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THE BLAST
THE LATEST NEWS AND INFORMATION FROM
WALLKILL PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Friends of Wallkill Public Library Meeting | |
Wednesday 10/23 at 6 pm in the Library Reading Room
The first meeting of the re-energized Friends of Wallkill Public Library will be on Wednesday, October 23 at 6 pm. We're grateful to our Friends, new and returning, for agreeing to assist the library in our mission to serve the community! If you're interested in becoming a Friend of the Wallkill Public Library, please come to the meeting. We're still looking for a few more good friends!
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Mondays, 12:30-3:00 PM
October 28 - November 18
Come join Eileen Masterson, our resident Mahjongg guru in some special mahjongg lessons at the library! Eileen will spend the sessions teaching new and returning players how to play the game. New players are then welcome to join Wallkill Public Library's vibrant community of mahjongg players every Wednesday and Thursday during our regularly scheduled sessions. You can register for the lessons here on the library calendar or click the button below: https://wallkill.librarycalendar.com/event/mahjongg-lessons-5035
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New Boiler for the Library | |
Monday, 10/21 & Tuesday, 10/22
The library will be getting a new boiler just before the winter months. The installation of our boiler will be this Monday 10/21 and may carry over until Tuesday 10/22. During the removal of the old boiler and installation of the new one, the library Children's Area on the lower level will be closed for the safety and convenience of our patrons and the technicians performing the work. Once the work is fully done, the Children's Room will re-open. Tuesday's children's programming will be in the Reading Room on the first floor. People who want children's materials during this work may request them at the first-floor circulation desk, and staff will grab those items for you.
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Wings Over Wallkill: Birdwatching Walk | |
Sign up for our last walk of the season!
Come join Dan Perkins for a 1-hour birdwatching walk geared for both beginner and experienced birdwatchers.
On 10/26 we'll be having another birdwatching walk along the Rail Trail at 8 AM. We will be starting on the lawn of the Wallkill Public Library and heading up the Rail Trail just across the street. Register for that here: https://wallkill.librarycalendar.com/event/wings-over-wallkill-birdwatching-walk-4273
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Registration is required.
Click on the button below to register on our online calendar | |
Tiny Skeleton Fashion Show continues | |
On display through November 2
If you haven't seen our Tiny Skeleton Fashion Show, be sure to visit before the show ends on November 2. Vote for your favorites in a number of categories. Below is a sampling of just a few of the ghoulishly creative submissions...
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Last call for Ulster County Food Fight donations | |
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Saturday, October 19 is the last date for donations
If you were planning to donate but haven't gotten areound to it yet.... time is running out.
Saturday, October 19 is the last day to donate non-perishable unopened, unexpired, non-perishable food and personal hygiene items for the 5th Annual Ulster County Food Fight! Your generosity will go a long way in supporting our local food pantry who helps local families experiencing food insecurity. Together we can make a difference! Every donation counts! All items will be donated to the Wallkill Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry located right here in the Hamlet. Thank you for your support and all the items donated so far!!
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When it's not, call Election Protection
Call 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) with any voting questions or issues today. Trained, non-partisan Election Protection volunteers are on standby ready to help you vote.
#ProtectOurVote #ElectionProtection
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COVID and Flu season, that is...
Order Your 4 Free At-home COVID-19 Tests
Every U.S. household is eligible to order 4 free at-home tests. Your order of COVID tests is completely free – including shipping by the postal service. Tests start shipping tests the week of September 30. Want to know when your tests are coming? Sign up to receive email alerts when you order! Click to order your free COVID tests online or use the button below.
Need help placing an order for your at-home tests?
Call 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489).
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Book BINGO for Fall
Dive into the Autumn 2024 Adult Book Bingo challenge at the Wallkill Public Library which runs through December 1 for a chance to win a $50 Hannaford grocery card!
Check off your bingo squares by reading diverse genres, and you'll be entered into our exciting drawing. Completing bingos and filling your card earn extra tickets! Embrace the fall reading season and you could be our lucky winner!
