Tuesday, July 18th at 1:00 p.m. Staff from the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum will be on hand for an interactive experience with live animals and touchable artifacts. Families with children of all ages welcome. Free and open to the public.
July 11 3:00 Children & Families, 5:00 Adults
New York-based pop artist and author Michael Albert will offer a Pop Art Collage workshop at the Lake Placid Public Library. Beginning with an artist presentation, the event continues with a hands-on workshop where attendees will make their own pop art collage, and will finish with a free poster giveaway and signing for all. This event will run twice; 3:00 will be geared toward children and families, and 5:00 will be for adults.
Albert is nationally known for making art from cereal boxes and other printed cardboard consumer brand packages. Since the publishing of his book, an artist’s autobiography titled, “An Artist’s America” by Henry Holt in 2008, Albert has developed a traveling Pop Art Enrichment Program & Hands-On Collage Workshop for kids (school age & up), teens, adults & as a multi-generational event called the “Modern Pop Art Experience” which he has brought to more than 1,000 schools, libraries, museums, art festivals & special events in most of the United States & in Europe.
His artwork will be on display in the Guy Brewster Hughes Gallery for the month of July.
Monday July 10, 12:00-1:00
eBooks and eAudio with Libby Q&A
at the Lake Placid Public Library
Bring your device with you for help getting started with library eBooks and eAudio on your smartphone or tablet. If you’re interested in reading library eBooks on a Kindle, you will also need your smartphone or another tablet. We can help you find your library card number if you don’t have your card on-hand.
This photo is in our Olympics, 1980 archive folder. We were able to identify most of the people in the photo, but we are still missing two names.
Here is who we have so far:
Top row
Don Beaney, Chip Ormsby, Lynn Wilson, Tony Kilburn, Bern Farley, Tom Borden, Leonard Gadway
Bottom row
Bob Allen, Billy Kilburn, Luther Salls, Donald Jacques, Ray Tobin, Oren Preston
We don’t know the two sitting in the middle of the couch, and we’re also not sure of the context of the photo. It’s location in the Olympics 1980 file gives us an idea, but we don’t know any specifics.
Please reach out if you know the identity of the two people in the center of the photo, or if you have any info about the picture in general.
UPDATE
We have a name for both of our two mystery men, and this group was the Town of North Elba Park District Arena Crew. This was the retirement party for Donald Jacques circa 1973-74 at The Chalet.
I loved this novel as I had The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. The author, Kim Michele Richardson, has that talent for writing a compelling plot and making the protagonists believable. ( I hope there will be a third book to continue the story of the Lovett family and the packhorse librarians of Kentucky. )
I particularly like books that weave actual history into the story being told. I knew nothing about the program known as the Pack Horse Library Project which was under the Works Progress Administration. Librarians were paid $28 a month to bring books and other reading materials to families living in remote areas of Kentucky and other Appalachian states.
I also did not know about a strange blood disorder which caused the skin to be blue. The medical term for this condition is congenital methemoglobinemia. Individuals with that condition were referred to as Blues and faced the same horrible laws of discrimination and prejudice as other minorities.
I highly recommend both novels. I even wrote down some of the books Honey Lovett would select for her patrons. Here are just a few: The Poetry of Ezra Pound, Hitty, Her First 100 Years by Rachel Field, The Thunder of Silence by Irwin Cobb, The Doll’s House by Rumer Godden., and The Golden Book of Tagore. I love this quote by Tagore…”Faith is bird that feels the light and sings when the day is still in dark.” I want to read The Golden Book of Tagore.
At our library, if I know our patrons’ reading tastes, I find it fun to suggest books they might like. The packhorse librarians, like Cussy and Honey Lovett did the same thing. They matched books to the readers.
If you have read or will read these novels, I would like to know your thoughts.
One of our patrons, Linda Friedlander, has already been kind enough to share her opinion. “This shocking novel, a sequel to The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is another fascinating and heartbreaking revelation about the struggles of those who differ from ourselves. The Appalachian women in this story show strength, love and endurance against prejudice from men, the law, and even neighbors. Honey Lovett, “Book Woman” and main character, finds few friends while trying to educate isolated families in the 1950s. Consolation is found in animals, nature’s beauty, and occasional human generosity.”
