The Oneida Daily Dispatch (Oneida, NY)
August library events
CANASTOTA, N.Y. » The Summer Reading Program at the library winds down in August but there are still plenty of events to attend. From Storytime and Lapsit to family fun events, the library is hosting an art exhibit and regular events are still happening through the summer.
Every month, the Canastota Public Library hosts an artist or artists in the Lawson Community Room. For the month of August, the Community Fine Arts Guild will show at the library. They are a passionate group of artists who are teachers of art or are retired teachers of art, music or science, from local school districts. They have members who have become successful selftaught artists without formal art education. Several members are award-winning artists as well as part of the prestigious CNY Watercolor Society. The Community Fine Arts Guild cares about their communities and enjoy sharing their techniques and ideas with each other. Creating art is a form of therapy for many of the members.
An artist’s reception will be held for the group on Wednesday, Aug. 8 beginning at 7 p.m. in the Lawson Community Room. The community is welcome to attend to meet the artists.
On Aug. 1 at 6:30 p.m., join library staff for a talk on Bacteria Resistance by Dr. Arthur Totten. Antibiotic resistance rates in bacteria have been increasing dangerously in the last few decades. Totten has spent the last six years of his scientific career studying slow-growing, quicklymutating bacteria known asMy---
coplasmas, and how new antimicrobial compounds might be used to combat increasingly drug-resistant infections. Come listen to a talk on some of his work, and what’s involved in decreasing rates of antibiotic resistance to benefit everyone in society.
Totten is a 2007 graduate of Canastota Central Schools, and holds a PhD from The University of Alabama at Birmingham.
The final Baby & Me Lapsit session for the summer will be Wednesday, Aug. 1, and the final summer Storytime will be held on Thursday, Aug. 2. Both sessions begin at 10 a.m.
Friday, Aug. 3, students are encouraged to turn in their Summer Reading Records for a book and a prize. Mrs. Liz wants to see who read the most and what they read this summer.
Movies for August will be offered each Tuesday afternoon at 1 p.m. and again at 5 p.m. The following movies are scheduled to be shown:
Aug. 7 - 15:17 to Paris, rated PG-13
Aug. 14 - A Quiet Place, rated PG-13
Aug. 21 - I Can Only Imagine, rated G
Aug. 28 - Red Sparrow, rated R
On the third Tuesday of every month will be a TED TALK and Discussion. On Aug. 21, Sir Ken Robinson’s topic is “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” Attendees are invited to bring their own lunch. Coffee and cookies will be provided, complements of the library. Discussion follows the video.
The Canastota Public Library is located at 102 W. Center Street.