Events

Canasta

Starting June 14

Fridays from 10-12

Registration Required

The Library is adding Canasta to our group game offerings. Join our volunteer Jane to learn how to play this card game. Canasta is a for or rumme that uses two full card decks.Players or partnerships try to meld groups of two or three cards of the same rank and score bonuses for 7-card melds. The first player or partnership to hit 5000 points wins! Beginners are welcome but we have limited registration.

Stone Ridge Library Second Annual Cake Off

Saturday, October 5

10-12pm Library Lawn

(Rain Date: Sunday, October 6, 10-12)

On October 5th, 2024, the Stone Ridge Library will be hosting their second Cake Off, a baking competition and friend-raising event, as part of the library’s fall book and bake sale. Ten amateur bakers from Ulster County, NY, will present homemade cakes from scratch for judging by local professional bakers, last year’s winning bakers, and members of the community. Prizes will be awarded in various creative categories. Members of the public are invited to attend the event at no cost and enjoy bites of cake as part of the judging.

Like the popular baking competition television program, The Great British Bake Off, the library’s Cake Off hosts ten amateur, local bakers who present their “show-stopping” cake creations to three judges and the general public. Each cake is created based on a recipe from a baking book in the Mid-Hudson Library system, of which the Stone Ridge Library is a member.

As well as professional judging over flavor combinations and overall design, the People’s Choice award will be presented to the baker who earns the most votes from the general public. The award categories are all in good fun, and include a variety of creative names, such as “An Edible Artist’s Palette” and “Mixing Bowl Madness”. 

Requirements to enter the Stone Ridge Library’s Cake Off include the following:  

• Must be 15+ years of age 
• Must be an amateur/at home baker, without professional bakery training or experience 
• Must be a resident of Ulster County 
• Must use or clearly adapt a recipe from a book checked out from the Mid-Hudson Library System and meet the size requirements.
• There is no cost to enter the competition. 
• To submit your entry, fill out the attached Entry Form and return to the library.
• The competition is first come first served for the first 10 qualified entries. 

 To enter the Cake Off, fill out the Registration Form here.

For more information or questions contact:  

Sarah Robertson(she/her) 

Programs Manager 

Programs@stoneridgelibrary.org 

Saturday, October 5, 10-2

Rain Date Sunday, October 6, 10-2

Mark your calendars for our Fall Book Sale and 2nd Annual Cake Off baking competition!

We will have assorted selections of books under Library tents and the Little Book Shop will be open.

The Library knitters will have gorgeous items available for purchase just in time for fall and we will have a bake sale tent as well.

There will be live music with special guests, The Starlite Duo.

The Cake Off will be in full swing with the winners being announced at 12pm.

The Cake Off is a friend Raising Event that features 10 amateur bakers. Bakers will present homemade cakes baked from scratch and based on recipes from books found in the Mid-Hudson Library system. Our judges will include one professional baker, last year’s People’s Choice Winner and one community member. Ribbons will be awarded in various categories and there will be a Winner and a People’s Choice Award.

The Stone Ridge Library Knitters meet every Saturday morning from 10am – 12noon. All ages and experience levels can join 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.

Drawing in the Garden Series with Donna Calcavecchio

1:30-3:30 Activity Room and Quiet Room

Every other Monday through December 2 .

*Please note Drawing in the Garden will be held in the Quiet Room October 7, November 4, and December 2 and in our Activity Room October 21 & November 18

Join Donna Calcavecchio every other Monday afternoon in our lovely pollinator garden. Practice the fundamentals of drawing flowers, leaves, twigs, buds and bugs as you focus & hone your observational skills. Keep a journal of the changes in the garden as the season progresses through summer, and fall. Learn about botanical drawing and nature journaling as you practice drawing flowers, foliage and pollinators in our pollinator Garden. Create a sketchbook/journal, documenting your observations of the various plants and the pollinators that they attract.

This series started in May and continues through the growing season into Fall. Registration is currently full.

Monday, October 7

1:30-3:30pm Activity Room

Registration will open September 3rd.

We are thrilled to once again be offering mindfulness programs with Stephanie Speer.

