Library Events

Starr Stitchers meet at the Starr Library the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month from 10 am to 1 pm.  By the way, a stitcher is anyone who does any or many types of embroidery and needlework, from beginner to advanced.  Welcome all stitchers.

Join early childhood educator Jane Korn and other parents, caregivers, and children (ages 3 mo-4 yrs) for a new child play group at the library! This is an opportunity for parents to connect and share ideas while their young ones interact, play and grow. Space is limited. Registration is requir...read more

Start your week off with a relaxing sound meditation from your home. Please email info@starrlibrary.org for Zoom information.

Come by and play with a group of friendly gamers. This is an adult group.

Join our amateur thespians for virtual play reading on the first and third Monday of each month. To join, email Prudence Garcia-Renart at pgarciarenart@icloud.com.

Starr Library has assisted the Consortium of Rhinebeck History in the creation of a space for researchers of genealogies and general local history. We are thrilled to be a part of offering these services to the community and to interested parties at large. Our research center houses a larg...read more

Robbie's beloved story time brings together an animated, fun, and engaging reading style with literacy-focused activities, including fingerplays and crafts. Great for ages 2-6.

This course is designed for beginners and those who wish to improve and retore harmony to promote healing.  Registration is required. To register, go to www.mvphealthcare.com/calendar For questions, email livingwellprograms@mvphealthcare.com

Join Starr Library's Scrabble club for classic word game fun every Wednesday! 

Searching for glory and adventure? Look no further! Perfect for beginners or experienced players 11-14 years old. This campaign, led by Dungeon Master Jack McNulty, meets every other week. 

Starr Library has assisted the Consortium of Rhinebeck History in the creation of a space for researchers of genealogies and general local history. We are thrilled to be a part of offering these services to the community and to interested parties at large. Our research center houses a larg...read more

Come by and play with a group of friendly gamers. This is an adult group.

Today's session is cancelled!

Join yoga teacher Barbara Eichin for this gentle and relaxing program designed for seniors and those who are recovering from injury or have restricted movement. Suggested donation : $10.00.

Come meet with our in-house, tech-savvy teens for personal one-on-one technology instruction.They can help you:- learn how to use FaceTime, Zoom, Instagram, FaceBook- sign-up for your booster shots and Excelsior Pass- access on-line content like magazines, books, podcasts, and audiobooks- set-up str...read more

Come by and enjoy Andrew Baffi playing classical guitar. Browse, read a magazine, and newspaper or just chill listening to Andrew. 

Join early childhood educator Jane Korn and other parents, caregivers, and children (ages 3 mo-4 yrs) for a new child play group at the library! This is an opportunity for parents to connect and share ideas while their young ones interact, play and grow. Space is limited. Registration is requir...read more

Start your week off with a relaxing sound meditation from your home. Please email info@starrlibrary.org for Zoom information.

Come by and play with a group of friendly gamers. This is an adult group.

Weaving together feminist history, cultural criticism, and memoir, Nona Willis Aronowitz's 2022 book Bad Sex: Truth, Pleasure, and an Unfinished Revolution grapples with the personal, the political, and the often surprising discrepancy between the two. In the lead up to Mother's Da...read more

Today's sessions are cancelled. Apologies! We'll see you again next week.

Starr Library has assisted the Consortium of Rhinebeck History in the creation of a space for researchers of genealogies and general local history. We are thrilled to be a part of offering these services to the community and to interested parties at large. Our research center houses a larg...read more

Join knitting pros Debbie Hecht and Katy Kollar for our beginner's knitting workshop series. We'll learn the basics of casting on, casting off, knitting and purling, and work toward making a scarf. Those with more experience can choose a more challenging pattern. Check out books from Starr L...read more

Join the monthly Mysteries Around the World Book Club! 

Join us for our ongoing memoir writing workshop series. Bring a notebook and a pen or laptop and be prepared to dig in to writing exercises, share your work, and receive feedback. Space is limited, please RSVP.

This course is designed for beginners and those who wish to improve and retore harmony to promote healing.  Registration is required. To register, go to www.mvphealthcare.com/calendar For questions, email livingwellprograms@mvphealthcare.com

Join Starr Library's Scrabble club for classic word game fun every Wednesday! 

