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Monthly Scavenger Hunt

All Day
Fun & Games
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Scavenger Hunt Table - Children's Room
Age Group: Children, Pre-School, Elementary, Family
Program Type: Fun & Games
Event Details:

Win a prize each month for finding the shape of the month hidden around the Children’s Room!

Ages 12 & under.  No registration.

 

 

Disclaimer(s)

No Registration

Registration is not required for this program.

Art Reception: Local Color: Rik Paul

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Art Reception
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Art Reception
Event Details:

This exhibition of fine-art nature photography features inspiring landscapes,
fascinating critters, and whimsical moments shot in the Rockland County area.
Rik is a Rockland-based photographer.

Trio Cabrini

1:30pm - 3:00pm
Concert
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Concert
Registration Required
Event Details:

Taking their name from a boulevard in Washington Heights, the unique New York City-based TRIO CABRINI is really a quintet.

Take & Make Craft

All Day
Arts & Crafts
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!

No registration.

Crafts available during library hours, while supplies last.

Tulips

Open Playtime

10:00am - 1:00pm
Playtime
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Children, Babies, Toddlers, Pre-School
Program Type: Playtime
Event Details:

It’s playtime in the Storytime Room, no matter what the weather brings! A great chance to meet other local families while you enjoy books, games, toys and puzzles with your little one(s).

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.

Monday Movie Matinee: Rocketman

1:00pm - 3:30pm
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.

Rocketman
2019  |  R  |  2h 1m
A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.

Author Talk Series: For the Love of Mars: A Human History of the Red Planet with Smithsonian Curator Matt Shindell

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Author Talk, Virtual
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Virtual
Event Details:

Mars and its secrets have fascinated and mystified humans since ancient times.

Craft With Pride

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Arts & Crafts
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Glass Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come make a Shrinky-Dink craft to show off your Pride! 

LEGO™ Challenge

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Fun & Games, S.T.E.A.M.
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Fun & Games, S.T.E.A.M.
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades K-5.

Disclaimer(s)

Spring Registration Dates

Registration for Nyack School District patrons begins on March 20. Out of district patrons can register beginning on April 1.

Yarn Therapy

11:30am - 1:30pm
Arts & Crafts
Open
Registration
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.

Center for Safety and Change Outreach and Information

3:00pm - 5:30pm
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
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.

Cookbook Club: Milk Street Tuesday Nights by Christopher Kimball

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Book Club
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Back by popular demand!

Join Katie and Ashley for a reprisal of the the cookbook club - part book club and part potluck. 

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.

VCWrites (Hybrid)

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Workshop, Writing
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 two weeks before the meeting, and then receive feedback at the monthly sessions.

For submission guidelines and more information, please email Sean at s.antonucci@rcls.org

Submissions for this session are due: Thursday, 5/23.

Take & Make Craft

All Day
Arts & Crafts
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!

No registration.

Crafts available during library hours, while supplies last.

Butterfly

Open Playtime

10:00am - 1:00pm
Playtime
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Children, Babies, Toddlers, Pre-School
Program Type: Playtime
Event Details:

It’s playtime in the Storytime Room, no matter what the weather brings! A great chance to meet other local families while you enjoy books, games, toys and puzzles with your little one(s).

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.

Monday Movie Matinee: Just Mercy

1:00pm - 3:30pm
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.

Just Mercy
2019  |  PG-13  |  2h 17m

Art in Public Places Workshop for Teens

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Workshop, Art
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Workshop, Art
Registration Required
Event Details:

Participants will learn about the history of Rockland County’s Public Art Program and view many of the 30 different pieces of Art throughout the county.

Magic Show!

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Fun & Games
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Pre-School, Elementary, Family
Program Type: Fun & Games
Registration Required
Event Details:

Ages 3 and up.

Disclaimer(s)

Spring Registration Dates

Registration for Nyack School District patrons begins on March 20. Out of district patrons can register beginning on April 1.

Yarn Therapy

11:30am - 1:30pm
Arts & Crafts
Open
Registration
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.

Shelf Indulgence Book Club: The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Book Club
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

New month, new genre! Join Anya and Megan in person OR via Zoom to indulge in a good book while exploring different genres of literature. Copies of the book will be available at the library to check out one month prior to the discussion. 

In June, we'll be discussing The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff. 

Below the Belt Film Screening

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Health & Wellness, Lecture, Movie
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Valley Cottage Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Lecture, Movie
Registration Required
Event Details:

In the personal & inspiring stories of four patients urgently searching for answers to mysterious symptoms, Below the Belt exposes widespread problems in our healthcare systems.

More Than Mah Jongg

1:00pm - 3:00pm
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.