To be alive, living on this planet, in this body, in this mind, we face many challenges
including a life that is filled with uncertainty. We are often unsure and fearful about
what might happen in the future. Understandably, we want to be safe and secure,
we want predictability and control. However this desire for certainty in the face of
uncertainty often gives rise to fear, frustration, worry and anxiety. Our time
together will be an opportunity for exploration, contemplation and application of
mindfulness practices to ease the grip of our disruptive thoughts and emotions in
order to meet the unknown with an inner stability, ease of being and greater balance
so that we may lovingly care for ourselves and enjoy the days of our lives.

As a trained instructor of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Stephanie Speer has
been teaching mindfulness to individuals and groups for over 30 years. She
received her Masters in Humanistic Education from Goddard College and completed
her MBSR training from Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli of the University of
Massachusetts Medical Center. Her professional work and personal life have been
informed by 35 years of meditation practice and Buddhist studies.

Writers Group 2 meets every other Monday, in the Activity Room from 4-6:30

Group 2:
June 10 &24
4:00-6:30pm in the Activity Room

Two separate writers’ groups meet on alternate Mondays at the library in the Activity room, with a maximum of 10 participants in each group. This program is designed for those who are actively writing and publishing work and who want to participate in a structured critical feedback process.

To inquire about joining the group email Cathy Arra

Every Tuesday
at 10am in the Activity Room

Join us for Mahjong Tuesdays and Fridays from 10-12 in the Activity Room. All levels of players are welcome

Come join in the fun!

Tea Time Book Group meets the second Wednesday of the month at 1pm in the Activity Room.

For more information contact: programs@stoneridgelibrary.org

Our After School Story Hours will take a look at Science. 

Learn about electricity, air, polymers, acids & bases, and carbon dioxide.

Story Hours for Kindergarten- Third grade 

Wednesdays 3:30-4:30 

October 9, 16, 23, 30 November 6, 13

If you are taking the bus from Marbletown Elementary School 

be sure to fill out the District’s Alternative Transportation Form

A simple snack will be provided.

Register by visiting our online calendar at www.stoneridgelibrary.org, 

or email Julianna at julianna@stoneridgelibrary.org

NOTE: Library programs will follow Rondout School weather cancellations. If school is closed or after school programs are canceled the library programs will be canceled too. 

Once again, the library is happy to offer 3, hour-long, after-work yoga classes. Classes will be held at the Municipal Center, 1925 Lucas Ave. in Cottekill (old Rosendale School).

We will be in the cafeteria (formerly the Blackboard Bistro) or on the lawn above the playground, weather permitting. These classes will be taught by Laura Brown and we are thrilled to be working with her. Registration for this event will open on September26.

Wednesday, October 9, 5:30-6:30

Wednesday, October 16, 5:30-6:30

Wednesday, October 23, 5:30-6:30

Wednesday, October 30, 5:30-6:30

Let’s Move with the Library

Thursdays each month

from 12-1pm

Various Rail Trails

All are welcome as we talk and walk, getting in our steps and getting to know our neighbors. There is no registration necessary. Just show up with your walking shoes on.

All walks are weather permitting. Any cancellations will be posted on social media and on our website.

*Please check with your doctor before starting this or any exercise program.*

Thursday, October 3, 12-1 Osterhoudt Flats parking lot on Cooper Street before you reach Marbletown Elementary School.

Thursday, October 10, 12-1 Wallkill Valley Rail Trail parking lot at the Women’s Studio Workshop.

Thursday, October 17, 12-1 O&W Rail Trail parking lot Leggett Road.

Thursday, October 24, 12-1 O&W Rail Trail parking lot on Rest Plaus Road.

There will be no walk on 10/31.

For babies 0-12 months and their parents

Every Thursday 12:30-1:30

Community building supportive playgroup. Connect with other parents and bring your little one for play, books, and more. 

Register by visiting our online calendar at www.stoneridgelibrary.org, 

Canasta

Starting June 14

Fridays from 10-12

Registration Required

The Library is adding Canasta to our group game offerings. Join our volunteer Jane to learn how to play this card game. Canasta is a for or rumme that uses two full card decks.Players or partnerships try to meld groups of two or three cards of the same rank and score bonuses for 7-card melds. The first player or partnership to hit 5000 points wins! Beginners are welcome but we have limited registration.