The Altamont Free Library’s annual I Love My Library! Gala is quickly approaching. Our biggest fund-raiser of the year is coming up on Saturday, Feb. 6.
As of Monday morning, there are still seats available, but it sells out every year, so send in your responses or pick up an invitation at the library now, while there are still some left.
The I Love My Library! Gala takes place at the Altamont community room at village hall from 5 to 9:30 p.m., and will feature a fantastic dinner and dessert, entertainment, neighborly camaraderie, and live and silent auctions.
This year, we’ll be honoring Jim and Wanda Gardner, longtime publishers of The Altamont Enterprise and owners of the Enterprise Print and Photo. Our community's involvement is what makes AFL unique among libraries, so please come on down to support your library. See you there.
Book signing
On Thursday, Jan. 28, at 6:30 p.m., we will be hosting a very special event. Authors Everett Rau and Laura Shore will be discussing and signing copies of their new book, "Stand Tall Against the Odds."
Rau was born in Altamont in 1919 and has seen many changes here in his 96 years. He was nearly 90 when he designed and supervised construction of a Dutch barn on his farm using antique tools and old techniques and has much to teach us about the important farming heritage that made this area what it is.
Co-author Laura Shore worked with Rau for two years to preserve his stories and memories and this book is the result of their efforts. Please join us for this unique and exciting event.
Book talk
On Monday, Feb. 1, the First Monday book group will be meeting at noon to discuss "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho. This novel has the distinction of being the world’s most widely translated book by a living author.
Many of you may have already read it, so please join us. There is lots of interesting stuff in this book to discuss.
Take Your Child to the Library Day
This is going to be fun! Saturday, Feb. 6, is Take Your Child to the Library Day here at AFL. This is a great opportunity to bring your young folks to the library and let us introduce them or reintroduce them to all the library has to offer.
Festivities kick off at 10 a.m., as we stretch our muscles and our minds with adult kid yoga led by the fabulous Christine Carpenter. We’ll also have crafts and story times throughout the day. It’ll be a hoot and a great way to start off a library filled day, ending with the I Love My Library! Gala.
Trustee opening
The library’s board of trustees is looking for a few new members. Anyone in Altamont, Knox, Guilderland Center, and the surrounding area high school age and older is eligible. You just have to have community spirit, a few spare hours per month and the willingness to roll up your sleeves. For more information, please contact the library at 861-7239 or email us at before Feb. 1.
With the beginning of the new year, it is time for the Altamont Free Library to say goodbye and thank you to a few members of our board of trustees, the group of dedicated volunteers who are in charge of managing the library. Sally Dague, Christine Lennard, Christine Capuano, and Megan Connelly have each dedicated their time, energy, and expertise to the library and we are all better off for their commitment. Thank you all.
In their absence, the board of trustees is looking for a few new members. Anyone in Altamont, Knox, Guilderland Center, or the surrounding area who is high school age or older is eligible. You just have to have community spirit, a few spare hours per month, and the willingness to roll up your sleeves.
For more information, please contact the library at 861-7239 or e-mail us at before Feb. 1.
Thailand potluck
On Monday Jan. 25, at 6 p.m., we’ll hold our first Eat Around the World potluck of the year. This is always a fun opportunity to try a new cuisine, make a new friend and connect with the community.
This month, we’ll be sampling the hot and spicy food of Thailand. If you don’t have a favorite Thai recipe on hand, feel free to check out a few of the many cookbooks we’ve got here at the library. Bring a friend and a dish to share and join us, won’t you?
Energy efficiency
If you own or manage a business or non-profit, you know how important it is to increase your energy efficiency. On Jan. 26, at 6:30 p.m., we’ll be holding a workshop on making your business more energy efficient.
This program will be led by Mark DeChiro, a technical expert from L&S Energy Services who has been doing great work with our library. He will discuss the improvements you can make to your workplace to save energy and save money.
Book signing
On Thursday, Jan. 28, at 6:30 p.m., we will be hosting a very special event with authors Everett Rau and Laura Shore discussing and signing copies of their new book, "Stand Tall Against the Odds."
Everett was born in Altamont in 1919 and has seen many changes here in his 96 years here. He was nearly 90 when he designed and supervised construction of a Dutch barn on his farm using antique tools and old techniques and has much to teach us about the important farming heritage that made this area what it is.
