There’s plenty to do at the Stephentown Memorial Library this week. Join the fun!
• Easter Event – Saturday, March 30, at 2:30 pm. The Stephentown Youth Commission and the Stephentown Memorial Library invite you to an Easter Event at the Stephentown Memorial Library. Activities will include crafts, games, a movie and some treats! To ensure we have enough materials, registration is requested. Please call the Library at 733-5750 to register your child. All are welcome!
• Comics Workshop with George O’Connor – Monday, April 1, at 4:30 pm. Do you doodle? Draw comic characters on your class notes? Bring your talents and ideas to our workshop where illustrator George O’Connor will help you produce a polished comic to keep. He’ll share a behind the scenes look at his comic making process, from first sketches to finished books. Some of his popular books are the Captain Awesome series and graphic novels like The Olympians, which you may have seen in the Library. Don’t miss this awesome opportunity to learn from a master artist. Please register in advance. Comics Connect, a collaborative project of the Mohawk Valley Library System and the Upper Hudson Library System, is supported by funds from the New York State Library’s Family Literacy Library Services grant program.
• Story Time – Wednesdays at 10 am. Calling all preschoolers (and their caregivers). Join us each Wednesday for some story time fun. In this half hour session, we read aloud, sing songs, move about and explore the world around us through literature. Parents and children are encouraged to stay after story time so children have time for free play while grown-ups browse for books and socialize. Story Time is led by Jane Halleck, a local educator.
• Zumba Classes at SML – weekly on Wednesdays at 7 pm. Zumba is an exhilarating Latin-inspired dance fitness class designed to benefit anyone, regardless of age or fitness level. Zumba Instructor Kim Conley is also a Certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher, Pilates Instructor and Personal Trainer who works with people of every age and ability all over the Berkshires. She will lead us in a one hour weekly class. Each class costs $5 per participant. Class will be held in the main room of SML. Wear comfortable clothing and shoes. There is additional parking at the school across the road. Zumba is a blast – come join the party! Class size is approximately 8 to 10. Work out in air conditioned comfort at the Library.
• Let’s Go Fly a Kite at the Library – Thursday, April 4, at 6:30 pm. April is National Kite Month, and we invite you to join us for a kite making workshop for kids using easy to assemble Tyvek Scott sleds. A variety of kites will be on display. Our presenter, Phil Dixon, is a member of NYKE (New York Kite Enthusiasts). There will be a short presentation of how kites have been used through history, the different types and what makes kites fly. If the weather cooperates, we’ll take our kites and fly them in the space behind the Library. You must sign up in advance as space is limited.
• Teen Night with Magic Man – Join us on Friday, April 5, at 6:30 pm. Teens age 13 and up are invited to come and learn about magic. Bring a friend and enjoy this one hour course in the basic art of magic. Participants will learn the science and psychology behind magic through tricks that they can bring home and master. Space is limited, so please register in advance.
For more information, call the Stephentown Memorial Library at 733-5750. Check our website,www.stephentownlibrary.org for regular updates.