The first installment of this summer’s Music at the Library monthly summer music series has been rescheduled after postponement due to extreme weather. This free concert features local legend Rich Ortiz at the Mowry Park gazebo across from the Greenwich Free Library on Monday July 14 from 6:00 – 8:00pm. The Rollin in Gravy food truck will be on site serving dinner and snacks.

Music at the Library will continue throughout the summer on the fourth Mondays of the month. 

Regional duo Honeysuckle will perform on July 28th. Jazz musicians, GNP Trio, will play on August 25, and the series concludes on September 22 with the Saratoga Springs band Little Saints.

This free series is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council.

So much to do, at and around the library! Make sure to check out events calendar and follow Greenwich Free Library on social media for all of the latest programming news!

As a summer reader, you can submit your total pages read once a week, and each time you do, you can enter to win a gift basket full of prizes donated by local businesses. Sign up here!

Remember:

– Summer reading is for all ages

– Audiobooks count

– When you read aloud to someone, you both get to count your pages

Join us on Sunday June 29 from 5-7 PM for a summer garden party to benefit the library. Enjoy wine, cheese, and charcuterie at a beautiful nearby home.

Please note that this event was rescheduled to 6/29 due to the weather forecast.

Tickets are $50, and proceeds go towards programs and materials for the library.

Purchase tickets here.

Our first session of Reading Buddies concluded in May. Kids in grades 1-4 met with teen mentors on a weekly basis to practice reading. The library is currently seeking volunteers for the fall session to begin in early September. Apply to be a mentor here.

Have an awesome afternoon every Thursday at 3PM in the children’s room. Join dog and human friends for an opportunity to read either on your own or out loud. Take time to read to Lola, a registered Therapy Dog!

All ages and abilities are welcome.

Visit the Community Room through March 14 to view works by artist Christopher Smith.

From Thursday, January 2 to Friday, February 7, Greenwich Free Library hosted the second annual New Beginnings group art exhibit, presented by the Greenwich Library & Arts Association (GALA). The artists represented in the show run the gamut in terms of styles and media of visual arts, from paintings to photography, ceramic to pastels.

Participating artists include:

Cyndy Barbone

Arthur Brod

Seth Butler

Donald Cook

Cathy Devries

Judith Ellers

Ann Fitzgibbons

Carolyn Favor Kibbe

Christine Levy

Adriano Manocchia

Naomi Meyer

Valorie Nichols

Clifford Oliver

Grace Peck

Ken Perry

Anne Sutherland

Terry Teitelbaum

Forsythia Thomas

Frank Vurraro

We were thrilled to host the MoonCatcher Project on January 11th for a MoonBee. The MoonCatcher Project has a mission to optimize girls’ lives worldwide by removing barriers related to menstruation. They create MoonCatchers, washable reusable period pads, for distribution to girls around the world. Everyone is welcome to participate in a MoonBee! It is like your grandma’s sewing bee only we make reusable menstrual pads to help girls stay in school.

On a beautiful November Saturday, library patrons smashed up 250 pounds of smushy pumpkins, old gourds, and last month’s jack-o-lanterns sending all of it back to the eart, thanks to our friends at Adirondack Worm Farm.