GUILDERLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY
Volume 16 Issue 5
It’s ‘Tweet’!
Here’s a really cool way to find
out what’s going on at the Library:
We’ll “tweet” you!
We’re introducing Twitter, an opt-in
message system that enables you to stay
on top of upcoming special events at
the Library through text messages you
can receive on your cell phone. To get
Library “Tweets,” all you need to do is
go to our Website at www.guilpl.org and
click on the little blue “t” in the
upper left corner of the home
page. Or you can visit http://
twitter.com/GuilderlandLib
We’re using Twitter to remind
patrons of concerts and special events.
One of the great things about these
messages is that you’ll get them ONLY
when something important is going on.
These are event-driven reminders, not
regularly scheduled messages.
Need a Reminder?
Did you know? You can get e-mail
reminders about GPL events through
our Evanced system. Next time you
visit our website and
find a calendar event
that you want to attend,
take advantage of the
“Remind Me” feature at the top of the
event’s listing.You’ll get an e-message
shortly before the occasion.
www.guilpl.org NEWS
Summer 2009
Kids: Have You Signed Up for the
Summer Reading Club?
If you have not signed up for the Summer Reading club, there’s still time! Open to all
children from preschoolers to those going into grade 5.
Here’s what you’ll do:
• Read books you enjoy.
• Record the books you read in your Reading Record.
• Come and enjoy the many special programs that will be
offered all summer long.
• Turn in your Reading Record -- either online or in print -at the Library by Thursday, August 13.
On Thursday, August 20, reading records, certificates and prizes
may be picked up anytime between 11 am and 6 pm in the
Normanskill Room. Participants who return their Reading Record on time will be
rewarded for their hard work with goodies donated by local merchants.
Also in the Helderberg Room, from
11 am to 2 pm, we will be showing our
Just for the Record slide show of all the
fun things we did during our summer events!
Stop by the Library to pick up your Summer Reading Club brochure, or see page 5 inside
for a calendar listing of events, or visit www.guilpl.org/youth for full details.
Adults: What are You Reading this Summer?
Share your thoughts, maybe win dinner!
Why should the kids have all the fun? Adult summer reading is a joy in
itself! No competition, no stress, just share your thoughts about what
you’ve read on our Summer Sizzlers web page.
Everyone who posts a review will be entered in a drawing for prizes
(does a free dinner sound good?) at the end of the summer. But the big reward is finding
out about all the great books your GPL friends are reading that you might enjoy, too.
Go to the Adults tab on our website at www.guilpl.org to post your thoughts or get
hints about what you might like to read next!
Family
Fun Day!
Saturday, August 15, from 1 pm to 4 pm
Join us for a fun three hours of games, food, and more! Bring the whole family! We’re going to have boatloads of activities that
will keep kids entertained and adults amused.
• Clothesline Art Show (get creative!) • Face Painting
• Karaoke (well, maybe not)
• Duck Pond Fishing (fish for prizes!)
• Bubble, Bubbles, Everywhere
• Sno Cone and Popcorn Machines
• Hula Hoop Hoopla (can you Hula?)
• Kids v. Parents Water Balloon Toss
• . . . and so more!
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Adult Services
The Quadricentennial Continues
Two special book discussions about the explorations of
Henry Hudson and Samuel de Champlain
There was a short period of time in 1609 when Henry
Hudson and Samuel de Champlain could have met. Hudson
was exploring the river later named for him sailing from the
south, while Champlain was documenting New York waterways
coming from the north. They got close, but did not meet.
Hudson and de Champlain were two very different men. Did
you know that Hudson’s crew abandoned him in the Bay that
bears his name? Or, that the only place Champlain named
Island at the Center of the World,
by Russell Shorto
Thursday, July 16 @ 7:30 pm
While no portraits of Henry Hudson
are known to exist, the Cyclopedia of
Universal History offers this popular
image to be of the man, above. At
right: Samuel de Champlain.
Resources found in the New York
State Archives by curator of historical
manuscripts, Peter Christoph, provided
many of the resources and much of
the documentation underpinning this
excellent book written by Russell
Shorto. More than 25 years went
into the study and translation of the
materials originally written in Dutch.
The Dutch brought their values of
tolerance, openness and free trade to
the New World. This book illuminates
many previously unknown aspects of
the life and times of settlers in our area
400 years ago. ­Peter Christoph will
join us for this discussion.
