North Castle Public Library
Library Info
It is the mission of the North Castle Public Library to serve as the community resource center for the intellectual, cultural and recreational needs of the citizens of North Castle.
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Program Scholar
Peter Meineck, Page & Stage Program Director
Artistic Director, Aquila Theatre
Clinical Assistant Professor of Classics and Ancient Studies
New York University
Program Scholar for the North Castle Public Library
Peter is the Program Director for Page and Stage and the Artistic Director of Aquila Theatre. He has directed and/or produced over 40 productions in NY, London and internationally in venues as diverse as Carnegie Hall, the ancient Stadium at Delphi, Lincoln Center and the White House, including Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, King Lear, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrranus and Ajax, Aeschylus’ Agamemnon and Aristophanes’ Wasps, Clouds, Frogs and Birds. Recent directorial projects include Homer’s Iliad: Book One, Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, Catch-22, Julius Caesar and Romeo and Juliet. He has also written several literary adaptations for the stage including The Man Who Would Be King, Canterbury Tales and The Invisible Man.
Peter has published several volumes of translations of Greek plays including Aeschylus’ Oresteia, which won the Lewis Galantiere Award for Literary Translation from the American Translators Association; Sophocles’ Theban Plays (with Paul Woodruff), Philoctetes and Ajax; Aristophanes’ Clouds, Wasps & Birds; and The Electra Plays. He is a regular contributor to Arion: A Journal of Humanities and The Classics. Mr. Meineck is a faculty member at the Classics Department and the Center for Ancient Studies at New York University.
Previous Events
Reading Group
"I am Legend"
Join Program Scholar, Peter Meineck for a reading group at the North Castle Public Library
19 Whippoorwill Rd E # 1, Armonk, NY 10504
Call 914-273-3887 for more information Click here for directions
May 03 2009 at 01:00 PM
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Iliad Performance
Join us for a performance of Homer's Iliad at the North Castle Public Library
19 Whippoorwill Rd E#1, Armonk, NY 10504
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April 26 2009 at 05:00 PM
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Acting Workshop
Join us for an Acting Workshop with the classically trained actors of Aquila Theatre in Whippoorwill Hall at the North Castle Public Library
19 Whippoorwill Rd E # 1, Armonk, NY 10504
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April 26 2009 at 03:30 PM
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Reading Group
Homer's Iliad, Translated by Stanley Lombardo
Join Program Scholar, Peter Meineck for a reading group at the North Castle Public Library
19 Whippoorwill Rd E #1, Armonk, NY 10504
Call 914-273-3887 for more information
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April 22 2009 at 07:30 PM
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Reading Group
Homer's Iliad, Translated by Stanley Lombardo
Join Program Scholar, Peter Meineck for a reading group at the North Castle Public Library
19 Whippoorwill Rd E # 1, Armonk, NY 10504
Call 914-273-3887 for more information. Click here for directions
March 04 2009 at 07:30 PM
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Public Lecture
"Performing Homer - Identifying with Epic Heroes"
Join us for a public lecture delivered by Program Scholar, Peter Meineck at the North Castle Public Library
19 Whippoorwill Rd E#1, Armonk, NY 10504
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February 25 2009 at 07:30 PM
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This library is focusing on the thematic unit “Know Thyself: Issues of Identity”
