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.
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.
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.
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!
Toddler Stretch & Sing Storytime in the Community Room
Tuesday, June 6
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.
Teen Space
Tuesday, June 6
3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Grades 6-12
Come to the Community Room on Tuesdays from 3-5:30 for board games, video games, crafts, and more! Or just to hang out and get free snacks. Stop by for a minute, or stay the whole time.
No registration required.
Manga Book Club
Tuesday, June 6
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Teens only.
Join other manga lovers to have snacks, talk all things manga, and choose our next read! No knowledge or familiarity with manga required.
Manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan that are typically read right to left. Learn more and check out our manga collection at DFPL.
Email ayeranossian@wlsmail.org for information and to sign up.
Comedy Open Mic (ON ZOOM)
Tuesday, June 6
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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.
Dungeons & Dragons Club (Waitlist – Email for Information)
Wednesday, June 7
4:15 pm - 5:45 pm
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.
Registration is currently closed but you may email dobchildref@wlsmail.org for more information.
Battle of the Books Interest Meeting via ZOOM
Wednesday, June 7
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Battle of the Books is an the annual book trivia tournament run by the Westchester Library System. Every library has its own teams and we’re looking for kids in grades 4-12 to represent Dobbs Ferry!
If you’re interested in joining and able to dedicate all of Saturday, October 21st, to the tournament, please email dobchildref@wlsmail.org to get the Zoom link! We will be discussing the tournament format, the books everyone will be reading, permission slips, and more. For more information, please click here.
Peg & Cat’s Eid al-Adha (Registration Required)
Thursday, June 8
4:15 pm - 5:00 pm
Grades K-4
Join Dobbs Ferry Public Library and Peace Play for an Eid al-Adha adventure with Peg + Cat! Get ready to read, rattle, and roll into learning about the Muslim holiday, Eid al-Adha.
Email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room for information and to sign up.
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.
Take & Make Craft Kits for Kids: Make a Frog! – Limited Supply / Contact the Library to schedule a pick up
Saturday, June 10
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 – Make a Frog!
Call 693-6614 to schedule a pick up time.
PRIDE WEEK! June 12th – 17th
Sunday, June 11
All Day
Check the schedule for PRIDE! programs all week.
Stuffed Animal Field Trips – Ongoing from the Children’s Room
Sunday, June 11
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.
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.
LEGO Club in the Community Room
Monday, June 12
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Ages 4-7
Use your imagination to build something special and then see it displayed all month long in the Children’s Room.
Please wear a mask.
Toddler Stretch & Sing Storytime in the Community Room – themed for Pride Week
Tuesday, June 13
10:30 am - 11:00 am
18 to 36 months.
Get your wiggles out with songs and stories with Ms. Gina!
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.
Teen Space
Tuesday, June 13
3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Grades 6-12
Special Pride Week Activities: Make your own Pride posters, flags, and buttons!
Come to the Community Room on Tuesdays from 3-5:30 for board games, video games, crafts, and more! Or just to hang out and get free snacks. Stop by for a minute, or stay the whole time.
No registration required.
Comedy Open Mic (LIVE AT DIVINO’S)
Tuesday, June 13
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Come get your comedy Side Hustle on at DIVINO’S SPEAKEASY IN HASTINGS-ON-HUSON – located 524 Warburton Avenue Hastings on Hudson, NY 10706 on the second Tuesday of every month at 8pm, with hosts in residency DFPL’s Tim Deery and Jessie Murphy!
SIGN UP STARTS AT 7:30PM IN PERSON
*1 DRINK MINIMUM FOR PERFORMERS
INTENDED FOR AUDIENCE 18+
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.
Dungeons & Dragons Club (Waitlist – Email for Information)
Wednesday, June 14
4:15 pm - 5:45 pm
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.
Registration is currently closed but you may email dobchildref@wlsmail.org for more information.
Pride Week Social Meet & Greet and Movie: “Pride”
Wednesday, June 14
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Join us in the community room for a social meet and greet, followed by a showing of “Pride” (2014, Rated R, 120 Minutes) with Bill Nighy and Imelda Staunton.
