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Page 1: ART · ROY LICHTENSTEIN: THE BLACK-AND-WHITE DRAWINGS September 24–January 2, 2011 Between 1961 and 1968, at the height of the Pop art movement, Roy Lichtenstein (1923– 1997)
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10OFF THE WALL: PART 1—THIRTY PERFORMATIVE ACTIONS

Now–September 19, 2010This fi rst installation in a two-part exhibition focuses on actions using the

body in live performance, in front of the camera, or in relation to a photographic or printed surface. Each action displaces the site of the artwork from an object to the body, acting in relation to, or directly onto, the physical space of the gal-lery. The wall and fl oor become the stage for these actions—walking on the wall, slamming doors, slapping hands against the wall, gathering sawdust up from the studio fl oor, walking on a painting, striding and crawling around a small cylindri-cal space, writing or drawing on the wall and fl oor, or performing a striptease behind a transparent plane. Whitney Museum of  Art 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street

FISH FORM: LAMPS BY FRANK GEHRY 

Now–October 31, 2010As part of a design competition sponsored by the Formica Company, inter-

nationally renowned architect Frank Gehry created a series of lamps based on the form of a fi sh which had become something of a personal icon for him. A selection of Gehry’s colorful and luminous lamps will be on view in this exhibi-tion that will also explore the signifi cance of fi sh imagery in the architect’s work.The Jewish Museum 1109 5th Avenue at 92nd Street

LEE FRIEDLANDER: AMERICA BY CAR 

September 4–November 28, 2010Driving across most of the country’s fi fty states in an ordinary rental car, mas-

ter photographer Lee Friedlander (b. 1934) applied the brilliantly simple conceit of deploying the sideview mirror, rearview mirror, the windshield, and the side windows as picture frames within which to record refl ections of this country’s eccentricities and obsessions at the beginning of the 21st century. Friedlander’s method allows for fascinating effects in foreshortening, and wonderfully telling jux-tapositions in which steering wheels, dashboards, and leatherette bump up against roadside bars, motels, churches, monuments, suspension bridges, essential Ameri-can landscapes, and often Friedlander’s own image. Whitney Museum of  Art 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street

SHIFTING THE GAZE: PAINTING AND FEMINISM S

September 12, 2010—January 30, 2011Feminist challenges to creative and institutional limits have been widely infl u-

ential in art since the 1960s. Much of the feminist movement aimed to overcome the male-dominated modes of heroic and formalist painting. By embodying a distinctive coupling of Jewish and feminist content, the thirty works in the exhibi-tion emphasize the social and cultural dimension of creative self-expression. The Jewish Museum 1109 5th Avenue at 92nd Street

DROP-IN ART WORKSHOP

September 12–June 12, 2011Kick off the New Year by creating a handmade holiday treasure in their in-

augural Drop-In Art Workshop for the fall season. Children, accompanied by a parent or guardian, can paint, draw, sculpt, or craft a work of art with the guid-ance of our museum educators. Sundays 1:00–4:00 pm Ages 3 and up The Jewish Museum 1109 5th Avenue at 92nd Street

BY DORRI OLDS

FEATURE

Degas, The Morgan

The Jewish Museum

Guggenheim

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10ROY LICHTENSTEIN: THE BLACK-AND-WHITE DRAWINGS

September 24–January 2, 2011Between 1961 and 1968, at the height of  the Pop art movement, Roy Lichtenstein (1923–

1997) created about fi fty large, highly fi nished, black-and-white drawings, which represent an essential contribution to the history of modern drawing. Not only was their imagery, culled from consumer culture, entirely new – baked potatoes, ads for foot medication and BB guns—but so was their treatment, inspired by the rudimentary character of cheaply printed commercial drawings. Conceived independently from Lichtenstein’s paintings, these drawings recast tawdry illustrations from packaging, newspaper ads, and comic books into works of striking visual in-tensity, echoing the clean-edge aesthetic of sixties geometric abstraction.The Morgan Library & Museum 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street

