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A Note from Nicole and Library Staff The good news: Many of our summer programs are full with long waitlists. This is a reflection of the time and energy library staff has spent organizing fun and educational events for all ages. The bad news: We are having the unfortunate experience of people failing to unregister, or notify us, when they decide not to attend a program that they have registered for. Consequently, people on the waitlists are never notified that a space has opened, so our programs do not serve their full capacity. The library's annual budget, along with grants received, allow us to offer many programs for free or at a reduced cost. If you have registered for a program and are unable to attend, please unregister or notify the library as soon as possible. Thank you.
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Library Software Upgrade We are upgrading our system to serve you better. Please note that from Thursday, August 1 through Sunday, August 4, certain online library services including, but not limited to, searching for materials, placing holds, and checking your account, will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.
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The Dirty Dozen Estate Plan Mistakes, and How To Avoid Them with Dana WareThursday, July 25 6:30 - 7:45 PM Register here. Learn some of the most common mistakes when planning (or failing to plan) for your estate. The presentation will cover: Intestacy (dying without a will), Avoiding Probate with a Trust, Protection from Predators, Creditors and Divorce, Incapacity Planning, Planning for Medicaid Dana Ware is the owner of the Law Offices of Dana Ware, LLC, doing business as Hudson Legacy Law and Hudson Energy Law, providing estate planning services, and legal services to landowners, businesses, nonprofits and governments engaged in renewable energy.
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Identifying and Removing Invasives Workshop with Alex Bartholomew Saturday, July 27 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM No registration required. Walk along the Wallkill Valley Land Trust Rail Trail to identify and collect invasive vine species like Bittersweet. We will then return to the library and turn our collected invasive plants into handmade baskets. Group leader Alex Bartholomew is Professor of Geology and Paleontology at SUNY New Paltz, and board member/trails chair for the Mill Brook Preserve.
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Pet Portrait (Watercolor and Pencil) Workshop with Elissa CiminoSunday, July 28 10 - 11:30 AMCost: $10. Register here. No experience necessary. Bring an 8x10 printed image of your pet. Using a picture of your pet each participant will begin by tracing their pet’s image and transferring it to watercolor paper. Watercolor paints will then be added to the drawn image.
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The fun and stress relieving activity of needle felting is introduced to you with these sweet animal baubles. Learn how to make a seal, bear and owl and maybe even a fox, penguin or cat depending on how creative you want to get. This project is perfect for beginners or lovers of felting! Carlise Azmitia is a fiber artist, classical art instructor and native of the Hudson Valley. Carlise is the owner of Hudson Valley Atelier. Learn more here.
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Japanese Calligraphy Workshop with the Mid-Hudson Japanese Cultural Association Saturday, August 10 11 - 1 PM Cost: $10 Adults and children 8+. Registration required here. Learn about the fundamentals of brush writing for Japanese calligraphy. Discover the history of writing kanji characters with strong, black ink strokes, and learn about the importance of stroke order when using calligraphy brushes. MHJCA volunteers have spent years perfecting their brush skills, and will help you refine your brush holding and ink techniques. The Mid-Hudson Japanese Community Association, Inc. (MHJCA) is a not-for-profit whose mission is to help create a bridge for local people, especially new generations, to connect to Japan and its unique and extraordinary culture.
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Super Special Storytime: Meet Lincoln Tuesday, July 23 10 - 10:30 AM Ages 2-5 years old No registration required.
Meet Lincoln, the pet tortoise. He will come visit the library with his owner, Gabby, and join Miss Amy for a super special story time. We will read tortoise books, sing songs and learn about pet tortoises. Take a special craft to make at home.
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Story Times with Miss Amy No 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!
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Creation Stations Saturdays 1 - 2:30 PM All ages are welcome to come and make a small project. Supplies available, just bring your imagination. July 27 - Build a robot/coding with Ozobots August 3 - Bubblepalooza, tie-dye slime & shaving cream art August 17 - Design floral cupcakes
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Birds of Prey with Annie MardineyThursday, July 25 4:30 - 5:30 PM All ages. No registration Required. Meet live birds! Learn about some of the raptors common to this area.
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Creative Painting with Laura LeighTuesday, July 30 4:30 - 5:30 PM Cost: $15 Ages 7+. Registration required here. Create abstract paintings using your imagination with local painter Laura Leigh. Young artists will have an opportunity to discover their own artistic style. Laura Leigh will work with each student individually to foster a love for creating art. Laura Lanchantin is a fine artist, musician, and maker of organic watercolor paints based in New Paltz.
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Animals and Landscape Painting with Laura LeighThursday, August 1 1 - 2:30 PMExplore the basics of animal & landscape painting. Young artists will have an opportunity to discover their own artistic style. Laura will work with each student individually to foster a love for creating art. Laura Lanchantin is a fine artist, musician, and maker of organic watercolor paints based in New Paltz. Laura has created her own earth pigment library made from Ochre minerals and clay from around the country, and now spends most of her time teaching online and in person classes.
