Calendar

Monday, March 27
2-4 pm

Registration is required. You can register below or by contacting Donald, our Adult Program Coordinator, at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.

Movie: The Fabelmans
Stars: Michelle Williams
Drama
Rated: PG-13
Runtime: 2h 31m

Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth. –from IMDb

NOTE: This afternoon movie presentation is for an adult audience.

The Pawling Library is proud to be partnering with Pawling Recreation.

2 Lakeside Dr, Pawling NY 12564
845-855-1131
Email: recreation@pawling.org
http://pawlingrec.com

Members of the Pawling Library’s VounTeens group will be available to help senior citizens with computer-related questions and problems at this weekly drop-in session. Please bring your device and/or library card and a volunteer will work one-on-one with you. Appointments are not necessary.The help sessions will take place in the Teen Space.

Please contact Maureen Meltzer-McGrath, YA Program Coordinator with any questions.

Tuesday afternoons
1-2 pm

Instructor: Maria Polhemus

Registration is required. You can register below or by contacting Donald, our Adult Program Coordinator, at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.

Hatha Yoga is one of the most popular relaxing forms of exercise.

Spend an hour with us and enjoy a new found path to tranquility.

Each session ends with a guided meditation.

Program fee: $5.00, per class.

You can make a non-refundable payment using our library’s PayPal account, by check or money order.

Please make checks / money orders payable to Pawling Library, and mail to Pawling Library, 11 Broad St, Pawling, NY 12564.

Make sure enclosed with your payment is your name, and indicate that payment is for Hatha Yoga classes.

Thank you.

Tuesday, March 28
4-5 pm

Registration is required. You can register below or by contacting Donald, our Adult Program Coordinator, at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.

The book club will be discussing The Leavers by Lisa Ko.

This afternoon book club is all about connecting with others just like you who have a passion for reading.

Connect with friends and make new friends. We look forward to seeing you for an hour of friendly conversations.

Book selections are agreed upon by our members.

Please join us.

POSTPONED: The Pawling Library is excited to be partnering with the Beekman and Patterson Libraries to offer a Battle of the Books team for high school students currently in grades 8 through 12.

This meeting is to meet the team members and coaches and to learn the details about the program including meeting schedule, the book titles and to answer any questions you may have.

Pawling residents can register here. This meeting will be held at the Beekman Library.

Wednesdays
1-2 pm

Registration is required. You can register below or by contacting Donald, our Adult Program Coordinator, at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.

NOTE: This in-person program will take place each Wednesday from 1-2 pm at Pawling Recreation.

Coloring is more than being creative, it’s a very relaxing activity that has been proven to reduce stress and anxiety.

Each week we’ll be coloring a new mandala design, while also enjoying a good round of conversation.

You don’t have to have a degree in art to participate…just some paper and color pencils.

Please join us. Relax and connect with like-minded people, and add a burst of color to your day!

All supplies will be provided.

The Pawling Library is proud to be partnering with Pawling Recreation.

Pawling Recreation
2 Lakeside Dr, Pawling NY 12564
845-855-1131
Email: recreation@pawling.org
http://pawlingrec.com

Wednesdays
2:15-3:15 pm

Instructor: Tina Orgera

Registration is required. Register below or contact Donald, our Adult Program Coordinator, at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.

Do you enjoy line dancing or want to learn?

It doesn’t matter whether you’re new to this or experienced.

Spend an hour dancing while listening to a variety of tunes.

Line dancing is not just entertainment, it’s also a good form of exercise.

Please join us.

Be good to yourself and have some fun.

Joy is healthy, too!

The Pawling Library is proud to be partnering with Pawling Recreation for this program.

2 Lakeside Dr, Pawling NY 12564
845-855-1131
Email: recreation@pawling.org
http://pawlingrec.com

Thursday, March 30
7-8 pm

Registration is required. You can register below or by contacting Donald, our Adult Program Coordinator, at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.

