Need help using your phone, tablet or laptop? Unsure on how to find things on the internet, how to use email or video calling apps, or how protect yourself online? Book a one-on-one session with our Digital Navigator, Paul, to brush up on your skills or learn new ones. Date/Time: By appointment, Mondays – Fridays, 10am […]
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In connection with the Columbia County Libraries Association Community Read, Monique Gray Smith joins us to discuss her most recent book, Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults, which received the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award for 2022. Open for all ages. Date/Time: Tuesday, April 22, 7pm Location: Virtual via Zoom Registration: To register and receive
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In partnership with the Jacob Leisler Institute, the library presents a talk with Professor Jennifer Anderson exploring the historical transformations of Hempstead Plains–the only prairie in the northeast. Celebrated as a natural wonder by early Dutch and English settlers, these vast grasslands were initially regarded as a valuable shared resource, then as a barren wasteland,
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Children and families are invited to join Hudson Valley author Stephanie Seales as she reads her Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning picture book, My Daddy Is a Cowboy. Stephanie will also take audience questions and lead a craft based on mola, a Panamanian art form that features in her book. Date/Time: Wednesday, April 30,
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This giveaway is intended for children ages birth to five and their caregivers. It includes a Spanish/English bilingual book, Flutter & Hum: Animal Poems / Aleteo y Zumbido: Poemas de Animales by Julie Paschkis, and fun activities for children and caregivers to do together. Pick-up begins: Tuesday, April 1 Pick-up location: Hudson Area Library Main Desk,
The library, the Hendrick Hudson Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Columbia County Historical Society are collaborating on a 3-site project of exhibitions and programs focusing on Hudson’s beginnings and its era of whaling and maritime trade. The first event in this yearlong project is the Opening Reception of Hudson: A
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