Altamont Library Notes for Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Are you getting excited for the Altamont Celebration of Lights? I know we are! This year, the Celebration of Lights (what we used to call the Victorian Holiday Celebration) will take place on Sunday, Dec. 19.
It will be full of fun activities, including a pet parade, Orsini Park tree-lighting, wreath raffle, and an extra special evening car parade featuring a jolly old friend on a fire truck at the end. (Sadly, there won’t be a Santa Train this year.)
All of these activities are put on by our friends at Altamont Community Tradition. In order to raise money for ACT, so that it can continue putting on wonderful events like this, and the annual springtime park cleanup and Strawberry Social, we’re helping to raffle off an antique quilt from the 19930s donated by Sally Dague and fixed up by the amazing Train Station Quilters.
Tickets may be purchased at the library on the day of the event for $1 each or six for $5. The lucky winner will be drawn at the Celebration of Lights. Please help support this important civic organization and take a chance at winning a one-of-a-kind heirloom at the same time!
Library Lights
This holiday season, honor the memory of a friend, loved one, or pet with a light on the Altamont Village Gazebo in Orsini Park. The lights cost $5 each and all proceeds benefit the Altamont Free Library.
The honorees’ names will be read during the annual lighting ceremony on Friday, Dec. 10, at 6 p.m., and be published on the library’s website. Forms are available at the library and in this week’s edition of The Altamont Enterprise. Please join us at the gazebo with on Friday, Dec. 11, for what is always a lovely and moving (and socially distant) ceremony.
Story time
Story time is on the move! Now that the weather is getting colder, we’ve moved story times a few blocks away and indoors! Please join us in the Community Room at Altamont Reformed Church at 129 Lincoln Ave. in Altamont every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. for a super fun morning of songs, stories, and activities!
We’re moving to ARC so that our story-time families have lots of room to stretch out and distance themselves from one another. Since this is an indoor program, all participants over the age of 2 must wear masks for the duration of the program. Please enter through the back, and head right upstairs to the Community Room. Many thanks to Altamont Reformed Church for hosting us this fall and winter. We hope to see you there!
Book Club
Do you love to read? Do you love talking about the things you’ve read? If so, consider joining our First Monday Book Club! We meet, as the name implies, on the first Monday of every month at noon.
Our next meeting will be Monday, Dec. 6, at noon when we’ll meet via Zoom to discuss “The Remains of the Day” by Kazuo Ishiguro. It’s a fascinating book, and we’ve got several copies on hold if you’re interested. You can also find the digital book and audiobook available for free on the Libby app.
If you’d like to join us, or to reserve your copy of “The Remains of the Day,” call us at 518-861-7239 or send us an email at director@altamontfreelibrary.org.