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Puzzle Swap

11:00am - 1:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 65
Event Details:

Bring a gently used puzzle to swap for a ‘new’ to you puzzle. No limit on the number of puzzles to swap, however, organizers will monitor. Any piece count is allowed. Please secure puzzle boxes with a rubber band or bag pieces.

Puzzle Tournament

1:30pm - 4:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movies & Games
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 28
Event Details:

Think you're a jigsaw puzzle master? Prove it during Library's first Jigsaw Puzzle Tournament! Compete against other teams to assemble a 500 piece puzzle in 2 hours or less. The first team to finish wins!

Closed

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Colonie Library

Mystery Book Club

10:30am - 12:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Writing
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 49

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
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

Bubble Bonanza

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

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.

Seth and the Moody Melix -Music

6:30pm - 7:15pm
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Adults, Teens, Youth, All Ages
Program Type: Art & Performances
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 100
Event Details:

Enjoy the upbeat folksy music of Seth and the Moody Melix.  Fun for all!

Readers Theater

3:00pm - 5:15pm
Waitlist
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

Monthly Personal Investment Group

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

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.

Guided Walk @ Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy's Fox Preserve

9:00am - 10:30am
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Steve Young and Laura Lehtonen with the Mohawk Valley Land Conservancy will lead a walk at Fox Preserve on River Road in Latham.  The preserve has a picnic area with an amazing view overlooking the Mohawk River.

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).

Sun Print Adventure Workshop

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

Come for an afternoon workshop where we will be creating our own sun prints using items we find in nature.

Ages: Grades 1-4

Stamp Carving Workshop

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Design and carve out your own personal stamp!

Sun Print Adventure Workshop

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

Come for an afternoon workshop where we will be creating our own sun prints using items we find in nature.

Ages: Grades 1-4

Laugh Out Loud Book Club: "Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman" by Lindy West

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Writing
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

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

Sahaja Meditation

11:00am - 12:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 50
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.

Soriano Student Recital

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:

Youth Summer recital. 

Closed

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Colonie Library

The Cheese Traveler Cheese Experience

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Colonie Library
Room: Stedman Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Food & Cooking
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 100
Event Details:

Enjoy tastings and talks with Mary the owner of The Cheese Traveler, a retail establishment in Albany.  She will be taking us on a culinary adventure with cheese.

 

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