The Roxbury Library Association welcomes the public to the RLA’s Second Silent Auction on Saturday, July 1, 2017, from 9:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m., during the July 2017 Roxbury Summer Festival. The 2017 RLA Silent Auction will feature gift certificates, antiques, collectibles, framed photographs, framed paintings and drawings, furniture, wine and edibles, handcrafted quilts, and vintage items, generously donated by local individuals and area businesses. The silent auction bidding period on July 1st will be from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., with the bidding results announcements scheduled for 2:00 p.m. . Roxbury Library patrons and visitors may register for the 2017 RLA Silent Auction at the Roxbury Library circulation desk prior to the auction or on the July 1st auction day.
The preview week for the 2017 RLA Silent Auction will be on Monday, June 26th; on Wednesday, June 28th; and on Thursday, June 29th, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Roxbury Library.
On the day of the July 2017 Roxbury Summer Festival, the RLA invites all library patrons and visitors to take advantage of special and regular RLA Thrift Shoppe sales and of the opportunities to purchase raffle tickets for the 2017 RLA queen-size “Sunflower Splendor” Quilt, expertly handcrafted by the Roxbury Library Quilters, and Irma Mae Griffin’s HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF ROXBURY.
Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly opposite the town’s United Methodist Church on Main Street.
For more information about Roxbury Library events on July 1st, please contact Roxbury Library Director Dian Seiler or Roxbury Library Clerk Helen Faraci at (607)-326-7901.
LUNCHEON BUFFET AT THE OTESAGA RESORT HOTEL FOR JUNE 2017 RLA TUESDAY FORUM GATHERING
The Roxbury Library Association will close the 2016-2017 RLA Tuesday Forum season with a buffet luncheon at the Otesaga Resort Hotel in Cooperstown, New York, on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. RLA Tuesday Forum Coordinator Julia A. Menne cordially requests that all buffet luncheon attendees meet in the Roxbury Library parking lot at 10:15 a.m. on June 13th for carpool transport to Cooperstown.
To reserve a place at the June 13th luncheon, please contact RLA Tuesday Forum Coordinator Julia A. Menne at (607)-326-3027.
The Roxbury Library Association welcomes the public to all RLA Tuesday Forum programs, activities, and gatherings, which are free of charge.
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 programs, activities, and gatherings, please contact Roxbury Library Director Dian Seiler or Roxbury Library Clerk Helen Faraci at (607)-326-7901.
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The RLA 2017 Queen-Size “Sunflower Splendor” Quilt
Handcrafted by the Roxbury Library Quilters.
One Chance-$1
Six Chances-$5
Tickets available at the library’s reception and circulation desk.
2017 Quilt Raffle Drawing:
Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 1:30pm
Roxbury Library Association quilt raffle ticket sales benefit the Roxbury Library.
Tags: benefit, quilt, raffle, RLA, Roxbury Library Quilters
What does “corning a beaver” mean? Come and find out!
For the Roxbury Library Association Tuesday Forum Program on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at 1:00 p.m., at the Roxbury Library, Fleischmanns, N.Y. author Bill Birns will discuss his 2016 nonfiction publication I WAS CORNING A BEAVER, LIKE YOU DO: JOHN BURROUGHS, JOE HEWITT, MOUNTAIN CULTURE.
Regular RLA Tuesday Forum attendees will provide refreshments following Mr. Birns’ program.
The Roxbury Library Association welcomes the public to all RLA Tuesday Forum programs, activities, and gatherings, which are free of charge.
For information about upcoming RLA Tuesday Forum programs, activities, and gatherings, please contact 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.
Transition Catskills Presents:
The Countywide SEED SWAP at Delaware County Public Libraries from March 15th to June 1st.
CALLING ALL GARDENERS!
Bring your extra seeds to any Delaware County library and pick up something new to grow in your garden.
Transition Catskills has kicked off the 3rd Annual Seed Swap with an assortment of heirloom vegetable seeds. Discover good old standards, as well as rare or unusual varieties.
Visit Roxbury Library Association at 53742 State Highway 30
in Roxbury, New York and swap a few seeds! Lots of heirloom varieties!
For the Roxbury Library Association Tuesday Forum Program on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, at 1:00 p.m., at the Roxbury Library, Roxbury Town Historian Anthony Liberatore will discuss the 2013 nonfiction book AROUND ROXBURY: IMAGES OF AMERICA, co-authored by Anthony Liberatore and Lynette Hinkley Liberatore.
