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Family Storytime

Monday, June 29, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Scotia Meeting Room at Scotia Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Library Branch: Scotia Branch Library
Room: Scotia Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Zoomobile with the Utica Zoo

Monday, June 29, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Scotia Meeting Room at Scotia Branch Library
Program Type:
S.T.E.A.M., Performance
Age Group:
Children, Teen & Tween, Families

The Zoomobile is an interactive presentation program where Utica Zoo educators bring a variety of live animals to the library!

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Scotia Branch Library
Room: Scotia Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Teen & Tween, Families
Program Type: S.T.E.A.M., Performance
Registration Required
Event Details:

The Zoomobile is an interactive presentation program where Utica Zoo educators bring a variety of live animals to the library!

Family Storytime

Tuesday, June 30, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Glenville Meeting Room at Glenville Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library
Room: Glenville Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Unearth a Story: Cave Art

Tuesday, June 30, 2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
KBJ Slater Room at Hon. Karen B. Johnson Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker, S.T.E.A.M.
Age Group:
Children, Teen & Tween, Families, All Ages

Descend into the history of human art and help the Children's Room design its summer selfie station! Create an art piece using paint, chalk, charcoal, and pastels inspired by Lascaux, Burro Flats, and other sites of ancient cave painting.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Main Library
Room: KBJ Slater Room
Age Group: Children, Teen & Tween, Families, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker, S.T.E.A.M.
Registration Required
Event Details:

Descend into the history of human art and help the Children's Room design its summer selfie station! Create an art piece using paint, chalk, charcoal, and pastels inspired by Lascaux, Burro Flats, and other sites of ancient cave painting.

Zoomobile with the Utica Zoo

Tuesday, June 30, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Glenville Meeting Room at Glenville Branch Library
Program Type:
S.T.E.A.M., Performance
Age Group:
Children, Teen & Tween, Families

The Zoomobile is an interactive presentation program where Utica Zoo educators bring a variety of live animals to the library!

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library
Room: Glenville Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Teen & Tween, Families
Program Type: S.T.E.A.M., Performance
Registration Required
Event Details:

The Zoomobile is an interactive presentation program where Utica Zoo educators bring a variety of live animals to the library!

Create a Cranky Dino with Kathy Ceceri

Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Scotia Meeting Room at Scotia Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker, S.T.E.A.M.
Age Group:
Children, Teen & Tween

Learn about simple machines, cams, and cranks as you build a paper dinosaur automaton that moves when you turn the handle! In this workshop you will make a model Jurassic-era creature looking for a meal.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Scotia Branch Library
Room: Scotia Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Teen & Tween
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker, S.T.E.A.M.
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn about simple machines, cams, and cranks as you build a paper dinosaur automaton that moves when you turn the handle! In this workshop you will make a model Jurassic-era creature looking for a meal.

Library Closed - Independence Day

All Day 7/3 - 7/4
All Locations, Hon. Karen B. Johnson Main Library, Glenville Branch Library, Mont Pleasant Branch Library, Niskayuna Branch Library, Phyllis Bornt Branch Library & Literacy Center, Quaker Street Branch Library, Rotterdam Branch Library, Scotia Branch Library, Woodlawn Branch Library, Off Site
Closing
Branches:
All Locations, Hon. Karen B. Johnson Main Library, Glenville Branch Library, Mont Pleasant Branch Library, Niskayuna Branch Library, Phyllis Bornt Branch Library & Literacy Center, Quaker Street Branch Library, Rotterdam Branch Library, Scotia Branch Library, Woodlawn Branch Library, Off Site

Family Storytime

Monday, July 6, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Scotia Meeting Room at Scotia Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Library Branch: Scotia Branch Library
Room: Scotia Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Family Storytime

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Glenville Meeting Room at Glenville Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library
Room: Glenville Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Family Storytime

Monday, July 13, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Scotia Meeting Room at Scotia Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Library Branch: Scotia Branch Library
Room: Scotia Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Family Storytime

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Glenville Meeting Room at Glenville Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library
Room: Glenville Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Wonderful World of Bats!

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Glenville Meeting Room at Glenville Branch Library
Program Type:
S.T.E.A.M.
Age Group:
Children

This program brings students into the exotic world of bats. Learn about echolocation bat calls, hibernation and migration. Make a Bat t-shirt at the end of the program! With pollinator extraordinaire Jerry Schneider.  

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library
Room: Glenville Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: S.T.E.A.M.
Registration Required
Event Details:

This program brings students into the exotic world of bats. Learn about echolocation bat calls, hibernation and migration. Make a Bat t-shirt at the end of the program! With pollinator extraordinaire Jerry Schneider.  

