Roxbury Library Association

On Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at 1:00 p.m., art therapist and Roxbury resident Ellen Stewart will offer creative exercises to heal mind, body, and spirit.

Regular RLA Tuesday Forum attendees will provide refreshments following Ms. Stewart’s presentation.

The Roxbury Library Association welcomes the public to all RLA Tuesday Forum programs, activities, and gatherings at the Roxbury Library.

Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly opposite the town’s United Methodist Church on Main Street.

For information about upcoming RLA Tuesday Forum events, please contact Roxbury Library Director Dian Seiler or Roxbury Library Clerk Helen Faraci at (607)-326-7901 or via email at dian@roxburylibraryonline.org (Dian) or at frontdesk@roxburylibraryonline.org (Helen).

January-July 2009 Adult Book Discussion Group at the Roxbury Library

The Roxbury Library Association welcomes the public to attend an adult
book discussion group, held at the Roxbury Library, from January
through July 2009, with most meetings on the last Monday of every
month, unless otherwise indicated. All adult book discussion group
meetings start at 12:00 noon and end at 2:00 p.m.. Meeting dates and
books under discussion are as follows:

Monday, January 26   THE AUDACITY OF HOPE by Barack Obama;
Monday, February 23  MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS by Tracy Kidder;
Monday, March 23     GIVE ME LIBERTY by Naomi Wolf;
Monday, April 27     THE PERIODIC TABLE by Primo Levi;
Monday, May 18       THREE CUPS OF TEA by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver
                      Pelin;
Monday, June 29      THE WORLD WITHOUT US by Alan Weisman; and
Monday, July 27      GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL by Jared Diamond.

The Roxbury Library Association offers the January-July 2009 adult
book discussion group to all participants free of charge.

Please contact Ellen Stewart, adult book discussion group facilitator,
at (607)-326-4340 or at peacebaby@catskill.net, to sign up as a
participant. Additional contact persons include Roxbury Library
Director Dian Seiler or Roxbury Library Clerk Helen Faraci at
(607)-326-7901.

Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly
opposite the town’s United Methodist Church on Main Street.

On Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at 1:00 p.m., Roxbury resident Virginia Scheer will offer a presentation on the Catskill Folk Connection.

Regular RLA Tuesday Forum attendees will provide refreshments following Ms. Scheer’s presentation. The Roxbury Library Association Board of Trustees welcomes the public to all Tuesday Forum programs, activities, and gatherings at the Roxbury Library.

On Saturday, October 11, 2008, from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., the Roxbury Library
Association Thrift Shoppe Staff will offer a special sale of quality, individually priced Thrift Shoppe merchandise, including household and decorative items, books, DVD’s, VHS tapes, clothing and footwear for all ages, toys, and puzzles.

Roxbury Library visitors may also take advantage of the RLA Thrift Shoppe’s ongoing fill-a-bag sale: $2 for a small plastic shopping bag or $4 for a large paper shopping bag.

RLA 2008 boy-and-girl crib ticket raffle tickets and Irma Mae Griffin’s HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF ROXBURY will also be available for purchase.

On October 11th, the Roxbury Library Association will additionally offer a silent auction of 3 collectible Ashton-Drake infant dolls (’Little Girl,” “Cute as a Button,” and “Snug as a Bug in a Rug”) in a white wicker basket, with a minimum bid of $300.00.

All proceeds from RLA Thrift Shoppe sales, quilt raffle ticket sales, history book sales, and the silent auction benefit the Roxbury Library.

The RLA Columbus Day Weekend Sale will take place at the Roxbury Library, located at 53742 State Highway 30, directly opposite the town’s United Methodist Church on Main Street.

For further information, please contact Roxbury Library Director Dian Seiler or Roxbury Library Clerk Helen Faraci at (607)-326-7901.

On Tuesday, October 14, 2008, at 1:00 p.m., Roxbury resident and Roxbury
Library volunteer Cherie Davis will offer a presentation on the advantages of
using the internet to communicate with family and friends.
Ms. Davis will explain the procedures for opening an email account and will
establish email accounts for all interested program participants.

Regular Tuesday Forum attendees will provide refreshments following Ms. Davis’ presentation.

The Roxbury Library Association welcomes the public to all Tuesday Forum programs, events, and activities.

Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly opposite the town’s United Methodist Church on Main Street.

For information about upcoming Tuesday Forum events, please contact Roxbury Library Director Dian Seiler or Roxbury Library Clerk Helen Faraci at (607)-326-7901.

The Roxbury Library Association will be offering a fall 2008 adult book discussion group program, featuring four major American novels that explore the themes of tragedy and loss. Funded by a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities, the “Reading Between the Lines” Adult Book Discussion Group Program enables participants to contemplate humanities topis in depth through shared reading and conversation.

Led by Roxbury resident and poet Barry Seiler, the RLA “Reading Between the Lines” program series will take place at the Roxbury Library on four Saturdays from September through December 2008:

• Saturday, September 13, 2008: 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.- ANGLE OF REPOSE by Wallace Stegner;
• Saturday, October 18, 2008: 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.- AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser;
• Saturday, November 15, 2008: 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.- O LOST by Thomas Wolfe; and
• Saturday, December 13, 2008: 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.- THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2008-2009 Roxbury Library Association Tuesday Forum season opens with a potluck luncheon. RLA Board of Trustees’ Vice President and RLA Tuesday Forum Coordinator Julia A. Menne cordially requests that each potluck luncheon attendee bring a dish to pass and a place setting.

Lunch begins at NOON