Calendar
Events in March 2019
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Free Ukulele Program
Free Ukulele Program
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March 2, 2019Intergenerational: age 10&up
Beginners are welcome and encouraged!
This is a group that shares learning with each other. We usually do some folk music, popular music and anything else anyone might want to play… remember beginners are welcome and encouraged!
Direct your questions to Uke Coordinator LYNDA at tofu.uke.group@gmail.com
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Preschool Story Hour
Preschool Story Hour
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March 4, 2019Preschool Story Hour taps into the boundless energy of three to five-year-olds to get your child involved in this interactive story time. This program will engage your children with stories, finger plays and songs and encourage them to learn sounds, letter recognition, and new words as they grow into pre-readers. Each program is followed by a hands-on craft and snacks.
After School ProgramAfter School Program
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March 4, 2019Mondays, from March 4th-April 29th at 4:00 p.m.
Ages 5-12 years
03/04-Board games and card games
03/11-Composting-learn about it and make a micro composter
03/18-Decorate the Children's area for Spring
03/25-Make cat toys to donate to the SPCA
04/01-Make cat toys to donate to the SPCA
04/08-Marshmallow Engineering
04/15-Spring Vacation-Make a craft, play a game or LEGOS!
04/22-Earth Day activities-planting & crafts using recycled materials
04/29-Minute to Win it activities
Lego NightLego Night
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March 4, 2019Join us for Lego Night at the Library. The program is free and open to families of all ages. We will supply the Legos, so all you have to bring is your imagination!
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Friends of the Library Book Club
Friends of the Library Book Club
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March 5, 2019Plant Based Delicious Soups with HollyPlant Based Delicious Soups with Holly
March 5, 2019Eating a plant focused diet has been around for centuries. What does that mean in today's busy life? Learn how eating more plant based foods can support your health and well being, as well as the health of the planet.
Join Holly Shelowitz, Certified Nutrition Counselor and Chef Educator for this live cooking class. Holly will prepare a delicious soup right before your eyes. See how delicious and satisfying a plant based dinner can be!
New York Reads: Drawdown #4 Plant-Rich Diet
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Baby & Me
Baby & Me
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March 6, 2019Caregiver and child program for ages 0-3
Baby & Me time focuses on developing your baby’s and toddler's pre-literacy skills. This lap-time story hour will introduce a love for books by using song, movement, rhythm and rhyme. The program will help improve motor, sensory, and social skills during play time. The program runs for an hour and snacks are provided.
Field Goods Pick-UpField Goods Pick-Up
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March 6, 2019Field Goods is a year-round local produce delivery service; customers receive 5 to 8 different fruit and vegetables (depending on bag size), plus optional add-ons. Bags cost $16 to $32 per week, and can be put on hold at any time. It’s flexible!
Field Goods purchases everything directly from over 80 small farms in the region. All of the produce is non-GMO, and most is organically grown.
TO SIGN UP
1. Go to Field-Goods.com
2. Click “Order Now”
3. Select “Public Locations” and pull down the menu for Kingston
4. Click the “Find Location” button
5. Choose “Town of Ulster Public Library – Fundraiser” and follow the prompts.Or just click here for a direct link!
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Thursday Night Tech Time
Thursday Night Tech Time
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March 7, 2019Call the Library at 845-338-7881 if you would like to reserve a spot or drop in for a fifteen-minute one-to-one session with a library staff member who will answer your general tech questions.
Types of questions we can help with:
How do I attach a file to an email?
How do I download eBooks and Audio books to my devices?
How do I login to and access my library account online?
How do I access the library databases included with my Library card? -
Mini Workshop and Book Signing
Mini Workshop and Book Signing
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March 9, 2019Amy Levis, author of Visual Verbiage, will show us a fun, new way to learn vocabulary in a mini workshop for anyone in fifth grade through adult. She will also be available for a book signing.
Please call 845-338-7881 to register for this program.
