Upcoming Events

Located at the Washington Avenue Library Branch.

[For ages 0-8 and their caregivers.] Bring your blankets or chairs, and join us in Washington Park for stories, fingerplays, songs, and rhymes!

Located at the Washington Avenue Library Branch.

[For All Ages] Playstreets are safe spaces for families and kids to gather in the comfort of their own neighborhoods during the summer.

Located at the Washington Avenue Library Branch.

[For Adults] This class is designed for adult newcomers to Albany who have some basic English language skills and are looking to improve their fluency and communication abilities.

[For ages 18+] Are you a fiber crafter? Does your family have all the hand knitted or crocheted hats, scarves, mittens, or shawls that they could possibly use in this lifetime?

Located at the Washington Avenue Library Branch.

[For Adults] Watch a recording of this past author talk with us at the Pine Hills Branch with fellow attendees.

Watch a recording of an author talk with scientists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute at the Washington Avenue Branch with fellow attendees. This virtual author talk is provided by APL through the Library Speakers Consortium.

We have video games, anime, and potential make crafts! A place to hang with friends after school.

[For Ages 13-17] Clash your favorite gaming icons in the ultimate showdown. Tweens and Teens are invited to bring their friends and play Super Smash. Come see if you are good enough to beat our library gamers!

[Ages 4+] Come try out some of our favorite fidget toys, search through our discovery bins & explore our sensory items!

[For ages 9-17] Play various video games including Smash Brothers, Tekken, Mariokart, NBA 2K22 on the Nintendo Switch, XBox or PS4 with your friends! 

[Adults] Let me be perfectly queer, this is an all-inclusive, LGBT+ book club. This book club reads fiction and non-fiction books that center around queer ideas, stories, and experiences. 

[For Ages 0-5] Join us for stories, songs, and movement activities. Bring the whole family and enjoy Saturday at the library!

[For Ages 0-5] Join us for stories, songs, and movement activities. Bring the whole family and enjoy Saturday at the library, where we're Growing Readers.

[For Ages 0-5] Join us for stories, songs, and movement activities. Bring the whole family and enjoy Saturday at the library!

[Ages 4-8] Summer Storytime at Albany Institute: APL will be at the Albany Institute of Art and History for special summer good vibes story times! 

Join us for a Sound Healing Workshop with Nicole Miele of Rock and Soul Wellness.

Explore the cosmos from the comfort of your local library! Through crafts, experiments, presentations and more, we will learn about the vast universe we inhabit. Expand your knowledge and hang out with fellow outer-space lovers.

[Ages 3-11] It's National Ice Cream Day! Celebrate with a scoop at the Bach Branch. We will have sundae supplies from Stewart's Shops and some fun crafts and activities.

Healing circles offer Black women a supportive space to explore their economic narratives through storytelling and body mapping, visualizing how financial stress and resilience manifest physically.