Tuesday: Textile Tuesdays take place in the community room of Town Hall between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Bring a project and a friend and get busy! The Fiction Book Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the library. This month's selection is The Seduction of Water by Carol Goodman. The Vision of Wallkill will meet from 7-9 p.m. at Elsie's Restaurant.
Wednesday: The Quilters' Circle meets at 6:30 p.m. in the community room of Town Hall.
Thursday: The Knit and Crochet Club meets at 6:30 p.m.

Looking ahead: Another installment of Computers for Beginners will be offered beginning on or about July 9.
The classes will be held at the library each Wednesday from 6:30-7:45 p.m. Those interested can sign up at the library's circ desk or call 895-3707 and provide us with your name and contact number.

The Vision of Wallkill placemaking group had their first meeting just a few months ago, but already they're making huge strides in their efforts to make the hamlet a better place in which to live, work, and visit.
VOW's  latest plans include the creation of a River Walk. They're also sponsoring a summer concert series and preparing for the family entertainment-filled Weekend of Wallkill Sept. 26-28.
The group can always use more members interested in beautifying and improving Wallkill. If you'd like to join or find out more about VOW, you can attend their next meeting Tuesday, from 7-9 p.m. at Elsie's Restaurant. Or contact Mary Lou at 895-3707 or mlcarolan@rcls.org.

Local author Carol Goodman will be at Tuesday evening's Fiction Club meeting at the library to discuss her book, The Seduction of Water.
A member of the adjunct faculty at SUNY New Paltz, Carol's other books include The Blythewood Tales, The Lake of Dead Languages, and Arcadia Falls. The Seduction of Water, her second novel, won the Hammett Prize in 2003. Her books have also been nominated for the IMPAC award twice, the Simon & Schuster/Mary Higgins Clark award, and the Nero Wolfe Award.
Next month, the club will welcome back popular author Lynn Austin for her second visit to the group. Stay tuned for details!

You may still be figuring out which SRP offerings will appeal to your kids, but don't neglect yourself when it comes to signing up for this summer's programs!
An I Love Fabric bus trip is planned for Saturday, July 19. For just $34, participants will visit The Patchwork Co. in Windham and Log Cabin Fabrics in Selkirk. Contact Carolyn Thorenz at 895-3707 or cthorenz@rcls.org for more information or to reserve a seat.
Also in July, Swing Dance lessons for adults will be offered on Tuesdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m.  Professional instructors will lead students through the four-week class in the community room of Town Hall for a cost of $75 per person. Sessions will be held July 8, 15, 22, and 29.
Childcare is available for ages 2-10 while the lessons are going on, but early registration is recommended!
 Register online at Got2Lindy.com, but be sure to email Mary Lou (mlcarolan@rcls.org) if you will be taking advantage of the children's programming during the lessons.
Other adult programs this summer include Textile Tuesday Brunch and Project Day (Aug. 14), weekly Textile Tuesday sessions, Knit and Crochet every Thursday at 6:30 p.m., the Fiction Book Club, Quilters' Circle, and more! Call the library for more information.

Though Michael Hastings' first work of fiction didn't make it to a publisher before the 33-year-old was killed in a car accident last year, the novel was rescued from the journalist's laptop.
Lucky for us readers - The Last Magazine is a revealing profile of life at a news weekly in the dying days of print media.
It's also a scathing peek at the complicity of the media in the war in Iraq.
The Last Magazine is a thinly veiled portrait of Newsweek, where Hastings worked as an intern in 2002-3. The book's main character (also named Michael Hastings) is a recent college grad whose chosen trade is almost obsolete, unable to compete in a market where amateur bloggers are fast outnumbering professional journalists.
 News addicts will easily recognize former Newsweek editors Fareed Zakaria and Jon Meacham in the book, despite their fictional masks, and this awareness will undoubtedly make Hastings' cringe-worthy descriptions more enjoyable, but is not a prerequisite to appreciating the novel.
Media fans or no, readers will love Hastings' novel, which is available now at the Wallkill Public Library.

Wallkill Public Library has renewed its subscription to the popular online version of Consumer Reports.
To access the magazine, just use the username Wallkillpl and the password Abc123. You'll then be able to research product reviews, recalls and safety issues, and expert ratings before plunking down another bundle on whatever breaks this year!