Westerlo Library Notes for Wednesday, March 3, 2021

The Westerlo Library is currently doing porch pick-up service only. Call us during regular library hours to schedule a porch pick-up of your reserved and requested items. Call 518-797-3415 and ask for what you need.

Library hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 2 to 7 p.m., and Wednesday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

First Annual Peepathon

Create art depicting a book or character using Peeps.

— We will provide each person who participates with one package of Peeps (each pack has five individual peeps);

— Create a diorama based on a book or literary character. You may add your own decorations and  props;

— All characters must be portrayed by Peeps. You may use more than the ones provided; and

— Please do not use any food (other than Peeps) in your art.

It begins on Monday, March 1. You may pick up your package of Peeps at the library (call to have them placed outside for you: 518-797-3415).  Send in a picture of your creation between Monday, March 29, and Saturday, April 3, to . 

If you do not have access to a camera or the internet, call us and we would be happy to take the picture for you in front of the library. The pictures will be put on display until Saturday, April 24, so patrons can view all of them.

Third Thursday

Book Club

The book club books for the month of March are “The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy” and “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.”  Both books are by Rachel Joyce and have intersecting stories. 

The Book Club will meet on March 18 at 6 p.m. via GoToMeeting. The link is available on our website(Adult Program Page) and the library Facebook Events page. Call the library to get your copy at 518-797-3415.

STEAM Kits

We have free STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, math) take-and-make kits available at our library.  March's theme is “Forces of Nature:  Air” — there are new kits available weekly.  

Spice Club

The spice for March is ginger. Pick up a sample of ginger and three suggested recipes in the library vestibule during regular library hours.

Share your opinion on the recipes by dropping a note in the book-drop, emailing , commenting on the Westerlo Library Facebook page, or joining our GoToMeeting on March 23 at 6 p.m. using the link on the library website (click on Adult Programs).