The Great Pumpkin Growing Contest

[For ages 5-9 years old and 10-18 years old]The Great Pumpkin Growing Contest! We’ll plant the seed for you. The challenge? Keep your pumpkin growing all summer long! Grow the heaviest pumpkin in your age group, and you’ll be crowned Pumpkin Master and win a prize!CONTE......More

[For ages 5-9 years old and 10-18 years old]The Great Pumpkin Growing Contest! We’ll plant the seed for you. The challenge? Keep your pumpkin growing all summer long! Grow the heaviest pumpkin in your age group, and you’ll be crowned Pumpkin Master and win a prize!CONTEST RULES1: Come into the library any day from May 13 - 18 and pick up your pre-ordered bio-degradable seed pot pumpkin seedling. Each biodegradable pot contains two Connecticut Field pumpkin seeds. This variety is a pre-1700 cultivar of Native American origin. It is popular for large Halloween pumpkins. It grows to 15-20 lbs and is a slightly ribbed, orange pumpkin that varies in shape and size. It is great for canning, baking, pies, and carving!2: For best results, plant the entire pot ON or AFTER May 13. Your seedlings have been started with this date for transplanting in mind. The pot isn’t very big and the roots could become rootbound, which will stunt the plant if it is not planted soon after pick up.Pumpkins prefer warm soil. (The danger of frost for NY has passed by May 3rd, and soil temperatures will have started to warm by May 13th.) Gently tear the biodegradable pot to allow the roots to escape. Dig a hole in a FULL SUN bed. (There should be a minimum of 8 hours of direct sunlight.) The ground's soil should be level with the pot's soil.3: Thin to the strongest seedling to prevent overcrowding. By thinning to the strongest seedling, you are giving that seedling the best chance to thrive. If both are allowed to grow together, they will compete with each other for water and nutrients. Neither plant will thrive under these conditions and produce stunted plants and stunted pumpkins.Once planted, let it grow and do its thing. It will need some care (water, fertilizer, etc.). Harvest is in about 110 days. So, plan accordingly!4: Take a picture each month with you and your pumpkin vine/pumpkin. Submit the pictures, with your name and age each month to: [email protected]: When you harvest your pumpkin, take a final picture with you, your pumpkin, AND show the weight of your pumpkin. Tell us the best thing you liked about growing the pumpkin and the hardest thing.There will be prizes for each age group!

Romp and Read

Romp and Read will help get the wiggles out on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10 am with interactive themes, stories, and action songs with props. No need to register, we hope to see you soon!

Community Room

NO CLASS: Chair Yoga for Seniors

There will be NO Chair Yoga class at Senior Projects of Ravena on Friday, May 17 or May 24.

Senior Projects Ravena

The Great Pumpkin Growing Contest

[For ages 5-9 years old and 10-18 years old]The Great Pumpkin Growing Contest! We’ll plant the seed for you. The challenge? Keep your pumpkin growing all summer long! Grow the heaviest pumpkin in your age group, and you’ll be crowned Pumpkin Master and win a prize!CONTE......More

[For ages 5-9 years old and 10-18 years old]The Great Pumpkin Growing Contest! We’ll plant the seed for you. The challenge? Keep your pumpkin growing all summer long! Grow the heaviest pumpkin in your age group, and you’ll be crowned Pumpkin Master and win a prize!CONTEST RULES1: Come into the library any day from May 13 - 18 and pick up your pre-ordered bio-degradable seed pot pumpkin seedling. Each biodegradable pot contains two Connecticut Field pumpkin seeds. This variety is a pre-1700 cultivar of Native American origin. It is popular for large Halloween pumpkins. It grows to 15-20 lbs and is a slightly ribbed, orange pumpkin that varies in shape and size. It is great for canning, baking, pies, and carving!2: For best results, plant the entire pot ON or AFTER May 13. Your seedlings have been started with this date for transplanting in mind. The pot isn’t very big and the roots could become rootbound, which will stunt the plant if it is not planted soon after pick up.Pumpkins prefer warm soil. (The danger of frost for NY has passed by May 3rd, and soil temperatures will have started to warm by May 13th.) Gently tear the biodegradable pot to allow the roots to escape. Dig a hole in a FULL SUN bed. (There should be a minimum of 8 hours of direct sunlight.) The ground's soil should be level with the pot's soil.3: Thin to the strongest seedling to prevent overcrowding. By thinning to the strongest seedling, you are giving that seedling the best chance to thrive. If both are allowed to grow together, they will compete with each other for water and nutrients. Neither plant will thrive under these conditions and produce stunted plants and stunted pumpkins.Once planted, let it grow and do its thing. It will need some care (water, fertilizer, etc.). Harvest is in about 110 days. So, plan accordingly!4: Take a picture each month with you and your pumpkin vine/pumpkin. Submit the pictures, with your name and age each month to: [email protected]: When you harvest your pumpkin, take a final picture with you, your pumpkin, AND show the weight of your pumpkin. Tell us the best thing you liked about growing the pumpkin and the hardest thing.There will be prizes for each age group!

