Hadley Luzerne Public Library

Tuesday & Thursday 9-7, Wednesday & Friday 9-4 Saturday 9-2

Closed the 4th of July

Posted by chedger on July 2nd, 2009

The library will be open on Friday July 3rd from 9-4.   The library will be closed on Saturday July 4th and will re-open Tuesday July 7th at 9:00 am.

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Great River of the Mountains: The Hudson

Posted by chedger on June 23rd, 2009

June 24, 2009
7:00 pmto8:30 pm

Lucey Bowen will talk about the book “Great River of the Mountains:  The Hudson,” by photojournalist Croswell Bowen.  

The book of photographs and prose documenting the Hudson River was first published in 1941 and has recently been reprinted by his daughter.
 
Considered the visual counterpart to “The Hudson” by folk historian Carl Carmer, GREAT RIVER OF THE MOUNTAINS contains an introduction by Carmer.  The new facsimile edition has a foreword by the author’s three daughters and is being published in conjunction with the Quadricentennial of the Hudson & Champlain discoveries.
 
Lucey Bowen, who has spent two years researching, revisiting and rephotographing the places her father and Carl Carmer visited and wrote about, will speak about selected images form the book and her journey.
 
Her father had traveled from Manhattan to the source of the Hudson and wrote letter to Carmer describing the interesting characters he was meeting:  shad fishermen, loggers, folksingers and storytellers, and arranged interviews for Carmer.

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Calling all Crafters!

Posted by chedger on June 18th, 2009

July 18, 2009
9:00 amto4:00 pm

Hi,
There are a limited number of craft spaces left at our Riverview Arts and Crafts Fair on July 18th.  All items must be hand-made.  Please call for your application before it is too late!

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Book Club Meeting

Posted by chedger on June 9th, 2009

June 11, 2009
6:30 pmto8:00 pm

Hi,
The book club moves to a new night due to our Adirondack program on Tuesday night.  This Thursday they will be picking up the new book.  They have one month to read it, then discuss it at the next meeting in July.

The new book is Nothing Like It in the World by Stephen E. Ambrose.  It is about the men who built the transcontinental railroad from 1863 to 1869.  It is about the investors who risked their buinesses and money; the enlightened politicians who understood its importance; the engineers and surveyors who risked, and lost, their lives; and the Irish and Chinese immigrants, the defeated Confederate soldiers, and the other laboreres who did the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks.

Order your book today!  The book club is free and open to the public.

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The Adirondacks during the Great Depression

Posted by chedger on June 7th, 2009

June 9, 2009
7:00 pmto8:30 pm
                                         

                       Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.

     James Durlier, Adjunct Professor at Adirondack Community College, will discuss what life was like for the citizens of the Adirondacks during the Great Depression. For further information, please call the library at 696-3423.

                  

                      

 

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Toddler Story Time

Posted by chedger on June 1st, 2009

June 17, 2009
10:30 amto11:00 am
June 24, 2009
10:30 amto11:00 am
July 1, 2009
10:30 amto11:00 am
July 8, 2009
10:30 amto11:00 am

We have a toddler story time every Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m.  There are stories and songs for toddlers and their caregivers.  All are welcome, just drop in.

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Reception for New Exhibit

Posted by chedger on May 27th, 2009

Kinnear Museum of Local History

Opening New Adirondack Exhibit 

Please join the Hadley-Luzerne Historical Society in a celebration of local history of the Southern Adirondack region.  The Kinnear Museum of Local History in Lake Luzerne has a new permanent exhibit which focuses on early farming and industry, logging, grand hotels, summer camps, and the “dude ranch” era.  Historical photos and artifacts weave a story of the social and economic development of this typical Adirondack area.

 An opening reception was held on Thursday, May 28 from 7 – 8:30 p.m.  The Museum is located at 52 Main Street, Lake Luzerne.  For further information call 696-4285

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Songbirds of the Adirondacks

Posted by chedger on May 5th, 2009

May 12, 2009
7:00 pmto8:30 pm

On Tuesday guest speaker and wildlife photographer Gerry Lemmo will present a program on birds of the Adirondacks. From warblers to waxwings, take a naturalist’s tour of the exquisite bird life found throughout the Adirondack Park. Bursts of color abound within this popular program. It features many of the area’s best-loved feeder birds and some you probably never knew existed, here in the wilds of northern New York. Songs of some of the featured birds accent the program.

Mr. Lemmo’s travel destinations have also included Alaska, Belize, Costa Rica, Kenya, Madagascar, Trinidad, much of Canada and the United States. Recent trips for photography have taken him to Patagonian Chile, the Antarctic Peninsula, and into the vast Amazon rainforest of Ecuador. A great number of his photos are also from numerous treks throughout the Adirondacks, and the great Northeast.

As a professional photographer for over twenty years, Gerry Lemmo has been widely published in magazines such as National Geographic World, Audubon, The Nature Conservancy, Ranger Rick’s, Adriondack Life, and Birds and Bloom among others.

Funding for this event provided by Warren County and the Town of Lake Luzerne

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Calling all Craftors!

Posted by chedger on April 10th, 2009

The library will be accepting applications for our annual Arts & Crafts festival.  The date is Saturday July 18th from 9-4.  It will be held in the park on rt 9n beside Lake Luzerne.  All crafts must be handmade.
Please call the libary and we will send you an application by mail or e-mail.

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Audio Books Are Here!!

Posted by chedger on April 8th, 2009

Just click on the link to the left that says Audiobooks and you will go right to overdrive.   The service is FREE to you.  Never have a late fee again.   All you need is your library card.

After you click on the Audiobook link to the left you go to Overdrive. It says Salon Southern Adirondack Library On-Demand.  From there go to the quick start guide at the top left hand corner of the sceen.  This will guide you through the process quickly and easily as possible.

Basically you have to  1) Download the FREE Overdrive Media Console to your computer.  2) Activate the software to make sure it plays.  3) Select the books you want to listen to.  4) Download them to YOUR computer.  5) You can stop there and listen to them on your computer.  6) or you can download them to an MP3 player or apple device. Some you can even burn to a CD! 

We have a terrific selection of books with new additions all the time.  Enjoy!

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