Week Calendar

[For ages 0-4] Please join us in the Large Meeting Room for stories, fingerplays, songs and rhymes for babies, toddlers and preschoolers, and their caregivers.

[Ages 2-8] Come on down to the historic Howe Branch of the Albany Public library for a read-along, sing-along Storytime.

[For adults] English as a new language can be challenging and there is always room for improvement.

[Adult]  Field Trip for Grown-ups: Visit Alcove Reservoir and the Albany Water Department's filtration plant. Registration is required, please use the link below.

[Ages 2-5] Join us for stories, songs & fun for preschoolers and their caregivers every week at the Delaware Branch. No registration required.

[Ages 0-24 months] Join Ms Melissa for fun songs and short books to introduce your baby to storytime! We will meet in the community room, and babies and their caregivers are welcome to stay and play after storytime.

[For ages 0-2] Please join Youth Services staff for stories, fingerplays, songs, and rhymes for the youngest children, from birth to eighteen months. 

[For Adults of all ages and abilities] Learn simple, gentle Tai chi movements to improve coordination and balance. Enjoy these mindful, safe movements and the deeper breathing and flexibility they can enable.

[For adults] The City of Albany's new Department of Neighborhood Services wants to hear from you! Please stop by the Pine Hills Branch to meet with Alex Word, the Neighborhood Specialist for Pine Hills. 

[For ages 1-4] Please join us for stories, fingerplays, songs, and rhymes for toddlers and their caregiver.

Join Francis Magai from the Radix Center in exploring the edible and medicinal wonders popping up in the sidewalk cracks, not so “vacant” lots and the bits and bobs of wooded areas that grace your neighborhood.

[For ages 0-5] NEW Storytime! Join us for some weekend storytime fun. We'll be sharing stories, singing songs, learning new rhymes, and shaking our sillies out.

[For ages 3 & 4 & 5 and their caregivers] Join us for simple science experiments, games, book character parties and arts & crafts.

[Ages 0-5] Every week after preschool storytime-- stay & play! 

Let your little ones tap into their imaginations during this unstructured play time. Kids can play with our toy kitchen, blocks, dolls, train sets & more!

[For ages 0-2] Join us for unstructured play-time with sensory blocks, cars, balls, and much more!

[For ages 1-4] Join us for unstructured playtime with sensory blocks, cars, balls, and much more!

[For ages 0-5] Join us for unstructured playtime with sensory blocks, cars, balls, and much more!

Miki Conn, author, poet, artist, and storyteller presents A Conspiracy of Mothers, a novel by Colleen Van Niekerk.

[For Adults] Digital Navigator - One-on-one Computer Help (Pine Hills Session)

[For Adults] Digital Navigator - One-on-one Computer Help (Pine Hills Session)

[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?

[For adults] Schedule a 1 hour, one-on-one appointment with the Librarian for assistance with your technology questions. We can help from how to use your phone to computers. Please have your questions ready before the appointment.

[Adult]

Get information from Pioneer about how to recognize common financial scams, protect yourself and what to do it you fall victim.  The program is brought to us by NNORC. 

Registration is required. 

[For Adults] Join us for a free movie screening with coffee and snacks, and the chance to talk to community services providers!

[For Adults] Digital Navigator - One-on-one Computer Help (Pine Hills Session)

[Ages 18+] Would you like to update or create a résumé? Need help tweaking or writing a cover letter? The Delaware Branch offers one-on-one sessions every Thursday between 12-1pm. Registration for your appointment is required.

[For Adults] Digital Navigator - One-on-one Computer Help (Pine Hills Session)

This is a small writing discussion group that looks at mystery writing! The Howdunnits provide a safe and welcoming venue to share your writing and to give and recieve feedback from others.

[Adults] The City of Albany's new Department of Neighborhood Services wants to hear from you! Please stop by the Howe Branch to meet with Tabora Marcus, the Neighborhood Specialist for the South End

Celebrate Albany Public Library's Centennial Birthday by making art out of discarded books!

[For Adults] Digital Navigator - One-on-one Computer Help (Pine Hills Session)

[For Ages 7-17] Do you love to cosplay? Think you have what it takes to be the next IRON COSPLAY champion?

