Week Calendar

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. 

Ms. Lisa's Music program is back, with "Rhyme Time", an engaging music & movement theme focused on the rhythm and rhyme of Nursery Rhymes.  Appropriate for lap-sitters, toddlers, and preschoolers with their caregivers.

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:

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. 

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.

Process art is art that focuses on the overall experience or process of creating something instead of focusing on making something specific, or the final product.

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 Ms. Rojas for a story time presented in Spanish & English for children ages 0 - 5. Ven y disfruta con Sra. Rojas cuentos bilingues en Español y Ingles. Para niños de 0 - 5 años.

Join the Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Schenectady County Public Library at the Children’s Learning Garden in Schenectady! Enjoy nature-themed stories and hands-on activities that connect to the theme of the day.

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.

With themed sensory bins, story time kits, and motor skills games, you'll leave with ideas for easy-to-do activities at home. Refreshments are provided. Best suited for ages 1-3 and their families. Older siblings are welcome.

Date: 10/22/2025 

Title: Meet the Robinsons 

Actors: Angela Bassett, Daniel Hansen, Jordan Fry, Wesley Singerman, Tom Selleck 

Studio: Walt Disney Pictures 

Director: Stephen J. Anderson 

In this class you will perform postures and breathing exercises with the aid of a chair. Students can experience the many benefits of yoga without having to get up or down from the floor.

The Maltese Falcon  
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Gladys George  
Studio: Warner Bros.  
Director: John Huston  

Paws for Reading with Hilary and Luna! Come read a book to Luna!

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 is a Star Wars Extravaganza with episodes 1-9 and Rogue One!

Come use up some Yarn to make some yarn pumpkins! 

Come to the library and participate in the Haunted House LEGO challenge, with your team of no more than 4. If you do not have a team, just register yourself and we will connect you with one at the event!

The Orchid Thief:  a true story of beauty and obsession by Susan Orlean is the October book club selection.

An active storytime combining movement and dance with books and stories! Led by an instructor from Baker School of Dance in Glenville. 

For children ages 3-5.  Registration required.

Do you like to build and create? Join us weekly for build zone where we build with Legos, Duplos, and other materials suitable for small hands. For ages 6-12. Refreshments are provided.

Fiorella Rojas from Project Growing Minds will be here to read some spooky (child friendly) stories in Spanish and English, as well as other fun Halloween activities! 

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.

Patrons will learn how to paint properly in the gouache style of watercolor painting, through properly loading their brush, using correct hand control, and proper layering with the gouache medium. 

Enjoy fiber arts projects with friends. A presentation and instruction on cabling knitted items will be held.

Bring your current fiber art project to this social group to work on, meet new people and learn new skills. From knitting/crochet to cross stitch, and everything in between, we can help each other begin and complete craft projects.

Do you like building with LEGOS? Join us for a fun LEGO challenge or create something of your own! LEGOS provided. Youth of all ages welcome. 

Registration encouraged, drop-ins also welcome. 

Get inspired by slime! Join us to enjoy a storybook reading and create a different slimy masterpiece each week. For slimers ages 6 - 12. Refreshments are provided.

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

Registration appreciated, drop-ins also welcome.

Make your life a charmed life! During this Special Edition of Teen Writing Club, tarot expert and RPG designer Maddy will teach us how to use the Major Arcana for character creation and worldbuilding.

Enjoy Qigong practices for energy and healthy living with Maxine Becker.

Beginner crochet class with Michelle. Learn to hold the hook and yarn as you create basic crochet stitches. Supplies provided. Enjoy crochet skills with friends so comforting as cold weather approaches.

Read some stories before bed! Join us twice a month for an evening edition of Family Story Time, with songs and stories suitable for ages 0 months-6 years (older siblings welcome).

Soak up a little sweetness in this relaxing and rejuvenating yoga class.

Come learn some simple Spanish in fun and engaging ways with her after school at the library! For school aged kids. 

Monthly Meeting

Great food, great drink, even better company. Join an awesome group of people in this book club discussing James by Percival Everett.

Ages 21+

You are invited to join us online and be one of the first to hear from Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai about her astonishing memoir, Finding My Way.