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Hamilbrary: The Setting of the Sun in Three Media
Tuesday, May 27 at 6 p.m.
Rob Kolb will take us on a journey through three different depictions of the myth of Phoebus (Apollo) driving the chariot of the sun across the sky. French painter François Boucher depicted the end of this diurnal journey, German poet Friedrich Schiller imagined the same event in “Der Abend” (Evening), and Johannes Brahms set Schiller’s poem to music for a vocal quartet and piano.
G. Roberts Kolb is the Marjorie and Robert W. McEwen Professor of Music Emeritus and Director of Choral Music Emeritus at Hamilton College, where he is a past holder of the Christian A. Johnson “Excellence in Teaching” Chair. He is a contributing author to Up Front! Becoming the Complete Choral Conductor (E. C. Schirmer) and Five Centuries of Choral Music (Pendragon Press). Before coming to Hamilton College in 1981, Dr. Kolb taught at Smith College, where he conducted the Smith Choirs and Glee Club. Past musical director of both the Syracuse Vocal Ensemble and the Cayuga Vocal Ensemble (Ithaca, N.Y.), he is musical director of the Catskill Choral Society; director of Tapestry, the All-Centuries Singers; and director of music at the Stone Presbyterian Church in Clinton, N.Y.
An Evening with ”Jolene”
Dolly Parton’s Songs and Stories
Wednesday, May 28 at 7 p.m.
Celebrate singer, songwriter, and cultural icon Dolly Parton with author and Hamilton College Professor Lydia R. Hamessley. Lydia will discuss her brand new book Dolly Parton’s Jolene, Dolly’s songwriting in general, and answer questions from the audience.
Lydia R. Hamessley is the author of Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton (2020) and Dolly Parton’s Jolene (2025). She is the John and Anne Fischer Professor in the Fine Arts in Music at Hamilton College where she teaches courses in country music, medieval and Renaissance music, music in film, and world music.
Copies will be available for purchase and signing
Clinton Challenge Begins on May 26
Readers ages 18 and up are invited to join us as we compete against libraries in other Clintons for a summer reading challenge! We’ll take on readers from the North County Branch Library in Clinton, New Jersey, the Clinton County Libraries in Pennsylvania, the Bigelow Free Library in Clinton, Massachusetts, the Clinton Public Library in Clinton, Iowa, and the Clinton Public Library in Clinton, Indiana, to see who can read the most this summer.
All you have to do is keep track of how long you spend reading each week. You can read books, magazines, or newspapers, listen to an audiobook, or anything you can borrow from the library. It counts! Download a Clinton Challenge Reading Log, grab a paper copy from inside the library, or use your own method.
Every Friday from May 30 through September 5, let us know how long you’ve read during the week. You can snip this week from your reading log and drop it off, email your total to clinton@midyork.org, or fill out the online form. We’ll tally the hours and see how we stack up against the competition. For every instance that you submit your time, you’ll be entered in a raffle to win a fun prize at the end of the summer.
Stop in the library, check our website, or follow us on social media for updates throughout the summer. Thanks for joining our team and helping us show the country that this Clinton loves to read!
Youth Market at the
Clinton Farmer’s Market
Apply now!
Calling all young entrepreneurs! Students entering grades 6-12 can sell art, crafts, produce, or baked goods at the Clinton Farmer’s Market this summer. Market dates are July 3, July 24, and August 21 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. For more details and to apply, email clinton@midyork.org.
Wandering Book Project
All this month, six different picture books will be wandering around Clinton and Kirkland. If you find one on your doorstep, you’ve been booked! Bring it inside, read it by yourself or with your family, and record your name and street on the card. Then, you can “book” someone else! Pass the bag and book to a friend or neighbor you think might enjoy reading it. On June 20, we’ll collect the books back at the Library to see how many people read them. Help us spread these stories about sharing, community, kindness, and empathy.
OHM BOCES Bridges Program Senior Art & Photography Showcase
On view until May 28
See paintings, photography, and more made by the talented senior-year students in the OHM BOCES Bridges Program.
