Altamont Library Notes for Wednesday, August 3, 2022
All good things must come to an end, and so too will the 2022 Orsini Park Summer Concert Series. We’ve had four weeks of fantastic shows after an unfortunate rain-out our first week, but we’re going out with a bang as Rusticator wraps up the series.
Rusticator is a long-standing fixture of the concert series, though it’s been a few years since we’ve heard from the band. Their acoustic Americana-inflected pop, rock, country, and folk are just the thing we need to usher in Fair season, so break out your blankets and lawn chairs, gather the kids and bring your neighbors, and meet us out at the gazebo!
Summer Reading
We’re deep into the annual Summer Reading Program fun here, but it’s not too late to come pick up your Summer Reading Bingo card at the library and start earning chances to win fabulous prizes, by having adventures, being helpful, and especially, by reading, reading, reading!
While you’re filling out your bingo card, take a look around for our stuffed friend Shelly the Sea Turtle. All summer long, Altamont will be playing host to Shelly, who is hiding in different businesses all around the village every week. If you can find Shelly, you can be entered into a raffle for a special prize at the end of the summer. Look for clues on our Facebook and Instagram pages, as well as on posters at the library.
StoryWalk
If you need to get out of the house with your young folks, and would like to get a bit of reading done at the same time, why not take a StoryWalk at Schilling Park! Read the fun and colorful children’s book “In the Tall, Tall Grass” by Denise Fleming while walking around this lovely little pocket park just off of Maple Avenue in the Village of Altamont!
Many thanks to our friends at The Upper Hudson Library System and the Village of Altamont for helping make this StoryWalk possible. “In the Tall, Tall Grass” will be up in Schilling Park for the next month or so, assuming the posts stay planted and the signs hold up.
The StoryWalk Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. StoryWalk is a registered service mark owned by Ms. Ferguson.