Book Discussion Group at the Tottenville Library
The Tottenville book discussion group has been meeting since this past September. Here is the schedule:Sept 21-Martha Quest by Doris Lessing Oct 19-The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz...
View ArticleBook Discussion of Susan Minot's "Evening" at Tottenville Library
Last night, Feb 8, the Tottenville Library book discussion group met to discuss Evening by Susan Minot. We had 20 attendees, the largest amount ever at the Tottenville Library book discussion. The...
View ArticleMy Favorite Team
If the Super Bowl is over and it is February and there is 12 inches of snow on the ground, to me that means baseball season is just around the corner!I’ve been a New York Mets fan right since the...
View ArticleHerman Melville
For a long time Herman Melville has been one of my favorite writers, perhaps the favorite. I read Moby Dick in junior year of high school in 1968 and was totally mesmerized. I have re-read it at least...
View ArticleWilla Cather
Another favorite writer of mine is Willa Cather, author of My Ántonia and numerous other novels and short stories. I didn't discover her until I was in my last semester of college, and I have to admit...
View ArticleWhen the Game Was Ours
Love the NCAA basketball tournament? Read about two of its most famous alumni in When the Game Was Ours by Larry Bird and Earvin Magic Johnson. From he book jacket: "When the Game Was Ours is a...
View ArticleLecture by Bob Tomes, Local Tottenville Author
Bob Tomes, a professor of history at St. John's University, who lives right down the block from the Tottenville Library, will be speaking about his book Apocalypse Then: American Intellectuals and the...
View ArticleBluegrass Hit Parade at the Tottenville Library
This Saturday, May 15, Staten Island is bluegrass country! Starting at 2pm at the Tottenville Library, The Bluegrass Hit Parade: 1946 to 2010 will be a concert of bluegrass songs and tunes which were...
View ArticleAt BookExpo America (BEA)
I attended BookExpo America (BEA) on May 25 and May 26 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. It is the first time I have ever attended BEA, which is a trade show for the book industry and is sponsored...
View ArticlePaul Zindel
Paul Zindel, writer of young adult and children's books, was born in Tottenville in 1936 and died in 2003 in Manhattan. Before becoming a full-time writer, he taught at Tottenville High School between...
View ArticleEdith Wharton and "The Mount"
This past July I visited Lenox, Massachusetts and had a chance to go to "The Mount", the home of Edith Wharton. I haven't read a lot of Edith Wharton, but have liked what I read, Ethan Frome and The...
View ArticleHistory of the St. George Library Center
Photo dated 1915, showing the now gone entrance and stairway leading up from the bottom of Hyatt Street. To the right is the long since demolished Tiedeman mansion, currently the site of the St. George...
View ArticleThe Staten Island Ferry
The Staten Island Ferry today remains a lifeline to Staten Island, as it is still heavily traveled by Staten Islanders for work and pleasure. The area of St. George grew up around the ferry. St. George...
View ArticleSt. George Library Center Book Discussion of "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm...
St. George Library Center hosts a book discussion of The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell on Monday, January 24, 2011 at 6:30PM.About this book from NYPL...
View ArticleFamous Writers With A Staten Island Connection
Thomas Matteo, the Staten Island Borough Historian, wrote a nice article in the Sunday, January 16, 2011 Staten Island Advance titled "Their Pens Were Mighty Indeed," about famous writers who have a...
View ArticleBook Discussion at the St. George Library Center of "Push" by Sapphire
Please join us at the St. George Library Center on Monday, February 28 at 6:30PM for a book discussion of Push by Sapphire.Push is an electrifying first novel that shocks by its language, its...
View ArticleNY StartUP! 2012 Win $15,000 - Orientation on Staten Island
The New York Public Library with its sponsor, Citi Foundation, has announced the New York StartUP! 2012 Business Plan Competition for New York-based startup entrepreneurs with cash prizes totaling over...
View ArticleMemoirs: Penned and Spoken at St. George Library Center
The St. George Library Center recently received a grant — "Creative Aging in Our Communities: The New York City Libraries Project" — from Lifetime Arts, Inc., a Westchester County-based nonprofit...
View ArticleCelebration of "Memoirs: Penned and Spoken"
For eight weeks a group has gathered at the St. George Library for a class called, "Memoirs: Penned and Spoken." They have exercised their writing skills, reflecting back on their lives and...
View ArticleBook Discussion Series at the St. George Library Center
The St. George Library Center will soon be starting a Saturday morning book discussion which will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. The first date for the group to meet will be October 13, 2012....
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