Join us for this informal stitching group. Bring your knitting, crochet, sewing, needlepoint or other lovely stitch based craft on down to the Lansingburgh Branch Library and start your Thursday off with some craftiness. No registration necessary. 

Storytime Learn & Play – . Join us at the Main Library for your child’s
enrichment through stories, song, movement, and play! Every Thursday morning from 10:30 to 11:15
am. For ages 0 to 5 with caregiver.

Test your MUSIC knowledge and win some fun prizes! This month's trivia night is led by local musician (and Library employee) Michael Gregg. Trivia will be held on Thursday, March 30th, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. Come with a team or make a team of your own with like-minded trivia enthusiasts on the night! Light refreshments will be provided.

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.

Kids ages 0-5 are welcome to this early literacy storytime with caregivers. Join us for learning in a safe environment through play, song, stories, and fun! No registration required. EVENT TAKES PLACE AT LANSINGBURGH BRANCH LIBRARY: 27 114TH STREET. This event takes place prior to the library opening for the day. Please enter through the side door on 4th Avenue to attend. 

RPI students offer Free Virtual Tutoring for students in grades K-12 in all subjects. Please call (518) 276-3098 or email pipelineprograms@rpi.edu to make an appointment. 

RPI’s Tutor Time was founded in Fall 2001 by a group of students participating in the America Reads / America Counts Work Study program, a government sponsored program that promotes the “no child left behind” initiative. Its goal is to ensure that each child, grades K-9, receive assistance in basic math and reading skills.

  Sponsored by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Join the library for a two-week weekend workshop with published poet Susan Comninos. Comninos will discuss and employ techniques for incorporating elements of your family or community's folklore into identity-based poems that can function as your own "origin stories."

Come prepared to try your hand at techniques for folding family sayings, stories, and more into poetry that's at once individual and universal. Together, we’ll have fun with writing exercises and discuss published poetry. We’ll also consider how some poets come to assume the role of “inheritor" of their family or community's legacy.

Susan Comninos’s poetry has appeared in the Harvard Review Online, Rattle, The Common, Prairie Schooner, and North American Review, among others. She’s taught writing at Siena College, The College of St. Rose, SUNY Albany, and UVA’s Young Writers Workshop. Susan recently released her debut collection of poetry, Out of Nowhere.

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required as space is limited. Participants must commit to both sessions (March 25 & April 1).
  Sponsored by Poets & Writers with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature..

A class that is focused on a gentler style of hatha yoga practice. It is performed using a chair for balance and support. Focus will be on yogic breath work and relaxation. All skill levels are welcome, modifications will be provided. Please wear loose/comfortable clothing and bring your yoga mat (because it gives participants more traction). 
Registration is required. Please use the Register Now button or call 518-235-5310. 
CLASS TAKES PLACE AT LANSINGBURGH BRANCH LIBRARY - 27 114TH STREET.
 

Every Monday! 3:30-4:30pm at the Lansingburgh Branch Library, 27 114th Street. 
Join us for some lightly structured Lego fun; build off a theme or get creative! Legos provided. For ages 5 and up. Children under 8 must have a caregiver present at all times.

Play our board games or bring your own!  In the Young People's Room for children and families

Join us to discuss Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach Sponsored by Troy Public Library.

Join this evening book group as we explore the wide world of mysteries. We will discuss mystery classics and those that are favorites. Focus will be on one book, as chosen by the group. No registration necessary. 

For March, we will be discussing The Searcher, by Tana French
A “taut, chiseled and propulsive” (Vogue) new novel from the bestselling mystery writer who “is in a class by herself.” (The New York Times)

Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a bucolic Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force and a bruising divorce, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens. But when a local kid whose brother has gone missing arm-twists him into investigating, Cal uncovers layers of darkness beneath his picturesque retreat, and starts to realize that even small towns shelter dangerous secrets.

 

Join us at the Main Library for our monthly Silly Science Night! Learn the science behind what makes each activity work, and bring home a fun DIY craft. For children ages 4-12. Children under 7 must have an adult present at all times.

Join gamemaster Ernst as he leads you through perilous adventuring and epic storytelling. Open to older teens and adults. This is a tabletop role playing game event that will include character creation, collaborative storytelling, creative problem solving and SNACKS! Please register for this program to ensure small groups in which everyone can participate. 

A class that is focused on a gentler style of hatha yoga practice. It is performed at a slower pace, with less intense positions, and usually includes extended time for meditation, yogic breath work, and relaxation. All skill levels are welcome, modifications will be provided. Please wear loose/comfortable clothing and bring your yoga mat. Class takes place at the Lansingburgh Branch Library - 27  114th Street, Troy. Call the Branch if you have any questions about this program: 518-235-5310.
UPDATE 2/6/23: PLEASE REGISTER FOR ADULT YOGA USING THE 'REGISTER NOW' BUTTON. IF YOU DO NOT REGISTER YOU MAY NOT BE ADMITTED TO THE CLASS. 

Join us for a romance book club, aptly titled "The Happily Ever After Book Club." The only rule is that the book has to have a happy ending! The book club meets on the first Wednesday of each month. Tea and light refreshments will be provided. 

We will be meeting April 5th to discuss The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune, a feel-good fantastical tale involving a humble man named Linus who is “unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management and given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children reside: a gnome, a sprite, a wyvern, an unidentifiable green blob, a were-Pomeranian, and the Antichrist. Linus must set aside his fears and determine whether or not they’re likely to bring about the end of days.”

Copies of the book can be picked up at the Main Library at the checkout desk during the month of March. 

This in-person event is free and open to the public. No registration is required, but you can register online if you wish.

Join us for this informal stitching group. Bring your knitting, crochet, sewing, needlepoint or other lovely stitch based craft on down to the Lansingburgh Branch Library and start your Thursday off with some craftiness. No registration necessary. 

Storytime Learn & Play – . Join us at the Main Library for your child’s
enrichment through stories, song, movement, and play! Every Thursday morning from 10:30 to 11:15
am. For ages 0 to 5 with caregiver.

Need some help with your French or just looking to improve? Reserve a seat at the table for Free French tutoring!
Young people ages 7 to 18.  Please register.

Kids ages 0-5 are welcome to this early literacy storytime with caregivers. Join us for learning in a safe environment through play, song, stories, and fun! No registration required. EVENT TAKES PLACE AT LANSINGBURGH BRANCH LIBRARY: 27 114TH STREET. This event takes place prior to the library opening for the day. Please enter through the side door on 4th Avenue to attend. 

Join the library for a bi-weekly stitching group. Whether you have experience knitting or crocheting or you want to start learning a new skill, this group is for you!

Participants will work together to stitch blankets and other needed items to donate to local homeless shelters and outreach groups. Bring your own knitting needles and crochet hooks or use what we have available at the library. Yarn will be provided, but feel free to bring your own as well. 

Participants can also work on their own personal projects with other like-minded crafters.

No registration is required.