Grafton Library Events

Time Travel Hike in Grafton
Join the Grafton Community Library for a family friendly Time Travel Hike on Wednesday, July 6, at 2 pm at Grafton Lakes State Park. This free one hour excursion will take the hiker from over 500 million years ago to present day. From volcanoes to glaciers to beaver dams, we will learn about all the ways the land has changed through time and the evidence we find around us, if we know where to look. Please enter the State Park through the main gate on NY Rt. 2, sign in at the ticket booth and proceed to the Deerfield Pavilion by taking the first left turn off the entrance road.
Mark Rust Family Show
Mark Rust, a multi-talented performer from Woodstock, will give a free concert for the entire family at the Everett Wager Senior Center, 2 Roxborough Road, on Thursday, July 7, at 7 pm. This show is entertaining, interactive, and educational for all ages.
The show includes, “My Family’s Musical Traditions,” a fun collection of songs on a variety of instruments including banjo, fiddle, hammered dulcimer, mountain dulcimer and spoons. The audience is involved in some fun way on every tune.
A hands-on, group workshop follows, where Rust teaches everyone how to play the spoons. Anyone can do it! When everyone has the hang of it, the group will play along with fiddle tunes, ending with a great, group spoons solo. Finally, Rust will teach some traditional American country dances that are fun, easy to learn and require no experience.
Rust starred in the Broadway Musical Hit Pump Boys & Dinettes, has appeared in People Magazine performing with Pete Seeger and Peter, Paul & Mary, and has been a featured guest on the Phil Donahue Show.
Aunt Helen Is Coming To Grafton – Discover One World, Many Stories
Plan to join us for Aunt Helen’s Closet with Ellen Mnich on Wednesday evening, July 13, at 7 pm at the Grafton VFW/ Fire Hall on County Route 85.
Aunt Helen’s Closet is a world class storytelling adventure.  Experience a journey around the world with Aunt Helen to find extraordinary treasures, each telling its own story. Bring your sense of adventure and a camera for this interactive storytime – you’ll be able to try on many of these treasures. Using artifacts and clothing from her remarkable Aunt Helen’s travels around the world, storyteller Ellen Mnich weaves stories from distant lands for people of all ages.
Stop in to the Library before July 13 to pick up a fun project to do before the program. This is a free, interactive program for the very young to the very old, so please gather up the whole family, even the whole neighborhood and come expecting an out of the ordinary adventure. You will not be disappointed
Contact the Library at 279-0580 or visit www.graftoncommunitylibrary.org for more information on any of these events.