Toddler Time

Date: 
Mon, 07/09/2018 - 10:00am to 10:30am
Age Group: 
Children

Toddler Time: Stories, songs, fingerplays and fun! For toddlers with a parent or guardian. Ages 18months-36months. Register beginning June 16 online or at the children's desk.

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Bird Watching Field Trip with Jim Van Gelder

Date: 
Sat, 09/15/2018 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Contact: 
Help Desk at 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult

Field trip to Orange County Audubon’s 6 1/2 Station Road Sanctuary in Goshen.  There is a pond and a wooded trail. There should be a good variety of migrating song and shore birds. An easy walk.  Meet by the Audubon signpost.  Directions available at the Help Desk.  Click here for a map of location:  6 1/2 Station Road Sanctuary

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Birding Beyond the Backyard with Jim Van Gelder

Date: 
Tue, 09/11/2018 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Contact: 
Help Desk at 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult
Teen

Do sparrows confuse you? Trouble telling Downy from Hairy? A program for those who enjoy watching birds and want to know more about them, covering basics, along with suggestions on equipment and good local birding spots. 

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Author Event: "West Like Lightning: The Brief Legendary Ride of the Pony Express" with author Jim DeFelice

Date: 
Sun, 09/16/2018 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Contact: 
Help Desk at 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult

In his newest popular history, West Like Lightning: The Brief Legendary Ride of the Pony Express, New York Times bestselling author Jim DeFelice, a local resident, recreates the sweeping drama of the American frontier's most audacious enterprise: the legendary Pony Express.  A meticulous researcher, DeFelice drove the entire, nearly two thousand mile stretch of the original Pony Express trail from Sacramento, California to St. Joseph, Missouri in 2016.

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Film Screening & Discussion: "Peggy Guggenheim, Art Addict"

Date: 
Fri, 10/12/2018 - 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Contact: 
Help Desk at 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult

Peggy Guggenheim was a patron of the arts extraordinaire who transformed a modest fortune and impeccable taste into one of the premiere collections of twentieth century art.  After the film screening, Laure Byro will lead a discussion about it and also read from her new volume of poetry, La Dogaressa, which was inspired by Guggenheim.

A book signing will follow with copies available for purchase.

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Nature Journal Workshop

Date: 
Sun, 07/15/2018 - 12:30pm to 2:30pm
Age Group: 
Adult
Teen

Keeping a nature journal is a wonderful way to deepen your experience of nature and sharpen your artistic skills.  Jim Van Gelder will cover materials and techniques and then put them to practice  on a variety of plant and animal subjects

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