Join us at the library Monday, September 30 or an upcoming Wednesday in October at 7 pm for a fun needle felting craft at the library. Participants will learn the process of needle felting to craft a fun pumpkin or jack o’ lantern as a festive fall decoration. All supplies will be furnished by the library, but space is limited to 12. Please sign up by calling 518-648-5444 or stop by the library. This craft uses very sharp needles and is appropriate for ages 12 years and up only.
Join us Wednesday, September 25 at 7 pm for another visit from herbalist Lise Fuller. She will speak about cannabis, CBD Oils and their medicinal properties. There will be an information session, a Q&A period and her book “Get Well, Be Well, and Stay Well with Herbal Plants” will be available to purchase.
Helen Benedict, a professor at Columbia University, is the author of seven novels, five books of nonfiction, and a play. Her just-published novel Wolf Season was called “required reading” by Elissa Schappell and received a starred review in Library Journal, which wrote, “In a book that deserves the widest attention, Benedict ‘follows the war home,’ engaging readers with an insightful story right up until the gut-wrenching conclusion.” Benedict’s previous novel, Sand Queen, was named a “Best Contemporary War Novel” by Publishers Weekly.
As a nonfiction writer, her coverage of sexual assault in the U.S. military inspired the Academy Award-nominated documentary The Invisible War and instigated a landmark lawsuit against the Pentagon on behalf of victims of military sexual assault. Benedict has published widely and spoken at Harvard University, TED Talks, West Point, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the United Nations, among other campuses and organizations. She is currently in residence at Blue Mountain Center working on her latest creative non-fiction novel.
Join us for a reading, Q&A and refreshments. Free and open to the public.
On Wednesday, September 11 at 7pm, join Fran Yardley, author of the memoir “Finding True North” at the Indian Lake Theater to discuss her work and how our community finds its own sense of place. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet the author and share our collective experience reading this bit of Adirondack History.
*This project is made possible with the funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the arts with the support of Governor Andrew M Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts.