Motown, Movies, Book Clubs: Huntington Library February Events

HUNTINGTON, NY — The Huntington Public Library released its February events slate. The library is at 338 Main St., Huntington.

People can register for events by calling 631-427-5165 or online.

Event: The Baltimore Plot: The Mission to Save President-Elect, Abraham Lincoln
Location: Main Auditorium
Date: Feb. 5
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: In February of 1861, Abraham Lincoln began his whistle-stop train ride to Washington. Along the way in different cities and at train stops, the president-elect made speeches to those wanting to get a glimpse of their soon-to-be inaugurated president. However, there was a devious plot to kill Lincoln in Baltimore before he even took the oath of office. Assisted by detective Allan Pinkerton, this story is a race to get through Baltimore safely and on to Washington. Registration required and open to all.

Event: Nightfall Book Club
Location: Main Meeting Room
Date: Feb. 6
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Description: Join us for a discussion of Octavia Butler’s award-winning dystopian novel, Parable of the Sower. In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins
a fateful journey toward a better future and along the way conceives a revolutionary idea that may mean salvation for all mankind. Registration required and open to all.

Event: Opera In Ebony: Tribute to African American Singers
Location: Zoom
Date: Feb. 7
Time: 2 p.m.
Description: Join singer and curator Tanisha Mitchell as she pays tribute to legendary African American singers who performed at prestigious venues like the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala and the Royal Opera House. Singers include Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price, Paul Robeson, and more. Presented by the Huntington area libraries. Registration required and open to all.

Event: Friday Evening Movies: Recent Hits You May Have Missed
Location: Main Auditorium
Date: Feb. 7
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Description: "It Ends With Us," 2024, Rated PG-13, 130 minutes. When a woman's first love suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with a charming, but abusive neurosurgeon is upended and she realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future. Registration suggested and open to all.

Event: Winter Seed Sowing
Location: Main Meeting Room
Date: Feb. 13
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: Winter is the time to start seeding, but NOT indoors. Learn how to successfully start seeds OUTSIDE in the winter, no greenhouse needed! Winter sowing techniques outside are easier than the windowsill or with light lamps in the basement. Master gardeners will teach you how to get an early start on your vegetables and flowers. Please bring a two-liter CLEAR container. Registration required and open to all.

Event: Sugar and Spice Motown Revue
Location: Main Auditorium
Date: Sunday, Feb. 16
Time: 2 p.m.
Description: The Soul Train will be rolling into Huntington Public Library! Sugar and Spice Band will celebrate Black History Month by playing all your favorite Motown jams. The band features talented musicians who have played with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Little Buster, Gladys Knight as well as many other well-known entertainers. You will hear classics from such artists as Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson, and many more! Registration required and open to all.

Event: Kiss Me, Kill Me....Mystery Book Discussion hosted by Donna
Location: Main Auditorium and Zoom
Date: Feb. 18
Time: 2 p.m.
Description: We will be discussing "Still Waters" by Matt Johnson. Moments after they learn their brother is dead, estranged siblings Liv and Gabe receive a scheduled email from him, claiming he was murdered, and returning home to investigate, they risk everything to unearth the secrets in a small town where someone is willing to kill for the truth to stay buried. Registration required and open to all.

Event: Wednesday Matinees
Location: Main Auditorium
Date: Feb. 19
Time: 2 p.m.
Description: "Fargo," 1996, R, 98 minutes. Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson. Registration suggested and open to all.

Event: Drama Book Club
Location: Main Meeting Room
Date: Feb. 20
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: In this classic comedy, "The Odd Couple" by Neil Simon, one of America’s most prolific and successful playwright, two legendarily mismatched roommates bring down the house
when they try to live together in one eight-room New York City apartment. Please read this play so we can discuss and read selected scenes aloud to add a deeper understanding of the work. Registration required and open to all.

Event: Friday Evening Movies: Recent Hits You May Have Missed
Location: Main Auditorium
Date: Feb. 21
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Description: "Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice," 2024 Rated PG-13, 105 minutes. After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife. Registration suggested and open to all.

Event: Welcome to Lawn Guyland with Comedian Stevie GB
Location: Main Auditorium
Date: Sunday, Feb. 23
Time: 2 p.m.
Description: Join award-winning comedian, actor and playwright Stevie GB for his hilarious one man show about his journey from Brooklyn to Long Island at the age of 14. Registration required and open to all.

Event: Great Books Reading & Discussion Group
Location: Main Meeting Room and Zoom
Date: Feb. 24
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: Selected poems by John Keats (1795-1821). We discuss three short poems written in the style of the odes of the Latin poet Horace. They are "Ode to a Nightingale," "Ode on Melancholy," and "Ode on a Grecian Urn." Their tone is meditative, their structures consistent in stanza, rhyme, and meter. Keats, considered one of the greatest poets in the whole lifespan of English language and literature, is guaranteed to give you a boost. Registration required and open to all.

Event: Unsung Heroes:African American Women
Location: Main Meeting Room
Date: Feb. 25
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: From Abolition to the Civil Rights Era and beyond, African American women have made invaluable, often overlooked contributions to the long struggle for equality and recognition in American history. Learn about abolitionist and educator Sarah Mapps Douglass, nurse and educator Susie King Taylor, and more! Registration required and open to all.

Event: Wednesday Matinees
Location: Main Auditorium
Date: Feb. 26
Time: 2 p.m.
Description: "Wind River," 2017, R, 107 mins. A wildlife officer, who is haunted by a tragedy that happened because of him, teams up with an FBI agent in solving a murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation and hopes to get redemption from his past regrets. Registration suggested and open to all.

Description: Foreign Journey
Location: Main Auditorium
Date: Feb. 28
Time: 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Description: Bringing you back to all eras of Foreigner and Journey’s career, encompassing their biggest hits as well as fan favorites with the high energy, nostalgia, and authenticity of two of the world’s most iconic bands! Registered patrons will have priority and must arrive no later than 10 minutes before the performance or your seat will be released and given to a waitlisted patron. Registration required and open to all.