Fort Plain Free Library

Craig Brown’s colorful book about animals in the spring is the featured story of this week’s virtual toddler/preschool story time at the Fort Plain Free Library. In addition to making animal sounds, we will count animal babies in this final story time video. Normal story time programming will resume on Tuesday, May 4th. Because seating is limited, anyone interested in participating must register in advance. For information or to enroll, please call the library at 518-993-464...6. Illustrated by the author, In the Spring was published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. It was used with permission. We would like to thank all who read stories or contributed to our virtual story time program, including Harry Hoag Principal Lauren Haus Crisman and our student readers. We would also like to thank the publishers who granted us permission to read their stories in our video format during this unprecedented and trying year.

Have you ever tried to meditate? What was your experience like? What did you expect from it? Did it meet your expectations? Each Tuesday at 6 p.m. the library hosts a virtual meditation workshop that's free and open to all especially beginners! Call us at 518-993-4646, email [email protected], or message us on Facebook for the invitation!

NEW NIGHT AND WEEKEND HOURS! Our regular hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Our extended hours are Thursdays from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. & Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon! Reference: "Medal Ceremony Long," music by iMovie

Are you a creator? What are your favorite modes of expression? If knitting, crocheting, embroidery, felting, beading, quilting or other traditional handcrafts interest you, you might enjoy the Creative Textile Fibers Group! Each Thursday at 12:30, participants gather in a virtual forum to share patterns and ideas, chat, and share their independent projects with each other. If you'd like to join in, please call 518-993-4646, email [email protected] or message us ...on Facebook for the invitation! If you would like to rekindle those interests, please join us each Thursday at 12:30 p.m. for the Creative Textile Fibers Group. Call us at 518-993-4646 for more information!

Music changes the world. Music that both inspires and reflects social change will be showcased in a virtual performance tonight by internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Reggie Harris. Join us online tonight (Wednesday, April 21) at 6:30 for this special live-only event! At the performer's request, it will not be recorded, so this is the only opportunity to participate! Click here to sign up: https://bit.ly/ReggieHarrisApril21 And here's a great video of Reggie singing... "Let's Meet Up Early!" https://youtu.be/Gnt92zLkR6Y The event is hosted by seven libraries within the Mohawk Valley Library System (MVLS): Amsterdam Free Library, The Community Library (Cobleskill), Gloversville Public Library, Middleburgh Library, Schenectady County Public Library, Schoharie Free Library, and Sharon Springs Free Library. Link for Facebook Live event: Reggie Harris event livestream Link for Facebook regular event (includes signup link): Reggie Harris April 21 event Link to sign up for Zoom interactive event: https://bit.ly/ReggieHarrisApril21

Want to learn how to meditate? Join us on Zoom at 6 p.m. each Tuesday! Call 518-993-4646, message us, or e-mail [email protected] for the invitation! It's free and all are welcome.

While supplies last, a distribution of foodstuffs, fresh fruits and vegetables, and other items will take place at Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church on Friday, Dec. 18, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Those wishing to take part in the free distribution should arrive no earlier than that time as it causes crowding and traffic congestion. Please use the parking lot entrance near Beck Street. Adhering to these instructions allows the food to be distributed in a quick and timely fashion. ...Drivers should remain in their vehicles, walkers must practice social distancing, and all participants must wear masks. The distribution is possible because of the Catholic Charities Mobile Outreach Vehicle Extension (CCMOVE) in partnership with Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany, the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York, Centro Civico, and St. Mary’s Healthcare of Amsterdam. To support CCMOVE, email ccrcda.org/give. Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church is located at 119 Reid St. in Fort Plain.

* The Fort Plain * * Free Library will * * be closed today * * because of * * the snow. *... * * The virtual meeting * of the Creative * * Textile Fibers Group * * on Zoom * * will still take place at 12:30 * * as planned, however. *

The library will be closed today for the holiday. Happy New Year!

Join the Creative Textile Fibers Group on Zoom each Thursday at 12:30 for camaraderie and the sharing of ideas, patterns, and tips for your knitting, crocheting, needlepoint, quilting, beading or other hand-crafted projects! It's free and open to all! Please call the library at 518-993-4646, email [email protected], or message us on Facebook for the invitation!

Learn to meditate during the Fort Plain Free Library's virtual meditation workshop on Zoom tonight (Tuesday) at 6 p.m. It's free and open to all. Call us at 518-993-4646, email us at [email protected] or message us on Facebook for the invitation.

The library will be closed today and Friday for the holiday. Happy New Year!

Are you interested in our area's local history? If so, please join us on Zoom at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon for the Local History Round Table discussion group! Participants share memories, family histories, vintage photo albums, post cards, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and more during the Fort Plain Free Library's monthly forum. Free and open to all, the gathering is facilitated by Minden Historian Rob Carter and Fort Plain Historian Eileen Chambers. Call 518-993-4646 or privately message the library here on Facebook for the invitation.

Because of the holiday, there will be no gathering of the Creative Textile Fibers Group today. Please join us on Zoom next Thursday at 12:30 p.m. Call the library at 518-993-4646 or message us on Facebook for the invitation.

An unusual flock of sheep are the stars of this entertaining picture book by author Mem Fox and illustrator Judy Horacek. We find sheep of rainbow-hued colors as well as brave sheep, near sheep, far sheep, circus sheep, sun sheep, moon sheep, rain sheep, and others, but Where Is the Green Sheep? Help us locate the wooly camouflaged critter in this board book published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It was used with the permission of the publisher. Also featured in this week’s virtual story time program is a matching game featuring animal toys we can handle and move around. We also have a favorite action rhyme, Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes." Please join us!

The Fort Plain Free Library will be closed on Thursday and Friday this week for the holiday. There will be no gathering of the Creative Textile Fibers Group on Zoom. We are wishing all a safe and healthy new year!

There will be no gathering of the Creative Textile Fibers Group today because of the holiday. Please join us on Zoom next Thursday at 12:30 p.m.

Join us on Zoom at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon for the Local History Round Table discussion group! Participants share memories, family histories, vintage photo albums, post cards, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and more during the Fort Plain Free Library's monthly forum. Free and open to all, the gathering is facilitated by Minden Historian Rob Carter and Fort Plain Historian Eileen Chambers. Call 518-993-4646, e-mail [email protected] or privately message the library here on Facebook for the invitation.

Love local history? Join a group of like-minded individuals as they virtually share postcards, photos, artifacts, memories, and more during the Fort Plain Free Library's Local History Round Table this Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. on Zoom. Call 518-993-4646 or message the library on Facebook for the invitation. It's free and all are welcome!

A portal to another dimension? Workers mid-day today sawed an opening through the wall between the children's room and the future community room/adult nonfiction room at the Fort Plain Free Library! Framework and a door are to follow! In the meantime, check out the pictures, which appear in chronological order.

Do you like knitting, crocheting, felting, beading, quilting or needlepoint? Please join the Creative Textile Fibers Group on Zoom each Thursday at 12:30 for camaraderie and the sharing of ideas, patterns, and tips! It's free and open to all! Please call the library at 518-993-4646, email [email protected], or message us on Facebook for the invitation!

The chick and the duckling both hatch from eggs. They both have yellow feathers. They both have wings, and they are alike in many other ways. They also have differences, as the chick quickly learns in this amusing picture book written by Mirra Ginsburg, illustrated by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey, and published by Macmillan Publishing Company. The book is used with the permission of the publisher. Also featured in this week’s story time program is a counting game (Count Your Chickens!), a favorite chicken action rhyme, and a chicken strut. Please join us!