|
|
From puppet and art workshops, to science classes and shows, to super special storytimes with local children's authors, we have something for everyone! |
|
|
|
|
Tapestry Weaving Workshop with Courtney SalernoSaturday, July 12
11 - 2 PM
Registration and payment required here.
Cost: $25 (payment required to reserve a space)
Learn the basics of frame loom tapestry weaving and create your own woven wall hanging in this beginner weaving workshop. Learn
how to set up the warp thread on the loom, weaving stitches including rya knots, rya loops, tabby weave, pile weave, and soumak weave, how to add fringe and how to weave with fibers of various weights and textures Leave with a small wall hanging and the skills to create more on your own. Registration includes all the materials necessary to make a small wall hanging, including a loom, warp thread, yarn and dowel for hanging. Courtney Salerno is a teacher and fiber artist living in the Hudson Valley. She began weaving in 2016 and creates in her home studio on handmade frame looms. For the past three years, Courtney has created pieces for Upstate Art Weekend and shown work at various galleries throughout the Hudson Valley.
|
|
Citizen Preparedness Corps TrainingSaturday, July 12
11 - 12:30 PM
This event is at the Pole Barn in Majestic Park.
Registration required here.
Organized by the Gardiner Library in collaboration with Climate Smart Gardiner and the Town of Gardiner.The Citizen Preparedness Corps gives residents the tools and resources to prepare for any type of disaster or emergency, respond accordingly and recover as quickly as possible to pre-disaster conditions. The course provides an introduction to responding to a natural or human-caused disaster. Participants are advised on how to properly develop family emergency plans and stock up on emergency supplies. A key component of the training is distribution of free NYS Disaster Preparedness Kits to participants (one per family) containing examples of key items to assist individuals in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. Trainings are led by the New York National Guard working with experts from the Division's Office of Emergency Management and Office of Fire Prevention and Control. |
|
|
|
|
Mah Jongg for Beginners with Misha FredricksSundays, July 20 - August 10
2:30 - 4:30 PM Join Misha Fredericks, a local Math tutor and Mah Jongg enthusiast, for a four-part series to learn how to play American Mah Jongg - a fun and addictive game. Ages teen & adult. Class One 7/20 We will learn the names of the tiles as well as important terms that are part of the game. Class Two 7/27 We will learn about tile combinations on the 2025 card and begin practicing making hands. Prerequisite: Class 1 or prior knowledge of tiles Class Three 8/3 We will continue forming hands and begin to play Mah Jongg. Prerequisite: Class 1 or prior knowledge of tiles Class Four 8/10 We will play Mah Jongg and discuss strategies to play more effectively, win hands, and block opponents from getting Mah Jongg. Prerequisite: Class 1 or prior knowledge of tiles
|
|
Late Spring Walks with Nick Martin
Fridays 8 - 9:30 AM Join Nick Martin, Minnewaska Park Educator, for an approximately one mile walk on the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail and wander through Majestic Park. We look at whatever natural curiosities intrigue the group, from birds to trees. |
|
|
Story Times with Miss AmyNo registration required.
Toddler/Preschool: Ages 2-5 Tuesdays 10:00 - 10:30 AM Enjoy picture books and songs. Take a craft to make at home. Bouncing Babies: 0-24 months Thursdays 9:30 - 9:50 AM Board books, songs, bounces, rhymes and more!
|
|
|
|
|
Stitch Camp with Heather KortJuly 7 - July 11
9 AM - 12:30 PM
Registration required here (by July 2).
Payment required upon registration to reserve your spot. If payment is not received, you will be unregistered.
Cost: $150
Ages: 7-12 years old Explore a variety of materials such as yarn, fabric and felt, while learning fiber techniques like sewing, embellishing, adding zippers, and wet felting to make some magical things! Projects may include making: catnip toys, leg warmers and arm cuffs, monster treasure pouches, and fabric-covered sketchbooks or journals. Students will work on projects in class, and be able to continue working on portions of their projects at night, if they wish. Students should pack a healthy snack and bring a water bottle each day.
