Upcoming Events

Join us for an evening of relaxed conversation with other local parents and caretakers as we discuss these two thought-provoking books on parenting in the modern world.  

Located at the Washington Avenue Library Branch.

[For ages 1-4] Please join us for stories, fingerplays, songs, and rhymes for toddlers and their caregiver. After storytime, enjoy unstructured playtime with sensory blocks, cars, balls, and much more!

Located at the Washington Avenue Library Branch.

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.

Join us for a delightful and refreshing end to the school year by visiting any of our seven branches for cookies and lemonade! 

Join us for a delightful and refreshing end to the school year by visiting any of our seven branches for cookies and lemonade! 

Join us for a delightful and refreshing end to the school year by visiting any of our seven branches for cookies and lemonade! 

Join us for a delightful and refreshing end to the school year by visiting any of our seven branches for cookies and lemonade! 

Join us for a delightful and refreshing end to the school year by visiting any of our seven branches for cookies and lemonade! 

Join us for a delightful and refreshing end to the school year by visiting any of our seven branches for cookies and lemonade! 

Join us for a delightful and refreshing end to the school year by visiting any of our seven branches for cookies and lemonade! 

[Ages 4-18] Come celebrate the end of school by building with large foam blocks! Try your hand at engineering a masterpiece of architecture. This will be an outdoor event, weather permitting. No registration required.

[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!

[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! 

[For All Ages] Movies Under the Stars is a free community-oriented event organized by Love Albany. These events include a bounce house, popcorn, games, and information from the Albany Public Library and many other local nonprofits.

[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!

This program is presented by Via Aquarium and they will be showing up to four marine invertebrates while discussing their adaptations for survival in varying habitats, as well as their roles in the food chain, and how to preserve the species.