Week Calendar

Bring your baby and bounce along to songs, rhymes, and stories!  Learn about early literacy resources and connect with other caregivers.  For babies 0 – 14 months and their caregivers. 

Early literacy class for children birth to age 5, with adult caregiver. Stories, songs, activities and social interaction for the whole family.

NO registration required.

Miss Lisa leads babies, toddlers and preschoolers in this interactive music class. Kids will listen to songs, engage in creative movement, and use instruments to have fun with music.  Ages 0-5 with caregiver. 

Early literacy class for children birth to age 5, with adult caregiver. Stories, songs, activities and social interaction for the whole family.

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.

John WMHT Public Television for a program of family activities. Watch the animated story version of the book, enjoy craft activities, and carry home a storybook. For kids in pre K- 2nd grade and their caregivers. 

A storytime where books meet art. We will read a book and then using a variety of materials, preschoolers will create art that is child-directed, choice-driven, and celebrates the experience of discovery. Dress for mess! 

Bring your baby and bounce along to songs, rhymes, and stories! Learn about early literacy resources and connect with other caregivers. 

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.

Join Ms. Steph this morning to sing songs, dance and play games that will introduce children to the basics of music making. Hands-on play with instruments will happen at the end of the program. For kids ages 0 – 7. 

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.

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.

Oct. 21 – Retired sportswriters Tim Wilkin (Albany Times-Union), Schenectady Gazette’s Jeff Wilkin, Albany Times Union’s Buzz Gray, and Mike Kane (Schenectady Gazette) reflect on their long careers in journalism.

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

Title: The Munsters 

Actors: Cassandra Peterson, Sheri Moon Zombie, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Richard Brake, Daniel Roebuck 

Studio: Universal Pictures 

Director: Rob Zombie 

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

Physics, biology, astronomy, and poetry all strive to understand life's mysteries, and both poetry and science are rooted in curiosity and investigation.

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.

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.

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Actors: Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders, Edna Best, Vanessa Brown  
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox  
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz 
Rating: G 

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:

Rated PG. Three 17th-century witches, hanged for their murderous crimes, are resurrected on Halloween in modern-day Salem by an unsuspecting boy, who must now figure out how to get them back in the ground.
Runtime 95 minutes.

Peggy teaches the basics of knitting, stitches and tension. All materials are provided. For grades 3 and up. Registration encouraged, but not required.

Join us for an hour of coffee, coloring, and conversation. Unwind, catch up with your neighbors, meet new friends, and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea! All supplies will be provided. For Adults 18+. No registration is required.   

Join us for a story class for children in grades K-5 with an adult. Meet therapy dog Luna this month at the Central library. They would love to listen to you read a story.

Let's celebrate TeenTober!

Calling all board game enthusiasts! Are you a citizen of Catan? A denizen of Dixit? An old-school maven of Monopoly? Like comparing Apples to Apples?

Welcome to a new REELS at Glenville film series, Spotlight Cinema, where each series of films highlights a particular actor, director, or theme. The first spotlight shines on the theme of movies that have had a Criterion release on dvd/blu-ray.

Come and bring your current project! Knit, crochet, weave, tat, embroider, spin, dye, felt, patchwork or whatever. Come to share, teach, learn, mentor, and just spend pleasurable time. No registration required!

Families who are homeschooling are welcome to come to this monthly program that aims to enhance your homeschooling experience!

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

Learning English as a second language

opens many doors for people and provides

them with a variety of options they might

not otherwise have. This course is designed

for adult learners and helps individuals

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. 

Learning English as a second language

opens many doors for people and provides

them with a variety of options they might

not otherwise have. This course is designed

for adult learners and helps individuals

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 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 write in! Poets, novelists, cartoonists, and more are invited to an hour of writing inspiration and sharing. Work on your existing projects or try a new prompt in a supportive and welcoming atmosphere.

Let's celebrate TeenTober!

Qi Gong is an ancient Chinese system of movement that promotes stress free health, longevity, and vitality. The clothing requirement is informal, mats are not needed and no advance registration is required. 

Teaching basic crochet skills to participants in order to have them create small stuffed toys.

Join us for an hour of coffee, coloring, and conversation. Unwind, catch up with your neighbors, meet new friends, and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea! For adults only, no registration is required.  All supplies will be provided.

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.

Take your alcohol free night to the next level! Learn how to make bubbling mocktails, create infusions for your mocktails, and finish with your own molecular gastronomy bite!

Adults 18+
Registration required.

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 and learning for families with kids birth to 5 years.

A presentation of credit basics and financial literacy tips on how to best manage credit.

Perform a gruesome dissection of a Lego figure made out of Jello and document what you find. 

Preschool – Gr.4 

Great food, great drink, even better company. Join an awesome group of people in this book club discussing The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson.

Ages 21+