Week Calendar

Join us for a story time the whole family can enjoy!  While the books, songs, and rhymes will be for 1 and 2 year olds, siblings are welcome.

For one and two year olds.

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:

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 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.

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.

Book a Librarian is a one-on-one session for personalized reference assistance with a librarian that is uninterrupted.

Book A Librarian is a one-on-one session for personalized reference assistance with a librarian. Call the Niskayuna branch library 518-386-2249 for a thirty-minute session.

Speaker: Cassidy Lent, Director of the Giammatti Library at the Baseball Fall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown

Date: 11/19/2025 

Title: Miss Potter 

Actors: Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Bill Paterson, Barbara Flynn 

Studio: Lions Gate Films, Inc. 

Director: Chris Noonan 

Join us for a discussion of The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier.

From goodreads.com:

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.

Sabrina 
Actors: Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, Humphrey Bogart, John Williams, Walter Hampden  
Studio: Paramount Pictures  
Director: Billy Wilder  
Rating: PG  

Join us for a discussion of The Consequence of Anna by Kate Birkin. 

Get yourself primed for the holiday season and join us for an online conversation you won't want to miss!

Join local artist, Megan Viscio and fellow community craft makers as we come together to create a lovely Festive Festoon. If you are curious, a festoon is a chain of items, strung together and used as a decoration.

Do you have what it takes to be a paleontologist? Come and find out with Librarian Laura! Families are invited to an afternoon of crafts and dinosaur themed stations.

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! 

The book selection for November is Horse by Gerladine Brooks.

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:

A group where kids meet to play educational games, do crafts or projects that challenges the brain. Meet new families from different backgrounds and learn from each other! For families with kids & teens.

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.

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 with friends. 

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.

Meet Jake, 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.

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.

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! This time, we'll break out our quick-build LEGO kits for solo or partner building.

Get ready for some hands-on science fun! We’ll create a fizzing and foaming reaction that transforms into slime you can play with!

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

Please join us for a discussion of I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy.

Come join us as we celebrate Fall with some Diamond Art Bookmarks that you can use in your own books or library books! 

What’s better than playing with beautiful collage papers? Making your own! Join local artist Tracy Loring as she guides you in creating your own unique collage papers and assembling them into a winter landscape. 

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.

Monthly Meeting