May 15
Mark your calendars for MAY 15th! The Stone Ridge Library Foundation will participate in a 24-hour online fundraising initiative through Hudson Valley Gives, an organization uniting hundreds of nonprofits across seven counties together in one common mission Give Where You Live to support and enhance services and programs that our friends and neighbors turn to and depend upon.
The Stone Ridge Library is pleased to announce that it has received $1,000 from Stewart’s Holiday Match program toward an upcoming circulation area upgrade, planned for later this year. “We are thankful to Stewart’s for their work in the community, and for their support of the library’s project which will enhance library services to our patrons, including children and young adults,” said Library Director Jody Ford.
Tuesday, May 7 10AM -Noon
Tuesday, May 14 10AM – Noon
Class limited to 12 people
Marbletown Community Center
The Library will host a two-part workshop in beginning watercolor with Staats Fasoldt. Registration is required and is available on a first-come, first-served basis on the library’s website calendar, or by calling the Program Office at 687-7023.
Wednesday, May 22
4-5:30pm in the Activity Room
The Library will host a reading and author signing reception for Writing in the Ether, published by Dos Madres Press, 2018, the latest work of local memoirist, writer and poet, Catherine Arra.
We are looking for books in excellent condition to sell at our Library Fair. Please remember that we cannot sell dusty or moldy books or dated materials like textbooks and encyclopedias. Please help us by sorting those items from your donation.
Saturday, April 27
Our book for April is A Carrion Death: Introducing Detective Kubu by Michael Stanley. Smashed skull, snapped ribs, and a cloying smell of carrion. Leave the body for the hyenas to devour–no body, no case.
We are pleased to present an exhibit of Watercolors by local artist Staats Fasoldt through March 21. The works are situated among the stacks in the 1798 library building as well as in the new Children’s Wing.
Staats Fasoldt is Executive Vice President of the Woodstock School of Art’s Board of Directors, and has taught painting and drawing there for more than 35 years.
Thursday, April 11, 25, May 9, 23
1.30-3:30 in the Bio Room
Join us for an afternoon of poetry with Rosemary Deen. Our meetings are held the second and fourth Thursdays of the month.
Every Saturday
10am-noon
in the Activity Room
The Stone Ridge Library Knitters meet every Saturday morning from 10am – 12noon. All ages and experience levels can jo in us and drop-in knitters are also welcome. We each bring our own supplies and do our own work, but one of the best things about us is that whatever obstacle or confusion you might encounter, you’re likely to receive as much comment and advice as you need to get where you’re going with a project.
Every Friday at 10am
in the Activity Room
Beginners are welcome to join our Mahjong group. Register on line on the calendar or at the Circulation Desk in the Library, or just walk in. We will be meeting every Friday at 10am.
GROUP I:
Monday, April 8, 22, May 6, 20
4:00-6:30pm
GROUP II:
Monday, April 1, 15, 29, May 13
4:00-6:30pm
Two separate writers’ groups meet on alternate Mondays in the Activity Room of the Library, with a maximum of 10 participants in each group.
Tuesday, April 16, May 21
1:30-2:30pm
Biography Room
Want to brush up or improve your French with a conversation hour? Claudine is a native French speaker, born in Paris and raised in Europe; following a 30 year Government career abroad, she chose Stone Ridge to retire in.
Tuesday, April 23, May 28
1:30-3:00
Reference Room
Conversational Spanish is held on the fourth Tuesday of every month, from 1:30 – 3:00 in the Reference Room. Basic conversational ability is a pre-requisite for these sessions.