Altamont Library Notes for Friday, February 26, 2016
It’s a Leap Day potluck. Please join us at the Altamont Free Library at 6 p.m., on Monday, Feb. 29, for another in our series of fantastic Eat Around the World Potluck suppers, this month focusing on the food and drinks of Portugal and the Azore Islands.
Don’t know where the Azores are? Neither did I, but we’ve got some good friends returning home from a vacation there and hopefully they’ll bring some photos and stories from their trip to share. Don’t forget to bring a dish to share, and if you don’t already have a favorite Portuguese or Azorian recipe, you can always pick up a cookbook here.
Global art project
Every two years, children around the world participate in a wonderful event known as the Global Art Project for Peace. Please join us on Saturday, March 5, from 10 a.m. to noon to help craft our contribution. Once we’ve made our art, we will display it here at the library and then pack it up and ship it off to children in another country, and we will receive their artwork for us to display here.
This year we’ll be making a collage of photographs taken by kids that show what life is like here in Altamont. We’ve even got some digital cameras (really iPod Touch’s) that kids can borrow to take photos in advance of our crafting session on March 5. Kids of all ages can participate in this extraordinary cultural exchange, so if you’d like to participate, please sign up at the library or give us a call at 861-7239.
Book discussion
On Monday, March 7, at noon the First Monday Book Club will meet to discuss "The Elephant’s Journey" by Jose Saramago. Based on the true story of an elephant’s trip from Portugal across Europe to Austria in 1551 to be given as a present for the wedding of the Holy Roman Emperor, this delightful and short novel was widely praised on its publication in 2008. Please join us.
Social Security planning workshop
Have you been thinking about retirement? Are you unsure of how to maximize your income in your golden years? Do you have questions about Social Security? If so, please join us at 6:30 p.m., on Tuesday, March 8, for a free public information workshop called “Savvy Social Security Planning.”
This workshop is designed to help people better understand their Social Security retirement benefits and what they may be entitled to. Our presenter, Carol VanValkenburgh, is a representative of Foresters Financial and has extensive experience in shepherding folks through the Social Security process. Please register in advance at the library or give us a call at 861-7239.