Rod MacDonald will perform on July 3 at 4 p.m. as part of our Not So Quiet Concert Series.
“Rod MacDonald is a brilliant folk singer and composer,” wrote the Press of Atlantic city. “His melodic songs possess words that go straight into your heart and soul.”
“MacDonald’s place in the folk hall of fame is assured by his ‘A Sailor’s Prayer,’ a hymn-styled tune that many people have mistaken for a traditional song,” says the All-Music Guide.
Although usually labeled a folk singer, his musical styles include rock, pop, country, light jazz, and blues. In addition to his work in Greenwich Village, he has written extensively of experiences on American Indian reservations and in Europe, living in Italy from 1989 to 1992.
Please call 518-827-4953 for reservations. Suggested donation is $15. A mask and proof of vaccination is required to attend.
Library closed
The library will be closed July 4 for the July 4th holiday.
Summer Reading
On July 5 at 20:45 a.m. Summer Reading Drop-in-Storytime. Join Miss Terry for a fun, interactive, literacy based storytime every Tuesday morning. We'll read books, sing songs, dance, play games and watch a short film centered around our weekly theme. No registration required. For parents and caregivers and little one ages 0 - 5 although older siblings are more than welcome to attend.
Also on July 5 at 1 p.m. Summer Reading Family Matinee "Song of the Sea" PG. When it's hot outside, come in and watch a fun afternoon film with your family! When Saoirse and Ben's mother mysteriously disappears into the ocean, the two children go on an epic journey to find out the truth about her, and in the process, discover mystical secrets about both their mother and Saoirse herself. Free popcorn! No registration required. This program is part of our Oceans of Possibilities Summer Reading Program.
Mahjong
On July 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. Mahjong is back at the Middleburgh Library. Come and join the group. If you don't know how to play and want to learn, the group will help you.
Summer Reading
On July 6 at 1 p.m. Summer Reading 3-D Fish Tank and Coral Reefs. Join us at the library and create a 3-D fish tank to take home! Sharks, crabs, sea stars? What will be in your tank? All participants will receive a Coral Reef Kit to take home! Registration is required. For kids going into 2nd through 5th grade. This program is part of our Oceans of Possibilities Summer Reading Program.
Then on July 7 from 1 to 3 p.m. Summer Reading Teen Castaways Slime Buffet. Come hang out in the Teen Room and experiment with making slime. Stretchy, fluffy, smelly, or butter! Make it, test it, show it off and take it home. Registration is required. For kids ages 12 through 12th grade. This program is part of our Oceans of Possibilities Summer Reading Program.
Please check our calendar on our website at www.middleburghlibrary.info for future programs. Also, don't forget our Facebook page.
Summer Reading Programs have started. Be sure to check out our website and sign up for the programs.
Mahjong
On June 28 from 1 to 4 p.m. Mahjong is back at the Middleburgh Library. Come and join the group. If you don't know how to play and want to learn, the group will help you. Mahjong has moved back to Tuesdays.
Dinner and a Movie
On July 1 at 5:30 p.m. come to the library for "Belfast" (PG-13). Join us for a fun night of friends and food. The library will supply pizza and drinks and you bring a dessert or snack to share.
Belfast, 15 August 1969. Surrounded by sporadic violence and growing danger, nine-year-old Buddy finds himself confronted with the ugly reality of sectarian conflict. And, as the suffocating stranglehold of increasing turmoil tightens around his once-peaceful working-class neighborhood, Buddy tries his best to understand The Troubles--after all, someone must be responsible for forcing people to flee their homes. Now, Buddy's family must come face to face with a nearly impossible, life-altering decision: stay or start packing? Registration is required and space is limited.
Please check our calendar on our website at www.middleburghlibrary.info for future programs. Also, don't forget our Facebook page.
The Middleburgh Library is sponsoring a free Carpool Cinema on June 18 at 8:30 p.m. at Timothy Murphy Park in Middleburgh.
Board meets
On June 20 at 6 p.m. the library’s Board of Trustees will meet. The public is welcome.
Mahjong
On June 22 from 1 to 4 p.m. Mahjong is back at the Middleburgh Library. Come and join the group. If you don't know how to play and want to learn, the group will help you.