Virtual Spanish Story Time
Thursday, June 15
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Join us for virtual Spanish story time! Sing fun nursery rhymes and learn new words in Spanish!
Register with dobref@wlsmail.org to get the Zoom link — please indicate the title and date of the program you are registering for!
Build Your Own Pride Parade Float!
Thursday, June 15
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Ages 3-6
Listen to a story about the importance of LGBTQIA+ pride and we will build pride parade floats out of shoeboxes ahead of our parade on Saturday! Stuffed animals will be provided as float riders.
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!
Cult Classic Movie Night: The Stepfather (1987)
Thursday, June 15
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Join us for an *Early Father’s Day* screening on Thursday, June 15th at 8pm with the Cult Classic The Stepfather (1987/Rated R/89 min/Horror, Thriller)! Stay after the movie for our always lively Film Discussion where we’ll share trivia and have fun prizes!
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To see one of our previous CCMN film discussions, check out our interview with Makeup/Special Effects Artist Dan Frye (Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Dr. Who)
Follow us on Instagram: @CultClassicMovieNight
Questions? Email TDeery@wlsmail.org
Tween Book Club (Registration Required)
Friday, June 16
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Join the Tween Book Club! We read a new book every month, then meet on the third Friday to discuss our thoughts and do a trivia battle against each other! This month, we will be reading Twins, a graphic novel by Varian Johnson.
Place a hold so it’s ready to pick up when you come in!
Registration is REQUIRED so that we can make sure to acquire copies for our participants through WLS – please email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615 or stop by the Children’s Room to register.
“Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomes Fran — a girl who wants to join the chorus, run for class president, and dress in fashionable outfits that set her apart from Maureen. A girl who seems happy to share only two classes with her sister!Maureen and Francine are growing apart and there’s nothing Maureen can do to stop it. Are sisters really forever? Or will middle school change things for good?”
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!
Stuffed Animal Field Trips – Ongoing from the Children’s Room
Sunday, June 18
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.
Baby Songs & Stories in the Community Room
Monday, June 19
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.
Mary’s Yarns Crafting Group: in the Community Room
Monday, June 19
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!
Grab Bag Movie Night – “12 Years a Slave” Juneteenth Special
Monday, June 19
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Action! Comedy! Thriller! Fantasy! Anything goes in our Grab Bag movie series! This month’s feature in recognition of Juneteenth:
12 Years a Slave
“In 1841, Solomon Northup, a free African American living in the north is treacherously kidnapped and sold into slavery in Louisiana. Based on true events.”
2013 / 134 min / Rated R (violence, nudity)
Toddler Stretch & Sing Storytime in the Community Room
Tuesday, June 20
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.
Teen Space
Tuesday, June 20
3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Grades 6-12
Come to the Community Room on Tuesdays from 3-5:30 for board games, video games, crafts, and more! Or just to hang out and get free snacks. Stop by for a minute, or stay the whole time.
No registration required.
Battle of the Books Launch Party
Tuesday, June 20
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Anyone who’s committed to joining Battle of the Books is welcome to bring in their permission slips, pick up their books for the summer, and get to know their teammates at this party featuring snacks, books, and MarioKart!
For more information, please click here.
Battle of the Books is an the annual book trivia tournament run by the Westchester Library System. Every library has its own teams and we’re looking for kids in grades 4-12 to represent Dobbs Ferry!
Reader’s Circle at the Waterfront: “Call Me By Your Name”
Wednesday, June 21
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
This month, we will be reading “Call Me By Your Name” by André Aciman for Pride Month. Get the book at the Library!
The story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents’ cliff-side mansion on the Italian Riviera. For what the two discover on the Riviera and during a sultry evening in Rome is the one thing both already fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy.
Dungeons & Dragons Club (Waitlist – Email for Information)
Wednesday, June 21
4:15 pm - 5:45 pm
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.
Registration is currently closed but you may email dobchildref@wlsmail.org for more information.
Chess Club in the Community Room
Thursday, June 22
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!
Preschool Storytime
Thursday, June 22
4:00 pm - 4:20 pm
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.