Event List

Join us as we review: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong about the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling with Ola Rosling & Anna Rosling Rönnlund.

Join us as we review: Mayor Erastus Corning: Albany Icon, Albany Enigma by Paul Grondahl.  Reviewer: Mary A. Rosch, operations manager for Discover Albany and volunteer with FFAPL and other organizations. 

Join us for a Book Review: Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life by Dan Nadel.  Reviewer: David Brickman, photographer & FFAPL treasurer. 

Join us for a Book Review: Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves by Nicola Twilley.  Reviewer: Nancy Dover, retired from the NYS Department of Health & former treasurer,

Join us for a Book Review: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, a science-fiction novel from 1968 by Philip K. Dick.  Reviewer: John Vanacore, Albany-area resident & history enthusiast. 

Join us for a Book Review: The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 by Rick Atkinson.  Reviewer: Richard King, retired attorney. 

Join us for a Book Review: Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media by Jacob Mchangama.  Reviewer: Frank Robinson, JD, philosopher, author, & blogger. 

Join us for a Special Program: Alex Ashby & Amy Walsh of the Albany Water Department discuss “Sustainable Forest Management for Water Quality.”  

Join us for a Book Review: The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging by Julia Hotz.  Reviewer: Melanie Metzger, assistant director, APL. 

Join us for a Book Review: Germinal by Émile Zola.  Reviewer: Carl Strock, author & award-winning journalist. 

Join us for a  Special Program: Andrea Nicolay, Executive Director of Albany Public Library, will talk about "The Library and Current Events.”