Teens come to the Library at 6pm on May 31 for a Secret Program, PostSecret that is!

If you’re not familiar with the PostSecret Project you’re in for a great surprise. This is a combination writing/art project.  If you’d like to learn more about PostSecret ahead of time, you can visit postsecret.com.  We will watch the PostSecret TED talk and look at examples of PostSecrets before working on our own.

You don’t need to bring anything except a secret (or two!)

Thursday, May 31 at 4:30

9-3pm

at the Library

Title: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Rated: R   Runtime: 127 mins

Synopsis: In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6. (source IMDB)
Trailer: Tinker Tailor

Location: Conkling Hall (8 Methodist Hill Rd)
Start Time: 7:00 PM
Date: 2012-5-12

Teens come to the Library at 6pm on May 31 for a Secret Program, PostSecret that is!

If you’re not familiar with the PostSecret Project you’re in for a great surprise. This is a combination writing/art project.  If you’d like to learn more about PostSecret ahead of time, you can visit postsecret.com.  We will watch the PostSecret TED talk and look at examples of PostSecrets before working on our own.

You don’t need to bring anything except a secret (or two!)

The Simple Act of Looking Within

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 10:00am to 12:00pm

With Nancy Dyer

At the Rensselaerville Library

 The state of simple awareness is available to you, right here, right now. Everything takes place in the space of present awareness. The mind entertains and traumatizes us with stories, leading us away from that awareness. Stop the mind; recognize the stillness that you already are. This course will share Jnana Yoga principles and inspire you to sit in silence to access your natural state of happiness. You will experience results immediately.

 Weather permitting part of today’s program will include a walking meditation.

 Nancy is an Integral Yoga Certified Hatha and Jnana Yoga instructor.

Poetry Reading by local poet Linda Sonia Miller

Linda will read from her newly released chapbook: Something Worth Diving For and other work. Linda Sonia Miller:  is inspired to write by the mystery of time, the natural world, and the unique stories that compose the relationships in which we engage. She’s been a teacher of literature and creative writing, a Connecticut Writing Project Consultant, and an N.E.H. Fellow. Her work has appeared in such journals as: Aries, South Boston Literary Review, and The New York Times. Her forthcoming chapbook Something Worth Diving For will be published by Finishing Line Press.  At the Rensselaerville Library.

Title: 

Rated: R   Runtime: 115mins

Synopsis: A land baron tries to re-connect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.
Trailer: Descendants

Location: Conkling Hall
Start Time: 7:00 PM
Date: 2012-4-21

Saturday, April 14th, 4:00pm – Spoken and Sung: An Afternoon with Walt Whitman.  Poet Howard Nelson and Soprano Sarah Nelson Weiss will read and sing the extraordinary words of Walt Whitman, with music by composers Ralph Vaughan Williams and Ned Rorem, and new works by young and local composers.  Howard is the author of several books, including Earth, My Likeness, a collection of Whitman’s Poetry, a scholar of 19^th Century American literature, and professor at Cayuga College.  Sarah is a resident of Rensselaerville, Yoga and Pilates teacher, and member of the Village Voices.  This is their second collaboration of poetry spoken and set to music.  At Conkling Hall.

Friday, April 20th, 7:00pm Poetry Reading by local poet Linda Sonia Miller, who will read from her newly released chapbook: Something Worth Diving For and other work. Linda Sonia Miller:  is inspired to write by the mystery of time, the natural world, and the unique stories that compose the relationships in which we engage. She’s been a teacher of literature and creative writing, a Connecticut Writing Project Consultant, and an N.E.H. Fellow. Her work has appeared in such journals as: Aries, South Boston Literary Review, and The New York Times. Her forthcoming chapbook Something Worth Diving For will be published by Finishing Line Press.  At the Rensselaerville Library.

Sunday, April 22nd,  2:00 – 4:00pm Favorite Poem Project featuring Hudson Valley poets Cecele Krauss and Mimi Moriarty, as well as your neighbors and friends, and emceed by the inimitable reverend, writer, actress Claire North. The Favorite Poem Project, sponsored by Conkling Hall and the Rensselaerville Library, is part of a national movement begun by former poet laureate Robert Pinsky.  This event encourages communities to come together to share poetry.  Last year, almost 50 participants gathered to read aloud their favorite poems, everything from the silly to the serious, favorites from childhood and adulthood, as well as original poems.  Please bring 1-2 favorite or original poems to this year’s event or just come to listen.  At Conkling Hall.

• Mimi Moriarty is the poetry editor for The Spotlight, a local weekly newspaper.  Her short fiction, poems, essays and articles have been published in many journals, magazines and newspapers.  She has two chapbooks War Psalm, which came out in 2007, and Sibling Reverie, co-authored with her brother, Frank Desiderio.  A third chapbook, Crows Calling will be out soon.
• Cecele Kraus, after thirty years in private practice as a psychoanalyst, began writing poetry. Writing provided perspective and poetry became a way of life. Her poems have appeared in various journals, and in two chapbook anthologies–Zephyrs and Java Wednesdays. Peace Corps experiences were the inspiration for a chapbook entitled Dreaming Barranquilla.  In 2009, her poem, “Love Blooms,” won first place in the Hudson Valley Writers Guild poetry contest. Her chapbook, Tuscaloosa Bypass will be released this year.

Friday, April 27th, 7:00pm the haiku year – A talk and reading by actor, writer, director Tom Gilroy of Rensselaerville and NYC. Seven friends made a pact to write haikus every day for a year.  The result was the acclaimed and influential book the haiku year by Tom Gilroy and others.  Tom will talk about the haiku project as well as read from the book.  At the Rensselaerville Library.

Saturday, April 28th, 10:00am-12:00 Haiku Writing Workshop with Tom Gilroy – $25, all proceeds go to support the Library.  Pre-registration is required.  Mail checks to: The Rensselaerville Library, P.O. Box 188, Rensselaerville, NY 12147.  At the Rensselaerville Library.

•  Tom Gilroy is a writer, director, producer and actor from New York City. He has appeared in over 30 films, has written, directed and produced two award winning films the short Touch Base (IFC/BRAVO) and the critically acclaimed feature Spring Forward (IFC/MGM). Tom is also a two-time Sundance Lab and three-time MacDowell Colony Fellow. His plays—most notably The Invisible Hand and Halcion Days—have been produced in several US cities and around the world.

 FOR INFO. ABOUT ALL EVENTS, CALL THE LIBRARY @ 518 797-3949.