Dorothy Salisbury Davis and Annabella Sciorra
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The IBM Palisades Executive Conference Center played host once again to the Palisades Free Library's Sunday Symposia on November 14th. The program was titled "Rockland Writers: The Art of the Short Story" and featured Dorothy Salisbury Davis's Dies Irae and David Means's The Knocking.

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Ancestry Library Edition on Library Computers
Available exclusively on the library computers, the Ancestry Library Edition is the free version of Ancestry. com. Gain unprecedented access to family history via documents that record the lineage of individuals from North America, the UK, Europe, Australia, and more. Answers await everyone from professional or hobbyist, expert or novice, genealogist or historian - inside the more than 7,000 databases of family information. User-friendly search tools and comprehensive indexing make it easy to start discovering the story of you. Meet the family first-hand through millions of unique primary sources in full-text and enhanced images. See how they lived via additional collections that add context, background, and stories to individuals. Record your history and find others on the same path with helpful tools including charts, summaries, calendars, family trees, message boards, and more. (Ask our Reference Librarian if you need help.)

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Member of the Ramapo Catskill Library System
19 Closter Road Palisades, NY 10964
845-359-0136, Fax 845-359-6124
pal@rcls.org, www.palisadeslibrary.org
Hours: M-Thu 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-5, Sun 1-5
(closed Sunday June 20-Sept.12)
Closed: May 9, Mother’s Day; May 31, Memorial Day;
July 5, Independence Day observed; Sept. 6, Labor Day

Director Maria Gagliardi

Palisades Free Library
Member of the Ramapo Catskill Library System
19 Closter Road, Palisades, NY 10964
845-359-0136, Fax 845-359-6124
pal@rcls.org www.palisadeslibrary.org

Hours: Monday to Thursday 11-9, Friday to Saturday 11- 5, Sunday 1-5 Closed: April 12, Easter

Director
Maria Gagliardi

Board of Trustees
Sabelle Frasca, Lisette George, Mary Ellen Ledwith, Gerry Miras, Susan Nemesdy, William Saum, Holly Seeger, Kathryn Shattuck, Charles Shimel, David Shire and Dr. Lynn Sykes

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Member of the Ramapo Catskill Library System
19 Closter Road
Palisades, NY 10964
845-359-0136, Fax 845-359-6124
pal@rcls.org
www.rcls.org/pal

Hours: M-Thu 11-9, Fri 11-5,
Sat 11-5, Sun 1-5
Closed: Dec. 24, 25,
Christmas Eve & Day
Dec. 31, Jan. 1,
New Yearʼs Eve & Day
Feb. 15, Presidentʼs Day

Director
Maria Gagliardi

Board of Trustees
Mary Ellen Ledwith, President
Charles Shimel, Vice President
Dr. Carol Stewart, Secretary
Lisette George, Treasurer
Gerry Miras
Susan Nemesdy
William Saum
Sharon Schmetterer
Kathryn Shattuck David Shire
Dr. Lynn Sykes

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Member of the Ramapo Catskill Library System • 19 Closter Road • Palisades, NY 10964
Phone: 845-359-0136 • Fax: 845-359-6124 • E-mail: pal@rcls.org
Hours: M-Thu 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-5, Sun 1-5 • Closed: Oct. 12, Columbus Day, Nov 25-26, Thanksgiving
Director: Maria Gagliardi • Board of Trustees: Mary Ellen Ledwith, President
Charles Shimel, Vice President • Dr. Carol Stewart, Secretary • Lisette George, Treasurer
Geri Miras • Susan Nemesdy • William Saum • Sharon Schmetterer • Kathryn Shattuck • David Shire • Dr. Lynn Sykes

Stained glass artist and local resident Harriet Hyams with Kim Agnew Cohen in front of stained glass window dedicated to Beatrice Agnew, in honor of her 40 years of service as Director of the Library
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FOCUS ON JOB RESOURCES AT THE PALISADES FREE LIBRARY

Tomorrow’s Workplace Employment Resource Center serves Rockland County. Services include: resumé workshops, computer training software and job bank. Web site: www.tomorrowsworkplace.org. Don’t overlook the New York State Department of Labor web site. It has the latest information on unemployment benefits. You can also find publications on job searching, interviews and resumes and a database of all job openings on file with New York State; www.labor.state.ny.us.

19 Closter Road
Palisades, NY 10964
(845)359-0136, Fax (845)359-6124
pal@rcls.org
www.rcls.org/pal

NEW BOOKS

Auslander, Shalom – Foreskin’s Lament
Bhutto, Benazir – Reconciliation
Carter, Jimmy – A Remarkable Mother
Downie, Ruth – Terra Incognita
Fairstein, Linda – Killer Heat
Garvey, Steve – My Bat Boy Days
Graham, Heather – Death Dealer
Kendall, Joshua – The Man Who Made Lists
Kinsella, Sophie – Remember Me?
Lahiri, Jumpa – Unaccustomed Earth
McCullough, Dennis – My Mother, Your Mother
Picoult, Jodi – Change of Heart

NEW DVDs

Angels in the Dust
Atonement
Death at a Funeral
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Enchanted
I’m Not There
Juno
The Kite Runner
Lake of Fire
No Country for Old Men
The Rape of Europe
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
Willow Tree
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Second Chances
Water Horse: Legend of the Deep

City Delights

The library has passes for the Guggenheim, Whitney, Natural History and Cooper Hewitt museums, as well as discount tickets for Broadway and Off-Broadway theater. Reserve the museum passes at the circulation desk. Pick up the discount tickets at the reference desk.

Palisades Free Library

Member of the Ramapo Catskill Library System

19 Closter Road

Palisades, NY 10964

845-359-0136, Fax 845-359-6124, http://www.rcls.org/pal>www.rcls.org/pal

Hours: Mon-Thu 1-9, Fri 1-5, Sat 11-5, Sun 1-5

Closed Dec. 24, 25, 30, 31, Jan. 1, Feb. 19, Apr. 8

Member of the Ramapo Catskill Library System

19 Closter Road, Palisades, NY 10964

Tel: 845-359-0136, Fax: 845-359-6124, pal@rcls.org, www.rcls.org/pal

LIBRARY HOURS: Mon.–Thurs. 1:00-9:00

Friday 1:00-5:00

Saturday 11:00-5:00

Sunday 1:00-5:00

Library Closed: Columbus Day, October 8th and Thanksgiving, November 21st and 22nd

It Needs Some Music: Composing for Stage and Screen

Sunday, October 7: Composer David Shire, an Oscar and Grammy winner and multiple Tony and Emmy nominee, talks about and performs some of his music for stage musicals and the movies, assisted by Broadway and off-Broadway singer/actress Lynne Wintersteller.

In August, the Palisades Free Library’s “Sunday Symposia: A Community Cultural Series” was selected as the winner of the 2007 Member Library Adult Program of the Year Award from RCLS, the Ramapo Catskill Library System*. The award will be presented at the System’s Annual Meeting, Friday, October 5, at the West Point Club. The Library’s Board of Trustees President, Mary Ellen Ledwith, will make a brief presentation describing the program and provide a display highlighting the program for over 100 attendees who are library directors and trustees.

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19 Closter Road, Palisades, NY 10964
Phone: 845-359-0136, Fax: 845-359-6124
pal@rcls.org, www.rcls.org/pal
Closed May 28th, July 4th.
Closed Sundays from June 17th through September 2nd

The Palisades Free Library offers a variety of children's programs, as well a new books, new DVDs, and many reference materials.

Library news: summer programs for children, new books and DVDs, museum passes, and digitized resources.

New books and DVDs, upcoming library programs and events.