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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 experience the magical feeling of making music with others! 

This event is in the "Adults" group
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.

This event is in the "All Ages" group

Bluegrass Music Jams

6:30pm–8:30pm
All Ages
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Folklife Center, Performance
Event Details:

Monthly Bluegrass Music Jam hosted by Denise Radtke and Frank Orsini, first Thursdays (through April 2026), 6:30 to 8:30 pm in the Library's Community Room downstairs off the Folklife Gallery. All are welcome, pickers and listeners alike.

This event is in the "Children" group

Shutter Squad Photography Club

3:30pm–4:45pm
Children
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Children's Activity Room A
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Folklife Center, Workshop
Event Details:

Learn photography from professional photographers and exhibit your photos in the Library's Folklife Gallery. Canon t6i digital cameras are provided for this free program. For kids in grades 5-7.

This event is in the "All Ages" group

Folklife Live & Local: Jeff Walton

12:00pm–1:00pm
All Ages
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Offsite
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Folklife Center, Performance
Event Details:

Based out of Saratoga Springs, New York, singer/songwriter Jeff Walton is always busy recording or performing. His rock solid rhythm guitar, amazing harmonica leads, and vocal style all his own make this "one man band" a true crowd pleaser.

This event is in the "Adults" group

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 experience the magical feeling of making music with others! 

This event is in the "Adults" group
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.

This event is in the "Adults" group

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 experience the magical feeling of making music with others! 

This event is in the "Adults" group
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.

This event is in the "Adults" group
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Folklife Center, Lecture, Local Interest
Event Details:

Join us as Dick Nason, logging historian and retired Forrester with Finch Paper, discusses the History of Logging in the Adirondacks: How the industry shaped the development of the Feeder Canal and the City of Glens Falls.

This event is in the "All Ages" group

Bluegrass Music Jams

6:30pm–8:30pm
All Ages
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Folklife Center, Performance
Event Details:

Monthly Bluegrass Music Jam hosted by Denise Radtke and Frank Orsini, first Thursdays (through April 2026), 6:30 to 8:30 pm in the Library's Community Room downstairs off the Folklife Gallery. All are welcome, pickers and listeners alike.

This event is in the "Children" group

Shutter Squad Photography Club

3:30pm–4:45pm
Children
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Children's Activity Room A
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Folklife Center, Workshop
Event Details:

Learn photography from professional photographers and exhibit your photos in the Library's Folklife Gallery. Canon t6i digital cameras are provided for this free program. For kids in grades 5-7.

This event is in the "All Ages" group

Live! Folklife Concert: Kalos

7:00pm–8:30pm
All Ages
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Folklife Center, Performance
Event Details:

Kalos is drawn to water. Every performance is like stepping into a river - they never play a song the same twice. They make music inspired by the maritime traditions of Scotland, Ireland, Scandinavia and North America.

This event is in the "Adults" group

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 experience the magical feeling of making music with others! 

This event is in the "Adults" group
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.

This event is in the "All Ages" group
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Offsite
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Folklife Center, Performance
Event Details:

This is a second performance of the band with the support of our partner site in nearby Washington County: the Historic Salem Courthouse, Salem, NY.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Doyle Irish Stick Fighting

2:30pm–4:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Folklife Center, Workshop
Event Details:

Doyle Irish Stick Fighting is a two-handed martial art developed well over 200 years ago by the Doyle family in Ireland, and brought to Canada in the early 19th century. 

This event is in the "All Ages" group
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Offsite
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Folklife Center, Performance
Event Details:

Hudson River Ceili performs traditional Irish and Celtic style music and dance. The group especially enjoys high energy dance tunes from Irish, Quebecois and New England traditions.

This event is in the "All Ages" group

Live! Folklife Concert: Hildaland

7:00pm–8:30pm
All Ages
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Folklife Center, Performance
Event Details:

A contemporary collage of Scottish and American traditional music, Hildaland is a duo that approaches geographic borders as markers of exploration rather than boundaries to be wary of.

This event is in the "All Ages" group
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Offsite
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Folklife Center, Performance
Event Details:

This is second performance of the band thanks to the support of our partner site in nearby Washington County - the Historic Salem Courthouse, Salem, NY.

This event is in the "Adults" group
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Folklife Center, Lecture, Local Interest
Event Details:

Join us for a compelling lecture with historian and author Sandra Weber, featuring her newest book, John Brown in New York: The Man, His Family, and the Adirondack Landscape.

This event is in the "Children" group

Shutter Squad Photography Club

3:30pm–4:45pm
Children
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Children's Activity Room A
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Folklife Center, Workshop
Event Details:

Learn photography from professional photographers and exhibit your photos in the Library's Folklife Gallery. Canon t6i digital cameras are provided for this free program. For kids in grades 5-7.

This event is in the "All Ages" group
Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Folklife Center, Performance
Event Details:

Tim O’Shea brings his songs and tunes from the stunning southwest of Ireland, famed area, steeped in the Irish Folk Tradition. A native of Killarney, Co. Kerry, southwest Ireland.

This event is in the "Adults" group

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 experience the magical feeling of making music with others!