Week Calendar

Age appropriate toys and activities are grouped in play areas for your child's enjoyment. Meet other families with young children and learn about the library resources for families. 

This October, celebrate Fire Safety Month with us in the City Park! Kids will have the chance to meet our local firefighters, hear about the important work they do, and learn safety tips that can help keep the whole family safe.

This month, instead of our regular homeschool hangout, join us in City Park for a special Fire Safety Month program!

Homeschoolers ages 13-19 are invited to meet in the Teen Center to socialize and try an activity.

Start spooky season off right! Come join us to make some adorable autumn critters out of clay.

Age appropriate toys and activities are grouped in play areas for your child's enjoyment. Meet other families with young children and learn about the library resources for families. 

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

Saturday Crafting: Easy felt pumpkins perfect for fall center pieces, decor or as gifts. 

Local authors will be share about grief and resilience. Copies of the books will be available to purchase.

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

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Today's Bonus Topic: Streaming & Smart TV's

Children in Kindergarten and up are invited to come practice reading skills with Oakley, a certified therapy dog.  Kids will choose a book and read to the dog one-on-one during a 15 minute time slot.  Oakley is a great listener!  Pl

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This introduction to using a computer will cover basic vocabulary, using a mouse and keyboard, searching the internet, creating an email account,  and creating and saving documents.

Learn what Podcasts are and where to find them! Podcasts are an increasingly popular form of entertainment and a great source of information on all kinds of topics.

(USA, 2024/2025, various, color, NR) 

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.

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

Doyle Irish Stick Fighting, with Whisky Stick Faction Coaches John Borter and Trish Chiovari, 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.

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.  

Committee meeting

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.

Meet in the Teen Center to play (or learn) dueling card games like Magic the Gathering and tabletop games like Blood on the Clocktower, Dread, or Clue.

Children in Kindergarten and up are invited to come practice reading skills with Beatrix, a certified therapy dog.  Kids will choose a book and read to the dog one-on-one during a 15 minute time slot.  Beatrix is a great listener! 

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

Sean Gaskell will perform and provide an educational demonstration featuring the instrument. He plays songs on the kora- a 21 stringed West African harp.

Teens ages 13-19 are invited to meet in the Teen Center for LGBTQI+ conversation and a colorful craft.

This month, these tealight skulls will give your space the perfect spooky ambience!

Monthly meeting

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.

Children in Kindergarten and up are invited to come practice reading skills with Charlie, a certified therapy dog.  Kids will choose a book and read to the dog one-on-one during a 15 minute time slot.  Charlie is a great listener! 

Here is your opportunity to learn a new language! This monthly series, for kids in grades K-6, will introduce them to American Sign Language. This month will feature basic signs and bingo. Registration required.

The theme for this session is Genre—a writing element that delves into audience, tones, moods and writing patterns. This workshop is geared toward helping patrons choose and identify their writing genre(s).  

Join us this October for a month of chills and thrills! Each week we’ll gather to discuss a different horror book, from eerie classics to modern nightmares.

(USA, 2024/2025, various, color, NR) 

Join us as we kickoff our yearlong Big Read program with a virtual author talk with Mary Roach. Click here for the Zoom registration link to watch from home.

Join us for a watch party as we kickoff our yearlong Big Read program with a virtual author talk with Mary Roach.

Paint and decorate a foamcore tombstone with us. We'll learn to recognize basic historical tombstone shapes and iconography, brainstorm some clever epitaphs, then make realistic or goofy tombstones to take home.

Since publishing in 2015, Leigh Bardugo’s highly popular Six of Crows has taken the world of YA literature by storm–and it’s not hard to see why.