Altamont Library Notes for Thursday, April 11, 2019
Here’s a library pro tip for you: Did you know that if you belong to any Upper Hudson Library System library, you can receive notifications from the library by text message on your smartphone?
If you’re tired of missing holds that have come in for you or of having overdue items, this might be just the thing for you. It’s easy to sign up: Just go to catalog.uhls.org, and log in to your account with your library barcode and pin number (usually the last four digits of your phone number).
Once you’re logged in, click on your name in the upper righthand corner of the screen, then click “edit account.” You’ll be able to enter your smartphone number and opt in to the text message service. There’s no charge for this service, though message and data rates may apply depending on your cellular service plan.
You can also opt out at any time by texting STOP to 82453 or by speaking with a librarian. One more way to stay in touch with your friendly local library.
Mystery Book Club
Please join us at the Altamont Free Library for a meeting of our newest book club, which is focused exclusively on mysteries! We’ve got members interested in every subgenre from intense psychological thrillers to low-key cozy mysteries and every type of mystery in between.
If you love a good whodunit, please join us on Thursday, April 11, at 7 p.m. as we veer into the realm of true crime for a discussion of the “The Feather Thief” by Kirk Wallace Johnson. Next month will be Winter Sisters by Robin Oliveira, a mystery set in 1870’s Albany.
Trivia Night!
On Friday, April 12, at 7 p.m., make a team, study up, and BYOB to our mind-twisting trivia contest! Entrance is $5 and the winners take half the door. Contestants must be 21 and up, please.
Earth Day craft
Celebrate Earth Day and the spring season with us at the library on Friday, April 19, from 10 a.m. to noon. We’ll be making cool rock art to decorate your garden, your doorstep, or your village! Please register in advance by calling the library at 518-861-7239.
Juice and Jammies Story Time
On Friday, April 19, at 7 p.m., put on your pj’s and join Ms. Erika for a pre-bedtime story, snack and craft! This low-key storytime will be just the thing to prepare your young folks to count some sheep.
Garden plotting
Spring is in the air, and how better to celebrate than by getting down into the dirt and planting some seeds? But maybe your thumb is more a mint green than a forest green.
If you have questions about gardening, please join us on Monday, April 22 at 6 p.m. for a presentation by a group of local gardening experts called Awakening the Garden in Spring followed by a Q&A with certified Master Gardeners.
Book Sale
On Saturday, May 4, Altamont Free Library will hold our annual book sale in conjunction with the PTA’s village-wide garage sale. From noon on Wednesday, May 1, until Friday, May 3, we will be very grateful to accept book, CD and DVD donations, which will either be added to the library’s collection or sold to raise money for library programs.
Sorry, but we will not be running a garage sale this year, so household goods will not be accepted. Also, no encyclopedias please and thank you. Please don’t forget to visit us during the sale to find your next favorite book!