Remembering family and friends

A roundup of notices and services. Look for additional obituaries on this newspaper’s website.

518-273-6646or by email at cmwillsey@gmail.com for more information.

Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020 ALL YOU CAN EAT BREAKFAST:

The Poestenkill Christian Church, 721Snyder’s Corners Rd., Poestenkill, NY will have it’s monthly All You Can Eat Breakfast on Saturday, January 4th from 8:00- 11:00 a.m. Cost is $8.00for adults and $3.50for children under 10. Menu includes eggs, sausage, bacon, toast, home fries, pancakes, french toast, juice, coffee or tea.

Monday, Jan. 6, 2020 INVISIBLE CITIES MIXED MEDIA WORKSHOP:

Join us at the Troy Public Library where artist and instructor Sarah Nenno Bowen will be hosting a two-part workshop in two-hour sessions at the Troy Public Library on Mondays, January 6

& 13, at 5:30to 7:30PM. Each session will be led by an excerpt from the book “Invisible Cities” by Italo Calvino, and each session will have its own excerpt. Read and respond to this piece of literature with the use of materials such as paint, paper, graphite, markers, and more to create a mixed media masterpiece. Register in person, online, or by phone. This program is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is required. For more information and to register, call the library at 518-274-7071or online at www.thetroylibrary.org. The Troy Public Library is located at 1002nd Street, Troy.

Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020 PRE-K STORYTIME:

Pre-K Storytime- Tuesdays at 11 am. Ages 2-6, no sign-up needed. Siblings welcome. Rensselaer Public Library, 676East St., Rensselaer. (518) 462-1193. Rensselaer Public Library is located across the street from the Amtrak parking lot. To learn more, see rensselaerlibrary. org or visit the library’s Facebook page www. facebook.com/RensselaerLibrary.

TOTS TIME:

Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30a.m. at the Brunswick Community Library, located at 4118 NY-2in Brunswick. Join us for books, singing, & movement, followed by open play time. Geared towards kids ages 0-5. www.brunswicklibrary.org. (518) 279-4023.

POESTENKILL SENIORS:

The Poestenkill Seniors hold weekly meetings every Tuesday at 1p.m. at the Sullivan Jones VFW Post in Poestenkill. All seniors are welcome. Coffee and refreshments are served after the meeting, followed by bingo and cards. The hall is handicap accessible, with sufficient parking. The Poestenkill Seniors hold catered luncheons, clamsteams and fish fries at the hall and also at various restaurants. Best of all they go on bus trips to casinos and other points of interest.

Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020 FARMER DISCUSSION GROUP MEETINGS: January 9, 2020- Brunswick Family Community Center, 19Keyes Ln, Troy, NY 12180. The Capital Area Agriculture and Horticulture Program and Cornell Cooperative Extension Albany County will be holding winter Farmer Discussion Group meetings in early January 2020. Dayton Maxwell, newly hired CAAHP Farm Business Management Educator will lead a discussion on farm business management in a challenging agricultural economy. Aaron Gabriel, CAAHP Agronomy Educator, will discuss new and old pests including the soybean cyst nematode, western bean cutworm, and several weeds (tall waterhemp, palmer amaranth, marestail, knapweeds, and bedstraws). These pests create new challenges that require diligent management. There is no charge for the meetings and lunch will be provided. Please register in advance so we can plan for lunch. Please register at https://tinyurl.com/FarmerDiscussionGroups2020, or by contacting Aaron

Gabriel, 518-380-1496, mailto:adg12@cornell.edu or Dayton Maxwell, 518-3801498, dtm4@cornell.edu.

TEEN ANIME CLUB: Thursdays 5-7PM. Ages 1318. Watch anime, discuss manga and pop culture, and hang out with your friends. Rensselaer Public Library, 676East St., Rensselaer. (518) 462-1193. Rensselaer Public Library is located across the street from the Amtrak parking lot. To learn more, see rensselaerlibrary. org or visit the library’s Facebook page www. facebook.com/RensselaerLibrary.

TOTS TIME:

Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30a.m. at the Brunswick Community Library, located at 4118 NY-2in Brunswick. Join us for books, singing, & movement, followed by open play time. Geared towards kids ages 0-5. www.brunswicklibrary.org. (518) 279-4023.

STEAM: Thursdays at 4:00 pm at the Brunswick Community Library, located at 4118NY-2in Brunswick. Stop in for crafts, science projects & more! Activities are geared towards elementary aged children. www. brunswicklibrary.org. (518) 279-4023.

Friday, Jan. 10 ISRAEL’S GOLANHEIGHTS TALK:

B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation continues its popular “Synagogue Scholars” series with a presentation by Ed Rosen of Albany on the topography, demography and strategic importance of the Golan Heights. Rosen will present “Riding Through the History of the Golan” immediately following the congregation’s Friday, January 10, Shabbat service that begins at 8p.m. B’nai Sholom is at 420Whitehall Road, Albany. The service and program are open to all who wish to worship and learn. The Golan region of Israel has figured prominently in recent news, notably its formal recognition by the United States as a part of Israel. What are the Golan Heights? Why is this territory - not much larger than Rensselaer County - so strategically important? What is its demography and diplomatic history? How does it differ from the West Bank or Gaza? Rosen studied history of the modern Middle East and international relations at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He is an active member of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel and has traveled the Golan extensively, including hiking and by horseback last winter. Begun in 2004, B’nai Sholom’s “Synagogue Scholars” series spotlights individuals in the Capital Region Jewish community who are recognized scholars in their fields. For more information about the “Synagogue Scholars” series, visit www.bnaisholomalbany.org or contact the B’nai Sholom office: office@ bnaisholom.albany.ny.us or 518-482-5283.

