Painting by Gosha Karpowicz.

Gosha Karpowicz grew up around the beautiful farmlands of Poland. Later she moved to the U.S. and studied at the Parsons School of Design, graduating with a degree in Fine Arts. She taught painting at Waldorf Schools for many years, while developing her own art and deepening her studies of the healing and therapeutic aspects of painting. In her work she explores the “curious, stunning, unanswered, breathtaking, meaningful, beautiful.”

For this exhibit she has created a series of oil paintings inspired by our stunning, breathtaking and beautiful Hudson River!

Reception; Gosha will host a reception for the show on Sunday, May 6, from 2 to 4 p.m. Please plan to join us to meet the artist and share some refreshments. All are welcome.

Kleine Musik ensemble

The second performance in our new series In Different Voices. The concert is free and open to all.

KLEINE MUSIK interweaves selections from the Kleine Geistliche Konzerte, a vocal and instrumental collection by the 17th century German master, Heinrich Schütz, with new settings of the same texts by the wonderful contemporary British composer Ivan Moody. With Moody’s blessing it has been reworked and shaped to fit an ensemble of two sopranos, two recorders/baroque flute, viola da gamba, and theorbo by former Piermont resident Johanna Maria Rose and soprano Karol Steadman, and had its US debut in February in New York City. Schütz’s music is highly Italianate and florid, making a wonderful foil for Moody’s more dissonant, almost trance-like settings, which use some of Schütz’s gestures, but are also influenced by the eastern sound of orthodox sacred music. Don’t miss the Rockland County debut of this unique work at the Piermont Library!

This project is made possible, in part, with funds from the Community Arts Grants program of the Arts Council of Rockland and the Decentralization Program of the New York State Council on the Arts.

The Friends of the Piermont Library have also contributed to the series.

Weekly: Monday mornings (except on holidays).

Stories and songs for children ages 6 months to 5 years with Nancy, Judy and Agnes.

Due to its popularity, we have added a second Toddler Story Time on Monday mornings. If you would like to attend, please call the library to sign up for the 10:15 a.m. or 11 a.m. session. Space is limited. Registration is required.

Weekly: Monday mornings (except on holidays).

Stories and songs for children ages 6 months to 5 years with Nancy, Judy and Agnes.

Due to its popularity, we have added a second Toddler Story Time on Monday mornings. If you would like to attend, please call the library to sign up for the 10:15 a.m. or 11 a.m. session. Space is limited. Registration is required.

Weekly: Mondays afternoons (except on holidays).

For ages 3 – 5.

Space is limited. Please call 359-4595 to register.

Monthly: The Friends Board generally meets the last Wednesday every other month, more frequently when managing special programs. Meetings are held at 7 p.m. in the Library and all are welcome to attend.

Come and see how our fundraising ideas become a reality. Perhaps you have ideas for a new project? Friends Board meetings offer an opportunity to get more involved, to identify creative new fundraising events and assist in making the events become a reality.

Registration is required. Please call in advance to schedule your child's 15-minute reading session.

Tail Waggin’ Tutors is a reading program developed by Therapy Dogs International for children who are reluctant to read aloud. The main objective of this program is to provide a relaxed atmosphere, which allows students who are self-conscious in a classroom environment to practice the skill of reading.

By sitting down next to a dog and reading to the dog, all threats of being judged are put aside. The child relaxes, pats the attentive dog, and focuses on the reading.

Reading improves because the child is practicing the skill of reading, building self-esteem, and associating reading with something pleasant.

Print out the TailWagging Tutors poster (PDF).

Painting by Sue Barrasi.

Sue Barrasi was trained as an illustrator at the School of Visual Arts and continued her studies with a merit scholarship at the Art Students League. Her award winning paintings have been exhibited widely and she recently received a grant from the Arts Council of Rockland/New York State Council on the Arts to execute a series of paintings entitled “Rockland Renaissance.” She was also awarded the Ruth Katzman scholarship for a May 2012 residency at the Art Students League Vytlacil campus in Sparkill where she will complete a new body of work for a series of oils entitled “DayDreams.” For more examples of her work, see www.suebarrasi.com.

Opening Reception: Sunday, June 10, from 2-4 p.m. All welcome!

Monthly series: 1st Friday of every month.

Free and open to public.

June 1st film: LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003), written and directed by Sofia Coppola, starring Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson and Giovanni Ribisi. An exquisite, low-key comedy that's laugh-out-loud funny, melancholic and deeply moving all at once, LOST IN TRANSLATION adeptly rides the strange and often hilarious dislocations between two sets of cultures: the US and Japan... and women and men.

Weekly: Monday mornings (except on holidays).

Stories and songs for children ages 6 months to 5 years with Nancy, Judy and Agnes.

Due to its popularity, we have added a second Toddler Story Time on Monday mornings. If you would like to attend, please call the library to sign up for the 10:15 a.m. or 11 a.m. session. Space is limited. Registration is required.

Weekly: Monday mornings (except on holidays).

Stories and songs for children ages 6 months to 5 years with Nancy, Judy and Agnes.

Due to its popularity, we have added a second Toddler Story Time on Monday mornings. If you would like to attend, please call the library to sign up for the 10:15 a.m. or 11 a.m. session. Space is limited. Registration is required.

Weekly: Mondays afternoons (except on holidays).

For ages 3 – 5.

Space is limited. Please call 359-4595 to register.

Monthly meetings: the Library Board usually meets the first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. Please call the library for specific dates.

NOTE: in July, the meeting will be held on July 11th due to the holiday.

Read about the Board of Trustees and view the Library Board Meeting Agenda.

Monthly: 1st Thursday of each month.

Join Nancy for a quiet story time before bed. Teddy Bears welcome!

All ages welcome.

Weekly: Monday mornings (except on holidays).

Stories and songs for children ages 6 months to 5 years with Nancy, Judy and Agnes.

Due to its popularity, we have added a second Toddler Story Time on Monday mornings. If you would like to attend, please call the library to sign up for the 10:15 a.m. or 11 a.m. session. Space is limited. Registration is required.