Upcoming Events

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.

A Revolutionary Tea Party: From 1773 to America 250 explores how the Boston Tea Party became a pivotal spark of the American Revolution—setting the colonies on the path toward independence and, nearly 250 years later, America’s Se

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.

Kick off the Summer Reading Program at the library with VIA Aquarium! They will be here to show us some of their aquatic vertebrates that live at the aquarium. For kids, tweens and teens of all ages, with their caregiver or parent.

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.

If you were an archeologist, what would you find underground? Unearth a story and make a shadowbox that showcases your "findings". For children in grades K - 5.

Unearth stories about lost colonies in history: Easter Island, The Roanoke Colony and Atlantis. Learn through interactive activities, about the different conspiracy theories throughout their history and judge what could be fact or fiction.

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.

Can’t get to the beach this summer? This hands-on program is the next best thing. We’ll examine sea shells, seaweed and make sand castles using real beach sand. Participants will leave with seashell specimens to start their own collections.

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.

Come and create a cool cardboard dinosaur with Super Stories from Kinderhook!

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.

Get ready to stomp, chomp, and roar your way through an unforgettable prehistoric adventure! Young paleontologists will gear up by decorating their very own safari hats before heading out on an exciting dinosaur egg hunt.

Unearth stories about lost colonies in history: Easter Island, The Roanoke Colony and Atlantis. Learn through interactive activities, about the different conspiracy theories throughout their history and judge what could be fact or fiction.

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.

Please join historian and educator Michael Diana of the Schenectady County Historical Society for a presentation commemorating America 250.

Tweens and teens in grades 6 - 12 are welcome to come make this funky shell mobile with CREATE Community Studios.

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.

Artifacts are objects made or used by people that help us learn about how people lived in the past.

Your task: create an artifact from any place and time in history, then write a short paragraph explaining its history.

Unearth stories about lost colonies in history: Easter Island, The Roanoke Colony and Atlantis. Learn through interactive activities, about the different conspiracy theories throughout their history and judge what could be fact or fiction.

Meet some awesome amphibians and mammals who live at the Utica Zoo! For children, tweens and teens with their parent or caregiver.