Altamont Library Notes for Monday, May 1, 2017
Caroline Doctorow will perform on May 5 at 7 p.m. as part of the SongTellers Sessions series at the Altamont Free Library.
The Altamont Free Library’s annual book sale is coming up quickly and we need your help to pull it off! On Saturday, May 6, we’ll hold our annual book sale in conjunction with the PTA’s village-wide garage sale.
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.)
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, 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!
CM Fox Charity Gala
On Saturday, April 29, our good friends at CM Fox Real Estate will be holding their first spring gala at Orchard Creek Golf Club. All proceeds from the event will go to support food pantries in Altamont and Guilderland, as well as the Guilderland Public Library and the Altamont Free Library.
We are tremendously grateful to Troy Miller, Kathy Burbank, Steve Wacksman, and Cindy Wadach among many others for organizing this exciting event. There may still be a spot or two left so call CM Fox at 861-7030 for more information. See you there!
Book club
The first Monday book group will meet at noon on Monday, May 1 to discuss “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West” by Gregory Maguire. This updating and reimagining of the classic “Wizard of Oz” stories by L. Frank Baum looks at the well known stories from the perspective of the supposedly bad guys.
A modern classic in its own right and the basis for the tremendously popular musical of the same name, this novel should give us lots to talk about, so please join us!
Doctorow performs
The SongTeller Sessions concert series keeps on rolling. Please join us for our next concert on Friday, May 5 at 7 p.m. Our performer this time around will be Caroline Doctorow. “No Depression Magazine” says, “Caroline Doctorow has been responsible for some of the sweetest songs of the modern folk idiom.”
Caroline is a chart-topping folksinger and songwriter, with a stirring voice that recalls Judy Collins and Sandy Denny. In addition to 11 solo albums, she released the first retrospective of the work of folk icons Richard and Mimi Fariña titled Another Country, which received critical acclaim.
She is the daughter of the late, world-renowned author E.L. Doctorow, so she’ll definitely have some good stories to tell. Coffee and snacks will be available and all ages are welcome.