Voorheesville Library Notes for Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Get locked in the library on Friday, Nov. 22, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., to watch “The Sun Is Also a Star,” adapted from the young-adult novel by Nicola Yoon.
Pick up a free copy of the book from the school or public library if you’d like to read it before the viewing. Dinner and snacks will be served. The movie is rated PG-13, and is for kids in grades 8 and up; please register.
Reading Music: Anti-Rent Wars
Join us at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 21, as musicians Big Thunder and the Anti-Rent Ramblers perform original music to tell the story of the Anti-Rent Wars, using text from the book “Tin Horns and Calico.”
Preschool Drive-In Movies
A drive-in movie in November — how can that be? Back by popular demand, we will be revving up our engines for another fun-filled morning at 10:15 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23!
Come and finish decorating a cardboard box car provided by the library, then pull up to our big screen. Enjoy a short film or two while munching on popcorn! The movie is for kids ages 2 to 5; please register as space is limited.
Mark W. O’Brien Poetry Reading
You are invited to join us at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 24, as writer/poet Mark W. O’Brien reads from his new collection, “My Childhood Appropriated.”
Mark has been widely published at home and abroad. He began his writing career at the Voorheesville Public Library in the 1980s, was a founding member of “The Every Other Thursday Night Poetry Group.” was first published in its groundbreaking anthology “Poetry Don’t Pump Gas,” and he was a finalist in the “Smith’s Tavern Poet Laureate Contest.”
Mark is an alumnus of the Blackwater International Poetry Festival (2014 and 2019). This is his fourth poetry collection.
Holiday hours
The library will close at 1 p.m on Wednesday, Nov. 27, and will remain closed on Thursday, Nov. 28, in observance of Thanksgiving. Regular hours will resume at 9:30 a.m., Friday, Nov. 29.
Donations requested for Winter Boutique
The Friends of the Library are looking for gently-used, attractive jewelry, purses, wallets, scarves, frames, ornaments, decorative serving dishes, winter-themed linens, coasters and other winter-themed items. Items that won’t be sold will be donated.
Please drop off your donations on Monday through Friday, Nov. 26 to 30, during regular Library hours.
NYC bus trip
Enjoy a day (7 a.m. to 10 p.m., Dec. 14) at one of New York’s most exciting holiday destinations and support the Library at the same time. The cost of the bus trip is $50 for FOL members; $55 for non-members. Paid reservations are accepted at the circulation desk. Payment in advance is required; no seat is reserved until payment has been received. For more details please call the library.
Register
Registering for programs helps us to determine supply needs. Unless otherwise indicated, registration is requested for all programs. You can register in person, by phone at 518-765-2791, or by using our online calendar at http://voorheesvillelibrary.org/calendar.asp.