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Adult Creative Writing Workshop

Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Have a lot of creative ideas but limited on time or feedback? Are you looking to dedicate a time each month to write? Join this writing group to work on your writing projects among...

Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Holden Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Have a lot of creative ideas but limited on time or feedback? Are you looking to dedicate a time each month to write? Join this writing group to work on your writing projects among peers.

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Colgate Resolutions!

Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Age Group:

All Ages

Event Details:

Colgate Resolutions return for a live performance. Established in 1992, this is Colgate University's first gender inclusive a cappella group returning for a 8th performance at Cran...

Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Folklife Center, Performance
Event Details:

Colgate Resolutions return for a live performance. Established in 1992, this is Colgate University's first gender inclusive a cappella group returning for a 8th performance at Crandall, a regular stop on their January tour.

New York Times

Spotlight Series: Crandall's Digital Resources

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Learn how to access The New York Times for free with your Crandall Public Library card! This session will walk you through using New York Times All Access, including news articles,...

Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Holden Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Computers & Technology
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn how to access The New York Times for free with your Crandall Public Library card! This session will walk you through using New York Times All Access, including news articles, interactive features, games, The Athletic, and more.

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Virtual: The Creative and Compassionate Art of Seeing Others Deeply with David Brooks

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Age Group:

Adults

Library Speakers Consortium:

Registration is required and a high speed internet connection is recommended. Register for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/crand...

Event Details:

Join us for an online discussion with prominent cultural writer and bestselling author David Brooks on his book, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply, in which he ...

Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Virtual
Event Details:

Join us for an online discussion with prominent cultural writer and bestselling author David Brooks on his book, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply, in which he helps us pose essential questions: If you want to know a p

Citizens Preparedness

Citizens Preparedness Corps Training Event

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

With severe weather events becoming more frequent and more extreme, it is more important than ever that New Yorkers are prepared for disasters. The NY Citizen Preparedness Training...

Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

With severe weather events becoming more frequent and more extreme, it is more important than ever that New Yorkers are prepared for disasters.

Over a periwinkle background grayscale half tone images circle around the next "New York Zine Workshop." The halftone images include from top left clockwise: a Moon, a plan, a camera, a hand with a pencil, scissors, a bird on a stack of books, two hands holding up a potted plant, three balls of yarn, and a hand with a microphone.

New Year Zine Workshop

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Start the year with purpose and intention! In this engaging, hands-on workshop, you'll create a personalized zine (mini booklet) that acts as a visual guide for your goals, dreams,...

Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Holden Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Start the year with purpose and intention! In this engaging, hands-on workshop, you'll create a personalized zine (mini booklet) that acts as a visual guide for your goals, dreams, and aspirations for the year ahead.

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Folklife Live & Local: Josh Clevenstine

Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Age Group:

All Ages

Event Details:

Truck-driving Adirondack folk musician, Josh Clevenstine follows in the footsteps of his musical mentors, Chris Shaw and Dan Berggren. A proud "tradition-bearer" Josh is passionate...

Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Offsite
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Folklife Center, Performance
Event Details:

Truck-driving Adirondack folk musician, Josh Clevenstine follows in the footsteps of his musical mentors, Chris Shaw and Dan Berggren.

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Preschool Art

11:00am–11:30am
Children
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Children's Activity Room B
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join us for open-ended art activities for kids ages 3-5.  Your little artist will be introduced to the materials, then work independently and at their own pace.   Please call 518-792-6508 x4 the morning of the program to reserve a s

Toddler Storytime

9:30am–10:00am
Children
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Children's Activity Room A
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime

Simple stories, songs, and movement activities for kids ages 18 months-3 years old accompanied by a caregiver.  Drop in, no sign up required!  The same Toddler Story Time is repeated on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.

Learn @ Lunch: Drop-in Tech Help

12:00pm–1:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Holden Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Computers & Technology
Event Details:

Do you have questions about your smartphone, tablet, or other device? We can help! Drop-in with your device for answers and advice from a Crandall librarian. Everyone is welcome.  

How it works: 

Baby Lap Time

2:00pm–2:30pm
Children
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Children's Activity Room A
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Start an early love of reading with our baby story time!  Join us for stories, rhymes, songs, and play time.  Enjoy a special time with your baby and connect with other caregivers.

Seed Library: Seed Starting

5:00pm–7:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Master Gardener Shellie Wise will share all her secret tips and tricks to get your baby seeds to grow! Everything you need to know to start your garden inside this spring.

