Come see a sneak peek of Alfred State’s Drama Department’s rendition of “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical” on Saturday, November 11th 3 P.M.– Upstairs at the Belmont Library. See the “Campfire Song” & “Bring On the Monsters” scenes. (Partial Showing).
This months board meeting will take place on October 19th at 3 P.M. at the Belmont Library. If you would like to attend please notified the library ahead of time so we can put you on the agenda. Hope to see you there.
(Image from https://unsplash.com/s/photos/starry-sky)
This October is full of stellar events to witness!
October 8th to 9th: The Draconid Meteor Shower
October 14th: Solar Eclipse (wear protective eyewear if you want to look at the eclipse directly, not just ordinary sunglasses, but astronomy grade protective eyewear)
October 21st to 22nd: Orionid Meteor Shower
October 28th: Lunar Eclipse
Go outside and witness these fascinating cosmic phenomenon!
Cryptid Hunt!
(image from https://www.businessinsider.com/a-map-of-the-monsters-that-haunt-the-us-2015-1)
It is October! The time for creepy critters and ghoulish delights! Come to the library and see if you can find our cryptid frights! Nine spooky specters haunt our library books. Can you find them all in their crannies and nooks?
Find them all this Halloween at the Belmont Free Library and win a sugary treat!
Do you ever feel like a painting is missing something? That in the background of that Victorian manor those highland hills would look just a smidge better with a dragon flying over them? Perhaps that is just me and my dragon obsession.
Welcome to “Altered Art.” In this program, we will be adding to prints of paintings. You can paint, draw, cut, glue, and any other form of alteration you see fit to add your artistic flair to a pre-existing art piece. We have seven prints available for this project and all the supplies you will need. If you have a print at home that you would like to bring to alter feel free to bring it along! In the world of stories and legends, in the walls of a library, what better place to be inspired?
Dates: October 16 to October 27 (or when we run out of prints to alter)
Where: At the Belmont Free Library
When: During the library hours (Monday 1 PM to 5 PM, Tuesday 1 PM to 7 PM,
Thursday 9 AM to 3 PM, and Friday 1 PM to 5 PM)
Come enjoy the fun during the mystical time of October!
It is easy to judge someone based on how they look, how they dress, or other external appearances. But a monster is not how someone looks, but rather how they act. It is easy to make someone into a monster by treating them like one. Kindness is the best “weapon” to turn “monsters” into friends.
The library’s board meeting will be on Thursday September 21, 2023, at 3 PM in the library. If you wish to be present/have a topic of discussion, please contact ahead of time so you can be put on the agenda.
The Ice Age is an almost mythical setting. When the world was locked in vast glaciers, the rugged land and sea unrecognizable to today. A fascinating piece of that lost era of time is called Doggerland. Now underneath the North Sea between England and Europe, there lies the remnants of a lost world. When the Ice Age was in full swing, the sea levels of the globe dropped around 400 feet, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, exposing much of the continental shelves and low level sea beds around the continents of the world.
Relicts of the civilizations of Doggerland have been dredged up from the sea by British fishermen for ages, and it is a fascinating archaeological treasure trove. Below is a link to the National Geographic article by William E. McNulty and Jerome N. Cookson, for a more in-depth look at this fascinating Ice Age “Atlantis.”
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/doggerland/
