I just wanted to say congratulations and thanks on the budget vote. I don't know what I'd do without the library! I can't wait until the new building is open!
Emanuel Albert
Rotary Board Reveal What They're Made of
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By Bob Minzesheimer
Minzesheimer is vice president of the library's board of trustees.
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What the Library staff is reading
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LOCAL LITERARY NEWS:
"CRASH OUT" AT KGB BAR:
David Goewey author of Crash Out: The True Tale of a Hell's Kitchen Kid & the Bloodiest Escape in Sing Sing History will read from his book as part of Prison, Diamonds, & Catfights: An Evening of Nonfiction readings at: KGB Bar. (85 East 4th St, between 2nd & 3rd Avenue in Manhattan), Tuesday, May 30th, at 7PM. The event is free. Goewey, an Ossining native and the son and grandson of guards at Sing Sing, drew a standing-room-only crowd when he discussed his book at the library in February. Also reading at KGB on May 30: Tom Zoellner, author of The Heartless Stone: A Journey Through the World of Diamonds, Deceit and Desire and Susan Shapiro Barash, author of Tripping the Prom Queen: The Truth About Rivalry and Women.
BLOCK PARTY: The Hudson Valley Writers Center is hosting a free block party to celebrate its 10th anniversary in the old Philipse Manor railroad station. Sunday, June 11, 1-4 pm, with New York State Poet (and former U.S. Poet Laureate) Billy Collins and writer Ben Cheever. Music, crafts, food and activities for kids. 332-5953; www.writerscenter.org
PICTURES FROM THE PAST: Poet Suzanne Cleary, a professor of English at SUNY Rockland, will read and discuss her poetry in a program titled "Pictures from the Past" at Atria-on-Hudson, formerly Cambridge House, 321 N. Highland Avenue, Friday, June 16 at 2 p.m. sponsored by the Ossining Library Associates.
LOCAL POETS: Toadlily Press, an independent poetry press located in Chappaqua, publishes small but substantial collections of poetry. First in its Quartet Series chapbooks is Desire Path, which features the chapbooks of Myrna Goodman (of Chappaqua) Maxine Silverman (Nyack), Meredith Trede (Sleepy Hollow), and Jennifer Wallace (who teaches at Sarah Lawrence). For a sample, go to
www.toadlilypress.com and click on Poetry Sampler.
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