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Preschool Story Hour
Preschool Story Hour
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March 11, 2019Preschool Story Hour taps into the boundless energy of three to five-year-olds to get your child involved in this interactive story time. This program will engage your children with stories, finger plays and songs and encourage them to learn sounds, letter recognition, and new words as they grow into pre-readers. Each program is followed by a hands-on craft and snacks.
After School ProgramAfter School Program
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March 11, 2019Mondays, from March 4th-April 29th at 4:00 p.m.
Ages 5-12 years
03/04-Board games and card games
03/11-Composting-learn about it and make a micro composter
03/18-Decorate the Children's area for Spring
03/25-Make cat toys to donate to the SPCA
04/01-Make cat toys to donate to the SPCA
04/08-Marshmallow Engineering
04/15-Spring Vacation-Make a craft, play a game or LEGOS!
04/22-Earth Day activities-planting & crafts using recycled materials
04/29-Minute to Win it activities
Read to ZoeyRead to Zoey
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March 11, 2019Zoey, our friend and trained therapy dog visits and offers young readers a chance to increase their confidence in reading by spending time with a certified therapy dog in a relaxing, stress-free environment.
Registration required. Call or come to the desk to schedule a 15 minute session with Zoey.
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Visit from Farmstock
Visit from Farmstock
March 12, 2019A Visit from our neighbors at Farmstock
"Shortening the path from dirt to mouth not only has the benefits of providing more flavorful and nutritious foods to consumers, it is also more cost-efficient, environmentally sustainable, and can provide more jobs than the current mega-farming model that dominates the current agriculture industry."
- Kingston Happening, Doers and Dreamers June 2018
New York Reads: Drawdown #4 Plant-Rich Diet, #60 Composting
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Baby & Me
Baby & Me
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March 13, 2019Caregiver and child program for ages 0-3
Baby & Me time focuses on developing your baby’s and toddler's pre-literacy skills. This lap-time story hour will introduce a love for books by using song, movement, rhythm and rhyme. The program will help improve motor, sensory, and social skills during play time. The program runs for an hour and snacks are provided.
Field Goods Pick-UpField Goods Pick-Up
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March 13, 2019Field Goods is a year-round local produce delivery service; customers receive 5 to 8 different fruit and vegetables (depending on bag size), plus optional add-ons. Bags cost $16 to $32 per week, and can be put on hold at any time. It’s flexible!
Field Goods purchases everything directly from over 80 small farms in the region. All of the produce is non-GMO, and most is organically grown.
TO SIGN UP
1. Go to Field-Goods.com
2. Click “Order Now”
3. Select “Public Locations” and pull down the menu for Kingston
4. Click the “Find Location” button
5. Choose “Town of Ulster Public Library – Fundraiser” and follow the prompts.Or just click here for a direct link!
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Thursday Night Tech Time
Thursday Night Tech Time
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March 14, 2019Call the Library at 845-338-7881 if you would like to reserve a spot or drop in for a fifteen-minute one-to-one session with a library staff member who will answer your general tech questions.
Types of questions we can help with:
How do I attach a file to an email?
How do I download eBooks and Audio books to my devices?
How do I login to and access my library account online?
How do I access the library databases included with my Library card? -
Free Ukulele Program
Free Ukulele Program
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March 16, 2019Intergenerational: age 10&up
Beginners are welcome and encouraged!
This is a group that shares learning with each other. We usually do some folk music, popular music and anything else anyone might want to play… remember beginners are welcome and encouraged!
Direct your questions to Uke Coordinator LYNDA at tofu.uke.group@gmail.com
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Preschool Story Hour
Preschool Story Hour
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March 18, 2019Preschool Story Hour taps into the boundless energy of three to five-year-olds to get your child involved in this interactive story time. This program will engage your children with stories, finger plays and songs and encourage them to learn sounds, letter recognition, and new words as they grow into pre-readers. Each program is followed by a hands-on craft and snacks.
