Events

The Library is here to help you learn and connect with your community through our wide array of free events, programs, classes, book clubs, and more. Please check listings to confirm if a program is in-person, online, or outdoors.

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59 events found.

Date/TimeTitle/DescriptionLocationAudience
Fri, May 3
@ 3:30 PM
This event will take place in person at Belmont Library. Join us for Digital Art Club where we will create drawings or paintings digitally using Procreate! We will also have books on hand with step-by-step tutorials for how to draw anime characters and animals for those who need references or ideas. All materials are provided!
Belmont Library and Enrico Fermi Cultural Center, Second FloorTeens/Young Adults (13-18 years)
Fri, May 3
@ 6 PM
7 Stories Up at SNFL
Author Caoilinn Hughes joins us to discuss her new novel, The Alternatives, with fellow author Brandon Taylor. This event will take place in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on the 7th Floor. The Flattery sisters were plunged prematurely into adulthood when their parents died in tragic circumstances. Now in their thirties—all single, all with PhDs—they are each attempting to do meaningful work in a rapidly foundering world. The four lead disparate, distanced lives, from cla…
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL), Event CenterAdults,

Book Lovers
Tue, May 7
@ 3:30 PM
This program will be in person at Belmont Library. Join the staff of the New Canaan Nature Center as we blend together literature, natural sciences and artistic expression. After reading a story that combines strong human feelings and desires with information about animals and their lives, participants will become personally acquainted with one or two live animals. A fun take home craft and animal artifacts help present a multi-faceted view of each weekly featured animal. Come and get creativ…
Belmont Library and Enrico Fermi Cultural Center, Children's RoomChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Tue, May 7
@ 3:30 PM
R.E.A.D. ® is the 1st and foremost comprehensive reading to therapy dogs support program helping to improve children’s literacy and social skills through the assistance of trained, registered and insured therapy dog teams as literacy mentors. R.E.A.D. is a program of Intermountain Therapy Animals of Salt Lake City, Utah. Dogs can’t read but they can be great listeners! Reading to a therapy dog is fun! Children can sign up to read for approximately 10-15 minutes each during the R.E.A.D. sessio…
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest LibraryChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Mon, May 13
@ 4 PM
This event will happen in person. Join the YA Staff at High Bridge to make some fun DIY animal magents. We'll have several designs for you to make and take.
High Bridge LibraryTeens/Young Adults (13-18 years),

