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Grafton Library Events

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Active Parenting Class At Grafton Community Library

Grafton Community Library will host a four session class for parents of children in grades k-5 with the first class being held on Saturday, March 14 at 10:30 am. “Active Parenting Now,” taught by Jill Augustine, is designed to support parents by offering skills to redirect misbehavior and sidestep power struggles, discipline while teaching responsibility, prevent young people from experimenting with alcohol and other drugs, communicate effectively with children, and explore and encourage nonviolent conflict resolution inside the home and out. Participants are asked to sign up in advance. Sign up at the library or by contacting Jill Augustine at 658-2515, ext. 2117 or jaugustine@berlincentral.org.

Skills for Job Seekers At Grafton Community Library

Grafton Community Library’s “Skills For Job Seekers” program series is underway with seven free classes scheduled between now and June that will cover all aspects of finding and applying for work, including effective resume writing, computer skills for job seekers, acing the job interview, and using social media for your job search. Classes will be taught by experts from Rensselaer County One Stop and Cornell Cooperative Extension. The next class will be held March 21 at 10:30 am and will cover online resources for developing computer related skills such as Microsoft Office, coding, social media, and more. Grafton Library staff and community volunteers are also available by appointment on an ongoing basis to provide one-on-one help with all aspects of patrons’ job searches. For more information contact the Library at 279-0580 or visit graftoncommunitylibrary.org/skills-for-job-seekers/.

Events At The New Lebanon Library

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The New Lebanon Library announces the following March events. All of these events are free and will take place at the library which is at 550 State Route 20. New Lebanon, NY. Phone is (518) 794-8844.

March 11, 18, 25 (Wednesdays) – Kid’s Stuff

Small Wonders Storytime – 10 am. Songs, movement activities and age-appropriate stories for our younger patrons and their caregivers. For toddlers up to 35 months.

March 11, 18, 25 (Wednesdays) – Kid’s Stuff

Preschool Story Hour – 11 am. Story hour includes crafts, songs, and movement activities. For 35 months to 5 yrs.

March 10, 24 – Film

Oscar Film Series – 6:30 pm. Free screening of one of this years Best Picture nominees. Call for title.

March 6 – Music

Coffeehouse Night with Linda Worster – 6 pm. An evening of acoustic music with this Berkshire favorite. Donations for the performer appreciated.

March 9, 23 (every other Monday) – Community

Study the Constitution – 7 pm. Bi-weekly discussion group focusing on the study of the Constitution. Interested participants should bring their questions and be ready to share their opinions.

March 12 – Film

Afternoon Movie for Kids – 1 pm. Join us for a screening of the current film suitable for the whole family. Call for title.

March 13 – Music

The Ladies’ Auxiliary Ukulele Orchestra – 7 pm. Berkshire musicians Bernice Lewis and Berni McMahon as well as surprise guests perform ukulele music ranging from Mozart to Radiohead. Donations for the performers appreciated.

March 17, 18 – Art

Learn to Draw Still Life – 7 pm. Two part workshop in which participants will explore the techniques and methods used in creating still life and will work from a single subject supplied by the instructor. Participants should bring their own pencil, charcoal, oil pastel or other medium (no paint, please) and also should supply their own drawing paper.

March 19 – Crafts

Family Crafts Night – 6:30 pm. Join us and make your own duct tape catchall. All materials provided. For ages 5 and up.

March 20 – Music

Robin O’Herin in concert– 6:30 pm. A historically rich, interactive concert that includes original and traditional American music that explores the music of the Delta and Piedmont regions of the South. Donations for the performer appreciated.

March 26 – Crafts

Adult Crafts Night – 6:30 pm. Join us and make a decoupage bracelent. All materials provided. For adults and teens.

March 27 – Film

Family Movie Night – 6:30 pm. Join us for a screening of a current film suitable for the whole family. Call for title.

March 28 – Kid’s Stuff

Paws-to-Read – 9 am. Therapy dogs come to the library and children read to their furry friends. And, of course, the dogs listen! Please call to register.