Regular RLA Tuesday Forum attendees will provide refreshments following Mr. Liberatore’s program.
The Roxbury Library Association welcomes the public to all RLA Tuesday Forum programs, activities, and gatherings, which are free of charge.
For information about upcoming RLA Tuesday Forum programs, activities, and gatherings, please contact 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.
Tags: community, History, Town
The recipient of a Spring 2017 New York Humanities Reading and Discussion Grant, the Roxbury Library Association takes pleasure in announcing the topic of “Growing and Aging” for the RLA March-April 2017 NYH Reading and Discussion Program. To take place at the Roxbury Library on 6 Thursday evenings, from 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m., the program sessions will occur on March 16th, March 23rd, March 30th, April 6th, April 13th, and April 20th. The scholar-facilitator for the RLA Spring 2017 NYH Reading and Discussion Program is art therapist and Roxbury resident Ellen Stewart.
The schedule of readings for the Spring 2017 NYH R & D Program follows:
- March 16th-Introductory/Orientation Session: selected readings from A HISTORY OF OLD AGE, Ed. Pat Thane.
- March 23rd-TINKERS by Paul Harding.
- March 30th-Selected Readings from A HISTORY OF OLD AGE, Ed. Pat Thane, with individual participants’ presentations on selected readings.
- April 6th-Selected Readings from LITERATURE AND AGING: AN ANTHOLOGY, Eds. Martin Kohn, et al., with individual participants’ presentations on selected readings.
- April 13th-Selected Readings from LITERATURE AND AGING: AN ANTHOLOGY, Eds. Martin Kohn, et al., with individual participants’ presentations on selected readings.
- April 20th-Selected Readings from IN OUR PRIME: THE INVENTION OF MIDDLE AGE by Patricia Cohen, with individual participants’ presentations on selected readings, and concluding remarks.
Program readings are available at the Roxbury Library or through the Four County Library System (4CLS).
Please call Roxbury Library Director Dian Seiler or Roxbury Library Clerk Helen Faraci at (607)-326-7901 to register for the RLA Spring 2017 NYH R & D Program. Program participation is free of charge.
For detailed information about RLA NYH R & D Program readings, please contact Ellen Stewart at (607)-326-4340.
Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly opposite the town’s United Methodist Church on Main Street.
For the Tuesday, February 7, 2017, Roxbury Library Association Tuesday Forum Program, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the Roxbury Library, New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Decentralization Grant artist Bertha Rogers will offer a combined reading and book creation workshop, based on the artist’s 2016 NYSCA Decentralization Grant project “The Wild Ones: Creatures of the Catskills.” Following Ms. Rogers’ February 7th interdisciplinary reading and workshop, the RLA will offer a miniature exhibit of Ms. Rogers’ 2016 interdisciplinary installation “The Wild Ones: Creatures of the Catskills” in the Roxbury Library, from Wednesday, February 8, 2017, through Wednesday, February 15, 2017.
Regular RLA Tuesday Forum attendees will provide refreshments following Ms. Rogers’ reading and workshop.
The Roxbury Library Association welcomes the public to all RLA Tuesday Forum programs, activities, and gatherings, which are free of charge.
For information about upcoming RLA Tuesday Forum programs, activities, and gatherings, please contact 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 Saturday, December 3, 2016, from 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., the Roxbury Library Association will hold its Annual Holiday Bazaar at the Roxbury Library. The RLA Annual Holiday Bazaar will offer holiday shoppers the opportunity to purchase delicious bake sale items and quality RLA Thrift Shoppe merchandise, Irma Mae Griffin’s HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF ROXBURY, and 2016 RLA “Happy” Quilt raffle tickets at $1.00 per ticket
or at $5.00 for 6 tickets.
Santa will be visiting the Roxbury Library from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon with holiday gifts for the children of Roxbury and neighboring communities.
The RLA quilt raffle drawing for the 2016 RLA “Happy” Quilt, expertly handcrafted by the Roxbury Library Quilters, will take place at 1:30 p.m., directly following the 2016 RLA Annual Holiday Bazaar.
Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly opposite the town’s United Methodist Church on Main Street.
For further information about the 2016 RLA Annual Holiday Bazaar, please contact Roxbury Library Director Dian Seiler or Roxbury Library Clerk Helen Faraci at (607)-326-7901.
The RLA Thrift Shoppe Volunteer Staff and the Roxbury Library Staff welcome donations of new or gently used gift items to the 2016 RLA Annual Holiday Bazaar.
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