Wednesday, July 8th, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Create a collaged paper-stick puppet inspired by reading selections from Thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird by Wallace Stevens.TAKE HOME KITS with poems and puppet-making supplies will be given to all participants. Brought to us by the Art School of Columbia County*. (For grades 1-2)

*made possible in part with public funds from the Decentralization Program of the NYS Council on the Arts, administered in Columbia County by the Greene County Council on the Arts through the Community Arts Grants Fund,and supported in part by funds from the New York State Library's Family Literacy Library Services grant program. Additional funding was provided by the Chatham Education Foundation of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.

 

Movie Matinee & Craft: Despicable Me II:

Friday, July 10th, at 1:00 & 2:00 pm

1:00 pm--Make a Minion!

2:00 pm--Watch Despicable Me II

Creative Writing Workshop: Monday thru Friday, July 20, 21, 22, 23, 24; Reading July 24, 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm  

Local author and Chatham High School graduate, Chloe Caldwell, will be leading this creative writing workshop. Participants will have an opportunity to explore fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Students will leave with new writing skills, knowledge of new authors and a much greater confidence in their writing abilities. For Tweens & Teens. 

To register for these programs: Call the library at 518-392-3666 or email us at chathampubliclibrary@chatham.k12.ny.us  To learn more about the Summer Reading Program, click here. 

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Cuddle Me StoryTime 

Pre-School Storytime