Events

Ages 3 and up.

Pick up a kit containing a craft that you can do at home – supplies are limited!

This Week’s Craft – Paper Plate Llamas

Call 693-6614 to schedule a pick up time.

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All Ages

Visit our table at Rivertowns Pride down at Waterfront Park to do a quick craft and learn about all of our LGBTQ+ books!

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Summer Reading is June 27 through August 19!

Read under the sea and learn about everything in and on the ocean! You can earn points and prizes by reading books and coming to our events. Everyone who participates will get a ticket to our outdoor ice cream party in August!

This page will tell you everything you need to know about participating if your child is between the ages of 3 and 12. (Younger kids might want to take on the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten challenge; unfortunately, there is no teen summer reading game this year, but there are a couple of programs open to them. Look farther down in this newsletter for information for all age groups!)

This year we’re doing a points-based system. Earn 10 points for every minute you read and 500 points for every program you attend. For every 1000 points you earn, you can come to the library and pick out a prize!

All in-person programs will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for the entire program.

Have questions? Email our children’s librarian, Ms. Gina, at dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call her up at (914) 693-6615, or drop by the library to talk to her anytime!

Sign up for the Game here

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Pick up a sheet, find all the pictures and get a prize from the Librarian!  Pictures will be changed in August.

Open to all ages.

email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room for more details and to play!

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Ages 3 and Up

The library’s stuffed animals want to go on field trips! Check one out, bring them home, and add to their personal scrapbooks by writing about and taking pictures of the fun things you do together. When you’re at the library, you can visit the animals who have made it back to home base and see what they’ve been up to. Stuffed animals may be periodically rotated out based on condition.

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The Summer Reading Board Game is Back!  Answer trivia questions and roll your way toward a brand new book that you can take home by playing the Summer Reading Board Game in the Children’s Room!

Open to all ages.

email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room for more details and to play!

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For parents and caregivers of babies up to 24 months.

Join children’s librarian Gina to learn songs, fingerplays, and more that you can do with your baby.  Each meeting will leave time for open discussion and connection with other parents/caregivers.

Program will be outdoors unless there is inclement weather, in which case we will be in the Community Room

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Ages 4 and Up

Come to our Summer Reading Kick-Off Event — Meet the Animals with the Greenburgh Nature Center!

Stay tuned for how to sign up for the annual summer reading game and for programming updates.

Registration recommended but not required – email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the Children’s Room to sign up.

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 500 points for your online summer reading game logs!

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18 to 36 months.

Get your wiggles out with songs and stories with Ms. Gina!

We will be outdoors unless there is inclement weather, in which case we will be in the Community Room.

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Ages 9-12

Create a character! Fight monsters! Make your own luck! Develop your skills in this fantasy role-playing system with other kids just like you. We’ll start a new campaign every few weeks. Previous meeting attendance is recommended, but not required.

Email dobchildref@wlsmail.org with questions or if you want to join.

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Ages 3-6

Join Ms. Gina for seasonal storytimes!

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Ages 3 and up.

Pick up a kit containing a craft that you can do at home – supplies are limited!

This Week’s Craft – Mini sailboats

Call 693-6614 to schedule a pick up time.

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Summer Reading is June 27 through August 19!

Read under the sea and learn about everything in and on the ocean! You can earn points and prizes by reading books and coming to our events. Everyone who participates will get a ticket to our outdoor ice cream party in August!

This page will tell you everything you need to know about participating if your child is between the ages of 3 and 12. (Younger kids might want to take on the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten challenge; unfortunately, there is no teen summer reading game this year, but there are a couple of programs open to them. Look farther down in this newsletter for information for all age groups!)

This year we’re doing a points-based system. Earn 10 points for every minute you read and 500 points for every program you attend. For every 1000 points you earn, you can come to the library and pick out a prize!

All in-person programs will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for the entire program.

Have questions? Email our children’s librarian, Ms. Gina, at dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call her up at (914) 693-6615, or drop by the library to talk to her anytime!

Sign up for the Game here

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Pick up a sheet, find all the pictures and get a prize from the Librarian!  Pictures will be changed in August.

Open to all ages.

email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room for more details and to play!

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Ages 3 and Up

The library’s stuffed animals want to go on field trips! Check one out, bring them home, and add to their personal scrapbooks by writing about and taking pictures of the fun things you do together. When you’re at the library, you can visit the animals who have made it back to home base and see what they’ve been up to. Stuffed animals may be periodically rotated out based on condition.

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The Summer Reading Board Game is Back!  Answer trivia questions and roll your way toward a brand new book that you can take home by playing the Summer Reading Board Game in the Children’s Room!

Open to all ages.

email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room for more details and to play!

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18 to 36 months.

Get your wiggles out with songs and stories with Ms. Gina!

We will be outdoors unless there is inclement weather, in which case we will be in the Community Room.

This program will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for its entirety.

Email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room for information and to sign up.

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Ages 3-6

Join Ms. Gina for seasonal storytimes!

This program will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for its entirety.

Email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room for information and to sign up.

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For ages 8 to 12.

