The next project of the Fort Plain Free Library’s intermediate sewer’s group will be a raglan T-shirt, designed to teach the basics of clothing construction. Retired Family and Consumer Sciences teacher Pamela Boynton will guide students as they pin the pattern on their own fabric and cut it out. Using the basic skills taught in the beginner’s class, participants will … Read More

The Fort Plain Free Library announces the make-up date for the spring poetry workshop originally scheduled for April 23rd. The second of two creative writing workshops facilitated by writer Joan Caska will focus on nature and the environment. She said, “Whether you’re an experienced writer, you’d like to give poetry a first try, or you’re just excited about reading poetry, … Read More

Come to the Fort Plain Free Library’s annual Spring Book, Plant and White Elephant Sale during the village-wide garage sale weekend in Fort Plain for books, plants, and more!

Come to the Fort Plain Free Library’s annual Spring Book, Plant and White Elephant Sale during the village-wide garage sale weekend in Fort Plain for books, plants, and more!

This workshop, facilitated by Siena College Teaching Assistant Professor of English James Belflower, explores how micro-fiction can lead to major drama as we write stories under 500 words. This program is made possible, in part, with funding by the NYS Council on the Arts and this library.

This workshop, facilitated by Siena College Teaching Assistant Professor of English James Belflower, explores how mining your autobiography can be very helpful in finding characters, storylines, and scenes for your fiction. This program is made possible, in part, with funding by the NYS Council on the Arts and this library.  

This workshop, facilitated by Siena College Teaching Assistant Professor of English James Belflower, explores how everyday objects seem to have a life of their own and can inspire adventures in perception, flights of fancy, and vivid moments of nostalgia in our writing. This program is made possible, in part, with funding by the NYS Council on the Arts and this … Read More

This workshop, facilitated by Siena College Teaching Assistant Professor of English James Belflower, explores how walking reveals new rhythms, sensory surprises, and innovative thoughts in our writing. This program is made possible, in part, with funding by the NYS Council on the Arts and this library.

This workshop, facilitated by Siena College Teaching Assistant Professor of English James Belflower, explores how walking reveals new rhythms, sensory surprises, and innovative thoughts in our writing. This program is made possible, in part, with funding by the NYS Council on the Arts and this library.

Book discussion on Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing, facilitated by WAMC film commentator Audrey Kupferberg. Kupferberg is a lecturer at SUNY Albany, where she teaches courses in film history in the Art Department. This program is made possible, in part, with funding from the NYS Council on the Arts and this library.