The 71st Annual Stone Ridge Library Fair
Saturday, June 10, 10-3
Sunday Bag Sale, June 11, 10-2

The Stone Ridge Library will host the 71st Annual Library Fair on Saturday, June 10 from 10 am to 3 pm, rain or shine, on the Library grounds. The festivities will include a huge book sale, plant sale, children's activities, craft and gift booths, food and drink, and entertainment all day. The Bag Sale, offering a bag of books for $10, will take place on Sunday from 10-2.

The main event of the Fair is Books! Displayed under the large striped tent, the selection will include everything from novels to history, cook books, biographies, poetry, and a collection of art and specialty "coffee table" books.  

Gardeners, experts and beginners alike, will find flowering annuals and perennials, herbs and heirlooms as well as plants donated from botanically gifted patrons to plant at home. And sensational daylilies in a variety of colors and shapes will be on sale at great bargain prices.

Cherries of Stone Ridge will join the Library team again this year after a successful Fair debut in 2016. Hot dogs, hamburgers, sausage and peppers plus vegetarian dishes will be on the menu. Fair favorites- strawberry shortcake, root beer and coffee floats will spark memories of summers past, and coffee and tea, and home-baked desserts will be offered.

For the children, there will be games and lots of activities, as well as a selection of children's books.

Entertainment starts at 10 o'clock with Breakaway with Robin Baker, followed by Terri and Steve Mosardo at 11, Cheryl and Kurt at noon with The B2s women's vocal ensemble directed by Debbie Lan taking the stage at 1.  At 2 o'clock the Rondout Valley Vocal Jazz ensemble under the direction of Lucas Rau will provide a rousing finale.

Gifts and tableware, art and jewelry will be available for purchase, and the Stone Ridge Saturday Knitters will be on hand to demonstrate their craft and sell their wares.

Profits from the day's events go to the Stone Ridge Library operating budget for books, supplies, utilities, etc.  The Stone Ridge Library Foundation will have a gift basket raffle at the Fair with proceeds going toward the ongoing building renovation, currently focusing on the Children's Room project.

Parking will be available at the High Meadow School, Key Bank, Express Tech Printing, and George Moylan's Funeral Home.

"We hope that everyone will come out to enjoy the festivities on this 71st Anniversary of the Library Fair," said Director Jody Ford. "The Fair is a wonderful community event, and we are thankful for the participants, volunteers, and the community that keeps it going strong."

For updated information visit the SRL Facebook page.

Friday, June 2 at 6pm

Join us for a for a free book talk and reception to celebrate the author's most recent work... After the Dam by Amy Hassinger. Set against the majestic backdrop of the Wisconsin northwoods, After the Dam follows new mother Rachel Clayborne in a doomed chase after the girl she once was toward a harrowing encounter with the woman she now is.

Amy Hassinger is the author of two previous novels: Nina: Adolescence and The Priest's Madonna. Her writing has been translated into five languages and has won awards from Creative Nonfiction, Publisher's Weekly, and the Illinois Arts Council. Her work has appeared in numerous venues, including The New York Times, Creative Nonfiction, The Writers' Chronicle, and The Los Angeles Review of Books. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and teaches in the University of Nebraska's MFA in Writing Program.

Tuesday, June 27

1:30-3:00

Biography Room

Conversational French

Tuesday, June 20, 1:30-2:30pm
Biography Room

POETRY

Thursday, June 8, 22
1.30-3:30 in the Biography Room

Stone Ridge Library

Monday, June 5, 19
4:30-6:30pm

Every Saturday
10am-noon

The Stone Ridge Library Knitters meet every Saturday morning from 10am - 12noon. All ages and experience levels can join us and drop-in knitters are also welcome. We each bring our own supplies and do our own work, but one of the best things about us is that whatever obstacle or confusion you might encounter, you're likely to receive as much comment and advice as you need to get where you're going with a project. Some of us can help toward the repair of knitted or crocheted items too.

The group is sociable and lively, and our conversation and sharing is just as wide-ranging as our projects. We are especially interested in the UFOs (Un-Finished Objects) that members bring in and love the show and tell of projects under way and being finished, new or old, simple or complex. Though knitting is our love and mainstay, we graciously adapt ourselves to stray crocheters and those of us who simply must take to the hook when the spirit moves. We share articles, magazines and books on knitting. Donations of yarn to the Library get made up into items for sale at the Library Fair and during the winter holidays for the benefit of the Library. Some of us also knit things for local hospitals or for the U.S. troops.

Where: Theaters

Based on:  Wonder Woman characters by William M. Marston
Director: Patty Jenkins
Cast: Gal Gadot

Based on:  My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Rachel Weisz. Sam Claflin, Holliday Grainger

Based on:  The Mist by Stephen King
Director: Adam Bernstein, Christian Torpe

Based on:  A Painted Devil by Thomas Cullinan
Director: Sofia Coppola

Ellie Anderson was born in Queensland, Australia and trained as an art teacher. She taught for a number of years before catching the travel bug. In the late '60s she left Australia to travel and work in England and Europe. After marrying an American and starting a family she completed a BA in Fine Art at George Mason University and taught high school art in Fairfax, Virginia.

In retirement Ellie and her husband spent 10 years back in Queensland, Australia. Here she devoted her time to painting and exhibiting with a group of like-minded art enthusiasts. This focus on art and re-exploring the familiar landscape of her childhood inspired her.

 "I love the challenge of interpreting my ideas on canvas and use mainly the mediums of oil, acrylic and pastel.  I especially love color, contrast and pattern making.  When you start a new canvas, you enter another world. It's exciting, challenging and a wonderful way to spend time."

Now living in Accord, New York Ellie continues to be inspired by the landscape, animals and colors around her.