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Empathic listening training

Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 11:00am - 1:00pm
Meeting Room AB at East Greenbush Community Library
Description:

We will be training attendees in listening skills.

This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Description

We will be training attendees in listening skills.

American Red Cross logo

SETUP Red Cross Blood Drive

Monday, May 11, 2026 at 11:30am - 12:30pm
Multi-Purpose Room at East Greenbush Community Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness, Featured
Age Group:
Adult

Appointments are encouraged, but walk-ins are also welcome.

Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Featured
Description:

Appointments are encouraged, but walk-ins are also welcome.

Red Cross Blood Drive

Monday, May 11, 2026 at 1:00pm - 6:00pm
Multi-Purpose Room at East Greenbush Community Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness, Featured
Age Group:
Adult

Appointments are encouraged, but walk-ins are also welcome.

Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Featured
Description:

Appointments are encouraged, but walk-ins are also welcome.

Antique Meeting

Monday, May 11, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room AB at East Greenbush Community Library
Description:

Antique group meeting

This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Description

Antique group meeting

Red Cross Blood Drive (break down)

Monday, May 11, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Multi-Purpose Room at East Greenbush Community Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness, Featured
Age Group:
Adult

Appointments are encouraged, but walk-ins are also welcome.

Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Featured
Description:

Appointments are encouraged, but walk-ins are also welcome.

Rensselaer County One-Stop Career Center Satellite Office hours

Rensselaer County One-Stop Career Center

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 9:00am - 1:00pm
Meeting Room B at East Greenbush Community Library
Program Type:
Education & Employment
Age Group:
Adult

Whether you’re just starting out, looking to make a change, or seeking growth in your current field, our career counseling services are here to guide you every step of the way.

Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Education & Employment
Description:

Whether you’re just starting out, looking to make a change, or seeking growth in your current field, our career counseling services are here to guide you every step of the way.

Family Storytime!

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Multi-Purpose Room at East Greenbush Community Library
Program Type:
Storytime & Early Childhood, Featured
Age Group:
Children

Join us for a fun half hour of stories, songs, and rhymes! No registration is required.

Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime & Early Childhood, Featured
Description:

Join us for a fun half hour of stories, songs, and rhymes! No registration is required.

Mahjong Players, 1-3 pm, register

Mahjong Players

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:30pm
Multi-Purpose Room at East Greenbush Community Library
Program Type:
Movies & Games
Age Group:
Adult

Play American Mahjong with us! Pronounced mah-jongg this fun game is an enormously popular variation of the classic Chinese game of strategy, skill, and summation.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Movies & Games
Registration Required
Description:

Play American Mahjong with us! Pronounced mah-jongg this fun game is an enormously popular variation of the classic Chinese game of strategy, skill, and summation.

Mahjong Learners

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Meeting Room A at East Greenbush Community Library
Program Type:
Movies & Games
Age Group:
Adult

Learn American Mahjong with us! Pronounced mah-jongg this fun game is an enormously popular variation of the classic Chinese game of strategy, skill, and summation. 

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Movies & Games
Registration Required
Description:

Learn American Mahjong with us! Pronounced mah-jongg this fun game is an enormously popular variation of the classic Chinese game of strategy, skill, and summation. 

English as a New Language

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 4:30pm - 7:30pm
Hurr Education Center at East Greenbush Community Library

This program teaches speaking, listening, reading and writing and is intended for new English language learners age 21 or older. American Citizenship not required, but must have green card.

Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Hurr Education Center
Description:

This program teaches speaking, listening, reading and writing and is intended for new English language learners age 21 or older. American Citizenship not required, but must have green card.

scrap of fabric with a yellow star that says JUDE, a photo of a young smiling man wearing a suit jacket, and an image of gates to a prison camp.

A Tailor's Story- A Holocaust Remembrance Program

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Multi-Purpose Room at East Greenbush Community Library
Program Type:
History & Genealogy, Featured
Age Group:
Adult, Teen, Tween

Hear the story of Bernard Adler, a tailor from Nagydobos, a country town in Hungary, who attributed his survival in the concentration camps to his skills as a tailor & to his faith.

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room
Age Group: Adult, Teen, Tween
Program Type: History & Genealogy, Featured
Registration Required
Description:

Hear the story of Bernard Adler, a tailor from Nagydobos, a country town in Hungary, who attributed his survival in the concentration camps to his skills as a tailor & to his faith.

Friends Board Training

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room AB at East Greenbush Community Library

Friends of the Library board training

Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Description:

Friends of the Library board training

Family Storytime!