March 31 – Kid’s Stuff

Block Party: Legos in the Library! – 4 to 5:30 pm. Lego club for kids. We provide the Legos and will display all creations until the next club.

For further information on any of these events, please contact Jeannie Bogino at (518) 794-8844.

Cornell Cooperative Extension Albany County 4-H Veterinary Science Program For Youth

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The Cornell Cooperative Extension Albany County 4-H Program will be offering a four week veterinary science program at the Cornell Cooperative Extension building, 24 Martin Road in Voorheesville. The veterinary science program will take place March 19, 26, April 2 and 9 from 7 to 8:30 pm. Our presenters will be: Dr. John Kearney of the Bethlehem Veterinary Hospital, Dr. Cassidy Sedacca of Upstate Veterinary Specialties, Dr. Kristen Hellreich of the Village Animal Clinic, and Dr. Steve Naile of the Equine Clinic at OakenCroft. The program is open to any youth 10 years and older. There is a participation fee of $10 for each youth. Participants must pre-register and registration will be limited. To register a youth, or for more information, contact Eileen DePaula at 765-3500 or emd32@cornell.edu. For more information about other 4-H youth development opportunities, contact the Cornell Cooperative Extension Albany County 4-H program at 765-3500.

Brunswick Library Events

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The Brunswick Library will host a Blood Drive on March 9 from 1 to 6 pm.  Please call or email the library to make an appointment 279-4023

The Library is now open Sundays!  Join us for Family Yoga from 12:30 to 1:15 pm and a Family Movie at 2 pm!

Library Cook-Off -March 23rd at 6 pm

Make your best meatballs and come to the library for a cook off!

Adult Trivia Night – March 30th at 6 pm

$5 at the door, $4 to preregister, winning team splits the pot with the library, BYOB and everyone gets pizza!

The Brunswick Library is located at 4118 NY Route 2 in Brunswick

The Tsatsawassa Protective Fire Co. Breakfast

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submitted by Elizabeth M. Hurley

The Tsatsawassa Protective Fire Company, serving Brainard and East Nassau and surrounding community, will hold its monthly Breakfast on Sunday, March 15,  from 8 to 11:30 am at their firehouse on Firehouse Lane behind the post office near the intersection of Routes 20 and 66N, in the hamlet of Brainard.

Breakfast offers your choice of pancakes or french toast, together with bacon or sausage, eggs cooked to your order, applesauce and an assortment of beverages for your donation of $7 for adults, children 5 to 12  at $4 and under age five free.   Bring your family and join friends to enjoy a delicious breakfast while supporting your  local fire company.

Mountain Dulcimer Music Fest ~ March 6 – 9

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Great folk music can be heard and learned at the 27th Annual Mountain Dulcimer Music Fest on March 6, 7 and 8.  Concerts, jams, an open stage, and workshops in mountain dulcimer playing are featured.  This event, sponsored by the Dulcimer Association of Albany, takes place at Calvary United Methodist Church, 15 Ridge Place, Latham, New York.  Featured performers Nina Zanetti and Heidi and John Cerrigione will perform in concert Saturday evening.  Complete information is available at www.DulcimerAssociationofAlbany.com/2015.

Tickets for the three-day festival or for individual concerts are available at the door.  Festival admission includes all events: $75, or $35 for full-time students.  Registrations and mountain dulcimer rental reservations may be made by contacting Lori Keddell, 518-762-7516, e-mail: lark119@citlink.net.

The festival is one of only a handful of such mountain dulcimer learning opportunities that take place each year in New York and New England.   Players ranging from beginning to advanced can choose from a broad menu of workshops taught by eighteen talented and experienced instructors.  Events start Friday afternoon with workshops from 3 to 5:15 pm.  Doors open for registration at 2 pm.  A concert by the instructors Friday at 7 pm provides a quality sampling of many styles of performance, followed by a choice of slow or fast jam sessions.

Saturday registration starts at 8:30 am and classes run all day.  New players can rent mountain dulcimers.  An open stage for all interested musicians starts at 4 pm.

The Saturday evening concert features Nina Zanetti and Heidi and John Cerrigione.  Tickets for this 7:30 pm concert only are $12 and $5 for children 12 and under and are available at the door.

