Earlier this season...

Conversations From Main Street and the Long Island Arts Alliance Present

The Future of the Arts

Co-Presented by the Port Washington Public Library

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Refreshments and networking 7 PM

Program begins at 7:30 PM

While some Long Island's arts organizations are closing their doors in this economy, Conversations delved into the Future of the Arts, hosted by WLIW's Laura Savini. Special guest panelists:

Stephen Belth, Executive Director, Long Island Philharmonic

Diana Cherryholmes, Executive Director, Huntington Arts Council

Alan Inkles, Executive Director, Staller Center for the Arts; Stony Brook Film Festival

Dale Lewis, Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts

Tricia McDermott, Artistic Director, Airmid Theatre

Roger Tilles, NY State Regent

An Evening with Ron Darling

Thursday, November 12, 2009  7 PM

Former Mets pitcher and current Emmy-award winning Mets commentator talked about the mindset of a major league pitcher, as examined in his acclaimed book “The complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound.”  Co-author and Port Washington resident, Daniel Paisner, joined Darling on-stage to moderate the discussion.  Copies of “The Complete Game,” hailed by the New York Times Book Review as a “thoughtful and lively new book about the art, craft and business” of baseball, were available for sale by the Dolphin Bookshop following the presentation.

Conversations From Main Street Presents:

Civil Rights in the Obama Era

(photo: Former Assemblywoman Barbara Patton)

Thursday, January 28, 2010   7 PM

One year after America inaugurated its first African-American President, a panel of Civil Rights experts discussed the status of race relations in America today.  Panelists included Fred Brewington, Civil Rights Attorney, Linda Longmire, PhD, Professor of Political Science at Hofstra, Barbara Patton, Former Assemblywoman-18th Assembly District.  Moderated by Professor Randolph McLaughlin, Professor of Law at Pace Law School.

Conversations From Main Street and the Port Washington Child Care Partnership Present:

The Mind in the Making:

What brain research tells us about helping children thrive in the 21st Century

Tuesday, April 13, 2010   7:30 PM

Author and President and Co-Founder of Families and Work Institute, Ellen Galinsky, talked about her new ground breaking book Mind In The Making in an on-stage interview with Port’s own Dana Friedman.  Discussion included: 

• What brain research tells us about helping children thrive in school and in life.      
• How to help children develop critical learning skills identified by business leaders as necessary for the workforce of the future.
• What we can do as parents, grandparents, teachers, business leaders, and the community at large to raise children who have the skills they need to meet with success in a rapidly changing world.