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Multi-Purpose Room at East Greenbush Community Library
Program Type:
Storytime & Early Childhood, Featured
Age Group:
Children

Join us for a fun half hour of stories, songs, and rhymes! No registration is required.

Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime & Early Childhood, Featured
Description:

Join us for a fun half hour of stories, songs, and rhymes! No registration is required.

Prospect Homeowners Association

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 5:45pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room A at East Greenbush Community Library
Description:

Bi-Monthly Board Meeting

This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Description

Bi-Monthly Board Meeting

Wednesday Night Book Chat, Wednesdays 7-9pm on Facebook

Wednesday Night Book Chat

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Virtual Events
Program Type:
Books & Writing, Featured
Age Group:
Adult

Join us on Wednesday evenings!

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual Events
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Books & Writing, Featured
Description:

Join us on Wednesday evenings!

Family Storytime!

Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Multi-Purpose Room at East Greenbush Community Library
Program Type:
Storytime & Early Childhood, Featured
Age Group:
Children

Join us for a fun half hour of stories, songs, and rhymes! No registration is required.

Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime & Early Childhood, Featured
Description:

Join us for a fun half hour of stories, songs, and rhymes! No registration is required.

YS staff use

Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Meeting Room A at East Greenbush Community Library
Description:

YS staff meeting

This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Description

YS staff meeting

Friends eBay Meeting

Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room B at East Greenbush Community Library
Program Type:
Friends of the Library
Age Group:
Adult

Friends eBay meeting

Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Friends of the Library
Description:

Friends eBay meeting

English as a New Language

Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 4:30pm - 7:30pm
Hurr Education Center at East Greenbush Community Library

This program teaches speaking, listening, reading and writing and is intended for new English language learners age 21 or older. American Citizenship not required, but must have green card.

Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Hurr Education Center
Description:

This program teaches speaking, listening, reading and writing and is intended for new English language learners age 21 or older. American Citizenship not required, but must have green card.

a guitar and a banjo

Concert-Across America in Time and Place

Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Multi-Purpose Room at East Greenbush Community Library
Program Type:
Music & Performances, Featured
Age Group:
Adult

Across America in Time and Place takes listeners on a musical journey through American history and across the country, from the era of sailing ship, to trains, to automobiles and to airplanes.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Music & Performances, Featured
Registration Required
Description:

Across America in Time and Place takes listeners on a musical journey through American history and across the country, from the era of sailing ship, to trains, to automobiles and to airplanes.

The Friday Thing (Grades 6-12)

The Friday Thing (Grades 6-12)

Friday, May 15, 2026 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Multi-Purpose Room at East Greenbush Community Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Movies & Games, STEM, Featured
Age Group:
Teen, Tween

Celebrate the end of the week with an hour of games, snacks, crafts, and fun! Weekly activities will vary. No registration required.

Dates: 3/6, 3/20, 3/27, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, and 5/29

 

Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room
Age Group: Teen, Tween
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Movies & Games, STEM, Featured
Description:

Celebrate the end of the week with an hour of games, snacks, crafts, and fun! Weekly activities will vary. No registration required.

Dates: 3/6, 3/20, 3/27, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, and 5/29

 

RAINBOW BACKROUND WITH WHITE SQUIGGLY SHAPE AND A YELLOW FLOWER

Adult Craft-Quilling With Stacey

Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 11:00am - 1:00pm
Multi-Purpose Room at East Greenbush Community Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Featured
Age Group:
Adult

Quilling designs which can be quite intricate, begin with rolling a single strip of paper into a coil and then pinching the coil into shapes that can be glued together. We will be creating 2-toned flowers with stem and leaves.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Featured
Registration Required
Description:

Quilling designs which can be quite intricate, begin with rolling a single strip of paper into a coil and then pinching the coil into shapes that can be glued together. We will be creating 2-toned flowers with stem and leaves.

Transcendent Kingdom, Yaa Gyasi

Monday Morning Book Discussion

Monday, May 18, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Meeting Room AB at East Greenbush Community Library
Program Type:
Books & Writing
Age Group:
Adult

Join us to discuss "Transcendent Kingdom," by Yaa Gyasi.

Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Books & Writing
Description:

Join us to discuss "Transcendent Kingdom," by Yaa Gyasi.

The bookclub for troublesome women by marie bostwick

Monday Evening Book Discussion Group

Monday, May 18, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room AB at East Greenbush Community Library
Program Type:
Books & Writing, Featured
Age Group:
Adult

Join us to discuss The Bookclub for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: East Greenbush Community Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Books & Writing, Featured
Registration Required
Description:

Join us to discuss The Bookclub for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick.