Upcoming Events

This workshop is designed to introduce fun and simple exercises that will ignite participants' interest in drawing—specifically in the process and act of drawing itself. Each workshop will have a different theme.

It's craft night in the Teen Center and we're learning to fold handmade boxes and lids to organize things on a desk, hold treasures or collections, or to use when giving gifts.

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

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

Learn to make this woven paper holiday ornament with Christine Ferris-Hubbard.

Free, but pre-registration is required. Call 518-792-6508 x239

3 sessions: 10 to 11:30 am; 12:30 to 2 pm; 2:30 to 4 pm

Are you interested in your family history but have no idea where to start? Has your genealogy research recently hit a brick wall? You can’t trace your immigrant ancestor back to her country of origin?

Make a custom painted ceramic ornament, paint a portrait of your pet on a mini canvas, or just use our art supplies to create something fun for yourself: it's craft night and we're making things to treasure or to give as gifts.

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

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

Come workshop your Dungeons and Dragons character concept with our knowledgeable, nerdy, D&D playing (and DMing) staff!

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.

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

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

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.

What's a MoonBee? At this hands-on sewing bee workshop, participants will be creating and assembling reusable feminine hygiene kits to be distributed to school girls in over 30 countries around the world by the Mooncatchers Project.

Nature journaling is the practice of observing and recording the natural world using a combination of words, drawings, and numbers— or what we call "The Three Languages" of nature journaling.

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

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

This workshop is designed to introduce fun and simple exercises that will ignite participants' interest in drawing—specifically in the process and act of drawing itself.

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.

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

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

This program is designed for kids grades 4-8 who are interested in exploring their creativity through both English language arts and visual arts.

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