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November 20 Rose Chancler The Art of the Mistake and Other Things the Piano Has Taught Me
It’s more important than it ever has been to show up for our communities.
Support your local social good organizations, mutual aid networks, and community organizers
Do an act of kindness or help a neighbor
Identify your gifts, pick a cause that gets you fired up, and give back – not just for GivingTuesday but every day.
~the little library with a big window on the world~
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
The Wadhams Free Library regular meeting for Thursday, November 16th at 7 pm has been rescheduled for December 6th at 7 pm. The public is invited to attend.
Future library meetings in 2023 will be held every other month on the 3rd Thursday of the month.
The Wadhams Free Library regular meeting for Thursday, November 16th at 7 pm has been changed to December 6th. The public is invited to attend.
Future library meetings in 2023 will be held every other month on the 3rd Thursday of the month. With the exception of August 10th and October 5th, 2023.
Matt will have energy efficiency kits available to NYSEG customers and will use these as an opportunity to provide information and answer questions about how to improve energy efficiency in your homes.
Matt currently serves as Energy Advisor for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County, covering Clinton, Essex, and Hamilton counties. Matt provides NYSERDA program information, application assistance, contractor resources, and energy efficiency education resources.
Free and open to the public!
Questions: 518.962.8717 www.wadhamsfreelibrary.org
Wadhams Free Library presents
Chamonix to Zermatt Haute Route
A Tale of Backcountry Skiing
with Sarah Gardner!
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
7:00 p.m.
Sarah Gardner is a local Doctor of Physical Therapy at the Elizabethtown Community
Hospital Outpatient Clinic. She is an ADK enthusiast and can be found running, biking,
and skiing in the mountains that are now home.
Join Sarah as she tells the tale of
her backcountry skiing adventure
in the Alps.
Hear how she prepared, see what
she brought, and enjoy some
skiing photos along the way!
The Wadhams Free Library will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, October 12th at 7 pm in the Library. The public is invited to attend.
Future library meetings in 2023 will be held every other month on the 3rd Thursday of the month. With the exception of August 10th and October 5th, 2023.
POSTPONED
Wadhams Free Library presents
The Book of Ruth: On the fine art of story-telling with Jo Ann Gardner
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 7:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public Questions: 518.962.8717 www.wadhamsfreelibrary.org
Jo Ann Gardner is the author of several books on gardening and herbs and the Bible. Her book, Seeds of Transcendence: Understanding the Hebrew Bible Trough Plants will be available for sale and signing following the lecture as well as some of her other titles. Jo Ann will take us on a literary reading of this most popular biblical story of love, duty and passion in the town of Bethlehem, set within the framework of the law as it was practiced (or not practiced) over a thousand years ago. Knowledge of the Bible is unnecessary to enjoy this informal presentation.
There’s been a lot of hype about virtual reality(VR) and the Metaverse lately, and popular discussions often focus on futuristic fantasies or nightmarish dystopias. This talk focuses on VR technologies that exist in the here and now, and how we may encounter them in our everyday lives. Stephanie will introduce some widely available VR technologies, discuss how she is using them to create immersive storytelling projects, and show some examples of her work in progress.
Stephanie Tripp, Ph.D., is a digital media scholar and practitioner, and Associate Professor of Communication at The University of Tampa. She was the founding program director of UT’s Master of Arts in Social and Emerging Media. Her work investigates community identity, collective memory, and knowledge legitimation in the digital age.
