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Annual Book Sale
Saturday, June 1 (10 - 4 PM)
Sunday, June 2 (10 - 2 PM)
Volunteers Needed on Friday for set-up and Sunday for break-down: Please contact Nicole at nlane@rcls.org if you can help.
Browse a large collection of hardcovers, paperbacks, classics, DVDs, music, audiobooks, kids books and more. There is something for everyone. A great opportunity to stock up on summer reading and presents. BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag).
Enter a raffle when you spend $10 or more.
Choose one free book if you bring in a non-perishable food item(s) to donate to the Helping Hands Food Pantry in Gardiner.
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Museum & Attraction Passes "Pick up" passes and "print at home" passes are available.
Passes can be reserved in advance.
Learn more here. Passes are checked out for three days and provide free access to numerous museums and attractions in our area and NYC including Storm King Art Center, Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, the Guggenheim Museum in NYC, Mohonk Preserve and many more. |
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Tussie Mussies (The Language of Flowers) Workshop with Elissa Rinaldo
Sunday, June 9
10 - 11:30 AM For the Victorians, tussie-mussies were an art form that also relayed a special message in the language of flowers. In this workshop, bouquets arranged from a special selection of flowers and herbs will be made into a personalized tussie-mussie bouquet. Reading material and floral vocabulary lists will be provided. Floral Artisan Elissa Rinaldo has been creating floral environments as well as teaching workshops for over 40 years. She has combined her extensive visual arts background and her horticultural education to make a career that includes her love of gardening and nature. |
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Discover Balance and Wellness with Ayurveda with Lisa Bermudez Sunday, June 9
3 - 4 PM
Free. No registration required.Perfect for anyone curious about Ayurveda, looking to integrate its principles for a healthier lifestyle, or seeking to deepen their current practice. Ayurveda, often called the sister science to yoga, offers a profound understanding of the rhythms of our bodies and the world around us. Lisa will demystify how Ayurveda and yoga together can enhance our connection to our bodies and souls, fostering a harmonious balance between mind, senses, body, spirit, and heart. Lisa's journey from an aspiring dancer and writer to a dedicated practitioner of yoga and Ayurveda adds a unique depth to her understanding of the body's creative and healing energies. Learn more about Lisa here.
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Books in Translation with Carol BergmanTuesdays remaining: May 21, June 18
4 - 5 PM
Cost: $10 per session
Register here for May 21.
Register for each date you want to attend.Join educator and journalist Carol Bergman for an in-depth discussion of books in translation from countries outside America’s borders. Literary translation is a creative art form that connects cultures across borders and languages....". - PEN America’s Translation Committee. May 21: Elena Ferrante, The Lost Daughter (Italy) June 18: Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul (Turkey) Carol Bergman is the co-owner of Mediacs, an independent publishing company based in New Paltz. Learn more about Carol.
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Community Yoga Class with Amy Laber Wednesdays
9:30 - 10:30 AM Donation based slow flow vinyasa class. Open level. Beginners welcome.
Please dress to move freely. Bring your own mat and yoga props.
Connecting breath to movement, classes will include sun salutations, standing, balance, and seated postures. Amy Laber is a certified yoga instructor with over 15 years of experience teaching students of all ages and ability levels. Her classes are an un-fixed intuitive flow, which tap into the specific energies and needs of each group. |
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Mah Jongg, Mexican Train and Scrabble Meet-Ups Wednesdays 1 - 3 PM Whether you are an experienced player or newbie, now is your chance to play Mah Jongg, Scrabble and Mexican Train at the library, meet new people and have fun! |
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Bluegrass Jam with Deb Murphy and Mark Carabetta
Meets fourth Wednesdays
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Interested in playing bluegrass with other local musicians? All are welcome to share songs, learn new tunes and make new friends in an inviting and relaxed atmosphere. |
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Story Times with Miss Amy No registration required.
Toddler/Preschool: Ages 2-5 Tuesdays 10:00 - 10:30 AM Enjoy picture books and songs. Take a craft to make at home. Bouncing Babies: 0-24 months Thursdays 9:30 - 9:50 AM Board books, songs, bounces, rhymes and more!
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Join the Library's Teen Advisory Board (TAB)12 years and older
Summer is a great time to fulfill community service hours. TAB participants help the library with upcoming events and programs, and can create their own programming too.
Volunteering time at the library can be used to fulfill community service hours for Honor Society, school/community responsibilities where public service hours are required, or on job and college resumes.
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Meditation Circle with Anne Rogers
Mondays
8:30 - 9:30 AM
Email Anne Rogers at dancingmeadow@gmail.com with any questions.
Join in a circle of stillness and centering each Monday morning. This opportunity will allow for silence, breath work, guided meditation, moving meditation and more. The direction will come from all who participate.
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Chair Exercise Class with Anne Rogers
Mondays 9:30 - 10:15 AM
Registration required. Cost: $60 (for 8 classes) Classes do not need to be taken consecutively.
