Week Calendar

Topic for this week:

The Future of NATO and European Security

NYS Department of Taxation and Finance will be providing assistance to taxpayers in filing their 2024 taxes.

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.

Join us in celebrating Neurodiversity Awareness Month with the launch of our new program: SCPL Sensory Sessions! 

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.

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.

For children ages 3-6 and their caregivers.

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 us in celebrating Neurodiversity Awareness Month with the launch of our new program: SCPL Sensory Sessions! 

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.

Join WMHT Public Television for a program of family activities. Enjoy a story about birthdays and gatherings. Craft activities, and carry home the storybook shared.  

Get Your Tax Return Prepared For Free! 

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.

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.

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.

Date: 04/09/2025 

Title: The Lost World: Jurassic Park 

Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlewaite, Arliss Howard, Sam Neill 

Studio: Universal Pictures 

Director: Steven Spielberg 

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 discussion of The Women by Kristin Hannah

from goodreads.com:

Join us for a discussion of West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge.

My Man Godfrey 
Actors: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Eugene Pallette, Alice Brady, Gail Patrick   
Studio: Universal Pictures  
Director:  Gregory La Cava  

This week's performance...

Performer(s):  Duo Envol with Melanie Chirignan & Laura Meinicoff

Category:  Instrumental (Flute & Cello)

Join us as Smithsonian Horticulturalist Matthew Fleming, guides us through the secret world of trees as is revealed in the beautiful and absorbing guide to the giants of the plant world—The Tree Book: The Stories, Science, and History of Trees

In the Stacks . . . is excited to bring The Arch Stanton Quartet to the Scotia branch library.

The Venus Flytrap plant is independent in nature, being the only plant of its carnivorous kind that exhibits motion to actively trap its prey.

Welcome to the REELS at Glenville film series, Spotlight Cinema, where each series of films we highlight a particular actor, director, or theme. The current spotlight shines on movies helmed by women directors!

Get inspired by slime! Join us to enjoy a storybook reading and create a different slimy masterpiece each week. For children in K to grade 5. Refreshments are provided.

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

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.

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.

Join us for a fun building activities using a variety of materials, including Legos and more.  We supply the building materials, but projects stay at the library, so bring your camera.

Explore gardening, crafting and public speaking and volunteering and other opportunities by joining the library's 4-H Club. There is no registration fee. Sign up to participate in upcoming events:

March 12: Clay Shamrock ornaments

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.

Enjoy fiber arts projects and learn knitting and crocheting skills

We meet the first Monday of each month. Bring your own project to work on in the company other teens. Share your techniques, patterns, and ideas. All skill levels, beginner to advanced welcome!

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

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

Come to the library and make a little mushroom plush! You could use it as a pin cushion or just have it as a cute buddy to keep in your room. No needles required. For kids and teens ages 5+

Chill out and de-stress from school at the library! Join us each month for relaxing activities that don’t feature a screen. Snacks and supplies provided! In April, we'll make fast-drying watercolors to celebrate spring.

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.

"Stories are a communal currency of humanity." - Tahir Shah

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.

Join us for our 4th Craft in our crafting series. We will be making herbal heating pads.

Reduce, reuse, recycle... parade? Join The Schoharie River Center for an informational session and crafting jam all about the Trash Parade! 2025's First Annual Trash Parade, themed around "water," will take place in Schenectady on May 16.

Know Ivonne from the after school program at Duanesburg Elementary? Come learn some simple Spanish in fun and engaging ways with her after school at the library! For kids and their families.