After School ProgramAfter School Program
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March 18, 2019Mondays, from March 4th-April 29th at 4:00 p.m.
Ages 5-12 years
03/04-Board games and card games
03/11-Composting-learn about it and make a micro composter
03/18-Decorate the Children's area for Spring
03/25-Make cat toys to donate to the SPCA
04/01-Make cat toys to donate to the SPCA
04/08-Marshmallow Engineering
04/15-Spring Vacation-Make a craft, play a game or LEGOS!
04/22-Earth Day activities-planting & crafts using recycled materials
04/29-Minute to Win it activities
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POSTPONED: Drawdown Overview with Melissa Everett
POSTPONED: Drawdown Overview with Melissa Everett
March 19, 2019Hello all! We are postponing tonight's event with Melissa Everett (new date TBD), but good news! SunCommon is holding a 6 PM Drawdown Event at Rough Draft tonight, and we encourage you to attend the Rough Draft event. Join the Drawdown Conversation! See you soon.
Melissa Everett is Executive Director of Sustainable Hudson Valley
Drawdown: the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming by Paul Hawkin, provides a rigorous review of the top 100 solutions for reducing the amount of carbon emissions released into the earth’s atmosphere.
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Baby & Me
Baby & Me
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March 20, 2019Caregiver and child program for ages 0-3
Baby & Me time focuses on developing your baby’s and toddler's pre-literacy skills. This lap-time story hour will introduce a love for books by using song, movement, rhythm and rhyme. The program will help improve motor, sensory, and social skills during play time. The program runs for an hour and snacks are provided.
Field Goods Pick-UpField Goods Pick-Up
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March 20, 2019Field Goods is a year-round local produce delivery service; customers receive 5 to 8 different fruit and vegetables (depending on bag size), plus optional add-ons. Bags cost $16 to $32 per week, and can be put on hold at any time. It’s flexible!
Field Goods purchases everything directly from over 80 small farms in the region. All of the produce is non-GMO, and most is organically grown.
TO SIGN UP
1. Go to Field-Goods.com
2. Click “Order Now”
3. Select “Public Locations” and pull down the menu for Kingston
4. Click the “Find Location” button
5. Choose “Town of Ulster Public Library – Fundraiser” and follow the prompts.Or just click here for a direct link!
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Adult Craft Night (Program Full)
Adult Craft Night (Program Full)
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March 21, 2019Paper flowers and painted pots! Make 2 and gift 1 to the library or another organization to brighten their day!
This program is limited to 15 people. Please register at the library.
Ages 16+
Hosted by Kerry
Thursday Night Tech TimeThursday Night Tech Time
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March 21, 2019Call the Library at 845-338-7881 if you would like to reserve a spot or drop in for a fifteen-minute one-to-one session with a library staff member who will answer your general tech questions.
Types of questions we can help with:
How do I attach a file to an email?
How do I download eBooks and Audio books to my devices?
How do I login to and access my library account online?
How do I access the library databases included with my Library card? -
Preschool Story Hour
Preschool Story Hour
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March 25, 2019Preschool Story Hour taps into the boundless energy of three to five-year-olds to get your child involved in this interactive story time. This program will engage your children with stories, finger plays and songs and encourage them to learn sounds, letter recognition, and new words as they grow into pre-readers. Each program is followed by a hands-on craft and snacks.
After School ProgramAfter School Program
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March 25, 2019Mondays, from March 4th-April 29th at 4:00 p.m.
Ages 5-12 years
03/04-Board games and card games
03/11-Composting-learn about it and make a micro composter
03/18-Decorate the Children's area for Spring
03/25-Make cat toys to donate to the SPCA
04/01-Make cat toys to donate to the SPCA
04/08-Marshmallow Engineering
04/15-Spring Vacation-Make a craft, play a game or LEGOS!