Nina Zanetti, National Mountain Dulcimer Champion of 2008, is especially fond of the “softer side of dulcimer” and shines with Shaker tunes, American folk hymns and Irish harp melodies.  This Guilderland resident plays regularly at churches, historic sites, and community events and has taught workshops at dulcimer festivals throughout the country.  She has made several recordings and tablature books.

Heidi and John Cerrigione, of Ellington, Connecticut, present the best of traditional music and old time sentimental songs, played on mountain and hammered dulcimer, guitar, autoharp, banjo, and string bass. They blend their voices in songs drawn from many traditional sources, including fiddle and dance music of early America, the British Isles and Switzerland.  They have taught week-long classes and festival workshops for the past 15 years at various programs across the country and have many recordings, as a duo, as half of the quartet Doofus, and with Atwater-Donnelly.

Refreshments and pre-ordered lunches will be available.  There is also a sales area with recordings, books, and other music-related items and a sales corral of gently used musical instruments of all sorts.  Dulcimer builders George Haggerty, Bernd Krause, Jeremy Seeger, and Dwain Wilder will have beautiful hand-crafted dulcimers for sale.

Dorothy In Wonderland

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Come and join the Highlight Acting Troupe as they present Dorothy in Wonderland written by Brian D. Taylor and directed by Kathryn Capalbo assisted by Steven Salhoff.

Dorothy Gale has made her way to the end of the Yellow Brick Rd, and the wonderful Wizard of Oz is just about to help her get back home to Kansas.  But, before she can hop into the wizard’s balloon, another whirlwind appears over the Emerald City, sweeping Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion away to Wonderland.Equipped with her new assests- brain, heart and courage- Dorothy ‘s friends try to help her find her way home, meeting many other interesting characters along the way, including Alice, the White Rabbit, Mad Hatter, March Hare, the Cheshire Cat and many more.  They also face a dangerous new foe – The Queen of Hearts!!  Dorothy and Alice team up to defeat the queen at croquet, but will that be enough to return Wonderland to normal?  And how will they ever get back home to Kansas and to London?

The production will take place on Friday, and Saturday, March 20 and 21 at 7:30  pm and Sunday, March 22 at 2 pm at the Brunswick Grange, Rte. 7, and Rte. 142 (behind Stewart’s). Ticket prices are $12 for adults and $7 for students.  For reservations call Ethel at 518-237-6936.  Dorothy in Wonderland is produced by special arrangements with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., Englewood, Colorado.

Maple Sugaring At GLSP

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Saturday, March 14 – Backyard Maple Sugaring at 1 pm.  Do you long to set up a family-scale syruping operation in your backyard? Join us for a short film, demo and samples of sap and fresh syrup.   $2/person and $5/family.

Saturday, March 21 – Backyard Maple Sugaring at 1 pm.  Savor a delicious sign of Spring and learn how to make syrup in your backyard.  $2/person and $5/family.

Grafton Lakes State Park is open daily from 8 am to dusk. For more information, please call the park naturalist at 279-1155.

Blues & Brews – A Smokin’ Hot Fundraiser for Hubbard Hall

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Beat the Winter Blues at Hubbard Hall! Come out to listen to hot sounds of the Roadside Blues Band, enjoy some warming jambalaya, chili and corn bread, desserts and partake of the cash beer and wine bar! Dance it all off, all night long on Saturday, March 28 beginning at 7 pm.

$20 admission includes all the food and music and soft drinks, with cash bar available for beer and wine. Get your tickets in advance online at www.hubbardhall.org, call 518-677-2495 or at the door that night. This event is for everyone 21 and over, with ID please. Support the arts and beat the blues! You more than deserve it this winter!

Hubbard Hall Center for the Arts and Education, located in a renovated 1878 rural opera house and adjacent former freight yard complex, is a community arts center dedicated to bringing the best of the arts to the region. Hubbard Hall is located at 25 East Main Street in Cambridge, NY.  For more information, visit www.hubbardhall.org or call 518-677-2495.