Starr Library has assisted the Consortium of Rhinebeck History in the creation of a space for researchers of genealogies and general local history. We are thrilled to be a part of offering these services to the community and to interested parties at large. Our research center houses a larg...read more

Licensed music therapist Terry Watson is now offering back-to-back sessions of her Thursday morning Music & Movement workshops on the same twice-monthly schedule. Both are geared toward children 0-4 years old with their caregivers or parents. Parents with slightly older child...read more

Come by and play with a group of friendly gamers. This is an adult group.

Now that spring is truly here, with its fresh breezes blowing away all the old "shoulds" and "have tos," it's time to revel in its delights, celebrate our own individual magic, and learn about the particular teachings of spring from her resident wise witch. Local author Cait ...read more

Join yoga teacher Barbara Eichin for this gentle and relaxing program designed for seniors and those who are recovering from injury or have restricted movement. Suggested donation : $10.00.

Come meet with our in-house, tech-savvy teens for personal one-on-one technology instruction.They can help you:- learn how to use FaceTime, Zoom, Instagram, FaceBook- sign-up for your booster shots and Excelsior Pass- access on-line content like magazines, books, podcasts, and audiobooks- set-up str...read more

Starr Stitchers meet at the Starr Library the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month from 10 am to 1 pm.  By the way, a stitcher is anyone who does any or many types of embroidery and needlework, from beginner to advanced.  Welcome all stitchers.

Join early childhood educator Jane Korn and other parents, caregivers, and children (ages 3 mo-4 yrs) for a new child play group at the library! This is an opportunity for parents to connect and share ideas while their young ones interact, play and grow. Space is limited. Registration is requir...read more

Start your week off with a relaxing sound meditation from your home. Please email info@starrlibrary.org for Zoom information.

Come by and play with a group of friendly gamers. This is an adult group.

Join our amateur thespians for virtual play reading on the first and third Monday of each month. To join, email Prudence Garcia-Renart at pgarciarenart@icloud.com. 

Starr Library has assisted the Consortium of Rhinebeck History in the creation of a space for researchers of genealogies and general local history. We are thrilled to be a part of offering these services to the community and to interested parties at large. Our research center houses a larg...read more

Robbie's beloved story time brings together an animated, fun, and engaging reading style with literacy-focused activities, including fingerplays and crafts. Great for ages 2-6.

This program is open to all teens & adults with intellectual, cognitive, and/or developmental disabilities, but space is limited, so please register to attend.

This course is designed for beginners and those who wish to improve and retore harmony to promote healing.  Registration is required. To register, go to www.mvphealthcare.com/calendar For questions, email livingwellprograms@mvphealthcare.com

Join Starr Library's Scrabble club for classic word game fun every Wednesday! 

Searching for glory and adventure? Look no further! Perfect for beginners or experienced players 11-14 years old. This campaign, led by Dungeon Master Jack McNulty, meets every other week. 

Starr Library has assisted the Consortium of Rhinebeck History in the creation of a space for researchers of genealogies and general local history. We are thrilled to be a part of offering these services to the community and to interested parties at large. Our research center houses a larg...read more

Sound meditation uses bowls, gongs and other instruments to help shift the brain into a deeply relaxed state. An in-person version of the popular virtual sound meditation sessions held every Monday! Clear your mind with us at the library every third Thursday of the month.

Come by and play with a group of friendly gamers. This is an adult group.

Join yoga teacher Barbara Eichin for this gentle and relaxing program designed for seniors and those who are recovering from injury or have restricted movement. Suggested donation : $10.00.

The presenters will discuss how the creation of samplers and related girlhood embroideries played an important role in the lives of young women in an earlier era. While focused on American schoolgirl needlework in Dutchess County, this presentation is part of a nationwide effort to record exist...read more

A zoo full of animals comes alive in this fast-paced production, which teaches children about sharing and friendship. With such stories as The Lion and the Mouse, The Fisherman and his Wife, and Why the Turtle Has A Checkered Shell, this fun-filled show features ample audience participation as it ca...read more

Come meet with our in-house, tech-savvy teens for personal one-on-one technology instruction.They can help you:- learn how to use FaceTime, Zoom, Instagram, FaceBook- sign-up for your booster shots and Excelsior Pass- access on-line content like magazines, books, podcasts, and audiobooks- set-up str...read more

