New Fiction
- Started Early, Took My Dog - Kate Atkinson
- Death of a Chimney Sweep: a Hamish Macbeth Mystery - MC Beaton
- Minding Frankie - Maeve Binchy
- The Postmistress - Sarah Blake
- Bless the Bride: a Molly Murphy Mystery - Rhys Bowen
- When the Killing's Done - TC Boyle
- A Red Herring without Mustard: a Flavia de Luce novel - Alan Bradley
- The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag: a Flavia de Luce novel - Alan Bradley
- The Weird Sisters - Eleanor Brown
- The Union Quilters: an Elm Creek Quilts novel - Jennifer Chiaverini
- The Sentry: a Joe Pike novel - Robert Crais
- The Jungle: a novel of the Oregon Files - Clive Cussler
- Left Neglected - Lisa Genova
- Where Shadows Dance: a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery- C.S Harris
- Pym - Mat Johnson
- What the Night Knows - Dean Koontz
- Damage - John Lescroart
- The Paris Wife - Paula McLain
- A Cup of Light - Nicole Mones
- When the Thrill is Gone: a Leonid McGill mystery - Walter Mosley
- A Heartbeat Away - Michael Palmer
- Swamplandia! - Karen Russell
- The Complaints - Ian Rankin
- Sing You Home - Jodi Picoult
- Clara and Mr. Tiffany - Susan Vreeland
- Heartstone: a Matthew Shardlake Tudor mystery - CJ Sansom
New Non-Fiction
- Life, on the line: a Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat - Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas
- One Hundred Names for Love: a Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing - Diane Ackerman
- Backyard Guide to the Birds of North america - Jonathan Alderfer
- Beating Lyme: Understanding and Treating this Complex and Often Misdiagnosed disease - Constance A. Bean
- Canada - Insite Guides
- The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals - edited by Gail Damerow
- At Elizabeth David's Table: Classic Recipes and Timeless Kitchen Wisdom - Elizabeth David
- And Furthermore - Judi Dench
- A Spicing of Birds: Poems - Emily Dickinson
- Jean-Michel Basquiat: 1960-1988
- The Explosive Force of the Streets - Leonhard Emmerling
- Keeping Bees: All You Need to Know to Tens Hives, Harvest Honey & More - Ashley English
- Puerto Rico - Fodor's
- Same Kind of different as Me: a Modern-day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the unlikely Woman who Bound them Together - Ron Hall & Denver Moore
- Blood, Bones & Butter: the Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant chef - Gabrielle Hamilton
- Pilates Anatomy: YOur Illustrated Guide to Mat Work for Core Stability and Balance - Rael Isacowitz
- Without a Word: How a Boy's Unspoken Love Changed everything - Jill Kelly
- The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love - Kristin Kimball
- Dog Days, Raven Nights - John M. Marzluff, Colleen Marzluff
- Sempre Susan: a Memoir of Susan Sontag - Sigred Nunex
- Portugal - Insite Guides
- Landscaping with Fruit - Lee Reich
- And I Shall Have Some Peace There - Margaret Roach
- Oreo - Fran Ross
- Twin - Allen Shawn
- J.D. Salinger a Life - Kenneth Slaawenski
New Audio Books
- Started Early, Took My Dog - Kate Atkinson
- Nothing to Be Frightened Of - Julian Barnes
- Everything Matters - Ron Currie Jr.
- More than it Hurts You - Darin Strauss
- Great Classic Science Fiction
New DVD's
- Black Swan - Natalie Portman
- Fair Game - Naomi Watts, Sean Penn
- The Fighter - Christian Bale, Melissa Leo
- Hearafter - Matt Damon
- Inside Job - 2008 financial crisis documentary
- Love & Other Drugs - Jake Gyllenhall, Anne Hathaway
- Mad Men, season 4
- Made in Dagenham - Sally Hawkins
- The Others Side of Heaven - Anne Hathaway
- Tangled - animated
- Treme, first season - Steve Zahn, Melissa Leo, John Goodman
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BOOKLISTS
We feature reading suggestions here every month. Visit the Library to pick up a copy of the booklist-of-the-month brochure and check out a book from our current display.