DEGAS—DRAWINGS AND SKETCHBOOKS

September 24–January 23, 2011This selection of more than 20 drawings by Edgar Degas (1834–1917) captures his dynam-

ic and varied use of drawing and includes some of the most quintessential subjects depict-ed by the artist. From his earliest drawings of scenes from contemporary life and portraits of himself, family members, and friends, to his later intensive studies of dancers and perform-ers, this collection is rich in examples of the artist’s use of drawing throughout his career. The Morgan Library & Museum225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street

CHAOS & CLASSICISM—ART IN FRANCE, ITALY, AND GERMANY

October 1, 2010–January 9, 2011Following the chaos of World War I, a move emerged towards fi guration, clean lines, and

modeled form, and away from the two-dimensional abstracted spaces, fragmented composi-tions, and splintered bodies of the avant-gardes—particularly Cubism, Futurism, and Expres-sionism—that dominated the opening years of the 20th century. After the horrors visited upon humanity in the Western hemisphere by new machine-age warfare, a desire reasserted itself to represent the body whole and intact. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Avenue at 89th Street

ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST NEW YORK

October 3–April 25, 2011This exhibition comprises approximately 300 works in a variety of mediums by more than

30 artists, including Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman, Robert Motherwell, Arshile Gorky, Lee Krasner, Willem de Kooning, David Smith, Joan Mitchell, and Mark Rothko. This wide-ranging presentation of  paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs underscores the achievements of  a generation that catapulted New York City to the center of the international art world during the 1950s, and left as its legacy some of the twentieth century’s greatest masterpieces. Museum of  Modern Art 11 West 53rd Street

THE SPANISH MANNER: DRAWINGS FROM RIBERA TO GOYA

October 5–January 9, 2011The greatest Spanish draftsmen from the seventeenth through the nineteenth century—Ri-

bera, Murillo, and Goya, among them—created works of dazzling idiosyncrasy. These diverse drawings, which may be broadly characterized as possessing a specifi cally “Spanish manner,” will be the subject of an exclusive exhibition. The presentation will feature more than 50 of the fi nest Spanish drawings from public and private collections. The Frick Collection 1 East 70th Street

Dorri Olds (DorriOlds.com) is a web designer, social media consultant and member of  the American Society of  Journalists and Authors.

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FEATURE

Jackson Pollock, MOMA

Roy Lichtenstein, the Morgan

Ribera, The Frick

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10THE AMERICAN

Suspense Thriller starring George Clooney (September 1)As an assassin, Jack (Clooney) never stands still and he’s always alone. A job in Sweden 

goes badly. Shaken, he retreats to Italy. He winds up in a small town and takes on an as-signment to build a weapon for a mysterious client (Reuten). Along the way he befriends an old priest and falls into a hot, steamy romance. Expect excitement as George Clooney’s charisma  jumps off   the  screen. Cast also  includes Violante Placido, Thekla Reuten and Paolo Bonacelli.

THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU

Romantic Sci-Fi Thriller starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt (September 17)David Norris (Damon), a former Fordham University basketball player and smooth talk-

ing U.S. Congressman on the rise, glimpses his future and realizes he wants something else. To get it, he must pursue the object of  his desire, a beautiful ballerina (Blunt), through the streets of  modern-day New York. The closer the two lovers get, the harder shadowy forces work to keep them apart through tricks of  manipulated time and space. Cast also includes Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Michael Kelly and John Slattery.

YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER

British-Spanish-American Comedy Drama written and directed by Woody Allen star-ring Anthony Hopkins, Josh Brolin, Naomi Watts, Freida Pinto and Antonio Banderas (Sep-tember 22)

The fi lm follows a pair of married couples, Alfi e and Helena, and their daughter Sally and husband Roy, as their passions, ambitions, and anxieties lead them into trouble and out of their minds. After Alfi e leaves Helena to pursue his lost youth—and a free-spirited call girl named Charmaine—Helena abandons rationality and surrenders her life to the advice of  a charlatan fortuneteller, forming a liaison with recent widower. Despite these characters’ attempts to dodge their problems with pipe dreams and meshuggeneh plans, their efforts lead only  to heartache,  irrationality, and hazardous hot water.   Cast also  includes Ewan Bremner, Lucy Punch, Gemma Jones and Anna Friel.

WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS

Drama starring Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Susan Sarandon and Frank Langella (September 24)

Oliver Stone directs this sequel to the 1987 Academy Award winning fi lm, Wall Street. The corruption plot is ripped from fi nancial crisis headlines. Set in 2008, Gordon Gekko (Douglas) has just been released from prison. He tries to warn the fi nancial world about the impending crisis but he’s ignored due to his conviction for fi nancial crimes. Set in New York City, side plots include Gekko trying to win back his daughter Winnie’s (Mulligan) love, and a suspected murder of Winnie’s fi ancé’s (Moore) mentor. The director, cast, and timeliness of  the story make it a must see.  Cast also includes Josh Brolin, Eli Wallach, Carrie Mul-ligan, Jacob Moore, and a cameo by Charlie Sheen reprising his role as Bud Fox.

CONVICTION

Docudrama starring Sam Rockwell and Hilary Swank (October 15)The true story of  Betty Anne Waters (Swank), a high school dropout, who spent nearly 

two decades working as a single mother while putting herself  through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother Kenneth Water’s (Rockwell) 1983 mur-der and robbery conviction. Convinced he was innocent, she spent the next 12 years taking steps to earn a law degree. Cast also includes Minnie Driver, Loren Dean, Melissa Leo.

BY DORRI OLDS

FEATURE

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10THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS’ NEST

Mystery/Drama starring Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist (October 15)This is the fi nal installment of the “Millenium trilogy” based on the three best-selling books by the

late Stieg Larsson. In this sequel, computer genius Lisbeth Salander is fi ghting for her life. In intensive care—after being shot in her brain, hip and shoulder—and charged with three murders, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and recriminate corrupt government institutions that nearly succeeded at destroying her life. If this is anything like the previous two, you’re in for a well-written wild ride. Filmed in Swedish with English subtitles. Cast also includes Lena Endre and Annika Hallin.

RED

Action Comedy fi lm based on a comic book series starring Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Mor-gan Freeman, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich (October 15)

Frank Moses (Willis) is a former black-ops CIA agent whose life is in danger. His identity has been compromised and the woman he loves is in danger. He puts together his old team of now-old CIA killers (Freeman, Malkovich, and Mirren) to save the day. This movie is nothing like the dark depressing comic book it’s based on but maybe that’s a good thing. Expect Hollywooded-up treatment. Cast also includes Ernest Borgnine, Richard Dreyfuss and Brian Cox.

MORNING GLORY

Comedy starring Harrison Ford, Rachel McAdams, and Diane Keaton (November 12)When TV producer Becky Fuller (McAdams) is fi red from a local news program, her career begins

to look as bleak as her love life. She ends up at a job at a last-place national morning news show and decides to revitalize it by bringing on legendary TV anchor Mike Pomeroy (Ford). Problems arise when Pomeroy refuses to cover morning show features and will not work with his new co-host, Colleen Peck (Keaton), a former beauty queen and longtime morning show personality. As Mike and Colleen butt heads, Becky’s ill-fated blossoming love affair with a fellow producer begins to unravel. Soon Becky is struggling to save her relationship, her reputation, and her job. Cast also includes Jeff Goldblum, Patrick Wilson, and 50 Cent.

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS — PART 1

Fantasy Adventure starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Ruper Grint (November 19)This is the fi rst of a two-part fi lm that will be the seventh in the Harry Potter fi lm series. It’s the fi rst that

will be converted entirely to 3D and released in IMAX 3D. This Part 1 begins with Harry and his two friends Ronald Weasley (Grint) and Hermoine Granger (Watson), as they set out on a perilous mission to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort’s immortality and destruction—Horcruxes. Cast also includes Jason Isaacs.

LITTLE FOCKERS

Comedy starring Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Barbra Streisand (No Dustin Hoffman this time) (De-cember 5)

This is a sequel to 2000’s Meet the Parents and its sequel Meet the Fockers in 2004. After marrying Pam, Gaylord “Greg” Focker now has fi ve-year old twins. The fi lm will revolve around the couple trying to cope with raising their children. Greg begins to go through a mid-life crisis as he ponders the rest of his life, he also begins to worry about being a good father and obtaining a stable job earning enough money for his family. This leads Jack to become highly suspicious once again about what is going on with Greg. Cast also includes Harvey Keitel, Owen Wilson, Laura Dern and Jessica Alba.

