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Want to make a difference in your community and get volunteer credit hours? Become a member of TAG! We’ll meet monthly to discuss your ideas, work on projects to improve the library and its services, and have pizza. Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org for information.

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Learn to play or practice with other players.

Hone critical thinking skills, math abilities, reading comprehension, and more through the fun and exciting game of Magic the Gathering!

Game Style: Limited – Draft Constructed & Commander

No cards needed, we will provide. If you have cards, feel free to bring them. Instructions and mentoring provided – first time players welcome!

Ages 9+ recommended, some card imagery may be appropriate for 13 and up. Parents are welcome.

Please email any questions and RSVP to play to: arimichael@gmail.com.

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English Conversation Class in Dobbs Ferry

• Conversation for every level
• Language lessons
• Games

For adult learners of all ages with at least basic English.

Taught by: Lise Stone

Dates:
2/19 – 11 am
2/26 – 6:30 pm
3/5 – 11 am
3/12 – 6:30 pm
3/19 – 11 am
3/26 – 6:30 pm
4/2 – 11 am
4/9 – 6:30 pm
4/16 – 11 am
4/23 – 6:30 pm
5/7 – 11 am
5/14 – 6:30 pm
5/21 – 11 am
5/28 – 6:30 pm

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This month, we will be reading The Friend by Sigrid Nunez. Get the book at the Library!

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

When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master, and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in her apartment building.

While others worry that grief has made her a victim of magical thinking, the woman refuses to be separated from the dog except for brief periods of time. Isolated from the rest of the world, increasingly obsessed with the dog’s care, determined to read its mind and fathom its heart, she comes dangerously close to unraveling. But while troubles abound, rich and surprising rewards lie in store for both of them.

Elegiac and searching, The Friend is both a meditation on loss and a celebration of human-canine devotion.

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