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Save the Dates!
Two Quadricentennial events in the fall that further examine the
French influence in the Northeast.
Researching Your French
North American Roots
Thursday, September 24, 2 pm
This program brings together specialists who will share their
knowledge to help you get started in researching your French
North American roots.
after himself (among the thousands he mapped) is the beautiful
lake just to the north of us?
There is so much to learn about these fascinating men and
their deeds. Our Quadricentennial celebration continues with
book discussions and presentations. For a full schedule click
on the Adult tab on our website www.guilpl.org.
Join one or both of these book discussions.
Champlain’s Dream,
by David Hackett Fischer
Monday, August 10 @ 7:30 pm
David Hackett Fischer, Pulitzer Prize-winner for Washington’s
Crossing, has written the definitive biography of Samuel de
Champlain (1567-1635). By the time he made his way to North
America, Champlain was an experienced
sailor and cartographer. He had formed
ideas about creating a peaceful society
that would trade on par with the native
peoples whom he so admired. In order
to deal with the politics of the French
court and rival nations, Champlain had
to be a supreme diplomat. Dr. JeanFrancois Brière, Professor of French
Studies at the University at Albany, will
join us for a discussion of this outstanding book. He will also share
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Historic Maps
This map of Champlain’s exploration is just one of the more than
200,000 high-resolution, full-color historic maps – dating from
the 15th century to the present – that you can access through
our website.
Go to www.guilpl.org/research/geneology.php#mapworks
to see for yourself.
Meet Samuel de Champlain and His Wife,
Hélène Boullé
Sunday, October 25, 2 pm
Enjoy an afternoon with the “explorer and his wife” as French
professor David Graham and his québecois wife, Louise Pilon,
become the Champlains.
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= registration required: call 456-2400 x 7
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Adult Services
The Happenings of 1969
This year marks the 40th anniversary of “The Age of Aquarius,” 1969 and the events
that significantly influenced American life. In the midst of the civil rights movement and
Vietnam came Woodstock and the Stonewall riots, as well as changes in music, style, and
popular culture.
Capital Pride Singers 1969 Popular Culture
Wednesday September 16 @ 7 pm
Sunday, September 13 @ 2 pm
Paul Murray, PhD, of Siena College talks
about the popular culture of 1969 while
also touching upon the political events
of the time. Dr. Murray is Professor of
Sociology at Siena College where he
has taught for 29 years. He has developed
courses on civil rights, the 1960s, and the
Vietnam War. Dr. Murray is the author of
The Civil Rights Movement: References and
Resources, and numerous articles in journals
and reference works. He recently produced
a documentary film, “Return to Mississippi.”
Enjoy the sounds of the Capital Pride
Singers! The local choral group will
perform songs from their “Time Line”themed concert program with a focus on
the events of 1969!
Formed in 1995, the Capital Pride
Singers recently became a not-for-profit
organization and has grown to over fifty
members. CPS is dedicated to building
community both within and outside the
GLBT experience.
“Taking Woodstock”
Book Discussion
Monday, September 14 @ 7:30 pm
“After Stonewall”
Thursday, September 17 @ 6:30 pm
Come join us as we discuss Taking Woodstock by Elliot Tiber. Tiber tells of his role
in securing a permit for Woodstock Ventures to hold the 1969 Woodstock Music
and Arts Fair in Bethel, NY; his trials and
tribulations of running his family’s motel;
and his part in the Stonewall Riots.
This entertaining book gives us a glimpse
into Tiber’s life and the year that heavily
influenced his life.
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Saturday, September 19
9 pm - 5 pm
Breakfast and lunch provided
If you are thinking about buying your
first home and taking advantage of the
$8,000 tax credit, the first step you
should take is to attend a homebuying
education course! This all-day event –
presented by the Albany County Rural
Housing Alliance – covers many topics
including assessing readiness; budgeting
and credit; shopping for a home; finding
a real estate agent; applying for a
mortgage; and preparing for the closing
process. You’ll have a chance to win
a free toolkit or FICO/credit report!
A light breakfast and lunch will be
provided to participants.
There is a $10 materials fee. To register,
call Albany County Rural Housing
Alliance at 756-3656.
