Library Programs

Join us for upcoming events, classes and programs at Troy Public Library! All events are free and open to the public. Registration required where noted.

Call us: Main Library (518)274.7071
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Crafty Kid’s N
Tuesday, Mar. 19, 6:00 to 7:00 pm
Join us at Main to create fun crafts based around a unique monthly theme! Ages 4-10. Children 7 and under must have a caregiver present at all times. First come, first served!
Mothers Work: Confro
Wednesday, Mar. 20, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
or call 518-274-7071.
Join the library for a discussion with Michelle Napierski-Pracl, the author of Mother's Work: Confronting the Mommy Wars, Raising Children, and Working for Social Change. Drawing from her extensive research and personal experiences, Michelle explores the phenomenon of the "Mommy Wars" - the cultural and societal pressures that often pit mothers against each other based on their parenting choices, work-life balance, and societal expectations. With empathy and expertise, she sheds light on how these conflicts arise and offers practical solutions for fostering understanding and solidarity among mothers from diverse backgrounds.

Whether you're a parent, a caregiver, or simply interested in the evolving dynamics of family life and gender roles, this event promises to spark meaningful dialogue and inspire positive change. Light refreshments will be provided.
Michelle Napierski-Prancl, PhD is Professor of Sociology and Faculty Director of the Women’s Institute at Russell Sage College. She teaches both sociology and women’s studies courses and is program director of the Sociology major and Women’s Studies minor. Her research interests focus on gender, family, work, and popular culture and her publications include essays on the portrayal of gender in popular literature and articles on teaching pedagogy. Her first book, Mothers Work: Confronting the Mommy Wars, Raising Children, and Working for Social Change (2019) explores the institution of motherhood, mothering, and the mommy wars by sharing the voices of experts on the topic: the mothers themselves.

She is also the co-editor of Persevering During the Pandemic: Stories of Resilience, Creativity, and Connection (2022) which includes her chapter, “The Class of 2020: Parents’ Perspective of the Pomp and Terrible Circumstance.” This chapter focuses on parents of high school seniors in the Class of 2020, and their experiences as the pandemic closed schools and altered rituals like prom and graduation. In addition, Dr. Napierski-Prancl is often called on by journalists, bloggers and podcasters for commentary about baby names because of her research that explored the possible influence of popular music on names. In 2016, she published “Brandy, You’re a Fine Name: Popular Music and the Naming of Infant Girls from 1965-1985” in the journal Studies in Popular Culture.
Wednesday Evening Kn
Wednesday, Mar. 20, 6:00 p.m. (Wednesdays: March 13, 20, & 27, 6pm)
Join like-minded fiber crafters at the Main Library most Wednesdays evenings from 6-7 p.m. Bring your works-in-progress, make new friends, offer guidance and inspiration to others, and generally hang out, work on your projects, and have a good time! The library will provide yarn for those just starting a fiber craft, but bring your own hooks & needles! 
Tech-Time at Main
Thursday, Mar. 21, 10:00-11:00am
or call 518-274-7071.
Join reference staff for help with your tech needs! Thursdays at 10am, a staff member will be available to assist patrons with basic tech help. Bring your laptop, phone, or tablet with you and any questions you might have. Whether you are looking for basic computer instruction or need help with a tricky application or process, we are here to assist. Each participant will be given a 30-minute slot between 10am-11am. Please make sure to pick the slot that works best for you and give us a brief description of what you are looking for help with.
Storytime Learn and
Thursday, Mar. 21, 10:30-11:15 am
Join us at the Main Library for your child’s enrichment through stories, song, movement, and play! Thursday mornings  from 10:30 to 11:15 am. For ages 0 to 5 with caregiver.   * Special Event on Feb 15 with musician Deb Cavenaugh for a musical story hour!
Greta the Reading Do
Saturday, Mar. 23, 11 am to 12 pm
Join Greta our loveable reading dog every Saturday from 11 am to 12 pm.
Kids may read to her or just visit.  All are welcome.
Film Literacy Series
Saturday, Mar. 23, 1:30 p.m.
Join the library for a discussion and screening of The Big Sleep [1946] starring Humphrey Bogart. Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone, and John Ridgely. "When private investigator Philip Marlowe (Bogart) accepts the blackmail case of one of Los Angeles' wealthiest men, his probe leads deep into a web of lies, drugs, pornography and murder woven around his client's two beautiful daughters. But Marlowe's most startling discovery is his inexorable attraction to one of the sisters."