Author Midge Guerrera will be reading from their new book, Cars, Castles, Cows, and Chaos.  Besides sharing selected shorts from the entertaining work, the Guerrera will reveal what life is like for a “Jersey Girl” in a small Southern Italian village.

Cars, Castles, Cows, and Chaos, published by Read Furiously, is a memoir-meets-tour-guide of errors and triumphs. The collection of short stories takes readers on a trip along the gorgeous (and complicated) roads of Italy, Told in Midge Guerrera’s signature candor and humor, readers will cheer as she uncovers her next adventure with unexpected and delightful results.

Guerrera, with her ever patient husband, Jack Huber, spends half the year on a farm in Italy and the other half in a high rise in Ewing, New Jersey.

According to Guerrera, “We decided it was time to take our third acts on the road. So, we sold our home in New Jersey, downsized and headed to Italy. There was no better place to reinvent myself then in the village that my aunt, uncles and grandparents immigrated from.”

And reinvent herself, she did. Guerrera had a career not only in the arts as a producer, director, actor and playwright but also in arts management and program building. She was instrumental in the creation of Performing Arts Programs in NJ’s Vocational Schools (garnering a Governor’s Award for Arts in Education), developed the New Jersey Center for the Performing Arts, an arts agency for Somerset County before there was a county agency, was the Director of the New Jersey School of the Arts, designed the arts administration major/minor for Westminster Choir College of Rider University and with her husband ran a successful management consulting business.

“When we got to Italy, said Guerrera, I was ok with La Dolce Vita for about a nanosecond. I needed a project. I started blogging and writing. My blog, www.nonnasmulberrytree.com, features the food, fun and foibles of being a part-time expat in Pontelandolfo, a tiny mountain town where everyone knows my name. My book Cars, Castles, Cows and Chaos, grew out of the blog.”

The road to change is paved with many adventures. As a New Jersey native, Midge Guerrera knows she can handle whatever is thrown her way. But the book, Cars, Castles, Cows and Chaos, set against the idyllic Italian countryside, has one giggling over never expected car trouble, terrifyingly winding roads, vespa gangs, and crowds of loud soccer fans.

According to Los Angeles Critic Tracey Paleo – blogging as Gia on the Move –“CARS, CASTLES, COWS AND CHAOS is a quick and delightful journey that warms the heart and tickles the funny bones and as Guerrera ultimately discovers on her own, “chasing windmills” is guaranteed to give you a delicious taste of the joy of life.”

Guerrera’s work has been published by Next Stage Press, YouthPlays, Applause Theatre and Cinema Books, New Jersey Performing Arts Center Learning Guides, Anchorage Press, and the American Alliance for Theatre in Education.

This program includes a craft, creating t-shirts with pollinator stamps. Please bring a plain, light colored t-shirt to use for the event. Led by naturalist and educator, Jerry Schneider of Morpho Productions.

Friday, March 31, 4:30 PM – Library Annex / Courtyard (Weather permitting)

Grades 1- 8, caregivers welcome but not required. (Ages 6-14)

Learn about our local pollinators, featuring bees, bats, hummingbirds, beetles, dragonflies, and butterflies. These important critters help pollinate our orchards, back yard gardens, and our rain forests. How do we build and habitat to help our pollinators? What time of year should we mow our fields that is most beneficial to pollinators? What about all those dandelions that first appear in the Spring? Learn about it, and more with this fun, educational program!

At the end of the program, kids will create a one-of-a-kind t-shirt design using spray bottle dye and pollinator shaped stamps.

Registration required. Register here.

IMPORTANT : Participants will need to bring a light colored t-shirt in their size to the program to use. Alternatively, families can purchase a t-shirt on-site for $5.00. If your family is interested in participating and would benefit from financial assistance for a shirt for the children in your family, please contact Neena McBaer, Children’s Program Coordinator, at children@pawlinglibrary.org