This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Families" group Mar 16 2026 Mon Night Time Story Time 6:00pm–6:30pm Children, Families KBJ Slater Room Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Families" group Mar 16 2026 Mon Night Time Story Time 6:00pm–6:30pm KBJ Slater Room Upcoming Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Main Library Room: KBJ Slater Room Age Group: Children, Families Program Type: Storytime Registration Required Event Details: Read some stories before bed! Join us twice a month for an evening edition of Family Story Time, with songs and stories suitable for ages 0 months-6 years (older siblings welcome).
This event is in the "Adult" group Mar 17 2026 Tue Great Decisions 2025 9:30am–11:00am Adult KBJ McChesney Room This event is in the "Adult" group Mar 17 2026 Tue Great Decisions 2025 9:30am–11:00am KBJ McChesney Room Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Main Library Room: KBJ McChesney Room Age Group: Adult Event Details: Great Decision 2026:Each week we will be discussing the topic assigned in the book and on the DVD.Physical study-guide books are available for purchase, but are not required.List of topics TBA.
This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Families" group Mar 17 2026 Tue Family Storytime 10:30am–11:30am Children, Families Glenville Meeting Room This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Families" group Mar 17 2026 Tue Family Storytime 10:30am–11:30am Glenville Meeting Room Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library Room: Glenville Meeting Room Age Group: Children, Families Program Type: Storytime Event Details: Early literacy class for children birth to age 5, with adult caregiver. Stories, songs, activities and social interaction for the whole family.Drop-in, no registration required.
This event is in the "Children" group Mar 17 2026 Tue Imagination Stations 10:30am–11:30am Children Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room This event is in the "Children" group Mar 17 2026 Tue Imagination Stations 10:30am–11:30am Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room Library Branch: Rotterdam Branch Library Room: Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room Age Group: Children Program Type: Storytime Event Details: 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.
This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Families" group Mar 17 2026 Tue Pre-School Full STEAM Ahead 10:45am–11:45am Children, Families Niskayuna Meeting Room Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Families" group Mar 17 2026 Tue Pre-School Full STEAM Ahead 10:45am–11:45am Niskayuna Meeting Room Upcoming Library Branch: Niskayuna Branch Library Room: Niskayuna Meeting Room Age Group: Children, Families Program Type: S.T.E.A.M., Storytime Registration Required Event Details: Fun and hands-on, this interactive STEAM storytime will encourage preschoolers’ curiosity about the world around them through Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math themed activities.
This event is in the "Adult" group Mar 17 2026 Tue Book-A-Librarian 1:00pm–2:00pm Adult KBJ Mazzone Study Room Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Adult" group Mar 17 2026 Tue Book-A-Librarian 1:00pm–2:00pm KBJ Mazzone Study Room Upcoming Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Main Library Room: KBJ Mazzone Study Room Age Group: Adult Program Type: Technology Class Registration Required Event Details: Register with a librarian for personalized reference assistance that is uninterrupted.Book a forty-five-minute one-on-one session to get assistance in one of the following areas:
This event is in the "Adult" group Mar 17 2026 Tue Single Breath Story Writing Workshop 5:30pm–6:30pm Adult Scotia Meeting Room This event is in the "Adult" group Mar 17 2026 Tue Single Breath Story Writing Workshop 5:30pm–6:30pm Scotia Meeting Room Library Branch: Scotia Branch Library Room: Scotia Meeting Room Age Group: Adult Program Type: Writing Event Details: "Stories are a communal currency of humanity." - Tahir Shah
This event is in the "Children" group Mar 18 2026 Wed Stay & Play 10:15am–11:15am Children KBJ McChesney Room Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Children" group Mar 18 2026 Wed Stay & Play 10:15am–11:15am KBJ McChesney Room Upcoming Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Main Library Room: KBJ McChesney Room Age Group: Children Program Type: Health & Wellness Registration Required Event Details: Join us for this 5-week series for children ages 1-3 with their caregivers. This program encourages playing with your child and talking with child experts. Attend 5 weeks of the series to receive a completion prize. Registration required.
