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Traditional tales at the library
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 The library will be open Monday, Oct. 10, and storyteller, author and Abenaki elder Joe Bruchac will be joining us that day for two storytelling programs at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. As a professional teller of the traditional tales of the Adirondacks and the Native peoples of the Northeastern woodlands, Bruchac has performed extensively throughout the world. He is the author of more than 130 books in several genres for young readers and adults. He lives in the Adirondack foothills town of Greenfield Center, in the same house where his maternal grandparents raised him.
Copies of his work will be available for purchase and signing following both programs. These programs will take place on the Green, weather permitting. Seating is available on a first-come basis.
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 The recently released “Hocus Pocus 2” may have a whole new generation under the Sanderson sisters’ spell, but you can watch where it all began at our screening of the original “Hocus Pocus” (1993, PG, 95 min.) Saturday, Oct. 15, at 2:30 p.m.
All ages are invited to join us in the Community Room for this modern Halloween classic about three 17th-century witches, hanged for their murderous crimes, who are resurrected on Halloween in modern-day Salem by an unsuspecting boy, who must now figure out how to get them back in the ground.
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 Our Little Sunday Music series continues to showcase amazing musical talent with the Oct. 16 concert "Spero Plays Nyro." Pianist and singer/songwriter Christine Spero will perform the songs of Laura Nyro, who would have been 75 this week, and was the enigmatic songwriter behind top ten hits recorded by The Fifth Dimension, Three Dog Night, Blood Sweat and Tears, and Barbra Streisand. Her groundbreaking music crossed the genres of folk, rock, and jazz.
The concert will start at 2 p.m. on the Green, weather permitting. The series will continue indoors for the months of November and December.
A Little Sunday Music performances are sponsored by the Friends of Bethlehem Public Library.
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Library board meets later in October
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 The Library Board of Trustees will meet Monday, Oct. 17, at 6 p.m. in the board room. This meeting is taking place on the third Monday of the month to avoid holiday conflicts.
Members of the public can attend the meeting in person or watch it live on the library’s YouTube channel. |
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Go on a spooky story stroll
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 Children and their families are invited to take a hike on the nature loop at Elm Avenue Park and enjoy a self-led Halloween story at a special Trick or Treat Story Stroll Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 4-6 p.m. In conjunction with the Bethlehem Public Library, Parks and Recreation staff will be dressed up along the loop to hand out treats. Halloween bags will be provided by the Friends of Bethlehem Public Library. |
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Peek into the dark corners
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 Just in time for spooky season, join us for the inaugural meeting of our Dark Corners Book Group, our first one ever dedicated to literary thrillers, mysteries, suspense, horror, and maybe even some true crime.
Be sure to grab your copy of our first title, “Whisper Down the Lane” by Clay McLeod Chapman, which will be discussed at the Wednesday, Oct. 26, meeting. This true-crime-based horror novel takes its inspiration from the “Satanic Panic” of the 1980s and is a tense and compulsively readable exploration of a world primed by paranoia to believe the unbelievable.
Copies are available at the Information Desk. This title is also available in e-book and e-audiobook from Libby and e-audiobook from Hoopla. The discussion begins at 7 p.m. Click here to sign up. |
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