The events calendar for December 2025, and a bit before, includes me! All book reviews/author talks at Albany Public Library, 161 Washington Avenue, at 2 pm, EXCEPT the holiday concert on December 16, which will be at 12:30 pm.
November 25| Book Review | Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green. Reviewer: Roger Green, business librarian, retired from the NY Small Business Development Center. (Not related to John.)
December 2 | Book Review | The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz. Reviewer: Ezra Scott, Jr., MA, MBE, is a native of Niagara Falls, NY, a public servant, an educator, & the proud father of Khari C. Scott & Exra P. Scott III.
December 9 |Author Talk | Roselee Blooston, author of four other books, both memoir & stories, discusses & reads from her book of personal essays, Including the Periphery.
December 30 | Book Review | Nadja by André Breton. Reviewer: Dan Wilcox, peace activist & noted local poet.
Art at APL Opening Reception
Pine Hills branch of the Albany Public Library, 517 Western Avenue
Countenance: The Contemporary Portrait, December 5- May 9, 2025
Nuveen Barwari, Judith Braun, Maggie Halloran, John Hampshire, Phil Knoll, Mark McCarty, Philip J. Palmieri, Winosha Steele, Felicia van Bork, Oliver Wasow
More info HERE.
Sunday, December 14
Join us for an afternoon of music and history in support of the Underground Railroad Education Center. Arias in the Afternoon: Lifting Every Voice
December 14, 2025
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
New York State Museum
4th Floor Terrace
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Ballad of the Brown King – Margaret Bonds
Seven Carols for Christmas – Alice Parker
December 14, 2025
2:30 Art display
3 p.m. Concert (see poster above)
First Presbyterian Church at the corner of State and Willett in Albany, NY