04/22-Earth Day activities-planting & crafts using recycled materials
04/29-Minute to Win it activities
Read to ZoeyRead to Zoey
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March 25, 2019Zoey, our friend and trained therapy dog visits and offers young readers a chance to increase their confidence in reading by spending time with a certified therapy dog in a relaxing, stress-free environment.
Registration required. Call or come to the desk to schedule a 15 minute session with Zoey.
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Library Board Meeting
Library Board Meeting
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March 26, 2019Concerns, questions or suggestions? We encourage all Town of Ulster residents to attend a Library Board meeting. The board meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at 4 PM in the library. Dates are posted on the website calendar.
Q&A with Ken Green of SeedshedQ&A with Ken Green of Seedshed
March 26, 2019Ken Greene is the founder of the first seed library in the country, a project he germinated in a small town library, and co-founder of the Hudson Valley Seed Company, a national seed source devoted to producing seed for home gardeners and farmers and celebrating seeds through art. Greene is on the board of directors for the Organic Seed Alliance and is on the planning committee for the National Organic Seed Growers Conference. He has given presentations for the Northeast Organic Farming Association, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, Culinary Institute of America, Seed Savers Exchange, National Heirloom Expo, Cornell University, Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute, and many other conferences and organizations.
New York Reads: Drawdown #39 Indigenous People’s Land Management
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Baby & Me
Baby & Me
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March 27, 2019Caregiver and child program for ages 0-3
Baby & Me time focuses on developing your baby’s and toddler's pre-literacy skills. This lap-time story hour will introduce a love for books by using song, movement, rhythm and rhyme. The program will help improve motor, sensory, and social skills during play time. The program runs for an hour and snacks are provided.
Field Goods Pick-UpField Goods Pick-Up
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March 27, 2019Field Goods is a year-round local produce delivery service; customers receive 5 to 8 different fruit and vegetables (depending on bag size), plus optional add-ons. Bags cost $16 to $32 per week, and can be put on hold at any time. It’s flexible!
Field Goods purchases everything directly from over 80 small farms in the region. All of the produce is non-GMO, and most is organically grown.
TO SIGN UP
1. Go to Field-Goods.com
2. Click “Order Now”
3. Select “Public Locations” and pull down the menu for Kingston
4. Click the “Find Location” button
5. Choose “Town of Ulster Public Library – Fundraiser” and follow the prompts.Or just click here for a direct link!
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Thursday Night Tech Time
Thursday Night Tech Time
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March 28, 2019Call the Library at 845-338-7881 if you would like to reserve a spot or drop in for a fifteen-minute one-to-one session with a library staff member who will answer your general tech questions.
Types of questions we can help with:
How do I attach a file to an email?
How do I download eBooks and Audio books to my devices?
How do I login to and access my library account online?
How do I access the library databases included with my Library card? -
Free Ukulele Program
Free Ukulele Program
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March 30, 2019Intergenerational: age 10&up
Beginners are welcome and encouraged!
This is a group that shares learning with each other. We usually do some folk music, popular music and anything else anyone might want to play… remember beginners are welcome and encouraged!
Direct your questions to Uke Coordinator LYNDA at tofu.uke.group@gmail.com
Special Story HourSpecial Story Hour
March 30, 2019Let's learn about forests! Come and listen to stories, learn some interesting facts, sing songs, play musical instruments, make a craft and enjoy a snack.
New York Reads: Drawdown #38 Land Use Forest Protection
The Funshine MerrymakersThe Funshine Merrymakers
March 30, 2019The Funshine Merrymakers will rock the house with their kid-friendly antics, funny skits, magic tricks and silly songs. there will be lots of audience participation and surprises too! As educators and entertainers, Happy Dan and Rainbow have delighted children for many years. Join the fun! This program is open to all ages.
We offer story times and other activities for children, teens, and adults, including a book discussion group. Check our program calendar or call the library at 845-338-7881.
