THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED 

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2020. 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

The library will be closed tomorrow, December 24 and Wednesday, December 25 for Christmas.We will reopen on Thursday, December 26th for regular hours through December 31. We will be closed January 1, 2020 for New Year's Day and reopen January 2.

Yoga has been canceled for this evening 12/13/19.

We are open regular hours through December 23. Free gift wrap stations and fine forgiveness available. 

We will be closed 12/24 and 12/25.

The library will be CLOSED both Thursday, 11/28 and Friday, 11/29 for Thanksgiving.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Book Discussion Friday, 11/15 at 6:00 p.m. in the Library
"The Art of Racing in the Rain," by Garth Stein

The Historical Society meeting scheduled for this evening 11/11/19 at the library has been canceled for weather concerns.

The Library will be open our regular Monday hours, 10 to 6, on Monday, November 11.

FREE Jewely Making Workshop at the Sharon Spring Free Library. Saturday, 11/9, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.Make a beautiful bracelet from your choice of genuine gemstone and lava beads. This class will be taught by a local, world-class jewelry designer. (Check out her web site thespiralconnection.com).Thanks to a grant from the Mohawk Valley Library System, all supplies, materials and instruction are free to you. Registration limited to 12 participants. Call 518 284-3126 during library hours to register.

Gary VanSlyke will be back this Thursday, 10/24 at 10:30 a.m. with a free musical program for our Pre-K story time play group and friends. Toddlers and parents are welcome to join us for this fun-filled hour of singing and music making. Thanks to Stewart's for their generous funding of this event.

There will be no yoga class this week, Friday, October 18.

The library will be open Monday, October 14 for our regular hours, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Come to our last Audrey Lorde reading and discussion session, Wednesday, October 16th at 6:30 p.m. We will be looking at the essay "Poetry is Not a Luxury" on page 36 of "Sister Outsider" and the poem in the collected works beginning on page 434, "Inheritance--His". All are welcome to come listen to the lively discussion led by Dr. Emily Daniels and to wrap up this series on the warrior poet just in tine for the Poetry Festival.

The library needs your help. We are looking for two teenaged volunteers to help set up, manage and break down "Science at the Library" this Saturday, October 5 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. If no teenagers are available, we will settle for the young at heart of any age. Please call the library at 518-284-3126 to let us know if you can help.

Come to the library Saturday, October 5 from 11:00 to 12:00 p.m. for the FREE "Science at the Library" mini science fair for children and their families 

- sponsored by the Mohawk Valley Library System and pariticpation by the ELFUN Society.

Monday, 9/30 from 12 to 2 p.m. staff from Antonio Delgado's office will be hear to discuss whatever your concern's might be.

Yoga is canceled this evening, Friday, September 27. There will be no yoga class tonight, due to a family emergency.

Come to our third Audrey Lorde reading and discussion session, Wednesday, October 2 at 6:30 p.m. We will be looking at "The Cancer Journals" as well as the essays from "Sister Outsider" beginning on page 40, page 114 and page 145. All are welcome to come listen to the lively discussion led by Dr. Emily Daniels.

SECOND SATURDAY

9/14 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Food, Fun, Vendors! Plus a whole new table of free good reads in our lobby.

Take a bag, leave a buck, or whatever you can afford to support the library.

Sunday parking by donation in our lot to visit Harvest Fest.

In memory of lives lost to the tragedy of hatred, fear and divisiveness.

They're here! The books for our Humanitites NY Reading and Discussion sessions have arrived. The first session is scheduled for September 4 at 6:00 p.m. at which our discussion leader, Dr. Emily Daniels, will provide some background information and a brief syllabus, and the group will read and discuss some of the poems from "The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde." Fifteen copies of the four books have been loaned to us for the discussion period. Copies may be signed out at the library. Come join us for something completely new at Sharon Springs Free Library.

Serious readers are invited to a four-part reading and discussion course on the writing of Audre Lorde, thanks to a grant from Humanities New York. The discussions will be held on four Wednesday nights (September 4 and 18, October 2 and 16) led by Dr. Emily Daniels. Lorde was an essayist and poet whose works speak to questions of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Four texts will be provided for use to the first fifteen participants; “Warrior Poet” a biography of Lorde, “Sister Outsider, a collection of Lorde’s essays, Lorde’s “Cancer Journals,” and finally, “The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde.” Additional details are available at the library. There will be no charge the sessions, but signing up will help us know how many to expect.

