Altamont Library Notes for Friday, April 21, 2017

The Altamont free Library’s annual book sale is coming up quickly — it’s on Saturday, May 6, held in conjunction wit the village-wide garage sale held by the Altamont elementary School PTA — and we need your help to pull it off. Every year, we are the happy recipients of thousands and thousands of donated books, CDs and DVDs which we sell to raise money for the library. (Sorry, but we will not be running a garage sale this year, so household goods will not be accepted.)

From noon on Wednesday, May 3 until Friday, May 5, we will be very grateful to accept book, CD, and DVD donations, which will either be added to the library’s collection or sold to raise money for library programs and we will be happy to make up a receipt for you for tax purposes if you like.

We’ll need a few folks to help out with moving and sorting all of the donations, so if you have a few hours to spare any day between May 3 and May 6, the day of the sale, please email me at or call 861-7239. Also, if you have a folding table or a tarp you can spare for a few days, those would be greatly appreciated too. Thanks!

Trivia Night

This Thursday, April 20 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.

Earth Day craft

Celebrate Earth Day and the spring season at the library! On Sunday April 23 at 2 p.m. we’ll be making wildflower seed balls that you can strew about your yard and watch the beautiful, bright flowers bloom! Please pre-register to ensure that we have craft materials for all by calling the library at 861-7239, emailing at or stop by the library and sign up in person.

Spanish potluck

It’s almost time again for another of our ever popular Eat Around the World Potluck dinners! Come broaden your culinary horizons and share a meal a bunch of friendly people. This month we’re taking  a trip to Spain!

Please join us at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 24 to join in the festivities and bring a dish to share. If you don’t already have a favorite Spanish recipe, come on in and grab a cookbook.

Gadget help

For everyone who takes to new technologies like a fish to water, there are five of us who are utterly befuddled by our devices. But fear not, that’s what the library is here for. Whether it’s a phone, laptop, tablet or eReader that won’t do what it’s supposed to do, we can (probably) help!

Call the library at 861-7239 to book an appointment to sit down with a librarian for up to a half-hour and sort out your gizmo issues. And hey, if we can’t help you, it just means that you’re not alone in your confusion.