Guilderland Library Notes for Thursday, March 22, 2018
“Hero Dog” was written by Hilde Lysiak when she was 9 years old. Her book is the topic of a Book Party at GPL on Wednesday, March 28.
Young readers in grades three through five are invited to register for a very special book party happening on Wednesday, March 28, at 6:30 p.m. at the Guilderland Public Library. The featured book — “Hilde Cracks the Case: Hero Dog” — was written and published last year when the author was only 11 years old!
Author Hilde Lysiak began writing her own newspaper when she was only 9. “Hero Dog” is Hilde's first book, and she’s gone on to write several other books in the Hilde Cracks the Case series.
So register for the book party by calling 518-456-2400, ext. 4 and come to the library and pick up your copy of “Hero Dog.” It’s yours to take home and read. Then come to GPL to celebrate this amazing young writer’s talent at our book party on March 28.
By the way, Ms. Lysiak and her books, and how she came to write them, is the subject of a charming New York Times profile — “Hilde Lysiak Reporter, Author, 10-Year-Old” — published Oct. 31, 2017.
Concert: Gals Who Play Jazz Quintet
The Gals Who Play Jazz Quintet is performing a free concert at the library on Sunday, March 25, at 2 p.m. This concert is a special project of professional jazz artists and friends featuring Peg Delaney (piano), Linda Ellen Brown (bass), Patti Melita (vocal), Kristina Johnson (sax), and Alyssa Falk Verheyn (drums).
Members of the group originally teamed up to create programs for Women’s History Month in public libraries, showcasing women composers and players of the jazz era. This full complement jazz ensemble will perform swinging, bluesy, bebop selections from the American Song Book and shimmering new melodies in the creative and improvisational idiom of jazz.
Ladies of Schuyler Mansion
Come join us at the library on Friday, March 23, at 2 p.m. for a fascinating presentation on the Schuyler Mansion and the lives of all of the Schuyler women — Philip Schuyler's wife Catharine, her daughters Angelica, Elizabeth, Margaret (Peggy), Cornelia, and Catharine, and the enslaved women who worked at the home — and discuss the impact they had in shaping the family's place in history.
The wedding of daughter Elizabeth Schuyler to Alexander Hamilton took place in the mansion in 1780. Please register for this class by calling 518-456-2400, ext. 3, or go online to guilderlandlibrary.org.