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Hawk Watch 2024 continues | |
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Now through October 31 during regular operating hours
The Wallkill Public Library is sponsoring a local Hawkwatch. Come celebrate the migration of our fine feathered friends as they make their journey south to their winter hunting grounds. Participants will be asked to record their hawk, eagle, and other raptor sightings in the Wallkill Public Library Hawkwatch Ledger. Your recorded raptor sightings will be submitted via eBird to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Materials will be available in the library to assist watchers with identification, and if you want to learn more about eBird and how to get involved please swing by and speak with the library director, Dan Perkins. No registration required.
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October is National Cookie Month!
Join us for a simple cookie swap in preparation for Halloween and the holiday season on October 23 from 6-7:30 p.m.
Bring a baked batch of your favorite cookie (about 24), the recipe, and a container to bring cookies home in.
We will enjoy them with light refreshments, exchange recipes, and make a little something to finish off our evening. All ages welcome! Registration required. Click to register on our online calendar or use the "Register" button.
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Halloween Felting: EYES IN A JAR
Wednesday, October 30, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
This month's felting program is not for the faint of heart...
Like nails on a chalkboard, you'll squirm with dreaded delight while you needle orbs into colored eerie eyeballs! The final resting place for your creepy creation will be as jarred pickled peepers or stringed strained eyes. Registration required. Ages 10+. Click to register on our online calendar or use the button below.
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Tutor.com -- your free, online tutoring resource, plus! | |
Connect. Learn. Go!
Did you know? Tutor.com can help you get your homework done, write your paper, or study for your test so that you can get back to your life. If you’re getting frustrated, Tutor.com can help you get unstuck. Create a FREE account or log in through Wallkill Public Library's website to get the help you need, online and on-demand.
“Now it doesn’t take me 3 hours to finish my chemistry homework. I love Tutor.com!”
—10th Grade Student
Students and parents can get help with any kind of academic question in math, science, English, social studies and writing. Expert tutors work with students in kindergarten through 12th grade and can even help with AP-level and intro-level college coursework.
Connecting with a tutor is easy. You just need your library card and any Internet-connected device. Head to Tutor.com. Connect. Learn. Go!
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Tuesday, October 22, 1-6 PM
Help People Affected by Hurricanes Milton and Helene
The American Red Cross is on the ground across several states helping people impacted by Hurricanes Milton and Helene. Please donate today to help us meet people’s immediate needs and aid recovery in the days and weeks ahead. Give blood. Help save lives.
The next community Red Cross Blood Drive is at the Wallkill Reformed Church Fellowship Hall, located at 45 Church Street, Wallkil NY 12589. To schedule your appointment, please visit RedCrossBlood.org or call 800-RedCross. Use keyword: Wallkillrefchurch.
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Click the titles to link to our online catalog to read descriptions, reviews, and place holds. | |
Adult Fiction Book Club's November selection | |
Brimming with her signature wit, insight, compassion, and talent for deep research, The Library Book is Susan Orlean’s thrilling journey through the stacks that reveals how these beloved institutions provide much more than just books—and why they remain an essential part of the heart, mind, and soul of our country. It is also a master journalist’s reminder that, perhaps especially in the digital era, they are more necessary than ever. | |
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On Tuesday, November 19 at3:00 p.m., the adult fiction book club will meet in our reading room to discuss The Library Book by Susan Orlean.
On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual fire alarm. As one fireman recounted, “Once that first stack got going, it was ‘Goodbye, Charlie.’” The fire was disastrous: it reached 2000 degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library—and if so, who?
Weaving her lifelong love of books and reading into an investigation of the fire, award-winning New Yorker reporter and New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean delivers a mesmerizing and uniquely compelling book that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a way that has never been done before. -- Goodreads
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Saturday Morning Book Club's October pick | |
A thrilling tale of love, loyalty, and espionage, based on the incredible true story of Elizabeth Bentley, a Cold War double agent spying for the Russians and the United States, from USA Today bestselling author Stephanie Marie Thornton. | |
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The Saturday Morning Book Club will have their next meeting on Saturday, October 26 at 10:30 a.m. They'll be discussing A Most Clever Girl by Stephanie Marie Thornton.
