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Before there were surveys relating to the drafting of a new Comprehensive Plan and Police Reform and Reinvention, the Shelter Island Public Library launched its own survey. Since mid-January it’s been seeking reactions from patrons on what they would like to see in improvements or new programs.
The survey remains open until the end of this month and is available on the library’s website silibrary.org and hard copies can be obtained at the library.
To date, 112 people have taken the survey, most online, but 20 filed hard copies that are available at the library for anyone preferring not to take an online survey, Director Terry Lucas said.
Cornelia Horsford (Credit: Shelter Island Historical Society)
The Shelter Island Historical Society is recognizing International Women’s Day on Monday, March 8, by remembering Cornelia Horsford (1861-1944), a woman who left lasting gifts to her community, as one of the founders of the Shelter Island Public Library and the Historical Society.
First observed in Europe in the early part of the 20th century, International Women’s Day was officially recognized by The United Nations for the first time in 1975 to highlight women’s contributions to society.
According to the Historical Society, Cornelia Horsford was an author and an adventurer, organizing archaeological expeditions to Iceland and Britain. Born in Cambridge, Mass. she spent a significant portion of her life at Sylvester Manor.
Jim Hawkins will set the scene for St. Patrick’s Day. (Courtesy photo)
If, as the old advertising line said, “You Don’t Have to be Jewish to Love Levy’s,” then you certainly don’t have to be Irish to love the songs and stories of Ireland, especially when they’re presented by Jim Hawkins as a run up to St. Patrick’s Day.
On Friday, March 5 at 7 p.m. via Zoom, Mr. Hawkins, a long-time performer of the Gaelic arts, will present a program of Irish folktales, songs, myths and legends, as well as his recollections about growing up in Ireland and the Irish community of New York City.
Shelter Island Library conversation with an agent of change Robert Zellner, subject of the movie ‘Son of the South.’ (Credit: Courtesy photo)
Zooming into an interview with Robert Zellner last Friday night was like opening a window into a distant past.
Yet Pulitzer-prize winning historian Diane McWhorter’s discussion with the civil rights activist, part of the Shelter Island Library’s Friday Night Dialogue series, was often startlingly relevant to issues of today.
Mr. Zellner’s story of the throes of civil rights turmoil of the 1960s was detailed in his 2008 autobiography, “The Wrong Side of Murder Creek.” Now, the story has been made into a movie by Spike Lee, “Son of the South,” and released this month.