2016 PLEIN AIR ARTISTS

28 artists from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Missouri enjoyed a concert with Church and State Friday night at the Chippewa Bay Community Club.

Photo by Bruce Dana

ARTISTS PAINT MORRISTOWN

Click the link below to see Drayton Jones at work during our plein air festival. Thank you to Bruce Dana for submitting this story to North Country Now.

http://northcountrynow.com/hometown-photos/ogdensburg/artists-paint-morristown

BOOK SALE RESULTS

THANK YOU to everyone who helped to make this year's book sale more successful than ever before! The members of the Board of Trustees are delighted to announce that today's proceeds are $1,768.41.

This is a very big deal to the library, so wrap your arms around each other for YOUR part in a job well done!

EIGHT REASONS TO VISIT ART SHOWS

Quoted from Michael K. Corbin, the ArtBookGuy, ART FOR ALL PEOPLE - A COLLECTORS JOURNAL - WE TALK CONTEMPORARY ART (trademarked). Please visit his web page at: http://artbookguy.com

SEE FAMOUS ART NOW. By checking out contemporary art shows now, you can get acquainted with artists and their work before they become famous or even while they're growing in popularity and price. By visiting you can call yourself a trendspotter or even a trendsetter.

SUMMER READING HULA HOOPS AND JUMP ROPES

We braided jump ropes from old grocery bags and finished up the handles with a little duct tape.

This marks the first official library program to be held in the new library park. 36 enjoyed a great book, TimBits and pink lemonade, plus this fabulously fun craft. Jump! Jump! Jump!

HELPING HANDS GARDENING CLUB SEEKING MORE MEMBERS!

The library's new vegetable club had their first meeting today. It was a great success! Led by Michele Whalen, 6 young people planted tomatoes, peppers, carrots, onions, beans, radishes and marigolds. The group will meet once a week and is hoping that as soon as everyone else - young and old alike - sees how much FUN they are having with this spectacular project the group will GROW GROW GROW! Interested in helping? Come to the library Wednesdays at 3:30 pm!

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS

Here are Morristown's local champions, Book Busters, who participated in the Regional Battle of the Books on Saturday, May 21st in Gouverneur. The team was tested on their knowledge of 20 Juvenile award-winning novels. Please join me in congratulating this impressive team. Job well done!

SOIL IS READY FOR GRASS SEED AT NEW LIBRARY PARK

IF YOU LIKE WOODEN BOATS AND HISTORY THEN THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU

The library is pleased to add Rowdy by Christopher Madsen to our collection. It is the story of a 59-foot Classic Herreshoffs built in 1916 for the New York Yacht Club and purchased for $5,000 in 1998 by the author. As he was rebuilding her he became fascinated with her original owners. He spent countless hours reading musty old newspapers which led to more research in libraries, historical offices and town halls.

A CLOSE-KNIT GROUP GIVES CROCHET LESSONS

School break doesn't necessarily mean a break from learning, as these young ladies found out during the library's knitting group today. Lifelong learning - it's what libraries do. CHECK IT OUT.