Dinner & a movie
On June 24 at 5:30 p.m. Dinner & a Movie is Back! Join us for a fun night of friends and food. The library will supply pizza and drinks and you bring a dessert or snack to share. We will be watching the critically acclaimed film, “Belfast.”
Surrounded by sporadic violence and growing danger, nine-year-old Buddy finds himself confronted with the ugly reality of sectarian conflict. And, as the suffocating stranglehold of increasing turmoil tightens around his once-peaceful working-class neighborhood, Buddy tries his best to understand The Troubles--after all, someone must be responsible for forcing people to flee their homes. Now, Buddy's family must come face to face with a nearly impossible, life-altering decision: stay or start packing?
Registration is required and space is limited.
Please check our calendar on our website at www.middleburghlibrary.info for future programs. Also, don't forget our Facebook page.
Mahjong is back at the Middleburgh Library. Come and join the group from 1 to 4 p.m. on June 15. If you don’t know how to play and want to learn, the group will help you.
Summer Reading Program
On June 18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. join us for the kick-off of our summer reading program for kids, Oceans of Possibilities.
Crafts Around the World
On June 18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. join local artist Sally Ziegler and create a beautiful mosaic garden stepping stone for your garden with cement and decorations. This is the last program in the Crafts Around the World series and is in person at the Middleburgh Library. Registration is required. For kids.
Please check our calendar on our website at www.middleburghlibrary.info for future programs. Also, don't forget our Facebook page.
Mahjong is back at the Middleburgh Library. Come and join the group on June 8 from 1 to 4 p.m. If you don't know how to play and want to learn, the group will help you.
Tea & Books
On June 9 at 1 p.m. join us for Afternoon Tea & Books to discuss "Straight Man" by Richard Russo. Join our book club for a spirited discussion and enjoy tea and treats while we talk. For a copy of the book please order online through your library account or call 518-827-5142 and we will request a copy for you. No registration required.
"Straight Man" - Hilarious and true-to-life, witty, compassionate, and impossible to put down, Straight Man follows Hank Devereaux through one very bad week in this novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo. William Henry Devereaux, Jr., is the reluctant chairman of the English department of a badly underfunded college in the Pennsylvania rust belt. Devereaux's reluctance is partly rooted in his character--he is a born anarchist--and partly in the fact that his department is more savagely divided than the Balkans.
Please check our calendar on our website at www.middleburghlibrary.info for future programs. Also, don't forget our Facebook page.
The Middleburgh Library will be closed on May 30 to observe the Memorial Day holiday.
Mahjong
On June 1 from 1 to 4 p.m. Mahjong is back at the Middleburgh Library. Come and join the group. If you don't know how to play and want to learn, the group will help you.
Please check our calendar on our website at www.middleburghlibrary.info for future programs. Also, don't forget our Facebook page.
Drop in at the Middleburgh Library for story time at 10:45 a.m. on May 24. This fun, interactive story time is geared towards little ones ages up to age 5 and their caregivers!
We’ll read books, sing songs, and watch a short film based on our weekly theme. All children will go home with a coloring sheet or take home craft. No registration is required.
Mahjong
On May 25 from 1 to 4 p.m. Mahjong is back at the Middleburgh Library. Come and join the group. If you don't know how to play and want to learn, the group will help you.
Friday Cruise-in
On May 27 from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Dr. Best House & Medical Museum will host the Middlebugh, 4th Friday Cruise-ins at the Museum. There will be some slick Roarin' 20s themed activities so don't get caught behind the eight ball and miss out.
Holiday
The library will be closed to observe Memorial Day, May 30.
Please check our calendar on our website at www.middleburghlibrary.info for future programs. Also, don't forget our Facebook page.
Join us at the Middleburgh Library for our first-ever Mystery Spice Potluck, which will be held on May 14 at 1 p.m.
Sign up and on May 5 your Mystery Spice bag will be available for pick-up. In it, you will find your mystery spice, the history of your spice, and example recipes. Make your mystery spice dish and bring it to the potluck!
Potluck attendees will receive a free raffle ticket to win an awesome kitchen goodies gift basket. This program is for our adult patrons and registration is required. The potluck will be held outdoors, weather permitting.
Board meets
The public is welcome to attend the library board of trustees monthly meeting on May 16 at 6 p.m.
