you want to grow, how long it needs to stay in the ground, what it can be planted with (or not with), how to prepare the bed for the crop to follow it, and how to tend to the soil so it is always nourished. Learn how to manage all these moving pieces.

(Please note this video will only be available for a limited time)

Topics that will be covered in this session include companion planting, succession planting and cover cropping. Each session is led by accomplished gardener Bea Helft, who is a Board Member of Plant-A-Row for the Hungry Port Washington. This series is appropriate for people at all knowledge levels.

12:00am - 12:00am View Details

Books for Dessert

Books for Dessert is a book club for adults over 21 with intellectual disabilities, who live or work in and around Port Washington. Read about Books for Dessert in American Libraries Magazine. 

For more information about our book club, please contact Kate Monsour at 516-883-4400, ext. 1302 or monsour@pwpl.org.

10:00am - 12:00pm View Details

Exercise Class

Join us for an 8-session exercise class incorporating yoga, pilates and stretching. Marlene Kirsh, athletic trainer and certified pilates instructor, will lead the classes. Sessions are from 5 - 6 pm on 8 Mondays: January 23; January 30; February 6; February 13; March 6; March 13; March 20; March 27. 

Open to Port Washington residents free of charge. Registration begins January 3, 2023. 

5:00pm - 6:00pm View Details