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Teens Unplugged: Resolution Rocks

Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Teen & Tween
Event Details:

Chill out and de-stress from school at the library! Join us each month for relaxing activities that don’t feature a screen. Snacks and supplies provided! During January, we'll pain...

Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Age Group: Teen & Tween
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker, Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Chill out and de-stress from school at the library! Join us each month for relaxing activities that don’t feature a screen. Snacks and supplies provided! During January, we'll paint rocks to inspire our New Year's resolutions.

WMHT: All About Dinosaurs

Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
KBJ Slater Room at Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker, S.T.E.A.M.
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Join WMHT Public Television for a program of family activities. Enjoy a National Geographic story on Dinosaurs. Craft activities, and carry home the storybook shared.  St...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Room: KBJ Slater Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker, S.T.E.A.M.
Required
Seats Remaining: 19
Event Details:

Join WMHT Public Television for a program of family activities. Enjoy a National Geographic story on Dinosaurs. Craft activities, and carry home the storybook shared.  

GLOW & BEHOLD: DIY CANDLE MAKING

Monday, February 3, 2025 at 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Glenville Meeting Room at Glenville Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

Join us for a hands-on experience where you'll master the art of crafting beautiful soy candles, learning the secrets of scent and wick selection to create personalized luminous wo...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library
Room: Glenville Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:

Join us for a hands-on experience where you'll master the art of crafting beautiful soy candles, learning the secrets of scent and wick selection to create personalized luminous wonders for your space.

Teen Crochet Club

Monday, February 3, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Scotia Meeting Room at Scotia Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Teen & Tween
Event Details:

We meet the first Monday of each month. Bring your own project to work on in the company other teens. Share your techniques, patterns, and ideas. All skill levels, beginner to adva...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Scotia Branch Library
Room: Scotia Meeting Room
Age Group: Teen & Tween
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Required
Seats Remaining: 11
Event Details:

We meet the first Monday of each month. Bring your own project to work on in the company other teens. Share your techniques, patterns, and ideas. All skill levels, beginner to advanced welcome!

Create Valentine Day cards with Evelyn

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Woodlawn Meeting Room at Woodlawn Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

Create Valentine Day cards with card stock and embellishments with Evelyn

Open
Required
Library Branch: Woodlawn Branch Library
Room: Woodlawn Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Event Details:

Create Valentine Day cards with card stock and embellishments with Evelyn

CrAFTERwork

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:45pm
Quaker Street Meeting Area at Quaker Street Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

CrAFTERwork is an “after work” craft club intended to bring together patrons who enjoy trying new forms of art! Each month we will tackle a new craft. Whether you are a novice or a...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Quaker Street Branch Library
Room: Quaker Street Meeting Area
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

CrAFTERwork is an “after work” craft club intended to bring together patrons who enjoy trying new forms of art! Each month we will tackle a new craft. Whether you are a novice or a dedicated crafter, all are welcome.

Cozy Crafters

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Quaker Street Meeting Area at Quaker Street Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

Bring your current craft project to this social group to work on, meet new people and learn new skills. From knitting to quilting, and everything in between, we can help each other...

Library Branch: Quaker Street Branch Library
Room: Quaker Street Meeting Area
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Event Details:

Bring your current craft project to this social group to work on, meet new people and learn new skills. From knitting to quilting, and everything in between, we can help each other begin and complete craft projects.

Winter Paintings w/ C.R.E.A.T.E. Community Studios

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 5:15pm - 6:30pm
Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room at Rotterdam Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

Join us for a delightful paint-along class where we'll capture the serene beauty of winter trees! Whether you’re a seasoned painter or just starting out, this class promises fun an...

Waitlist
Required
Library Branch: Rotterdam Branch Library
Room: Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Join us for a delightful paint-along class where we'll capture the serene beauty of winter trees!

Bullet Journals and Mind Maps with Electric City Barn

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Glenville Meeting Room at Glenville Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

Bullet journaling is a mindfulness practice and an organizational system that is part calendar, part to-do list, and part diary. It is a tool to help us organize day-to-day tasks, ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library
Room: Glenville Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Event Details:

Bullet journaling is a mindfulness practice and an organizational system that is part calendar, part to-do list, and part diary. It is a tool to help us organize day-to-day tasks, as well as goals for the future.

Everything Fiber Arts

Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Niskayuna Meeting Room at Niskayuna Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

Enjoy knitting and crocheting. Learn fiber arts skills.

Open
Required
Library Branch: Niskayuna Branch Library
Room: Niskayuna Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Required
Seats Remaining: 66
Event Details:

Enjoy knitting and crocheting. Learn fiber arts skills.

Spirit Animal Masks

Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room at Rotterdam Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Children, Teen & Tween, Families
Event Details:

A spirit animal is an animal which helps guide or protect a person on a journey and whose characteristics that person shares or embodies. What is your spirit animal? Make a mask th...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Rotterdam Branch Library
Room: Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Teen & Tween, Families
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

A spirit animal is an animal which helps guide or protect a person on a journey and whose characteristics that person shares or embodies. What is your spirit animal? Make a mask that reflects your special being!

Valentine's Day Grab & Go

All Day 2/10 - 2/15
Rotterdam Tabling (Interior) at Rotterdam Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Children, Families
Event Details:

Pick up a grab and go kit full of things to make valentines for your loved ones. Kits will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis.

Library Branch: Rotterdam Branch Library
Room: Rotterdam Tabling (Interior)
Age Group: Children, Families
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Event Details:

Pick up a grab and go kit full of things to make valentines for your loved ones. Kits will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis.

