September Print of the Month: Cute Fruit Keychain
Sunday, September 8
All Day
This month choose your favorite sea creature keychain made using the library’s 3D printer! Options are banana, pineapple, strawberry, or watermelon.
Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to request yours – please indicate what fruit and color you want. No cost, limit one per person.
Paws for Reading with Buddy (Registration)
Saturday, September 14
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
All Ages welcome.
Children read one-on-one with Buddy, a specially trained Reading Education Assistance Dog (R.E.A.D.) and his handler, Dobbs Ferry resident Marty Kanengiser. Children will select a book to read to Buddy before the program begins, and they will spend 10-15 minutes reading aloud. They are also welcome to ask questions about Buddy, a 12-year-old rescued black lab who loves children, other dogs, and reading.
Registration REQUIRED — email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.
September Print of the Month: Cute Fruit Keychain
Sunday, September 15
All Day
This month choose your favorite sea creature keychain made using the library’s 3D printer! Options are banana, pineapple, strawberry, or watermelon.
Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to request yours – please indicate what fruit and color you want. No cost, limit one per person.
Board of Trustees Meeting
Wednesday, September 18
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
The Library Board of Trustees meets on the third Wednesday of every month.
The beginning of each meeting is open to public comments.
Chess Club (Registration)
Thursday, September 19
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Come learn to play chess with Bradley Wank, Esq. – All Ages welcome!
Register with reference@dobbsferrylibrary.
*CANCELED* Game Night at the Library
Friday, September 20
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
This event has been canceled. Please come on October 25, November 22, or December 27 instead!
FerryCon 2024
Saturday, September 21
11:00 am - 4:45 pm
FerryCon is the library’s all day, yearly Comic Con-style flagship event for all ages that takes place one Saturday every fall (formerly spring). Since 2019, FerryCon has brought over 300 participants to the library for fun-filled events including artists alley, classes, panels, and contests that revolved around comic books, graphic novels, super heroes, and more!
Interested in participating as an artist, performer, or vendor? Learn more here.
Headlining Events
We’re so excited about our line-up for you this year! The following events will be in the Community Room unless otherwise noted.
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- 11am: Storytime with Spiderman (Ages 2-6)
- 12pm: Design in Animation: What It Is and How It’s Done with Gabriel Pinto (All Ages, best for Teens and Adults)
- 1pm: Story Writing Skills with Bad Kitty (and Nick Bruel) (Families)
- 2pm: Padawan Training with Empire Saber Guild (Ages 5-12)
- 3pm: How to Draw Anime with Paige Monte (ages 10-18)
- 4pm: Splatter Talk: Horror Writing with Dobbs Ferry’s Luis Paredes and Archie Comics’ Jamie L. Rotante (Teens and Adults)
- 4pm: Cosplay Contest with judge Harley Nox (library plaza)
Other Activities and Guests
In the other parts of the library, you can check out:
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- 12-3pm: Magic the Gathering Table (big table near the circulation desk)
- 12:30-3:30pm: Play the tabletop roleplaying game Avatar Legends with New Kawaii! (sign up at their table beforehand, ages 10-18)
- All Day: Visit our authors, artists, and more at Artists’ Alley all over the library!
- All Day: Jump into our KPop Video Party (teen area upstairs)
- All Day: Contribute to the Community Coloring Page (all ages, location TBD)
- All Day: Chalk the Walk (all ages, plaza)
- All Day: Take a snapshot in the Superhero Photo Booth (location TBD)
- Details TBD: Learn your future from our Palm Reader, Leslie Lambertson, and our Tarot Card Reader Shelley Standish (adults)
- Details TBD: Meet Star Wars characters from Rebel Legion (Echo Base) (all ages)
Raffle
Enter our raffle to win one of two gift baskets containing prizes like a signed Bad Kitty book, a Pokemon planter, a horror novel, and more! Proceeds go to the Friends of the Dobbs Ferry Library.
September Print of the Month: Cute Fruit Keychain
Sunday, September 22
All Day
This month choose your favorite sea creature keychain made using the library’s 3D printer! Options are banana, pineapple, strawberry, or watermelon.
Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to request yours – please indicate what fruit and color you want. No cost, limit one per person.
Chess Club (Registration)
Thursday, September 26
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Come learn to play chess with Bradley Wank, Esq. – All Ages welcome!
Register with reference@dobbsferrylibrary.
Aquefest at the Keeper’s House
Saturday, September 28
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
After an 8-year hiatus and for the first time since the opening of the Keeper’s House in Dobbs Ferry, the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct are ecstatic to bring back their favorite community party, Aquefest!
Come out to the Keeper’s House to celebrate the 100th anniversary of New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation with puppets, a petting farm, bluegrass, art adventures and much more! Full schedule of the celebration to come!
The Keeper’s House is at 15 Walnut Street, Dobbs Ferry.
Miss Gina from the DFPL will be doing a storytime from 12 to 1pm.
For full info check out their website here.
September Print of the Month: Cute Fruit Keychain
Sunday, September 29
All Day
This month choose your favorite sea creature keychain made using the library’s 3D printer! Options are banana, pineapple, strawberry, or watermelon.
Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to request yours – please indicate what fruit and color you want. No cost, limit one per person.
Board Games With the Library Director
Friday, October 25
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Game Night at the Library!
Join the Library’s Director, Erik Carlson, for an evening of tabletop games.
Play new games and make new friends.
Everyone is welcome to bring their own games, food and beverages.
Board Games With the Library Director
Friday, November 22
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Game Night at the Library!
Join the Library’s Director, Erik Carlson, for an evening of tabletop games.
Play new games and make new friends.
Everyone is welcome to bring their own games, food and beverages.
Board Games With the Library Director
Friday, December 27
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Game Night at the Library!
Join the Library’s Director, Erik Carlson, for an evening of tabletop games.
Play new games and make new friends.
Everyone is welcome to bring their own games, food and beverages.