Altamont Library Notes for Friday, October 16, 2015

October is National Apple Month. We’ll be celebrating our region’s most delicious natural resource all month long here at the Altamont Free Library. Drop in any time all month to add your favorite book to our apple tree, play a game of apple bean bag toss, do an apple puzzle, or make an apple craft. 

Scary movies to watch in the dark

Over the month of October, please join us for family-friendly but super-scary movies every Sunday at 3 p.m. First up, the hilarious animated film “The Witches” on Sunday Oct. 18. We’ll have the popcorn ready for you.

Book discussion

The Penultimate Monday Book Club will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19 to discuss the novel “A Spool of Blue Thread” by Anne Tyler. This book, which follows the fortunes of the Whitshank family over seven decades of the 20th Century, was recently short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. It’s sure to provoke a great conversation, so please join us.

Tai Chi

Tai Chi classes with Kyoshi Joe Mansfield are still going strong. On Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 10 a.m., we’ll meet at the gazebo in Orsini Park for a free hour-long class in this Chinese martial art form, which is renowned for its meditative and healing properties. The class is open to all ages and experience levels so, please join us even if you missed the previous classes. 

Adult craft night

Halloween is just around the corner. Do you still need a costume, or just want to hang out with some other crafty friends? If so, please join us at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 21 as Dee Woessner helps us make cool and unique Halloween masks. Please call the library at 861-7239 to register in advance. 

Halloween kids’ craft

Pumpkins and cobwebs and ghosts, oh my. It’s the spookiest time of the year and we’re getting out some of our nervous energy by making scarily cool crafts. Please join us for an afternoon of crafts, laughs, and frights. Please call the library at 861-7239 to register in advance. 

Story times

Summer might be over, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t still have fun. Please join us with your favorite young folks for stories, songs, crafts, and bubbles at story time every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. On Tuesdays we focus on our preschoolers and Wednesdays are for our toddler friends, so please join Miss Mary Beth and Mr. Joe for a fun time.