55 Main Street, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
(914) 693-6614

Hours

Sunday Closed
Monday 10 am - 8 pm
Tuesday 10 am - 6 pm
Wednesday 10 am - 8 pm
Thursday 10 am - 6 pm
Friday 10 am - 5 pm
Saturday 10 am - 5 pm
55 Main Street, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
(914) 693-6614

Library News

Political emails are not coming from us

It has come to our attention that the Library is being mentioned in a political email sent to residents. The Library did not write this email and is not affiliated with this group. Any email from the Dobbs Ferry Public Library will have a wlsmail.org domain address.

Join the Teen Advisory Group!

Teens! Join the Teen Advisory Group.

Want to make a difference in your community and get volunteer credit hours? Apply to become a member of TAG at DFPL! We’ll meet monthly to discuss your ideas, work on projects to improve the library and its services, and have pizza.

Sign up here!

 

Download Graphic Novels to Your Device

Comics Plus is provided by Westchester Library System. Access graphic novels for all ages from 80 publishers for free with your library card!

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Homebound Services are Running Again

Homebound Services are starting again, thanks to help from the Friends of the Dobbs Ferry Library.

Please call the library at 914-693-6614 to make arrangements!

Upcoming Programs

Baby Songs & Stories in the Community Room

Baby Songs & Stories in the Community Room

Monday, June 5

10:30 am - 11:00 am

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.

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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Mary's Yarns Crafting Group: in the Community Room

Mary’s Yarns Crafting Group: in the Community Room

Monday, June 5

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Mary’s Yarns Crafting Group will be meeting in the Library Community Room.

1st Meeting of the Month: Quilting. This year the quilting group will be making the Ohio Star Pattern, with each member creating one square. When the quilt is finished, it will be raffled to benefit the Friends of the Dobbs Ferry Library.

2nd Meeting of the Month: Crocheting. We will provide you with the supplies to create a granny square or dishcloth.

Even if we’re not working on a type of crafting you’re interested in, you are welcome to come and chat and work on your own projects! Newcomers are always welcome.

Please email dflfriends@gmail.com if you have questions or would like to join!

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Comedy Open Mic (ON ZOOM)

Comedy Open Mic (ON ZOOM)

Tuesday, June 6

8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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

INTENDED FOR AUDIENCE 18+

Pre-registration REQUIRED for first timers —> Email TDeery@wlsmail.org.

Show reminder with Zoom link will be sent out the morning of each month’s mic to everyone already on the performer & audience list.

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For more info about our comedy open mics and showcases, check out our Comedy on the Hudson page.

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Author Mary Calvi Book Talk & Sale: "If a Poem Could Live and Breathe"

Author Mary Calvi Book Talk & Sale: “If a Poem Could Live and Breathe”

Thursday, June 8

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Meet the Author: Mary Calvi

Mary Calvi is a 12-time New York Emmy-award winning journalist and national anchor. Her in-depth research for her debut book, “Dear George, Dear Mary: A Novel of George Washington’s First Love”, is the basis of a Smisthsonian Channel documentary. Calvi lives in Yonkers, NY.

Studded with the real love letters between a young Theodore Roosevelt and Boston beauty Alice Lee — many of them never before published — “If a Poem Could Live and Breathe” makes vivid what many historians believe to be the pivotal years that made the future president into the man of action that defined his political life and cemented his legacy.

This event is co-sponsored by the Dobbs Ferry Public Library and the Dobbs Ferry Historical Society.

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Baby Songs & Stories in the Community Room - themed for Pride Week

Baby Songs & Stories in the Community Room – themed for Pride Week

Monday, June 12

10:30 am - 11:00 am

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.

Today’s program will be pride/rainbow themed and we’ll do a short craft.

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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Chess Club in the Community Room

Chess Club in the Community Room

Thursday, June 15

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Come learn to play chess with Bradley Wank, Esq. – All Ages welcome!

Register with dobref@wlsmail.org — please indicate the title and date of the program you are registering for!

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Pride Party! in the Community Room / Library Plaza

Pride Party! in the Community Room / Library Plaza

Saturday, June 17

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

For all ages.

Join us for a storytime led by local families, reading pride books with our therapy dog Buddy, craft stations for all ages, music, food, a parade, and more!

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Chess Club in the Community Room

Chess Club in the Community Room

Thursday, June 29

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Come learn to play chess with Bradley Wank, Esq. – All Ages welcome!

Register with dobref@wlsmail.org — please indicate the title and date of the program you are registering for!

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Board Games With the Library Director

Board Games With the Library Director

Friday, June 30

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Game Night at the Library!

Join the Library’s Director, Erik Carlson, for an evening of tabletop games. Feel free to bring your own games.

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Stuffed Animal Field Trips - Ongoing from the Children's Room

Stuffed Animal Field Trips – Ongoing from the Children’s Room

Sunday, May 28

All Day

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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Toddler Stretch & Sing Storytime in the Community Room

Toddler Stretch & Sing Storytime in the Community Room

Tuesday, May 30

10:30 am - 11:00 am

18 to 36 months.

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

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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Meet the Raptors

Meet the Raptors

Wednesday, May 31

3:45 pm - 4:45 pm

Ages 6 and Up

Teatown Reservation visits the Dobbs Ferry Library with a live presentation of 4-5 birds of prey!

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

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Take & Make Craft Kits for Kids: CD Snails - Limited Supply / Contact the Library to schedule a pick up

Take & Make Craft Kits for Kids: CD Snails – Limited Supply / Contact the Library to schedule a pick up

Saturday, June 3

All Day

Ages 3 and up.

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

This Week’s Craft – CD Snails

Call 693-6614 to schedule a pick up time.

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Stuffed Animal Field Trips - Ongoing from the Children's Room

Stuffed Animal Field Trips – Ongoing from the Children’s Room

Sunday, June 4

All Day

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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Online Resources

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