Upcoming Events

Name: You've Got Mail: Pen Pal Program
Start: 2025-01-09T04:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-18T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Valley Cottage Library

Featured Events

You've Got Mail: Pen Pal Program

01/09/2025 @ 4:00am to 03/18/2025 @ 9:00pm

Valley Cottage Library

Program Type:

S.T.E.A.M., Writing

Age Group:

Children, Elementary

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Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Age Group: Children, Elementary

Program Type: S.T.E.A.M., Writing

Event Details:

[Registration starts Dec. 9. Please fill out the Google Form below]

Gr. 2-3

Music Together

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:15am

Community Room at Valley Cottage Library

Program Type:

Music & Movement

Age Group:

Children, Babies, Toddlers, Pre-School

Waitlist

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Children, Babies, Toddlers, Pre-School

Program Type: Music & Movement

Required

Event Details:

Jan. 22, Jan. 29, Feb. 5, Feb. 26, March 5, March 12.

Ages 5 and under with adult.

Disclaimer(s)

Register separately for each week

Winter Registration Dates

Registration for Nyack School District patrons begins on January 7. Out of district patrons can register beginning on January 14.

Valentine Craft

All Day 2/7 - 2/14

Children's Craft Table 2 at Valley Cottage Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Children, Pre-School, Elementary, Family

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Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Children's Craft Table 2

Age Group: Children, Pre-School, Elementary, Family

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Event Details:

Ages 3 and up with adult(s).

Drop in to create a Valentine for the one you love.

Disclaimer(s)

No Registration

Registration is not required for this program.

Valentine Art

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Activity Room at Valley Cottage Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Children, Elementary

Open

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Activity Room

Age Group: Children, Elementary

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Required

Event Details:

Grades 3-5.

Join us to create beautiful Valentine’s cards inspired by the abstract art of Wassily Kandinsky!

Disclaimer(s)

We get messy

We will get a bit messy so please wear old clothes or bring a smock.

Music Together

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:15am

Community Room at Valley Cottage Library

Program Type:

Music & Movement

Age Group:

Children, Babies, Toddlers, Pre-School

Waitlist

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Children, Babies, Toddlers, Pre-School

Program Type: Music & Movement

Required

Event Details:

Jan. 22, Jan. 29, Feb. 5, Feb. 26, March 5, March 12.

Ages 5 and under with adult.

Disclaimer(s)

Register separately for each week

Winter Registration Dates

Registration for Nyack School District patrons begins on January 7. Out of district patrons can register beginning on January 14.

The Wild Robot Book Club

Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 4:15pm - 5:00pm

Activity Room at Valley Cottage Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, Book Club

Age Group:

Children, Elementary

Open

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Activity Room

Age Group: Children, Elementary

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Club

Required

Event Details:

Grades 3-6.

Books will be available at the Children’s Room Desk one month prior to the program.

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.

Snacks

Snacks will be provided.

Winter Registration Dates

Registration for Nyack School District patrons begins on January 7. Out of district patrons can register beginning on January 14.

Music Together

Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:15am

Community Room at Valley Cottage Library

Program Type:

Music & Movement

Age Group:

Children, Babies, Toddlers, Pre-School

Waitlist

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Children, Babies, Toddlers, Pre-School

Program Type: Music & Movement

Required

Event Details:

Jan. 22, Jan. 29, Feb. 5, Feb. 26, March 5, March 12.

Ages 5 and under with adult.

Disclaimer(s)

Register separately for each week

Winter Registration Dates

Registration for Nyack School District patrons begins on January 7. Out of district patrons can register beginning on January 14.

Music Together

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:15am

Community Room at Valley Cottage Library

Program Type:

Music & Movement

Age Group:

Children, Babies, Toddlers, Pre-School

Waitlist

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Children, Babies, Toddlers, Pre-School

Program Type: Music & Movement

Required

Event Details:

Jan. 22, Jan. 29, Feb. 5, Feb. 26, March 5, March 12.

