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Fashion Sustainability & Creation

4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
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Join us for this teen-led, 3-session workshop on fashion and sustainability! Learn about clothing waste and fast-fashion, and bring in an old item of clothing to bring back to life!

Monthly Personal Investment Group

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Open
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Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Maker Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Legal & Financial
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 27
Event Details:

Come join an informal, monthly meeting of your neighbors to listen to and discuss experiences with personal investing!

Practice Conversational English

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Language Learning, English Language Learning

An informal conversation group to help you gain confidence speaking English. We invite all adults who are learning English as a new language. Registration is not required.

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Inclement Weather

If North or South Colonie schools are closed, delayed, or close early (including no after school activities), library programs will be canceled.

English as a New Language: Intermediate

11:30am - 1:00pm
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Maker Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Language Learning, English Language Learning
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0

A series of classes taught by Literacy Volunteers of Rensselaer County. If you are an intermediate-level learner of English, please consider being a part of the class. This class will meet every week at the same time. Registration is required. To register, please email Jessica Kaercher at kaercherj@colonielibrary.org or call 518-458-9274 (option 4).

Reptile Adventure Workshop

1:00pm - 1:45pm
Closed
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Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Science & Nature, STEAM
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Learn about reptiles you know and some you've never heard of from local reptile enthusiast Jessica Shea.

Ages: Grades 1-4

Reptile Adventure Workshop

2:15pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Science & Nature, STEAM
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Learn about reptiles you know and some you've never heard of from local reptile enthusiast Jessica Shea.

Ages: Grades 1-4

Fashion Sustainability & Creation

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Join us for this teen-led, 3-session workshop on fashion and sustainability! Learn about clothing waste and fast-fashion, and bring in an old item of clothing to bring back to life!

Humphrey Bogart Film Series led by Lenny Zapala - The Big Sleep (1944)

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movies & Games
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Film expert and Menands Public Library Director Lenny Zapala is offering the second of a five-installment series with the movie The Big Sleep.

Encanto Dance Party

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Art & Performances
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 27
Event Details:

The whole family can dance with 3 of the characters from the movie Encanto.  You can even take pictures with the characters and chat after. 

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted. Children under age 8 should be accompanied by an adult in the library at all times.

Stay & Play

10:15am - 11:00am
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Storytime & Early Childhood
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 36
Event Details:

Here’s a chance to stay and play with your little one! This is a 45 minute session for toddlers up to 36 months. We’ll move to music, play with toys, and make new friends! 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted. Children under age 8 should be accompanied by an adult in the library at all times.

Fashion Sustainability & Creation

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Join us for this teen-led, 3-session workshop on fashion and sustainability! Learn about clothing waste and fast-fashion, and bring in an old item of clothing to bring back to life!

Memoir & Essay Writing Group

10:00am - 11:30am
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

Establish a steady writing habit with this biweekly nonfiction writing group.  Each session will feature a brief writing exercise for warmup, feedback opportunities, and open writing time.

Sahaja Meditation

11:00am - 12:00pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 44
Event Details:

You will be introduced to a unique form of meditation called Sahaja Meditation that is practiced in over 100 countries and is always free. With your desire, an energy within you will be awakened.

Music & Arts Student Recital

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Adults, Teens, Youth, All Ages
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 54
Event Details:

A program of music performed by the students of Music & Arts. Musicians ranging from beginner to advance, come share the joy that music can bring to your life.

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All Day
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Colonie Library

Read it Forward

All Day
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Books & Writing
Event Details:

Teens can pick up a copy of this year's Read it Forward book - Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger! Read it, pass it on to someone else, and fill out a survey for the chance to win an awesome prize!

Teen Room Scavenger Hunt

All Day 7/15 - 7/20
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: The Cube
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Movies & Games
Event Details:

Search for the hidden letters around the Cube, and unscramble them for a prize!

Kids Movie Mondays "Migration"

10:15am - 12:00pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Movies & Games
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 22
Event Details:

 

Join us as we enjoy a screening of "Migration" at the library on our big screen! Children are welcome to bring blankies or stuffed animals to cuddle with as we enjoy a fun morning movie together.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted. Children under age 8 should be accompanied by an adult in the library at all times.

Adult Movie Monday "Marsh King's Daughter"

2:00pm - 4:30pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movies & Games
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 43
Event Details:

Join us for film screenings on Mondays this Summer. We'll watch a mix of new movies, blockbusters, and favorites.  Don't forget to bring a sweater in case it's chilly, and stadium cushion for seating comfort.

 

Treasure Hunters Book Club

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Books & Writing
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Join us for an interactive book club as we read through Treasure Hunters by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein. Over the four weeks we will discuss the book, have different activities and loads of fun!  

Family Storytime

6:30pm - 7:15pm
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Storytime & Early Childhood
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 48

Meet us outside on the Library Grounds for stories, songs, and dancing. Too hot or too rainy? We will move to the Stedman Room! Bring your lawn chairs or blankets.
*Ages: Families with Children
 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted. Children under age 8 should be accompanied by an adult in the library at all times.

Tuesday Walking Club @ Crossings Park

9:30am - 10:15am
Open
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 17
Event Details:

Join the Library's Tuesday Walking Club.  Enjoy a tranquil walk in our beautiful Crossings park while chatting with your neighbors!  We will meet at the Pavilion by the lake at the Crossings Park and walk approximately two miles.&nb

Stories on the Lawn

10:15am - 11:00am
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Storytime & Early Childhood
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 100
Event Details:

Bring a blanket and join us on the back lawn! Held inside if the weather doesn’t cooperate.

*Ages: 5 years old and younger, siblings welcome

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted. Children under age 8 should be accompanied by an adult in the library at all times.