Altamont Library Notes for Wednesday, July 28, 2021
— Photo by Joe Burke
Wildlife rehabilitator Kelly Martin displays a red tailed hawk, one of the many wild animals who joined her at Altamont Free Library on Wednesday, July 21.
For three weeks straight, we’ve gotten incredibly lucky with the weather for our Orsini Park Summer Concert Series, and by the time you read this we’ll know whether we were able to pull it off four weeks in a row. Sadly, next week will be the last concert of the series, but we’re going out with a bang!
Please join us in the park on Tuesday, Aug. 3, for E-Block! E-Block is an incredible young band based in Rotterdam, which plays a mix of soulful covers and original tunes. You are absolutely not going to want to miss it, if for no other reason than that it’s going to be a long 11 months before we get to do this again!
All concerts begin at 7 p.m., and are supported in part by the village of Altamont, as well as by donations to Altamont Free Library. It’s been so nice to see you all back in the park after a year away, so break out your blankets and lawn chairs, gather the kids and bring your neighbors, and meet us one last time this summer out at the gazebo!
Summer Reading Program
The children’s Summer Reading Program is rolling right along! This year, our Summer Reading Program is all about animals, and it has been wild! Come pick up your Summer Reading bingo card at the library and start earning chances to win fabulous prizes, by having adventures, being helpful, and especially, by reading, reading, reading!
Once you’ve off and running on your bingo card, join us on Thursday, Aug. 5 at 5 p.m. to hear from Katrina Talbot, a wildlife biologist with the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation, and learn all about the wild animals that live all around us and how we can safely interact with them. It’s going to be informative and interesting, so don’t miss it!
Don’t forget that all summer long, Altamont will be playing host to a stuffed friend named Library Llama, and she’ll be hiding in different businesses all summer long. If you can find her, you can be entered into a raffle for a special prize at the end of the summer. Look for clues on our Facebook and Instagram pages, as well as on posters at the library.
It’s already been a super fun summer and it’s not too late to join in the fun, so come get your Summer Reading Program brochure and bingo card today!