July 2021 Newsletter

News from Castleton Public Library - July 2021 View this email in your browser Notes from Our Director:  Summer is in full swing at CPL! Have you signed up for our Summer Reading Club yet? Our program is inclusive of all ages -- including babies/toddlers, preschoolers, kids, teens, and adults. Join the fun and enter to win a number of great raffle prizes. You can sign up all summer long either in the library or online!  A complete listing of our July events and take-home kits is below -- or you can check out our Summer Reading Program guide for a full list of our events and take-home kits through the end of the summer.  Planning to visiting area museums this summer? Check out one of our museum passes to receive free or reduced admission. Passes are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Click here for information about our museum pass program.   Best,  Melissa Tacke Download our Summer Reading Club Guide as a PDF Our Take-Home Kits Take & Make Craft Kit: Patriotic Crafts Kit available for pick-up at the library through July 3 Get ready for the 4th of July with some fun crafts to celebrate and decorate your home! Pick up the kit by Sat., July 3. Cool Science at Home Kit: Parachutes Kit available for pick-up at the library through July 10 Make your own miniature parachute and learn about the science behind how gravity and other forces work! Pick up the kit by 7/10.  Take & Make Craft Kit: Paper Mosaic Art Kit available for pick-up at the library from July 5 through July 10 Unleash your creativity and make beautiful paper mosaic art! Pick up the kit anytime from 7/5-7/10. Take & Make Craft Kit: Crafting Bonanza! Kit available for pick-up at the library from July 12 through July 17 Are you in the mood to make some unique crafts? Engage in open-ended creation with a variety of fun art supplies in our Crafting Bonanza kit. Pick up the kit anytime from 7/12-7/17. Cool Science at Home: Skittles Science Kit available for pick-up at the library from July 12 through July 24 Let’s explore the science of diffusion using Skittles! Pick up the kit anytime from 7/12-7/24. Take & Make Craft Kit: Summer Crafts Available for pick-up at the library from July 19 through July 24  Celebrate the summer with fun, seasonal crafts! Pick up the kit anytime from 7/19-7/24. Take & Make Craft Kit: Collage Art Kit available for pick-up at the library from July 26 through July 31 Make your own unique collage using pages from magazines and picture books! Pick up the kit anytime from 7/26-7/31. Cool Science at Home: Measuring the Wind Kit available for pick-up at the library from July 26 through August 7 Create your own anemometer to measure the wind! Pick up the kit anytime from 7/26-8/7. In-Person Events July StoryWalk: It's a Firefly Night Location: Schodack Island State Park, 1 Schodack Island Way, Schodack Landing, NY 12156. Enjoy a StoryWalk with your family. The StoryWalk begins near the playground and is available anytime! It's a Firefly Night will be up all month long. We change the book each month.  Main Street StoryWalk: Cheer Location: The StoryWalk begins at 94 S. Main Street, Castleton, NY 12033 and is available anytime. Enjoy reading Cheer: A Book to Celebrate Community as you walk along Main Street! The StoryWalk will be up through August 31.  Rainbow Scratch Art  Friday, July 2, 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Make cool rainbow scratch art with special paper! All ages. This event will be held outdoors. Registration for a specific time slot is recommended -- click here to register. Salt Painting  Tuesday, July 6, 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Create unique artwork using salt, glue, and food coloring! What salt painting designs will you make? This event will be held outdoors. Registration for a specific time slot is recommended--click link to register.   Teen Time: Duct Tape Crafts    Thursday, July 8, 4:00 p.m. What can you make with duct tape? Use duct tape to make a flower, wallet, and more! For teens going into 6th-12th grade in the fall. This event will be held outdoors. Registration recommended--click link to register. Games on the Lawn  Friday, July 9, 11:00 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. Bring your family to play giant Connect Four, giant Jenga, and ladder toss!  This event will be held outdoors. Registration for a specific time slot is recommended--click link to register.  Cool Science: Rainbow Paper Tuesday, July 13, 2:00 - 5:30 p.m. Join us to explore how color, light, and rainbows work by using nail polish, water, and black paper to make rainbow paper! This event will be held outdoors. Registration for a specific time slot is recommended--click link to register. Yoga Tuesday, July 13, 6:00 p.m. Join us for a 45-minute yoga session with instructor Rachel Toolan. Held outdoors. Bring your own mat. All skill levels welcome. Ages 12 & up.  