In Our Own Voices, Inc provides free HIV and HEP C testing. No registration or appointment required. Free and discreet.

[For All Ages] Calling all Artists, Musicians, Crafters, Makers and Menders! Stop by the self-directed open Makerspace and start (or finish) something!

[Adults] The City of Albany's new Department of Neighborhood Services wants to hear from you!

[Ages 12-18] This is a 6-week workshop that teaches youth concepts of being a disk jockey (DJ), while simultaneously teaching them to empower themselves through artistic expression and musical curation.

[Ages 5-17] Kids love reading to Rocket, certified therapy dog. Why? Because he's soft, cuddly and a good listener.

[Adults 18+]  Looking for help so you can confidently use a computer?  Sign up for a 30-minute session for help with:

[Adults 18+]  Looking for help so you can confidently use a computer?  Sign up for a 30-minute session for help with:

[Adults] The City of Albany's new Department of Neighborhood Services wants to hear from you!

[Ages 5-17] Join us once a month for an afterschool craft. September's craft is clothespin bugs, animals and monsters and October's craft is spiderwebs using salt paint. This is a drop-in program.

[For Ages 7-17] Come enjoy this new spin on lego building! we are buying brand new kits from the Lego City collection and making new buildings to put on display in children's room. This collaborative build will also include refreshments! 

[All ages] Sign up for a weekly piano lesson with Ms. Francesca, a local piano teacher. Please Note that if you have signed up for the 3:40 -4:10 class this is the new time starting 9/21/23 and onwards.

[For Teens] Do you feel alone in this world? Like no one understands your interest of anime? Well join the Anime Club! We, as an accepting and welcoming club, understand your passion for anime. We also have video games available, too!

[Ages 8 & up] Play with Xbox One or board and card games.

[Ages 11- 17]  Come show your creative side with backpack charms! Whether you want to show off to your friends or express your creativity the possibilities of what you can create are endless!

Lively produce only market offers a variety of fresh farm products affordably.  Located in the back parking lot of Albany Public Library's Delaware Branch. WIC coupons and EBT cards are welcome. 

[For ages 2+ and their caregivers] Join us for stories and songs, nursery rhymes and folktales, as well as movement activities and finger plays.

[Ages 6-12] Join us for Fun@4!  Join us for fun with physics.  Our guest educator will demonstrate the Bernouli's principal, falling objects, gyroscopes and more.  We will construct a toy helicopter that demonstrates these concepts.

[For Ages 7+] Join us for a variety of activities including arts & crafts, cooking, science experiments, and MORE!

[All ages] Sign up for a weekly piano lesson with Ms. Francesca, a local piano teacher. Please Note that if you have signed up for the 4:15 - 4:45 class this is the new time starting 9/21/23 and onwards.

[All ages] Sign up for a weekly piano lesson with Ms. Francesca, a local piano teacher. Please Note that if you have signed up for the 4:50 -5:20 class this is the new time starting 9/21/23 and onwards.

[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] North Albany will host for the movie Vivo! Snackes and drinks are provided. Movie will promptly start at 5:50 pm!

Space is limited so please register by calling North at 518-427-4300 ext 6 or online.

[For All Ages] Calling all Artists, Musicians, Crafters, Makers and Menders! Stop by the self-directed open Makerspace and start (or finish) something!

[All ages] Sign up for a weekly piano lesson with Ms. Francesca, a local piano teacher. Please Note that if you have signed up for the 5:25 - 5:55 class this is the new time starting 9/21/23 and onwards.

[For ages 5 - 11] Get together to make your own musical instruments! We'll learn how to make hand drums, rainsticks, maracas, kazoos, guitars, harmonicas, castanets, banjos, and more -- it's up to you!

[For ages 18+] Come watch anime and draw anime characters or work on a manga that can be more dark or spicy in topic.

[Ages 11+] Join us for a Conversation / Q&A with young adult novelist Charlene Allen 

[For Adults]

Grown-ups can also go back to school in September!

[Adults 18+] Join us on the last Wednesday of each month to discuss our selected classic or popular book (usually non-fiction but could be fiction) that focuses on personal development and self-improvement. The monthl

[Ages 2-7] Join us in your jammies for Pajama Storytime with Miss Melissa. We will read books, sing songs, and have lots of cozy fun!