Altamont Library Notes for Thursday, February 23, 2017
Every month, we hold a wonderful event called the Eat Around the World 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. In the Capital District, we have seen many people who have escaped the recent 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.
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 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 be warmly and gratefully received.
SongTeller sessions
As you may have heard, we have a new monthly concert series that we are very excited about. We’re calling it the SongTeller Sessions and they happen on the first Friday evening of each month.
The idea is that each performer receives the same list of 10 questions that they answer through stories and songs. Among the questions are: What was a song that your parents loved? What was the first bad song that you wrote? What song makes you think of home?
Please join us for our next concert on Friday, March 3, at 7 p.m. Our performer this month is folk singer-songwriter Laura Boggs Gagnon. With influences such as Patti Smith, Natalie Merchant, and Suzanne Vega, she has been writing and performing for over 15 years. Laura is a teacher-librarian originally from Guilderland, now working and living in Schoharie County.
Coffee and snacks will be available and all ages are welcome.
Book discussion
On Monday March 6 at noon the First Monday Book Club will meet to discuss “The Geography of Bliss” by Eric Weiner. Based on the true story of the author’s travels around the globe to learn what makes people happy and contented in different cultures. Please join us.