AUTHOR EVENT: Author Leroy Collins- Saturday January 11, 1PM. Former NFL player Leroy Collins tells his amazing story in his book “The Running Back.” Please call 518-4621193to reserve your spot. Rensselaer Public Library, 676 East St., Rensselaer. (518) 462-1193. Rensselaer Public Library is located across the street from the Amtrak parking lot. To learn more, see rensselaerlibrary.org or visit the library’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/RensselaerLibrary.

Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020 MOVIE SCREENING:

“Always in Season” Screening Saturday, January 11, 2020, Potluck at 6:00PM, film at 7:00PM, in the Old Chatham Quaker Meetinghouse, 539 County Route 13, Old Chatham, NY, across from Pitt Hall Road and Powell House. Always in Season takes an unflinching look at the multi-generational impact of lynching, connecting the racial violence that persists today to historical lynching terrorism. The film centers on the case of Lennon Lacy, an African American teen who was found hanging from a swing set in Bladenboro, North Carolina, in 2014, and whose mother, Claudia, seeks answers for her son’s death which was quickly ruled a suicide despite inconsistencies in the case. This film is co-presented with WMHT Public Media. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served and a moderated discussion will follow. For more information call 518-610-3735. For directions: www.oldchathamquakers.org.

MENTALHEALTHFIRST AID 101: For Older Adults and Those Dealing with Later Life Issues. Please join us on Saturday, January 11, 2020for a free presentation entitled “Mental Health First Aid 101: For Older Adults and Those Dealing with Later Life Issues” from 9:00am-Noon at the Pastoral Center, 40 N. Main Ave., Albany and will be broadcast to the following sites for live viewing: Our Lady of the Annunciation/ Queensbury and St. Edward the Confessor/Clifton Park. This presentation by certified instructor Brian Evers will help increase the understanding of mental health issues affecting the older adult population and to equip those who minister to them with the skills to provide stronger support to individual and families To register: https://www.rcda. org/2020Mini-Pres or Maria. Schollenberger@rcda.org, (518) 641-6818. All faith traditions welcome.

Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020 BREAKFAST BUFFET:

The Valley Falls VFWPost 1938 will hold its monthly Breakfast Buffet from 8amuntil 11am. The cost is $8for adults; $4 for children ages 5to 12, and under the age of 5eat for free. The post is located on Popular Avenue in Valley Falls.

CONCERT: A Concert of Opera and Operetta Around the World - As part of the Schenectady Library “Beat the Snow” Winter Concert series, Bienvenida Baez, soprano, Elizabeth Lehmann, contralto, and Michael Clement, piano present a recital of opera and operetta with dramatic, romantic and celebratory selections in English, Italian, Russian, German, Spanish, French and Czechoslovakian January 12, 2:30pm, in the McChesney Room of the Schenectady Library, 99 Clinton St, Schenectady, NY 12305, (518) 388-4500.

Monday, Jan. 13, 2020 INVISIBLE CITIES MIXED

MEDIAWORKSHOP:

Join us at the Troy Public Library where artist and instructor Sarah Nenno Bowen will be hosting a two-part workshop in two-hour sessions at the Troy Public Library on Mondays, January 6& 13, at 5:30 to 7:30PM. Each session will be led by an excerpt from the book “Invisible Cities” by Italo Calvino, and each session will have its own excerpt. Read and respond to this piece of literature with the use of materials such as paint, paper, graphite, markers, and more to create a mixed media masterpiece. Register in person, online, or by phone. This program is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is required. For more information and to register, call the library at 518-274-7071or online at www.thetroylibrary.org. The Troy Public Library is located at 1002nd Street, Troy.

Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020 POESTENKILL SENIORS:

The Poestenkill Seniors hold weekly meetings every Tuesday at 1p.m. at the Sullivan Jones VFWPost in Poestenkill. All seniors are welcome. Coffee and refreshments are served after the meeting, followed by bingo and cards. The hall is handicap accessible, with sufficient parking. The Poestenkill Seniors hold catered luncheons, clamsteams and fish fries at the hall and also at various restaurants. Best of all they go on bus trips to casinos and other points of interest.

TOTS TIME:

Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30a.m. at the Brunswick Community Library, located at 4118NY-2 in Brunswick. Join us for books, singing, & movement, followed by open play time. Geared towards kids ages 0-5. www.brunswicklibrary. org. (518) 279-4023.

PRE-K STORYTIME: Pre-K Storytime- Tuesdays at 11am. Ages 2-6, no sign-up needed. Siblings welcome. Rensselaer Public Library, 676East St., Rensselaer. (518) 462-1193. Rensselaer Public Library is located across the street from the Amtrak parking lot. To learn more, see rensselaerlibrary.org or visit the library’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/RensselaerLibrary.