1963: Reeling from the death of her mother and President Kennedy's assassination, Catherine Gray shows up on Elizabeth Bentley's doorstep demanding answers to the shocking mystery just uncovered about her family. What she doesn't expect is for Bentley to ensnare her in her own story of becoming a controversial World War II spy and Cold War informer...
Recruited by the American Communist Party to spy on fascists at the outbreak of World War II, a young Bentley--code name Clever Girl--finds she has an unexpected gift for espionage. But after falling desperately in love with her handler, Jacob Golos, Elizabeth makes another unexpected discovery when she learns her lover is actually a Russian spy. Together, they will build the largest Soviet spy network in America and Elizabeth will become its uncrowned Red Spy Queen. However, once the war ends and the U.S. and U.S.S.R. become embroiled in the Cold War, it is Elizabeth who will dangerously clash with the NKVD, the brutal Soviet espionage agency.
As Catherine listens to Elizabeth's harrowing tale, she empathizes with her, that is, until she uncovers startling revelations that link the two women's lives in shocking ways. Faced with the idea that her entire existence is based on a lie, Catherine realizes there can be many sides to the truth. And only Elizabeth Bentley can tell her what that truth really is. -- Goodreads
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Click the titles to link to our online catalog to read descriptions, reviews, and place holds. | |
New adult audiobooks on CD | | |
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Board Game Afternoons
Mondays, 3:00-5:00 PM
in the Reading Room
Starting in September! We'll meet in the Reading Room on Mondays from 3-5:00 pm to play classic and contemporary board games like Risk, Mysterium, Sherriff of Nottingham, and Scrabble. For teens and adults.
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Textile Tuesdays
The Wallkill Quilter's Circle is sponsored by the Wallkill Public Library. The Circle meets for Textile Tuesdays in the Community Room at the Shawangunk Town Hall on Tuesdays from 10 am to 2 pm.
Bring your present project and your lunch and join us! No registration necessary.
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Mahjong meet-ups
Every Wednesday at 1 pm and Thursday at 6 pm the library hosts our Mahjong Clubs in the Reading Room. If you’re a player or just interested in learning, join us! We supply the games and (a limited number of) mahjong cards. Just drop in, no registration required.
Forgot your card? Check one out at the circulation desk to use during the game!
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Adult crafting
Grab a project and come enjoy the craft of your choice, whether it's knitting, crocheting, diamond painting, coloring, embroidery, or cross stitch!
Adult Crafting meets on Thursday afternoons between 2-5:00 pm in our Reading Room. No registration is required.
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Thursdays from 2 - 4 pm
Having trouble figuring out your new phone? Need some pointers on how to send that photo to your relatives? Until further notice, the Wallkill Public Library will be conducting weekly Tech Support sessions every Thursday from 2 to 4 PM. Swing by the library Reading Room if you need a hand, and we'll do our best to get you the answers you need and give you the know how to do it yourself.
No registration required! Walk-ins welcome.
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Recycling made easy
Wondering what's the best way to get rid of those used batteries rolling around in your junk drawer?
The Library accepts used batteries and cell phones to be recycled! You will find the WeRecycle Battery Box located on our window seat. Please use a plastic baggie (found on the side of the box) to place your batteries or cell phones in before placing them in the battery recycle box. Quick, easy, convenient, and environmentally friendly!
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Questions about the election and your eligibility to vote? Look here for answers...
U.S. Vote Foundation offers a comprehensive set of voter services for all voter types, domestic, overseas and military voters. Our state-by-state election data directories make voting information simple and easy to find.
Life can be complicated. Voting doesn't have to be.
