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Library & Museum Partner for Three Events This Spring

Setauket, NY – February 14, 2019 –

Emma Clark Library and The Long Island Museum have once again partnered to offer unique events for visitors of all ages.  These are one-of-a-kind reading experiences, where the museum exhibit enhances conversations about the books, and the Library and Museum are thrilled to bring these events to their visitors.

Kids in grades 4 – 6 and their parents/grandparents/caregivers are welcome to join a collaborative book club, which will meet at the Museum on Sunday, April 7 from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. It will begin with a tour of the exhibit Long Road to Freedom: Surviving Slavery on Long Island with a member of the Long Island Museum’s educational team.  Afterwards, Emma Clark Librarians Carol Denby and Irene Ericksson will lead a book discussion on Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, a historical fiction novel about a slave in New York City during the Revolutionary War. This book discussion is open to Three Village residents and Long Island Museum members only, and those interested should register in-person at the Library beginning Saturday, March 2 (books will be supplied at the time of registration).

For the adults, there will be two events this spring.  On Thursday, April 25 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m., there will be a tour of the exhibit Long Road to Freedom, led by a museum educator, followed by a conversation about Kathleen Velsor’s The Underground Railroad on Long Island with Emma Clark Librarian Carolyn Emerson.  Registration is open to both residents and nonresidents of Three Village, and those interested must register online at emmaclark.org or by calling the Adult Reference Desk at 631.941.4080 ext. 127 by March 15 in order to receive the book.

In honor of Walt Whitman’s Bicentennial, the Library and the Museum will be hosting a Read-In and Curator’s Tour of Walt Whitman’s Arcadia: Long Island Through the Eyes of a Poet & Painters at the Carriage House of the Long Island Museum on Thursday, May 16 from 5:00 – 7:30 p.m.  Registrants will be given the opportunity to listen to and participate in reading of Whitman’s poems, especially those which celebrate Long Island. Suffolk Poets Laureate Gladys Henderson and George Wallace will each read a Whitman poem, sharing why it’s meaningful to them.  Following the readings, Professor Susan Scheckel, Professor of English at Stony Brook University, will speak briefly about Whitman’s relationship with art, before the group moves to the Art Gallery for a tour of the exhibit led by Museum Curator Joshua Ruff.  Registration is open to both residents and nonresidents of Three Village, but must be done by May 1, either online at emmaclark.org or by calling the Adult Reference Desk at 631.941.4080 ext. 127. Those who wish to receive the poetry selections should provide an email address when registering.  For those who wish to be a reader, they must email Librarian Carolyn Emerson, carolyn@emmaclark.org.

Emma Clark Library also offers free passes to the Long Island Museum for Library patrons. For more information, visit emmaclark.org/museum-passes.

For questions on the kids program, please email kids@emmaclark.org or call 631.941.4080 ext. 123.  If you have any questions about the adult programs, please email askus@emmaclark.org or call 631.941.4080 ext. 127.

The Long Island Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate and located at 1200 Route 25A in Stony Brook, is dedicated to inspiring people of all ages with an understanding and enjoyment of American art, history and carriages as expressed through the heritage of Long Island and its diverse communities.

The Emma S. Clark Memorial Library, located at 120 Main Street in Setauket and on the web at www.emmaclark.org, provides public library service to all residents of the Three Village Central School District. “The Heart of the Three Village Community”