Events

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.

Register with dobchildref@wlsmail.org or call the Library at 693-6614 to get the Zoom link – please indicate you are registering for this program in the email.

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Come to our virtual creative writing workshop series sponsored by Manhattanville College! Please bring your own writings to share with the group, or listen to others read their creative writing pieces and give feedback to the group.

This online event is free and open to the public. Register with dobref@wlsmail.org to get the Zoom link – please indicate you are registering for this program in the email.

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Ages 2-6.

Every week, get comfy-cozy and listen to Ms. Gina read bedtime stories on our YouTube channel!

Please contact the library at (914) 693-6615 or dobchildref@wlsmail.org if you would like more information.

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Just Say “Yes” to Fruits and Vegetables!

With cooking demonstration of Fruits and Vegetables by nutritionist, Alyssa Advincula

This online event is free and open to the public. Register with dobref@wlsmail.org to get the Zoom link – please indicate you are registering for this program in the email.

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Ages 9-12

Dungeons and Dragons is back! Join the newly revived club, led by a local middle school Dungeon Master! Previous meeting attendance is recommended, but not required.

Registration is currently closed but you may email dobchildref@wlsmail.org with questions or interest to join.

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Event is postponed.

Email ehobson@wlsmail.org to be placed on a notification list for rescheduled date.

Did you know a study found 1 in 6 Americans stopped speaking to a family member or close friend after the 2016 election? DFPL is hosting a screening of PURPLE, a new film from @ResettingtheTable that captures the concerns and humanity beneath our national conflicts. A collaboration between @ResettingtheTable, a leading political mediation organization, and Transient Pictures, an Emmy-award winning production firm, PURPLE models a rare political conversation that uplifts and inspires, even while going toward the heat of our honest differences. Join us!

#ResetTheTable

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All ages.

Do you miss coming to the library? Do you need help choosing a book? Or do you want to tell your librarian about what you’ve been reading lately? Schedule a 20-minute virtual browsing and/or reference appointment with Ms. Gina. She can find what you’re looking for!

Register with dobchildref@wlsmail.org or call the Library at 693-6614 to get the Zoom link – please indicate you are registering for this program in the email.

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Ages 7-9.

Tune in to listen to Ms. Gina read from The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Hurwitz.  She will read from the same book every week until she finishes it, but don’t worry if you miss a meeting — she’ll catch you up before starting.

Register with dobchildref@wlsmail.org or call the Library at 693-6614 to get the Zoom link – please indicate you are registering for this program in the email.

“When her father is cursed by a rival witch, twelve-year-old Clementine Morcerous assumes his duties as Dark Lord of the realm, but soon questions her father’s code of good and evil.”

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Ages 8 to 18.

It’s not too late to sign up for Battle of the Books! Learn what it is, how it works, and what you’ll be reading by attending this meeting.

Register with dobchildref@wlsmail.org or call the Library at 693-6614 to get the Zoom link – please indicate you are registering for this program in the email.

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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 Kit – Watermelon Fans

Contact the Library at dobchildref@wlsmail.org or call 693-6614 to schedule a pick up time.

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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.

Register with dobchildref@wlsmail.org or call the Library at 693-6614 to get the Zoom link – please indicate you are registering for this program in the email.

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Come to our virtual creative writing workshop series sponsored by Manhattanville College! Please bring your own writings to share with the group, or listen to others read their creative writing pieces and give feedback to the group.

This online event is free and open to the public. Register with dobref@wlsmail.org to get the Zoom link – please indicate you are registering for this program in the email.

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Ages 2-6.

Every week, get comfy-cozy and listen to Ms. Gina read bedtime stories on our YouTube channel!

Please contact the library at (914) 693-6615 or dobchildref@wlsmail.org if you would like more information.

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Ages 9-12

Dungeons and Dragons is back! Join the newly revived club, led by a local middle school Dungeon Master! Previous meeting attendance is recommended, but not required.

Registration is currently closed but you may email dobchildref@wlsmail.org with questions or interest to join.

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For the month of May, we will be reading “My Brother” by Jamaica Kincaid. Borrow it from the Westchester Library System.

Register with dobref@wlsmail.org to get the Zoom link – please indicate you are registering for this program in the email.