A screening of the documentary, “After
Stonewall,” with a discussion lead by Paul
Lamar. Mr. Lamar is an adjunct faculty
member at SUNY Cobleskill, and is a
theater critic for the Schenectady Gazette.
Join him as he discusses the events of
the times: politics, civil rights, Woodstock,
Stonewall, and other significant
“happenings.”
Wii-Fitness for Adults
Tuesdays, July 7 and August 11 @ 6:30 pm
Drop in and try out our Nintendo Wii Fit! We’re opening the
Helderberg Room and pulling down the Big Screen for two hours
of fun and fitness. Who says games are just for kids?
The original Wii featured golf, boxing, tennis, baseball,
and bowling. Wii Fit offers fitness training of four
types – aerobics, strength training, yoga, and balance
games. The exercises are fun and all of them increase
your heart rate or muscle tone while helping develop
“core” muscle groups that aid balance and posture.
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Homebuyer’s
Education
Workshop
Great Ways to Increase
Your Exercise Output!
10 am, Saturday, August 29 @ 10 am
The Guilderland YMCA’s fitness coordinator, Maureen Connally
will present the last in our series of exercise and nutrition
classes, part of the Library’s Fit for Life programs. This class will
focus on exercising at proper intensity, establishing core strength
(abs and back), and improving flexibility. We’ll also discuss ways
to incorporate cross-training exercises into your daily routine. Participants should wear comfortable clothing and be prepared
to do some light core and flexibility exercises. Take advantage of
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this opportunity to learn from an expert!
= registration required: call 456-2400 x 7
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TEENS
“Express Yourself
@ Your Library”
This Summer!
7/8
7/14
7/21
7/22
7/23
7/28
7/29
7/30
Making Artist Trading Cards /
Express Yourself in Miniature, 6pm
Orenda Yoga’s Teen Yoga Party, 7pm
Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle
Game: Summer Campaign #1, 6pm
Storytelling Workshop by Out of
the Box Creative Learning, 3pm
Discuss This Book!: Batman:The
Resurrection of Ra’s Al Ghul” by
Morrison & Dini, 7pm
Summer Brawl! Super Smash Bros.
Brawl Tournament, 7pm
Break Out the Board! Teen
Boardgaming Night, 6pm
Discuss This Book!: “Nation” by
Terry Pratchett, 7pm
8/4
8/5
Orenda Yoga’s Teen Yoga
Party @ GPL
7pm,Tuesday, July 14
Feeling stressed or a bit wiped out?
Maybe you’d like to stop “sweating the
small stuff?” In this workshop, designed
for teens (middle school-age and up), we’ll
explore easy, fun and creative yoga and
relaxation that you can use to calm and
re-energize yourself—mind, body and soul.
Prior yoga experience is not needed. It
is recommended that participants dress
comfortably since activities will take place
while seated and resting on the floor. Tea
will be provided at the conclusion of this
workshop.
Card Creations, 6-7pm
Theater in a Day by Out of the Box
Creative Learning, 3-6pm
8/6 Discuss This Book!: “Hunger
Games” by Suzanne Collins, 7-8pm
8/11 Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle
Game: Summer Campaign #2,
6-8:30pm
8/12 Slammin’ the SRC: Teen Open Mic
Night, 6-8pm
About the instructor: Christine
Carpenter is a children, teen and family
yoga instructor who teaches regularly
throughout the Capital District and in
area schools. She has practiced yoga for
more than 20 years. Christine is a Radiant
Child Yoga Program (RCYP) level II
instructor, a CircusYoga level II facilitator
and holds a master’s degree in elementary
education.
Preschool & Lapsit
Storytimes
Youth Services
Tuesday, July 28 @ 7 pm
Join the mayhem of a big brawl. A virtual
brawl, that is. We’re all friends here, really.
Enter the fight and emerge the victor!
Or not.
Slammin’ the SRC!
Teen Open Mic Night
Wednesday, August 12 @ 6 pm
Teens, here’s your last best chance to
“Express Yourself @ Your Library” in
this SRC wrap-up event. Come with
music, poetry, stories or other forms of
performance to share, and applaud others.
Coffee and snacks will be provided. It’s
not Starbucks, but your performances will
be even better!
Library Card
Make It/Take It Crafts
on alternate Mondays. Baby Bounce is
for babies 5 to 15 months, and Toddler
Time is for children 16 to 36 months.