We will be using this film, and those in the March series, to uncover Film Noir, its ties with American history, and the hard-boiled crime fiction novel.
Monday, Mar. 25, 4:00 pm
Monday, Mar. 25, 5:30-7:30 pm (Mondays March 4-April 29)
Play our board games or bring your own!
Adult Contemporary B
Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2pm to 3pm
Join this afternoon book group as we explore newer adult fiction as chosen by the group. Meets on the last Wednesday of each month.
No registration necessary. 
February book discussion The Sentence by Louise Erdrich request it here

Short Description

A small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store's most annoying customer. Flora dies on All Souls' Day, but she simply won't leave the store. Tookie, who has landed a job selling books after years of incarceration that she survived by reading with murderous attention, must solve the mystery of this haunting while at the same time trying to understand all that occurs in Minneapolis during a year of grief, astonishment, isolation, and furious reckoning.
Wednesday, Mar. 27, 4:00 pm
Teen Anime Club
Wednesday, Mar. 27, 6:00pm-7:00pm
Come to Main Library to watch a couple episodes of different anime and sample some Japanese candy! For Youth ages 13-18
Wednesday Evening Kn
Wednesday, Mar. 27, 6:00 p.m. (Wednesdays: March 13, 20, & 27, 6pm)
Join like-minded fiber crafters at the Main Library most Wednesdays evenings from 6-7 p.m. Bring your works-in-progress, make new friends, offer guidance and inspiration to others, and generally hang out, work on your projects, and have a good time! The library will provide yarn for those just starting a fiber craft, but bring your own hooks & needles! 
Tech-Time at Main
Thursday, Mar. 28, 10:00-11:00am
Join reference staff for help with your tech needs! Thursdays at 10am, a staff member will be available to assist patrons with basic tech help. Bring your laptop, phone, or tablet with you and any questions you might have. Whether you are looking for basic computer instruction or need help with a tricky application or process, we are here to assist. Each participant will be given a 30-minute slot between 10am-11am. Please make sure to pick the slot that works best for you and give us a brief description of what you are looking for help with.
Storytime Learn and
Thursday, Mar. 28, 10:30-11:15 am
Join us at the Main Library for your child’s enrichment through stories, song, movement, and play! Thursday mornings  from 10:30 to 11:15 am. For ages 0 to 5 with caregiver.   * Special Event on Feb 15 with musician Deb Cavenaugh for a musical story hour!
Greta the Reading Do
Saturday, Mar. 30, 11 am to 12 pm
Join Greta our loveable reading dog every Saturday from 11 am to 12 pm.
Kids may read to her or just visit.  All are welcome.
Film Literacy Series
Saturday, Mar. 30, 1:30 p.m.
Join the library for a discussion and screening of Drive [2011] starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston, and Christina Hendricks. "A lone-wolf Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway wheelman races to save his pretty neighbor and her young son after he incurs the wrath of L.A.'s most-feared criminal kingpin during a botched heist."

We will be using this film to end our March series as we evaluate Film Noir in color.
Monday, Apr. 1, 5:30-7:30 pm (Mondays March 4-April 29)
Play our board games or bring your own!
Fairy Tea Party
Tuesday, Apr. 2, 2:00pm
or call 518-274-7071.
Join us at Main for a magical tea party! Meet a Fairy Queen, make a wand, and enjoy some tea. Ages 3-7. Registration recommended, not required.
Adult Mystery Book D
Tuesday, Apr. 2, 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Join this evening book group as we explore mystery fiction as chosen by the group. Meets on the first Tuesday of each month.
No registration necessary. 
December book discussion The Word is Murder by Anothony Horowitz, request it here

Short Description

One bright spring morning in London, Diana Cowper – the wealthy mother of a famous actor - enters a funeral parlor. She is there to plan her own service.

Six hours later she is found dead, strangled with a curtain cord in her own home.

Enter disgraced police detective Daniel Hawthorne, a brilliant, eccentric investigator who’s as quick with an insult as he is to crack a case. Hawthorne needs a ghost writer to document his life; a Watson to his Holmes. He chooses Anthony Horowitz.

Drawn in against his will, Horowitz soon finds himself a the center of a story he cannot control. Hawthorne is brusque, temperamental and annoying but even so his latest case with its many twists and turns proves irresistible. The writer and the detective form an unusual partnership. At the same time, it soon becomes clear that Hawthorne is hiding some dark secrets of his own.
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