Upcoming Events

Do you know four ways you can help a Veteran (or anyone) in crisis? Join VA Hudson Valley Health Care System here at the library on Friday, March 8 at 3 p.m. for VA S.A.V.E. Training – it’s a free, brief, in-person course that will help you act with care and compassion if you come across a Veteran in crisis. You don't need to be a Veteran to attend – all are welcomed and registration is not required. Contact Kim Fazio-Ruggiero at kimberly.fazio-ruggiero@va.gov for more information.

When renowned British botanist John Lindley wrote Ladies’ Botany in 1834, he did so to block women from, not welcome them into, the academic world of horticulture. Learn how women figured it out anyway and managed to contribute to science, influence public taste and advance their own craft. The Victorian artists featured range from rebels to spinsters, suffragettes to missionary wives and are highlighted with strikingly beautiful imagery and humor.  Presented by Lesley Parness, Garde Historian and retired Superintendent of Horticultural Education at New Jersey’s Morris County Park Commission.  Visit Lesley's website here!

In Honor of Women’s History Month:  AWPL Classic Monday - The Little Foxes (1941) Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines; for our vines have tender grapes. Little foxes have lived in all times, in all places. This family happened to live in the Deep South in the year 1900. William Wyler’s grim melodrama based on Lillian Hellman’s 1939 play; a chronicle of greed and hate in a ruthless family in the American South, it stars Bette Davis as Regina Giddens, clearly one of cinemas most cold, calculating and conniving woman. Not Rated: 1 hour 56 minutes.

Come and meet new friends and join in on a game that is played all over the world.  Mahjong enthusiasts of all skill levels are invited to play every Tuesday from 10am to 1pm. The sessions are open-ended and participants can play as many or as few games as they wish.  Players with mahjong sets are encouraged to bring them, as the Library has only a limited number to loan. This program is free, ongoing and open to players from all communities.

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This class builds on the principles learned in Conversational Italian I. You must have attended Conversational Italian I or have knowledge of the Italian language for this class. Attendance at all sessions are storngly encouraged.

Sustainable World Book Group meets on Zoom each month. For more information, contact the Help Desk at (845)986-1047 ext.3

November 14th - Fire Weather: a True Story from a Hotter World by John Vailant

December 12th - The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey

January 9th - The Parrot and the Igloo by David Lipski

February 13th - Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

March 12th - Summer by Ali Smith

April 9th - An Immense World by Ed Yong

Join Ana Metaxas for Conversational French.  Attendance at all sessions strongly encouraged.

Bring your knitting, crochet, embroidery, needlepoint, cross stitch, punch needling, applique, sewing and all of your fiber arts projects and join us for a non-instructional night of stitching but no b*@%$ing.  Group meets on the main level in the poetry corner.  No registration; drop-in anytime.