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Happening at the Hudson
Written By: Luke Osteen | Issue: 2018/11 - November
Like almost everything else on the Plateau, Hudson Library takes a bit of a breather during November.
That gives patrons and visitors the chance to stock up on New York Times fiction and nonfiction bestsellers, books that they may have missed during the hectic summer season and October.
Let’s face it, during the hectic pace of the last six months, it’s been hard to make time to visit the library. In fact, your days may still be filled with drama and demands. But even if you can’t step through the doors of Hudson Library, you can still enjoy its vast collection. Your library card allows you to check out digital copies, or e-books and audio books, of bestsellers and the collections of popular authors and the giants of world literature. You can also borrow movies, television
programs and magazines.
That means you can be sitting in a waiting room and enjoy a good book or movie or television program; or be cruising a windy mountain road or braving the interstates surrounding the mountains and have a marvelous book read to you, instead of scrolling through the radio bandwidth trying to find a decent signal. It’s an indulgence unimaginable just a little while ago.
And speaking of digital conveniences, Hudson Library offers a 24-hour wireless signal. That means that if your wireless service is interrupted, you can still browse the internet, even if it’s the middle of the night and all the library workers are tucked in their beds, dreaming of the Dewey Decimal System. The signal is strong enough so that you can sit on the library’s rocking chair-festooned porch or in the comfort of your vehicle and easily browse.
Or, let’s suppose that in the midst of a house full of Thanksgiving visitors and family and assorted hangers-on, you find yourself needing some Alone Time. Well, Hudson Library can help you there, too, with the introduction of its Quiet Room, perfect for studying or tutoring. Thanks to the Cullasaja Women’s Outreach, this tiny sanctuary is available to everyone. That means you can reserve a time, enter the room, close the door and scream or laugh uproariously or, if the mood strikes you, dance a Happy or Furious or Let’s Get Funky dance. Keep in mind that this cozy room has windows and a glass door, so any choreography that you perform will be witnessed by patrons and staff.
Hudson Library located 554 Main Street. Everyone is welcome.