This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Families" group Mar 18 2026 Wed Baby Lap Time 10:30am–11:30am Children, Families KBJ Slater Room Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Families" group Mar 18 2026 Wed Baby Lap Time 10:30am–11:30am KBJ Slater Room Upcoming Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Main Library Room: KBJ Slater Room Age Group: Children, Families Program Type: Storytime Registration Required Event Details: Bring your baby and bounce along to songs, rhymes, and stories! Learn about early literacy resources and connect with other caregivers.
This event is in the "Children" group Mar 18 2026 Wed Imagination Stations 10:30am–11:30am Children Quaker Street Meeting Area This event is in the "Children" group Mar 18 2026 Wed Imagination Stations 10:30am–11:30am Quaker Street Meeting Area Library Branch: Quaker Street Branch Library Room: Quaker Street Meeting Area Age Group: Children Program Type: Storytime Event Details: 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.
This event is in the "Adult" group Mar 18 2026 Wed REELS 12:00pm–3:00pm Adult KBJ McChesney Room This event is in the "Adult" group Mar 18 2026 Wed REELS 12:00pm–3:00pm KBJ McChesney Room Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Main Library Room: KBJ McChesney Room Age Group: Adult Program Type: Movie Event Details: Title: Coal Miner’s DaughterActors: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo, Levon Helm, Phyllis BoyensStudio: Universal PicturesDirector: Michael AptedRating: PGRuntime: 125 MinutesYear: 1980
This event is in the "Adult" group Mar 18 2026 Wed Cozy Crafters 1:00pm–2:00pm Adult Quaker Street Meeting Area This event is in the "Adult" group Mar 18 2026 Wed Cozy Crafters 1:00pm–2:00pm Quaker Street Meeting Area 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.
This event is in the "Adult" group Mar 18 2026 Wed The Crafting Nest 1:00pm–2:00pm Adult Woodlawn Children's Area This event is in the "Adult" group Mar 18 2026 Wed The Crafting Nest 1:00pm–2:00pm Woodlawn Children's Area Library Branch: Woodlawn Branch Library Room: Woodlawn Children's Area Age Group: Adult Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker Event Details: Bring your fiber arts projects to the Crafting Nest at the Woodlawn branch library. Enjoy working together, meeting new friends, and helping each other to begin and complete crafts.
This event is in the "Children" group Mar 18 2026 Wed Dance, Read & Rhyme with Baker School of Dance 3:30pm–4:00pm Children Glenville Meeting Room Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Children" group Mar 18 2026 Wed Dance, Read & Rhyme with Baker School of Dance 3:30pm–4:00pm Glenville Meeting Room Upcoming Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library Room: Glenville Meeting Room Age Group: Children Program Type: Storytime Registration Required Event Details: An active storytime combining movement and dance with books and stories! Led by an instructor from Baker School of Dance in Glenville. For children ages 3-5. Separate registration required for EACH class.
This event is in the "Children" group Mar 18 2026 Wed Build Zone 3:30pm–4:30pm Children Mont Pleasant Meeting Room AB (combined Program Rooms 1&2) This event is in the "Children" group Mar 18 2026 Wed Build Zone 3:30pm–4:30pm Mont Pleasant Meeting Room AB (combined Program Rooms 1&2) Library Branch: Mont Pleasant Branch Library Room: Mont Pleasant Meeting Room AB (combined Program Rooms 1&2) Age Group: Children Program Type: S.T.E.A.M. Event Details: Do you like to build and create? Join us weekly on Wednesdays for Build Zone where we build with Legos, Duplos, and other materials suitable for brains at various developmental stages. For ages 6-12. Younger siblings are welcome.
This event is in the "Children" group Mar 18 2026 Wed Build Zone 3:45pm–4:45pm Children Niskayuna Meeting Room This event is in the "Children" group Mar 18 2026 Wed Build Zone 3:45pm–4:45pm Niskayuna Meeting Room Library Branch: Niskayuna Branch Library Room: Niskayuna Meeting Room Age Group: Children Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker, S.T.E.A.M. Event Details: Join us for a fun building challenge using a variety of materials, including Legos, Magnetiles, Strawbees, and more. We supply the building materials, but projects will stay at the library, so bring your camera.