Register here. All ages and abilities welcome. For anyone looking to strengthen, relax, improve joint mobility, posture and balance. Whether you are interested in maintaining healthy movement without needing to get on the floor, or rehabbing an injury, chair work can help give you life long tools you can use for any anytime in your life. Anne Rogers has shared the beauty and benefits of yoga and movement for forty years. |
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Virtual Italian Conversational Class
Wednesdays (last class for the semester 5/22)
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Register here to receive Zoom link (same link every week).This weekly class is designed for people who have some knowledge of the Italian language and would like to improve their conversational skills. Dr. Ornella Lepri Mazzuca is a native speaker of Italian and has been facilitating the conversational class at the Gardiner Library since 2016. She graduated from the University of Urbino, Italy, with a Doctorate in English, French and Italian. She later earned an MA in Spanish and Linguistics and a PhD in Spanish Literature. |
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Slow Stitch Club
Thursdays
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Any portable project qualifies: quilt, knit, crochet, felt, sew, embroider and more. Enjoy some "me time", a bit of socializing, and show and share while artfully stitching a favorite project. |
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Genealogy Live Help with Alexis GrahamFree 1 hour sessions available (up to 2 sessions per person)
Contact Nicole at nlane@rcls.org to schedule a virtual (phone or Zoom) appointment.
Whether you’re a beginner just getting started, have hit a brick wall, or interested in exploring additional free resources; check out the new service for our library patrons provided by Alexis Graham. Alexis has over twenty-five years of genealogy and family history experience and excels in the English language field, archival, and internet research. She is a Boston University Genealogy certificate recipient and has served on the board of the Capital District Genealogy Society.
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Spring Walks with Nick Martin
Fridays
8 - 9:30 AM Join Nick Martin, Minnewaska Park Educator, for an approximately one mile walk on the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail and wander through Majestic Park. We look at whatever natural curiosities intrigue the group, from birds to trees. |
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Local Knit and Crochet Group
Meets 2nd and 3rd Sundays
12 - 2 PM
Join local knitters and crocheters for Knit Circle! Knitters and crocheters come together to work on their own projects and show off their work. Bring your own project and join us. Please note: this is not a class to learn how to knit/crochet. |
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Chess Club
First and third Wednesdays
6:30 - 8 PM Come one, come all! Open to all ages and all levels. This group meets without an instructor but everyone is welcome to come to learn from others or to find someone to play with. |
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Peg's Reading Circle First Wednesdays
3 - 4 PMJoin us as we discuss a new book on the first Wednesday of every month.
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June's book pick: Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli
Kaur Jaswal
July's book pick: Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez |
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Community ReikiFirst Sundays
noon - 2 PM
First come, first served.
Free 20 minute reiki sessions.
Recipients sit in a chair or lie on a comfortable table, clothed, while the practitioner lightly places hands on or above the recipient. The effect is of peace and deep rest for the recipient. HV Community Reiki has been providing Reiki sessions at the Gardiner Library since 2017.
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Live Virtual Author Talks with Bestselling and Award Winning Authors An ongoing series of virtual author talks, from New York Times bestselling authors and thought leaders representing a wide variety of genres and topics. Made possible by a generous donation from Stephanie and Greg Boyd. |
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Al-Anon Meetings
Sundays
6:30 - 7:30 PM Anyone who has been affected by someone else’s alcoholism is welcome to attend. Additional Al-Anon meetings are listed here. |
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Journey to Spring Art Exhibition by Laura PhillipsApril 3 - May 29 “Journey to Spring” depicts the wanderings of my creative soul, finding my way toward connection to both nature and divine spirit. Representing an inner spiritual path, as well as real life’s transitions and experiences, this journey encompasses over 30 years of visual and personal emergence, culminating in a very vernal awakening. Pieces include paintings, photography, mixed media, and collage.
Laura has a BFA in design from The Fashion Institute of Technology, (FIT) and a Masters degree from Queens College. After working briefly as a designer, she became an art educator at a public school where she taught art for 30 years. Laura is now grateful and excited to spend her days in her studio called “Spirit’s Nest” or outside in nature where she is always inspired.
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Tiny Roost Summer Exhibit: The Four Disagreements by Tyson Hauf and Nataly Z. Goldfisch Outdoor gallery is accessible 24/7.
Learn more about Meadow and the exhibit here. Nataly is an Associate Professor at the SUNY New Paltz. Her area of research focuses on the intersectionality between philosophy of mathematics education, aesthetics, and deep ecology and has authored numerous books and articles Tyson has performed and shown his work in several states over the last two decades. His preference for exhibitions are outside the traditional art world, consisting of popup art displays, street performances, and improvisational creative outbursts/situations. Key themes in his work include joy, transformation of sickness into health, deterioration, disparity, alienation, rust, industry, roots, altered states of consciousness and post-rapture spiritual economy. |
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Recycling StationRecycling shed behind library. Open during normal library hours. Items accepted include:
Oral care products (empty toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes,
floss containers), corks, empty ink cartridges, empty pens/highlighters/markers, caps and pencils (mechanical and wooden), razors and outer packaging and crayons.
New item: clean, used socks
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Come by, browse and support the library at the same time. Books on display now include Father's Day, potty humor and Alice in Wonderland. It's a treasure hunt, you never know what you might find! |
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Library Board Meetings
Meets third Thursdays 5 PM
Contact Nicole at nlane@rcls.org for more information. |
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