Heather has an AAS in Fashion Design from FIT, a Masters in Art Education, and is certified to teach art in NYS, grades K-12. She taught elementary and high school art for 8 years, and currently teaches Continuing Education art classes through the New Paltz Central School District. Heather enjoys making things, and also loves to help children make things. |
|
Nutty Scientists: Mission to Space Show
Tuesday, July 8
5 - 6 PM
All ages. No registration required. Please note: Doors will close when seats are filled. After being entrusted with a maximum security space mission, the Nutty Scientist will plan a mission to space using sophisticated techniques and crazy experiments. Kids will learn about the mysteries of space and planets in a fun way through their amazing adventures. |
|
|
|
|
Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum: Engineering for Earthquakes
Tuesday, July 15
4 - 4:45 PM As earthquake engineers, students use materials to construct an earthquake-safe structure and test to determine if it is a seismically sound structure that will withstand an earthquake. Museum educators from the Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum provide a fun, educational and interactive program that offers engaging, hands-on activities. |
|
Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum: Mission to SpaceTuesday, July 15
5:30 - 6:15 PM Participants will join an imaginary scientific mission to space. Drawing inspiration from existing spacecraft, participants will design and build their own simple model spacecraft to accomplish the goals of their mission. After assembling the spacecraft, participants’ creations will have to withstand a series of tests to ensure that they’re ready for launch. Can the spacecraft hold up to the vibration of launch, or the spin of hurtling through space? If not, it’s back to the drawing board and the design/build/test cycle begins all over. Museum educators from the Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum provide a fun, educational and interactive program that offers engaging, hands-on activities.
|
|
|
Beginner Embroidery for Tweens and Teens
with Carolyn Thursdays, July 10 & July 176 - 7 PM
Register here. Registration required (will include both dates). Ages 10+.
Cost: $10 (includes all materials). Payment required when registering.
Learn the art of embroidery using colorful floss and a needle with a stamped design and then by making your own transfer. Skills learned can be used later on with other textile work and mending.
|
|
|
|
|
Babysitting Class with Kathleen Tucker Wednesday, July 23
4:30 - 7:30 PM
Register here. Registration and payment required to reserve a space.
Cost: $10
Ages: 12 - 18 year olds Kathleen Tucker is a 1st grade teacher. Participants will learn interviewing tips, communication skills, ages and stages of young babies and toddlers, safety and first aid tips, and feeding and caring for children, including diaper changing. A simple test will be administered at the completion of the course and certificates of completion will be distributed.
Babysitters have the responsibility of caring for children and making important decisions while they are in charge. Parents entrust their child with the babysitter, therefore, it is crucial he or she knows the basics of child care. |
|
Needle-Felted Watercolor Art for Preteens and Teens Thursday, July 31
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Registration required here.Ages 12+.
Cost: $10 (includes all materials). Payment required when registering.
Create a colorful watercolor art landscape using wool roving, a needle and hoop.
|
|
|
|
|
Teens Wanted!
Contact Nicole at nlane@rcls.org for more information. Looking for teens to run a Dungeon & Dragons group and a chess club for kids. Small compensation will be provided or receive community service hours. Also looking for teen face painters and henna artists for our annual booksale on Saturday, June 7. |
|
Join the Library's Teen Advisory Board (TAB)12 years and older TAB participants help the library with upcoming events and programs, and can create their own programming too.
Volunteering time at the library can be used to fulfill community service hours for Honor Society, school/community responsibilities where public service hours are required, or on job and college resumes.
|
|
|
|
|
New Paltz High School AP Studio Art Show June 5 - June 25
Reception: Friday, June 13 5 - 6:30 PM This show is executed and curated by the New Paltz High School 2025 AP Studio Art class. The works created for this exhibit were part of the students' final exam for this class. All of the planning and signage for this show was created by the students.
|
|
|
|
| Cookbook Book Club with Carolyn and Nicole
Meets second Wednesdays
3:30 - 4:30 PM
No registration required.
