Altamont Library Notes for Friday, August 5, 2016

— Photo by Ron Ginsburg

Sing-along: As Marty Wendell and his Tour Band play in the gazebo at Orsini Park, current and former trustees of the Altamont Free Library, along with the library’s director, Joe Burke, at center, and the village’s mayor, James Gaughan, at far right, sing “Happy Birthday” to celebrate the library’s centennial.

Next week, we will be winding down our summer concert series in Orsini Park. It has been a phenomenal set of shows and we have been blessed with good weather, few bugs, great music, and even better company. We have many people to thank for the success of the series so far, starting with Lori McCutcheon, this year’s concert series organizer.

We also have to thank the village of Altamont, Mayor Jim Gaughan, the village board and the Parks and Public Works departments for supporting our concert series. We’d also like to thank the awesome Bella Fleur and Remedies for their sponsorship.

We’d like to thank the bands who played this year: Three Quarter North, Rusticator; Jon Ouckama, Marty Wendell and his Tour Band; Scotty Mac’s Rockshow; and this next week’s final act, the Tommy Verrigni Trio.

But most of all, we would like to thank everyone who came out to the park to have a good time, hear some great music, and support our village and our library. Your support and contributions allow us to do this every year, so thank you all!

Video editing workshop

Lights, camera, action! Next week we’ll be holding a video editing class at the library today, Thursday, Aug. 4 from 1 to 3 p.m. for aspiring photographers and filmmakers ages 7 to 14.

This free event will demonstrate the technique of stop motion animation using legos, smartphone cameras (which we’ll supply), and the Lego Movie Maker app. Seats in the workshop are limited please call or email us at to register in advance.

Concert

The always popular free summer concert series finishes up at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 9. Join us in Orsini Park for a performance by The Tommy Verrigni Trio. In the event of rain, this and all of our other concerts will be relocated to the pavilion at Bozenkill Park.

Flag craft

Every Olympian needs a flag and you can make one of your very own with the Tang Teaching Museum on Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 4 p.m.. All ages are welcome.

Find Marathon Monkey

We’ll also need everybody’s help to find Ms. Marathon Monkey, who’s gotten lost in Altamont on her way to the Olympics. She’s been spotted at the Home Front Café, Bella Fleur, and Hungerford Market, but we hear that she’s changing her location every week, so please be on the lookout.

You can find a clue as to her whereabouts in the library or on our Facebook page. If you do find her, let us know and you’ll be entered to win a special prize at the end of the summer reading program.

We’re open

This year we’re going to try something new: We’re going to stay open. The Altamont Free Library will be keeping its’ 2 to 5 p.m. schedule in August to see whether it makes sense to make this change permanent. We hope you’ll come out to visit us.