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Pop-Up Workshop this Monday... patched pumpkins!
We used wood and leftover hardware to make Halloween decorations with personality!
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Here's just a small sample of the great rubber stamps the homeschool group made. Way to go girls! | |
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Check out these printed t-shirts from the home school art club.
Kyle states: "This is so much fun, I can't stop!" | |
We are enjoying the crisp air and lovely fall foliage outdoors... but don't forget to visit the library indoors, where so many great things are happening this autumn... | |
Craft Pumpkin Paint & Juice Box Sip! | |
Zoe the Therapy Dog
We are so excited to see Zoe again, after the summer break! She will visit with us during Storytime on Tuesday, October 22 at 10:30 AM. Zoe loves to join in on the fun - she also enjoys being read to and will take some gentle pets along the way… she might even surprise us with some tricks!
Please note that we will meet in the Reading Room upstairs for this program. Please register each child separately on our online calendar at the following link: https://wallkill.librarycalendar.com/event/family-storytime-3906
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Handprint Fire Safety Sign | |
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Graphic Novels are taking over a corner of the Children's Room! You will notice that they now start to the left of their original starting point, on the bottom two shelves of the "Who is? Who Was? Biographies" bookcase (see photo and signage). Eventually, Graphic Novels will creep up the shelves of this bookcase and other books will be re-homed in their appropriate sections. More to come! | |
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Children's Books for Sale! | | |
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We are in cleaning mode in the Children's Room, which means we have been stocking our red "for sale" cart (by the stairs) with great books and DVDs... at great prices! Be sure to check back regularly for new additions. Bring a bag and fill it with new-to-you items for $3.00! | |
Thanks to everyone who went on a bear hunt in the Children’s Room in September and entered our raffle. The randomly chosen winner of a copy of the book, All Things Bears for Kids, is Luke G. - congrats Luke! | |
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Eye Spy…
I spy some spooky eyes in the Children’s Room! Guess how many are in the jar for a chance to win a Halloween classic! One guess per child under 12 during the month of October please.
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October is Health Literacy/National Cookbook month!
Check out our special book display in celebration... and for inspiration!
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Ongoing children's programming
Children's Room programming is back to our regular schedule in the Children’s area on our lower level.
- Storytime is on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 AM,
- Crafting Caboodles is on Tuesdays at 11:00 AM, and
- STEM is on Wednesdays at 11:00 AM.
- We also have take-and-make sign-ups again!
Please click on the button below to link to our online calendar to register for these programs.
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New BOO-ks for October are here! | |
As we await our October haul, here are a few great titles that snuck in! | | |
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I Am We:
A Book of Community
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The Most Boring Book Ever | |
Ms. Rachel and the Special Surprise | |
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Zoey and Sassafras #10:
Gnomes and Sneezes
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The Millicent Quibb
School of Etiquette
for Young Ladies of Mad Science | |
Percy Jackson and the Olympians #7
Wrath of the Triple Goddess | |
The Swifts #2
A Gallery of Rogues | |
Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphix #9:
Karen's Grandmothers | |
Your Vote Matters: How We Elect the US President | |
Library services at a glance | |
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Our doors are open for library services including browsing for library materials, making copies, sending faxes, and using the public access computers.
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Our bookdrop is open for contact-free and after-hours returns of library materials. Be sure to secure DVD and BCD cases with rubber bands.
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Curbside delivery of pre-ordered items is available by request. Call the circulation desk at 845-895-3707 to make a pick-up appointment.
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Fine-free returns on everything, except museum/park passes.
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Inter-library loans are available between all RCLS libraries.
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Grab & GO projects with materials necessary for crafts available for pickup at the library.
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In-person programming for all ages!
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Museum passes are available to Wallkill Public Library patrons for Empire Pass, Mohonk Preserve, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum, Museum Village, and Storm King Art Center. Plus, more print-at-home museum passes available through the Ulster County InfoPortal on the library’s website.
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We are not accepting any donations of books or DVDs at this time.
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