Friends of the RCS Community Library Monthly Meeting

[For Adults and Teens]New members are always welcome!The Friends of the RCS Community Library, which is in the development process, welcomes new members. We are seeking eager participants with ideas about how to advocate and support the library's outreach.Monthly meetin......More

[For Adults and Teens]New members are always welcome!The Friends of the RCS Community Library, which is in the development process, welcomes new members. We are seeking eager participants with ideas about how to advocate and support the library's outreach.Monthly meetings are at the library, on the 3rd Monday of the month.

Meeting Room

Romp and Read

Romp and Read will help get the wiggles out on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10 am with interactive themes, stories, and action songs with props. No need to register, we hope to see you soon!

Community Room

Write Together at the Library

[For adults]Are you a beginning writer, or maybe working on the Great American Novel? Maybe you're the short story type? Prose fiction writers of all types and levels are invited to bring your notebooks, laptops or other writing implements and join us for an evening of ......More

[For adults]Are you a beginning writer, or maybe working on the Great American Novel? Maybe you're the short story type? Prose fiction writers of all types and levels are invited to bring your notebooks, laptops or other writing implements and join us for an evening of writing together. We'll offer writing prompts, sprints, and quiet time for you to get ahead on your writing project, no matter where you are in the process! Registration is required.

Meeting Room

Wednesday Movie: Yellow Rose

Yellow Rose[For adults] A Filipina teen from a small Texas town fights to pursue her dreams as a country music performer while having to decide between staying with her family or leaving the only home she has known. Rated PG-13.

Community Room

Drawing: Keeping it Simple and Fun!

[For adults and teens 16 ] Art does not have to be serious or of museum-quality. In these sessions you will draw from images chosen to be inspiring, exciting and amusing. Drawing, if you haven't done it before, is a very learnable skill and a very relaxing pastime. ......More

[For adults and teens 16 ] Art does not have to be serious or of museum-quality. In these sessions you will draw from images chosen to be inspiring, exciting and amusing. Drawing, if you haven't done it before, is a very learnable skill and a very relaxing pastime. It takes your brain in new directions. It is also the best way to begin other 2-dimensional art like painting. All skill levels are welcome including stick-figure beginners! Individual instruction and supplies will be provided. Local artist and instructor Thomas Baldovin will return to the library to offer these classes. There is no fee for this class. Registration is required.

Community Room

Family Storytime

Family Storytime is a fun participatory storytime for the whole family that includes songs, fingerplays, stories and movement activities. Early literacy activities are emphasized. No registration is required; drop in any Thursday at 10 am.

Community Room

Yarn Painting the Huichol Way

[For Adults & Teens]Making pictures with yarn is a centuries old Mexican tradition that just happens to be really fun! We’ll use the Huichol (Wee-chol) cultural tradition of creating colorful pictures with yarn as inspiration for our own creations with hard canvasses, y......More

[For Adults & Teens]Making pictures with yarn is a centuries old Mexican tradition that just happens to be really fun! We’ll use the Huichol (Wee-chol) cultural tradition of creating colorful pictures with yarn as inspiration for our own creations with hard canvasses, yarn and glue. Registration required. Image from: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80021380

Community Room

Romp and Read

Romp and Read will help get the wiggles out on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10 am with interactive themes, stories, and action songs with props. No need to register, we hope to see you soon!

Community Room

NO CLASS: Chair Yoga for Seniors

There will be NO Chair Yoga class at Senior Projects of Ravena on Friday, May 17 or May 24.

Senior Projects Ravena

Field Trip: Hannacroix Creek Glass Eel Counting

[For ages 8 and up]Did you know there are eels in the Hudson River? Meet us at the Hannacroix Creek, where Cornell Cooperative Extension staff will teach us about glass eels: transparent, one-year-old American eels. About two or three inches long, these tiny eels have r......More

[For ages 8 and up]Did you know there are eels in the Hudson River? Meet us at the Hannacroix Creek, where Cornell Cooperative Extension staff will teach us about glass eels: transparent, one-year-old American eels. About two or three inches long, these tiny eels have reached the Hannacroix Creek after a thousand-mile migration up the East Coast. Scientists believe the eels are born in the Sargasso Sea, but they are still quite a mystery. Let’s take a field trip to learn more!After you register, details about where we will meet will be sent to you.Registration required.

LIBRARY CLOSED

The library will be closed for Memorial Day weekend.

LIBRARY CLOSED

The library will be closed for Memorial Day weekend.