Calling all Kids!
We’re cooking crazy food and we’re talking about The Sisters Grimm!
If you like to read AND you like to cook (and eat) crazy food, this is the place for you.
When?
March 13th from 12-1PM &
March 27th from 12-1PM
Where?
The Library of course!
What?
We’re cooking crazy food and talking about the first two chapters of The Sisters Grimm, Book One.
Well, what do I need to do??
Books are supplied by the Rensselaerville Library! Call 797-3949 to reserve your spot today, and also stop by the Library to pick up your own copy of the book! Supplies are limited, so hurry in!
Celebrate Poetry with the Rensselaerville Library! Poetry Month comes early this year at the Rensselaerville Library!
The Rensselaerville Library has a very special guest on
Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 6:30PM
RANDALL HORTON will be reading from his collective works. His books include: “The Lingua Franca of Ninth Street” and “The Definition of Place.” Both will be available for purchase and there will be time for questions & answers, and a book signing by the Author.
More about the author: Randall Horton, originally from Birmingham, Alabama, resides in New Haven, CT and is a former recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Prize. He is the author of the poetry collections The Lingua Franca of Ninth Street, and The Definition of Place, both from Main Street Rag. Randall is the current editor of Reverie: Midwest African American Literature and co-editor of Fingernails Across the Chalkboard Poetry and Prose on HIV/AIDs from the Black Diaspora (Third World Press, 2007). He is also the editor of four children anthologies. He received his undergraduate education at both Howard University and The University of the District of Columbia (B.A. English). He has a MFA in Creative Writing with an emphasis in Poetry from Chicago State University and a PhD in Creative Writing from SUNY Albany. Randall is also a Cave Canem fellow. Most recently his poems, fiction and nonfiction appear in the following anthologies and journals: Motif: Writing by Ear, Mosaic, Black Renaissance, Crab Orchard Review and The Red Clay Review.
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To continue Rensselaerville’s “literary tradition” (reinforced by the Festival of Writers last summer and last month’s very successful reading and book-signing by author Helen Benedict), the library will once again be hosting its “Fifth Annual Poetry Month Celebration” in April. Please save the dates, April 2 and 3 for two days of readings by local authors, Albany area authors, and by featured guest poet/writer/teacher Stephen O’Connor. In conjunction with Conkling Hall, we’ll also be hosting our popular Favorite Poem Project once again. (Simply bring a favorite poem to read aloud and share with friends and neighbors.) Call the library or check local bulletin boards for more specific details as the time gets closer. If you’re interested in participating as a poet/writer, call Linda Miller @936-4402.
The Rensselaerville Library would like to start up a book group! We need to know who would be interested in joining. We would meet once a month at the Library, and we’d like to accompany our discussion with desserts! If you are interested in joining a monthly book group, please answer the following questions:
1. Would you like to meet in the early afternoon, or in the evening?
2. Would you be interested in participating in a bring-your-own dessert (this would be a rotating responsibility)?
3. What days of the week are best for you to meet?
4. Please email your contact information to Liz King.
Thanks! We hope to have our first meeting in March, and our first book would be Alice Munro’s new book of short stories, Too Much Happiness.
Teen Songwriting Workshop hosted by Singer/Songwriter Ashley Pond
Tuesday, February 16th Workshop @ 6PM
at the Rensselaerville Library
Performance @ 7PM
Featured Artist: Ashley Pond
Come explore your local history through music! Learn a little about the craft of songwriting from singer/songwriter Ashley Pond, and participate in co-creating a song about Rensselaerville. Performance at the Library by Ashley Pond at 7PM featuring the song you helped write! Don’t miss this opportunity to work with Ashley Pond, who has performed at Albany’s Alive at Five and performed backup vocals for Enya on Regis & Kelly! Visit www.myspace.com/ashleypond for more information about Ashley Pond.
*Registration is free – Please register by Monday, February 15th by calling 797-3949 or in person at the Circulation Desk at the Rensselaerville Library.
