Posted in Books, Library Programs, The Albany Community on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 | No Comments »
The incredibly hard-working Friends of the Albany Library are holding another book sale this Saturday, July 19 from 10-4 p.m. at the Library. All the items for this sale are 50 cents each and include a selection of fiction, non-fiction, vintage, children’s books, home and crafts and a large amount of “treasure hunt”.
In our eco-friendly [...]
Posted in Books, Library Programs, Reading on Thursday, June 19, 2008 | No Comments »
The Library’s adult summer reading game this year is ”Timeless Reads.” The website clarifies that timeless books are ones that have stood the test of time. Many of the books selected by the group of librarians are classics such as To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and others are just fun to reread such as The Clan of [...]
Posted in Library Programs, Reading, Teens, tagged Albany, summer, teenagers on Friday, June 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Now that the last few strenuous weeks of dances, field trips, locker cleaning, and yearbook signing are over, you Albany teens may be wondering what you’re going to do with all your spare time. Here are some ideas: On Tuesday, June 17, bring your friends to the library for an afternoon of Dance Dance Revolution, music, [...]
Posted in Library Programs, News on Friday, May 16, 2008 | No Comments »
An exhibit of Joseph Cornell-style boxes created by Albany resident Kirsten Piroth is currently on view in the Albany Library display cases. The exhibit will run through the end of May.
“Individuality” - the first box Piroth ever made - is included in the exhibit.
Posted in Libraries, Library Programs, tagged older adults, seniors on Thursday, May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Did you know May is Older Americans Month? This year’s theme is Working Together for Strong, Healthy and Supportive Communities. At the Albany Library, we strive to do this for our older patrons year-round. We host many programs of interest to older adults, including a brown bag discussion group, poetry workshops, book discussions, Internet classes and [...]
Posted in Library Programs, Reading, tagged TV Turnoff Week on Saturday, April 26, 2008 | No Comments »
I talked my family into participating in TV Turnoff Week. (Only two more nights to go, Honey!) We found it fairly easy to do, given that TV viewing is a daily habit for some family members. How did we manage to fill the time? Reading was a big pasttime, we joined in the game board night at [...]
Posted in Library Programs, tagged TV Turnoff Week on Sunday, April 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Starting tomorrow, the Albany Library joins people across the country in celebrating Turnoff Week. One week a year, families are encouraged to leave the TV off, step away from the computer, put away the Blackberry, and turn our attention to the unplugged world. We’ll be offering a family game night on Tuesday, April 22, to [...]
Posted in Library Programs, tagged poetry on Thursday, April 3, 2008 | No Comments »
April is National Poetry Month, a time to read, write and enjoy poetry for those of us who don’t do enough of those things. The Academy of American Poets has kindly put together a list of ways to celebrate. And if you haven’t yet come to one of the library’s open mike poetry nights or [...]
Posted in Library Programs, Teens, tagged computer games, Steve Klitzing, Teens on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
On Saturday at the library, a roomful of teenage computer gamers got a laugh out of seeing what used to be state-of-the-art games–Asteroid, Centipede and the like. (What would they have thought of Pong?) Renaissance man Steve Klitzing–who has designed computer games, does 3-D animation, and recently wrote a book about dreams–then progressed to showing more [...]
Posted in Books, Library Programs, News on Thursday, February 7, 2008 | No Comments »
The Albany Library’s display cases are currently featuring artist books by students at the California College of the Arts and the San Francisco Art Institute.
Artist books are both books and works of art. The handmade books on display at the library were created by students in the book arts classes taught by Albany resident Alisa [...]
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