Week Calendar

[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 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.

[For Adults] Join other parents with your child(ren) for free play & casual discussion at the Delaware Branch on Monday mornings. Coffee will be provided. 

[Ages 0-6 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 2-4] Join us for an early morning story where we will sing, dance and socialize!

[Ages 2-5] 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.

[Adults]  Stop by and learn about the services offered by the NNORC community organization.

[For ages 0 - 5 and their caregivers] Hang out with us for a weekly bilingual storytime with your favorite fuzzy monster, Gruff, and his librarian side-kick. We'll be reading books and singing songs in both English and Spanish.

[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 0-5] Calling all parents, care-givers, and day-care providers! Bring your babies and toddlers for a fun half hour of stories, rhymes, and songs! 

[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 Adults] On Fridays of January, the North Albany will host 4 sessions of a warm and gentle chair yoga series with the incredible yoga instructor, Nikki B Rogers.

[2-5] Come on down to the historic Howe Branch of the Albany Public library for Stories, Songs, Dancing, and Playing! 

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

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

[For ages 0-2] Join us for unstructured play-time 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!

[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 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!

[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] Join us for relaxation time of painting with watercolors. This is a safe place to paint whatever you want! All levels of talents are welcome.

[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] Unleash your creativity in a watercolor painting class with local artist Lexi Hannah! You'll learn multiple approaches to watercolor that you can use to create beautiful paintings with a wide variety of subject matter.

[For Adults] Classes are provided to help students improve English speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Classes are free to students age 21 year or older. 

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

[Adults] Susan Riback , Community Health Nurse Educator for the NNORC , is available for blood pressure checks, medication review and other health concerns. 

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.

[For Adults] Classes are provided to help students improve English speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Classes are free to students age 21 year or older. 

Miss Virginia M. will show you how to make gorgeous greeting cards from scratch.  Join us as we make Happy Birthday, Get-Well and Congratulations cards from beautiful card stock and trims of all sorts!

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 program is online and conducted via Zoom.

Paul T. Murray, professor emeritus at Siena College discusses & reads from his book Seeing Jesus in the Eyes of the Oppressed:  A History of Franciscans Working for Peace and Justice.

[For Adults] It's Get Organized Month (or GO Month), so let's get organized! Bring your own device & learn how to sort, search, move, backup, convert file types & more! Come with questions. 

New to the job market? Been a while since your last interview? Get some help with one-on-one interview preparation. Practice your interview skills in a mock interview setting.

Join Albany’s Housing Services Advo-
cate for information and assistance on

tenant and landlord rights and respons-
ibilities. For more info, call the library at

(518) 427-4300 (ext. 2)

[Teens and Adults] Dungeons & Dragons has been around for decades, but with the recent movie Honor Among Thieves, and TV shows Critical Role and Stranger Things, its popularity is at an all-time high.

[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!

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 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:

New to the job market? Been a while since your last interview? Get some help with one-on-one interview preparation. Practice your interview skills in a mock interview setting.

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

[All ages] Sign up for a weekly piano lesson with Ms. Francesca, a local piano teacher.

[For Teens] Do you feel alone in this world? Like a lone Main Character trapped with nowhere to go to talk about anime? 

[All Ages] Come try limited edition Oreos and guess which flavor is which at our Oreo Cookie Mystery Challenge! We'll also learn about the history of Oreo Cookies.

[Ages11-17] We have a stack of old comics here at Bach and what better way to use them than to cut them up and create something new!

[For ages 11-17] Come over after school and play cards, video games, or hang out with friends. 

[For Ages 5-11] Refresh with a tasty after school snack then enjoy a variety of different toys, games, and activities!

[For ages 4-8] Join us for My First Book Club!

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

[Ages 6-11]  Would you like a gnome in your home?  Create your own gnome using socks, cotton balls, fur and more.  We will also have a snack, gnomes are always hungry!

[For Ages 11 to 17] A space welcoming all gamers 11 to 17 and all game types. We have board games to play, wi-fi for your DS battle, Xbox One and Switch on a big screen, and lots of tables and chairs to fit large-group games.

[For Ages 7-14] Join us for a variety of activities including arts & crafts, cooking, science experiments, and MORE!

[For ages 11-17] Come over after school and play cards, video games, or hang out with friends. 

[All ages] Sign up for a weekly piano lesson with Ms. Francesca, a local piano teacher.

[All ages] Sign up for a weekly piano lesson with Ms. Francesca, a local piano teacher.

[For Ages 7-17] Participate in a weekly S.T.E.A.M. activity with Legos from our collection. A new challenge will be presented every week that will test your lego skills, ingenuity and creativity! 

[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 Adults 18+] For intermediate sewers. Learn how to sew a quarter zip fleece sweater from start to finish.

Come celebrate and share your love of anime and manga with other teens while snacking on Pocky.

[All ages] Sign up for a weekly piano lesson with Ms. Francesca, a local piano teacher.

Did you know adult learners make up nearly half of all students currently enrolled in colleges and universities in the US?

[For ages 6-12] Come discover LEGO WeDo, an engaging hands-on STEM system, that will introduce students to computational thinking and engineering principles in a fun way. All materials provided. This is a 3-week series.

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

[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.

[Ages 18+] Are you into movies? Perhaps you enjoy cult classics! Join us at the Delaware Branch on the last Thursday of the month as we revisit some of the coolest cult movies ever produced.

[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!