TD3 Innovative Gaming leads kids from Dobbs Ferry and other libraries in Westchester in an aquarium-building Minecraft activity on Zoom. Participants are encouraged but not required to have their own Minecraft accounts beforehand.

Email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room to sign up.

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 500 points for your online summer reading game logs!

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Kids ages 2 and up can make magnificent beach-themed pictures by coloring on sandpaper!

Email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room to sign up.

This program will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for its entirety.

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 500 points for your online summer reading game logs!

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For ages 8 to 12.

TD3 Innovative Gaming leads kids from Dobbs Ferry and other libraries in Westchester in a rollercoaster-building Minecraft activity on Zoom. Participants are encouraged but not required to have their own Minecraft accounts beforehand.

Email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room to sign up.

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 500 points for your online summer reading game logs!

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Ages 3 and up.

Pick up a kit containing a craft that you can do at home – supplies are limited!

This Week’s Craft – Paper Plate Aquariums

Call 693-6614 to schedule a pick up time.

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Bring your lawn chairs and join us under the stars for another FREE Stand Up Comedy Showcase (intended for 18+) down at Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Park’s Concert Stage! 

BIO’S
Tim Deery

Tim is a performer, producer, and bookman, along with having been a salesman, mailman, and dozens of others, man.

He made up his own major (Performance Art) in college and they still let him graduate!  Since, his performances have included solo & sketch shows in Philadelphia, the Hudson Valley, and NYC, opening for Aziz Ansari, The Whitest Kids U’ Know, and more.  His film work includes starring roles in music videos for Wolf Face, Thomas Patrick Maguire, and Garrett Shore’s dramatic short The Matthew Principle.

As a Librarian Assistant for DFPL, Tim has run 6 Stand Up Comedy Showcases, 37 Comedy Open Mic’s, 3 FerryCon‘s, 3 Local Filmmakers Spotlight‘s, and 74 Cult Classic Movie Night‘s, which, if you’re keeping count, requires a lot of fingers & toes.

Allen Enlow

Allen is an actor, comedian, impressionist, singer, father, and some day hopes to be a functioning adult.

As an actor he has done 1 on 1 scenes with James Gandolfini in THE SOPRANOS and Rami Malek in MR ROBOT. One of these three went on to win an Oscar.

As a Stand-Up Comic, Big Al has opened for Soupy Sales & Joel Grey. He’s appeared on The Joan Lunden Show and headlined in Atlantic City. He also followed Andy Kaufman & Sam Kinison at three in the morning in New York City showcase clubs and lived to tell about it.

Allen has appeared on Broadway but didn’t know it; and Bette Midler “loved” him as a singing sportscaster in a musical that played slightly around the corner from Broadway.

Debbie Bazza

Debbie is a housewife and mother, a goal incessantly encouraged by her family. She’s raised two daughters and survived three marriages, experiences she weaves into her comedy with her signature style.

Debbie can work with all audience groups, including churches, fundraisers, clubs, and was a finalist on ABC’s The View’s “Most Hilarious Housewife Contest.” She is happily doing her stand-up, acting and working as a host.

Dave Vadala

Dave is a stage chewing Boston comic who’s performed in places like: The Comedy Studio (Bos), Flappers (LA), Broadway Comedy Club (NY,) and The Tiny Cupboard (NY).

He was awarded ‘Critics Choice,’ in the 2021 New York Comedy Fringe Festival (where he also won best of the fest!) and has also performed on many festivals including the Fingerlakes Music, Comedy & Cannabis Festival, and the The Big Apple Comedy Festival. Dave’s humor is somewhat limited by his intelligence but in some cases… super charged.

Jilberto Soto

Jilberto is a comic from Seattle who recently moved to NYC. He is corporate professional snob during the day and just a snob at night. His sexual and racial (Mexican) comedic style have often been referred to as personal yet embarrassing, by his older brother.

He performed his debut show “Even God Knew I was Gay and Butterfly” around different fringes (London, Seattle, Brighton, Chicago, Edinburgh) and hosts the popular I Hope This Ages Well podcast.

“He was born to be a comic.” – Chicago Fringe

Ruthy Ferrera

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Summer Reading is June 27 through August 19!

Read under the sea and learn about everything in and on the ocean! You can earn points and prizes by reading books and coming to our events. Everyone who participates will get a ticket to our outdoor ice cream party in August!

This page will tell you everything you need to know about participating if your child is between the ages of 3 and 12. (Younger kids might want to take on the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten challenge; unfortunately, there is no teen summer reading game this year, but there are a couple of programs open to them. Look farther down in this newsletter for information for all age groups!)

This year we’re doing a points-based system. Earn 10 points for every minute you read and 500 points for every program you attend. For every 1000 points you earn, you can come to the library and pick out a prize!

All in-person programs will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for the entire program.

Have questions? Email our children’s librarian, Ms. Gina, at dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call her up at (914) 693-6615, or drop by the library to talk to her anytime!

Sign up for the Game here

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Pick up a sheet, find all the pictures and get a prize from the Librarian!  Pictures will be changed in August.

Open to all ages.

email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room for more details and to play!

