Upcoming Events

Each month we are going to dive into a new ARTventure!

Learn a new art medium and make something unique and fun. For school aged children in grades 2 - 5. 

Come check out our early literacy stations in the programming room, including a story time! We will have books previously selected for check out and a craft station every week! Activities and play stations will be different each week.

Have a story or book idea you’ve been meaning to finish? Join us for a three-part writing workshop led by Rachael Crawford of 518 Publishing Company, a woman-owned small press in the greater Albany area.

Join our beginner friendly workshop and discover the satisfying art of crochet. You will learn how to hold the hook and yarn, the 4 basic stitches, and simple pattern reading. All supplies provided. Registration required. Ages 18+

In four sessions, learn how to make a cardigan out of granny hexagons! For tweens, teens and adults. 

This is the fourth session. Attendance for this class requires attendance of the first class held on 12/8. 

Come check out our early literacy stations in the programming room, including a story time! We will have books previously selected for check out and a craft station every week! Activities and play stations will be different each week.

Meet Genny, a therapy dog who would love to listen to you read a story. For children in grades K-5 with an adult.

Schenectady County Historian John Woodward will be available to answer questions and meet with any patrons looking for help with local history research from 10am-12:30pm. No registration required.

Parents and their little ones ages 0-1 yr. are invited to this special storytime and afterwords, some sensory and baby friendly playtime. 

Unwind your mind and escape the hustle: Join our  Hook and Zen Adult Crochet Club! Our first project is a Custom-Fit Top Down Sweater. You choose the yarn, the length, the sleeves, and the fit.

Join WMHT Public Television for a program of family activities. Enjoy a story about Clifford, the Big Red Dog and his owner Emily Elizabeth, make some crafts and receive a Clifford picture book to take home.

Make a cool jellyfish plush with felt and ribbon. For school aged children. 

Please join us for a discussion of The Splendid and the Vile : A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance during the Blitz by Erik Larson.

School aged children in grades K - 5 are welcome to attend this Beginners Watercolor class, taught by ArtTEAsta!

Did you binge the final season of Stranger Things? Then this Mystery Room activity is just for you! Come to the library and help Eleven, Mike Wheeler and the Stranger Things gang find Will Byers, who has fell into the Upside Down again!

Join our beginner friendly workshop and discover the satisfying art of crochet. You will learn how to hold the hook and yarn, the 4 basic stitches, and simple pattern reading. All supplies provided. Registration required. Ages 18+

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. All materials will be provided.

Come check out our early literacy stations in the programming room, including a story time! We will have books previously selected for check out and a craft station every week! Activities and play stations will be different each week.

Meet Genny, a therapy dog who would love to listen to you read a story. For children in grades K-5 with an adult.

Schenectady County Historian John Woodward will be available to answer questions and meet with any patrons looking for help with local history research from 10am-12:30pm. No registration required.

Each month we are going to dive into a new ARTventure!

Learn a new art medium and make something unique and fun. For school aged children in grades 2 - 5.