Week Calendar

APL will be at the NYS Museum annual Halloween celebration to present a special and not scary Halloween storytime! All treat no tricks!

[For ages 0-18 months] Please join us in our Youth Services Room for stories, fingerplays, songs, and rhymes for children ages 0 to 18 months and their caregiver.

[Ages 0-6 and their Caregivers]  Come to Bach for a fun and educational storytime full of silliness, singing and movement.  Then, stay to play!

[Ages 1-4] Come join Gruff the friendly storytime monster and his human librarian side-kick for fun stories, silly songs, and dancing. Bring your energy and your little one and get all the wiggles out! 

[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.

[Ages 0-5] Join us for stories, songs & fun for preschoolers and their caregivers every week at the Delaware Branch. Walk-ins welcome. 

[Ages 0-24 months] Join us 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] Please join us for stories, fingerplays, songs, and rhymes. After storytime, enjoy unstructured playtime with sensory blocks, cars, balls, and much more!

[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!

[For children 0-8 and their caregivers.] Join us this morning for some fun music with local musician Sean Madden! Sean is a singer/songwriter based in NY's Capital Region.

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

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

Are you intrigued by Chinese calligraphy? Richard Wang, master calligrapher, feels called to share the meditative and expressive benefits of brush calligraphy beyond the Chinese community.

[Adults] Bring your device & your questions and we'll figure it out together. This is a one-on-one help session. Registration is required; call 518-427-4300, ext. 4 to register, or register online. Tech Help is offered every Monday. 

We invite you to visit “Untitled: Art from Behind Bars,” an art exhibit featuring works exclusively created by individuals incarcerated in New York State Prisons.

Literacy Volunteers of Rensselaer County

Albany City School District will be collecting school taxes every Friday from September 6 - November 15.

[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?

We're Growing Readers at APL! Join us for a Growing Readers Harvest Fest with lots of activities for Growing Readers members and their families. You can register for the Growing Readers club on site! It's free and easy to join.

Literacy Volunteers of Rensselaer County ENL class

Patrons can call Emma Schreiner at 518-434-0540 for scheduling and more information.

[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. 

[For Adults] Join us for a free movie screening with coffee and the chance to talk to community services providers! Housing Services, mental health providers, and others will be available to answer questions and provide information. 

[Adults] Susan Riback, Community Health Nurse Educator for the NNORC, is available for blood pressure checks, education on health topics, Therapeutic Touch. other health concerns.

[Ages 18+] Would you like to update or create a résumé? Having formatting nightmares? Need help tweaking or writing a cover letter? The Delaware Branch offers one-on-one sessions every Thursday between 1-2pm. 

[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. 

[18+] Come have Coffee/ Tea and Donuts with us as we watch the movie of the month. 

Sept: School Of Rock
Oct: Halloween Kills
Nov: The Terminal
Dec: The Polar Express

Join us as Reverend Antonio Booth, MATS, associate pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Albany; administrator with the Center for Disability Services; chairperson, RCS Community Library Friends of the Library; & trustee emeritus,

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

Come celebrate Diwali by contributing to our Coloring Banner. This is a drop-in program. But the coasters are first come, first served. The banner & coasters will be available once our knitting group is finished with the community room.

Join us for an afternoon of sticker trading and creativity at the Great Sticker Exchange! Bring your sticker collection to exchange with fellow sticker enthusiasts. We will also be using label paper to make our own brand new stickers. 

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. 

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

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

We invite you to visit “Untitled: Art from Behind Bars,” an art exhibit featuring works exclusively created by individuals incarcerated in New York State Prisons.

[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!

We will have time for tweens and teens to play video games, watch anime, and maybe throw in some crafts! 

[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.

Join us every Tuesday after school for crafts and fun at Arbor Hill West Hill!

[Teens] Get in the mood for Halloween!  We will be sculpting skulls out of clay and customizing them how you see fit!

Students’ grades K-12 can meet with a student tutor from the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and University at Albany for a half an hour tutoring session. Tutors can offer homework help, worksheets, and test prep.  

Students’ grades K-12 can meet with a student tutor from the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and University at Albany for a half an hour tutoring session. Tutors can offer homework help, worksheets, and test prep.  

Students’ grades K-12 can meet with a student tutor from the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and University at Albany for a half an hour tutoring session. Tutors can offer homework help, worksheets, and test prep.  

Students’ grades K-12 can meet with a student tutor from the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and University at Albany for a half an hour tutoring session. Tutors can offer homework help, worksheets, and test prep.  

[Ages 4-8] Visit the Pine Hill Branch library and explore our extensive picture book collection! Each week our "Book Buddies" will read pre-selected books featuring award winning authors.

Students’ grades K-12 can meet with a student tutor from the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and University at Albany for a half an hour tutoring session. Tutors can offer homework help, worksheets, and test prep.  

[Ages 6-12] Make a Monster Wrist Wrap for Halloween!  Wire your wrist wrap with an LED light, then customize your monster to decorate it.  Are you afraid of the dark?  Or this light.....? 

Students’ grades K-12 can meet with a student tutor from the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and University at Albany for a half an hour tutoring session. Tutors can offer homework help, worksheets, and test prep.  

[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.

[All Ages] The lights & volume will be low and the movie will be family-friendly. Snacks included. This is a drop-in event that recurs on the last Wednesday of every month.

Join Albany Public Library and the City of Albany Neighborhood and Community Services at a Trunk-or-Treat!

[Ages 11-17] Hang out at the library and choose from our selection of board games or video game to play with your friends!

[All Ages] We'll have Halloween-themed scratch pad masks & other fun shapes. And... some treats!

Come join us for a Howe-ling good time as we celebrate Halloween here at Howe with fun games and treats!

Students’ grades K-12 can meet with a student tutor from the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and University at Albany for a half an hour tutoring session. Tutors can offer homework help, worksheets, and test prep.  

Students’ grades K-12 can meet with a student tutor from the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and University at Albany for a half an hour tutoring session. Tutors can offer homework help, worksheets, and test prep.  

Students’ grades K-12 can meet with a student tutor from the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and University at Albany for a half an hour tutoring session. Tutors can offer homework help, worksheets, and test prep.  

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

[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 15+] Calling all writers! Need motivation to write? Need someone to help keep you accountable for your writing goals? Just want somewhere to share your work or ideas and get feedback?

A cultural and educational celebration of the Mexican holiday: Day of the Dead. Join us for food, crafts, music, and more as we gather in community to celebrate and honor the lives of our dearly departed.

[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 ages 5-11] Join us in making masks out of metal using tooling and embossing techniques. Color in your masks and take them home just in time for Halloween!

Join North Albany for a Halloween time! We will have snacks and create a monstrosity of crafts! 

Plus make sure to wear your costumes! You will be entered into a raffle for some prizes.

[For ages 3-7] Join us for a sensory friendly storytime with interactive stories, songs, dance, and play! 

[For All Ages] Enjoy a family film and some light refreshments!

 Rating: PG. Runtime: 100 minutes.

[For ages 0 - 5 and their caregivers] Hang out with Mr. John for a weekly bilingual storytime with his spanish speaking monster side-kick Gruff. They will be reading books and singing songs in both English and Spanish.

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

[For Adults] Join Charles Adinolfi from Schenectady-based Inner Bliss (https://www.innerblissny.com/) as he utilizes his 25+ years of experience in holistic practices to demystify the subject of holistic

[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-cultivation. The monthl

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