Calendar
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Tuesday, March 20
BERLIN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT: Regular board meeting at 7:15p.m. at Berlin Middle School/High School. BETHLEHEM PUBLIC LIBRARY: Kids Builder Association, 4p.m. Build your own fun with Legos, Snap Circuits, K’nex, blocks, puzzles, origami and more. Chess Club: sign up for one session per night and try your hand at chess with the library’s teen volunteers, 5:30p.m. - 6:30p.m. or 6:30 p.m. - 7:30p.m. For grades K-5. All experience levels welcome. 451Delaware Avenue, Delmar.
BRUNSWICK COMMUNITY LIBRARY: Tots Class, 10:30 a.m. 4118State Highway 2, Troy. Call 279-4023or visit www.brunswicklibrary.org for more information.
CHENEY LIBRARY: The Children’s Room of the Cheney Library in Hoosick Falls will host a Story Hour every Tuesday at 10a.m. Each week there will be time to listen to a story, sing songs, have a snack, do an activity and more. Then stay and play!
HOOSICK FALLS SENIOR CENTER: Crafts at 10a.m., Card party at 10:30a.m. Van transportation available. 69 Church Street, Hoosick Falls. Call 518-686-7561for noon dinner reservations and more information. INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT: Organizers of the International Solidarity Movement, supporting Palestinian non-violent resistance to the Israeli occupation, to speak in Albany. Renna Nazzal of Palestine has trained international volunteers. Joe Catron of New York has independently reported from Gaza during Israeli attacks. The film “Radiance of Resistance” (abridged) filmed in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, featuring Ahed Tamimi, the young symbol of Palestinian resistance, will also be shown. 7p.m., First Unitarian Universalist Society, 405Washington Ave., Albany.
NIGHT SKY ADVENTURE: Earth is bombarded by rocks from outer space on a daily basis. In one year, over 20,000 meteorites hit the ground all across the globe. Join miSci at the Dudley Observatory in celebrating a local celebrity, the Schenectady Meteorite, which fell to Earth approximately 50 years ago on April 12, 1958. 7 p.m. - 8:30p.m., miSci - Museum of Innovation and Sci- Get listed: Submit items for the calendar at CALENDAR@TROYRECORD.COM. ence, 15Nott Terrace Heights, Schenectady. Cost: Admission to miSci ($10.50adult, $7.50 child age 3-12, $9senior 65+). Free for miSci members. For more information, email info@ dudleyobservatory.org or call 518-382-7890. POESTENKILL SENIORS: The Poestenkill Seniors meet on Tuesday afternoons at the Sullivan-Jones Post in Poestenkill, starting at 1p.m. Please note that dues are now $15.
RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: If you are considering launching a specialty food business, Cornell Cooperative Extension’s workshop, “Recipe for Success - Bringing Your Recipe to Market Profitably and Safely,” will give you a good grounding in food business basics, planning for and marketing a value-added food product and a road map for launching your business. Also provided will be various resources that you can take home and have at your fingertips. The March 20workshop takes place at CCE Albany, 24 Martin Road, Voorheesville. The registration price of $70 per person includes food and materials. Register online at https://reg.cce.cornell.edu/recipe_for_success_201, or by calling Tove Ford at 518-7653518or emailing cce-caahp@cornell.edu.
RENSSELAER PUBLIC LIBRARY: Pre-school Storytime, 11a.m. Computer Help, 1 p.m. to 3p.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. STEPHENTOWN MEMORIAL LIBRARY: Crosby the Reading Dog will be at SML on Tuesdays from 4p.m. to 5:30p.m. for some reading fun. Whether you are a great reader or even ‘just learning my A,B, C’s,’ Crosby will love to listen. Reading slots will be for 15minutes each. Please call 518-733-5750to make an appointment. Parents please plan on staying with your child. Stephentown Memorial Library is located at 472NY43, Stephentown.
TROY PUBLIC LIBRARY: Teen Art Night: DIY Magnets, 6p.m. Turn ordinary glass stones into cool accessories for your fridge or locker, using old magazines, comic books, and drawings to make your own unique magnets. Registration required. For ages 12-19. Register at http:// engagedpatrons.org/EventsExtended.cfm?SiteID=4294&EventID=330341&PK=. Troy Public Library, 100Second Street, downtown Troy. TROY SENIOR CENTER: 9 a.m., Knitting and Crocheting. 10:30a.m., Health & Wellness activities. Arts 4Vets meets every Tuesday at 10:30a.m. Call 270-5349to make a noon lunch reservation, or 2705348for more information.
Wednesday, March 21
BETHLEHEM PUBLIC LIBRARY: Enjoy some Irish tunes, jigs and folk songs as Tim O’Shea and the Drank the Gold Duo talk about their unique instruments and key elements of Irish music. Co-sponsored by Bethlehem Senior Projects. All ages welcome. 1p.m - 2:30p.m., 451 Delaware Avenue, Delmar. BRUNSWICK COMMUNITY LIBRARY: Senior Bridge Club, 1p.m. Kids STEAM Class for ages 4+, 3:30p.m. Adult Yoga, 6p.m. 4118State Highway 2, Troy. Call 518-279-4023or visit www.brunswicklibrary.org for more information. CMOST: “Hop Into Spring” is the March Science Story Time theme. Join a Museum Educator for a science-based story time that includes a projectbased activity. No pre-registration required. This activity for ages 2-6is included with museum admission. 11a.m. - 11:30a.m., Children’s Museum of Science + Technology, 250 Jordan Road, Troy. For more information call518-2352120or visit www.cmost.org. CONVERSATION ON CONTEMPORARY ART: Contemporary abstract painter Michael Nighswonger returns to the Capital District with a pop-up exhibit of over 40 pieces from his latest collection from March 15– 25 at the recently vacated TD Bank building at 343Delaware Avenue in Delmar. The exhibit will be open daily from 10a.m. – 8p.m. Michael hosts a “Conversation about Contemporary Art” on Wednesday, March 21, at 7p.m. The exhibit is free and open to the public. For more information call 518577-6068or visit michaelnighswonger.com.
HOOSICK FALLS SENIOR CENTER: Cards, Crafts at 10 a.m.,Bone Builders at 10:30 a.m., Exercise Class at 1p.m. Motor vehicle available from 10a.m. - 2p.m. 69Church Street, Hoosick Falls. Call 518-686-7561for noon dinner reservations and more information.
INTERFAITH STORY CIRCLE: Stories can help us to open the door to welcome the stranger in our midst.