On Sunday, April 14th, award-winning photographer and author John Lazzaro will present a slideshow on the history of Kings Park Psychiatric Center. Combining rare, archival images as well as his own photography, Lazzaro will discuss his work and the approach to his creative process behind his 2019 book, The Walls Still Talk: A Photographic Journey Through Kings Park Psychiatric Center.

The author made dozens of trips to Nissequogue River State Park to photograph the remaining buildings of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center which has been sitting idle and abandoned since 1996. These images show the result of decades of neglect and decay after deinstitutionalization.  The program will be held at the Islip Public Library, 71 Monell Ave., from 1-3 pm, and is free and open to the public.  For more info:  www.isliphamlethistory.org, 631-559-2915.