Co-author Laura Shore worked with Everett for two years to preserve his stories and memories and this book is the result of their efforts. Please join us for this unique and exciting event.
Take Your Child to the Library Day
This is going to be fun! Saturday, Feb. 6, is Take Your Child to the Library Day here at AFL.
This is a great opportunity to bring your young folks to the library and let us introduce them (or reintroduce them) to all the library has to offer. Festivities kick off at 10 a.m. as we stretch our muscles and our minds with adult kid yoga led by the fabulous Christine Carpenter.
We’ll also have crafts and storytimes throughout the day. It’ll be a hoot and a great way to start off a library-filled day.
The I Love My Library! Gala
Our biggest fund-raiser of the year is coming up, also on Saturday Feb. 6. It sells out every year, so get your tickets at the library while there are still some left.
The I Love My Library! Gala take place at the Altamont Community Room at village hall from 5 to 9:30 p.m., and will feature a fantastic dinner and dessert, entertainment, neighborly camaraderie, and live and silent auctions.
This year, we’ll be honoring Jim and Wanda Gardner, longtime publishers of The Altamont Enterprise and owners of the Enterprise Printing and Photo shop.
Our community's involvement is what makes AFL unique among libraries, so please come on down to support your library. See you there.
Now that the holidays are behind us, many of us are left trying to figure out how the heck to use the new techno-goodies we’ve received. For every one of us who takes to new technologies like a fish to water, there are five of us who are utterly befuddled by new devices.
But fear not, that’s what the Altamont Free Library is here for. Whether it’s a new phone, laptop, tablet, or eReader that won’t do what it’s supposed to do, we can probably help. Call the library at 861-7239 to book an appointment to sit down with a librarian for up to a half-hour and sort out your gizmo issues. And hey, if we can’t help you, it just means that you’re not alone in your confusion.
Dress-up and sing-along
On Monday, Jan. 18, at 2 p.m., we’ll be showing the sing-along version of “Frozen.” The young folks will be home from school, so what better way to spend it than at the library singing along with friends to your favorite movie? Wear your Anna or Elsa dress if you like and sing your heart out. We’ll even make icy treats for all.
Book discussion
On Monday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m., the Penultimate Monday Book Club will meet to discuss the phenomenal 2014 novel “Ordinary Grace” by William Kent Krueger. A coming of age story set in rural Minnesota in 1961, the book tells the story of a boy’s first encounters with death, secrets, and the adult world. There’s much to discuss about this book, and it comes highly recommended, so please join us.
Energy efficiency
If you own or manage a business or non-profit, you know how important it is to increase your energy efficiency. On Jan. 26, at 6:30 p.m., we’ll be holding a workshop on making your business more energy efficient. This program will be led by Mark DeChiro, a technical expert from L&S Energy Services who has been doing great work with our library. He will discuss the improvements you can make to your workplace to save energy and save money.
Thailand potluck
On Monday, Jan. 25, at 6 p.m., we’ll hold our first Eat Around the World potluck of the year. This is always a fun opportunity to try a new cuisine, make a new friend and connect with the community. This month, we’ll be sampling the hot and spicy food of Thailand. If you don’t have a favorite Thai recipe on hand, feel free to check out a few of the many cookbooks we’ve got here at the library. Bring a friend and a dish to share and join us, won’t you?
Book signing
On Thursday, Jan. 28, at 6:30 p.m., we will be hosting a very special event: Authors Everett Rau and Laura Shore will be discussing and signing copies of their new book, “Stand Tall Against the Odds.” Everett was born in Altamont in 1919 and has seen many changes here in his 96 years here.
He was nearly 90 years old when he designed and supervised construction of a Dutch barn on his farm using antique tools and old techniques and has much to teach us about the important farming heritage that made this area what it is. Co-author Laura Shore worked with Everett for two years to preserve his stories and memories and this book is the result of their efforts. Please join us for this unique and exciting event.
Library gala
Tickets are now available for the library's annual I Love My Library! Gala, which will be taking place on Saturday, Feb. 6, at 5:30 p.m., at the Altamont village hall. Contact the library to reserve your tickets now, because this is the social event of the season, and it always sells out.
With the start of a new year, it’s a time for resolutions and positive changes. To help you keep your money-related resolutions, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, at 6:30 p.m., the Altamont Free Library will be holding another of our great financial literacy workshops.