Ages 5 and under with adult.

Disclaimer(s)

Register separately for each week

Winter Registration Dates

Registration for Nyack School District patrons begins on January 7. Out of district patrons can register beginning on January 14.

Fun Fiction Book Club

Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 4:15pm - 5:00pm

Activity Room at Valley Cottage Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, Book Club

Age Group:

Children, Elementary

Open

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Activity Room

Age Group: Children, Elementary

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Club

Required

Event Details:

Grades 2-4.

Books will be available at the Children’s Room Desk one month prior to the program.

Disclaimer(s)

Winter Registration Dates

Registration for Nyack School District patrons begins on January 7. Out of district patrons can register beginning on January 14.

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Yarn Therapy

11:30am - 1:30pm

Adults, Everyone

Arts & Crafts

Open

Registration

Open

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Glass 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.

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

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Adults, Everyone

Author Talk, Virtual

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.

More Than Mah Jongg

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Adults, Everyone

Fun & Games

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.

Concert: Deni Bonet & Chris Flynn

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Adults, Everyone

Concert

Open

Registration

Open

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Concert

Registration 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

Monday Movie Matinee: The Time Traveler's Wife

1:00pm - 3:30pm

Adults, Everyone

Movie

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

Yarn Therapy

11:30am - 1:30pm

Adults, Everyone

Arts & Crafts

Open

Registration

Open

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Glass Room

Age Group: Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Registration Required

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

7:00pm - 8:30pm

Adults, Everyone

Author Talk, Virtual

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

More Than Mah Jongg

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Adults, Everyone

Fun & Games

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Fun & Games

Fertilizer, Our Lawns, and Water Quality Impacts

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Adults, Everyone

Lecture

Open

Registration

Open

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Lecture

Registration 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.

Presidents Day

All Day

Closing

Branches:

Valley Cottage Library

Yarn Therapy

11:30am - 1:30pm

Adults, Everyone

Arts & Crafts

Open

Registration

Open

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Board Room

Age Group: Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Registration Required

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

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Adults, Everyone

Author Talk, Virtual

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:

Center for Safety and Change Outreach and Information

3:30pm - 5:30pm

Teens, Adults, Everyone

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.

More Than Mah Jongg

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Adults, Everyone

Fun & Games

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Fun & Games

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

6:30pm - 8:00pm

Teens, Adults, Everyone

Author Talk

Open

Registration

Open

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Teens, Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Author Talk

Registration Required

Event Details:

Featuring Rockland County Poet Laureate Juan Pablo Mobili.

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

Monday Movie Matinee: The Fall Guy

1:00pm - 3:30pm

Adults, Everyone

Movie

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 Fall Guy
2024 | PG-13 | 2h 6m

Yarn Therapy

11:30am - 1:30pm

Adults, Everyone

Arts & Crafts

Open

Registration

Open

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Board Room

Age Group: Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Registration Required

More Than Mah Jongg

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Adults, Everyone

Fun & Games

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Fun & Games

Monday Movie Matinee: The Wizard of Oz

1:00pm - 3:30pm

Adults, Everyone

Movie

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 Wizard of Oz
1939 | G | 1h 42m

Yarn Therapy

11:30am - 1:30pm

Adults, Everyone

Arts & Crafts

Open

Registration

Open

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Board Room

Age Group: Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Registration Required

More Than Mah Jongg

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Adults, Everyone

Fun & Games

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Fun & Games

Monday Movie Matinee: The Greatest Showman

1:00pm - 3:30pm

Adults, Everyone

Movie

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 Greatest Showman
2017 | PG | 1h 45m

Yarn Therapy

11:30am - 1:30pm

Adults, Everyone

Arts & Crafts

Open

Registration

Open

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Board Room

Age Group: Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Registration Required

More Than Mah Jongg

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Adults, Everyone

Fun & Games

Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Fun & Games

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