Storytime
On May 17 at 10:45 a.m. join us for drop-in storytime, a fun, interactive storytime geared towards little ones ages 0-5 and their caregivers! We'll read books, sing songs and watch a short film based on our weekly theme. All children will go home with a coloring sheet or take home craft. No registration required.
Friday Cruise-ins
On May 27 from 5 to 8:30 p.m. the Dr. Best House & Medical Museum - will host the Middlebugh, NY 4th Friday Cruise-ins at the Museum. There will be some slick Roarin' 20s themed activities so don't get caught behind the eight ball and miss out.
Please check our calendar on our website at www.middleburghlibrary.info for future programs. Also, don't forget our Facebook page
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Mike Agranoff will perform in the The Not so Quiet Concert Series on May 8 at 4 p.m.
Mike takes the notion that folk music is passé or boring, and blows that all to Kingdom Come. He presents an intelligent and highly entertaining program of songs, tunes, stories, and humor.
Mike plays a superb fingerstyle guitar in idioms ranging from traditional fiddle tunes to the American Songbook to contemporary Americana. He is a master of the little-known English Concertina, applying it anywhere from a haunting and poignant song accompaniment to an unexpected virtuoso transcription of a Bach concerto.
A performance might include a song of heart-stopping emotional impact, an acapella Irish patter song sung to the melody of a mile-a-minute fiddle tune, a riveting recitation in the style of Robert Service, and some of the most horrible parodies ever perpetrated on an unsuspecting audience.
More a singer-songfinder than a singer-songwriter, Mike combs the canon of contemporary and traditional songs for little-known gems, puts his unique stamp on them, and brings them to the stage. Visit his website at: https://mikeagranoff.com/bio.php.
Please call 518-827-4953 for reservations. Suggested donation is $15. A mask and proof of vaccination is required to attend.
Storytime
On May 10 at 10:45 a.m. join us for Drop-in Storytime afun, interactive storytime geared towards little ones ages 0-5 and their caregivers! We'll read books, sing songs and watch a short film based on our weekly theme. All children will go home with a coloring sheet or take home craft. No registration required.
Budget vote
On May 10 from noon to 8 p.m. the library budget vote in our Community Room, open to voters in the Middleburgh Central School District.
Tea and Books
5/12 - 1:00 PM - On May 12 at 1 p.m. join us for Afternoon Teas & Books. “This Is How It Always Is" by Laurie Frankel will be our book club’s spirited discussion and enjoy tea and treats while we talk. For a copy of the book please order online through your library account or call 518- 827-5142 and we will request a copy for you. No registration required.
"This is How It Always Is" Dr. Rosie Walsh is pregnant with her fifth son, Claude. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with her writer husband, Penn Adams, and their four boys. At the beginning of the book, Rosie reflects on her sister Poppy’s early death and wonders if perhaps she has been waiting to give birth to a girl to replace the child who was lost. While in labor with Claude, all Rosie can think is Poppy.
Potluck
On May 14 at 1 p.m. join us for our first-ever Mystery Spice Potluck! Sign up and on May 5 your Mystery Spice bag will be available for pick up, you will find your mystery spice, the history of your spice, and example recipes. Make your mystery spice dish and bring it to the potluck! Registration required. Potluck attendees will receive a free raffle ticket to win an awesome kitchen goodies gift basket. This program is for our adult patrons and registration is required, potluck will be held outdoors, weather permitting.
Please check our calendar on our website at www.middleburghlibrary.info for future programs. Also, don't forget our Facebook page.
Drop in for story time at the Middleburgh Library on May 3 at 10:45 a.m. Join us for this fun, interactive story time geared towards little ones up to age 5 and their caregivers!
We’ll read books, sing songs, and watch a short film based on our weekly theme. All children will go home with a coloring sheet or take-home craft. No registration is required.
Potluck
Sign-up for "Mystery Spice Potluck". Join us for our first-ever Mystery Spice Potluck! On May 5 your Mystery Spice bag will be available for pick up, you will find your mystery spice, the history of your spice, and example recipes. Make your mystery spice dish and bring it to the potluck! Registration Required. Potluck is on May 14 at 1 p.m. Potluck attendees will receive a free raffle ticket to win an awesome kitchen goodies gift basket.This program is for our adult patrons and registration is required, potluck will be held outdoors, weather permitting.
Please check our calendar on our website at www.middleburghlibrary.info for future programs. Also, don't forget our Facebook page.