Spring Dinner and Program

May 7th, 2010

Dakota Steak House, Latham
579 Troy-Schenectady Road, Latham, NY 12110

The 2010 Distinguished Service Award will be presented to:
Paul Hicok, Troy Public Library

Schedule

5:30 Social Hour (Cash Bar)

6:30 Annual Business Meeting

6:40 Award Presentation

6:45 Dinner

8:00 Program – The Tiffany Windows of Troy: The Treasures of a City

Presented by Warren Roberts, Distinguished Teaching Professor of History, University at Albany. Warren Roberts is a cultural historian with particular interest in relationships between literature, the arts, and history.

Dinner Choices
All dinners include the salad bar, whole grain Swedish bread, a baked potato or rice pilaf, coffee or tea, and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream for dessert
Top Sirloin; Teriyaki Sirloin; Cashmere Chicken Pasta; Grilled Salmon; Maple Glazed Pork Chop; Vegetarian Selection of the Day
Your entrée selection will be made the night of the dinner

To register for the dinner, please send in a $25 check (made out to HMLA) and the registration form.

Author Rose Kent is joining us to talk about Kimchi & Calamari, her 2010 New York State Charlotte Award nominated book and to let us in on her yet to be published Rocky Road. Join us and get the scoop….

Author/Illustrator Sylvie Kantorovitz (Wickstrom) will be mingling and selling copies of her books at our Aperitivo event on September 25th! Come join us… Our limited reservation list is filling fast!

Susanne Alleyn, author of the Aristide Ravel / French Revolution mystery series, will be mingling and selling books at our Aperitivo event on September 25th!    Come join us…

an evening of hot and cold hors d’oeuvres, gourmet pizza, and sushi at Aperitivo Bistro. Have a snack and mingle with librarians and local authors over a cocktail.

September 25th, 2009 from 7 pm to 9 pm

Space is very limited, reserve soon!

Respond by September 9th!

Print and return this form to reserve your spot.

Check us out on Facebook or check back here to see the authors as they are announced!

Aperitivo Bistro: 426 State Street, Schenectady 518-579-3371

Questions? Contact HMLA President, Alissa Jones Oakley.

Questions? Contact HMLA President, Alissa Jones Oakley

Schedule

5:30     Social Hour (Cash Bar)

6:30     Annual Business Meeting

6:40     2009 Distinguished Service Award: John Vallely

6:45     Dinner

8:00     Program

Dinner Choices
a) Baked Scrod and Herbs: herbed bread crumbs and lemon wine sauce

b) Chicken Marsala: sauteed boneless breast of chicken, mushrooms, and Marsala wine demi glace

c) Vegetarian Dish Available by Request

All dinners include a mixed greens salad, tortellini with vodka sauce, and warm apple cobbler for dessert

The dinner is $25 per person; registration form available here!

More about Paul Grondahl…

Paul Grondahl will be speaking on a variety of topics including local history, politics, and the Obama Inauguration.  He has produced a DVD about the inauguration that will be available for purchase for $10.

Paul Grondahl is an award-winning journalist and author.  Grondahl has been a staff writer at the Albany Times Union since 1984, where his assignments have taken him from the Arctic to Antarctica, from Northern Ireland to Africa, and across New York State, from Ground Zero on 9/11 to the Adirondack wilderness.

The author of four books, Grondahl also was named Albany Author of the Year in 1997 by the Albany Public Library and Notable Author of the Year by the Guilderland Public Library and East Greenbush Public Library, both in 2004. He has been featured on C-SPAN’s “About Books” and “Book TV.”

Join us on October 17th, 2008 at the Italian American Community Center for dinner and a presentation by Elizabeth Brundage, author of The Doctor’s Wife and Somebody Else’s Daughter.

Schedule
5:30 Social Hour (Cash Bar)
6:30 Dinner
7:00 Author Program

Dinner Choices
a)Bistro Steak: NY Strip Steak, pan seared with sauteed mushrooms
b)Eggplant Parmigiana: Layers of eggplant and marinara sauce, topped with mozzarella
All dinners include a mixed greens salad, tortellini with vodka sauce, and warm apple cobbler for dessert

The dinner is $28 per person; registration form available here!

More about Elizabeth Brundage…

Join us for a look into writing, what Elizabeth describes as a joyful affliction. “I love putting words together. I love language, and I love the sound that words make when you put them in a sentence. It’s a musical process for me.”
Elizabeth becomes very involved with the psychology of the characters she develops. Attention to detail includes rich descriptions of the settings of her works. Her goal is to make the story as real as possible.

The Doctor’s Wife, published in 2004, was set in the Albany area and dealt with marital loneliness. As strain of Michael Knowles’ work at a local abortion clinic and busy medical practice erodes their relationship, Annie becomes open to a dangerous liaison.

Elizabeth’s second book, Somebody Else’s Daughter, was published in July 2008. This work looks into the private lives of families living in the Berkshires. How the past haunts the present is the major theme of the work. Nate Gallagher takes a teaching job at the Pioneer School, acknowledging his compulsion to see the daughter he gave up for adoption. Willa struggles with feelings of loss and abandonment while living in an affectionate, prosperous home. The long neglected marriage of adoptive parents Candace and Joe still contains love, that when nurtured, endures.

Elizabeth Brundage settled in the Capital Region with her family ten years ago. Following a degree from Hampshire College in Amherst Massachusetts, she studied at the University of Iowa’s Writer’s Workshop.

Save the Date – HMLA’s Fall Dinner will be held on October 17, 2008 at the Italian American Community Center with author Elizabeth Brundage as our speaker. Details and a reservation form will be available here soon.

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