Repair Café In-Person

Toss it? No way! Bring an item that needs repair and work with a Repair Café coach to fix it. One repair per household.There are no reservations required.For more information, please contact Jennifer Ferriss.

Dutcher Community Room

Escape Room: Downtime for Adults In-Person

Adults of all abilities are welcome in the Teen Room only during our specially scheduled time. Enjoy gaming, board games, puzzles, coloring, and the sensory cart, and relax socially with other adults. No minors will be in the space during the adults-only hours. No regis......More

Adults of all abilities are welcome in the Teen Room only during our specially scheduled time. Enjoy gaming, board games, puzzles, coloring, and the sensory cart, and relax socially with other adults. No minors will be in the space during the adults-only hours. No registration required.

Teen Room

Beginning English Language Class / Clase de inglés para principiantes / Початковий курс англійської мови In-Person

If you have just begun to study English, or if you need practice speaking more fluently, this English Language class is for you! We will practice speaking and listening, reading and writing in English, Let's create fun learning community where adults improve their Eng......More

If you have just begun to study English, or if you need practice speaking more fluently, this English Language class is for you! We will practice speaking and listening, reading and writing in English, Let's create fun learning community where adults improve their English! No registration required. Si acabas de comenzar a estudiar inglés o necesitas practicar para hablar con más fluidez, ¡esta clase de inglés es para ti! Practicaremos hablar y escuchar, leer y escribir en inglés. ¡Creemos una comunidad de aprendizaje divertida donde los adultos mejoren su inglés! No es necesario registrarse.Якщо ви щойно почали вивчати англійську мову або вам потрібно потренуватися у вільній розмові, цей курс англійської мови для вас! Ми практикуватимемо говоріння та аудіювання, читання та письмо англійською мовою. Давайте створимо веселу навчальну спільноту, де дорослі вдосконалюватимуть свою англійську! Реєстрація не потрібна.

Susman Room

Library Board Meeting In-Person

The board meets the 2nd Monday of each month at 5:00 pm with the following exceptions:No meeting in AugustIf a holiday falls on the 2nd Monday, the meeting is on Tuesday.There are occasionally special meetings (rare) and (even rarer) meetings are cancelled and reschedul......More

The board meets the 2nd Monday of each month at 5:00 pm with the following exceptions:No meeting in AugustIf a holiday falls on the 2nd Monday, the meeting is on Tuesday.There are occasionally special meetings (rare) and (even rarer) meetings are cancelled and rescheduled.Meetings are open to the public.

Dutcher Community Room

Better Off Read In-Person

Better Off Read meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 11 a.m. in the Susman Room. Join us for a monthly book discussion covering mostly mysteries but includes variety of genres. On December 9, we will discuss The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood. Please regi......More

Better Off Read meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 11 a.m. in the Susman Room. Join us for a monthly book discussion covering mostly mysteries but includes variety of genres. On December 9, we will discuss The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood. Please register each month through our online calendar or by calling 518-584-7860, ext. 304.

Friends' Coffee Shop

Handcraft Meet Up Online

Join our informal online knitting and handcrafting meet-up. This online gathering is a perfect opportunity to knit, crochet, embroider, or do other handwork while chatting with others who are working on their own projects. There will be no instruction, but we welcome th......More

Join our informal online knitting and handcrafting meet-up. This online gathering is a perfect opportunity to knit, crochet, embroider, or do other handwork while chatting with others who are working on their own projects. There will be no instruction, but we welcome the opportunity to show and share our creations and help each other. New members welcome. Please register online.

Music and Movement In-Person

Music & Movement is a high-energy program incorporating movement, songs, and dancing. With the help of their caregivers, children will practice listening and following directions and work on their fine and gross motor skills. Many songs introduce concepts like direction......More

Music & Movement is a high-energy program incorporating movement, songs, and dancing. With the help of their caregivers, children will practice listening and following directions and work on their fine and gross motor skills. Many songs introduce concepts like directional words, patterns, and parts of the body. This program is for children ages 0-5 with a caregiver. Registration is not required for this program, but space is limited based on room capacity.

Dutcher Community Room

English Conversation Circle In-Person

This SSPL English practice circle has learners of different levels speaking to the instructor and each other, about topics of their choosing. Students in this meeting should feel free to ask questions about American English, culture, and idioms! The experienced SSPL vol......More

This SSPL English practice circle has learners of different levels speaking to the instructor and each other, about topics of their choosing. Students in this meeting should feel free to ask questions about American English, culture, and idioms! The experienced SSPL volunteer teacher will keep the conversation flowing! Please register online.

