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AARP

1:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

This is a 6-hour course with a 3-hour session on two days. You MUST attend both sessions to receive a course completion certificate. Bring your NYS Driver License and AARP membership card. Fee is $25 for AARP members and $30 for non-members.

Google Tabs: Use this New Feature to Boost Your Docs Organization (Tech-Talk Webinar)

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Computers & Technology, Virtual
Event Details:

Google Docs TABS are an exciting way to organize your content within a single Doc when you have a great deal of text, that you want to structure into smaller, more easily understood sections.

Monthly Personal Investment Group

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Maker Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Legal & Financial
Registration Required
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
Adults
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.

Disclaimer(s)

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
Adults
Closed
Registration Required
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Maker Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Language Learning, English Language Learning
Registration Required

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).

Introduction to Japan

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History & Genealogy
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn about Japan from the past to the present. 

iPhone Basics

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Maker Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Computers & Technology
Registration Required

Do you have an iPhone and need to learn the basics? We will cover external features, touch screen basics, Settings basics, Apps, calling, messaging (texting), and photo basics.

Social Security 101: Strategies that Could Maximize Your Benefits

6:00pm - 7:45pm
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Legal & Financial
Registration Required
Event Details:

Social Security is the first or second largest source of income for most retirees, so it’s important to get the facts before you file.

Film Noir in Color series: Desert Fury (1947)

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

Film expert and Menands Public Library Director Lenny Zapala is offering the second of a five-installment series with the movie Desert Fury.  Eddie Bendix (John Hodiak) opens a casino in a small Nevada town.

Blood Drive

1:00pm - 5:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Local Interest, Other

People and Prose

10:00am - 12:00pm
Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Writing
Registration Required
Event Details:

This is an opportunity to recharge your writing, and spark your creativity. A space to write without distractions. Whether you are writing memoirs, short fiction, poetry, or just going wherever your imagination and interests lead!

Paws for Reading

10:30am - 10:45am
Youth
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Sit with therapy dog Beth for 10 -15 minutes and read to her! She is a very good listener! 

Paws for Reading

10:45am - 11:00am
Youth
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Sit with therapy dog  Beth for 10 -15 minutes and read to her! She is a very good listener! 

Paws for Reading

11:00am - 11:15am
Youth
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Sit with therapy dog Beth for 10 -15 minutes and read to her! She is a very good listener! 

Sahaja Meditation

11:00am - 12:00pm
Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
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.

Paws for Reading

11:15am - 11:30am
Youth
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Sit with therapy dog Beth for 10 -15 minutes and read to her! She is a very good listener! 

Stay and Stitch

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Crafts
Registration Required

Stay, stitch, and socialize! Bring your own fiber project to work on while you relax and chat. *Ages: Adults and teens

Digitizing Your Recipes with a Smartphone or Tablet

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Maker Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Computers & Technology, Food & Cooking
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn to use your smartphone or tablet to scan your recipes and create a searchable digital cookbook.

Adult Movie Monday "A Real Pain"

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movies & Games
Registration Required
Event Details:

 

Tween Movie Monday

5:30pm - 7:30pm
Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Movies & Games
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for snacks and a movie! For grades 6 to 8.

Movie title: Ghostbusters Frozen Empire

Movie rating: PG-13

Laugh Out Loud Book Club - "The Office BFF's" by Jenna Fischer

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Writing
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us in-person in the library's Activity Room for our "Laugh Out Loud" book group.  We are focusing on fun reads that make you laugh. 

Introduction To China

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History & Genealogy
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn about the past and present of China. 

Practice Conversational English

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
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.

Disclaimer(s)

Inclement Weather

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

Juneteenth Closing

10:30am - 11:30am
Closing
Branches:
Colonie Library
Description:

Closed in observance of Juneteenth