Altamont Library Notes for Friday, November 3, 2017
Nick Matulis, a singer and songwriter from Schaghticoke, will perform at the Altamont Free Library this Friday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. as part of the library’s SongTeller Sessions concert series.
Mark your calendars and book your babysitter! On Saturday, Feb. 10, the Altamont Free Library will hold our 10th Annual I Love My Library! Gala at Altamont village hall.
This year’s theme is “Bound with History & Friendship” and, to exemplify the virtues of history and friendship, we will be honoring two women who have demonstrated extraordinary dedication to our library and our community: Village of Altamont Archives and Museum Curator Marijo Dougherty, and longtime library trustee and friend of the library Sally Dague.
As always, we will be holding both live and silent auctions at the gala so, if you’d like to contribute an auction item or know of a business owner or artisan who might be interested in contributing, please let us know.
If you’ve never attended before and you’re interested in attending this year, please get in touch with us at (518) 861-7239 or by email at and we’ll be sure to send you an invitation when those go out in December. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year, so your attendance and participation will go a long way towards keeping the library moving forward.
Matulis to perform
At the beginning of the year, Altamont Free Library launched a new concert series we call The SongTeller Sessions on the first Friday of every month. The idea behind the concerts is that each performer receives the same list of 10 questions that they’ll answer through stories and songs.
Among the questions are: What was a song that your parents loved? What was the first bad song that you wrote? What song makes you think of home?
We’ve take the summer off while we put on our annual Summer Concert Series in Orsini Park, but now that the days are getting shorter, we’re bringing it back! Our performer will for November will be local art-folk-rocker Nick Matulis on Friday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m.. All ages are welcome at these shows
“A Gentleman in Moscow”
On Monday, Nov. 6 the First Monday Bookclub will meet at noon to discuss A Gentleman in Moscow, the acclaimed second novel by Amor Towles. It is the utterly charming story of a Russian aristocrat confined by court order to a grand Moscow hotel for insulting the Bolshevik government.
It’s a quick enough read, and we still have a few copies on hold, so please join us for what will certainly be a fascinating conversation.
Bake Sale
Whether you’re a Republican, a Democrat or an independent, we can all agree that homemade cookies, pies, and bread make the world a little sweeter so. while you’re voting at Altamont village hall on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 7 be sure to stop by our annual AFL Bake Sale!
We need plenty of bakers to make this fundraiser a success, so if you’d like to donate some baked goods, give Joe a call at (518) 861-7239. The always phenomenal Mary Heidinger and Pat Spohr could use a few extra pairs of hands running the sale as well, so if you’ve got a spare hour or two on Election Day and you’d like to help, please let us know. All proceeds from the sale go to support the Altamont Free Library.