Young Adults/Pre GED (16-24 years)
Tue, May 14
@ 3:30 PM
This program will be in person at Belmont Library. Join the staff of the New Canaan Nature Center as we blend together literature, natural sciences and artistic expression. After reading a story that combines strong human feelings and desires with information about animals and their lives, participants will become personally acquainted with one or two live animals. A fun take home craft and animal artifacts help present a multi-faceted view of each weekly featured animal. Come and get creativ…
Belmont Library and Enrico Fermi Cultural Center, Children's RoomChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Tue, May 14
@ 3:30 PM
R.E.A.D. ® is the 1st and foremost comprehensive reading to therapy dogs support program helping to improve children’s literacy and social skills through the assistance of trained, registered and insured therapy dog teams as literacy mentors. R.E.A.D. is a program of Intermountain Therapy Animals of Salt Lake City, Utah. Dogs can’t read but they can be great listeners! Reading to a therapy dog is fun! Children can sign up to read for approximately 10-15 minutes each during the R.E.A.D. sessio…
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest LibraryChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Wed, May 15
@ 4:30 PM
Once upon a wag, there was a therapy dog named Orry. She was wishing and wishing for a child to read her a story. Make Orry's wish come true! NYPL, Reading Education Assistance Dogs®, and New York Therapy Animals present R.E.A.D. with a Therapy Dog! Children ages 6-12 can sign up to read to Orry, a specially trained service dog. Registration is required. Please call the branch or see the front desk for more information.
Eastchester LibraryChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Tue, May 21
@ 3:30 PM
This program will be in person at Belmont Library. Join the staff of the New Canaan Nature Center as we blend together literature, natural sciences and artistic expression. After reading a story that combines strong human feelings and desires with information about animals and their lives, participants will become personally acquainted with one or two live animals. A fun take home craft and animal artifacts help present a multi-faceted view of each weekly featured animal. Come and get creativ…
Belmont Library and Enrico Fermi Cultural Center, Children's RoomChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Tue, May 21
@ 3:30 PM
R.E.A.D. ® is the 1st and foremost comprehensive reading to therapy dogs support program helping to improve children’s literacy and social skills through the assistance of trained, registered and insured therapy dog teams as literacy mentors. R.E.A.D. is a program of Intermountain Therapy Animals of Salt Lake City, Utah. Dogs can’t read but they can be great listeners! Reading to a therapy dog is fun! Children can sign up to read for approximately 10-15 minutes each during the R.E.A.D. sessio…
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest LibraryChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Tue, May 28
@ 3:30 PM
R.E.A.D. ® is the 1st and foremost comprehensive reading to therapy dogs support program helping to improve children’s literacy and social skills through the assistance of trained, registered and insured therapy dog teams as literacy mentors. R.E.A.D. is a program of Intermountain Therapy Animals of Salt Lake City, Utah. Dogs can’t read but they can be great listeners! Reading to a therapy dog is fun! Children can sign up to read for approximately 10-15 minutes each during the R.E.A.D. sessio…
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest LibraryChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Wed, May 29
@ 4:30 PM
Once upon a wag, there was a therapy dog named Orry. She was wishing and wishing for a child to read her a story. Make Orry's wish come true! NYPL, Reading Education Assistance Dogs®, and New York Therapy Animals present R.E.A.D. with a Therapy Dog! Children ages 6-12 can sign up to read to Orry, a specially trained service dog. Registration is required. Please call the branch or see the front desk for more information.
Eastchester LibraryChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Mon, June 3
@ 3:30 PM
This program will be in person at Belmont Library. Join the staff of the New Canaan Nature Center as we blend together literature, natural sciences and artistic expression. After reading a story that combines strong human feelings and desires with information about animals and their lives, participants will become personally acquainted with one or two live animals. A fun take home craft and animal artifacts help present a multi-faceted view of each weekly featured animal. Come and get creativ…
Belmont Library and Enrico Fermi Cultural Center, Children's RoomChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Fri, June 7
@ 3:30 PM
This event will take place in person at Belmont Library. Join us for Digital Art Club where we will create drawings or paintings digitally using Procreate! We will also have books on hand with step-by-step tutorials for how to draw anime characters and animals for those who need references or ideas. All materials are provided!
Belmont Library and Enrico Fermi Cultural Center, Second FloorTeens/Young Adults (13-18 years)
Wed, June 12
@ 4:30 PM
Once upon a wag, there was a therapy dog named Orry. She was wishing and wishing for a child to read her a story. Make Orry's wish come true! NYPL, Reading Education Assistance Dogs®, and New York Therapy Animals present R.E.A.D. with a Therapy Dog! Children ages 6-12 can sign up to read to Orry, a specially trained service dog. Registration is required. Please call the branch or see the front desk for more information.
Eastchester LibraryChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Wed, June 26
@ 4:30 PM
Once upon a wag, there was a therapy dog named Orry. She was wishing and wishing for a child to read her a story. Make Orry's wish come true! NYPL, Reading Education Assistance Dogs®, and New York Therapy Animals present R.E.A.D. with a Therapy Dog! Children ages 6-12 can sign up to read to Orry, a specially trained service dog. Registration is required. Please call the branch or see the front desk for more information.
Eastchester LibraryChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Wed, July 10
@ 4:30 PM
Once upon a wag, there was a therapy dog named Orry. She was wishing and wishing for a child to read her a story. Make Orry's wish come true! NYPL, Reading Education Assistance Dogs®, and New York Therapy Animals present R.E.A.D. with a Therapy Dog! Children ages 6-12 can sign up to read to Orry, a specially trained service dog. Registration is required. Please call the branch or see the front desk for more information.
Eastchester LibraryChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Wed, July 24
@ 4:30 PM
Once upon a wag, there was a therapy dog named Orry. She was wishing and wishing for a child to read her a story. Make Orry's wish come true! NYPL, Reading Education Assistance Dogs®, and New York Therapy Animals present R.E.A.D. with a Therapy Dog! Children ages 6-12 can sign up to read to Orry, a specially trained service dog. Registration is required. Please call the branch or see the front desk for more information.
Eastchester LibraryChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Sat, August 10
@ 2 PM
“Animal Advocacy and the Arts” is a captivating exploration into the symbiotic relationship between creativity and animal advocacy. The talk spans literature, visual art, and cinema, including works by writers Virginia Woolf and George Orwell, photographer Ravi Agarwal, and ethical discussion of films such as Bong Joon-ho’s “Okja" and Pixar's "Finding Nemo.” The lecture will be followed by a screening of the recently showcased short film “How Do You Milk an Almond?” — a whimsical stick-puppet mu…
Seward Park LibraryAdults,

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