Glasby Room

Brown Bag Lunch: A Portrait of Nelson Cook: A Saratoga Springs Artist In-Person / Online

James Parillo and Charlie Kuenzel present Nelson Cook was a prolific and talented portrait artist in mid-19th century Saratoga Springs. His portraits include prominent Saratogians such as Rockwell Putnam, son of Gideon Putnam, members of the Van Deusen and Walworth fami......More

James Parillo and Charlie Kuenzel present Nelson Cook was a prolific and talented portrait artist in mid-19th century Saratoga Springs. His portraits include prominent Saratogians such as Rockwell Putnam, son of Gideon Putnam, members of the Van Deusen and Walworth families and many more. His works are housed in countless museums and private collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Saratoga Springs History Museum has over 20 of his works in its collection. James and Charlie will discuss Cook’s life, his struggles, and show a selection of his works in the museum collection.

Dutcher Community Room

Read with Pride In-Person

Join us for a discussion of Woman on the Edge of Time by Margie Piercy.Connie Ramos is a Mexican American woman living on the streets of New York. Once ambitious and proud, she has lost her child, her husband, her dignity—and now they want to take her sanity. After bein......More

Join us for a discussion of Woman on the Edge of Time by Margie Piercy.Connie Ramos is a Mexican American woman living on the streets of New York. Once ambitious and proud, she has lost her child, her husband, her dignity—and now they want to take her sanity. After being unjustly committed to a mental institution, Connie is contacted by an envoy from the year 2137, who shows her a time of sexual and racial equality, environmental purity, and unprecedented self-actualization. But Connie also bears witness to another potential outcome: a society of grotesque exploitation in which the barrier between person and commodity has finally been eroded. One will become our world. And Connie herself may strike the decisive blow. 1997; 432 pages.This title is also available in Hoopla!Read with Pride is an ongoing reading group that meets the first Thursday of each month and reads fiction and nonfiction from the LGBTQ community.Co-sponsored by Saratoga Pride

Susman Room

Escape Room: Downtime for Adults In-Person

Adults of all abilities are welcome in the Teen Room only during our specially scheduled time. Enjoy gaming, board games, puzzles, coloring, and the sensory cart, and relax socially with other adults. No minors will be in the space during the adults-only hours. No regis......More

Adults of all abilities are welcome in the Teen Room only during our specially scheduled time. Enjoy gaming, board games, puzzles, coloring, and the sensory cart, and relax socially with other adults. No minors will be in the space during the adults-only hours. No registration required.

Teen Room

Beginning English Language Class / Clase de inglés para principiantes / Початковий курс англійської мови In-Person

If you have just begun to study English, or if you need practice speaking more fluently, this English Language class is for you! We will practice speaking and listening, reading and writing in English, Let's create fun learning community where adults improve their Eng......More

If you have just begun to study English, or if you need practice speaking more fluently, this English Language class is for you! We will practice speaking and listening, reading and writing in English, Let's create fun learning community where adults improve their English! No registration required. Si acabas de comenzar a estudiar inglés o necesitas practicar para hablar con más fluidez, ¡esta clase de inglés es para ti! Practicaremos hablar y escuchar, leer y escribir en inglés. ¡Creemos una comunidad de aprendizaje divertida donde los adultos mejoren su inglés! No es necesario registrarse.Якщо ви щойно почали вивчати англійську мову або вам потрібно потренуватися у вільній розмові, цей курс англійської мови для вас! Ми практикуватимемо говоріння та аудіювання, читання та письмо англійською мовою. Давайте створимо веселу навчальну спільноту, де дорослі вдосконалюватимуть свою англійську! Реєстрація не потрібна.

Susman Room

Song Swap with Jeff Walton In-Person

Grab your favorite acoustic (or electric!) instrument, bring your love of music, and join us for an informal song swap led by local musician, Jeff Walton. Feel free to bring your own tunes to play and share. We have a full electric keyboard available for use. No registr......More

Grab your favorite acoustic (or electric!) instrument, bring your love of music, and join us for an informal song swap led by local musician, Jeff Walton. Feel free to bring your own tunes to play and share. We have a full electric keyboard available for use. No registration required.

Dutcher Community Room