Baby Songs & Stories
Monday, November 20
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.
Email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room for information and to sign up.
Yoga for Kids (Registration)
Monday, November 20
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
For ages 3 to 5 in the Community Room
Learn Yoga! Find your breath and follow along as you flow through this kid-friendly practice. The interactive yoga adventure will be having you move in a way that feels good and allows you to use your imagination as you stretch your body and calm your mind!
Registration is required and all participants must bring their own yoga mat or towel. This will be a 30-minute drop-off yoga class. Namaste!
Email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the Children’s Room to sign up.
**Event Canceled** Mary’s Yarns Crafting Group – Knitters and Crocheters
Monday, November 20
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Knitters and crocheters are welcome! Come and work on any of your projects – Please Join Us!
We will provide you with the supplies to create a granny square or dishcloth.
You can join at any time at no cost. Please call 693-6614 to register or email dflfriends@mail.com.
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.
Program POSTPONED Hybrid Virtual and In-Person Town and Gown Literary Discussion Group: “Las Madres”
Monday, November 20
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Program postponed, please email dobref@wlsmail.org for more info.
This month, we will be reading “Las Madres” by Esmeralda Santiago. Get the book!
Register with dobref@wlsmail.org to get the Zoom link — please indicate the title and date of the program you are registering for!
They refer to themselves as “las Madres,” a close-knit group of women who, with their daughters, have created a family based on friendship and blood ties.Their story begins in Puerto Rico in 1975 when fifteen-year-old Luz, the tallest girl in her dance academy and the only Black one in a sea of petite, light-skinned, delicate swans, is seriously injured in a car accident. Tragically, her brilliant, multilingual scientist parents are both killed in the crash. Now orphaned, Luz navigates the pressures of adolescence and copes with the aftershock of a brain injury, when two new friends enter her life, Ada and Shirley. Luz’s days are consumed with aches and pains, and her memory of the accident is wiped clean, but she suffers spells that send her mind to times and places she can’t share with others.
In 2017, in the Bronx, Luz’s adult daughter, Marysol, wishes she better understood her. But how can she when her mother barely remembers her own life? To help, Ada and Shirley’s daughter, Graciela, suggests a vacation in Puerto Rico for the extended group, as an opportunity for Luz to unearth long-buried memories and for Marysol to learn more about her mother’s early life. But despite all their careful planning, two hurricanes, back-to-back, disrupt their homecoming, and a secret is revealed that blows their lives wide open. In a voice that sings with warmth, humor, friendship, and pride, celebrated author Esmeralda Santiago unspools a story of women’s sexuality, shame, disability, and love within a community rocked by disaster.