Book Discussion this Friday, August 16 at 6:00 p.m."Two Old Women," a short Native Alaskan folk tale that is inspiring and provides an interesting perspective on aging and community. Pick up a copy and join us, or just come to listen to our lively discussion.

The Utica Zoomobile was here for Second Saturday! Rosco the Sulcata Tortoise, Rachel the African Hedgehog and some Madagascar Hissing Roaches. Howard the duck would not stand still for a photo op.

Saturday, August 10, our regular 

Second Saturday Market

will also feature a visit from the 

Utica Zoomobile. 

From 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., a Utica Zoo Educational staff member will be here with their van and some of their animal friends to demonstrate how animals move (thanks to a generous grant from Stewart's stores. Don’t miss this 

free demonstration, 

“Hop, Waddle, Slither, Swoop.”

Can you tell from the title what kind of animals they might bring?

Book Discussion Friday, August 16 at 6:00 p.m."Two Old Women," a short Native Alaskan folk tale that is inspiring and provides a perspective other than the Euro-centric authors we usually read. Pick up a copy and join us, or just come for the discussion if you don't have time to read it.

The Board of Trustees of the Sharon Springs Free Library offers our deepest condolences to the family and friends of our long-time board member, Pamela Crandall-Luby. Pam served the library for many years as a trustee and treasurer and did not let her illness hold her back. Her love of books, the library and her dedication to our community will never be forgotten.

Summer Concert Series, every Wednesday night 

in Chalybeate Spring Park 

July 10 through August 14, 7 to 9 p.m.

Purchase one of our homemade snacks 

to support the library.

Book Signing Wednesday, July 10, from 5 - 7 p.m. "A Touch of Nostalgia - Sharon Springs Spa" by Sandra Lane Manko. 
The Sharon Historical Society proudly presents the updated and expanded third printing. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the signing.

Yoga classes have been suspended for the summer. We will return to the community room to begin again at the end of August. Namaste.

Here is the video of Gary Van Slyke's visit to our story time. Music plays an important role in children's development, and we were thrilled to be able to offer this well-received program. We are grateful to Stewart's Shops for the funding.

Gary will be back July 13th at Second Saturday perfoming Songs of Summer.

The library will be 

CLOSED THURSDAY, JULY 4, 

in honor of Independence Day

Wednesday's Special Event scheduled for 5:00 P.M., a FREE talk on “Better Health through Nutrition,”

HAS BEEN CANCELED.

SPECIAL EVENT: Wednesday 6/26 at 5:00 p.m. Allyson Wyman, a nutrition educator with the Cornell Cooperative Extension for Schoharie and Otsego Counties and healthy-connections.us, will present a FREE talk on “Better Health through Nutrition.” We are fortunate to live in an area where a great deal of fresh, local food is available. Come learn about how best to utilize this advantage.

MOVIES! 
You asked. We listened. We are changing our loan period for new and popular dvds. Instead of only 2 days, new dvds can now be taken out for one week. The old limits of one new dvd per household and no renewals are still in place, but we understand that sometimes its hard to get things back within two days and so have stretched it to one week. You can still take four others from our regular collection at the same time. We hope all patrons will return popular items as soon as possible so that others can enjoy them.

SPECIAL EVENT at 11:00 at 

Second Saturday June 8, 2019

at the Sharon Springs Free Library

"Healthy Living for Your Brain and Body"

- an education program by the Alzheimer's Association.

Come in to the library at 11:00 to hear tips from the latest research on how to keep your body and brain healthy as you age. Formed in 1980, the Alzheimer's Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer's care, support and research.Their vision:

A World Without Alzheimer's Disease®

Thanks to a Mini-Grant from the Human Services Coordinating Council, we were able to buy eight new chairs for our Story Time toddlers, so that every one of them would have a place at the craft table. This Thursday, May 30th at 10:30 a.m., they will be entertained with a Kids' Songs Concert by Gary "Music Man" Van Slyke thanks to a grant from Stewarts. Gary plays the guitar, banjo, harmonica, mandolin, penny whistle, ukelele, and he brings percussion instruments for the kids to join in. All toddlers and their caregivers are welcome. We are grateful to the funding sources that make these things possible.

Have a good Memorial Day Holiday.