The Hudson Valley Chamber Musicians were founded in 2020, and perform in the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut tri-state area and beyond. Their varied repertoire includes quartet and woodwind quintet literature. In addition to their regular programming, which features Barthe, Beethoven and...read more

Join the Rhinebeck Democrats Club in welcoming New York State Senator Michelle Hinchey, representative of the upstate and Hudson Valley communities of the 41st Senate District, including Columbia and Greene Counties, Northern Dutchess, and portions of Ulster County. She will be discussing healthcare...read more

Join early childhood educator Jane Korn and other parents, caregivers, and children (ages 3 mo-4 yrs) for a new child play group at the library! This is an opportunity for parents to connect and share ideas while their young ones interact, play and grow. Space is limited. Registration is requir...read more

Start your week off with a relaxing sound meditation from your home. Please email info@starrlibrary.org for Zoom information.

Come by and play with a group of friendly gamers. This is an adult group.

Starr Library has assisted the Consortium of Rhinebeck History in the creation of a space for researchers of genealogies and general local history. We are thrilled to be a part of offering these services to the community and to interested parties at large. Our research center houses a larg...read more

Robbie's beloved story time brings together an animated, fun, and engaging reading style with literacy-focused activities, including fingerplays and crafts. Great for ages 2-6.

Join knitting pros Debbie Hecht and Katy Kollar for our beginner's knitting workshop series. We'll learn the basics of casting on, casting off, knitting and purling, and work toward making a scarf. Those with more experience can choose a more challenging pattern. Check out books from Starr L...read more

This popular Lunchtime Learning series in collaboration with Staatsburg Library and the Beatrix Farrand Garden is back for a second season! Led by NPS rangers, horticulturists, librarians, and artists, each event will take place at the Beatrix Farrand Garden, located on the Roosevelt-Vanderbilt...read more

This course is designed for beginners and those who wish to improve and retore harmony to promote healing.  Registration is required. To register, go to www.mvphealthcare.com/calendar For questions, email livingwellprograms@mvphealthcare.com

Join Starr Library's Scrabble club for classic word game fun every Wednesday! 

Starr Library has assisted the Consortium of Rhinebeck History in the creation of a space for researchers of genealogies and general local history. We are thrilled to be a part of offering these services to the community and to interested parties at large. Our research center houses a larg...read more

Licensed music therapist Terry Watson is now offering back-to-back sessions of her Thursday morning Music & Movement workshops on the same twice-monthly schedule. Both are geared toward children 0-4 years old with their caregivers or parents. Parents with slightly older children a...read more

Licensed music therapist Terry Watson is now offering back-to-back sessions of her Thursday morning Music & Movement workshops on the same twice-monthly schedule. Both are geared toward children 0-4 years old with their caregivers or parents. Parents with slightly older child...read more

Come by and play with a group of friendly gamers. This is an adult group.

Library Board meetings are (usually) held on the fourth Thursday of every month in the Mary Frazer room on the lower level of the building.  All community members are invited to attend.

Join yoga teacher Barbara Eichin for this gentle and relaxing program designed for seniors and those who are recovering from injury or have restricted movement. Suggested donation : $10.00.

Come meet with our in-house, tech-savvy teens for personal one-on-one technology instruction.They can help you:- learn how to use FaceTime, Zoom, Instagram, FaceBook- sign-up for your booster shots and Excelsior Pass- access on-line content like magazines, books, podcasts, and audiobooks- set-up str...read more

Starr Library has assisted the Consortium of Rhinebeck History in the creation of a space for researchers of genealogies and general local history. We are thrilled to be a part of offering these services to the community and to interested parties at large. Our research center houses a larg...read more

Robbie's beloved story time brings together an animated, fun, and engaging reading style with literacy-focused activities, including fingerplays and crafts. Great for ages 2-6.

This course is designed for beginners and those who wish to improve and retore harmony to promote healing.  Registration is required. To register, go to www.mvphealthcare.com/calendar For questions, email livingwellprograms@mvphealthcare.com

Join Starr Library's Scrabble club for classic word game fun every Wednesday!