Week Calendar

In partnership with the Town of Rotterdam, visit our town parks this summer and enjoy an outdoor story time with fruit or muffins for breakfast! Food will be nut-free.

Join us for a story time the whole family can enjoy! While the books, songs, and rhymes will be for 1 and 2 year olds, siblings are welcome.

For 1 and 2 year olds and their caregivers.

Schenectady County Historian Bill Buell will be available to answer questions and meet with any patrons looking for help with local history research during this time. No registration required.

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.

Stories & learning for families with children ages birth to 5 years old. 
 

Come play and learn from your neighbor, local speech therapist and bilingual educator Fiorella Rojas! This all-inclusive bilingual story time will incorporate play that will enhance children's sensory and fine motor skills.

Stories & learning for families with children ages birth to 5 years old. 

A Baby Café is a free drop-in service offering in-person breastfeeding/chestfeeding support for pregnant and/or new parents in the community. Siblings and partners welcome! Grab and go snacks provided.

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:

Schenectady County Historian Bill Buell will be available to answer questions and meet with any patrons looking for help with local history research during this time. No registration required

Schenectady County Historian Bill Buell will be available to answer questions and meet with any patrons looking for help with local history research. No registration required.
 

Title: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 
Actors: Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Peter Kay, Nicholas Smith 
Studio: Universal Pictures 
Director: Steve Box 

Join Cornell Cooperative Extension for a hands-on activity that reduces, reuses, and recycles. Create one-of-a-kind recycled paper perfect for art projects, journaling... or even planting! All instruction and supplies provided.
 

Drop in and play a board game! We have Operation, Scrabble, Perfection, Jenga, Guess Who, Yeti in My Spaghetti, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Connect 4, Checkers, Chess and various card games! For families with kids and teens.

Book A Librarian July/ August 2024

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:

Join us for a fun LEGO building challenge.  Build a marble maze and test it, or try a friend's!  We supply the materials, but projects will stay at the library, so bring your camera! 
 

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!

Come and make a unicorn magnet out of air dry clay and magic! Registration required, for school aged kids in grades K - 5.

Join Chef Margaret and learn about the International Space Station. Work in teams to create end effectors and solar sails that satisfy design criteria, just like real life aerospace engineers!

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:

Join TWC this summer to create a collaborative writing project! We’ll use a short-term tabletop game, "Colossal," to explore character development, worldbuilding, and narrative as a community of writers.

Bring your own coloring books and supplies or use our fun collection of books, pens, markers, and colored pencils. Ages 14+

No refreshments, just open time for coloring.

Whether you’ve been doing it forever or just starting out, bring your written words to this volunteer run community group and receive feedback from fellow wordsmiths as time permits.

Stories, music and learning for families with children ages birth to 5 years old. Older children and pajamas are welcome.