Guilderland Library Notes for Friday, September 30, 2016
Remember Game 7, 1986? If you’re a Mets fan, and even if you’re not, the name Ron Darling probably calls to mind one of the Mets’ star pitchers, and the roller-coaster 1986 World Series in which he pitched against that other team.
You’ll get to hear all about many behind-the-mound stories when Darling speaks at the Guilderland Library Foundation’s next Notable Author event the evening of Friday, Nov. 18.
Along with his time with the Mets and his award-winning career as a color commentator for TBS’s major league baseball coverage, Darling is an author. His most recent work, the centerpiece of his talk at the library, is “Game 7, 1986: Failure and Triumph in the Biggest Game of My Life.”
Tickets will be available at the library’s circulation desk starting Monday, Oct. 3, at 6 p.m. There are two types of tickets: Premium tickets to the author’s “Beer & Pretzel” reception at 6:30 p.m. You also get preferred seating at the 7:30 p.m. talk. Only two premium tickets per person, at $50 each; and free tickets to the talk and signing at 7:30 p.m. Only four free tickets per person, please.
For more information, please visit www.guilpl.org/darling.
Science night
Family Science Night, at the library on Monday, Oct. 3, at 6:30 p.m., is a time for everyone to learn.
RPI’s Engineering and Science Ambassadors will be here with fun science activities for kids in grades 3 to 5 and their families. Please register by calling 456-2400, ext. 4, or online.
Fire prevention story time
GPL is holding a very special “Fire Prevention Storytime” on Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 10:30 a.m., in a perfectly wonderful place: the North Bethlehem Fire House. This program is for children up to age 6 and an adult caregiver.
“Star Trek: Into Darkness” & Bowie’s “Blackstar”
This is going to be wild. GPL’s Movie & Music Sync-up on Friday, Sept. 30, at 6:30 p.m., teams the “Star Trek: Into Darkness” movie (muted, of course) with David Bowie’s Blackstar “album” as the soundtrack. And save Friday, Oct. 28: We’re teaming 12 Monkeys with Radiohead’s OK Computer. Wow. Just…wow.
Legal resources for seniors
In “Legal Resources for Seniors: A Presentation by Albany Law School,” being held at GPL on Saturday, Oct. 1, at 11 a.m., Albany Law’s Elder Law Pro Bono Project provides free presentations regarding legal resources important to senior citizens.
Project members are Albany Law School students and are not lawyers and cannot give legal advice regarding particular situations.
Kent State: A firsthand look
Join Thomas M. Grace, author of “Kent State, Death and Dissent in the Long Sixties,” at GPL on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m., for an enlightening discussion of the tragic events of May 4, 1970 by someone who was there.
Dr. Grace, an adjunct professor of history at Erie Community College, will give a first-hand account of the day’s events, and sign copies of his book.