Books with
a True Friendship
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters
- Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bon by Lorna Landvik
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- As Always, Julia: the Letters of Julia Child and Avis Devoto edited by Joan Reardon
- Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson
- Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O'Brien
- Bridal Quartet and most books by Nora Roberts
- Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
- Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson
- Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
- Chet and Bernie mysteries by Spencer Quinn
- The Color Purple - Alice Walker
- Digging to America by by Anne Tyler
- Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
- Elm Creek Quilts novels by Jennifer Chiaverini
- The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
- Eragon trilogy by Christopher Paolini
- The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
- Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley
- Friday Nights by Joanna Trollope
- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café by Fannie Flagg
- Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
- Getting to Happy by Terry McMillan
- The Girls from Ames by Jeffrey Zaslow
- Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
- I Still Dream About You by Fannie Flagg
- Islands by Anne Rivers Siddons
- Joe Pike books by Robert Crais
- The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
- Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Let's take the long way home by Gail Caldwell
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- The Lord of the Rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien
- The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
- More than Friends by Barbara Delinsky
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
- Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas
- Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
- Richard Jury series by Martha Grimes
- Same Kind of Different As Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore
- Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares
- Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
- Songs without Words by by Ann Packer
- Spenser series by Robert B. Parker
- Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
- Sweetwater Creek by Anne Rivers Siddons
- Talk Before Sleep by Elizabeth Berg
- The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
- Truth and Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett
- The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
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THERAPEUTIC YOGA
with Donna Nisha Cohen
 Monday, April 25, 10:00 am – 11:30 am in the Biography Room
In this gentle, introductory workshop Donna will lead the class through an exploration of different movement patterns that can help us discover how to use our bodies in simple, more easeful and safer ways. She will also help us notice and connect the body, mind, emotions and spirit through the way the breath is used. These movements will be done in chairs as well as standing, using the chair as support when necessary."
Ms. Cohen is a Nationally Certified Yoga Teacher, Master Level, an Integrative Energy Therapy Practitioner, an Embodied Life Practitioner, and a Guided Self-Inquiry Facilitator.
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MOTHER'S DAY TEA
AND LECTURE
 Saturday, May 7 – 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Ulster County Historical Society at the Bevier House
Join us for a joint fundraiser at the Bevier House on Route 209 in Hurley. We will have tea with all the trimmings and a guest speaker who will discuss the days when Rhinebeck was the Violet Capital of the World.
We are collecting pretty teacups for this event, so if you can donate a china cup, please drop it off at the Library any time that we are open. Please visit the website for upcoming details.
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ARCHITECTURAL WALKING TOUR OF MAIN STREET
 Sunday, May 29 Meet at the Library at 2:00 pm
(rain date: 5/30)
Join us for a tour of Main Street, Stone Ridge with Dr. William B. Rhoads, Professor Emeritus of American Art and Architecture at the State University at New Paltz. We will investigate the architectural characteristics of the splendid buildings on our Main Street.
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POETRY
with Rosemary Deen
 Thurs, April 21,
1-3pm in the Bio Room
Join us for another afternoon of poetry with Rosemary Deen. We will be reading the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop.
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TEA TIME BOOK GROUP
Wednesday, April 13
4pm in the Biography Room
 The selection this month is Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson. Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside is filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and contains a cast of characters both hilariously original and as familiar as the members of readers' own families. Their interactions are both hilarious and heartbreaking.
Join us in the Biography Room for lively Discussion and light refreshments.
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HOLMES & CO.
Mystery Lovers
Book Group
Wednesday, April 20,
4pm in the Biography Room
 The selections for this meeting include: Murder Past Due by D.R. Meredith. And The Adventure of the Devil's Foot - a Sherlock Holmes mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle.
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MEDIEVAL
Book Group
Wednesday, April 6,
7pm in the Biography Room
 The book for the April meeting is Leo Africanus by Amin Maalouf. This historical novel, in the form of a memoir, uses the adventures of a real-life Arab traveler, Assan al-Wazzan, to examine the worlds of Islam and Christendom at the end of the medieval period.
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ADULT CHESS CLUB
 Monday, April 4,
6-7:30pm in the Biography Room
Our Chess Club for adults, scheduled for the first Monday of the month, from 6 - 7:30pm. Bring your own board if possible, and come join the fun!
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MEMOIR WRITING GROUP
Saturday, April 2 at 1pm
in the Biography Room
 A Memoir Writing Group usually meets the first Saturday of the month. Bring in something you've recently written or are working on to share. Anyone interested should contact Brian Drabkin by email, or at 687-4711 or Diane in the Program Office at 687-8726.
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KNITTING GROUP
 Every Saturday
10am-noon
The Stone Ridge Library Knitters meet every Saturday morning from 10am - 12noon. All ages and experience levels can join us and drop-in knitters are also welcome. We each bring our own supplies and do our own work, but one of the best things about us is that whatever obstacle or confusion you might encounter, you're likely to receive as much comment and advice as you need to get where you're going with a project. Some of us can help toward the repair of knitted or crocheted items too.
