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Take & Make Craft

All Day
Take & Make Table - Children's Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children, Pre-School, Elementary, Family

Every Monday the Children's Room will have a new craft ready for pickup for children to do at home on their own anytime!

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Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Take & Make Table - Children's Room
Age Group: Children, Pre-School, Elementary, Family
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Every Monday the Children's Room will have a new craft ready for pickup for children to do at home on their own anytime!

Disclaimer(s)

No Registration

Registration is not required for this program.

Open playtime

Open Playtime

Monday, June 16, 2025 at 10:00am - 1:00pm
Storytime Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Playtime
Age Group:
Children, Babies, Toddlers, Pre-School, Family

Mondays from 10am-1pm.

March 24 - June 16    (no program May 26).

Ages 5 and under. 

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Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Children, Babies, Toddlers, Pre-School, Family
Program Type: Playtime
Event Details:

Mondays from 10am-1pm.

March 24 - June 16    (no program May 26).

Ages 5 and under. 

Disclaimer(s)

No Registration

Registration is not required for this program.

thunder soul

Monday Movie Matinee: Thunder Soul

Monday, June 16, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:30pm
Community Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Movie
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone
Monday Movie Matinee:

Drop in on scheduled Mondays to watch a movie on our big screen.

Thunder Soul
2010  | PG  |  1h 23m

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Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

Drop in on scheduled Mondays to watch a movie on our big screen.

Thunder Soul
2010  | PG  |  1h 23m

Yarn Therapy

Yarn Therapy

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 11:30am - 1:30pm
Board Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone
Yarn Therapy:

If you like to knit or crochet, join our "therapy" sessions. Bring your yarn and tools. Come on in to knit, crochet, and socialize. Bring friends or meet new people. Yarn donations...

Open
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required

If you like to knit or crochet, join our "therapy" sessions. Bring your yarn and tools. Come on in to knit, crochet, and socialize. Bring friends or meet new people. Yarn donations are greatly appreciated.

Cover of Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

The Book and Pub Club

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
The Book and Pub Club:

The Book and Pub Club is a librarian-led book club that meets in local bars and restaurants to discuss books over food and drinks. For participants 21+.

Join us at Prohibition River, 82 Main St in Nyack at 7pm to discuss Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar.

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Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

The Book and Pub Club is a librarian-led book club that meets in local bars and restaurants to discuss books over food and drinks. For participants 21+.

Join us at Prohibition River, 82 Main St in Nyack at 7pm to discuss Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar.

Disclaimer(s)

21+

Must be 21 or older to attend.

more than mah jongg

More Than Mah Jongg

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Community Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Fun & Games
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone
More Than Mah Jongg:

Gather for Mah Jongg with your own equipment or explore our expansive board game collection. No registration is required. No instruction is provided. Open to beginners and advance...

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Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Fun & Games

Gather for Mah Jongg with your own equipment or explore our expansive board game collection.
No registration is required. No instruction is provided. Open to beginners and advanced. All are welcome to attend.

Board of Trustees Meeting

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Community Room at Valley Cottage Library
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Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Community Room

Juneteenth

All Day
Valley Cottage Library

The Library is closed for Juneteenth.

Closing
Branches:
Valley Cottage Library
Description:

The Library is closed for Juneteenth.

medicare

Basics of Medicare

Friday, June 20, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Community Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness, Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

Learn the basics of how Medicare works, when to enroll, what Medicare does and does not cover, and how to avoid penalties.

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Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn the basics of how Medicare works, when to enroll, what Medicare does and does not cover, and how to avoid penalties.

take away crafts

Take & Make Craft

All Day
Take & Make Table - Children's Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children, Pre-School, Elementary, Family

Every Monday the Children's Room will have a new craft ready for pickup for children to do at home on their own anytime!

View Details
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Take & Make Table - Children's Room
Age Group: Children, Pre-School, Elementary, Family
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Every Monday the Children's Room will have a new craft ready for pickup for children to do at home on their own anytime!

Disclaimer(s)

No Registration

Registration is not required for this program.

Popsicle Sticks

Color Our World Collaborative Art

All Day 6/23 - 6/28
Children's Craft Table 1 at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, S.T.E.A.M.
Age Group:
Children, Pre-School, Elementary, Family

June 23 - August 29.

Ages 12 and under.

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Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Children's Craft Table 1
Age Group: Children, Pre-School, Elementary, Family
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, S.T.E.A.M.
Event Details:

June 23 - August 29.

Ages 12 and under.

Disclaimer(s)

No Registration

Registration is not required for this program.

Open playtime

Open Playtime

Monday, June 23, 2025 at 10:00am - 1:00pm
Storytime Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Playtime
Age Group:
Children, Babies, Toddlers, Pre-School, Family

Mondays from 10am-1pm.

June 23 - Sept. 15    (No program on Sept. 1).

Ages 5 and under. 

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Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Children, Babies, Toddlers, Pre-School, Family
Program Type: Playtime
Event Details:

Mondays from 10am-1pm.

June 23 - Sept. 15    (No program on Sept. 1).

Ages 5 and under. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

No Registration

Registration is not required for this program.

toddlers

Toddler Tiger Lily Tales

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Storytime Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children, Toddlers

Tuesdays at 10:30am.

June 24-August 5  (no program July 15).

Ages 18 - 35 months with adult.

Weekly storytime with books and beyond!  

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Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Children, Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Tuesdays at 10:30am.

June 24-August 5  (no program July 15).

