Rescheduled From May 20:

Wire Choir is a pops youth orchestra comprised of students from 5th grade to 12th grade.  They play a variety of music from Pachelbel’s Canon to Stairway to Heaven, Michael Jackson and more.  Weather permitting, this is an outdoor performance, so bring a lawn chair if you would like.

In the case of inclement weather, the performance will be moved inside, and the first 80 people registered will be seated.

Tuesday Night Book Club will meet to discuss A Personal History by Katharine Graham.

Tuesday Night Book Club will meet to discuss Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.

Tuesday Night Book Club will meet to discuss The Year of Living Dangerously by C.J. Koch.

May 1st book discussion: American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, and the Birth of Hollywood by Howard Blum

Food Matters examines how the food we eat can help or hurt our health. Nutritionists, naturopaths, doctors, and journalists weigh in on topics that include organic food, food safety, raw foodism, and nutritional therapy.  View the film and stay for the discussion afterwards led by Susanne Meyer-Fitzsimmons.  The documentary Food Matters adds to our understanding of health and healing, and shows what a crucial role food plays in this conversation.

The Hudson Valley Jazz Festival comes to the Library with the Eric Person Group.  Performing a program of blues, jazz, standards and originals, they are joined by vocalist  Gabrielle Tranchina.
Not to be missed!

Music From McFarland
AWPL Foundation Summer Concert Series made possible with a generous gift from Glenn P. & Susan D. Dickes to the AWPL Foundation.  All performances are outdoors on the River Birch Performance Patio.  Please bring a lawn chair or blanket.

The Promise (2017) Starring Oscar Isaac and Christian Bale.  A sweeping epic set in the last days of the Ottoman Empire. The Promise is an inspirational story of love, survival, and resilience. Rated PG-13; 133 min.  Special discussion on the Armenian Genocide led by Linda Dubin.

(2017) Starring Jacob Tremblay, Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson.  Based on the New York Times bestseller, WONDER tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters 5th grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.  Rated PG; 1 hour; 53 min.

(2017)  Starring Judy Dench and Ali Fazal.   Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.  Rated PG-13; 1 hour, 47 min. Discussion and refreshments to follow.