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UPCOMING PROGRAMS All library programs are free to attend unless otherwise indicated. Library Writing Group: Thursday, July 9, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm, Rensselaerville Library the perfect way to get started or get back to your writing. Meet up to work in any form with a simple prompt. Book Chat Monday, July 27 | 6:30 pm Rensselaervillle Library Our Book Group will meet to discuss books we are or have recently read, suggest new reads, and maybe take on a book to read together or round-robin style! Film Hour Thursday, July 30 | 7:00 pm Rensselaerville Library Stay tuned to see what film will be screened this month! Garden Series: Paul Kelly, on Bluegrass Sunday August 2 | 3:00 pm Rensselaerville Library Garden Paul Kelly is an accomplished banjo player, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist and a core member of the Albany, NY-based traditional bluegrass band Moonshine Mule. He will be playing bluegrass and talking about the history of the genre. Refreshments will be served. Author Talk: David Hooper Sunday August 2 | 3:00 pm Rensselaerville Library David Hooper, veteran media lawyer, talks about his recent book, "Buying Silence: How oligarchs, corporations and plutocrats use the law to gag their critics." Hooper explores how the power of money has enabled the super-rich to crush their detractors and outlines the tactics they use to do so. He examines how billionaire oligarchs, often ex-convicts and linked to organized crime, have tried to launder their reputation in the UK by suing for libel and found lawyers only too happy to pocket their roubles, while he also exposes the astonishing circumstances in which they did so. Refreshments will be served. Knit Hour Wednesday, August 5 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Rensselaerville Library Knit Hour is a chance for knitters of all levels to sit and knit and be together. Please bring your own materials. Skill sharing welcome! Garden Series: Druesy Blond Sunday Auguest 9 | 3:00 pm Rensselaerville Library Garden Emileigh Tanner and Joe Frisino seamlessy weave jazz standards, classic rock, alt pop and traditional Irish tunes, blending them together with their own Druesy style. Refreshments will be served. |
RECURRING PROGRAMS
Story Time w/ Tara Summer Schedule Tuesdays| 10:00 am - 11:00 am Rensselaerville Library Featuring stories, activities and unstructured play, Story Time helps young children build strong reading skills, communication skills, and empathy. Plus unstructured play helps build the imagination and coordination! Kids Craft Time Summer Schedule 1st Tuesday| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Rensselaerville Library Stick around after Story Time on the first Saturday of each month to explore and create! Crafting helps children develop hand strength and coordination...and it’s fun! Materials supplied by the library. Kids & Caretakers Drop-in Thursdays | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Rensselaerville Library Pop in after school for unstructured play and coloring with the kids. It’s a chance to catch your breath and catch up with other grown-ups! Knit Hour 1st Wednesdays | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Rensselaerville Library An evening for knitters of all levels to sit and knit and be together. Please bring your own materials. Skill sharing welcome! Writing Group 2nd Thursdays | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Rensselaerville Library The writers group session is for fun, inspiration, and encouragement. We free write, we may do a fun exercise like writing group serial stories or writing a paragraph which must contain a list of words, we write to a prompt, we share if we want to or not, we bring in a piece for comment. The emphasis is on writing, getting ideas on paper/on a screen. MEDUSA WEDNESDAYS Join us on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month to play group games! Card games, word games, board games... we play them all! We will teach you how to play, and sometimes we all learn a new game together! Come by on the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month to spend time devoted to your personal project: knitting, drawing, macrame...whatever you are into! We also have crafts on standby if you want to try something new. Both the Games for Adults and Adult Crafts groups meet 10:30 am - 1:00 pm. Come by for coffee, tea and fun times! |