This time, Maria DeLucia-Evans of Cornell Cooperative Extension will lead a workshop titled Save Energy, Save Dollars, focusing on the easy steps we can all take to make our homes greener and less costly. All attendees will receive three free CFL light bulbs and be entered into a drawing for a free home energy kit.
Energy efficiency for your business
On a related note, we’ll be following up on the Save Energy, Save Dollars program with a workshop two weeks later on Jan. 26, at 6:30 p.m., on making your business more energy efficient.
This second program will be led by Mark DeChiro, a technical expert from L&S Energy Services who has been doing great work with our library. He will discuss the improvements you can make to your workplace to save energy and save money. Please join us for either or both programs.
Dress-up and sing-along
On Monday, Jan. 18, at 2 p.m., we’ll be showing the sing-along version of “Frozen”. The young folks will be home from school, so what better way to spend it than at the library singing along with friends to your favorite movie? Wear your Anna or Elsa dress if you like and sing your heart out. We’ll even make icy treats for all.
Book club
On Monday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m., the Penultimate Monday Book Club will meet to discuss the phenomenal 2014 novel “Ordinary Grace” by William Kent Krueger. A coming of age story set in rural Minnesota in 1961, “Ordinary Grace” tells the story of a boys’ first encounters with death, secrets, and the adult world. There’s much to discuss about this book, and it comes highly recommended, so please join us.
Book-signing
On Thursday, Jan. 28, at 6:30 p.m., we will be hosting a very special event: Authors Everett Rau and Laura Shore will be discussing and signing copies of their new book, “Stand Tall Against the Odds.” Everett was born in Altamont in 1919 and has seen many changes here in his ninety-six years here.
He was nearly 90 when he designed and supervised construction of a Dutch barn on his farm using antique tools and old techniques and has much to teach us about the important farming heritage that made this area what it is. Co-author Laura Shore worked with Everett for two years to preserve his stories and memories and this book is the result of their efforts. Please join us for this unique and exciting event!
Save the date
Mark it on your calendar: The library's annual I Love My Library! Gala will be taking place on Saturday, Feb. 6. Tickets will be available at the library soon, and we hope to see many of you there.
Many thanks to all of the community members who supported out annual Library Lights campaign. We received many donations to dedicate holiday lights on the Orsini Park gazebo in honor or in memory of loved ones. This year, we dedicated lights to the following people:
Jean Ahlbach, Anna Atkinburg, Catherine Balio, Carmela Bernardi, Anita Booth, Frederick Booth, James Brennan, Lillian Brennan, Tom Brennan, Sandra Brunk, Ray Brunk, Alice Brunk, Mark Burlingame, Millie Carpenter, Erik Carpenter, Don and Kay Cavanaugh, Dodi Cechnicki, Marshall Chapman, Lucy Chapman, Dave & Fran Cowan, Arthur R Crounse, Evelyn T Crounse, Frederick R Crounse, Gus Cure, Rod Dague, Nate Dickinson, John Dornbush, Orson Dunham, Nancy Dunham, Hank Elario, Mona Feingold, Jean Forti, Mopu , Eva, and Mojmir Frinta.
Also: Eleonora Gaspary, Dawn Gill, Charles Gill, Rodger Gill, Father Joseph Girzone, Merritt Glennon, Esther Goodfellow, Barbara Green, Mayhalia Grossi, Ottorino Grossi, Elizabeth Harper, Robert Hawkins, Irene Hentrich, Anne and Arthur Hill, Mary Kate Kitteridge, Dominick Kossman, Thomas Kossman, John Kossman, Gustav Kramer, Manfred Kramer, Frank Lee, Esther Lee, Norma Lee, Thomas Lee, Arthur Loomis, Irene Loomis, Paul Loomis, Helen Luty, Ted Luty, Ted Luty Jr., Mabel Mau, Milton Mau, Walter Mau Jr., and Walter Mau Sr.
And: Alexander Dennison McConchie, Helen McCullen, Buffer , Misty, Brodie , Sophia McNeil, Fritzie Miller, Charles Mohr, Marie Mohr, Norma Cranker, Carl Cranker, Dagmar Muller de Schongor, Dwight Murphy, Mark Howe Murphy, Walter Nerz, Joseph O'Connor, Daniel O'Mara, Mary O'Mara, John O'Mara, William O'Mara, Ernest Orsini, The Seven Orsini Brothers , Kathryn Paige, William Quay, Rachel Quay, Jack Reilly, Justin Reilly, Lyle Ritter, Frances Ritter, Charles Robinson, Carmelo Rosano, Ruth Rosano, Alice Rosano, and Richard Rumsey.
