Week Calendar

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.

We recognize that public spaces can sometimes be overwhelming for neurodivergent individuals.

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.

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.

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 focused on life science. Enjoy a story time, plant flowers & tomatoes for your home garden, and carry home a storybook. For children grades PreK-Grade 2. Registration Required

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.

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.

To commemorate AAPI Heritage Month, The Schenectady County Public Library and AAPI Heritage Month 518 are proud to present:

Title: Didi 

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:

The Awful Truth  
Actors: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Ralph Bellamy, Cecil Cunningham, Molly Lamont  
Studio: Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.  

What do you want to be when you grow up? For high schoolers, the questions of college and careers can be big ones. For adults seeking a career change, the methods for doing so may feel daunting.

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:

Let’s face it: Everyone has anxiety. Furthermore, our incessant quest to rid ourselves of this ubiquitous human emotion worsens it. What if, instead of fighting our anxiety, we could turn it into a strength?

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 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:

May 7: Cooking Buttermilk Biscuits

Join Jody as she teaches the fundamentals of crochet, such as how to hold the hook & yarn, the 4 basic stitches, how to read simple patterns, and deciphering the crochet language.

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

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 May, we'll be playing some board games.

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

Join us to make shower steamers and sugar scrub! 

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 5th craft in our crafting series, decorating planters! 

Yes! You can hula hoop! Using a variety of adult sized hoops, we'll stretch, learn the basics, learn tricks, and choreography. Hula hooping is great low impact cardio, helps improve strength, balance and coordination and best of all FUN!!

Learn Spanish nouns and short sentences.

This two part class will feature conversational Spanish about colors, gardening, birds and insects! While the classes will have different content, you are not required to attend both classes.