Week Calendar

[For Adults] Monday 10:30 - 11:00am Washington Avenue Session

[Ages 2-6 and their Caregivers]  Come on over to Bach for a fun and silly Storytime full of singing and movement. After the Storytime there will be time for free play. 

[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.

[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.

[For children 0-8 and their caregivers.] Health Literacy Month is a time of international observance when many agencies and groups, including libraries, work together to integrate and expand the mission of health literacy.

[For Adults] Monday 11:30-12:00 Washington Avenue Session

Register for a 30-minute session with a Digital Navigator to learn the basics of computers or ask questions in a one-on-one setting. Get assistance with resumes, internet skills, mobile devices,  Google Drive, and more.

[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!

APL will join FFAPL at the annual Upper Madison Street Festival from 12-5pm, stop by and say hi!

Register for a 30-minute session with a Digital Navigator to learn the basics of computers or ask questions in a one-on-one setting. Get assistance with resumes, internet skills, mobile devices,  Google Drive, and more.

Marina Antropow Cramer discusses & reads from her three novels: Roads, Anna Eva Mimi Adam, and Marfa’s River.  Also on ZOOM.

Join FFAPL and members of the Capital Region Digital Equity Coalition to watch the "Building For Digital Equity" (B4DE) virtual gathering. 

[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)

[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] Monday 11:30-12:00 Washington Avenue Session

Participate in a group of memoir writers and get feedback on your work. This is a support group for aspiring writers who want to tell their story in creative and engaging ways.

Register for a 30-minute session with a Digital Navigator to learn the basics of computers or ask questions in a one-on-one setting. Get assistance with resumes, internet skills, mobile devices,  Google Drive, and more.

[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.

[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)

[18+] Come have Coffee/ Tea and Donuts with us as we watch the movie of the month. This month movie: One Missed Call [PG-13]

[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

[For Adults] Monday 11:30-12:00 Washington Avenue Session

[For adults] Schedule a 1 hour, one-on-one appointment with a UAlbany student volunteer for assistance with your technology questions. Please have your questions ready before the appointment.

Learn how to express yourself clearly and imaginatively, share your work, and respond to the stories of others. Attend any or all sessions. Facilitated by Misty Yarnall. This event is virtual and held through Zoom.

Register for a 30-minute session with a Digital Navigator to learn the basics of computers or ask questions in a one-on-one setting. Get assistance with resumes, internet skills, mobile devices,  Google Drive, and more.

[For adults] Visit our Pine Hills Branch entrance and explore our cart of this week's newest books! We will also provide coffee to fuel the search for your next read!

[For adults] Schedule a 1 hour, one-on-one appointment with a UAlbany student volunteer for assistance with your technology questions. Please have your questions ready before the appointment.

Fun Fall Arts and crafts program. Ages 18+

[For Ages 8 - 14] Do your kids love tech? Learn fundamental physical principles such as polarity, contact, current, series vs. parallel and short-circuits, while ‘snapping’ together cool experiments that buzz, whistle, flash, fly, and more!

[For all ages] Join two highly acclaimed regional musicians and music educators, harpist Anna Lammly and saxophonist Andrew Lammly, for an afternoon performance together as a mesmerizing duo.

[Ages 18+] The City of Albany's new Department of Neighborhood Services wants to hear from you! Please stop by the Delaware Branch to meet with Tabora Marcus, the Delaware Neighborhood Specialist.

[For Ages 6 - 14] Calling all little Makers! Along with access to all of the Albany Made Lab equipment, Mini Makers will be abke to use some of our favorite Youth Services gadgets and tools.

[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!

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

[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 4+] Use your imagination and free play with our Legos or build a complete set. This is a drop-in program. No registration required. This program recurs on the first Thursday of each month.

[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!

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  Imagine Albany's favorite dog, Nipper as a robot!  Join Tech Educator Kathy Ciceri and  make your own moving, writing robot featuring Nipper.   

[For ages: 5-17] Create Fall theme crafts to decorate around the house or the library!

As supplies and seating are limited, please call to reserve or ask any questions at 518-427-4300 ext 6.

[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! Join us to make a fun and healthy snack, in addition to playing video games.

[For Adults] For intermediate sewers. Learn how to sew a quarter zip fleece sweater from start to finish.

[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 6-14] Minecraft beginners and experts: come build your world and characters in a weekly Minecraft competition with your friends at the APL Washington Ave. Branch.

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

[All Ages] Bring the whole family to watch anime and enjoy some Pocky!

[Ages 14+]  "Let Freedom Read." When we ban books, we're closing off readers to people, places, and perspectives. But when we stand up for stories, we unleash the power that lies inside every book.

[For adults] Silent Book Clubs are popping up nationally and we are introducing our own. Bring a book, settle into our cozy chairs, and enjoy the peace of reading with fellow book lovers!

[For Adults] Join Charles Adinolfi from Schenectady-based Inner Bliss (https://www.innerblissny.com/) for this beautiful full body listening experience.

[Adults 18+] Splash your inner artist with Raouf at APL 

[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!