Also: Chester Rumsey, Alicia Satas, Phyllis Schilling, loved ones gone before in the Schinnerer and Borden families, Sue Seargroatt, Jackie Smith, Dick Spadaro, Pat Spadaro, George Spohr, Olive Spohr, Bob Spohr, Ann Spohr, Marge Stevens, loved ones of Tara and Travis Stevens, Emma Jane Terplak, Stephen Terplak Sr., Osee Thorington, Lottie Thorington, Harold Thorington, Carmen Trifilo, Alice B. Trout, Kenneth Trout, Victor J. Tymchyn, Olive M. Tymchyn, Doris Vroman, Win Warner, Larry Warner, John Warner, Haley Williams, Robin Williams, Florine Writsell, and Edwin Zyskowski.
Thank you all!
“Miracle on 34th Street”
If you still need to get into the holiday spirit, please join us at 2:30 on Sunday, Dec. 20, for a showing of that old holiday classic film, “Miracle on 34th Street.” This heart-warming story of a young girl’s struggle with her belief in Santa Claus will surely bring a smile to your face and a Christmas carol to your lips.
“Holidays on Ice”
Speaking of holiday classics, at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec, 21, the Penultimate Monday book club will be meeting to discuss “Holidays on Ice,” a hilarious collection of Christmas-themed short stories by David Sedaris.
From working as a department store elf to writing his annual Christmas newsletter, Sedaris takes a pointed look at our holiday traditions and finds the humor in the dark and the light sides of Christmas. Please join us for a festive discussion.
This is your last chance this year to honor the memory of a loved one with a holiday light on the Altamont Village Gazebo! Lights cost $3 each ($3.50 if you’d like a postcard sent to the honoree’s family) and all proceeds go to benefit Altamont Free Library.
The honorees’ names will be read out at the lighting ceremony this Sunday and will be published on the library’s website. Look for the submission form this week in The Altamont Enterprise or stop into the library in person to donate.
Whether you donate or not, please join us for our annual gazebo lighting ceremony this Sunday, Dec. 6, at 4:30 p.m. Thank you!
“Elf!”
There are some pretty good holiday movies out there, and even a few great ones, but the best of them all has to be “Elf,” the 2003 classic starring Will Ferrell as the Buddy the Elf.
This hilarious tale of a human raised by Santa and his elves and his quest to find his real father is sure to bring Christmas cheer to your heart. Please join us at 2:30 on Sunday, Dec. 6, for a free viewing of this great movie.
Gingerbread houses
One of our favorite annual events for young folks is taking place next week. Come decorate your very own holiday gingerbread house on Dec. 9 at 3 p.m. The gingerbread houses will be displayed form the Victorian Holidays Celebration at the Altamont Masonic Lodge and will be available afterwards for you to pick up and display (or eat!) yourself.
We’ll have all the supplies you’ll need to make a creative and delicious holiday treat! Space is limited, so please stop in or call the library at 518-861-7239 to register in advance.
Victorian Holiday Celebration
Please visit us during the Victorian Holiday Celebration on Sunday, December 13th. The library will be open from noon to 5 p.m., and we’ll be hosting storytellers, authors and artists with gifts for sale.
Don’t forget to be here at 5 p.m. for a very special train arrival with a very special passenger. (I don’t think anyone told Santa that the library isn’t a train station anymore! Let’s keep that a village secret, shall we?)
Quilt drawing
While you’re here for Victorian Holidays, you’ll have one final opportunity to buy a ticket for our annual quilt-drawing fundraiser. Our beautiful hand-stitched quilt made and donated by Q.U.I.L.T. Inc. of Delmar will be raffled off on Sunday, Dec. 13, during the Victorian Holidays Celebration.
Tickets are a dollar for one or six for $5 and all proceeds go to benefit Altamont Free Library. Tickets can also be purchased from any of our wonderful library Trustees.
Centennial gifts
Next year, Altamont Free Library will celebrate our 100th anniversary, and how better to show your library pride than with an official Altamont Free Library Centennial tote bag, coffee mug, mouse pad or set of note cards?
These will make the perfect gift for every library lover in your life and all feature a beautiful new Centennial logo designed by Christine Capuano. Stop in today to order your gifts today and they will be delivered in plenty of time for the holidays.
