“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” - George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
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Plant Sale! Plant Sale! Plant Sale! |
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Saturday, June 12
10am - 2pm
in the Library Yard
Join us on the library lawn for our plant sale starring: Rosemary Deen’s Sensational Daylilies, at great prices. We will also have a variety of donated plants, from flowers to vegetables. The Library Knitters will be with us with all sorts of gorgeous treasures and we will have a selection of hand woven tea towels done by our own Mary Crisp. Libraries are magical places so other surprises may just pop-up! This event is rain or shine!
Because we have patrons who are vaccinated and unvaccinated, social distancing and masks over mouth and nose, are requested. We can’t wait to see you.
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If you can help us with the sale by dividing some of your plants from your home garden, please stop by the yard where we will have empty pots waiting for you by the garden gate. |
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Container Gardens for Beginners |
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June 12
10:30-11:30, on the Library Lawn
Interested in gardening but now sure where to start? Join us from 10:30-11:30, June 12th, on the Library Lawn as we present Container Gardening For Beginners with Victoria Coyne from Victoria Gardens. Victoria will cover everything from choosing containers and deciding where to place them, to selecting and arranging plants, feeding your container garden and plant maintenance. She will even cover how to properly empty and store your container garden in the fall so it can be filled repeatedly in the years to come. Come and join us and be sure to check out our plant sale.
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Since we have vaccinated and unvaccinated patrons in the library, we ask that everyone continue to wear a mask while inside the building. |
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Curbside Service
If you prefer, we are continuing our curbside service.
Call 687-7023 from the parking lot and someone will bring your materials to the return benches by entrance for you to pick up.
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Tiny Book Shop at the Stone Ridge Library |
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Coming later in June
OPEN – Saturdays noon to 2 and Wednesdays 3-5pm
Located in the small barn closest to the Library entry way
- Occupancy limited to 2 people at a time (it is tiny)
- Masks required
- Gently used books
- Adult Fiction and Non-Fiction only
- $2 a book – cash or check
WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING BOOK DONATIONS
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Eagle Scout Project nears completion |
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Wyatt Sell and his Scout Troop will be installing our new pergola in the next week. We will post pictures on our Instagram and Facebook pages, and will have more in next month's newsletter. Thanks to Wyatt and his Troop for their continues hard work. |
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HV Gives Success!
A heartfelt THANK YOU for helping to make our Hudson Valley Gives Day campaign a tremendous success! Because of your generosity, we raised nearly $29,000! As we face another challenging year, your gift will help the Library to continue meeting the changing and expanding needs of the community we serve. Click HERE to read all about the prizes, challenges and grants that we won. We couldn’t have done it without the support of our amazing community. THANK YOU!
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Virtual Tribute!
The Foundation is gearing up for a Virtual Celebration to recognize the efforts and achievements of some of the Library’s most dedicated supporters:
Rosemary Deen and James, Ellyn & Jenny Polshek.
We invite the entire community to join us in honoring them virtually on Sunday, June 13 th at 2:00pm. To learn more about this online event or to register, click HERE.
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Tea Time
Book Group
Wednesday, June 9
12:30 in the Activity Room
PLEASE NOTE TITLE CHANGE
The book for June is The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage--and lost his mother and all memory of her when he was a child--but he is also gifted with a mysterious power. Hiram almost drowns when he crashes a carriage into a river, but is saved from the depths by a force he doesn't understand, a blue light that lifts him up and lands him a mile away. This strange brush with death forces a new urgency on Hiram's private rebellion. Spurred on by his improvised plantation family, Thena, his chosen mother, a woman of few words and many secrets, and Sophia, a young woman fighting her own war even as she and Hiram fall in love, he becomes determined to escape the only home he's ever known.
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Holmes & Co.
Mystery
Book Group
Wednesday, June 16
11am in the Activity Room
The Mystery book for June is Saint Brigid’s Bones: A Celtic Adventure by Philip Freeman. Sixth-century Ireland was a place of magic when Druids still roamed the land and every well had healing powers. Sister Deirdre, who is both a trained bard raised by her Druid grandmother and a nun at the Monastery of Holy Brigid in Kildare, is tasked with finding the saint’s bones after they are stolen from the monastery’s chapel.
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Clio's Muse
A History
Reading Club
Saturday, July 10
at 12:30pm
in the Library Yard
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Tuesday, June 15
1-2 pm on Zoom
Want to brush up or improve your French with a conversation hour? Claudine is a native French speaker, born in Paris and raised in Europe; following a 30 year Government career abroad, she chose Stone Ridge to retire in. Culture, medicine, travels, and anything/everything culinary are favorite subjects-which she would love to share and exchange in French. The program is offered on the third Tuesday of each month
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Tuesday, June 22
1-2 pm on Zoom
¿Hablas español? If you would like to brush up on your Spanish conversation skills and meet other language lovers in a friendly and stress free environment, come join our class on Zoom, every 4th Tuesday of the month from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. All levels are welcomed. ¡Hasta entonces!
Francisco Rivera was born and raised in Spanish Harlem in NYC and is a long term resident of Marbletown.
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Every Thursday
1:30 – 3pm on Zoom
Join us for an afternoon of poetry with Rosemary Deen. Please contact Rosemary at rmdeen@gmail.com if you’d like to join the group.
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GROUP I:
Monday, June 7, 21
GROUP II:
Monday, June 14, 28
4:00-6:30pm in the Activity Room
Two separate writers' groups meet on alternate Mondays at the library, with a maximum of 10 participants in each group. This program is designed for those who are actively writing and publishing work and who want to participate in a structured critical feedback process. Cathy Arra, a poet, writer, and former teacher of English and Writing in the Rondout Valley School District, facilitates the groups. If you are interested in participating, please contact Cathy Arra.
