The Friends of the Indian Lake Library will holding their summer Book & Bake Sale Saturday August 3rd & Sunday August 4th, 10-2:30 both days at Town Hall and their book shed.
Two days to stock up on bargains for all your summer reading needs! Hundreds of choices for the whole family: books, DVD’s, and audio for sale.
While you shop don’t for get to treat yourself to fresh, homemade baked goods, available both days!
Proceeds help sustain your Indian Lake Public Library.
Come into the library and borrow passes which offer discounted entry into the Adirondack Experience in Blue Mountain Lake and The Wild Center in Tupper Lake. All you need is a current Indian Lake Library card to borrow them!
The Adirondack Experience pass allows you to present your library card and pass at the museum in Blue Mountain. You receive a 50% discount on family admissions. (Up to 4 adults, or 2 adults and all children 17 & under. Children 5 and under are free.)
The Wild Center Discovery Pass discount admits 2 adults at $10 each and 4 children through the age of 17 Free. The Wild Center is in Tupper Lake.
These are wonderful opportunities to learn and enjoy more of our Adirondack & natural history. We hope our patrons will take advantage of these fabulous passes.
Passes are available for a 2 day lending period, stop in today to check them out! It is possible to reserve the passes for a specific date, on a first come, first served basis. Visit the library or call us (518)648-5444. [Please only reserve one date at a time in order to keep the passes available for other patrons.]
Squirmy, wormy Storytime Plus at 11 am, enjoy stories and activities focused on the humble red wiggler. “Composting with Worms 101″ at 12 pm. Learn extraordinary worm facts and how to start your own worm composting system at home. We will also enjoy some homemade “wormy” refreshments. Presented by Miss Susan, committed vermiphile, on a mission to elevate the humble earthworm. Please sign up at the circulation desk or call (518) 648-5444 to reserve a spot.
If you’ve ever struggled with Adirondack soil that doesn’t produce a lush vegetable garden, join us for an informative free workshop about straw bale gardening. Straw bale gardens are a great alternative to soil gardening. Learn about the benefits of SBG, and how to customize the process to your specific landscape.
The Library will offer the class two times:
Wednesday May 15, 7 – 8:30pm
Saturday May 18, 11am – 12:30pm
Handouts, hands-on demos, and photographs will be part of the class. Call or stop by to register to ensure there are enough materials to go around: 518-648-5444
Attention Quilters and Crafters! We have a treasure trove of FREE books and patterns available for you to take home and keep!
We need to make room for new and exciting titles that are always arriving. We are offering a great selection that will inspire new craft projects in your life.
These titles will be available to look through anytime the library is open until Tuesday May 14th, when they will be given to the Friends of the Library for their bi-annual book & bake sales.
Join us at the Indian Lake Library to learn the Art of Paper Quilling! Two dates: Wed. May 1st 7-9pm, and Friday May 3rd 2-4pm. Quilling or paper filigree is an art form that uses of strips of paper that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create decorative designs. Join us to learn the basics and create some beautiful floral designs to thank our April Showers for the work they did this Spring. The library will furnish all supplies and the classes are FREE. These 2 classes are geared toward adults and teens, but we will try to arrange one for the under 12’s at a future date. PLEASE SIGN UP SO WE CAN ENSURE ENOUGH SUPPLIES TO GO AROUND! Stop by or call 518-648-5444.
Be sure to click our events calendar tab to see details for programs offered every day. We recommend you sign up by stopping by the library or call us 518-648-5444. We want to be sure to have enough supplies for everyone.
We’ve got projects planned every day at the library to keep you busy during Spring Break. Join us Friday April 19th 1pm-4pm for Eggs-cellent Egg Dying Adventures.
On Saturday the 20th We’ll have an Easter Egg Hunt in the Children’s Room, followed by Story Time at noon.
We begin Monday the 22nd (Earth Day) with crafts to beautify our yards and honor the theme of reduce-reuse-recycle. All week we will build on that theme with programs each day that challenge our imaginations and ingenuity. Click our events calendar tab for more information on specific programs.
Click on our events calendar tab to see more details. All programs are free, we hope to see you here at the library.
Join us Wednesday April 10th 7-9pm for an introduction to the world of folded book art. Well worn and loved books can be repurposed into beautiful works of art! Who know THAT was a thing? It’s awesome and relaxing.
In this class we will look at a few examples of cool folded book art works, talk about techniques for folding, and discuss the types of patterns and how to use them. Then we will attempt a simple heart design from books we have culled from our collection. No special skills necessary, just patience and 2 hands willing to fold pages. Lots of pages. This does require some concentration and a slight finickiness for folding, so not really suitable for younger patrons. (We are working on a class for them really soon though)
A great activity for sitting and chatting while making. If there is sufficient interest, we may host other classes that build on skills learned here to create more complex designs.
Class size is limited to 10 people, so PLEASE SIGN UP at the library or call 518-648-5444! We will collect names for a wait list if we can’t fit everyone in the first class.