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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
 

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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.

Tuesday Walking Club @ Crossings Park

9:30am - 10:15am
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
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.

Stay and Make

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

TBD

Stay and Make

6:00pm - 7:45pm
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

TBD

Ryan Smithson Family Night Collage

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Adults, Teens, Youth, All Ages
Program Type: Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 50
Event Details:

Artist Ryan Smithson will talk about his unique collage art and you will be able to make your own collages!

Stay and Stitch

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Adults, Teens
Program Type: Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20

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

Designing Graphics Like a Pro (Tech-Talk Webinar)

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

This webinar will cover how to get started using Canva to design flyers, social media images, videos, and more. We’ll look at creating designs from scratch or using templates, adding images, shapes, and other elements.

Readers Theater

3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Art & Performances
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Interested in acting? Here's your chance to grow and show off your chops! First, we will explore the world of fairy tales and folktales, and discover the elements that make these tales unique.

Photography Workshop

6:00pm - 7:45pm
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Tom Fox Photography Workshop

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).

Colonie Art League's Aztec Sun Adventure Workshop

1:00pm - 1:45pm
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Art & Performances
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Metal tooling is a popular Mexican Folk Art.  The Aztec people believe the Sun is very important to their way of life.  Enjoy making your own Hojalata.  

 

*Ages: Grades 1-4

Escape Room 2:00-2:20PM

2:00pm - 2:30pm
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Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Movies & Games
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Can you solve puzzles and clues fast enough to beat the 20-minnute clock and escape? Sign up on your own, or with a group of friends.

iPhone Basics

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Maker Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Computers & Technology
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6

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.

Colonie Art League's Aztec Sun Adventure Workshop

2:15pm - 3:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Art & Performances
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Metal tooling is a popular Mexican Folk Art.  The Aztec people believe the Sun is very important to their way of life.  Enjoy making your own Hojalata.  

 

*Ages: Grades 1-4

Escape Room 2:30-2:50PM

2:30pm - 3:00pm
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Movies & Games
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Can you solve puzzles and clues fast enough to beat the 20-minnute clock and escape? Sign up on your own, or with a group of friends.

Escape Room 3:00-3:20PM

3:00pm - 3:30pm
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Movies & Games
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Can you solve puzzles and clues fast enough to beat the 20-minnute clock and escape? Sign up on your own, or with a group of friends.

Escape Room 3:30-3:50PM

3:30pm - 4:00pm
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Movies & Games
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Can you solve puzzles and clues fast enough to beat the 20-minnute clock and escape? Sign up on your own, or with a group of friends.

Outdoor Activities in the Capital District and Beyond.

6:00pm - 7:45pm
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Local Interest
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

The presentation will provide an insight in hiking, backpacking, and paddling (flatwater and white water) activities within about a one-hour drive from the Albany area and will promote the responsible use of these natural resources by addressing s

Humphrey Bogart Film Series led by Lenny Zapala - Dark Passage (1947)

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movies & Games
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Film expert and Menands Public Library Director Lenny Zapala is offering the third of a five-installment series with the movie Dark Passage.  Vincent Parry (Bogart) convicted of killing his wife, has just escaped from Prison.&n

Stay & Play

10:15am - 11:00am
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Storytime & Early Childhood
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 40
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.

Memoir & Essay Writing Group

10:00am - 11:30am
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8
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
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
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.