The group is sociable and lively, and our conversation and sharing is just as wide-ranging as our projects. We are especially interested in the UFOs (Un-Finished Objects) that members bring in and love the show and tell of projects under way and being finished, new or old, simple or complex. Though knitting is our love and mainstay, we graciously adapt ourselves to stray crocheters and those of us who simply must take to the hook when the spirit moves. We share articles, magazines and books on knitting. Donations of yarn to the Library get made up into items for sale at the Library Fair and during the winter holidays for the benefit of the Library. Some of us also knit things for local hospitals or for the U.S. troops.
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ON THE SHELVES
with Phyllis Keaton
Poughkeepsie Journal 3. 6.11
Books tell the story of pop and rock music
 Last month, Tomorrow's Children by Pete Seeger with The Rivertown Kids and Friends won a Grammy in the Best Musical Album for Children category.
At the time of recording, the Rivertown Kids were fourth-grade students at Beacon's J.V. Forrestal Elementary School.
 These Grammy Award winners may appear in a future edition of MTV Pop and Rock World Records 2011 by Luke Crampton and Dafydd Rees. This compendium of rock-related facts provides an abridged history of contemporary music — or at least music awards. It includes lists, such as "Youngest Chart-Topping Artists" and "The Richest American Rock Stars under 30," as well as listing decades of Grammy and other music award winners. Not much depth here, but like the Guinness books it imitates, "Pop and Rock World Records" might settle a disagreement or two.
 Another book of lists, this one with historic value, is A Pete Seeger Discography: Seventy Years of Recordings by David King Dunaway. This comprehensive list of Pete Seeger's recordings provides an overview of his life and our times. Photos of covers for his 45, 78 and 33 rpm and CD recordings also provide a graphic history of recording. Preview many of these recordings available on CD through local libraries.
 Tunes: A Comic Book History of Rock and Roll, edited by Vincent Brunner, is a very different form of graphic history. It's an anthology of brief rock "biographies" by graphic artists covering performers from Little Richard (still here) to the White Stripes (recently departed.) Some entries are literal, some are fanciful, some are strange. This odd and entertaining book was originally published in France.
 For those seeking fact, not fiction, try Rock Connections: The Complete Road Map of Rock 'n' Roll by Bruno MacDonald. Rock Connections uses graphic symbols to illustrate connections between artists from ABBA to Rob Zombie in the style of "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon." Connections are drawn between artists, bands, producers, clubs, record labels, festivals and more. Want to know the connection between Michael Jackson and Nirvana? See page 125.
 One important musical relationship overlooked in Rock Connections is covered comprehensively in Stars & Guitars: The Guitars that Made 200 Rock Gods Famous by Michael Heatley. This book is as titled — photos of rock stars and their gorgeous guitars and basses, plus descriptions of famous recordings, guitar history and modifications, lists of other guitars used by the artist on other recordings, and lists of other musicians who use the same guitar. You don't have to be a guitar nerd to enjoy this book; there is a helpful glossary of guitar terms at the end.
Phyllis Keaton is director of the Howland Public Library, serving the Beacon City School District. She serves on the board of the Foundation for Hudson Valley Libraries, is past president of the New York Library Association Library Administration & Management and the association's Public Libraries Sections, and is past chairwoman of the Dutchess County Library Directors Association.
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Wish List
 We are collecting pretty tablecloths and teacups, so if you are doing some cleaning out and can donate a china cup or a 6-10 foot long tablecloth, please drop them off at the Library any time that we are open. Thanks!
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GREAT WEBSITES!
Google Art Project
This website, provided by Google, allows users to "walk" pre-selected galleries in seventeen museums worldwide. Users can zoom in on selected works, review information about the artwork and artists that created them, and in some cases view short videos about selected works. Collaboration with additional museums in the future is expected.* more
The Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time
Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
This site presents the origin of April Fools' Day, pranks played, and a quiz challenging readers to sort the truth from the outrageously false stories reported by the media on April 1st, including the Swiss Spaghetti Harvest story. It also includes a chronological index of hoaxes from 1698 to 2005, and an essay on reasons to hate the observance. From the Museum of Hoaxes. more
New York State Literary Tree
This site is all about the authors who have lived or worked in New York state. A Literary Map of New York State and one of New York City are included. Click on Ulster County to see the local authors. Literary events are featured. Developed by Bright Hill Press with the New York State Council on the Arts. more
- *Reproduced with permission from copyright 2010 by the ipl2 Consortium (http://www.ipl.org). All rights reserved.
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