Bring a cooked dish and serving utensil. Everything else will be provided.
July's theme: Ina Garten (make any recipe from an Ina Garten cookbook)
Themes are determined by the group for the following month. Contact Nicole at nlane@rcls.org if you have questions. |
|
|
In Her Words Writer's Group
Meets second Wednesdays
6:30 - 8 PM
No registration required.
A creative writing group exclusively for women, In Her Words is a supportive space to explore the power of storytelling. Whether you’re crafting fiction, poetry, memoirs, or essays, this group encourages women to connect, inspire, and grow as writers. With regular prompts, workshops, and opportunities to share your work, we’ll celebrate the unique voices and perspectives of every member. Beginners and seasoned writers alike are welcome—come as you are, and let your words take flight!
|
|
|
|
|
Genealogy Live Help with Alexis GrahamFree 1 hour sessions available (up to 2 sessions per person)
Contact Nicole at nlane@rcls.org to schedule a virtual (phone or Zoom) appointment.
Whether you’re a beginner just getting started, have hit a brick wall, or interested in exploring additional free resources; check out the new service for our library patrons provided by Alexis Graham. Alexis has over twenty-five years of genealogy and family history experience and excels in the English language field, archival, and internet research. She is a Boston University Genealogy certificate recipient and has served on the board of the Capital District Genealogy Society.
|
|
|
|
Community ReikiSunday, June 1 (first Sundays)
noon - 2 PM
First come, first served.
Free 20 minute reiki sessions.
Recipients sit in a chair or lie on a comfortable table, clothed, while the practitioner lightly places hands on or above the recipient. The effect is of peace and deep rest for the recipient. HV Community Reiki has been providing Reiki sessions at the Gardiner Library since 2017.
|
|
Meditation Circle with Anne Rogers
Mondays
8:30 - 9:30 AM
Email Anne Rogers at dancingmeadow@gmail.com with any questions.
Join in a circle of stillness and centering each Monday morning. This opportunity will allow for silence, breath work, guided meditation, moving meditation and more. The direction will come from all who participate.
|
|
|
|
|
Live Virtual Author Talks with Bestselling and Award Winning Authors An ongoing series of virtual author talks, from New York Times bestselling authors and thought leaders representing a wide variety of genres and topics. Made possible by a generous donation from Stephanie and Greg Boyd. |
|
Bluegrass Jam with Deb Murphy and Mark Carabetta
Meets second Thursdays
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Interested in playing bluegrass with other local musicians? All are welcome to share songs, learn new tunes and make new friends in an inviting and relaxed atmosphere. |
|
|
|
|
every week.
This weekly class is designed for people who have some knowledge of the Italian language and would like to improve their conversational skills.
Dr. Ornella Lepri Mazzuca is a native speaker of Italian and has been facilitating the conversational class at the Gardiner Library since 2016. She graduated from the University of Urbino, Italy, with a Doctorate in English, French and Italian. She later earned an MA in Spanish and Linguistics and a PhD in Spanish Literature from the University at Albany. |
|
Mah Jongg, Mexican Train and Scrabble Meet-Ups Wednesdays 1 - 3 PM Whether you are an experienced player or newbie, now is your chance to play Mah Jongg, Scrabble and Mexican Train at the library, meet new people and have fun! |
|
|
|
|
Classes do not need to be taken consecutively.
