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All meetings will take place at the Library at 7PM and are open to the public.
Following meeting dates
August 7, 2025
September 18, 2025
Nov 20, 2025
Travels to Quebec exploring the Saguenay Fjord and watching for Whales
Jim Kinley with support from fellow travelers Mary Bell, Marty Kohli, Jacqueline van Gorkom and Steven Englehart
An Atlas of Endangered Alphabets
Tim Brooks of Endangered Alphabets a talk based on his latest book
All meetings will take place at the Library at 7PM and are open to the public.
Following meeting dates
September 18, 2025
Nov 20, 2025
All meetings will take place at the Library at 7PM and are open to the public.
Following meeting dates
Nov 20, 2025
All meetings will take place at the Library at 7PM and are open to the public.
How Elections are Run
Mary McGowan of Essex County Board of Elections
SUNDAY BRUNCH
A Sourdough Waffle and
Frittata Extravaganza
Sunday, May 4
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
at the Bakery
Connecting Kids—and their Adults—with Natural World
Loree Griffin Burns/Science and Children’s book writer
Walks and Wildflowers in Southern Australia
Amy Ivy/Horticulturist and Traveler
Ways to improve the Weather INSIDE our Homes
Ethan French/Boquet Thermal Solutions
All meetings will take place at the Library at 7PM and are open to the public.
Following meeting dates
May 15, 2025
August 7, 2025
September 18, 2025
Nov 20, 2025
The world comes together to support one another on Giving Tuesday, and we are asking for your support.
Your gift will provide oppertunities for the the community.
Please join us for Giving Tuesday and help show the world the value of the Little Library With A Big Window On The World.
November 20 Rose Chancler The Art of the Mistake and Other Things the Piano Has Taught Me
November 6 Alex Caskey Sheep and Trees - Using Silvopasture and Tree Crops to Build Climate Resilience on the Farm
735 Lakeshore Rd.
Essex, NY 12936
barredowlbrook@gmail.com
Wadhams Free Library and Dogwood Bread Coompany
Present A Sourdough Waffle and Frittata Extravaganza
Sunday, October 20
10 am - 1 pm at the Bakery
Followed by The Wadhamds Fire Company Duck Derby at 1 pm
Sourdough waffles, Hearty Frittatas, Fruit , Tempting Desserts, Coffee, tea and Juice
Suggested Donation $15 Adults $8 Tweleve and Under
To Benefit the LIbrary
October 2 Juleigh Walker Come with Me, Under the Sea: Scuba Diving Around the World
September 25 Nancy Budd Restoring the Ecosystem at the Essex Quarry Nature Preserve
Wednesday in Wadhams Lecture
7 pm
Free & Open to the Public
Questions 518-962-8717
https://wadhamsfreelibrary.org/
JUNE 5th
The Book of Ruth: On the fine art of story-telling with Jo Ann Gardner
MAY 8th
Wool and Water: Stitching Water’s Story with Fiber Art/ Michale Glennon
Michale Glennon is a wildlife ecologist, fiber artist, and director of Wool and Water, a collaborative data art project of the Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute that blends fiber art with scientific information to create visual representations of changing water quality conditions in the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain Basin.
APRIL 17th
Spain, Portugal and Morocco... and more about the Moors.
Jim Kinley and Mary Bell will present photos, videos and tales of their travels there this past November from their impression of the art in the Prado museum, to flamenco dancing in Sevilla, fado music in Portugal, and to the sights, sounds and scenes in the medinas of Fes and Marrakesh.Enjoy their stories from the Iberian peninsula and Northwestern Africa.
Wadhams Free Library
At Dogwood Bread Company Sunday, April 7
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Bring a Friend - Get some Glasses
Wadhams Free Library
presents
The Boquet River: Resilience and Restoration
with Colin Powers
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
7:00 p.m.
A brief illustrated look at the resilience history of the Boquet River and where it
stands in 2024, and a snapshot of the Boquet River Association’s (BRASS)
projects for the coming year.
Colin Powers is a Board Member of the Boquet River Association and a graduate
of UVM's Community Resilience & Planning program.
Free and open to the public!
Questions: 518.962.8717 !
www.wadhamsfreelibrary.org
APRIL 3rd
The Boquet River: Resilience and Restoration News for 2024
Colin Powers will talk about current BRASS projects and the state of our river.
Colin Powers is a Board Member of the Boquet River Association and a graduate of UVM's Community Resilience & Planning program.
Wadhams Free Library presents
TOTALITY: The Next Eclipse
with Jacqueline van Gorkom
Wednesday, March 12, 2024 at 7:00pm
On April 8 a total solar eclipse will be visible from Essex County. In this talk, Columbia University Astronomer Jacqueline van Gorkom will describe fun and safe ways to watch the eclipse and perhaps even explore some interesting things to look at if it turns out to be cloudy that day! She will review what a solar eclipse is, why total solar eclipses are a rare phenomena, and their role in some myths. Jacqueline van Gorkom is an astronomer who watched her first total eclipse in 2017. She studies galaxy evolution by observing them with radio telescopes. She has been teaching at Columbia University for more than 30 years. with Jacqueline van Gorkom Wednesday, March 13, 2024 7:00 p.m. Free and open to the public Questions: 518.962.8717 www.wadhamsfreelibrary.org FREE ECLIPSE GLASSES are available at the library
Tim Brookes, the founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project, will be talking about his carvings, his work with minority communities all over the world, and his new book Writing Beyond Writing: Lessons from Endangered Alphabets— much of which was wri en at the Dogwood. The Endangered Alphabets Project, based in Vermont, is the only organization in the world dedicated to preserving and revitalizing endangered cultures by researching, cataloging, and promoting their indigenous writing systems through talks, exhibitions, educational materials, games, and artwork. The Endangered Alphabets Project is also launching World Endangered Writing Day on January 23rd, dedicated to communities working to revive their culture by reviving their languages, spoken and written.
Information and livestream at endangered writing
