Stephentown Library Events

• Free Daily Lunch & Snack for Kids – We are pleased to have been chosen as a feeding site through this federally funded lunch program. We will be serving a healthy bag lunch each weekday from 12 to 1 pm in the community room. From 3 to 3:30 pm we will serve a snack. There is no charge and no income or residency requirement. All children under age 18 are encouraged to take advantage of this program. Children under 12 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. The program will run until August 19, Monday through Friday.
• Zumba Classes – weekly on Wednesdays at 7 pm. Zumba is an exhilarating Latin inspired dance fitness class designed to benefit anyone, regardless of age or fitness level. Zumba Instructor Kim Conley is also a certified Kripalu yoga teacher, pilates instructor and personal trainer who works with people of every age and ability all over the Berkshires. Each one hour class costs $5 per participant. Wear comfortable clothing and shoes.
• Teen Night – Soap Making. On Friday, July 22, at 6:30 pm Lisa Wheeler will teach us to make soap using tallow and other ingredients. Teens are invited to socialize and participate in this interesting craft. Each person will have some soap to take home. Younger children may attend if they have a parent to help them.
• Magic Tree House Book Club. Join us this summer as we go on adventures around the world with Jack and Annie in the Magic Tree House books. At each monthly meeting we will discuss a new book and learn about a new culture through fun, hands on activities. Copies of the books will be available at the Library. Please read the book before attending book club. On Tuesday, July 26, at 4 pm we will discuss High Tide in Hawaii, and we will be learning about ancient Egypt, making pyramids and experimenting with hieroglyphics. The companion book is Mummies and Pyramids.
• “Travel the World in Tales & Tunes” with Minstrel Storyteller Mary Jo Maichack –  an interactive family program especially recommended for children ages four and older. “Travel the World in Tales & Tunes” is a delightful show of songs and folktales celebrating summer reading clubs in a participatory, engaging style. Listeners will sing and chant along, dance a folk dance, laugh and enjoy wonderful stories and songs, even a fresh version of “The Three Little Pigs,” from France. Learn how a giant turns many moons into the stars, in a tale from Australia. Use hand-play to gradually replace spoken words of fallen snow to the silently falling snow, in homage to Antarctica and much more. It will take place Tuesday, August 2, at 1:30 pm at the Library. The show is free and open to the public.