January 31, 2023 at 1 – 2 pm
Virtual event being hosted at the Lake Placid Public Library
In this interactive virtual author visit for elementary school readers, Grace and Kate will share a sneak-preview read-aloud excerpt from Once Upon A Book, their new picture book that celebrates the transformative power of stories. They’ll also share the story behind their collaboration and invite young readers to use their own imaginations, writing in response to art. The session with wrap up with time for live Q&A with classrooms. ASL will be provided.
Free and open to the public.
Since I woke up earlier than usual, I decided to read the book I started last night, ONCE UPON A WARDROBE, by Patti Callahan. This novel was one that had been suggested by a patron. I brought it home and I’m so glad I did.The book I had started to read on the weekend reminded me too much of a Thomas Hardy novel. In his stories, circumstances and coincidences, always seem to bring grief and an end to the characters hopes and plans. I’ve only read to page 79 of Callahan’s novel, and I already want to tell you about it. I am already looking forward to coming home from work to continue reading this novel. Yesterday I had a most interesting conversation with a patron about our choices in what we read, she is a mostly a non-fiction reader and I am a mostly a fiction reader. She does occasionally read fiction as I do sometimes read non-fiction. Well, this morning I read a somewhat similar conversation between the novel’s protagonists. These two sentences I had to copy immediately…..”Reason is how we get to the truth, but imagination is how we find meaning.” Wow! Then, on page 79. “With stories, I can see with other eyes, imagine with other imaginations, feel with other hearts, as well as with my own.” Double WOW!! I have learned so much from the novels I’ve read over these many years. I have gained understanding and empathy that I can apply to my actual life. Novels have helped me through difficult times. When reading novels, my own imagination transports me into that different time and place. I know the characters like I know the people in my life. I am so grateful for writers of both fiction and non-fiction. I’m grateful for Bambi and all the librarians before her that made sure our library provides books for people of all different reading tastes and interests. Browse the shelves and discover the many choices available. We have books published many years ago, and the newest books on the best seller’s list today. Today, I am particularly grateful to Patti Callahan. Thank you, Ms. Callahan and thank you to the patron who recommended this novel.
This is a photo from the Fire Department folder in our archives. It isn’t dated, though we think it’s from sometime around the late nineteen fifties or early sixties. We have most of the names of the people in the photo, all except the second man from the right, kneeling in the first row. The names we have are listed below. Do you know the name of the man in the front row, or the year this was taken?
UPDATE: Thank you to everyone who helped name these firefighters! Their names will be updated in our archive.
Fourth Row (in the back):
Jim Strack, Leo Jewtraw, Bob Mullarney, Clarence Hare, Ken Planty Sr., Sherry Bickford, Don Jaques, Ken Foster, Jim Wasson, Dean Wikoff, Earl Blinn, Robert Whitney, Howard Daby, Ed Lincoln, Toot Gonyea
Third row:
Don Wilson, Bernie Preston, Dusty Smith, Loren Torrance, Ed Connor, Ray Wilson, Toot Coolidge, Pudge Conway, Jerry Strack, Jim Moore, George Beattie, Bernard Stevens, Vic Strack, Dean Bickford, Bill Kelly, Walt Morrison
Second row:
Harry Fregoe, Rev. Sorley, Glen D’Avignon, Reg Ormsby, Carroll Wells, Bill Mullarney, Jim St. Louis, Bob Wilson, George Sullivan
Front row:
Don Whittemore, Chet Lawrence, Joe Desourcly, Joe Morrison, Charlie Winchell, Phil Wilson
This original watercolor of the Brewster building on the corner or Park and Main was painted by local artist Rusty McKenna in 1973. There is a note on the back that says, “Picture taken from Brewster Bldg after fire [in 1988], frame broken.” On the far left side of the painting you can see a peek of Brewster park, which was recently rededicated thanks to the efforts of Bev Reid.
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