On Monday, Nov. 5, at noon, the First Monday Book Group will meet to discuss “The Elegance of the Hedgehog” by Muriel Barbery at the Altamont Free Library. This French novel tells the story of the surprising friendship between a landlady of a Parisian apartment building and two of her tenants. Please join us.
Guatemala Stove Project
Throughout the Third World, poorly ventilating indoor stoves lead to widespread illness and blindness. The Guatemala Stove Project (GSP) raises money to build safe stoves in Guatemala to save and improve lives. On Thursday, Nov. 12 at 6:30 p.m., local volunteer Tom Doyle will discuss the GSP and present a short film on their work.
Teen Lock-In
On Friday, Nov. 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. we’re having an after-hours party just for teenagers at the library. If anyone ever told you to be quiet at the library, this is your chance to get as loud as you like. There will be music, games, snacks and more. Please call the library at 861-7239 to register in advance.
A community conversation
On Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 6:30 p.m. meet with our state legislator, Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy. Bring your questions, comments, and concerns about state government or issues like the environment, jobs, taxes, or education and have them addressed.
Story times
Please join us with your favorite young folks for stories, songs, crafts, and bubbles at story time every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. On Tuesdays we focus on our preschoolers and Wednesdays are for our toddler friends, so please join Miss Mary Beth and Mr. Joe for a fun time.
Quilt Drawing
If you didn’t get a chance to enter our fantastic annual quilt drawing over the summer, please pay a visit to the library and enter for a chance to win a beautiful hand-stitched quilt made and donated by Q.U.I.L.T. Inc. of Delmar. Tickets are $1 for one or six for $5 and all proceeds go to benefit the library. Tickets can also be purchased from any of our wonderful library trustees. The raffle drawing will be held in December at the Victorian Holidays Celebration.
October is National Apple Month. We’ll be celebrating our region’s most delicious natural resource all month long here at the Altamont Free Library. Drop in any time all month to add your favorite book to our apple tree, play a game of apple bean bag toss, do an apple puzzle, or make an apple craft.
Scary movies to watch in the dark
Over the month of October, please join us for family-friendly but super-scary movies every Sunday at 3 p.m. First up, the hilarious animated film “The Witches” on Sunday Oct. 18. We’ll have the popcorn ready for you.
Book discussion
The Penultimate Monday Book Club will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19 to discuss the novel “A Spool of Blue Thread” by Anne Tyler. This book, which follows the fortunes of the Whitshank family over seven decades of the 20th Century, was recently short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. It’s sure to provoke a great conversation, so please join us.
Tai Chi
Tai Chi classes with Kyoshi Joe Mansfield are still going strong. On Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 10 a.m., we’ll meet at the gazebo in Orsini Park for a free hour-long class in this Chinese martial art form, which is renowned for its meditative and healing properties. The class is open to all ages and experience levels so, please join us even if you missed the previous classes.
Adult craft night
Halloween is just around the corner. Do you still need a costume, or just want to hang out with some other crafty friends? If so, please join us at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 21 as Dee Woessner helps us make cool and unique Halloween masks. Please call the library at 861-7239 to register in advance.
Halloween kids’ craft
Pumpkins and cobwebs and ghosts, oh my. It’s the spookiest time of the year and we’re getting out some of our nervous energy by making scarily cool crafts. Please join us for an afternoon of crafts, laughs, and frights. Please call the library at 861-7239 to register in advance.
Story times
Summer might be over, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t still have fun. Please join us with your favorite young folks for stories, songs, crafts, and bubbles at story time every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. On Tuesdays we focus on our preschoolers and Wednesdays are for our toddler friends, so please join Miss Mary Beth and Mr. Joe for a fun time.
With the kids back in school, shouldn’t the adults get to have some fun too? Well, Trivia Night is back at the Altamont Free Library.
Mary Beth Mulligan will host this always fun and challenging event on Thursday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. Bring a team (ages 21 and over, please), and BYOB! Entry is $5 per person and the winning team splits the pot.
Back to (Wizard) School
Now that school’s back, Sunday hours are back too. With all the homework you’ve got, you’ll need to take a study break. What better way than by joining us to go back to school with our favorite wizard, Harry Potter!
On Sundays in September, we’ll be showing Harry Potter movies, starting with “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” on Sept. 13, at 2 p.m.