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Every Friday at 10am
in the Activity Room
Beginners are welcome to join our Mahjong group. We have two sets available but welcome additional sets if available to loan. Register on our on-line calendar, or just walk in. We meet every Friday. Register
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Every Saturday
10am-noon, in the Library yard
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.
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Virtual Live Storytime
Thursday, June 10 at 4:30pm
Join Hermoine Granger this month while she reads, tells engaging stories, and plays games -- Plus, she will respond to your children's live comments by name! Join this Virtual Live Storytime on Thursday, June 10 at 4:30pm for a half-hour interactive experience!
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STEM airplane crafts /
Father's Day
For June for our Virtual "Take and Make" Craft we will be examining the Bernoulli principle which helps explain why an airplane can achieve lift.
We will be making two STEM crafts in this month's packet.
- The first will use a funnel, straw, and ping pong ball.
- The other will be a paper airplane launcher using cardboard, rubber band, and paper.
After you've completed the projects have some fun with your father (or Father figure... and Mom too) launching airplanes to see who can get theirs to go the furthest.
Craft projects will be available to pick up on June 5th
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New Fiction
2034: a Novel of the Next World War by Elliot Ackerman
The Dark Heart of Florence: a Lady Emily Mystery by Tasha Alexander
Turn a Blind Eye: a Detective William Warwick Novel by Jeffrey Archer
The Idiot by Elif Batuman
Northern Spy by Flynn Berry
The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen
Win by Harlan Coben
The Saboteurs: an Isaac Bell Adventure by Clive Cussler
The Final Twist by Jeffery Deaver
Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller
Auntie Poldi and the Lost Madona by Mario Giordano
Murder on Mustique by Anne Glenconner
The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths
Sooley by John Grisham
What the Devil Knows: a Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery by C.S. Harris
Later by Stephen King
Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
Robert B. Parker's Payback: a Sunny Randall novel by Mike Lupica
The Last Bookshop in London: a Novel of World War II by Madeline Martin
Hidden: a Lost and Found novel by Fern Michaels
Hamnet: a Novel of the Plague by Maggie O'Farrell
The Red Book: a Black Book Thriller by James Patterson
Death with a Double Edge: a Daniel Pitt Novel by Anne Perry
The Lady has a Past by Amanda Quick
Legacy by Nora Roberts
The Heart Remembers by Jan-Philipp Sendker
RoseAnna by Maj Sjowall
Finding Ashley by Danielle Steel
Good Company by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Under the Wave at Waimea by Paul Theroux
Murder on Wall Street: a Gaslight Mystery by Victoria Thompson
Grist Mill Road by Christopher J Yates
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New Non-Fiction
Hudson Valley: History & Mystery by Michael Adamovic
The Working Mom Blueprint: Winning at Parenting Without Losing Yourself by Whitney Casares
The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice by Scott Ellsworth
The Secret World of Weather: How to Read Signs in Every Cloud, Breeze, Hill, Street, Plant, Animal, and Dewdrop by Tristan Gooley
Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry Collected by Joy Harjo
I am a Girl from Africa: a Memoir by Elizabeth Nyamayaro
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar
The Premonition: a Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis
Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR by Lisa Napoli
Yogi: A Life Behind the Mask by Jon Pessah
The Plant-Based Plan: Transform the Way You Eat by Prevention
Lilies: Beautiful Varieties for Home and Garden by Naomi Slade
The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees by Douglas W. Tallamy
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New DVDs
The Father - Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman
Judas and the Black Messiah - Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield
Land - Robin Wright, Damian Bichir, Kim Dickens
The Mauritanian - Tahar Rahim, Jodie Foster, Benedict Cumberbatch
Minari - Steven Yeun, Yeri Han
Nomadland - Frances McDormand, David Strathairn (BluRay)
Son of the South - Lucas Till, Julia Ormond, Brian Dennehy
New Audios
The Dark Heart of Florence: a Lady Emily mystery by Tasha Alexander
Who is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews
The Barbizon: the Hotel that Set Women Free by Paulina Bren
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia
Sooley by John Grisham
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Later by Stephen King
The Consequences of Fear: a Maisie Dobbs novel by Jacqueline Winspear
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Jackie Johnson was born and grew up in Westchester, New York. After completion of high school, she majored in Art at Endicott College in Massachusetts and completed her undergratuate degree at SUNY New Paltz in Art Education. She then taught art in Boulder Valley School in Colorado, before returning to live in the Hudson Valley. Jackie then taught art in Rondout Valley Schools, principally Marbletown and Rosendale Elementary from 1969 thru 2010. She had a passion for teaching young children and exhibiting their work throughout the schools and the community.
She continued to expand her professional education all through her teaching career, majoring in Printmaking, Drawing, Art History, and Painting. She also explored many crafts, Batik, Quilting, Clay, Soft Sculpture, to learn processed which she then introduced to her young students. Since retiring, she has continued to paint in several mediums, oil and pastels being her favorite.
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HOW TO ORDER USING THE ONLINE CATALOG |
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Go to stoneridgelibrary.org.
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Click on either Home or Books & More.
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Click on Mid-Hudson Catalog.
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Log in using red button on right.
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You will need your Library Barcode (on back of your Library Card) and your PIN. (If you don't have a PIN you can set it up yourself.)
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Search for your item.
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Click the Request It button.
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Submit your request.
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Address: 3700 Main Street, PO Box 188
Stone Ridge, NY 12484
Phone: 845-687-7023
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