OrangeReads "Unbroken" Wrap-Up - USO Canteen and Dance

Date: 
Sat, 11/22/2014 - 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult
Teen

Join us for a night of music by The Jazz Pioneers along with dancing, food and beverages - just like the USO Canteens held during World War II. Come dressed in your 1940s finery or in military uniform! There will be prizes, too!
This program will be held at the the Senior Center in Montgomery, NY. The address there is: 36 Bridge Street, Montgomery, New York 12549.
A limited number of tickets will be available. To reserve your spot, please call the Help Desk at 986-1046, ext. 3.

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Non-Fiction Book Club reads "The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge" by David McCullough

Date: 
Tue, 12/02/2014 - 9:00am to 10:00am
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult

The dramatic and enthralling story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge - the world’s longest suspension bridge at the time - a tale of greed, corruption, and obstruction but also of optimism, heroism, and determination, told by master historian David McCullough.

This monumental book is the enthralling story of one of the greatest events in our nation’s history, during the Age of Optimism—a period when Americans were convinced in their hearts that all things were possible.

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Non-Fiction Book Club reads "Tuxedo Park" by Jennet Conant

Date: 
Tue, 11/04/2014 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult

The untold story of an eccentric Wall Street tycoon and the circle of scientific geniuses he assembled before World War II to develop the science for radar and the atomic bomb. Together they changed the course of history.Legendary financier, philanthropist, and society figure Alfred Lee Loomis gathered the most visionary scientific minds of the twentieth century"Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, Niels Bohr, Enrico Fermi, and others"at his state-of-the-art laboratory in Tuxedo Park, New York, in the late 1930s.

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Non-Fiction Book Club - "The Billionaire's Vinegar"

Date: 
Tue, 10/07/2014 - 10:00am to 11:00am
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult

The Billionaire’s Vinegar, now a New York Times bestseller, tells the true story of a 1787 Château Lafite Bordeaux — supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson — that sold for $156,000 at auction and of the eccentrics whose lives intersected with it. Was it truly entombed in a Paris cellar for two hundred years? Or did it come from a secret Nazi bunker? Or from the moldy basement of a devilishly brilliant con artist?

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Teen Crafternoon: Clay Jewelry with Roberta Green - Part One

Date: 
Sat, 09/13/2014 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Teen

Local artist Roberta Green will show you the first steps in making your own jewelry from clay. Meets for 3 sessions. You must attend all 3 sessions to finish your piece. Open to grades 6 to 12.

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Teen Cupcake Wars

Date: 
Sat, 11/01/2014 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Teen

Show off your cupcake-making skills! Compete against others to create a great tasting, perfectly presented cupcake.

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