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Investigating Frances Glessner Lee with author Bruce Goldfarb

Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Community Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Author Talk, Lecture
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Attention true crime fans!Everything we know and expect in a CSI-type crime scene investigation -- in real life and in pop culture -- is because of Frances Glessner Lee. ...

Closed
Required
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Lecture
Required
Event Details:

Attention true crime fans!

Disclaimer(s)

Hybrid

This program is hybrid with the option to attend in-person or online.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Monday Movie Matinee: Groundhog Day

Monday, February 3, 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.

Event Details:

Groundhog Day1993 | PG | 1h 41mA narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.

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.

Groundhog Day
1993 | PG | 1h 41m
A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Yarn Therapy

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 11:30am - 1:30pm
Glass 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
Required
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Glass Room
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
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.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Author Talk Series: How We Create Pandemics, From Our Bodies to Our Beliefs with Smithsonian Curator, Sabrina Sholts

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Virtual at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Author Talk, Virtual
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

Join us for this enlightening presentation with Smithsonian curator Sabrina Sholts as she talks about how the very fact of being human increases our pandemic risks—and gives us the...

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

Join us for this enlightening presentation with Smithsonian curator Sabrina Sholts as she talks about how the very fact of being human increases our pandemic risks—and gives us the power to save ourselves. 

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.

More Than Mah Jongg

Wednesday, February 5, 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...

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.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

VCWrites (Hybrid)

Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Community Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Workshop, Writing
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join our librarian, Sean, for a monthly writing workshop.  Participants share their work via email one week before the meeting, and then receive feedback at the monthly s...

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Workshop, Writing
Event Details:

Join our librarian, Sean, for a monthly writing workshop.  Participants share their work via email one week before the meeting, and then receive feedback at the monthly sessions.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Scholar Led Book Discussion: The City & The City by China Mieville

Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Glass Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us for a lively discussion led by Erich Werner, Professor of English and Westchester Community College. When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Glass Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Event Details:

Join us for a lively discussion led by Erich Werner, Professor of English and Westchester Community College. 

Disclaimer(s)

Hybrid

This program is hybrid with the option to attend in-person or online.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Concert: Deni Bonet & Chris Flynn

Sunday, February 9, 2025 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Community Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Concert
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

Deni Bonet and Chris Flynn are a New York-based Americana, folk-rock duo whose blend of voices, virtuoso violin, guitar, and humor have entertained and captivated audiences from Ca...

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

Deni Bonet and Chris Flynn are a New York-based Americana, folk-rock duo whose blend of voices, virtuoso violin, guitar, and humor have entertained and captivated audiences from Carnegie Hall to Mountain Stage to t

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Monday Movie Matinee: The Time Traveler's Wife

Monday, February 10, 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.

Event Details:

The Time Traveler’s Wife2009 | PG-13 | 1h 47mHenry DeTamble, a librarian, possesses a unique gene that lets him involuntarily travel through time. His wife, Claire Abshire, finds i...

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.

The Time Traveler’s Wife
2009 | PG-13 | 1h 47m

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Yarn Therapy

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 11:30am - 1:30pm
Glass 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
Required
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Glass Room
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
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.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Beyond the Book- A Biography Club

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Glass Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

The Beyond the Book Club is a biographies and memoirs club where we will explore the stories of artists, the lives they led, and the art they created. This quarter, we will learnin...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Glass Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Event Details:

The Beyond the Book Club is a biographies and memoirs club where we will explore the stories of artists, the lives they led, and the art they created. This quarter, we will learning about the lives of musicians.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Author Talk Series: Dystopian Tropes from an Indigenous Perspective: In Conversation with Waubgeshig Rice

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Virtual at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Author Talk, Virtual
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

You’re invited to a riveting conversation with bestselling author Waubgeshig Rice to chat about his newest book Moon of the Turning Leaves, the hotly anticipated sequel to the best...

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

You’re invited to a riveting conversation with bestselling author Waubgeshig Rice to chat about his newest book Moon of the Turning Leaves, the hotly anticipated sequel to the bestselling novel

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Women and Money Roundtable: How to Make Sense of Today's Markets

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Virtual at Valley Cottage Library
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

How to Make Sense of Today's Financial MarketsWomen often wish they were more informed about finances as they relate to their family and themselves. This monthly discussion group, ...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

How to Make Sense of Today's Financial Markets

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.

More Than Mah Jongg

Wednesday, February 12, 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...

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.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Cheese 101

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Valley Cottage Library
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Take a deep dive with the team from Scott & Joe, the cheese, charcuterie, wine bistro, and gourmet goods shop in Nyack, NY.  Jessica Kesselman, a Certified Cheese Professi...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Required
Event Details:

Take a deep dive with the team from Scott & Joe, the cheese, charcuterie, wine bistro, and gourmet goods shop in Nyack, NY.

Disclaimer(s)

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Fertilizer, Our Lawns, and Water Quality Impacts

Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Community Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

Presented by CCE Environmental Educator Jen Zunino-SmithLearn how your gardening practices impact the health of our local waterways and marine life.Excess nutrients from fertilizer...

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

Presented by CCE Environmental Educator Jen Zunino-Smith

Learn how your gardening practices impact the health of our local waterways and marine life.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Adult(ish) Screen Savvy Trivia

Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Community Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Fun & Games
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Lights, camera, action! Join Analisa and Sean for an evening of movie and TV trivia—bring friends to play as a team or star in your own solo project! Prizes for 1st, 2nd,...

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

Lights, camera, action! 

Join Analisa and Sean for an evening of movie and TV trivia—bring friends to play as a team or star in your own solo project! 

Presidents Day

All Day
Valley Cottage Library
Closing
Branches:
Valley Cottage Library
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Yarn Therapy

Tuesday, February 18, 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
Required
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
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.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Author Talk Series: I Am Nobody's Slave: A Talk with Pulitzer Prize Finalist Lee Hawkins

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Virtual at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Author Talk, Virtual
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

We welcome you to our conversation with journalist and author Lee Hawkins as he talks to us about the examination of his family’s legacy of post-enslavement trauma and resilience i...

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

We welcome you to our conversation with journalist and author Lee Hawkins as he talks to us about the examination of his family’s legacy of post-enslavement trauma and resilience in this riveting memoir, I Am Nobody's Slave:

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Center for Safety and Change Outreach and Information

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Gallery at Valley Cottage Library
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 ...

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.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

The Book and Pub Club

Tuesday, February 18, 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+.

Event Details:

Join us at Prohibition River, 82 Main St in Nyack at 7pm to discuss The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin.Five New Yorkers must come together in order to defend their city.Every ...

Open
Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
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 The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin.

Disclaimer(s)

21+

Must be 21 or older to attend.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.

More Than Mah Jongg

Wednesday, February 19, 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...

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.

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Echoes of the Heart: Life's Joys & Sorrows Poetry Reading

Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Valley Cottage Library
Program Type:
Author Talk
Age Group:
Teens, Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

Featuring Rockland County Poet Laureate Juan Pablo Mobili.Along with poets Kelly Jo Lillian, Rebecca Watkins, Marjorie Tesser, and Brian Kates. https://www.artscouncilofrockla...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Author Talk
Required
Event Details:

Featuring Rockland County Poet Laureate Juan Pablo Mobili.

Along with poets Kelly Jo Lillian, Rebecca Watkins, Marjorie Tesser, and Brian Kates.