What a blast!  The summer reading program concluded last Wednesday.  Kids read and read and read all summer!  A great turn out and some cool programs.  Lot’s of creativity at THIS library, thanks to Sandy and Nick!  Thank you Parents for bringing your children to the library all summer long.  Stop in any time if you didn’t get a certificate and final gift!

Steve and Michael will lead a poetry and non fiction workshop on Wed August 12.  We’ll meet on at the library at 1:30 and go on to Byron Park to write about birds and nature. Please bring some of your work to share!

That evening at 7:00 PM we will have a poetry reading at the library. This event is free and open to the public and is underwritten by the Friends of the Library and through Poets& Writers, Inc. with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts,  a State Agency.  Thank you P&W!!

“The Time Traveler’s Wife” by Audrey Niffenegger will be devoured along with a pot luck on Saturday, October 10.  This movie opens shortly will be playing at the Lake Theater in coordination with our program.  It will be fun to see how this book translates to the big screen.  Did you know that the main character is a librarian?

Join us at 5 PM at Byron Park for a potluck supper and discussion of the book, “Revolutionary Road” by Richard Yates.  The movie will be playing at the Lake Theater at 7:30.  Stick around after the movie for a reception and discussion comparing the book and the movie!

Please call us at the library, 648-5444, to sign up and choose your dish.

This event is made possible with public funds from the New York State 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.

Here’s a preliminary summer schedule for our library programs

Summer fun Wednesdays at 7 PM

June 24, 2009- Kick off for the Summer Reading Program at the Indian Lake Central School Reading Records available for the NYS Summer Reading Program for elementary school children, “Be Creative @ Your Library”

July 15- August 26, 2008 Wednesday night Summer Reading Program at the Library.  All programs held 7- 8 PM at the Library.  Prizes for weekly reading begins July 15.  Grand Prizes awarded during first day celebration at Indian Lake Central School.

– July 15, 2009 Be Creative with naturalist Sandy Bureau
– July 22, 2009 An evening of Stories and Song with Dr. Seuss
– July 29, 2009 Be Creative with naturalist Sandy Bureau
– August 5, 2009 Be Creative with naturalist Sandy Bureau
– August 12, 2009 Be Creative with naturalist Sandy Bureau
– August 19, 2009 Be Creative drawing characters from books with illustrator Nick King

An Evening with Dr. Seuss

August 12 Michael Czarnecki and Steve Coffman – Poetry and Non fiction Prose writing workshop. Workshop 12-4 at Byron Park, Poetry reading 7-9 at the library

Just In:  Multiple copies of “Revolutionary Road” for the next program and potluck discussion. They are here at the library for the taking.  I’m hoping to schedule the movie and dinner/ book discussion towards the end of summer. Watch for an exact date.  This year the movie will be shown at the Lake Theater for the regular admission price of five dollars.

Could we do two programs this summer?  There will be a new movie based on Dennis Lehane’s “Shutter Island” opening in October. I would love to do that for a program in the fall!  Other ideas?