MARCH Into the Library

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It’s very easy to get your email address added to the MidYork site for these notices.  Just send an email to:  librarynotice@midyork.org with your name and library card number.  Then, watch for MidYork’s reply to your email within five business days and you are set to begin receiving email notices from the library. 

Users who decide to receive notices via email should alter span or junk mail filter settings to allow mail from MidYork.org.  To get current information on things you have requested, you can check your account by signing into the e-library catalog at www.midyork.org or follow the link from www.canastotalibrary.org.  Please be assured that the library will never use your email address to send you other information without your specific permission.

The library offers books, periodicals, DVDs and so much more to the community.  When was the last time you stopped into the Canastota Public Library?  Perhaps one of these upcoming programs will have you marching into the library in March!

Therese Gena is the artist for the month of March. Her display is titled, “Art without Rules.” Therese works with a variety of mediums and styles from realism to abstract and continually explores new techniques, styles, and methods. “When it comes to creating, re-making, discovering, or learning a new technique, I am pro-active.  I think of myself, both as the learner and the teacher.” This experimentation, trial and error, and a “never afraid to fail attitude” provides valuable lessons which Therese readily teaches to her students or shares with other artists.   An Artist’s Reception will be held on Tuesday, February 4 at 7pm.  At the reception, Therese will provide an art demonstration.  The reception and show will be held in the Lawson Community Room.  The art will be on display there all month long.

On Monday, March 10, at 7 pm, the Canastota Canal Town Museum and the Canastota Public Library will host an enjoyable and meaningful Canalside Talk by Madison County Historian, Matthew Urtz entitled “The Contribution of Madison County Women to History” at the Canastota Public Library.  In honor of women’s history month, Urtz will showcase Madison County’s history of progressive women who worked to better the world they lived in.  Hannah Palmer, a distinguished Civil War nurse, is just one of many women highlighted.  The talk is free and open to the public. 

On Tuesday, March 11 at 7 pm, Susan Goodier will visit the library to discuss her book, “No Votes for Women:  The New York State Anti-Suffrage Movement.”  “No Votes for Women” explores the complicated history of the suffrage movement in New York State by delving into the stories of women who opposed the expansion of voting rights to women.  Goodier is a Scholar-In-Residence at Hamilton College and also is also a museum consultant at the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation in Fayetteville, NY.  Books will be available for purchase at this event.

If you love writing short stories, songs and poetry, why not attend our Open Mic Night on Wednesday, March 12 at 7pm.  An open microphone format will allow anyone who writes to join in by reading or performing their poetry, songs and short stories.  Master of Ceremonies Glenn Miley will begin the festivities with a performance of some of his writing.  This is the second year that the Evening Writer’s Group has hosted an event such as this.  If you plan to participate, please contact the library so we can add your name to our roster of speakers.

The Canastota Central Schools is hosting their annual Heath and Wellness Fair on Thursday, March 20^th from 6 – 8pm.  Stop by and visit us at our booth.  We’ll be giving some items away and want to talk to you about the library!  And, you will want to check out all the other businesses and programs that will be attending.  There will also be student displays and presentations that night.  Hope to see you there.

On Tuesday, March 25 at 1pm, our Book Chat will talk about the book, “Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker,” by Jennifer Chiaverini. The novel explores how the former slave, Elizabeth Keckley bought her freedom and came to Washington and became a famous dressmaker to the important women in the city.  The novel also probes her relationship with both President and Mrs. Lincoln.  We hope you will stop in and join the Book Chat discussion.  The group meets in the Carnegie Room on the library’s second floor.  It is accessible by the elevator.

“CNY Reads One Book Initiative” is reading the book, “The Namesake” by Jhumpa Lahiri.  Anyone participating is asked to read the book between January and March 2014.  The book, named a “Best Book of 2003” by The New York Times, USA Today and Entertainment Weekly includes themes of the immigrant experience, culture clashes and difficulties between generations.  The Canastota Public Library will show the movie, “The Namesake” on Monday, March 31 beginning at 6pm in the Lawson Community Room.  If you’ve read the book, you might want to stop in and watch the movie!

If you are interested in learning about other programs at the library, please refer to our website at www.canastotalibrary.org or call us at 697-7030.  Our website features our weekly programming as well as special monthly programs.

The library is located at 102 W. Center Street in Canastota and is a place of community pride and service.  It is a living treasure and has been providing services to the community since 1986.