The library will be CLOSED, MONDAY, MAY 27 in honor of those who gave their lives in service to their country.

Yoga has been cancelled for tonihgt, 5/24/19.

Come to Garden Party and stop at the library for what you need to make your garden grow this year. From 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 25 and from 12 noon on Sunday, May 26, the Sharon Springs Free Library will host a sale of all things related to gardening; gardening books, tools, supplies, vases, seeds, cuttings, perennials and anything else related to gardening. Also on Saturday, May 25 starting at 10:00 a.m., Agnes Rodd, Director of the Montgomery County Agricultural Society and NGC-Accredited flower show judge, will be available to answer questions about gardening without chemicals. Agnes is anxious to talk about how to rid your garden of insects, how to grow herbs successfully, and why you don’t need milkweed to attract butterflies. At 11:00 a.m. we will have a live music hour in the library featuring Cosby Gibson’s new program of historic songs of lumberjacks in the 1800’s logging camps of the Adirondack Mountains. 

If you would like to donate any of gardening items or supplies to our sale, please bring them to the library during our operating hours during May. If you have plants to share, please bring them the week of May 20^th. We have lots of free pots, if you need them for your transplants. Just call (518)234- 3126 and let us know how many you need.

Each month, U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado’s district caseworkers will host mobile office hours for constituents to come meet with the congressman’s staff and receive assistance with casework. Casework can include any type of support with federal services, from farmers applying for grants to seniors having issues with their Social Security benefits to veterans needing more information on VA services. They will be here at the Sharon Springs Free Library Monday, May 6, from 4 to 6 p.m.

The Sharon Springs Garden Party will be held on May 25 and May 26. The Sharon Springs Free Library will be participating on both days and will be having a Garden Shop and Seed Swap fundraiser in the community room. If you would be interested in helping, we are seeking donations of both annual and perennial plants, and gently used gardening supplies, tools and decor. If you have plants you would like to donate, free pots will be available at the library for you to use. Non-plant donations will be accepted at the library the week prior to the event. Plant donations will be accepted starting Wednesday, May 22. Thank you!

Yoga has been cancelled for this evening, April 26. See you next week. Namaste.

T.S. Eliot's modernist poem, The Waste Land, was first published in 1922 and is now considered one of the most important poems of the 20th Century. It follows, roughly, the Legend of the Holy Grail and was begun during a time when he suffered a nervous condition that resulted in his taking a three month leave from his job at a bank.

A mystery for May: "Bury Your Dead" by Louise Penny has been chosen for our book discussion on May 17 at 6:00 p.m. We have audio, regular and large print editions available. Come in for one and see if you can figure out "who done it."

Happy Spring

Book Discussion 6 p.m. Friday evening, April 19th on Ivan Doig's, "Last Bus to Wisdom," a delightful coming of age story set in the 1950's. Doig recreates the era from the perspective of a young boy who is forced to make his way on his own until he meets Herman the German. 

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THIS SATURDAY. THOSE WHO REGISTERED WILL BE NOTIFIED INDIVIDUALLY. PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.

Felt a Bunny Class at Sharon Springs Free Library

Saturday, April 13th, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

$20 includes wool and instructions. 

You can borrow needles here or bring your own.

Call 518 284 3126

The Fourth Annual Sharon Springs Free Library Great Book Giveaway was a huge success!The community room will be full of books for a few more days. You are welcome to stop by during library hours to help yourself.

There will not be a yoga class on Friday, April 5. The Community Room is full of books.

Yoga has been canceled for this week.

We're getting ready! 

Great Book Giveaway, 

Saturday, April 6, 9 - 1.

No Yoga Tonight 3/22/19.
The class has been canceled.

Do you have books you have read and would like to donate? March is the month! Our staff go though the donations and choose what to add to our collection. The rest go into the Great Book Giveaway.

We ask that you please:

Drop off books only during library hours.

Don't bring moldy, damp or smelly books. 

Don't bring newspapers or magazines.

We appreciate your donations and look forward to seeing you on Saturday, April 6th at The Great Book Giveaway! There will be coffee and refreshments served 9 to 1.

A Good Time was Had by All! Forty-one people came to meet the sled dogs last Dog Day Saturday, and Kate Walrath of Run by Dogs, gave an entertaining and educational presentation.Star and Singer said hello to each of us, and were the real stars. A big thank you to Kate, Star and Singer.