This event is in the "Teen & Tween" group Mar 18 2026 Wed D&D Goes to the Carnival 5:00pm–6:00pm Teen & Tween KBJ Slater Room Full Registration Required This event is in the "Teen & Tween" group Mar 18 2026 Wed D&D Goes to the Carnival 5:00pm–6:00pm KBJ Slater Room Full Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Main Library Room: KBJ Slater Room Age Group: Teen & Tween Registration Required Event Details: Experience your first tabletop roleplaying game campaign in a supportive, welcoming environment! Join Gamemasters Maddy and Bett to play Welcome to the Carnival (using Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, 2014).
This event is in the "Adult" group Mar 18 2026 Wed Book Club 5:30pm–6:30pm Adult Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room This event is in the "Adult" group Mar 18 2026 Wed Book Club 5:30pm–6:30pm Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room Library Branch: Rotterdam Branch Library Room: Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room Age Group: Adult Program Type: Book Club Event Details: Please join us for a discussion of Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah.
This event is in the "Adult" group Mar 19 2026 Thu NYS Taxpayer Assistance Program 9:30am–4:30pm Adult KBJ McChesney Room This event is in the "Adult" group Mar 19 2026 Thu NYS Taxpayer Assistance Program 9:30am–4:30pm KBJ McChesney Room Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Main Library Room: KBJ McChesney Room Age Group: Adult Event Details: NYS Department of Taxation and Finance will be providing assistance to taxpayers in filing their 2025 taxes for free.
This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Families" group Mar 19 2026 Thu Family Story Time 10:15am–11:15am Children, Families Bornt Meeting/Program Room 2 This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Families" group Mar 19 2026 Thu Family Story Time 10:15am–11:15am Bornt Meeting/Program Room 2 Library Branch: Phyllis Bornt Branch Library & Literacy Center Room: Bornt Meeting/Program Room 2 Age Group: Children, Families Program Type: Storytime Event Details: Getting out of the house with littles is hard. To make it a little easier, this relaxed early literacy session doesn't have a firm start time. Come in anytime between 10:15 and 11:15 and we'll have toys set out.
This event is in the "Children" group Mar 19 2026 Thu Build Zone 3:30pm–4:30pm Children Woodlawn Children's Area This event is in the "Children" group Mar 19 2026 Thu Build Zone 3:30pm–4:30pm Woodlawn Children's Area Library Branch: Woodlawn Branch Library Room: Woodlawn Children's Area Age Group: Children Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker, S.T.E.A.M. Event Details: Join us for a fun building challenge using a variety of materials, including Legos, Magnetiles, Strawbees, and more. We supply the building materials, but projects will stay at the library, so bring your camera.
This event is in the "Children" group Mar 19 2026 Thu Fairy Tale Engineering 4:00pm–5:00pm Children Quaker Street Meeting Area Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Children" group Mar 19 2026 Thu Fairy Tale Engineering 4:00pm–5:00pm Quaker Street Meeting Area Upcoming Library Branch: Quaker Street Branch Library Room: Quaker Street Meeting Area Age Group: Children Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker, S.T.E.A.M. Registration Required Event Details: Can you build a sturdier beanstalk for Jack? A house for the three little pigs the wolf won’t blow down?
This event is in the "Teen & Tween" group This event is in the "Families" group Mar 19 2026 Thu Financial Wellness Workshop: Teens & Money 5:00pm–6:00pm Teen & Tween, Families KBJ McChesney Room Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Teen & Tween" group This event is in the "Families" group Mar 19 2026 Thu Financial Wellness Workshop: Teens & Money 5:00pm–6:00pm KBJ McChesney Room Upcoming Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Main Library Room: KBJ McChesney Room Age Group: Teen & Tween, Families Registration Required Event Details: Empowering teens with healthy financial habits sets them up for lifelong success. In this workshop, we’ll explore practical ways to teach young people about earning, saving, spending, and giving with intention.
This event is in the "Adult" group Mar 19 2026 Thu Spring Gel Printing Workshop 5:45pm–7:15pm Adult KBJ Program Room 1 Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Adult" group Mar 19 2026 Thu Spring Gel Printing Workshop 5:45pm–7:15pm KBJ Program Room 1 Upcoming Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Main Library Room: KBJ Program Room 1 Age Group: Adult Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker Registration Required Event Details: Join local artist Tracy Loring for a jam packed workshop exploring printmaking on a gel plate. Inspired by a Spring palette, you’ll learn to create textures and use masks to build unique compositions using acrylic paint. For Adults 18+.