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Wednesday, Oct. 17

ALBANY POETS: The Albany Poets Presents series of poetry, spoken word, and conversation concludes on Wednesday, October 17at Restaurant Navona, 289New Scotland Avenue, with local poet, performer, host, and Albany Poets president Thom Francis, starting at 7p.m. Mary Panza takes over hosting duties. Visit albanypoets.com for more information. BETHLEHEM PUBLIC LIBRARY: Skype a Scientist: video chat with Dr. Rebekah Rogers about wooly mammoths, being a scientist, and more, 4p.m. – 4:45p.m. For grades K-5. Sign up online at bethlehempubliclibrary.org or call 518-439-9314. 451 Delaware Avenue, Delmar. BRUNSWICK COMMUNITY LIBRARY: Senior Bridge Club, 1p.m. - 3p.m. Kids’ STEAM Class, 3:30p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Adult Yoga, 6p.m. 4118 State Highway 2, Troy. Call 518-279-4023or visit www. brunswicklibrary.org for more information.

FLU CLINIC: The Rensselaer County Health Department holds its annual Flu Shot Clinic on Wednesday, October 17, from 10:30a.m. – 11:30 a.m. at the Everett Wagar Senior Center, 2Roxborough Road, Grafton. Reservations required. Consider staying for a noon lunch for a suggested donation of $3. For more information or to place your name on the list, please call the center at 518-279-3413. HEALTHY YOU, HEALTHY PLANET: For anyone feeling powerless and uncertain about our planet’s future, author, researcher, and former UAlbany Professor Maia Boswell-Penc has a message of hope and empowerment, stressing self-care and environmental justice in the face of a changing climate. Her 6 p.m. talk at the Troy Public Library, 100Second Street, will cover the ways that you as an individual can have a positive impact on the climate. This program is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is recommended. For more information and to register, call the library at 518-274-7071or online at www.thetroylibrary.org. HOOSICK FALLS SENIOR CENTER: Bone Builders, 10:30a.m.; Exercise class 1 p.m. Motor vehicle available 10a.m. - 2p.m. Cards. Van to Liberty Ridge. 69Church Street, Hoosick Falls. Call 518-686-7561for more information.

MENANDS PUBLIC LIBRARY: Every Wednesday from 5:30p.m. - 6:30p.m. is Tech Advice Night at the Menands Public Library. Can’t figure out how to set up your new phone? Want to know what’s up with your data plan? Don’t know how to get pictures onto your computer? The library’s resident digital native, Ted, can help. Appointments aren’t necessary, but they are recommended. The Menands Public Library is located at 4N. Lyons Avenue, Menands. For more information, call 518-463-4035. MINDFUL PRACTICES GROUP: All (including Beginners) are welcome; meditation instruction is available. The meeting format includes walking and sitting meditation, dharma presentation, and sharing dharma-related experiences. Wednesdays 6:30p.m. to 7:30p.m., RPI’s Newman Center Hospitality House—4Sherry Road, Troy, about 30yards south of the RPI Chapel Center (near the intersection of Burdett and Peoples Avenues). Call 518271-6949or 518-273-1851 for more information. NETSQUARED MEETUP: “Social Media Ethics for Non-Profits” with Sean Erreger. Noon – 1p.m., 1 United Way, Albany. Tickets are free but seating is limited. Please pre-register at https://www.meetup.com/ NetSquared-Tech-Valley/ events/249597977/.

SUSAN JACOBY: Susan Jacoby, independent scholar, speaker, and author, will lecture at Williams College about “Living Reason: A Citizen’s Duty in America’s New Age of Unreason.” This event will be held on Wednesday, October 17at 7:30p.m. in the ‘62 Center for Theatre and Dance. This event is free and open to the public. A book signing will follow. For building locations on the Williams campus in Williamstown MA, call the office of communications at 413-597-4277or visit www. williams.edu/map.

