Archive for April, 2008

BH-BL Student Artwork

[ April 26, 2008; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Students from the BH-BL elementary schools (Charlton Heights, Pashley, and Stevens) and from O’Rourke Middle School have their artwork on display in the library for the month of April!  Masks, Penguins, collages, pastels, pencil drawings, Papier Mache animals, and more are in the library community room and in the display case.  There will be a reception […]

Clean Up Day

[ April 26, 2008; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] Our Town in Bloom volunteers will be at the library on Saturday, April 26th, at 10:00 AM to get the library ready for spring!  Many hands make light work and it counts as volunteer hours, too! Please bring a rake or other garden tool and work gloves.

[ April 22, 2008; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Alan Wechsler will present a slide show of his Journey Through East Africa from 7-8:30 PM on Tuesday, April 22nd, in the library community room. This program is free and open to the public.

Author Michael Buckley

[ April 30, 2008; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ]  Michael Buckley, author of the popular Fairy-Tale Detectives Series, will be speaking at the Town of Ballston Community at 7 PM on Wednesday, April 30th.  For more about his books, visit the Sisters Grimm website.  He’ll be doing a book signing after his talk.  Please pre-order his books at the library if you’d like to have […]

 If you missed Marion Blumenthal Lazan’s talk or if you heard her speak and would like to see the documentary about her life, we will be showing the one hour movie on the big screen in the library community room at 11 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM on Saturday, April 5, 2008.
For more information […]

Memoir Writing Workshop

[ March 13, 2008; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. March 20, 2008; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. March 27, 2008; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. April 3, 2008; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. April 10, 2008; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Mary Sanders Shartle will lead a Memoir Writing Workshop at the Town of Ballston Community Library in Burnt Hills on 5 Thursdays: March 13, 20, and 27, and April 3 and 10, from 1-3 PM in the library community room.  The program is free and open to the public, but registration is required. This program […]

Board of Trustees

[ February 27, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. March 26, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. April 30, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. May 28, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. June 25, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. July 30, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. August 27, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. September 24, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. October 29, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. December 3, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] 2008 Library Board of Trustees Meeting Schedule

The Town of Ballston Community Library Board of Trustees meets the last Wednesday of each month, in the library community room at 7 PM, with the exception of June and December.  The Annual Meeting is held in June at another location and there is only one meeting in November/December, on […]

Knit Wits

[ November 26, 2007; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. January 28, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. February 25, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. March 31, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. April 28, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. May 19, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. June 30, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The next get together is on Monday, 11/26, in the library community room, from 7-9 PM. All ability levels are welcome. We have knitting needles and yarn if you’re just beginning. We’ll even let you in if you’re crocheting or working on some other craft and just want our company. There won’t be a meeting […]