May 2026 - Issue 274

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PALISADES FREE LIBRARY 19 Closter Road, Palisades, NY 10964

845-359-0136 www.palisadeslibrary.org

 

Board of Trustees: Marjorie Galen, President; Laurie Ferguson, Treasurer; Kris Haberman, Vice President; Kathryn Shattuck, Secretary; Yvonna Kopacz Wright; Erica Lockwood; Catherine Martin; Library Director, Maria Gagliardi. The next board meeting is Wednesday, June 10, at 7:00 pm at the library. All meetings are open to the public. 

 

The library will be closed Summer Sundays beginning May 24.

 

Author Talk Sunday, May 17, 4:30 pm at the Library

Author Jim Rasenberger discusses A Perfect Coincidence: The Extraordinary Friendship and Astonishing Deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson with local film director Mary Murphy. A revelatory look at the long and complex relationship between Founding Fathers Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, who died on the same historic day—July 4, 1826, exactly fifty years after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. This book explores the fifty-year relationship between Thomas Jefferson, a charismatic Southern aristocrat, and John Adams, a cantankerous Yankee, once close friends, then bitter political enemies. In the last years of their lives, they reconciled and resumed an extraordinary correspondence, totaling some 380 letters that continued until their final months.

Suggested donation of $25 to attend reception following the talk.

 

Craft Night: Paper Marbling, Tuesday, May 5, 6:30 pm

Join librarian Emily and make beautiful marbled paper. Adults and teens (13 and up) are welcome! Limit of two people per family. This craft can be messy, so please bring an apron. 

 

Learn Crochet in Six Easy Lessons

Instructor Arlene Bernhardt teaches you to take your work from homemade to handmade.  Learn about yarn – the properties of different materials (acrylic, wool, cotton, rayon), how yarn is spun and the microscopic structure of yarn. Learn how to read a pattern, both in words and in diagram form. Other topics include techniques for adding in new yarn, using multiple colors, matching hook size to yarn and all sorts of different stitches used in a project (ribbing, cables and decorative stitches). Dates to be announced.

 

Exploring Music, Books & Art with Miss Meg, Saturday, May 9, 12:00 pm

This class combines artistic self-expression with musical curiosity where children build foundational skills of rhythm, fine motor and critical thinking by exploring diverse materials and techniques to create art for the ears and eyes. For ages 18 months – 4 years (Accompanied by their adult.)

 

We have Tonies! Independent play for toddlers without screens or ads.

Check out a Tonie box or a Tonie figure. Tonies are a screen-free audio player with loads of songs and stories waiting to be explored. Ask about Tonies at the circulation desk.