Altamont Library Notes for Friday, February 10, 2017
Every month, we hold a wonderful event called the Eat Around the Word Potluck, where members of our community come together and prepare and share foods from a different culture or country each month. In February, we’ve decided to add another element to the mix.
On Monday, Feb. 27, at 6 p.m., we will be sampling the cuisine of Syria, a nation that has been much in the news over the past two years as a devastating civil war has upended that nation and created a refugee crisis that has affected the entire world. In the Capital District, we have seen many people who have escaped the violence in Syria and are now trying to make a new life for themselves among us.
Often, these refugees come to the United States with only the proverbial clothes on their backs, and they need help. Whatever one might think of the United States accepting refugees from war-torn nations, they are our neighbors now and they need help.
To that end, on the night of our potluck and in the week before it, we will be accepting donations of household goods to be distributed to the local chapter of the United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) and similar groups that work to resettle refugee populations. Making a donation is by no means necessary to attending the potluck, but, if you are inclined, we have wish lists of household and personal goods here at the library that would warmly and gratefully received.
Trivia night
On Thursday, Feb. 9 from 7 to 9 p.m., our monthly Trivia Night is back. Make a team, study up, and BYOB to this mind-twisting trivia contest. Entrance is $5 and the winning team takes half of the door. Contestants must be 21 and up, please.
Valentine’s Day craft
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and instead of the usual store bought card, make a card by hand at the library! Please join us on Sunday, Feb. 12 from 3 to 5 p.m. We’ll have all the supplies you’ll need and all ages are welcome.
Juice and Jammie
On Thursday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. put on your PJ’s and join Ms. Erika for a pre-bedtime story, snack and craft! This storytime will be just the thing to prepare your kiddos to count sheep.
Keough signs his book
Please join us for a very special event on Thursday, Feb. 22 from 6 to 7 p.m. Local author James Keough will be discussing and signing copies of his book “The First K-9 Trooper in the NYS Police.”
Mr. Kough served on the New York State Police from 1965 to 1998 and has collected stories over three decades worth of stories with partners both human and canine.