Rensselaerville Library

Artists please submit your art donation form and artwork by August 3, 2010 to the Library.

Not an artist? Consider donating fine wine, a piece of art from your collection or volunteer to help with the event.

When: Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 4pm.
Location: Conkling Hall (Methodist Hill)
Books Available for Purchase: Three Books Revised, When One Has Lived a Long Time Alone, Strong is Your Hold: Poems, The Book of Nightmares, and A New Selected Poems. His Selected Poems won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
Tickets: $10.00 (includes wine and cheese) Contact the Library as a limited number of tickets remain available. The Library closes at 1pm on Saturday.

Title: Special Summer Read Program Film
Location: Conkling Hall
Description: Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Rated: PG
Runtime: 120 mins
Trouble-prone Percy Jackson is having problems in high school – but that’s the least of his challenges. It’s the 21st century, but the gods of Mount Olympus seem to have walked out of the pages of Percy’s Greek mythology texts and into his life. Percy has learned that his real father is Poseidon, god of the sea, which means Percy is a demigod – half human / half god. At the same time, Zeus, the king of all gods, has accused Percy of stealing Zeus’ lightning bolt… the original weapon of mass destruction. Now Percy must prepare for the adventure of a lifetime, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. With ominous storm clouds brewing over the planet and his own life now in peril, Percy travels to a special enclave called Camp Half Blood, where he trains to harness his newly discovered powers and prevent a devastating war among the gods. There, Percy meets two fellow demigods – the warrior Annabeth, who is searching for her mother, the goddess Athena; and his childhood friend and protector, Grover, who is actually a brave but untested Satyr. Grover and Annabeth then join Percy on an incredible transcontinental odyssey that takes them six hundred stories above New York City (the portal to Mount Olympus) and to the iconic Hollywood sign, under which burn the fires of the Underworld. At journey’s end rests the fate of the world – and the life of Percy’s mother Sally, whom Percy must rescue from the depths of Hell itself. Percy Jackson: Half human. Half god. All hero.
Start Time: 9:30 AM
Date: 2010-07-30

Title: Pulitzer Prize winning poet Galway Kinnell
Location: Conkling Hall (limited to 100)
Description: Galway Kinnell is “one of the most influential American poets of the latter half of the 20th century.” (Wikipedia) Galway is the author of ten books of poetry, including The Book of Nightmares, When One Has Lived a Long Time Alone, Imperfect Thirst, and most recently A New Selected Poems and Strong is Your Hold. He also published a novel, Black Light; a selection of interviews, Walking Down the Stairs; and a book for children, as well as translations of works by Bonnefoy, Goll, Villon and Rilke. A former MacArthur Fellow and State Poet of Vermont, he has been a Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets. In 1982, his Selected Poems won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and in 2002, he was awarded the Frost Medal by the Poetry Society of America.
Cost: $10.00 (includes wine and cheese) Contact the Library.

NOTE **Family Film will be on Saturday** This showing is part of the Summer Read Program.

Title: Second Weekend Family Film
Location: Conkling Hall
Description: Ponyo
Rated: G
Runtime: 103 mins

Welcome to a world where anything is possible! Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki (2002, Best Animated Feature, “Spirited Away”) and legendary filmmaker John Lasseter together with Disney bring to life a heartwarming and imaginative telling of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale “The Little Mermaid.” A young boy named Sosuke rescues a goldfish named Ponyo, and they embark on a fantastic journey of friendship and discovery before Ponyo’s father, a powerful sorcerer, forces her to return to her home in the sea. But Ponyo’s desire to be human upsets the delicate balance of nature and triggers a gigantic storm. Only Ponyo’s mother, a beautiful sea goddess, can restore nature’s balance and make Ponyo’s dreams come true. “Ponyo” will delight your family with its magnificent animation and timeless story.
Start Time: 2:00PM
Date: 2010-07-10