WORDS & IDEAS
Sharon Burstein , The Book Cabin, 3377 Lake Shore Drive, Lake George. 2 p.m. Saturday. Free. 203-901-0054 or lgbookcabin.com. A visit by the author of “Life Snacks.” “Life Snacks for Women” and “What’s Your Leadership Image?”
Kate Ferris, Northshire Bookstore, 424 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. 6 p.m. Monday. Free. 518-682-4200 or northshire.com. The author signs her novel “Finding Lillie.”
Herpetology Hike, Landis Arboretum, 174 Lape Road, Esperance. 2 p.m. Saturday. $5-$25. 518-875-6935 or landisarboretum.org. Search for the amphibians and reptiles of the Arboretum; snakes, turtles, frogs and salamanders will all be fair game.
Shorts Out Loud, Troy Public Library – Lansingburgh Branch, 2714th St., Troy. 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Free. 518-274-7071 or thetroylibrary.org. Fifteen minutes of live acoustic music followed by a contemporary short story read out loud. Reader: Deb Zaffuts. Musician: Julia Alsarraf.
“Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR ,” The Mount, 2 Plunkett St., Lenox, Mass. 4 p.m. Monday; 11 a.m. Tuesday. $25-$30. 413-551-5111 or edithwharton.org. Author Lisa Napoli discusses her group biography of four pioneering women of public radio. Hudson Talbott, Hudson Hall at Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren St., Hudson. 4 p.m. Sunday. Free. 518-822-1438 or hudsonhall.org. The author and illustrator has a book launch for his latest work, “A Walk in the Words,” and signs copies. WAMC@SPAC: “Horse Crazy” with Sarah Maslin Nir, The Pines at SPAC, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, 108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs. 7 p.m. Wednesday. Free. 518-584-9330 or spac.org. WAMC’S Joe Donahue interviews the New York
Times reporter and Pulitzer
Prize finalist about her new book “Horse Crazy: The Story of a Woman and a World in Love with an Animal,” a memoir that takes readers into the lesserknown corners of the equestrian world, woven through a captivating narrative of her family’s history. Following the live conversation will be an audience Q&A and book signing . Registration required by 11 a.m. Aug. 25.
What Came Before: "Now & Then" Images of Glens Falls & Queensbury, The Chapman Museum, 348 Glen St., Glens Falls. 7 p.m. Wednesday. 518793-2826 or chapmanmuseum.org. Bob Bayle and Andrea Matte give a talk about the changes in the Warren County city and town over the years, in advance of their upcoming book on the subject and connected to their current photo exhibit, “Changes,” at the museum. Matt Witten, Northshire Bookstore, 424 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. 6 p.m. Friday. Free. 518-682-4200 or northshire.com. The author signs his new mystery thriller “The Necklace.”