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. 

The Friends of Crandall Public Library will be holding their book sale in the Community Room with a selection of materials for children, teens, and adults. Plastic bags will not be available. Please bring your own bags. 

The Friends of Crandall Public Library will be holding their book sale in the Community Room with a selection of materials for children, teens, and adults. Plastic bags will not be available. Please bring your own bags. 

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

This is an information table about the wonders of cat adoption!

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

Today's Bonus Topic: Online Voting Resources

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

Fall Themed Paint and Sip (coffee and tea). Minimum age 14

Hailing from Slingerlands, NY, Tom Behan has been playing guitar and performing for more than 50 years.

Bonjour! Kids in PreK–2nd grade are invited to join us for a playful introduction to the French language and culture.

(USA, 2024, 107 mins, color, R) 

Directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie; produced by Kellen Quinn (2024 SUNDANCE WINNER, BEST DIRECTOR, 2025 OSCAR NOMINEE, BEST DOCUMENTARY) 

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.

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.  

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 Aja, a certified therapy dog.  Kids will choose a book and read to the dog one-on-one during a 15 minute time slot.  Aja is a great listener!  Please c

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

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.

Celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday by making a T shirt with a famous quote and heat transfer vinyl!

Come for a fun time filled with an obstacle course, throwing games, and more! For families with kids ages 12 and under. No sign up required.

(USA, 2024, 107 mins, color, R) 

Directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie; produced by Kellen Quinn (2024 SUNDANCE WINNER, BEST DIRECTOR, 2025 OSCAR NOMINEE, BEST DOCUMENTARY) 

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.

Beyond the Panels is monthly graphic novel book group. Each month, participants read a graphic novel and come to discuss it. The first 6 participants to sign up will receive a copy of the graphic novel to keep. 

Come make cute littles out of puzzle pieces! (And perhaps a new Labookmark?!) Just in time for Halloween. Need any help prepping your costume? We'll help with that, too!

From the closet to marching proudly in the streets, the LGBTQ+ rights movement has come a long way. What gave people the courage to push forward when the risks—social, legal, and personal—were so high?

You are invited to join us online and be one of the first to hear from Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai about her astonishing memoir, Finding My Way.