December 2019
Winter Book Sale
Please plan to bring your book donations in November. Contact the library for drop-off times, please only bring books that are in good or decent condition - no textbooks. If you would like to donate any yearbooks, we would gladly accept those for our Archives. See Monica for more information.
Find out more »Trumansburg Community CHorus Fall Session
Love to Sing? Come join the Trumansburg Community Chorus! Directed by Alice Ploss, rehearsals for the fall session will begin on Monday, September 16. The chorus meets each Monday at the Jacksonville Methodist Church, 1869 Trumansburg Rd, Jacksonville, N.Y. from 7 to 9 PM. New members who like to sing are welcome, regardless of formal experience. For more information, please see tburgchorus.com or check out the Facebook page @tburgchorus
Find out more »enJOY Jingle Jazz Night
Enjoy a special Jingle Jazz Night featuring Presbybop with Bill Carter. Monday, December 9 at 7 PM. Tickets: $10. Purchase tickets at www.goodwilltheatre.net or 607-772-2404 x 301
Find out more »Lessons and Carols: Cornell Chorus and Glee Club
Cornell University Lessons and Carols sung by the Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club, interspersed with audience carols and traditional readings by members of the Cornell community, with conductor Robert Isaacs and organist Anna Steppler. Note: Free tickets will be available in advance at cornelltickets.com. Additional information available at music.cornell.edu
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Storyteller: Donna Washington
Donna Washington is an internationally known, multiple award winning storyteller, spoken word recording artist, and author. A highly animated performer, she has been entertaining, educating, and inspiring audiences with her vocal pyrotechnics, elastic face, and deep characterizations that bring folklore, literary tales, and personal narratives to life for over thirty years. Donna has been called a “Walking Disney Movie”, and told she was "better than television". FREE for SUNY Oneonta students and employees (just show your event pass which is…
Find out more »REACHING AND TEACHING: BUILDING TRAUMA-SENSITIVE CLASSROOMS
The Southern Tier Special Ed Task Force Workshop for parents and professionals. An overview of critical information and techniques that have proven essential in improving outcomes for all students and the key to building trauma-sensitive classrooms. This is about education on an imprint level – individualizing and personalizing the learning approach for each student given their abilities and life experiences. Topics include an overview of: The ACE Study, Trauma & Impact on Brain Development, Building New Pathways, The Conflict Cycle,…
Find out more »Polar Express
The Oxford Memorial Library hosts Conductor Bill, as he once again tells the magical tale of the Polar Express. Listen as he weaves this fantastic story, and takes our imaginations on a ride to the North Pole. Don't worry, he will have everyone back in time for Hot Chocolate and cookies. Be sure to wear your pajamas and robes.
Find out more »Come Sing With Us! Ithaca Community Chorus and Chamber Singers
The Ithaca Community Chorus and Chamber Singers, Directed by Gerald Wolfe, will begin rehearsing Handel's Dixit Dominus on Wednesday September 4th 2019 at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Ithaca. No auditions. Rehearsals run every Wednesday 7- 9 pm with a performance on Saturday January 18th 2020. Registration takes place from 6:15-7:00 pm prior to the first three rehearsals. The cost is $50 + a small charge for scores. For more information and to register on-line go to https://acithaca.org The chorus…
Find out more »Chats in the Stacks: Janet McCue on Back of Beyond: A Horace Kephart Biography
Horace Kephart, a Cornell graduate student in the 1880s and later a Yale librarian, evolved into an enigmatic woodsman, author, and activist instrumental in establishing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Appalachian Trail that runs through it. In a Chats in the Stacks talk, Janet McCue will discuss Back of Beyond: A Horace Kephart Biography (Great Smoky Mountains Association, 2019), which she coauthored with George Ellison. The biography is a culmination of decades of scholarship and painstaking research…
Find out more »Chats in the Stacks: Janet McCue on Back of Beyond: A Horace Kephart Biography
Horace Kephart, a Cornell graduate student in the 1880s and later a Yale librarian, evolved into an enigmatic woodsman, author, and activist instrumental in establishing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Appalachian Trail that runs through it. In a Chats in the Stacks talk, Janet McCue will discuss Back of Beyond: A Horace Kephart Biography (Great Smoky Mountains Association, 2019), which she coauthored with George Ellison. The biography is a culmination of decades of scholarship and painstaking research…
Find out more »New Life Ministries The Christmas Journey to benefit Mom’s House
WHERE: New Life Ministries 201 HILL AVE. ENDICOTT, NY. DATE: DECEMBER 12, 13 and 14 TIME: 6:00PM New Life Ministries is proud to present their sixth original Christmas musical, “The Christmas Journey”! Join us as we tell the story of Mary and Joseph before their journey to Bethlehem, before the birth of the child destined to change the world, and how through it all they remained faithful to God’s plan - all set to music from the iconic rock band,…
Find out more »Model Rocket Club
Join Gregory Elling, of Upstate Research Rocketry Group, to learn how to build model rockets! The library provides the first rocket to all new students. Afterwards families order and build rockets with the group. Monthly launch dates are set. Upcoming meetings. Sponsored by the Delavan Foundation. Registration is required.
Find out more »Swing Fling
Jazz Ensemble; Paul Merrill, director. “Swing Fling” features guest vocalist Miche Fambro, big band arrangements with dancing and refreshments, plus dance instruction. Admission: $5 (at the door).
Find out more »Christmas Cantata
The Sidney Eccumenical Cantata Choir will present the Christmas Cantata “And It Came to Pass, Emmanuel” by Jay Rouse and Rose Aspinall on Thursday, December 12th at 7pm at the Sidney Methodist Church, 12 Liberty St.
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