Events in December 2025
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Beyond the Sea: The Hidden Life in Lakes, Streams, and Wetlands Beyond the Sea: The Hidden Life in Lakes, Streams, and Wetlands
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December 3, 2025
Dave Strayer - Beyond the Sea: The Hidden Life in Lakes, Streams, and Wetlands
Virtual Program - Online Via Zoom
Registration Required
Join Dave Strayer of the Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies as he reveals the hidden life found in our inland waters.
Cary Institute freshwater ecologist Dave Strayer will describe the rich and imperiled life of the world’s inland waters, and discuss how we can best preserve these ecosystems and species for future generations. The talk will draw from his recent book, Beyond the Sea: The Hidden Life in Lakes, Streams, and Wetlands, and will interest anyone who likes to fish, swim, boat, watch birds, or sit by the shore, or who is interested in biodiversity and its conservation.
Dave Strayer is a retired freshwater ecologist from the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, where he worked for more than 30 years as part of a team that studied the ecology of the Hudson River. Dave is the author of The Hudson Primer: The Ecology of an Iconic River and a new book, Beyond the Sea: The Hidden Life in Lakes, Streams, and Wetlands.
Wednesday, December 3
6 PM
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Community Yoga With Kristen Pratt - REGISTRATION REQUIRED Community Yoga With Kristen Pratt - REGISTRATION REQUIRED
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December 5, 2025
Community Yoga
With Kristen Pratt
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
(space limited - you may be added to a wait list)Community Yoga is an energizing morning practice of thoughtful movement, yoga asana, and easygoing breathwork.
No yoga experience is needed, but please make sure you’re comfortable standing and moving safely through simple balance poses.
If you’re working with significant injuries or mobility challenges that make standing or balancing difficult, this class may not be the best or safest fit right now.Please bring your own yoga mat, two yoga blocks and a blanket or thick towel.
Kristen Pratt (CYT 500) is committed to creating inclusive, heart-centered, and mobility-focused yoga practices for all kinds of bodies and experiences.
Friday
December 5 (9:30 Start Time)
12, & 19
10 AM
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Wrecked and Abandoned Wrecked and Abandoned
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December 8, 2025
Wrecked and Abandoned
Virtual History Talk with the Hudson River Maritime Museum
Online Program - Registration Required
In the 19th century, Rondout Creek was a center of transportation and industry. The entrance to the over 100-mile-long Delaware and Hudson (D&H) Canal was accessed through Rondout Creek, here in Kingston, allowing barges carrying thousands of tons of Pennsylvania coal, Hudson Valley bricks, and other resources between the two ends of the canal. The Mary Powell, one of the “floating palaces”, as these large passenger steamboats were called, had its home port in Kingston and brought thousands of passengers across the Hudson River to New York City and back every year. Hundreds of sloops and schooners sailed the Hudson River, many travelling back and forth in Rondout Creek. Over the years, many boats and barges have been neglected, left to rot on the creek. Accidents were unfortunately inevitable, and the Rondout Creek and Hudson River are home to a plethora of forgotten, wrecked, and abandoned vessels.
Monday, December 8
6 PM
Online Program - Registration Required
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Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting *NOTE TIME CHANGE TO 6:30 PM Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting *NOTE TIME CHANGE TO 6:30 PM
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December 11, 2025
Staatsburg Library Board of Trustees
Monthly MeetingFor more information visit the Staatsburg Library website
staatsburglibrary.org or email staatslibrary@gmail.comThe Staatsburg Library Board of Trustees meet on the second Thursday of each month at 7 pm
2025 Meeting Schedule
January 9, February 13, March 13, April 10, May 8, June 12, July 10,
August 14, September 11, October 9, November 13, December 11Thursday, December 11
*TIME CHANGE FOR DECEMBER MEETING
6:30 PM -
Community Yoga With Kristen Pratt - REGISTRATION REQUIRED Community Yoga With Kristen Pratt - REGISTRATION REQUIRED
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December 12, 2025Community Yoga
With Kristen Pratt
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
(space limited - you may be added to a wait list)Community Yoga is an energizing morning practice of thoughtful movement, yoga asana, and easygoing breathwork.
No yoga experience is needed, but please make sure you’re comfortable standing and moving safely through simple balance poses.
If you’re working with significant injuries or mobility challenges that make standing or balancing difficult, this class may not be the best or safest fit right now.Please bring your own yoga mat, two yoga blocks and a blanket or thick towel.
Kristen Pratt (CYT 500) is committed to creating inclusive, heart-centered, and mobility-focused yoga practices for all kinds of bodies and experiences.
Friday
December 5 (9:30 Start Time)
12, & 19
10 AM
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Adult Book Club Adult Book Club
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December 16, 2025
Book Club & Pot Luck Holiday Celebration
Join a dynamic group of adult readers that meet monthly for fun and lively discussions about a vast array of books, from contemporary to the classics.
December Book Selection: Raising Hare by Chloe DaltonCall 889-4683 or email staatslibrary@gmail.com to order a copy of the book.
Tuesday, December 16
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A Program For All Abilities - Holiday Cheer! A Program For All Abilities - Holiday Cheer!
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December 17, 2025 – December 18, 2025
A Program For All Abilities
Arts & Crafts / Music & Movement / Games & Stories
Registration RequiredA social hour of activities and games designed for teens & adults with intellectual, cognitive and/or developmental disabilities.
December Program - Holiday Cheer!
REGISTRATION REQUIRED: staatslibyouth@gmail.comWednesday, December 17
11 AM
REGISTRATION REQUIREDMystery Book Club Mystery Book Club
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December 17, 2025
Mystery Book Club
Mystery loves company! Join a dynamic group of adult readers that meet monthly for fun and lively discussions about a vast array of mystery books, from contemporary to the classics.
December Book Selection: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice For Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Call 889-4683 or email staatslibrary@gmail.com to order a copy of the book.Wednesday, December 17
6:30 PMStaatsburg Library -
Community Yoga With Kristen Pratt - REGISTRATION REQUIRED Community Yoga With Kristen Pratt - REGISTRATION REQUIRED
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December 19, 2025
Teen Night
6th Grade and UpHang out with friends and have lots of laughs at the library!
Snacks, games, activities & tons of FUN!
Trivia & Cookies - Please bring cookies to share so we have lots of variety.Friday, December 19
7 PM -
Food Lit & Cookbook Book Club Food Lit & Cookbook Book Club
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December 29, 2025Staatsburg Library
We offer story times and other activities for children, teens, and adults, including a book discussion group. Check our program calendar or call the library at 845-889-4683.