Singer-Songwriter & Recording Artist Szilva Vecserdy with Award-Winning Film-Maker Noah Berlow It is not every day that two acclaimed artists based in Los Angeles California fly in from overseas to speak at our library and discuss the power of story in film and music...matter of fact, this was a first for us. Equally special to us was the humility and pulsating social conscience of our presenters. In the space of two and a half hours, our audience of 29 guests were treated to beautiful vocals and a sharp, daring and innovative lens,  leaving us all with  an indelible mark of hope and promise for the future...and stronger sense of moral responsibility. Noah Berlow Noah opened as first speaker, performing a 360 degree turn and then thanking us for his time...at 45 seconds, we could not believe his presentation was over! This, of course, was not the case. It was a clever introduction about the nature of storytelling and the expectations and hope...

Visit Paul Karp's Poetry Website at: https://kapow2016.wordpress.com/    [Book Reviews of Publications Penned by Our Community's Local Authors] Mentone Public Library is committed towards promoting local history and the local literary talent of the City of Kingston and surrounding municipalities; the Cities of Bayside, Glen Eira and Port Phillip in the Bayside region of Melbourne Australia. Mentone Public Library is pleased to have recruited Paul "Percussion & Poet" Karp to source and review the local literary pearls of publications you might be yet to discover. This month Paul's book review pick is: SCANDALOUS BAYSIDE  An anthology by  The Mordialloc Writers' Group Who doesn't love reading about a good scandal? Especially if it's a scandal set where you live!  Well, in 2008 the Mordialloc Writers' Group compiled an anthology of factual accounts, fictional stories and verse each infected by some whiff o...