Stuffed Animal Field Trips – Ongoing from the Children’s Room
Wednesday, February 1 - August 31
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.
Teen Book Bundles
Saturday, October 28 - February 1
All Day
Fill out a brief form and Alex, the teen librarian, will recommend titles for you! All you have to do is pick them up.
Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org for more info.
Spring StoryWalk on the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail
Sunday, April 21 - June 24
All Day
Visit our StoryWalk all Spring long, starting at the Keeper’s House and continuing toward Chestnut St. Available in Spanish and English.
Begins Thursday April 18th with our Kickoff event.
Toddler Yoga (Registration)
Monday, April 22 - June 28
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Ages 18-36 Months
Help your toddler find their breath and follow along as they flow through this little-kid-friendly practice with Pooja Mehta. The interactive yoga adventure will be having them move in a way that feels good and allows them to use their imagination as they stretch their body and calm their mind!
Email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to register. Bring your own yoga mat!
Dungeons & Dragons Club (Ages 8 – 18): SPACE ON THURSDAYS / REGISTRATION
Sunday, May 12 - June 22
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Ages 8 – 18
AVAILABLE SPACE ON THURSDAYS – last session June 20th
Registration is required via this Google form: https://forms.gle/UdDW3BzGVV9Wm6V19. You are not registered until a librarian contacts you with confirmation and scheduling details.
Questions? Participants aged 8-12 can email children’s librarian Gina at childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, and participants aged 13-18 can email teen librarian Alex at teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org.
Teen Yoga (Registration)
Monday, May 20 - June 21
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Join professional instructor Pooja Mehta for this free 30 minute yoga and mindfulness class for tweens & teens.
Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to sign up.
Toddler Yoga (Registration)
Tuesday, June 11
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Ages 18-36 Months
Help your toddler find their breath and follow along as they flow through this little-kid-friendly practice with Pooja Mehta. The interactive yoga adventure will be having them move in a way that feels good and allows them to use their imagination as they stretch their body and calm their mind!
Email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to register. Bring your own yoga mat!
Tween Book Club: “The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels”
Tuesday, June 11
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Ages 8-12
Join us for a once-a-month kids’ book club! We read a new book every month, then meet discuss our thoughts and do a trivia battle against each other! This month, we will be reading The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln
Place a hold so it’s ready to pick up when you come in! Registration is REQUIRED – please email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615 or stop by the Children’s Room to register.
On the day they are born, every Swift child is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. They are given a name, and a definition. A definition it is assumed they will grow up to match.
Meet Shenanigan Swift: Little sister. Risk-taker. Mischief-maker.
Teen Yoga (Registration)
Tuesday, June 11
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Join professional instructor Pooja Mehta for this free 30 minute yoga and mindfulness class for tweens & teens.
Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to sign up.
Virtual Writers Circle (Registration)
Tuesday, June 11
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Are you interested in creative writing? Do you want to meet other writers and get inspired? Bring a poem, short story, or excerpt from your novel to share with the group. Get feedback and support each other.
Register with reference@dobbsferrylibrary.org to get the Zoom link — please indicate the title and date of the program you are registering for!
Comedy Open Mic (LIVE AT DIVINO’S)
Tuesday, June 11
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 host in residency DFPL’s Tim Deery!
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.