Jamaica Kincaid’s brother Devon Drew died of AIDS on January 19, 1996, at the age of thirty-three. Kincaid’s incantatory, poetic, and often shockingly frank recounting of her brother’s life and death is also a story of her family on the island of Antigua, a constellation centered on the powerful, sometimes threatening figure of the writer’s mother. My Brother is an unblinking record of a life that ended too early, and it speaks volumes about the difficult truths at the heart of all families.

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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong, chapters 1-4, on Zoom.

This discussion is co-sponsored by the Ardsley, Croton,Hastings, Irvington and Dobbs Ferry Public Libraries with over a dozen community partners.

Meeting Zoom link to be determined – please check back for details.

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Join us as we share authors and titles of “light” series books and mysteries for adults to keep us engrossed during the summer months.

Register at dobref@wlsmail.org to get the meeting location.

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All ages.

Do you miss coming to the library? Do you need help choosing a book? Or do you want to tell your librarian about what you’ve been reading lately? Schedule a 20-minute virtual browsing and/or reference appointment with Ms. Gina. She can find what you’re looking for!

Register with dobchildref@wlsmail.org or call the Library at 693-6614 to get the Zoom link – please indicate you are registering for this program in the email.

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Ages 7-9.

Tune in to listen to Ms. Gina read from The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Hurwitz.  She will read from the same book every week until she finishes it, but don’t worry if you miss a meeting — she’ll catch you up before starting.

Register with dobchildref@wlsmail.org or call the Library at 693-6614 to get the Zoom link – please indicate you are registering for this program in the email.

“When her father is cursed by a rival witch, twelve-year-old Clementine Morcerous assumes his duties as Dark Lord of the realm, but soon questions her father’s code of good and evil.”

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Ages 6 to 14.

Using Minecraft’s creative mode, you will be challenged to build and decorate an object related to a chosen theme, while working alongside your friends!

To participate, you’ll need a computer or mobile device, Zoom, and a working internet connection. If participants have their own Minecraft account, they are encouraged to use it! If not, one will be provided for them.

****All participants are required to download Minecraft and Zoom before the session, and are encouraged to login at 3:10pm before it starts to troubleshoot any technical issues.****

This program is for kids in Kindergarten through 8th grade!

If you need assistance downloading Minecraft or Zoom, follow this link to instructions: https://www.minecraftmaniaevents.com/zoommania.html

Register with dobchildref@wlsmail.org or call the Library at 693-6614 to get the Zoom link – please indicate you are registering for this program in the email.

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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 Kit – Missed a craft this month? Don’t worry! You can pick up one from our surplus pile!

Contact the Library at dobchildref@wlsmail.org or call 693-6614 to schedule a pick up time.

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Following a traditional Comedy Open Mic format, comedians new and old — who want to work on new jokes, change old jokes, or just experiment — sign up and get 5 minutes apiece to perform via our ZOOM Online Meeting Room.

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Ages 9-12

Dungeons and Dragons is back! Join the newly revived club, led by a local middle school Dungeon Master! Previous meeting attendance is recommended, but not required.

Registration is currently closed but you may email dobchildref@wlsmail.org with questions or interest to join.

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Ages 7-9.

Tune in to listen to Ms. Gina read from The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Hurwitz.  She will read from the same book every week until she finishes it, but don’t worry if you miss a meeting — she’ll catch you up before starting.

Register with dobchildref@wlsmail.org or call the Library at 693-6614 to get the Zoom link – please indicate you are registering for this program in the email.

“When her father is cursed by a rival witch, twelve-year-old Clementine Morcerous assumes his duties as Dark Lord of the realm, but soon questions her father’s code of good and evil.”

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Authors Maya Shanbhag Lang & Christie Tate in conversation.

Maya Shanbhag Lang is the author of What We Carry and Christie Tate is the author of Group.

This Book Yaya event will be co-hosted by the Irvington, Hastings-on-Hudson and Dobbs Ferry Public Libraries.

For registration link and more information, click here: Book Ya Ya

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Gently Used Books, DVDs and CDs

Great finds for Children & Adults!

After 2:00 pm a Bag of Books for $2.00 – Bring your own bag to fill

Located in the Library Garage Rain or Shine

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Early risers in the Northeast US on Thursday morning, June 10, will be treated to the most unusual sunrise of their lives, for we will not see a yellow-orange circle of light, but a large solar eclipse which will transform the Sun into a fiery scimitar!