Valentine's Day Grab & Go

All Day 2/10 - 2/15
Quaker Street Tabling (Interior) at Quaker Street Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Children, Families
Event Details:

Pick up a grab and go kit full of things to make valentines for your loved ones. Kits will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis.

Library Branch: Quaker Street Branch Library
Room: Quaker Street Tabling (Interior)
Age Group: Children, Families
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Event Details:

Pick up a grab and go kit full of things to make valentines for your loved ones. Kits will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis.

GLOW & BEHOLD: DIY CANDLE MAKING

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Scotia Meeting Room at Scotia Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

Join us for a hands-on experience where you'll master the art of crafting beautiful soy candles, learning the secrets of scent and wick selection to create personalized luminous wo...

Waitlist
Required
Library Branch: Scotia Branch Library
Room: Scotia Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Join us for a hands-on experience where you'll master the art of crafting beautiful soy candles, learning the secrets of scent and wick selection to create personalized luminous wonders for your space.

Story Art Lab: Slug In Love

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
KBJ Slater Room at Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker, Storytime
Age Group:
Children, Families
Event Details:

Get inspired by books! Join us to enjoy a storybook reading and create a new masterpiece based on our book of the day. Today we'll read Slug In Love and make slug slime!Registratio...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Room: KBJ Slater Room
Age Group: Children, Families
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:

Get inspired by books! Join us to enjoy a storybook reading and create a new masterpiece based on our book of the day. Today we'll read Slug In Love and make slug slime!

Cozy Crafters

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Quaker Street Meeting Area at Quaker Street Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

Bring your current craft project to this social group to work on, meet new people and learn new skills. From knitting to quilting, and everything in between, we can help each other...

Library Branch: Quaker Street Branch Library
Room: Quaker Street Meeting Area
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Event Details:

Bring your current craft project to this social group to work on, meet new people and learn new skills. From knitting to quilting, and everything in between, we can help each other begin and complete craft projects.

Sweet N Sour Hour

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 4:30pm - 6:00pm
KBJ Slater Room at Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Children, Teen & Tween
Event Details:

Stop by this open makers’ hour and get creative! Use our button-maker to make a Valentine (or anti-Valentine) pin, craft heart-filled slimes, make an edible diamond ring—or all thr...

Required
Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Room: KBJ Slater Room
Age Group: Children, Teen & Tween
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Stop by this open makers’ hour and get creative! Use our button-maker to make a Valentine (or anti-Valentine) pin, craft heart-filled slimes, make an edible diamond ring—or all three!

Electric City Barn Presents: Chainmail Jewelry

Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
KBJ McChesney Room at Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

Just in time for Valentine's (or Galentine's) Day, join Matt Bartik of Electric City Barn as he teaches us how to create stainless steel chainmail jewelry. For Adults 18+. Registra...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Room: KBJ McChesney Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Required
Seats Remaining: 5
Event Details:

Just in time for Valentine's (or Galentine's) Day, join Matt Bartik of Electric City Barn as he teaches us how to create stainless steel chainmail jewelry. For Adults 18+. Registration is required.

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Story Times To Go: No Two Alike

All Day 2/14 - 2/21
Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker, Storytime
Age Group:
Children, Families
Event Details:

Enjoy a library story time from the comfort of your own home! Pick up your story time to go craft from the library and follow along with the Youtube video of No Two Alike by K...

Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Age Group: Children, Families
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker, Storytime
Event Details:

Enjoy a library story time from the comfort of your own home! Pick up your story time to go craft from the library and follow along with the Youtube video of No Two Alike by Keith Baker read by Librarian Laura. 

Cozy Crafters

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Quaker Street Meeting Area at Quaker Street Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

Bring your current craft project to this social group to work on, meet new people and learn new skills. From knitting to quilting, and everything in between, we can help each other...

Library Branch: Quaker Street Branch Library
Room: Quaker Street Meeting Area
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Event Details:

Bring your current craft project to this social group to work on, meet new people and learn new skills. From knitting to quilting, and everything in between, we can help each other begin and complete craft projects.

Busy Trees

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Quaker Street Meeting Area at Quaker Street Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker, S.T.E.A.M.
Age Group:
Children, Teen & Tween, Families
Event Details:

Envision what you could see in a "busy tree"! Paint or use various art materials we will have on hand to create a scene inside your tree. For families with kids & teens.

Required
Library Branch: Quaker Street Branch Library
Room: Quaker Street Meeting Area
Age Group: Children, Teen & Tween, Families
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker, S.T.E.A.M.
Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:

Envision what you could see in a "busy tree"! Paint or use various art materials we will have on hand to create a scene inside your tree. For families with kids & teens.

Zentangle drawing

Zentagle for Teens & Tweens

Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Scotia Meeting Room at Scotia Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Teen & Tween
Event Details:

An instructor will teach the basics of the Zentangle method of drawing. Zentangle is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patter...

Required
Library Branch: Scotia Branch Library
Room: Scotia Meeting Room
Age Group: Teen & Tween
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

An instructor will teach the basics of the Zentangle method of drawing. Zentangle is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. No prior art experience required.

Spirit Animal Masks

Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Quaker Street Meeting Area at Quaker Street Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Children, Teen & Tween, Families
Event Details:

A spirit animal is an animal which helps guide or protect a person on a journey and whose characteristics that person shares or embodies. What is your spirit animal? Make a mask th...

Required
Library Branch: Quaker Street Branch Library
Room: Quaker Street Meeting Area
Age Group: Children, Teen & Tween, Families
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:

A spirit animal is an animal which helps guide or protect a person on a journey and whose characteristics that person shares or embodies. What is your spirit animal? Make a mask that reflects your special being!