Dorri Olds (DorriOlds.com) is a web designer, social media consultant and member of  the American Society of  Journal-ists and Authors.

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10MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION

Opens September 3, 2010Roundabout-American Airlines Theatre (roundabouttheatre.org)Written by George Bernard ShawTony  Award  winner  Cherry  Jones  (Doubt)  returns  to  Broadway  in George  Bernard 

Shaw’s scorching tour de force. Mrs. Warren’s Profession tells the story of  Kitty Warren, a mother who makes a terrible sacrifi ce for her daughter Vivie’s independence. But when Vivie learns the truth, will she forgive her mother or condemn her?

BRIEF ENCOUNTER

Opens September 10, 2010Studio 54 (roundabouttheatre.org)Written by Noël Coward, Adapted by Emma RiceMeeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband. 

This production is an imaginative new work that combines elements of Noël Coward’s classic tale of   forbidden passion, with technicolor  jaw-dropping fusion of  whimsical hu-mor, dreamy romance and stunning multimedia effects along with song and dance. 

A LIFE IN THE THEATRE

Opens September 21, 2010Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (shubertorganization.com)Written by David MametFocuses on the relationship between two thespians: Robert  (Patrick Stewart) an older, 

experienced performer; and John (T.R. Knight), a relative newcomer. Though Robert’s guidance is welcomed by John at fi rst, as the play progresses Robert falters as an actor and mentor, and John emerges as a mature actor.

THERAPY ROCKS

Opens September 27, 2010Urban Stages (urbanstages.org) Book  by Karen  Bishko, Kaethe  Fine  and Nat  Bennett, Music  and  Lyrics  by Karen 

BishkoLeah  is  a  songwriter  who’s  inappropriate,  talented,  obsessed,  loyal,  habitually  unre-

quited in love… and who can’t stop eating cake. When her best friend suggests she needs psychological help, Leah marches into a handsome therapist’s offi ce only to discover she’s still looking for love in all the wrong places. Forced to revisit the hilarious and heartbreak-ing dysfunction of her past, one woman’s quest to fi nd romance becomes a journey to fi nd herself.  Contains sex, comedy and drama.

THE MOST RIDICULOUS THING YOU EVER HOID

Opens September 30, 2010Urban Stages (urbanstages.org)Book by Andy Seiler, Jim Beckerman, and Fred Wemyss, Lyrics by Jim Beckerman and 

Andy Seiler, Music by Jim BeckermanThis is the offi cial selection of the New York Musical Theatre 2010 Festivals’s Next Link

Project.Based on the “Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel” radio series, this is a laugh-fi lled, tune-

fi lled, Marx brothers extravaganza featuring all new songs. This spoof/satire is family-friendly, contains Jewish humor, and is deliciously zany. A night at the radio studio you’ll never forget.

BY DORRI OLDS

FEATURE

A Life in the Theatre

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10I GOT FIRED

Opens October 2, 2010Book, Music and Lyrics by Keith VarneyBarrow Group Theatre (barrowgroup.org)Aspiring writer Keith has been a temp in a wacky offi ce’s soul crushing cubicle for six

years. Keith gets fi red. Keith gets revenge by writing a musical. This is a thoroughly origi-nal comedic spoof/satire based on a true-ish story.

BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON

Opens October 13, 2010 Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (shubertorganization.com)Music and Lyrics by Michael Friedman This is an off-beat musical made up of an audacious mix of historical fact and fi ction,

about America’s controversial seventh president—the man who invented the Democratic Party, drove the Indians west, and ultimately doubled the size of our nation. Expect a rau-cous blend of outrageous comedy, anarchic theatricality and an infectious emo-rock score.

RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES

Opens October 19, 2010Neil Simon Theatre (neilsimontheatre.com)Together longer than The Beatles themselves, RAIN has mastered every song, gesture

and nuance of the legendary group, delivering a totally live, note-for-note performance that’s as infectious as it is transporting. From the early hits to later classics that The Beatles never got the chance to play live—including the most complex and challenging songs—this adoring tribute will take you back to a time when all you needed was love, peace and a little help from your friends.

