Schuylerville Public Library News

The time for summer reading is finally here! Join us on July 1st from 4:00pm-5:30pm for our Summer Reading Kick-Off Party. There will be free ice cream sundaes, courtesy of Stewart's. And face painting and other fun activities courtesy of the Advocates for the Schuylerville Public Library.

We will also have the kids bingo sheets for the Summer Reading Raffle available. Each week of the summer reading program young folks can get a bingo sheet and attempt to complete it! For a 'bingo' they will receive a raffle ticket to enter to win one of our summer reading prizes. Complete the whole sheet and they can also spin our prize wheel for a chance to get more raffle tickets or prize from our treasure chest!

While the Summer Reading Kick-Off Party is happening, the Advocates will also be running a book sale! There will be picture books, chapter books, Young Adult, Adult Fiction, Adult Non-fiction, movies, music, and audiobooks. All for prices that cannot be beat and for a good cause!

The Advocates for the Schuylerville Public Library help fund projects and programs that take place at our library and are our greatest supporters. Come check out the sale, meet their team, and maybe learn more about what this wonderful organization does!

From July 1 to August 23, Monday through Friday (except July 4) the Schuylerville Public Library is serving free summer meals for kids and teens from 12pm to 1pm. Grab a sandwich, veggies, fresh fruit, and cold milk every day. *Meals must be eaten on site this year, based on NYS regulations.

No registration required. Available to all children 18 years and under every weekday! This program made possible by Captain Youth Services. Questions, please call 518-371-1185 or visit captaincares.org

Summer is a busy, exciting time at the library. We have many exciting programs for kids and families this July including:

• Ready Set Grow: 2nd and 4th Mondays at 11am, drop in
• James Bruchac- Storyteller, Animal Tracker, and Beyond: Monday July 8th 2-3pm, registration required
  
• Music Time with RiverJack Z: Tuesday July 9th 11:00-11:45am, registration required
  
• Chickens Around the World: Wednesday July 10th 3:00-4:30pm, registration required
  
• Day of the Dead Exploration: Friday July 12th 3:00-4:30pm, registration required
  
• Family Movie Night: Friday July 12th 6:00-7:35pm, drop in
• Make a Dish Garden with the Schuylerville Garden Club: Saturday July 13th 11am-1pm, registration required
  
• Walk In the Park with a Story to Start *At Hudson Crossing Park*: Monday July 15th 12-1pm, drop in
  
• Art with the Tang Teaching Museum: Wednesday July 17th 3-4pm, registration required
  
• Stuffy Sleepover: Friday July 19th 4:30-5:00pm stuffy drop off, Saturday July 20th 10:00-1:30pm stuffy pick up, registration required
• Friday Night Nerf Fight!: Friday July 19th 5-6pm, drop in
  
• Classical Indian Concert with Veena & Devesh Chandra: Saturday July 20th 11am-12:30pm, registration required
  
• Hill Country Cloggers: Wednesday July 24th 4-5pm, registration required
  
• Coral Reefs with WMHT: Wednesday July 31st 3:00-4:30pm, registration required
  
• Drum in Joy with Earthbeat Music: Wednesday July 31st 5-6pm, registration required

Check out our events calendar (click on the button with the lemons below) to see absolutely everything on our schedule and learn more about these amazing programs!

Teens and/or their parents are welcome to join our presenter Kim Maercklein, from the NYS Division of Consumer Protections, to learn about Internet Safety for Young Adults! This presentation will be sure to set teens up for success as they enter a more independent part of their lives. What we post on the internet is forever, our goal is to help teens learn how to curate a responsible, positive digital footprint.

Introducing Shorts and Stouts, a short story book club partnership with our friends at Bound by Fate! Join us at the Bound by Fate Taproom on the third Thursday of the month at 5pm for some good conversation, craft beers, and lao food.

Our story for July is "A Vintage from Atlantis" by Clark Ashton Smith and it can be found here. Participants can read the short story beforehand or we will also have copies available to read at the library and at the meeting.

Book Club will be meeting on July 24th at 7pm in the Reading Room. Our book this month is Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter. If you would like to participate, come by the library and pick up a copy of the book, we have them on hold.

Cookbook Club will be meeting on July 17th at 6:30pm. Our theme for July is Summer Salads. Be it pasta based, fruit or veggie focused, or even one of those old school Jell-O messes, if it's called a salad it counts. If you are not currently a part of cookbook club, but are interested in being on our mailing list, please fill out this form. You can also feel free to make a dish and come by! The picture to the left is from last month's meeting where we enjoyed a brunch-themed night out in the Pavilion.

Registration is not required for Book or Cookbook Club. We hope to see you there!

The library will be closed on Thursday, July 4th in observation of Independence Day.

We're back with another Question of the Month. With the Summer Olympics beginning this month, we opted to ask the staff: "What is your favorite summer Olympic sport to watch?"

Caitlin: "Swimming"

Julie: "I am always impressed by Olympic diving!"

Holly: "I don't think I've ever watched the summer Olympics. But after looking it up, I think watching gymnastics, Judo, or fencing sounds interesting!"

Emilly: "I am a big fan of the gymnastics and the swimming."

Jessica: "I would watch sailing."

Beth: "I'm really looking forward to watching volleyball, mostly court but also beach."

Brandi: "Any of the pool-based sports! Swimming, synchronized swimming, and diving."

Mary Lou: "​I enjoy the gymnastics. Mainly because I have a dear friend who is a gymnast and a gymnastic coach who recently built her own gym way up in the northern part of Maine (a life long dream she has finally fulfilled). So it is nice to chat on the phone with her while we watch an event or two."

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Saturday 10am-2pm

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