Book events to start the New Year

December

Clearly the financial world is in crisis leaving us mere working folks wondering where to turn and how to pay for life’s essentials as well as some frills. Books provide reasonably priced entertainment. Local libraries offer some really nice events as do some bookstores . Nothing helps to center me like reading some good books or getting involved in some book-related programs.

So, to start your New Year here is a selection of book events:

•The Mt. Vernon Public Library is holding a book signing and meet the author event from 3-4 p.m. Jan. 4 for author Valerie Thomas “Deep Emotions” A Book of Poetry.” The library is at 28 South First Ave. For information, call 914 668-1840.

•Writing club for kids and teens at the Butterfield Memorial Library in Cold Spring beginning Jan. 6 and running through May. National-known educator and author Susan Ruckdeschel will bring her Peer Coaching Workshop technique to the library for two-weekly workshops for children in grades 3 through 5 and Teens in grades 6 through 12. The free program will be held Tuesdays from 3 to 4 pm for teens in grades 6 through 12 and from 4 pm to 5 pm for children in grades 3 through 5. Registration is required.

•Frieda Gates of Airmont, author of “Sawney Beane: The Abduction of Elspeth Cuming” (Sterling & Ross), will be at a book signing at Barnes & Noble at 7 p.m. Jan. 8 . The store is on Route 59 in Nanuet.

•The Putnam County Historical Society Kicks Off Quadricentennial Lecture Series at 5 p.m. Jan. 10. Jody Sayler and Christy Guzzetta at the Foundry School Museum in Cold Spring hosts a lecture with Bard College history professor Christian Ayne Crouch. Vanishing Characters: “The Last of the Mohicans” and the (Re)Creation of Race and Culture in Colonial New York begins with one of our country’s most enduring narratives, explains the museum’s director Mindy Krazmien. Professor Crouch uses this iconic story to draw a surprising picture of ethnic diversity in the colonial Hudson River Valley. The Quadricentennial lecture series continues on the first Saturday of each month in 2009. Lectures are at PCHS’s Foundry School Museum, 63 Chestnut St. Admission is free for member, $5 for the general public. For more information, call the museum at 845-265-4010.

•The Eastchester Public Library is holding a salute to Paul Newman at 6:45 p.m. Jan. 12. There will be screening of his 1968 directorial debut film, “Rachel, Rachel” starring Joanne Woodward and Estelle Parsons. The film was nominated for 4 Academy Awards. The program is free and open to the public. The library is at 11 Oakridge Place.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 at 1:01 pm by Barbara Nackman.
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One Response to “Book events to start the New Year”

garden gates March 16th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
I don’t normally comment on blogs but your post was a real help. Thank you for a great topic, I will be sure to bookmark your site and check it out again. Cheers, Amy xXx.

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