THRIFT SHOP: Johnsonville Methodist Church, 22Bridge Street, Route 40to Route 67 East (look for the new sign at the corner) is open 9a.m. - noon Wednesdays and the first Saturday of each month with housewares, decorative items, linens, toys, over 1,000 books, shoes, jewelry and lots of clothing. Fall and winter clothing are now available. WILLIAMS COLLEGE: Professor Melinda Wagner of the Juilliard School of Music lectures on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 4:15p.m. in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall in the Bernhard Music Center, on the Williams College campus. Her talk is followed by a performance of one of her recent pieces, “My Tioga,” performed by Cassatt String Quartet, who recently premiered the work. This lecture is sponsored by the Class of 1960Scholars Fund and is free and open to the public. The Bernhard Music Center is located at 54Chapin Hall Drive on the Williams campus in Williamstown MA. See www.williams.edu/home/ campusmap.

Thursday, Oct. 18

ALBANY COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY: The Albany County Airport Authority will hold an Finance Committee meeting on Thursday, October 18, at 11a.m. in the 3rd Floor Conference Room at the Main Terminal at Albany International Airport. A Special Meeting of the Albany County Airport Authority will follow at 11:30a.m. in the 3rd Floor Conference Room.

ALBANY PINE BUSH: As part of the Science Lecture Series, Jeff Corbin, PhD, will reveal new details of the

prevalence of crusts at the Albany Pine Bush and 10 other inland sand barrens in the northeast. These crusts are similar in composition to the dryland crusts, but also differ in ways that are not well-understood. Refreshments at 6:30p.m. precede the 7p.m. lecture at the Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center, 195New Karner Road, Albany. The lecture is free, but reservations are required for all attendees (regardless of age). Make reservations by calling 518456-0655or visit www. AlbanyPineBush.org/events. AMERICAN ITALIAN HERITAGE ASSOCIATION: The cultural presentation at this month’s business meeting is “Before They Were Our Mothers: Voices of Women Born Before Rosie Started Riveting.” Writers and editor Patricia A. Nugent will read from the anthology of that name about their Italian immigrant foremothers. Please bring dessert for the reception that follows. The meeting and presentation are free and open to the public. 7p.m. – 9p.m., 1227 Central Avenue, Albany. Call 518-435-1979, email info@ americanitalianmuseum. org or visit www.americanitalianmuseum.org for more information. BETHLEHEM PUBLIC LIBRARY: At the library’s Halloween Special listening party, listen to spooky tunes and discuss what makes some music “scary.” 7 p.m., 451Delaware Avenue, Delmar.

BLACK HOLES: Marek Demianski, visiting professor of astronomy at Williams College, will present “Gravitational Waves: A New Window on the Universe” for the college’s autumn Sigma Xi lecture on Thursday, October 18, at 4:15p.m. in Thompson Chemistry’s Wege Auditorium on the Williams campus in William-

stown MA. There will be a second, more technical, talk on the subject Friday, Oct. 19, at 4:15p.m. in Wege Auditorium. Both talks are free and open to the public. BRUNSWICK COMMUNITY LIBRARY: Tots Class, 10:30a.m. 4118 State Highway 2, Troy. Call 279-4023or visit www. brunswicklibrary.org for more information. BUDGETING BASICS:

The benefits of developing a personal spending plan, how to track income and expenses and strategies for record keeping will be covered through a case study approach. Specific steps for developing your own spending plan will be reviewed. The 50-30-20 rule for determining fixed expenses, flexible spending and financial goals will be applied in this session. 6:30p.m. – 7:30p.m., SEFCU Atrium – 700Patroon Creek Boulevard, Albany. Registration is required; visit www.sefcu.com/financialeducation to reserve your spot.