All ages and abilities welcome. For anyone looking to strengthen, relax, improve joint mobility, posture and balance. Whether you are interested in maintaining healthy movement without needing to get on the floor, or rehabbing an injury, chair work can help give you life long tools you can use for any anytime in your life. Anne Rogers has shared the beauty and benefits of yoga and movement for forty years. |
|
Slow Stitch Club
Thursdays
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Any portable project qualifies: quilt, knit, crochet, felt, sew, embroider and more. Enjoy some "me time", a bit of socializing, and show and share while artfully stitching a favorite project. |
|
|
|
|
Al-Anon Meetings
Sundays
6:30 - 7:30 PM Anyone who has been affected by someone else’s alcoholism is welcome to attend. Additional Al-Anon meetings are listed here. |
|
Peg's Reading Circle First Wednesdays
3 - 4 PMJoin us as we discuss a new book on the first Wednesday of every month.
| |
June's book pick: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
July's book pick: Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Silver Strings Ukulele Group
Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays
2 - 4 PM
The Silver Strings Ukulele Group will be having fun strum-a-longs. Bring your ukulele and come strum along with us. All music will be provided. All skill levels welcome from beginners to skilled players. The goal is to have fun, to learn, and to make music together. Limited ukuleles will be available for you to try. |
|
Exploring Intuition: Facilitated by Susan Reeves
First Tuesdays
10:30 AM - 12 PM Everyone has intuition. This inner knowing is present when we have met the right partner, found the perfect home or have landed that dream job. Come share your intuitive experiences. Let's explore intuition together. As a RN for almost 40 years, Susan has worked in hospitals, nursing homes, home care and most recently as a Nursing Instructor at BOCES. For 22 years she has been a student of Dr. Marshall Rosenberg the founder of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and led NVC practice groups and workshops for 8 years. As a facilitator, Susan's goal is to focus on what is alive for the group. Susan is also able to talk about aspects of intuition that include clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience and claircognizance as well as discuss the chakra systems and talk about energy work. |
|
|
|
|
Chess Club
First and third Wednesdays
6:30 - 8 PM Come one, come all! Open to all ages and all levels. This group meets without an instructor but everyone is welcome to come to learn from others or to find someone to play with. |
|
Writing Workshop with Laurence Carr - Writing the Short Form: Flash Fiction, Micro-Essays, Prose Poems and Memoirs
Meets first Saturdays
12:30 - 1:45 PM (no meeting June through August) Award winning author and publisher, Laurence Carr, will conduct writing workshops concentrating on short forms. Throughout these sessions, writers will gather ideas and subject matter to create pieces of less than 600 words in length. Free-writes from prompts will be given in each session. Pieces will be drafted into finished works over the course of the workshops. Part of each class will also be devoted to specific elements of creative writing: structure, character, world of story, exposition, and other components. Discussions will continue about publishing possibilities. Writers can attend one or more sessions depending upon their availability.
Laurence is an editor and publisher of Lightwood Magazine, an online journal of arts and culture at Lightwoodpress.com |
|
|
Recycling StationRecycling shed behind library. Open during normal library hours. Items accepted include:
Oral care products (empty toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes,
floss containers), eyeglasses, empty ink cartridges, empty pens/highlighters/markers, clean socks (singles or pairs), caps and pencils (mechanical and wooden), razors and outer packaging and crayons.
|
|
|
|
|
Project Linus Initiative
Project Linus distributes handmade sewn, knitted or crocheted blankets to children in need. All blankets made for the Gardiner Library initiative will be donated within Ulster County. Go to the library to learn more or or contact Denise (deniseaumick@gmail.com) or Jackie (byjam@ix.netcom.com). |
|
Museum & Attraction Passes "Pick up" passes and "print at home" passes are available.
Passes can be reserved in advance.
Learn more here. Passes are checked out for three days and provide free access to numerous museums and attractions in our area and NYC including Storm King Art Center, Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, the Guggenheim Museum in NYC, Mohonk Preserve and many more. |
|
|
Library Board Meetings
Meets third Thursdays 5 PM
Open to the public.
Contact Nicole at nlane@rcls.org for more information. |
|
|
|
|
The Friends of the Gardiner Library raise funds for the library, advocate for the library, and invite persons to join as Friends of the Gardiner Library. |
|
Need More Information? Click here to visit us on Facebook. Click here for contact information. |
|
|
|
|
|
|