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Hocus Pocus Magic Show With Joe FischerTuesday, August 6 5 - 5:45 PM All ages. No registration required. Excitement, comedy and lots of audience participation are combined to create a magical event all ages will love. The audience is treated to a non-stop, fast-paced program. Using magic as a communication tool, children are introduced to a world of theater where they are the stars.
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Summer Reading AdventuresJuly 2 - August 30Get your Road Trip form at the front desk or download here. Choose Your Own Summer 2024 Reading Adventure. Read at least one book from each category below to win a free Stewart's ice cream & book! Pick Your: Destination, Road Trip Buddies, Road Trip Vehicle, Road Trip Sights Inspired by the 52 Book Club's Summer '23 Reading Challenge
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Read to Fletcher Tuesdays 4 - 5 PM Read to a certified therapy dog! This program helps to improve children's reading, communication, and confidence in a relaxed and stress-free environment. For readers in elementary school. Sign up for a 15-minute time slot. Children may bring a book from home or choose a book from the library's collection.
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Teens and Textiles with CarolynThursdays 6 - 7 PM Open meet up for teens ages 13 and up. *Teens and Textiles will not meet when special classes (see below) are scheduled*Beginner and experienced crocheters welcome. Specialty breakout classes in different textile mediums each month. *Special Class*Thursday August 1 6 - 7 pm Crochet an organizer basket. Some knowledge of crochet required Registration required here. Cost $5.
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Join the Library's Teen Advisory Board (TAB)12 years and older Summer is a great time to fulfill community service hours. 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.
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Dungeons & Dragons Meet-Up 8 Tuesdays starting July 9 5 - 8 PM Ages 13-18. Snacks provided. FULL. Go here to be added to waitlist. Build a world of adventure with Dungeon Master Ben. This game is for those who love fantasy, storytelling and problem solving. Beginners welcome. Space is limited.
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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.
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Chair Yoga with Anne Rogers Mondays 9:30 - 10:15 AM Registration required. Cost: $60 (for 8 classes) Classes do not need to be taken consecutively. Register here. 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.
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Community Yoga Class with Amy Laber Wednesdays 9:30 - 10:30 AM Donation based slow flow vinyasa class. Open level. Beginners welcome. Please dress to move freely. Bring your own mat and yoga props. Connecting breath to movement, classes will include sun salutations, standing, balance, and seated postures. Amy Laber is a certified yoga instructor with over 15 years of experience teaching students of all ages and ability levels. Her classes are an un-fixed intuitive flow, which tap into the specific energies and needs of each group.
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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!
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Peg's Reading Circle First Wednesdays 3 - 4 PMJoin us as we discuss a new book on the first Wednesday of every month.
| August's book pick: Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez September's book pick: Clear by Carys Davies |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Local Knit and Crochet Group Meets 2nd and 3rd Sundays 12 - 2 PM
Join local knitters and crocheters for Knit Circle! Knitters and crocheters come together to work on their own projects and show off their work. Bring your own project and join us. Please note: this is not a class to learn how to knit/crochet.
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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.
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Bluegrass Jam with Deb Murphy and Mark Carabetta Meets fourth Wednesdays 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.
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Community ReikiFirst 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.
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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.
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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.
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Eden Revisited: The OZ Series by Maria Lupo Exhibition July 6 - August 29
Maria Lupo's work is influenced greatly by the power of myth and fairy tales to inform and understand my own biographical journey through universal stories and themes. Her creative process is stimulated by various and unusual materials while enjoying their lush and tactile properties. Transcending the use of traditional materials, Maria's work includes such materials as: topsoil, teabags, fabric, faux flowers, recycled materials.
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Tiny Roost Summer Exhibit: The Four Disagreements by Tyson Hauf and Nataly Z. Goldfisch Presentation (outdoors): Friday, July 26 at 4 PMOutdoor gallery is accessible 24/7. Learn more about Meadow and the exhibit here. Nataly is an Associate Professor at SUNY New Paltz. Her area of research focuses on the intersectionality between philosophy of mathematics education, aesthetics, and deep ecology and has authored numerous books and articles Tyson has performed and shown his work in several states over the last two decades. His preference for exhibitions are outside the traditional art world, consisting of popup art displays, street performances, and improvisational creative outbursts/situations.
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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.
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Recycling StationRecycling shed behind library. Open during normal library hours. Items accepted include: Oral care products (empty toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, floss containers), corks, empty ink cartridges, empty pens/highlighters/markers, clean socks (singles or pairs), caps and pencils (mechanical and wooden), razors and outer packaging and crayons.
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Come by, browse and support the library at the same time. Themed books on display now Christmas in July!
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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).
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Library Board Meetings Meets third Thursdays 5 PM Contact Nicole at nlane@rcls.org for more information.
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