Storytime on the Lawn Thursday, July 15, 11:00 a.m. Join Miss Joelle for a special outdoor storytime with stories, songs, and rhymes! Please bring your own blanket for your family to sit on.  Tie Dye Saturday, July 17, 11:00 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. Bring plain cotton tees, socks, or other clothing and twist some color into your life! This event will be held outdoors. Registration for a specific time slot is recommended--click link to register. Send Some Love Monday, July 19, 1:00 - 4:30 p.m. Join us at the library to write and draw on postcards to send to family members and friends in the mail! This event will be held outdoors.   Registration for a specific time slot is recommended--click link to register. CPL Board of Trustees Meeting Monday, July 19, 7:00 p.m. July meeting of CPL’s Board of Trustees. Members of the public are welcome to attend. Yoga Tuesday, July 20, 6:00 p.m. Join us for a 45-minute yoga session with instructor Rachel Toolan. Held outdoors. Bring your own mat. All skill levels welcome. Ages 12 & up.  Afternoon Book Club: The Second Mrs. Hockaday Wednesday, July 21, 1:00 p.m. Join us for an outdoor book discussion for adults! We’ll discuss The Second Mrs. Hockaday by Susan Rivers. Books available for checkout starting 4 weeks prior to the discussion date. Registration recommended. Email director@castletonpubliclibrary.org or call 518-732-0879 to register.  New York Raptors Wednesday, July 21, 6:00 p.m. Meet birds of prey! Live hawks, owls and falcons will come for a face-to-face exploration of what it takes to be a raptor. This event will be held outdoors; please bring a blanket for your family to sit on. Registration is recommended--click link to register. Teen Time: Bookend Painting Thursday, July 22, 4:00 p.m. Decorate bookends for your home book library! For teens going into 6th-12th grades in the fall. This event will be held outdoors. Registration is recommended--click link to register. Chalk the Walk Tuesday, July 27, 12:00-5:00 p.m. Make our sidewalk colorful using sidewalk chalk! All ages.  Yoga Tuesday, July 27, 6:00 p.m. Join us for a 45-minute yoga session with instructor Rachel Toolan. Held outdoors. Bring your own mat. All skill levels welcome. Ages 12 & up.  Galaxy Jars Thursday, July 29, 1:00-4:30 p.m. Create your own beautiful galaxy jar using cotton balls and paint! This event will be held outdoors. Registration for a specific time slot is recommended--click link to register. CPL at the Castleton-on-Hudson Farmers and Artisans Market Friday, July 30, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Come visit our table at the Farmers Market! Storytime on the Lawn Saturday, July 31, 11:00 a.m. Join Miss Joelle for a special outdoor storytime with stories, songs, and rhymes! Please bring your own blanket for your family to sit on.  Friends of CPL Bottle & Can Drive This fundraiser is ongoing! Location: 6 Center Redemption, 550 South St., Rensselaer, NY 12144 This fundraiser is super-simple -- when you take your returnable bottles & cans to 6 Center Redemption, let them know that you’d like to donate to the Friends of Castleton Public Library.  Please do not bring bottle & can donations to the library. Thanks for your support! Prerecorded Online Events Virtual Storytime with Miss Joelle New episode posted every Wednesday - July 7, 14, 21, 28. Join Miss Joelle for a story and rhymes/songs that you can participate in at home! A new storytime video is posted every Wednesday. All videos are available on-demand to fit your schedule. The complete Virtual Storytime playlist can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/CPL-storytime Digital Library Resources Check Out Our Digital Collections! The Upper Hudson Library System hosts a great collection of ebooks, digital audiobooks, digital magazines, and streaming video, resources for research, and more! Click here to visit our page about digital resources.  Research Your Family History! Through December 2021, you can use Ancestry Library Edition from the comfort of your home! All you need is your library card. Click here to get started.  Borrow a WiFi Hotspot Did you know that we loan WiFi hotspots? They can be borrowed for 14 days -- all you need is your library card! Hotspots are available on a first-come, first-served basis and can only be checked out and returned at CPL. Call 518-732-0879 or email director@castletonpubliclibrary.org for more information.  WiFi Inside and Outside of Our Building Our WiFi is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can access the public WiFi inside, on the front lawn, or alongside the building on Stimpson Avenue (the signal is strongest near the front of the building). Just look for the network called "Castleton Public Library." There's no password to connect!  Copyright © 2021 Castleton Public Library, All rights reserved.