CHICKEN BBQ: Chicken BBQ with all the fixins. Eat-in or Take-Out for $10 per person. 3p.m. – 7p.m., Cohoes Waterford Elks, 45 N. Mohawk Street, Cohoes. Call 518-235-3222for more information. CORNER SHOPPE: The Corner Shoppe at Cornerstone Community Church, 570Third Avenue, North Troy is fully stocked for Fall. Next- to-new clothes for babies and kids will be on sale through mid-October. Many Fall decorations are available, as well as a large amount of Halloween costumes at very affordable prices. Open every Thursday and Saturday, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Visit www. facebook.com/CornerstoneChurchintheburghfor more information or call 518-235-3851.

FORT PLAIN LECTURE SERIES: Bruce M. Venter’s “Kill Jeff Davis: The Union Raid on Richmond, 1864” offers a fresh look at the failed controversial Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid on Richmond, VA and mines newly discovered documents and little-known sources to provide definitive answers. Venter will be signing books after his talk. 7p.m., Fort Plain Museum, 389Canal Street, Fort Plain. Suggested donation $5. Light refreshments will be served.

HOOSICK FALLS SENIOR CENTER: Eat Smart Ideas, 11 a.m. Bingo, 12:45p.m. Cards. Van Transportation available. 69Church Street, Hoosick Falls. Call 518686-7561 to reserve noon dinner or for more information.

MASONS: The Apollo-King Solomon’s Masonic Lodge #13F.& A.M. will meet on Thursday, October 18, at 7:30p.m. at the Troy Masonic Community Center, 39Brunswick Road. Refreshments will be served following the meeting. PEEBLES ISLAND: On October 18, at 5:30p.m. at the Peebles Island Visitor Center, Emma Antolos, Invasive Species Education and Outreach Coordinator, NYS D EnCon, will present a program on non-native species (also known as invasive species), one of the greatest threats to New York State’s biodiversity. Sponsored by the Friends of Peebles Island State Park, this program is free and open to the public. At 6:30p.m., Brookside Nursery manager Stacy Simmons gives a presentation on perennial gardening. Check out https://sites. google.com/view/friendsofpeeblesisland/home and the Friends’ Facebook pages for updates. RENSSELAER COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION: The Rensselaer County Bar Association honors longtime Troy attorneys Elliott F. Marinstein and Donald J. Shanley with this year’s Jones Award at a Thursday, October 18dinner at Franklin Plaza in Troy. The event is open to the public. All proceeds from this event will support the ongoing restoration and preservation of the photos and canvass portraits removed from the Rensselaer County Courthouse when its renovation began in 1998. For more information, call 518-270-1222. RENSSELAER EAGLES: The Rensselaer Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie #4446will meet on Thursday, October 4, at 6:30 p.m. at their rooms, 851 Broadway, Rensselaer. RENSSELAER PUBLIC LIBRARY: Teen Anime Club for ages 13-18, 4p.m. - 6 p.m. Computer Help, 5:30 p.m. to 7p.m. Drop in and get help with a computer, phone or other device, and get your questions answered. Rensselaer Public Library is located across the street from the Amtrak parking lot. To learn more, see http://rensselaerlibrary. org/ or visit the library’s Facebook page, http:// www.facebook.com/RensselaerLibrary.

SCRTA LUNCHEON: The Schenectady County Retired Teachers Association (SCRTA) autumn luncheon takes place on Thursday, October 18, at the Turf Tavern, 40Mohawk Avenue, Scotia. Guest speaker Christina Beauchemin is a motivational speaker and the author of “Let My Legacy Be Love.” Social time starts at 11:30 a.m.; the luncheon program begins at noon. The cost is $24with four menu selections. Call 518-393-9343 to make reservations by October 11. Members are asked to bring donations of baby food, crib sheets and blankets, toys or outerware for children up to age 5 for the Schenectady Day Nursery.

SENIOR CENTER FALL GALA: This year’s Troy Senior Center Fall Gala is all set for Thursday, October 18, from 4p.m. – 8p.m. at the Franklin Terrace, on Campbell Avenue. Entertainment by Ron Cremisio & Friends, Installation of Center’s officers, Door Prizes, 50⁄50, & much, much more. For reservations, please call the Troy Senior Center at 518- 270-5348 by Friday, October 13.