In this presentation by Channel 12’s Joe Rao, we’ll examine the mechanics of what causes eclipses as well as look at events coming our way in the future.

This event was made possible by a partnership with the Dobbs Ferry, Hendrick Hudson and White Plains Public Libraries.

Registration for the Zoom link here.

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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.

Register with dobchildref@wlsmail.org or call the Library at 693-6614 to get the Zoom link – please indicate you are registering for this program in the email.

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Ages 9-12

Dungeons and Dragons is back! Join the newly revived club, led by a local middle school Dungeon Master! Previous meeting attendance is recommended, but not required.

Registration is currently closed but you may email dobchildref@wlsmail.org with questions or interest to join.

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The Dobbs Ferry and Scarsdale Public Libraries are proud to present authors Alysia Constantine and Julian Winters

Julian Winters is the award-winning author of Running With Lions—which won an IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award for Best Teen Fiction—as well as How To Be Remy Cameron and The Summer of Everything. A self-proclaimed comic book geek, Julian lives in Decatur, Georgia, where he can be found watching the only two sports he can follow: volleyball and soccer. His next book, Right Where I Left You, will be released by Viking Children’s/Penguin Randomhouse in Spring 2022. Visit him online at julianwinters.com.

Alysia Constantine is a writer. She lives in New York with her wife, two dogs and a cat. She is the author of Sweet (February 2016), Olympia Knife (November 2017) and Luckmonkey (March 2021), and is the editor of Short Stuff (June 2020), all from Interlude Press. In another life, Alysia was a professor of humanities and media studies at an art college. In an earlier life, she was a professor of other stuff in other places. In a life before that, she was a baker/cook. In a life even before that, she was a miserable queer teen studying to be a concert violinist, and before that, she was Joan of Arc (though there’s no evidence for that).  Visit her at alysiaconstantine.com.

Register with dobref@wlsmail.org to get the Zoom link – please indicate you are registering for this program in the email.

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Ages 7-9.

Tune in to listen to Ms. Gina read from The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Hurwitz.  She will read from the same book every week until she finishes it, but don’t worry if you miss a meeting — she’ll catch you up before starting.

Register with dobchildref@wlsmail.org or call the Library at 693-6614 to get the Zoom link – please indicate you are registering for this program in the email.

“When her father is cursed by a rival witch, twelve-year-old Clementine Morcerous assumes his duties as Dark Lord of the realm, but soon questions her father’s code of good and evil.”

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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong, chapters 5-8, on Zoom.

This discussion is co-sponsored by the Ardsley, Croton,Hastings, Irvington and Dobbs Ferry Public Libraries with over a dozen community partners.

Meeting Zoom link to be determined – please check back for details.

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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.

Register with dobchildref@wlsmail.org or call the Library at 693-6614 to get the Zoom link – please indicate you are registering for this program in the email.

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Just Say “Yes” to Fruits and Vegetables!

With demonstration of Physical Activity by nutritionist, Alyssa Advincula

This online event is free and open to the public. Register with dobref@wlsmail.org to get the Zoom link – please indicate you are registering for this program in the email.

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Ages 9-12

Dungeons and Dragons is back! Join the newly revived club, led by a local middle school Dungeon Master! Previous meeting attendance is recommended, but not required.

Registration is currently closed but you may email dobchildref@wlsmail.org with questions or interest to join.

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Ages 7-9.

Tune in to listen to Ms. Gina read from The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Hurwitz.  She will read from the same book every week until she finishes it, but don’t worry if you miss a meeting — she’ll catch you up before starting.

Register with dobchildref@wlsmail.org or call the Library at 693-6614 to get the Zoom link – please indicate you are registering for this program in the email.

“When her father is cursed by a rival witch, twelve-year-old Clementine Morcerous assumes his duties as Dark Lord of the realm, but soon questions her father’s code of good and evil.”

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Under the direction of director Ellen Flaks, the Dobbs Ferry High School Drama Club, the Dobbs Ferry Middle School Drama Club, and Improv Innovations Adult Troupe of Dobbs Ferry will present an in-person outdoor Improv Showcase.

This event will be co-sponsored the Friends of the Dobbs Ferry Public Library, and the Affinity Fellows program and will be held outdoors at the Shames JCC On the Hudson, 371 S. Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591

Check back for further details.

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