September 18, 2025

From the Director 
Have you signed up for, or renewed, your library card this month? Sign up in September to help us get the most registrants (based on population) in the state. Renewing or registering this month enters you for a chance to win a $200 gift raffle from the Friends of the Kingston Community Library. It also entitles you to a free book from their book sale.
 
Have you been following the newsletter for all the fun and informative events we have going this fall? Coding, AI, family music, kids music, care giving, cemetery celebration...we've been busy around here and look forward to continuing with fun programs! (Remember, October is just around the corner and the Friends big Jack O'Lantern Jaunt will be back. This year, in addition to pumpkin decorating, we are looking for families to make scarecrows for the spooky trail. Details are coming and autumn begins in just three days! Get ready and pull out your sweaters.)
 
Finally, I want to let you know that a new library calendar and meeting room schedule is coming to KCL. The calendar will continue to be on our website homepage and the meeting room schedule will be there too. The meeting room schedule will enable you to sign up digitally. Do to the high demand of our rooms and our extensive library programming needs, we will be allowing people to reserve only for a few months at a time (as is done at other busy libraries). Stay tuned for more information and see our new policy on page 52 of our Patron Manual. We are in the processing of setting this system up and it should be ready to go in a couple of weeks.
 
Have a wonderful week,
Melissa
 
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CHILDREN'S NEWS & PROGRAMS
FALL READING CHALLENGE
 Kids, for every book you read
add an apple to our tree.
 
ADULT NEWS & PROGRAMS
 
 
 
 

Upcoming Matinee Movies
      
Sept 17 - Bell Book and Candle (1958) 1h 46m - Comedy
A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead.
Sept 24 - Best in Show (2000) 1h 30m - Mockumentary
A behind-the-scenes look into the highly competitive and cut-throat world of dog shows through the eyes of a group of ruthless dog owners. 
October 1 - Breathe (2017) 1h 58m - Medical Drama
The inspiring true love story of Robin and Diana Cavendish, an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease.
Older Adults News
Fall Prevention Awareness Week begins September 22
 
"This nationwide observance event aims to improve falls prevention awareness, reduce falls, and help older adults feel safe and confident in their daily lives." According to the National Council on Aging (NCOA):
  • Falls remain the leading cause of injury death for older Americans.
  • The Falls Free® Initiative is a national effort led by NCOA to address the growing public health issue of fall-related injuries and deaths in older adults.
  • NCOA focuses on numerous advocacy, awareness, and educational initiatives, including building community infrastructure to reduce falls among older adults.
     
    The Kingston Community Library is offering the following special event in recognition of Fall Prevention Awareness Week.

 
 
 
KCL Tween and Teen News
Intro to Coding Returns!
 
Join us on the first Saturday each month to learn basic coding. This one hour class in run by a computer professional who will introduce kids to basic concepts. Students should try to attend every class and practice at home for success. Space is limited to eight. Sign up today!
 
 
AI in the News

KCL is offering its second AI class in October. Stay tuned for more information. In the meantime, interested in learning more about AI? Watch this space for information about this fast rising field. Your role in AI is to be a lifelong learner focused on information literacy. [Information literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to “recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.”] Remain a lifelong learner with the help of your library!
 
AI LEARNING

🤖 Demis Hassabis: AI demands ‘continual’ learning
Image source: Getty Images
The Rundown: The top skill for the next generation in an AI-driven world? Learning how to learn. Speaking in Athens, Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, said mastering this skill is crucial as AI reshapes education, work, and industries.
The details:
  • Hassabis warned that the pace of AI change is so fast that “the only thing you can say for certain is that huge change is coming.”
  • He added that AGI (when AI matches humans at most tasks) could be achieved in a decade, bringing dramatic advances and a future of “radical abundance.”
  • Thriving in this era will require meta-skills—the ability to continually optimize the learning approach to new subjects—alongside traditional knowledge.
  • Hassabis added that this phase of lifelong learning is unavoidable, noting he is sure that people will have to continually learn “throughout their careers.”
Why it matters: The idea of learning a single skill and working with it for 5–10 years before needing to upskill is changing. In an AI-driven world, workers and students will need to constantly track developments in their domain, find ways to stay ahead of the curve, and differentiate themselves to build successful careers.
 

Friends News
Book Sale News
 
Check out our new sale format: instead of "Author of the Week," we will occasionally be featuring "Subject of the Week." Beginning this Friday, September 19th, all books about writing, getting published, or books in general will be on sale for 50¢ (hardcover) or 25¢ (paperback). If you ever wanted to write a book, here is a chance to delve into the world of authorship and publishing. These items are located on the bag sale shelf unit.
The bag sale on all children's books continues this week, also. The shelves have been newly restocked and are full of a variety of kid's books. Fill a bag (provided, limit of 30/bag) for $5.
 
 
COMMUNITY NEWS
Kingston Recreation News

Senior Lunches are back!
 
 
 
 
 
BOOK CLUBS
Director's Monday Book Club (Monday 10/6 at 3:00pm)
All creatures great and small
by James Herriot

Recalls the early career of James Herriot, a country veterinary surgeon in Yorkshire, describing the joys and trials of working with his unique clientele
Nonfiction Book Club (Tuesday 10/16 at 4:00pm)
Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end
by Atul Gawande

A prominent surgeon argues against modern medical practices that extend life at the expense of quality of life while isolating the dying, outlining suggestions for freer, more fulfilling approaches to death that enable more dignified and comfortable choices.
Romance Required Book Club (Friday 9/26 at 1:00pm) 
For the roses
by Julie Garwood

Discovered as a baby and raised by four urchin boys, Mary Rose Clayborne remains fiercely loyal to her misfit family until an English lord reveals a shocking secret that sends her into a confrontation with her past.
Cook Book Club (Monday at 9/22 at 12:30pm)
Dinner in one : exceptional & easy one-pan meals
by Melissa Clark

A collection of 100 new, simple and delicious one-pan, one-pot, or one-sheet recipes that minimize clean-up times and include Miso-Glazed Salmon with Roasted Sugar Snap Peas, Cheesy Meatball Parm with Spinach and Gingery Coconut Noodles with Shrimp and Greens. Illustrations.
Mystery Book Club (Tuesday 9/23 at 4:00pm)
Wish you were here
by Rita Mae Brown

Mary Minor Haristeen, postmistress of Crozet, Virginia, joins forces with her willful cat, Mrs. Murphy, and her Welsh corgi, Tucker, to investigate a series of bizarre postcards sent to the town's inhabitants that forecast impending death
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