Music CD's Ordered

The following CD's were ordered today and should be available for circulation soon.

Demon Days--Gorillaz
From Under the Cork Tree--Fall Out Boy
A Fever You Can't Sweat Out--Panic! at the Disco
Youth--Matisyahu
Foiled--Blue October
Louder Now--Taking Back Sunday
Broken Boy Soldiers--The Raconteurs
Decemberunderground--AFI

Any other suggestions? Just let us know.

New American Idol

Congratulations to Taylor Hicks, 2006 American Idol! For all those Katharine McPhee fans, not to worry, I'm sure she will sign some type of deal (record, movie, modeling). On to the dancing...

Battle of the Books 2006

The titles for this year's Battle of the Books have been announced. Please stop by the library if you are interestd in participating in this unique trivia competition. The regional battle will be held Saturday, September 16th at Ketcham High School in Wappingers Falls.

Chasing Vermeer--Blue Balliett
The City of Ember--Jeanne DuPrau
Crispin: The cross of lead--Avi
Freak the Mighty--Rodman Philbrick
The Magic Circle--Donna Jo Napoli
Millions--Frank Boyce Cottrell
Monster--Walter Dean Myers
Surviving the Applewhites--Stephanie Tolan
The Thief Lord--Cornelia Funke
When My Name was Keoko--Linda Sue Parks

Step Up to the Plate @ Your Library

You can win a trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY by logging on to http://www.ala.org/baseball and answering four questions about the sport. You can choose from questions about Hispanic, African American, and Female players, in addition to the Major League and ballparks. All entries must be dated by September 1, 2006. Have fun and play ball!

Evolution of Dance

Here is a very funny video of Judson Laipply summarizing how dance has evolved over the last 50 or so years. See how many you remember http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg .

You will need some type of media player on your computer.

Survey Monkey

The library is currently collecting results from Esopus residents on the services being offered in the library. Go to the library website located at http://esopuslibrary.org and look for the pink button that says "Click here to take survey." We ask that you only complete one survey per person, but please be brutally honest.

Hoot: the movie

All 2005 Battle of the Books team members are invited to the Hudson Valley Mall on Saturday, May 13th to see Hoot for FREE. We will be meeting at the Food Court at 7:20pm. Friends and family members are welcome, but they must pay their own way.