Book discussion
Please join the First Monday Book Club at noon on Monday, Sept. 14, for a discussion of “The Cuckoo’s Calling” by JK Rowling, the author of the beloved “Harry Potter” series, writing under the pen name Robert Galbraith.
This is a hard-boiled detective story about the mysterious death of a supermodel and a private eye who’s in way over his head. There’s still time to pick up a copy of this gripping and entertaining novel, so please join us.
Estate planning
Planning for the future is can be scary and sometimes uncomfortable, especially when finances are involved. Still, it’s something that all responsible people should do, and what better way than with a friendly face in a friendly place without any pressure to buy something?
On Tuesday, Sept.15, at 6:30 p.m., we’ll be hosting our good friend Ronnie Lindberg for a discussion of estate planning. Bring your questions and concerns and bring a friend along too. This will be the first in a series of biweekly programs the library will be hosting on financial literacy.
Tai Chi is back
After a unplanned break, Tai Chi classes with Kyoshi Joe Mansfield are back. On Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 10 a.m., we’ll meet at the gazebo in Orsini Park for a free hour-long class in this Chinese martial art form, which is renowned for its’ meditative and healing properties. Please join us for the first of a series of four classes.
Author visit
On Thursday, September 17th at 7pm, the library will be hosting James Schlett, the author of “A Not Too Greatly Changed Eden: The Story of the Philosophers’ Camp in the Adirondacks” just published by Cornell University Press.
In his book, Schlett, a former reporter for “The Schenectady Gazette,” now “The Daily Gazette,” tells the story of an 1858 camping excursion to Follensby Pond in the Adirondack Mountains attended by the famous essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson, poet James Russell Lowell, future United States Attorney General Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar and other intellectual and cultural luminaries of the pre-Civil War period, and the effect the trip had on the participants later work.
The author will give a discussion of his fascinating and widely praised work, followed by a book signing and light refreshments. We would love you to join us for this exciting event!
Bird walk
It’s that time of the year again when the leaves start turning, the sweaters reappear, and the birds start heading south. On Friday, Sept. 18, we’ll be holding a migratory bird watching expedition led by Dan Capuano.
Please join us at 9 a.m. here at the library for a one-hour walk around the village to see what we can see and learn about our bird neighbors.
With the kids back in school, shouldn’t the adults get to have some fun too? Well, Trivia Night is back at the Altamont Free Library.
Mary Beth Mulligan will host this always fun and challenging event on Thursday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. Bring a team (ages 21 and over, please), and BYOB. Entry is $5 per person and the winning team splits the pot.
Book discussion
Please join the First Monday Book Club at noon on Monday, Sept. 14 for a discussion of “The Cuckoo’s Calling by JK Rowling, the author of the beloved Harry Potter series, writing under the pen name Robert Galbraith.
This is a hard-boiled detective story about the mysterious death of a supermodel and a private eye who’s in way over his head. There’s still time to pick up a copy of this gripping and entertaining novel, so please join us!
Estate planning workshop
Planning for the future can be scary and sometimes uncomfortable, especially when finances are involved. Still, it’s something that all responsible people should do, and what better way than with a friendly face in a friendly place without any pressure to buy something.
On Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 6:30 p.m., we’ll be hosting Ronnie Lindberg for a discussion of estate planning. Bring your questions and concerns and bring a friend along too. This will be the first in a series of biweekly programs the library will be hosting on financial literacy.
Author discussion
On Thursday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m., the library will be hosting James Schlett, the author of “A Not Too Greatly Changed Eden: The Story of the Philosophers’ Camp in the Adirondacks” just published by Cornell University Press.
In his book, Schlett, a former reporter for “The Schenectady Gazette,” now “The Daily Gazette,” tells the story of an 1858 camping excursion to Follensby Pond in the Adirondack Mountains attended by the famous essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson, poet James Russell Lowell, future United States Attorney General Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, and other intellectual and cultural luminaries of the pre-Civil War period, and the effect the trip had on the participants later work.
The author will give a discussion of his fascinating and widely praised work, followed by a book signing and light refreshments. We would love you to join us for this exciting event.
Bird walk
It’s that time of the year again when the leaves start turning, the sweaters reappear, and the birds start heading south. On Friday, Sept. 18, we’ll be holding a migratory bird watching expedition led by Dan Capuano. Please join us at 9 a.m. here at the library for a one-hour walk around the village to see what we can see and learn about our bird neighbors.