Call Us At: 845-687-7023

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading,

you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”

- Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

7pm via Zoom

Interested in growing your own vegetables as a beginning gardener, or looking to improve your skills and successes in the garden? Join us for an evening with Erin Enouen, co-owner and farmer of Long Season Farm. Erin will be teaching about the best timing for seed starting indoors, as well as direct seeding your vegetable garden. She will go through techniques for seed starting success and how and when to transplant your seedlings to your garden beds for a great growing season. Come and learn with us!

Erin Enouen has been living and farming in the Hudson Valley region of New York since 2008. In 2014 she started Long Season Farm with her husband Sam Zurofsky. Their 10 acre certified organic farm is focused on providing fresh, high quality and delicious produce year-round. In her role as co-owner/operator at Long Season Farm, Erin serves as the general manager and specifically manages the crop plan, variety selection, greenhouse production, outdoor seeding schedule, and the overall sales plan for the farm. Though difficult at times, the challenge of four season farming in the Hudson Valley inspires Erin to work with the seasons with a dynamic and adaptive plan. No matter the scale, knowing key temperatures, varieties, and dates can have a huge impact on the overall sustainability and production of any growing operation. This event is over Zoom and registration is required to get the Zoom link.

6pm via Zoom

Join Ajna Dance Company to celebrate the color festival, Holi. This is a fun, interactive, virtual event great for all ages. The virtual event will include a live introduction to Holi, an interactive video presentation that explains the significance of the festival which will include a dance performance, and then an interactive Bollywood and Bhangra dance workshop for all ages and levels. One of the dance company members will be available for questions at the end. So come, learn about this cultural tradition, and pick up a few dance moves. This event is over Zoom and registration is required to get the Zoom link.

7pm via Zoom

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRBs) rebelled against an art world that evaluated quality based on conventional techniques established in the Renaissance. Spurred by cultural critic John Ruskin, these young British artists sought a return to more 'natural' expression, as created before the artist Raphael. Their late 19th century work frequently depicted women, revealing surprisingly traditional ideas given their revolutionary creators.

Come learn how these artists told stories through their art, both literary and about their contemporary world. See also how one woman, Marie Spartali Stillman, established herself, working both within the group and through her own voice. Stepping into the public sphere of business, marketing, and shaping taste, Spartali Stillman had to carefully navigate her conventional world to ultimately achieve success.

Rena’s greatest passion is making art accessible, invigorating, insightful, and fun. She has taught art history at NYU's School for Professional Studies and Southern Connecticut State University. Rena provides talks for New York Adventure Club and New York Public Library, as well as many community organizations. Registration required.

7pm Zoom program

“Nature did not create us to unravel and diminish in the prime of our lives,” says Susan Willson. With Making Sense of Menopause, her new book, this renowned women’s health practitioner offers a powerful guide to experiencing perimenopause and menopause as a natural gateway into the next vital, exciting, and meaningful phase of our lives. Join us for an evening of information as Susan dismantles the cultural falsehoods we’ve been taught about menopause. Susan will discuss menopause as metamorphosis―how the changes in our bodies literally transform us into new  women with essential roles to play in our culture. Susan will also offer practical guidance for self-care―including sleep, nutrition, stress management, exercise as well as plenty of time for questions. Please register

Susan Willson, CNM is a Yale-educated Certified Nurse Midwife. She has always seen the body as intelligent and capable, and has spent her career helping to support and empower women to trust their bodies and work with its natural intelligence. Her original degrees were in Psychology and English, from Emory University. Once she understood how much of our life trajectory is influenced in the womb and at birth, she began her study of midwifery and returned to Emory for a nursing degree, followed by a master's degree at Yale University. Her last two decades have been spent working with women in the menopausal transition. Working deeply with women during this time of life, strongly reinforced her view that menopause is both positive and purposeful, and is forcefully shaped by our early experiences, histories and how we experience our female identity. Susan's book is available here

We’ll use this same Zoom link each week. No registration required for those who join via Zoom. 

The Zoom link will also be available on the Library Home page.

5 in-person slots will be available each week on a first come, first served basis. Sign up for a slot by registering on the Library’s online calendar.

Mindful Mondays are led by Aimee Trumbore, certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher. (Certification is offered by both the Awareness Training Institute and the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California at Berkeley.)

During the winter months all patrons participating in Stone Ridge Library sponsored groups are required to be vaccinated while in the building.

We are continuing curbside service. Call 687-7023 from the parking lot and we will bring your materials to the return benches by the entrance for you to pick up.

Address: 3700 Main Street, PO Box 188

Phone: 845-687-7023