A FREE MAN OF COLOR

Opens October 21, 2010Lincoln Center / Vivian Beaumont Theatre (lct.org)Written by John GuarePenned by the celebrated playwright of Six Degrees of Separation, Chaucer in Rome,

and The House of Blue Leaves, this new play is astonishing, boisterous and panoramic. It is a freewheeling epic set in 1802 New Orleans. Jacques Cornet, the title character, is an overly confi dant Don Juan in a complex racial, social, sexual and political culture.

DRIVING MISS DAISY

Opens October 25, 2010John Golden Theatre (johngoldentheatre.com)Book by Alfred UhryJames Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave star in this version of a charming and well-

loved story. When Daisy Werthan, a widowed, 72-year-old Jewish woman living in midcen-tury Atlanta, is deemed too old to drive, her son hires Hoke Colburn, an African American man, to serve as her chauffeur. What begins as a troubled and hostile pairing, soon blos-soms into a profound, life-altering friendship that transcends all the societal boundaries placed between them.

Dorri Olds (DorriOlds.com) is a web designer, social media consultant and member of  the American Society of  Journalists and Authors.

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Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Mos Def in A Free Man of Color

Rain

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10Non-fi ction`

THE PAIN CHRONICLES

Cures, Myths, Mysteries, Prayers, Diaries, Brain Scans, Healing, and the Science of  SufferingAuthor: Melanie ThernstromFrom Babylonian pain-banishing spells  to modern brain  imaging,  this book traces conceptions of  

pain throughout history, to reveal the elusive, mysterious nature of pain itself. Interweaving fi rst-person refl ections on her own battle with chronic pain, Thernstrom covers pain’s peculiar traits and harrowing effects, and its various antidotes. It is an inspiring book of  hope.

NO EXCUSES

9 Ways Women Can Change the Way We Think About Power and LeadershipAuthor: Gloria FeldtIn nine chapters, this book serves as a powerful tool. It encourages women to change the way they 

think about power and teaches how their own actions, or lack of, can be what’s keeping them down in politics, work and love. Feminist icon Feldt urges women to step into power in every aspect of  their lives. Through interviews, historical research and anecdotes, she examines why barriers to equality still exist in American culture. This is a timely and valuable resource for the gender that makes up 51 percent of  the population but comprises only 15 percent of  the members in Congress and less than 1.2% of  Fortune 500 CEOs.

WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE?

True Stories of Finding Success, Passion, and New Meaning in the Second Half of LifeAuthor: Bruce FrankelWhether prompted by advancing birthdays, unexpected personal events, job losses, or retirement,

at some point, many of us come to reconsider our lives. We wonder: Is it too late to redefi ne ourselves and leave our mark in the world? In this book of  intimate narratives, Bruce Frankel introduces a host of  unforgettable people who have bravely embraced a new sense of  possibility late in life, with almost unimaginable success, passion and purpose. The book captures the singular lives of  everyday, yet ex-traordinary “late bloomers” who have bravely embraced new callings, discovered unforeseen pleasures, and overthrown the usual expectations of  age. 

Fiction

OVEREXPOSED

Author: Susan ShapiroEager to fi nally stand on her own two feet, New York photographer Rachel Solomon fi nally escapes

the clutches of  her crazy Midwestern Jewish Family, and the twisted machinations of  her kooky best friend, Elizabeth. All is well until Elizabeth marries her brother, moves to her hometown, and becomes the daughter Rachel’s mother always wanted: popping out babies named after her crazy dead relatives. In this comic novel, readers who delighted in Speed Shrinking will fi nd amusement in Rachel’s desperate actions to prove herself  worthy in the eyes of  her traditional family—and navigate the precious waters between best friends.

THE THIEVES OF MANHATTAN

Author: Adam LangerIan Minot, an aspiring writer with a low-paying day job at a coffee shop in New York City, becomes

embroiled in an elaborate scheme to create a fake memoir. Ian quickly realizes that fact and fi ction can be dangerously intertwined. He becomes hopelessly ensnared in his own web of  deceit. Publishers Weekly’s gave this book a starred review and referred to Langer’s style of writing as “slang so trendy a glossary is included.”

