Category: Happenings

John Kelly Reading @ Oblong Books

Thursday night (August 30, 2012) at Oblong Books & Music’s Rhinebeck location, author, John Kelly discusses his book “The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People”

From OblongBooks.com:

John Kelly is the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time andThree on the Edge: The Stories of Ordinary American Families in Search of a Medical Miracle. He has written about medicine, history, and psychology for many years.

The Graves Are Walking is a magisterial account of the worst disasters to strike humankind—the Great Irish Potato Famine—conveyed as lyrical narrative history. Deeply researched, compelling in its details, and startling in its conclusions about the appalling decisions behind a tragedy of epic proportions, John Kelly’s retelling of the awful story of Ireland’s great hunger will resonate today as history that speaks to our own times.

WHEN: Thursday, August 30, 2012
TIME: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
PLACE: Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery St., Rhinebeck, NY.
MORE: OblongBooks.com

 

 

Anti-Fracking Rally in Albany Today

A diverse coalition of anti-fracking organizations are organizing a rally to send Governor Cuomo a simple message: Don’t Frack New York! At the rally, hundreds of people will take a pledge to take nonviolent action if Cuomo moves forward with his plan to frack New York.

Join author and activist Bill McKibben, filmmaker Josh Fox (Gasland), Sandra Steingraber and other movement leaders. Participants will have a chance to pledge escalating nonviolent resistance to fracking, and to deliver those pledges to Governor Cuomo’s office. 

What: Don’t Frack New York Rally
When: Monday, August 27, 11 a.m.
Where: March begins at Albany Riverfront Park, Albany, New York

Donate Books for New Lebanon Library Book Sale

Have some books or DVDs laying around that you don’t need any more? Why not donate them to the New Lebanon Library Book Sale.

We are now accepting donations for our annual Library book sale, which is scheduled for September 28th, 29th, and 30th. We would be delighted to accept books, DVDs, and CDs (no textbooks, encyclopedias, magazines, record albums, videocassettes, music tapes, or mildewed books, please!) Items should be in good condition and brought to the library in boxes or sturdy paper bags during open hours only. Please do not leave them outside or in the library book drop.

This year’s event will also include a bake sale! Please contact Jeannie at leb@taconic.net or 518-794-8844 if you are interested in baking for the event. All proceeds benefit the library.

PLACE: New Lebanon Library (550 State Route 20, New Lebanon)
Phone: 518-794-8844
Email: leb@taconic.net

 

At The Crandell: Ice Age – Continental Drift

Opening tonight at The Crandell, Ice Age – Continental Drift

Here is the trailer:

Rated: PG
Animation/Comedy
Running Time: 88 minutes

Show Times:
Friday, August 17 at 7:15 pm
Saturday-Sunday, August 18-19 at 4:00 pm and 7:15 pm
Monday-Thursday, August 20-23 at 7:15 pm

Evening Showings of Ice Age – Adults $5 Children under 12 $4
Special Matinee Discount for Ice Age All Tickets $4.00

The Crandell Theatre is located at 48 Main Street in the Village of Chatham. Visit CrandellTheatre.org for more info.

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David Grover in Concert @ New Lebanon Library

Friday (August 17, 2012) at the New Lebanon Library -David Grover in Concert.

David Grover has earned countless awards including a Grammy nomination and Artist of the Year. He has performed at the White House, opened the Goodwill Games, appeared on The Today Show, performed with the Detroit Symphony for their Youth Series, and played for the delegates of the United Nations.  

Free and open to the public – donations for the performer are welcome.
WHEN: Friday, August 17, 2012
TIME: 7:00 pm
FOR:  All Ages (David will be performing his adult set but will return later in the summer for his children’s show!)

PLACE: New Lebanon Library (550 State Route 20, New Lebanon)
Phone: 518-794-8844
Email: leb@taconic.net