(2018) Starring Jessica Chastain and Sam Rockwell.  Catherine Weldon, a portrait painter from 1890s Brooklyn, travels to Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull and becomes embroiled in the Lakota peoples' struggle over the rights to their land. Rated R; 1 hour 41 minutes.

This is the first in a series of monthly meetings to discuss Afro-American literature, led by Ralph William Boone*. The first book to be discussed will be Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Copies of the book are available at the Library for checkout.

Praise for Between the World and Me...

Almost everyone has heard of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, yet few have actually read it.  Ralph William Boone, adjunct lecturer in English and Russian Literature at City University of New York, will examine how the images of African Americans established in Uncle Tom's Cabin remain with us today. 

Lego Sunday- Bring a friend and build! Ages 4-10

As signs of climate change become increasingly intense, there is an urgent need to change the way we heat our homes.  Michael Helme, Bill Makofske and members of Sustainable Warwick, along with Energize New York and local contractors, will explain the benefits of home heating and cooling with heat pumps -- both air-source and geothermal.  Recent technological developments make it increasingly cost-effective to run heat pumps off solar- or wind-powered electricity.  If you are considering building a new hom

He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.  (Caesar, Act I, Sc. 2)

A charismatic war hero on the brink of kingship, Caesar is celebrated by the people of Rome – but mistrusted by some of his closest friends, who fear his popularity will throw the country into chaos. Plots are hatched and factions emerge, and in the end, 23 daggers and the fall of a few guilty players lead The People to violent justice.

Julie Griffin of the Friends of Griffin's Tavern and the Friends of Fishkill Depot will talk about these significant archaeological sites, their importance to the mid-Hudson during the Revolution, and the continuing efforts to protect them from destruction.  Griffin's Tavern in East Fishkill was the rendezvous for patriots such as Washington, LaFayette and Von Steuben, near the main supply depot for the Continental Army.

All abilities welcome!  Join Linda Mensch in this guided workshop and make some homemade gifts for the holidays. Open to tweens and teens with autism spectrum disorder or with other developmental disabilities.