Name: Color Your World: 2025 Summer Reading Program
Start: 2025-07-05
End: 2025-08-22
Location: Niskayuna Branch Library

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Time	Sun (7/27)	Mon (7/28)	Tue (7/29)	Wed (7/30)	Thu (7/31)	Fri (8/01)	Sat (8/02)
All Day	Color Your World: 2025 Summer Reading Program All Day 7/5 - 8/22 Niskayuna Branch Library Library Branch: Niskayuna Branch Library Room: Niskayuna Art Display
		This event is in the "Adult" group. Community Puzzle All Day 7/28 - 8/2 Adult Quaker Street Branch Library This event is in the "Adult" group. Library Branch: Quaker Street Branch Library Age Group: Adult Event Details: Join us in building a community jigsaw puzzle at the Quaker Street Branch. Jigsaw puzzles can improve short-term memory, relieve stress, and help you make new friends! Drop-in for a few minutes or a few hours; place 3 pieces or 300!
10 am		This event is in the "Children" group. This event is in the "Families" group. Family Storytime 10:30am - 11:30am Children, Families Scotia Branch Library This event is in the "Children" group. This event is in the "Families" group. Library Branch: Scotia Branch Library Room: Scotia 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 regisration required.	This event is in the "Children" group. This event is in the "Families" group. Family Storytime 10:30am - 11:30am Children, Families Glenville Branch Library This event is in the "Children" group. This event is in the "Families" group. 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. This event is in the "Families" group. Baby Lap Time 10:30am - 11:30am Children, Families Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library Required This event is in the "Children" group. This event is in the "Families" group. Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library Room: KBJ Slater Room Age Group: Children, Families Program Type: Storytime Required Seats Remaining: 15	This event is in the "Adult" group. Glenville Book Club 10:30am - 11:30am Adult Glenville Branch Library This event is in the "Adult" group. Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library Room: Glenville Book Club Corner Age Group: Adult Program Type: Book Club Event Details: Join us for a discussion of a new book author and title TBA. New book club members are always welcome. Request a copy of the books online or at any SCPL location.		Family Story Time 10:30am - 11:30am Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library Room: KBJ Slater Room Event Details: Stories & learning for families with children ages birth to 5 years old.
11 am
12 pm				This event is in the "Adult" group. REELS 12:00pm - 2:00pm Adult Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library This event is in the "Adult" group. Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library Room: KBJ McChesney Room Age Group: Adult Program Type: Movie Event Details: Date: 07/30/2025 Title: The Mummy Actors: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Patricia Velasquez Studio: Universal Pictures Director: Stephen Sommers	This event is in the "Adult" group. Book A Librarian 12:00pm - 12:45pm Adult Glenville Branch Library Required This event is in the "Adult" group. Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library Age Group: Adult Program Type: Technology Class Required Seats Remaining: 1 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:
1 pm				This event is in the "Adult" group. Cozy Crafters 1:00pm - 2:00pm Adult Quaker Street Branch Library This event is in the "Adult" group. 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 "Children" group. Geology Rocks! with Anita Sanchez 1:00pm - 2:00pm Children Scotia Branch Library Required This event is in the "Children" group. Library Branch: Scotia Branch Library Room: Scotia Meeting Room Age Group: Children Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker, S.T.E.A.M. Required Seats Remaining: 25 Event Details: Imagine yourself back in time, in the age of the ancient cave painters. We’ll examine many geological specimens, look for fossils, and compare the shapes and colors of different varieties of rocks and minerals. This event is in the "Adult" group. Meditative Painting 1:00pm - 2:30pm Adult Niskayuna Branch Library Required This event is in the "Adult" group. Library Branch: Niskayuna Branch Library Room: Niskayuna Meeting Room Age Group: Adult Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker Required Seats Remaining: 67 Event Details: Join local artist Tracy Loring for a relaxing experience using watercolor and markers to create a unique piece of abstract art.	This event is in the "Adult" group. REELS: Classic Film Club 1:00pm - 3:00pm Adult Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library This event is in the "Adult" group. Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library Room: KBJ Program Room 1 Age Group: Adult Program Type: Movie Event Details: Double Indemnity Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather Studio: Universal Pictures Director: Billy Wilder
2 pm				This event is in the "Children" group. Nebula Spin Art with Dudley Observatory 2:00pm - 3:00pm Children Glenville Branch Library Required This event is in the "Children" group. Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library Room: Glenville Meeting Room Age Group: Children Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker, S.T.E.A.M. Required Seats Remaining: 20 Event Details: Join astrophysicist and science educator, Dr. Mindy Townsend, for a hands on STEM activity! Create your own work of art while learning about our universe. For kids entering grades K-5. Registration required.
3 pm		This event is in the "Teen & Tween" group. Mandala Art Workshop for Teens 3:00pm - 4:00pm Teen & Tween Rotterdam Branch Library Required This event is in the "Teen & Tween" group. Library Branch: Rotterdam Branch Library Room: Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room Age Group: Teen & Tween Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker Required Seats Remaining: 15 Event Details: If you can draw a line or a squiggle, you can draw patterns and mandalas. We will learn a little about the background of mandalas, explore patterns and the benefits to drawing patterns and of course draw patterns and mandalas.	This event is in the "Teen & Tween" group. Intro to Sewing for Tweens & Teens 3:00pm - 5:00pm Teen & Tween Glenville Branch Library Required This event is in the "Teen & Tween" group. Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library Room: Glenville Meeting Room Age Group: Teen & Tween Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker Required Seats Remaining: 18 Event Details: Learn how to hem your own pants, patch a rip in your favorite sweater, fix a hole in your jeans! This introductory class will teach basic hand sewing skills such as threading a needle, basic stitches and more. All materials provided.	This event is in the "Children" group. Lights, Color, Action! With the Science Chef 3:00pm - 4:00pm Children Quaker Street Branch Library Required This event is in the "Children" group. Library Branch: Quaker Street Branch Library Room: Quaker Street Meeting Area Age Group: Children Program Type: S.T.E.A.M. Required Seats Remaining: 18 Event Details: Explore the scientific relationships between light and color with the Science Chef! Where do you see all of these colors in your daily lives, and have you ever wondered how colors are made? Find out today at our session.	This event is in the "Teen & Tween" group. Teens Unplugged: Solar Lanterns 3:00pm - 4:00pm Teen & Tween Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library This event is in the "Teen & Tween" group. Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library Age Group: Teen & Tween Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker Event Details: 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 July, we'll make lanterns from vellum and solar-powered tea lights.
4 pm
5 pm		This event is in the "Teen & Tween" group. Teen Writing Club 5:00pm - 6:00pm Teen & Tween Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library Required This event is in the "Teen & Tween" group. Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library Room: KBJ Slater Room Age Group: Teen & Tween Program Type: Writing Required Seats Remaining: 20	This event is in the "Adult" group. Single Breath Story Writing Workshop 5:30pm - 6:30pm Adult Scotia Branch Library This event is in the "Adult" group. 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 "Adult" group. Writers Group 5:45pm - 7:30pm Adult Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library This event is in the "Adult" group. Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library Room: KBJ Program Room 1 Age Group: Adult Program Type: Writing Event Details: 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.

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