Library use is slowing down a bit, leaves are changing and visitors return for weekends only. Change is in the air along with the cool, fresh breeze.  Time to catch up on all those books!  Also time to submit your programming ideas for the coming months. Please include your preferred time and day of the week!

Summer reading continues on Tuesdays.  Come to our 11 am showing of  “The Princess and the Frog” at the Indian Lake Theater.  Prizes for costumed customers!  This program is free and open to all. Wear your tiara!

It’s so hard to stop!  Soooooo….. we will continue to have book/movie Tuesdays at the theater until the end of August and just one more Wednesday night at the library August 18th

Dress as your favorite character in Peter Pan for the movie, 11 am Tuesday, August 17th at the Indian Lake Theater.  All are welcome to this free movie. Popcorn and a drink provided, of course!

So many kids have been reading this summer, and we certainly expect that to continue,  but Make A Splash awards need to be made before the warm summer breezes cease! August 11, we will have special reading awards and prizes along with our final program for the entire family, “Telling Your Story” with Kent Busman.  See you there!!

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Hours: Monday 12-4, 7-9; Tuesday 11-3, Wed 1-4, 7-9, Thurs closed, Friday 12-4, 7-9, Sat 10-1, Sunday closed

Programming  for everyone is on tap this summer.  Our schedule so far includes:

Summer Reading Program for Kids: Tuesdays starting July6, 11 AM, in partnership with the Indian Lake Theater,  Kids read a book watch a movie!  Reading and crafts at the library every other Tuesday with movie based on the book the following Tuesday at the theater .  Books and popcorn provided!  This program is free and open to all!

Tuesday, July 6, come to the library to read and discuss “Fantastic Mr. Fox”, by Roald Dahl at 11 am

Summer Reading Program for Kids: Wednesdays starting July 7, 7:00 PM. Sign ups begin  June 23 to begin weekly reading records.

Personal Memoir: a writing seminar- July 21, 1:30 PM.  Funded by the Friends of the Library, Hosted by the Indian Lake Library and the Writers Group- open to all writers or maybe writers. This event is free and open to all!

Book Signing with local author Pete Klein– July 21, 7 PM

August 4, 2010 we welcome Steve Coffman and Michael Czarnecki back to take our writing a step further with a workshop on moving from memoirs to 3rd person narrative.  This workshop will be offered at 1 PM at the library. That evening join us for a 7 PM reading.

We are pleased to include Kent Busman in our summer  lineup after receiving support from  Story Circle of the Capital District Community Storytelling Program Fund.  This will be an interactive, family story telling  program!  Learn to tell YOUR family stories on August 11, 2010 at 7 PM at the library.  This program is free and open to the public.

These sunny, warm days make us all yearn for a blanket by the lake and a good book! Make a Splash, Read programs featured every Wednesday at 7 PM beginning July 7, 2010.  These Summer Reading Program Programs feature naturalist Sandy Bureau. This event is made possible with public funds from the NYS Council on the Arts Decentralization Regrant Program. In Hamilton county, the Decentralization Program is administered by the Adirondack lakes Center for the Arts located in Blue Mountain Lake.

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