Ages 18 - 35 months with adult.

Weekly storytime with books and beyond!  

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Other children

Please make alternate arrangements for other children.

Register separately for each week

Register separately for every single week.

Summer Registration Dates

Registration for Nyack School District patrons begins on June 11. Out of district patrons can register beginning on June 18.

Yarn Therapy

Yarn Therapy

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 11:30am - 1:30pm
Board Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone
Yarn Therapy:

If you like to knit or crochet, join our "therapy" sessions. Bring your yarn and tools. Come on in to knit, crochet, and socialize. Bring friends or meet new people. Yarn donations...

Open
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required

If you like to knit or crochet, join our "therapy" sessions. Bring your yarn and tools. Come on in to knit, crochet, and socialize. Bring friends or meet new people. Yarn donations are greatly appreciated.

Center for Safety and Change

Center for Safety and Change Outreach and Information

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Gallery at Valley Cottage Library
Age Group:
Teens, Adults, Everyone

Center for Safety & Change provides critical services and support to women and all victims and survivors of gender-based violence and other crimes while working toward justice by creating social change.

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Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Gallery
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

Center for Safety & Change provides critical services and support to women and all victims and survivors of gender-based violence and other crimes while working toward justice by creating social change.

Katherine Applegate

Author Talk Series: Living the Otter Life with Katherine Applegate (3rd-6th Grade)

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Virtual at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Author Talk, Virtual
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone

Join us as award-winning author and summer reading champion Katherine Applegate talks to viewers about her enthusiastically heartwarming novel in verse, Odder. 

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Virtual Event
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Author Talk, Virtual
Event Details:

Join us as award-winning author and summer reading champion Katherine Applegate talks to viewers about her enthusiastically heartwarming novel in verse, Odder. 

Magna-Tiles

The Tiny Engineers Club

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:15pm
Activity Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Fun & Games, S.T.E.A.M.
Age Group:
Children, Pre-School, Elementary

Ages 3-7 years.

Open
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Children, Pre-School, Elementary
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Fun & Games, S.T.E.A.M.
Registration Required
Event Details:

Ages 3-7 years.

Disclaimer(s)

Summer Registration Dates

Registration for Nyack School District patrons begins on June 11. Out of district patrons can register beginning on June 18.

more than mah jongg

More Than Mah Jongg

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Community Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Fun & Games
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone
More Than Mah Jongg:

Gather for Mah Jongg with your own equipment or explore our expansive board game collection. No registration is required. No instruction is provided. Open to beginners and advance...

View Details
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Fun & Games

Gather for Mah Jongg with your own equipment or explore our expansive board game collection.
No registration is required. No instruction is provided. Open to beginners and advanced. All are welcome to attend.

Storytime

PreK Poppies Storytime - Wednesdays

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:15pm
Storytime Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Age Group:
Children, Pre-School

Weekly storytimes for ages 3-5.

Wednesdays, June 25 – August 6 at 4:30pm (no program July 16).

Please choose Wednesdays OR Thursdays.

Open
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Children, Pre-School
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Weekly storytimes for ages 3-5.

Wednesdays, June 25 – August 6 at 4:30pm (no program July 16).

Please choose Wednesdays OR Thursdays.

Disclaimer(s)

Register separately for each week

Register separately for every single week.

Summer Registration Dates

Registration for Nyack School District patrons begins on June 11. Out of district patrons can register beginning on June 18.

leatherman

The Leatherman: An American Vagabond Film Screening

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Community Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Lecture, Movie
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone

Join filmmaker Jon Scott Bennett for a screening of his film followed by a Q&A.

Open
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Lecture, Movie
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join filmmaker Jon Scott Bennett for a screening of his film followed by a Q&A.

Storytime

PreK Poppies Storytime - Thursdays

Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:15am
Storytime Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children, Pre-School

Weekly storytimes for ages 3-5.

Thursdays, June 26 – August 7 at 10:30am (no program July 17).

Please choose Wednesdays OR Thursdays.

Open
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Children, Pre-School
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Weekly storytimes for ages 3-5.

Thursdays, June 26 – August 7 at 10:30am (no program July 17).

Please choose Wednesdays OR Thursdays.

Disclaimer(s)

Register separately for each week

Register separately for every single week.

Summer Registration Dates

Registration for Nyack School District patrons begins on June 11. Out of district patrons can register beginning on June 18.

Adult(ish) Board Game Night

Adult(ish) Board Game Night

Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Community Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Fun & Games
Age Group:
Adults

Come play a game from our Board Game Collection or bring a favorite game of your own. Bring friends and make more!

Open
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Fun & Games
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come play a game from our Board Game Collection or bring a favorite game of your own. Bring friends and make more!

Babies playing

Buttercup Babies

Friday, June 27, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Storytime Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children, Babies, Toddlers

Fridays at 10:30am. 

June 27-August 15   (no program July 4, July 11).

Ages 2 months - 17 months with adult. 

Open
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Children, Babies, Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Fridays at 10:30am. 

June 27-August 15   (no program July 4, July 11).

Ages 2 months - 17 months with adult. 

Disclaimer(s)

Other children

Please make alternate arrangements for other children.

Register separately for each week

Register separately for every single week.

Summer Registration Dates

Registration for Nyack School District patrons begins on June 11. Out of district patrons can register beginning on June 18.

Summer Sunday

Sunday, June 29, 2025 at 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Valley Cottage Library
Closing
Branches:
Valley Cottage Library