BY DORRI OLDS

FEATURE

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FREEDOM

Author: Jonathan FranzenPatty and Walter Berglund were the new pioneers of old St. Paul—the gentrifi ers, the hands-on parents, and the avant-garde of the

Whole Foods generation. Patty was the ideal sort of neighbor, who could tell you where to recycle your batteries and how to get the local cops to actually do their job. She was an enviably perfect mother and the wife of Walter’s dreams. Together with Walter—environmental lawyer, commuter cyclist, total family man—she was doing her small part to build a better world. But why has their teenage son moved in with the aggressively Republican family next door? Why has Walter taken a job working with Big Coal? What exactly is Richard Katz—ou-tré rocker and Walter’s college best friend and rival—still doing in the picture? Most of all, what has happened to Patty? Why has the bright star of Barrier Street become “a very different kind of neighbor,” an implacable Fury coming unhinged before the street’s attentive eyes?

TRUE PREP

Author: Lisa BirnbachA contemporary look at how the old guard of natural-fi ber-loving, dog-worshipping preppies adapt to the new order of things. Birnbach

considers the prep attitude towards money (ambivalent), schools (good investment), wardrobe (now your clothes fi t), work (some careers will never be prep), decorating (ask mummy), scandal (including rehab and prison), and food and drink (with some classic recipes for both). She also looks at weekends (and what to do to get asked back), entertaining, sports (including sailing and shopping), weddings, etiquette, the Internet and electronic gadgetry, political correctness, reality TV, and . . . polar fl eece. And last but not least: a do-it-yourself eulogy.

THE BELLINI MADONNA

A NovelAuthor: Elizabeth LowryThomas Lynch, once a brilliant, young art historian, is now a disgraced, middle-aged art historian, overly fond of the bottle and of his

fresh young students. But everything will change now that he’s on the trail of a lost masterpiece, a legendary Madonna by the Italian master Giovanni Bellini. Insinuating himself into the crumbling English manor house where the painting may be concealed, Lynch attempts to gull the eccentric and perversely beautiful women who live there—though he himself seems to be the pawn in this elaborate game. Interlaced with complex clues and hidden jokes, The Bellini Madonna reels from the lush English countryside to the sternly lovely hill towns of the Veneto, from the fi fteenth century to the twenty-fi rst.

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WHAT MOMMA LEFT ME

Author: Renée Watson(For ages 10 to 14)A  heart-tugging  novel  that  celebrates 

one girl’s gift for fi nding joy. The main character, Serenity, experiences trauma. She is forced to go live at her grandparents’ house. Despite the challenges she faces—strict rules, a new school, new church and a new neighborhood—she fi nds strength and love with her grandparents, makes new friends and allows optimism into her life. It is a powerful tale of resiliency and hope.

THE BOOK THAT EATS PEOPLE

(For ages 6-10)Author: John PerryPerry claims this book wrote itself late

one night while he was sleeping. It is a story of a book with an insatiable hunger for hu-mans. It is chock full of warnings like, “If you hear growling while you’re reading it, stop reading, close the cover, and put some-thing heavy on top of it. Never turn your back on it.” Publishers Weekly says, “It’s all irresistible. Read it. Carefully.”

Dorri Olds (DorriOlds.com) is a web designer, social media consultant and member of  the Ameri-can Society of  Journalists and Authors.

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FREEDOM

Author: Jonathan FranzenPatty and Walter Berglund were the new pioneers of old St. Paul—the gentrifi ers, the hands-on parents, and the avant-garde of the

Whole Foods generation. Patty was the ideal sort of neighbor, who could tell you where to recycle your batteries and how to get the local cops to actually do their job. She was an enviably perfect mother and the wife of Walter’s dreams. Together with Walter—environmental lawyer, commuter cyclist, total family man—she was doing her small part to build a better world. But why has their teenage son moved in with the aggressively Republican family next door? Why has Walter taken a job working with Big Coal? What exactly is Richard Katz—ou-tré rocker and Walter’s college best friend and rival—still doing in the picture? Most of all, what has happened to Patty? Why has the bright star of Barrier Street become “a very different kind of neighbor,” an implacable Fury coming unhinged before the street’s attentive eyes?