Adirondack Stamp Postcard and Ephemera Club

6:00pm–8:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Holden Room
Purpose of Meeting

Monthly meeting of stamp and ephemera club (extant since 1936).

 

 

Tween Club

4:00pm–5:00pm
Children
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Children's Activity Room A/B
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Join us for our weekly after school group for kids in grades 4-6, featuring various activities, games, and/or crafts chosen by the group. To be held in the Children's Activity Rooms or outside in the park if weather permits.

Fun Family Favorites

10:00am–10:30am
Children
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Children's Activity Room A
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for stories, songs, movement activities and more. For families with young children, birth-5 years old. Siblings welcome. No sign up required

Teen Switch Gaming

1:00pm–4:00pm
Teens
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Teen Center
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Gaming
Event Details:

Come join us in the teen center for some videogaming! We will have the Library's Nintendo Switch 2 set up in the teen center for you to come play either Super Smash Bros Ultimate or Mario Kart World.

Preschool Storytime

1:30pm–2:00pm
Children
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Children's Activity Room A
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime

Stories, songs, puppets, and movement activities for children ages 3-5 and their caregiver.  Siblings welcome.  No sign up required.

Art Blast: School-age Art Time

3:45pm–4:45pm
Children
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Children's Activity Room B
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Kids in grades K-6 are invited to join us for our weekly free art program.  Enjoy a different open-ended art project each week featuring a variety of art styles and materials.  No sign up required

Toddler Storytime

9:30am–10:00am
Children
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Children's Activity Room A
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime

Simple stories, songs, and movement activities for kids ages 18 months-3 years old accompanied by a caregiver.  Drop in, no sign up required!  The same Toddler Story Time is repeated on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.

Preschool Storytime

10:15am–10:45am
Children
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Children's Activity Room A
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime

Stories, songs, puppets, and movement activities for children ages 3-5 and their caregiver.  Siblings welcome.  No sign up required.

Preschool Art

11:00am–11:30am
Children
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Children's Activity Room B
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join us for open-ended art activities for kids ages 3-5.  Your little artist will be introduced to the materials, then work independently and at their own pace.   Please call 518-792-6508 x4 the morning of the program to reserve a s

Gmail Tips & Tricks

1:00pm–2:00pm
Adults
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Offsite
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Computers & Technology
Event Details:

Go beyond sending and receiving with this class about Gmail features! This session will cover important features like spellcheck, formatting emails, searching your inbox, adding a signature, and attaching files. 

Women's History Month: Women behind the Wheel

6:30pm–8:30pm
Adults
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

Cat and Hannah, two British women in their twenties, take on the grueling 3000 km drive along Central Asia's Pamir Highway - the second highest international road on Earth.

Toddler Storytime

9:30am–10:00am
Children
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Children's Activity Room A
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime

Simple stories, songs, and movement activities for kids ages 18 months-3 years old accompanied by a caregiver.  Drop in, no sign up required!  The same Toddler Story Time is repeated on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.

Learn @ Lunch: Drop-in Tech Help

12:00pm–1:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Holden Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Computers & Technology
Event Details:

Do you have questions about your smartphone, tablet, or other device? We can help! Drop-in with your device for answers and advice from a Crandall librarian. Everyone is welcome.  

How it works: 

Baby Lap Time

2:00pm–2:30pm
Children
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Children's Activity Room A
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Start an early love of reading with our baby story time!  Join us for stories, rhymes, songs, and play time.  Enjoy a special time with your baby and connect with other caregivers.

Crandall Public Library Board of Trustees

4:30pm–6:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Board of Trustees, Meeting
Event Details:

Monthly meeting

Tween Club

4:00pm–5:00pm
Children
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Children's Activity Room A/B
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Join us for our weekly after school group for kids in grades 4-6, featuring various activities, games, and/or crafts chosen by the group. To be held in the Children's Activity Rooms or outside in the park if weather permits.

Beginner Ukulele Class

2:00pm–3:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Folklife Center, Workshop
Event Details:

Learn to play the joyful Hawaiian instrument, and feel the magic of making music with others!

Intermediate & Advanced Ukulele Class

3:00pm–4:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Folklife Center, Workshop
Event Details:

Join instructor Alexander Grandy, Folklife Center librarian Kevin Rogan, and Children’s Department library assistant Emma Rogan for this this free ukulele class.

Fun Family Favorites

10:00am–10:30am
Children
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Children's Activity Room A
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for stories, songs, movement activities and more. For families with young children, birth-5 years old. Siblings welcome. No sign up required