Adult

The ancient Chinese arts of Qigong and Taijiquan, known more simply as Tai Chi, are practiced world-wide to promote good health and wellness.  Through gentle, flowing movements balance and posture are improved, energy enhanced, and stress-levels reduced,  resulting a calmer mental state. Participants will learn standing meditation, simple qigong exercises, and a few of the basic taijiquan postures.

Join the Science Book Group for their October read: The Power of Moments:Why Certain Experiences have Extraordinary Impact by Chip Heath and Dan Heath.

Join us for our new book group for people in their 20s and 30s!

Our October read is: The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn. After our meeting, we'll be joining the library's viewing party of the author talk with Kate Quinn! Register for the viewing party separately from our online calendar. Can't make the viewing party? You can still watch the author talk virtually by clicking the yellow "Author Talks" button on the top of the library's website.

Stop the Bleed is a national campaign that encourages bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empower to help  in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives. 

Our Souls at Night (2017) Screen legends Robert Redford and Jane Fonda star in this touching drama set in a fictional Colorado town and based on Kent Haruf’s 2015 novel. Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbor.

AWPL Classic Monday – Christmas in Connecticut (1945) Stars Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and Sydney Greenstreet. A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.  Not Rated: 1 hour, 41 minutes.

The White Countess (2005) Merchant-Ivory’s final collaboration - stars Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson and Vanessa Redgrave. Shanghai. 1936. Crossroads of the world.

Join Prof. Christina Lane from the Cold Case Analysis Center (CCAC) at the College of Saint Rose where she is the primary instructor for criminal behavior and criminology classes. The CCAC provides training and experience to students interested in analyzing unsolved cases. After the talk, pick up your cold case file. Return on Thursday, February 9th at 6pm to discuss the case with fellow "sleuths" and close out the case. 

Hampstead (2018) Stars Diane Keaton, Lesley Manville and Brendan Gleeson. An American widow finds unexpected love with a man living wild on Hampstead Heath when they take on the developers who want to destroy his home.