Altamont Library Notes for Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Enter the Jazz Age on Sept. 13 in Orsini Park, as the Altamont Free Library Book Group discusses F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”
Last week, we wrapped up our 2021 Summer Reading Program, and let me tell you: It was fantastic!
All summer long, the library was a buzz of activity as young friends came and went, telling us about all the cool books they’d read, and how many jumping jacks they could do, and where they last spotted our stuffed llama mascot around the village.
It’s nice to have a quiet library sometimes, but I’ll take a loud and busy one any day, especially in the summer.
Earlier this week, we picked our Summer Reading Program raffle prize winners, and we’ve tried to get in touch with all of the winners, but if you’re not sure whether you or your kids won a prize, you can check out our website, AltamontFreeLibrary.org, where we have a list of all of our winners posted.
Because we had so, so many participants this year, not everybody will have won a prize, but I am so proud of everyone for all of the drawing, and all of the bird-watching, and all of the jumping jacks, and all of the llama-searching, and especially all of the reading that all of the kids did. You should be proud of them too.
These are not easy times to be a kid. It never is, I suppose, but as a parent, I can tell you that having a safe, happy place in the community where kids can be themselves and indulge their interests and their dreams through reading and discovery can make a big difference. We’re so happy to be able to be that place for so many of the incredible kids in this incredible community.
Holiday
Altamont Free Library will be closed on Saturday, Sept. 4 and Monday, Sept. 6 in observance of Labor Day. I think the staff have earned it, don’t you?
Uke group
Do you uke? If you do, even if you’re not very good yet, please join our monthly outdoor ukulele meetup. Our next meeting will be Tuesday, Sept.7 at 6 p.m. in Orsini Park, and we’d love for you to join us.
Bring a song or two to share with the group if you like. This is a fun, inviting way of growing as a player, picking up hits and tips, learning new tunes, and meeting fellow ukesters. We hope to see you in the park!
“Great Gatsby”
Join the AFL Book Group for a discussion of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel “The Great Gatsby.” Set in the Roaring Twenties amidst all of the glitz and glamour of what Fitzgerald termed the Jazz Age, “Gatsby” is the classic story of Jay Gatsby, a mysterious and wealthy man and the lengths he goes to to win back his old flame.
Whether you’ve read it before or not, join us in Orsini Park on Monday, Sept. 13, at noon for what will no doubt be a great discussion. (Yes, we normally meet on the first Monday of the month, but in September, that will be Labor Day, and the library will be closed.)