Ballston Reader
What's Happening at the Town of Ballston Community Library
Friday, May 24th, 2019
Thank you Town in Bloom for the beautiful flowers around the outdoor Library sign!
Closed for Memorial Day
Please remember, materials can be returned in the DRIVE-UP book return! Materials are never due on a day we are closed. Please call the Library at 518-399-8174 ext 2 if you are unsure of material due dates and for potential renewals.
(**Note: Museum Passes loaned from our Library MUST be returned here, INSIDE during open hours, not in the outside return.**)
Author Visit!
A big thank you to the Friends of the Town of Ballston Community Library for sponsoring this fabulous event!
The City Baker's Guide to Country Living & The Late Bloomers' Club
Louise Miller
Pies, pies, and cake!
Music Medley Returns!
Tuesday mornings at 10:30am
May 28th - August 6th
Summer Reading Kickoff Party
Join us at Jenkins Park for our Summer Reading Kickoff Party! Everyone is invited to enjoy live music, crafts, games and ice cream provided by the Friends of the Library.
**This is a drop-in event, no sign up is required**
Monday, June 24th - 4:30pm
Essential Oils 101
Are you interested in learning about the unique power of essential oils but have no idea where to start? Are you wanting to make changes in your health and lifestyle but not sure what to do? Come learn how to support your health, wellness, and lifestyle using essential oils. We will discuss the Top 10 most popular essential oils people are using to support 80% of their health/home needs, how you and your family can use them safely, and why purity and potency are so important when using a therapeutic grade essential oil. Each attendee will make & take home a custom rollerball blend with them.
*Registration Required
Monday, June 17th - 7:00pm
Let's Talk About it Now
People who have their final arrangements in order feel empowered and relieved that they have lifted a considerable burden from their loved ones’ shoulders. They have the comfort of knowing their final wishes will be honored, and they can feel good about making decisions without the pressure of emotions and time constraints.
Learn about the different options available when making your final arrangements and receive valuable information about the financial choices available to you.
Kathleen A. Lowes Sanvidge is a licensed funeral director and owner of Townley & Wheeler Funeral Home in Ballston Lake. For more than 25 years, she has cared for families and their loved ones as they go through one of life’s most difficult and painful journeys. Kathleen’s experience has taught her the importance of planning in advance. Bring your questions!
*Registration Required
Wednesday, June 5th at 6:00pm
Check Out These Books!
The Farm by Joanne Ramos
"There are a number of compelling arguments for surrogacy. Some would-be mothers are unable to conceive. Gay couples may wish to become parents. But, as with any legal arrangement, complications can arise, especially when mercenaries try to exploit people’s emotions for monetary gain.
Joanne Ramos imagines such complications in The Farm, her ambitious dystopian debut. The novel’s effectiveness lies in the power of its premise. Financially straitened women, most of them Filipina immigrants—Ramos, an American, was born in the Philippines and moved to Wisconsin when she was 6—are recruited to carry the babies of an ultra-rich, typically white clientele in exchange for a huge payout." - Excerpt from Book Page Book Review article
Light From Other Stars by Erika Swyler
"Erika Swyler’s first novel, The Book of Speculation, mixed historical fiction and fantasy in an appealingly offbeat way, featuring a lonely librarian, circus mermaids and an old family curse. Like her debut, Swyler’s new novel, Light From Other Stars, bends genres as it explores how the past intrudes on the present. But that’s where the similarities end.
On a cold January morning in 1986, everything changes for Nedda Papas, an 11-year-old science geek and astronaut fangirl. Ten miles from Easter, their small Florida town, the space shuttle Challenger lifts off and explodes. Soon, strange things happen: Electricity surges and fails, ponds freeze and boil, the sky takes on a green glow. At first, Easter’s residents chalk up the weirdness to the Challenger explosion, but Nedda and her dad, Theo—a physicist who’s been laid off from NASA—begin to suspect otherwise." - Excerpt from Book Page Book Review article
The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames
Calling all artists & collectors!
Town of Ballston Community Library
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Phone: 5183998174
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