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Wednesday, March 20

BETHLEHEM PUBLIC LIBRARY: Kids’ Builder Association:build your own fun with Legos, Snap Circuits, K’nex, blocks, puzzles, origami and more. 6:30-8p.m., 451 Delaware Avenue, Delmar.

BRUNSWICK COMMUNITY LIBRARY: Senior Bridge, 1 p.m. Adult Yoga, 6p.m. 4118 State Highway 2, Troy. Call 518-279-4023or visit www. brunswicklibrary.org for more information.

EAGLES BAND: The Eagles Band will perform at Wingate Residences at Melbourne Place on Wednesday, March 20at 7p.m. Founded in 1936, the Eagles Band is a non-profit community band and Berkshire County’s oldest continuing performance ensemble in the region. This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. For more information or to RSVP, call 413-499-1992. Wingate Residences at Melbourne Place is located at 140Melbourne Road, Pittsfield MA.

EVERETT WAGAR SENIOR CENTER: Rensselaer County’s Everett Wagar Senior Center hosts Jillian Ludwig, Community Nutrition Educator with Cornell Cooperative Extension, for the monthly Eat Smart Live Strong cooking demonstration. Free recipes and samples for everyone who attends. 11a.m., 2Roxborough Road, Grafton. Stay for a nutritious noon meal (Liver with bacon & onions) for a suggested donation of $3. Call 518-279-3413to reserve lunch.

GRAFTON COMMUNITY LIBRARY: Tots Class, 10:30 a.m. 2455NY-2, Grafton. Call 518-279-0580or visit www. graftoncommunitylibrary.org for more information.

HOOSICK FALLS SENIOR CENTER: Food Stamp Help: sign up for an appointment.

Bone Builders, 10:30a.m. Exercise class 1p.m. Motor vehicle available 10a.m. - 2 p.m. Cards. 69Church Street, Hoosick Falls. Call 518-6867561for more information.

MENANDS PUBLIC LI

BRARY: 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.

MYSTERY BOOK CLUB: In a departure from the normal mysteries, the Cohoes Public Library’s Mystery Book Club will explore a real-life mystery with “Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World’s Most Famous Detective Writer” by Margalit Fox. When Marion Gilchrist was murdered in her home in 1908, the police focused on a German expat, Oscar Slater, who was easily convicted. Slater’s attorneys reached out to Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, who demonstrated the skills of his fictional detective. 10:30 a.m., 169Mohawk Street #2, Cohoes.

NARCAN TRAINING: Learn what to do during a drug overdose. Free and open to the public, training provided by Rensselaer County Department of Health. 6:30p.m., Rensselaer Public Library, 676 East Street. Please sign up by

calling 518-462-1193.

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 newly arrived clothing and household goods every week, plus leather jackets, special occasion dresses,and gowns over 1,000books, shoes, jewelry and lots of clothing for everyone.

TROY PUBLIC LIBRARY:

“Uncovering and Recovering Race in America,” a reading and discussion group led by Professor Jennifer Thompson Burns, explores the inception, inculcation, and function of race in American society to improve our understanding of systematic and social inclusion and exclusion and tease out the implicit ways race serves as a real, and imagined, force in the lives of all Americans. The group’s first book is “Kindred” by Octavia Butler. Copies are available at the check out desk. 6p.m., Main Branch, 100Second Street, Downtown Troy.For more information and to register, call 518-274-7071or visit www. thetroylibrary.org.

TPL YOUNG PEOPLE’S PROGRAMS: Family Storytime, 10:30a.m. for ages 0-5. Don’t Be Bored Games, 5p.m. - 7:30 p.m. for all ages in the Young People’s Room. Troy Public Library 100Second Street, Downtown Troy.

VOLKSWALK SCHENECTADY: A volkswalk is a leisurelypaced walk of 5k, 3.1miles or 10k, 6.2miles through a scenic and/or historically significant area. Empire State Capital Volksporters presents a Schenectady Volkswalk on Wednesday, March 20, starting at 10a.m. from the Apostrophe Café, Proctor’s Arcade, State Street. Regis-