Registration begins September 14
Storytimes start in October
Registered Storytime
Children attend without parent or
caregiver. Boys and girls must be between
the ages of 3½ and 5 years old but not
yet in kindergarten. This is a special time
for them to interact with other children.
Spaces are limited. Once registered, you
are part of the storytime through the end
of May 2010. If spaces become available,
we will offer a mid-year registration.
• Tuesdays at 10:30 am or
• Wednesdays at 10:30 am
New Storytime Programs for
the Very Young
Beginning in October, our traditional
Baby Lapsit program will be replaced with
two separate sessions which will occur
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Summer Brawl!
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Tournament
Please register and pick up a schedule in
the Youth Services Department beginning
Tuesday, September 14.
Babysitting Workshop
Saturdays, September 12, 19, 26
from 10 am – 1 pm
Members of the Guilderland Police
Department will return to lead this very
popular program in September. Children
must be at least 11 years old to register
for the workshop.
The workshop is free of charge but a Red
Cross safety manual must be purchased
for $14.95 at the Youth Services desk
after your child is registered. This program
fills up quickly.
Week of September 14 - 18
September is Library Card
Sign-up Month!
If your child is 5 or older, bring him or her
in to sign up for the most important FREE
back-to-school tool – their own library
card! During the week of September 14
we will have a special library card craft set
up in Youth Services. Bring your child and
their shiny new card, or a well-used one,
and they can make a shoestring lanyard to
keep their card handy.
TumbleBook Games!
www.guilpl.org/youth
We have a new online service that helps
kids learn to read: TumbleBooks. This
online collection of animated, talking
picture books teaches kids the joy of
reading in a format they’ll love.
= registration required: call 456-2400 x 9
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Summer Reading Club
Here are just a few of the programs that make up this year’s Summer
Reading Club. Note: Most of these program require registration.
Performers
The Singing, Ringing Tree
Thursday, July 16 @ 2 pm
Open to All
Performer and educator Sarah Salerno
Thomas will offer children and families an
interactive play: The Singing, Ringing Tree.
Using papier-mâché masks created by awardwinning artist Ruth Fledermaus, participants
will be encouraged to use their imaginations
while creating memorable characters during
the show.
Creative Imagination –
The Magic of Dan Bowen
Thursday, July 23 @ 2 pm
Open to All
Illusionist Dan Bowen will delight children
and families with this program. Mr. Bowen
had been performing magic for over 20 years
and has appeared at such venues as New York
Institute of Technology, the Noah Webster
Museum, and a variety of libraries and schools.
His performances are met with rave reviews!
Come join us and be amazed!
Dazzle Dogs
Thursday, July 30 @ 2 pm
Open to All
Join us for a fun filled afternoon with the
Dazzle Dogs. This is a “talented and dazzling”
group of dogs who delight audiences with
their exceptional talents.” They dance, skirt
obstacles and perform amazing stunts.
Uncle Rock
Thursday, August 6 @ 2 pm
Open to All
It doesn’t matter what age you are, you won’t
want to miss a rock ‘n roll afternoon with
Uncle Rock! On Thursday, August 8 at 2pm,
Robert Burke Warren, AKA Uncle Rock, will
share his jump-out-of-your-seat tunes with
children and adults of all ages. Bring your
dancing shoes and be prepared to rock out!
Family Story Songs with
Rebecca Maxwell*
Thursday, August 13 @ 2 pm
Open to All
We all have stories to tell. What we did this
summer, what we did on vacation; the list goes
on and on! One way to share your stories
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Crafts
with your friends and family is by putting them
to music! If you’re a kid, tween, or teen, come
on in with a family member (or two or three.
. . . or more) and make your story a song with
Rebecca Maxwell of Out of the Box Creative
Learning.
Make a Mess-terpiece with
Your Preschooler
Wednesday, July 22 @ 10:30 am
or 11:30 am
Ages 3 – 5
Special Guests
Preschoolers are invited to fingerpaint an
original mess-terpiece in the Literary Garden.
Please dress for the mess - Bathing suits and
towels are suggested since clean-up time will
be wet and fun. In the event of rain we will
move indoors. Register for the 10:30 or
the 11:30 session.
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Furry Friends Like Stories
Too: Read to a Therapy Dog
Thursday, July 9; Wednesdays,
August 5, 12, 19; and Thursday,
August 13 @ 6:30 pm
Ages 5 and up
Furry friends like stories too. If you’re a child,
tween, or teen, come read to a therapy dog!
