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July 2021
A House for Hermit Crab – Children’s Book Reading
July 31 - A House for Hermit Crab This will be the SECOND in a series of 6 readtivity events! Join librarian Christina for a FREE read aloud and hands-on art and crafting activity! This event will be taking place at The Woodland Playhouse located at 5571 Route 28, Phoenicia, NY. 3:00 to 4:00pm We will be reading “A House for Hermit Crab” by Eric Carle and crafting with attendees afterward. You will receive markers and shells to create your…
Find out more »August 2021
Sky Colors – Children’s Book Reading
August 7 - Sky Colors This will be the THIRD in a series of 6 readtivity events! Join librarian Christina for a FREE read aloud and hands-on art and crafting activity! This event will be taking place at The Woodland Playhouse located at 5571 Route 28, Phoenicia, NY. 3:00 to 4:00 We will be reading “Sky Color” by Peter Reynolds and crafting with attendees afterward. Artists will receive the materials necessary to create their own “sky color” - or ground…
Find out more »A Butterfly is Patient – Children’s Book Reading
August 29 - A Butterfly is Patient This will be the FOURTH in a series of 6 readtivity events! Join librarian Christina for a FREE read aloud and hands-on art and crafting activity! This event will be taking place at the Phoenicia Farmer's Market which is located directly across the street from the Phoenicia Post Office. 10:00am to 2:00pm We will be reading “A Butterfly Is Patient” by Dianna Aston and crafting with attendees afterward. Phoenicia staff will show artists…
Find out more »September 2021
The Very Lonely Firefly – Children’s Book Reading
Sept. 12 - The Very Lonely Firefly This will be the FIFTH in a series of 6 readtivity events! Join librarian Christina for a FREE read aloud and hands-on art and crafting activity! This event will be taking place at The Phoenicia Farmer's Market located across the street from the Phoenicia Post Office. 10:00am to 2:00pm We will be reading “The Very Lonely Firefly” by Eric Carle and crafting with attendees afterward. Each artist will receive the items necessary to…
Find out more »The Day the Crayons Quit – Children’s Book Reading
Sept. 25 - The Day the Crayons Quit This will be the LAST in a series of 6 readtivity events! Join librarian Christina for a FREE read aloud and hands-on art and crafting activity! This event will be taking place at The Woodland Playhouse located at 5571 Rt. 28 in Phoenicia. 3:00 to 4:00pm We will be reading “The Day The Crayons Quit” by Drew Daywalt and creating with attendees afterward. Children will receive their own box of crayons and…
Find out more »Balkan Mountains Music Mini-Festival
"Balkan" means "chain of wooded mountains" in modern Turkish and has been the Turkish word for the Balkan Peninsula since Ottoman times. Some of the countries of Eastern Europe that are situated in or near the the Balkans are Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Turkey. On Saturday, September 25, the Phoenicia Library will celebrate the music and dance of this region with a FREE festival of Hudson Valley bands playing odd meters and unusual scales and harmonies in…
Find out more »January 2022
Phoenicia’s Ancient Past – A Historical talk by Evan Pritchard
Phoenicia's Ancient Past - How The Esopus Munsee People Got Through Winter Before Electricity In this illustrated lecture, author Evan Pritchard (Mi’kmaq and Celtic descent) will introduce us to the ancient and icy history of winters long past in the greater Phoenicia area. Evan will focus on the winter lifeways of the Esopus Munsee, the Algonquian-speaking people who have long inhabited the Esopus river valley. Using maps, photos, slides, stories, place-name interpretations, and helpful diagrams, Evan will explore what Munsee…
Find out more »February 2022
Exploring Ancient Phoenicia – Part 2
Evan Pritchard will be back again this month with MORE fascinating information about ancient Phoenicia. Join us for an evening of local history info and tales with author Evan Pritchard (Mi’kmaq and Celtic descent). Using maps, photos, slides, stories, place-name interpretations, and helpful diagrams, Evan will explore what Munsee village life in Phoenicia must have been like in winter, including travel, fishing, hunting, agriculture, foraging, controlled burning, shelter, stories, cosmologies, vision quests, and much more. Followed by Q and A.…
Find out more »March 2022
How To Have a Successful Garden in White Tail Deer Country
After a long winter, gardeners look forward to the growing season for fresh vegetables and flowers from their gardens. Part of making it a rewarding experience is knowing how to deal with insects, diseases, rabbits, woodchucks and deer. The deer population has exploded, making them a primary garden pest. But deer don’t have to win the battle, according to Wendy Tremper Wollerton, a seasoned gardener, who spent more than 25 years living on a property heavily trafficked by deer. By…
Find out more »April 2022
Exploring Ancient Phoenicia Part 3 – Protecting These Sacred Mountains
In this third in a series of multimedia lectures Evan Pritchard will share some of his research regarding the high sacred places of Phoenicia and the surrounding Catskills, especially regarding mountains located within Shandaken township. He will discuss Algonquin metaphysical beliefs surrounding mountains and the spiritual role they play, as sacred sites and vision quest retreats. He will go into detail regarding what are called “cairns” (a Celtic term) or “Manitouassin” sacred stone piles (petroforms) and their mysterious alignments, as…
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