Discover Our Local Butterflies!

Thursday, July 16, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Scotia Meeting Room at Scotia Branch Library
Program Type:
S.T.E.A.M.
Age Group:
Children

Participants will learn about our wonderful local butterflies, how we can attract more butterflies to our back yards, create a butterfly garden and some ways we can conserve butterfly habitats.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Scotia Branch Library
Room: Scotia Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: S.T.E.A.M.
Registration Required
Event Details:

Participants will learn about our wonderful local butterflies, how we can attract more butterflies to our back yards, create a butterfly garden and some ways we can conserve butterfly habitats.

Family Storytime

Monday, July 20, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Scotia Meeting Room at Scotia Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Library Branch: Scotia Branch Library
Room: Scotia Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Family Storytime

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Glenville Meeting Room at Glenville Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library
Room: Glenville Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Time Travelers with the Saratoga Children's Museum

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Glenville Meeting Room at Glenville Branch Library
Program Type:
S.T.E.A.M.
Age Group:
Children

Participants will learn all about archaeology, the study of people who lived in the past, as well as the artifacts they find. Excavate hidden objects and repair broken artifacts at hands-on stations!

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library
Room: Glenville Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: S.T.E.A.M.
Registration Required
Event Details:

Participants will learn all about archaeology, the study of people who lived in the past, as well as the artifacts they find. Excavate hidden objects and repair broken artifacts at hands-on stations!

rock photo holders

Rock Photo Holders with CREATE

Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Scotia Meeting Room at Scotia Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Children, Teen & Tween

Join an instructor from CREATE to make a fun photo holder to take home! Photo rock holders involve sculpting with flexible wire. We will also draw/paint on the rocks, and create art to place in the photo holder. 

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Scotia Branch Library
Room: Scotia Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Teen & Tween
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join an instructor from CREATE to make a fun photo holder to take home! Photo rock holders involve sculpting with flexible wire. We will also draw/paint on the rocks, and create art to place in the photo holder. 

Family Storytime

Monday, July 27, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Scotia Meeting Room at Scotia Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Library Branch: Scotia Branch Library
Room: Scotia Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Art with the Tang Museum

Monday, July 27, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Scotia Meeting Room at Scotia Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Children

Join an instructor from the Tang Museum to learn about an artwork from their collection and complete a fun, hands-on craft to take home!

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Scotia Branch Library
Room: Scotia Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join an instructor from the Tang Museum to learn about an artwork from their collection and complete a fun, hands-on craft to take home!

Family Storytime

Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Glenville Meeting Room at Glenville Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library
Room: Glenville Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Art with the Tang Museum

Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Glenville Meeting Room at Glenville Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Children

Join an instructor from the Tang Museum to learn about an artwork from their collection and complete a fun, hands-on craft to take home!

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library
Room: Glenville Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join an instructor from the Tang Museum to learn about an artwork from their collection and complete a fun, hands-on craft to take home!

Hola Hello Bilingual Story Time at KBJ Central Library

Hola! Hello! Bilingual Story Time

Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
KBJ Slater Room at Hon. Karen B. Johnson Main Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children, Families

Join Ms. Rojas for a story time presented in Spanish & English for children ages 0 - 8. Story time includes puppets, books, songs, a craft activity and a sensory station. Ven y disfruta con Sra. Rojas cuentos bilingües en Español y Ingles.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Main Library
Room: KBJ Slater Room
Age Group: Children, Families
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Ms. Rojas for a story time presented in Spanish & English for children ages 0 - 8. Story time includes puppets, books, songs, a craft activity and a sensory station. Ven y disfruta con Sra. Rojas cuentos bilingües en Español y Ingles.

Family Storytime

Monday, August 3, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Scotia Meeting Room at Scotia Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Library Branch: Scotia Branch Library
Room: Scotia Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for an active storytime that teaches early literacy concepts through stories, songs, movement and rhymes. We finish with free playtime and an optional craft! 

Fun with Fossils with the Saratoga Children's Museum

Monday, August 3, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Scotia Meeting Room at Scotia Branch Library
Program Type:
S.T.E.A.M.
Age Group:
Children

Participants will explore real fossils and uncover a hidden fossil using watercolor paint!

For kids in grades K-2. Registration required.
Please create a separate registration for each child that will be attending.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Scotia Branch Library
Room: Scotia Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: S.T.E.A.M.
Registration Required
Event Details:

Participants will explore real fossils and uncover a hidden fossil using watercolor paint!

For kids in grades K-2. Registration required.
Please create a separate registration for each child that will be attending.