Pick your date of choice and sign up to read
to a therapy dog who eagerly awaits your tale.
Bring a book or magazine, or borrow one of
ours!
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Lasting Impressions*
Friday, July 10 @ 2 pm
Grades 3 – 6
Children in grades 3 through 6 are invited to
participate in this program using real New
York state fossils! An educator from the The
Children’s Museum at Saratoga will take the
participants through discovery stations where
children will learn how fossils are formed and
what they can teach us about the past through
hands-on interaction.
Recycled Crafts:
From Trash to Toys
Friday, July 24 @ 3 pm
Grades 3 – 5
Get fit and go green at the same time! Come
to the Library and we’ll get together to make
some toys from discarded household items.
No need to empty your garbage – we’ll have
everything you need.
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Drop-In Knitting ...
for Teens and Tweens
Tuesday, August 11 & 18 @ 10 am
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Joy of Music
The Drop-In Knitting Club that meets at the
Guilderland Public Library has offered to
teach tweens and teens how to knit! Come
on, give it a shot.
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The Grand
Finale!
Wednesday, July 29 @ 10:30 am
Preschool
Join Rebecca Maxwell of Out of the Box
Creative Learning for a fun preschool music
experience!
CSI Pine Bush – Pine Bush
Discovery Center*
Friday, July 31 @ 10:30 am
Grades 3 – 5
Find out what signs animals leave behind!
Become a nature detective using tracks,
feathers, and other signs of animal life. This
program is offered by the Pine Bush Discovery
Center and is designed for children in grades
3 – 5 and their families.
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Just for the Record
Thursday, August 20
from 11 am to 2 pm
Open to All
Stop on by the Helderberg Room after picking
up your reading certificates and prizes for
a fun slide show of all the things we did this
summer! Kids: bring your parents. Teens:
bring your friends! It’s a great way to share
your experiences.
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These programs are part of the “Explore Your Shore:
Discovering Community History @ Your Library” series. This is
a project of Upper Hudson Library System, and is supported by
Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to
the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum
and Library Services.
= please register in person for Summer Reading Club events
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Museum Passes at the Guilderland Public Library
Guilderland Library District residents who possess a valid Guilderland Library Card can
get discounted or free admission to any of these museums with a Museum Pass available
from the Library:
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Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield, MA
The Bennington Museum, Bennington,VT
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art,
Amherst, MA
“The Clark” ~ Sterling and Francine Clark Art
Institute, Williamstown, MA
Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, MA
Iroquois Indian Museum, Howes Cave, NY
MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA
The Old Stone Fort Museum, Schoharie, NY
Schenectady Museum Planetarium, Schenectady, NY
Program Guidelines
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Passes are available to Guilderland residents who
possess a valid library card; availability is on a firstcome, first-served basis.
No renewals.
GUILDERLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY
2228 Western Avenue
Guilderland, New York 12084
518.456.2400 • www.guilpl.org
Board of Trustees
Brian Hartson, President
Michael J. Borges, Vice President
Diane Rosenbaum, Secretary
Carroll Valachovic, Treasurer
Vishnu Chaturvedi
John Daly
Michael Fox
Barbara Fraterrigo
Robert E. Ganz
Douglas A. Morrissey
Brian Wheeler
Barbara Nichols Randall
Director
Board meetings are
scheduled for
September 10, 2009
October 8, 2009
The Normanskill Room
Newsletter Editor
Mark Curiale
[email protected]
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Only one pass per household at any one time.
Patrons may find out if a pass is available for
checkout by calling the Circulation Desk at
456-2400 x 8
Passes are checked out for three days only and must
be returned to a staff member at the Guilderland
Library circulation desk on or before the due date.
Late fee: $5.00 per day; replacement fee: $20.00
Disney Family Fridays
The Guilderland Public Library is holding “Friday Night At
the Movies” for your family viewing pleasure. Bring a blanket,
bring a lawn chair; we’ll provide the free popcorn (and on two
special nights: Pizza!) Movies start at 7 pm.
July 17: July 24: July 31: Pinocchio
Beauty & The
Beast
The Lion King
(Pizza night!)
August 7: The Little
Mermaid
August 14: Sleeping Beauty
(Pizza night!)
August 21: 101 Dalmatians