TRUE PREP

Author: Lisa BirnbachA contemporary look at how the old guard of natural-fi ber-loving, dog-worshipping preppies adapt to the new order of things. Birnbach

considers the prep attitude towards money (ambivalent), schools (good investment), wardrobe (now your clothes fi t), work (some careers will never be prep), decorating (ask mummy), scandal (including rehab and prison), and food and drink (with some classic recipes for both). She also looks at weekends (and what to do to get asked back), entertaining, sports (including sailing and shopping), weddings, etiquette, the Internet and electronic gadgetry, political correctness, reality TV, and . . . polar fl eece. And last but not least: a do-it-yourself eulogy.

THE BELLINI MADONNA

A NovelAuthor: Elizabeth LowryThomas Lynch, once a brilliant, young art historian, is now a disgraced, middle-aged art historian, overly fond of the bottle and of his

fresh young students. But everything will change now that he’s on the trail of a lost masterpiece, a legendary Madonna by the Italian master Giovanni Bellini. Insinuating himself into the crumbling English manor house where the painting may be concealed, Lynch attempts to gull the eccentric and perversely beautiful women who live there—though he himself seems to be the pawn in this elaborate game. Interlaced with complex clues and hidden jokes, The Bellini Madonna reels from the lush English countryside to the sternly lovely hill towns of the Veneto, from the fi fteenth century to the twenty-fi rst.

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CELL: 917.709.8333 | OFFICE: 718.779.0073 | FAX: 516.352.1198 | [email protected] ING MANHATTAN, BROOKLYN, & QUEENS F OR OV ER 20 YEARS

AN INT ERIOR RENOVAT ION COMPANY

Resident September 2010 • 71

Children’s Fiction

WHAT MOMMA LEFT ME

Author: Renée Watson(For ages 10 to 14)A  heart-tugging  novel  that  celebrates 

one girl’s gift for fi nding joy. The main character, Serenity, experiences trauma. She is forced to go live at her grandparents’ house. Despite the challenges she faces—strict rules, a new school, new church and a new neighborhood—she fi nds strength and love with her grandparents, makes new friends and allows optimism into her life. It is a powerful tale of resiliency and hope.

THE BOOK THAT EATS PEOPLE

(For ages 6-10)Author: John PerryPerry claims this book wrote itself late

one night while he was sleeping. It is a story of a book with an insatiable hunger for hu-mans. It is chock full of warnings like, “If you hear growling while you’re reading it, stop reading, close the cover, and put some-thing heavy on top of it. Never turn your back on it.” Publishers Weekly says, “It’s all irresistible. Read it. Carefully.”

Dorri Olds (DorriOlds.com) is a web designer, social media consultant and member of  the Ameri-can Society of  Journalists and Authors.

Condominium Features2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Units O Large Open Floor Plans O Unobstructed views of Atlantic Ocean, Boardwalk and Manhattan O All units have Private Balcony O 11 story elevator building with parking included for every unit O Luxurious Finishings with Stainless Steel Appliances and Hardwood Floors O Roof Lounge access for all owners with sun deck

Rise Above It AllTo The Ultimate Beachfront Lifestyle with the Best New Views In The Rockaways!

Large Open Floor Plans

With 11 floors of luxury condos, Ocean One

offers elegant living and breathtaking panoramic

views like no other!

www.OceanOneCondominiums.comThe complete offering terms are in an offering plan available from the sponsor. File No. CD#07-0355. Sponsor reserves the right to make changes in accordance with terms in the offering plan. Plans and dimensions may

contain minor variations from floor to floor. Sponsor: Ocean One Condominium, Inc.

Models Now Open - Call For an Appointment Today!

c o n d o m i n i u m s9610 Shore Front Pkwy Rockaway Beach, NY

c o n d o m i n i u m s9610 Shore Front Pkwy Rockaway Beach, NY

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FHA ApprOved • NYC Tax Abatement program


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