Saratoga Reads!
2020 Reading Season

A monthly library book discussion group. December: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Meet us at Harvey’s on Phila St. to discuss what 20 and 30-somethings are reading today. December: Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu

Want to make a fun little craft project? Enjoy being artsy? Make a craft in the Wilton Mall up until 1:30pm!

This month we will read and discuss Native American poetry, selected from The Poetry Foundation’s comprehensive collection on this theme.

This monthly book group meets to discuss mysteries, thrillers and suspense titles.

As part of our SaratogaREADS! programming, join us as we screen the Academy Award-winning film Tsotsi.

A monthly library book discussion group. January: New People by Danzy Senna

Meet us at Harvey’s on Phila St. to discuss what 20 and 30-somethings are reading today. January: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Rana will read from her new collection of poems, A Loaf of Bread, which touches on memory and loss regarding Syria, her former homeland.

Participate in a two part discussion of the 2019-2020 SaratogaREADS! Junior selection, New Kid by Jerry Craft.

Beck Krefting, Skidmore professor and former stand-up comic, discusses the role of charged humor in the service of social justice–historically and now–in addition to exploring contemporary writings that use charged humor to educate.

Participate in a two part discussion of the 2019-2020 SaratogaREADS! Junior selection, New Kid by Jerry Craft.

Check out books from the library, join a poetry discussion of South African poets (with handouts), and stay later for Caffè Lena’s Poetry Open Mic Night.

This book group will meet monthly to discuss mysteries, thrillers, and suspense titles. Books can be found on the shelves, Reading Group collection, or requested from other libraries. See a librarian for more information. Please register through our online events calendar or by calling 518- 584-7860, ext. 247.

Jennifer Lemak and Karen Quinn, curators at the New York State Museum, will present on ‘The Great Migration’ of African-Americans northward from 1915 to 1930 and on Harlem Renaissance artist Jacob Lawrence’s series of paintings on this theme.

Poetry Cafe attendees will have the opportunity to closely read and discuss selected poems.

Want to make a fun little craft project? Enjoy being artsy? Make a craft in the Wilton Mall up until 1:30pm!

George Takei, best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek, has written a graphic novel memoir about his family’s experiences in a Japanese American internment camp following the attack on Pearl Harbor.

A monthly library book discussion group. February: Mostly White by Karen Shepard

Meet us at Harvey’s on Phila St. to discuss what 20 and 30-somethings are reading today. February: Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

Join up for an informal book chat - and SNACKS!

As part of our Saratoga Reads! programming, Phyl Newbeck, author of Virginia Hasn’t Always Been for Lovers, joins us.

Join us for a film screening of Loving, the story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end in the Supreme Court.

Want to make a fun little craft project? Enjoy being artsy? Make a craft in the Wilton Mall up until 1:30pm!

Books and Tea meets to discuss The Color of Water by James McBride. Books and Tea is an ongoing reading group that meets the third Thursday of each month.