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Ages 3 and Up

The library’s stuffed animals want to go on field trips! Check one out, bring them home, and add to their personal scrapbooks by writing about and taking pictures of the fun things you do together. When you’re at the library, you can visit the animals who have made it back to home base and see what they’ve been up to. Stuffed animals may be periodically rotated out based on condition.

»

The Summer Reading Board Game is Back!  Answer trivia questions and roll your way toward a brand new book that you can take home by playing the Summer Reading Board Game in the Children’s Room!

Open to all ages.

email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room for more details and to play!

»

For parents and caregivers of babies up to 24 months.

Join children’s librarian Gina to learn songs, fingerplays, and more that you can do with your baby.  Each meeting will leave time for open discussion and connection with other parents/caregivers.

Program will be outdoors unless there is inclement weather, in which case we will be in the Community Room.

This program will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for its entirety.

Email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room for information and to sign up.

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18 to 36 months.

Get your wiggles out with songs and stories with Ms. Gina!

We will be outdoors unless there is inclement weather, in which case we will be in the Community Room.

This program will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for its entirety.

Email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room for information and to sign up.

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For ages 13 to 18.

TD3 Innovative Gaming leads teens from Dobbs Ferry and other libraries in Westchester in civil engineering activities in Minecraft and Zoom. Participants are encouraged but not required to have their own Minecraft accounts beforehand.

Email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room to sign up.

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 500 points for your online summer reading game logs!

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For ages 13 to 18.

TD3 Innovative Gaming leads teens from Dobbs Ferry and other libraries in Westchester in civil engineering activities in Minecraft and Zoom. Participants are encouraged but not required to have their own Minecraft accounts beforehand.

Email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room to sign up.

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 500 points for your online summer reading game logs!

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WJCS, Nonprofit Westchester and Nonprofit New York friend Rich Leimsider was shocked and delighted to have all his federal student loans forgiven just last month under a special program waiver for public sector workers (Read his story here).

But the program ends in October 2022, so borrowers need to get informed and act fast. Rich will join us to share his experiences and outline the specific next steps for staff who may be able to do the same.

Who should attend: All nonprofit and government staff who think they may have any federal student loans, whether they’ve been working 1 or 20 years in public service. CEOs, Executive Directors, HR Directors, and HR Staff.

Cost: This webinar is FREE for all.

Review: the PSLF Help Tool here in advance of the webinar.

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Ages 3-6

Join Ms. Gina for seasonal storytimes!

This program will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for its entirety.

Email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room for information and to sign up.

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From the late 1920s through the end of World War II, studios like MGM, Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, and RKO would dominate film production, not only in America but throughout the world. The reasons for Hollywood’s success during this period are intriguing.  Despite the economic problems posed by the Depression, the studios became virtual entertainment factories, with each studio producing more than 50 movies a year. The legacy of these years of frenzied activity are among the best-loved, and most significant films, ever made. This presentation will examine the forces that made Hollywood the giant of global film-making and the special nature of its achievements during its Golden Age, including discussions of studio politics and economics, the star system, and the nature of the movie-going experience. There will also be an analysis of why this period was so short-lived and of Hollywood’s desperate attempts, beginning in the 1950s, to recapture its faded glory.

Register for the ZOOM link here.

BRIAN ROSE is a professor emeritus at Fordham University, where he taught for 38 years in the Department of Communication and Media Studies. He’s written several books on television history and cultural programming, and conducted more than a hundred Q&A’s with leading directors, actors, and writers for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Screen Actors Guild, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the Directors Guild of America. His zoom lectures on film and television history have been presented at the Smithsonian, the 92nd St Y., and at JCCs and libraries throughout the country.

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For ages 5+.

We will decorate boxes together with mod podge, paper, and seashells. Everyone will get to go home with one thin, square-shaped tin treasure box to keep their most precious items (summer reading prizes, maybe?) in.

Email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room to sign up.

This program will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for its entirety.

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 500 points for your online summer reading game logs!

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Ages 3 and up.

Pick up a kit containing a craft that you can do at home – supplies are limited!

This Week’s Craft – Shark binoculars

Call 693-6614 to schedule a pick up time.

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Summer Reading is June 27 through August 19!

Read under the sea and learn about everything in and on the ocean! You can earn points and prizes by reading books and coming to our events. Everyone who participates will get a ticket to our outdoor ice cream party in August!

This page will tell you everything you need to know about participating if your child is between the ages of 3 and 12. (Younger kids might want to take on the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten challenge; unfortunately, there is no teen summer reading game this year, but there are a couple of programs open to them. Look farther down in this newsletter for information for all age groups!)

This year we’re doing a points-based system. Earn 10 points for every minute you read and 500 points for every program you attend. For every 1000 points you earn, you can come to the library and pick out a prize!

All in-person programs will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for the entire program.

Have questions? Email our children’s librarian, Ms. Gina, at dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call her up at (914) 693-6615, or drop by the library to talk to her anytime!

Sign up for the Game here

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Pick up a sheet, find all the pictures and get a prize from the Librarian!  Pictures will be changed in August.

Open to all ages.

email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room for more details and to play!

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