Tweens/Teens

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.

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Adventure Begins at Your Library!

Complete activities on the board – get small prizes for every activity you complete; when you get a BINGO (across, down or diagonal), return this sheet to the library to be registered to win a grand prize!

Download the Bingo Card here – cards must be returned by August 16th to qualify for grand prize drawing.

Questions?  Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org

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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.

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Ages 8-18

Dungeon Master Academy is a two-day workshop for kids and teens that teaches you how to be a game master for Dungeons and Dragons and other, similar games. You must be able to attend both days!

Registration is required – Email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615 or stop by the Children’s Room to register.

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Ages 8-18

Dungeon Master Academy is a two-day workshop for kids and teens that teaches you how to be a game master for Dungeons and Dragons and other, similar games. You must be able to attend both days!

Registration is required – Email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615 or stop by the Children’s Room to register.

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Ages 8-18

Love D&D? Try out three other tabletop roleplaying games to explore new settings and mechanics. We will do two sessions each of Mausritter, Pirate Borg, and FIST.

You must be able to make it to both sessions of at least one game; please let us know what you prefer when you register. Due to space restrictions, we may only be able to place you in one of the three games.

Registration is required and is strictly limited – Email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615 or stop by the Children’s Room to register.

• July 10 & 17: Mausritter: Inspirations: Redwall, The Secret of NIMH, Lord of the Rings.  tep into the shoes of a brave little mouse and explore the great, big world! Use your wits and teamwork to survive dangerous challenges and defeat powerful foes. Survive long enough and you may become heroes of legend! If you are new to roleplaying games or D&D looks too complex, Mausritter is a great introduction for players of all ages.
• July 24 & 31: Pirate Borg: Inspirations: Pirates of the Caribbean, works of HP Lovecraft, The Secret of Monkey Island. Explore the undead-infested Dark Caribbean in search of treasure and infamy. Find treasure, bury it, and search for someone else’s hidden loot. Steal a ship, fight the British, and flee from the unknowable terrors of the deep. Be the filthy, greedy scoundrel you always wanted to be and live the pirate life!
• August 7 & 14: FIST: Inspirations: Your favorite action heroes, spy movies, and Saturday morning cartoons. Take on the role of a paranormal mercenary and fight the battles no one else can. As a member of the Freelance Infantry Strike Team, you can expect to: prevent an Alien plot to brainwash the planet, battle legions of laser dinosaurs from the future, and rescue the President from a space volcano lair (again). Use your brains, tools, and a near-infinite supply of cool sunglasses to defend the world!

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Ages 3 +

Use your imagination to build something special with our giant stash of LEGOS!

Fridays all month long.

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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.

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Adventure Begins at Your Library!

Complete activities on the board – get small prizes for every activity you complete; when you get a BINGO (across, down or diagonal), return this sheet to the library to be registered to win a grand prize!

Download the Bingo Card here – cards must be returned by August 16th to qualify for grand prize drawing.

Questions?  Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org

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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.

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Ages 6-14

Immerse yourself in a prehistoric Minecraft world to encounter lifelike dinosaurs as you explore lush forests, expansive deserts, and mysterious caves. Design and build your own dinosaur!

Registration is required – Email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615 or stop by the Children’s Room to register.

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Ages 8-18

Love D&D? Try out three other tabletop roleplaying games to explore new settings and mechanics. We will do two sessions each of Mausritter, Pirate Borg, and FIST.

You must be able to make it to both sessions of at least one game; please let us know what you prefer when you register. Due to space restrictions, we may only be able to place you in one of the three games.

Registration is required and is strictly limited – Email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615 or stop by the Children’s Room to register.

• July 10 & 17: Mausritter: Inspirations: Redwall, The Secret of NIMH, Lord of the Rings.  tep into the shoes of a brave little mouse and explore the great, big world! Use your wits and teamwork to survive dangerous challenges and defeat powerful foes. Survive long enough and you may become heroes of legend! If you are new to roleplaying games or D&D looks too complex, Mausritter is a great introduction for players of all ages.
• July 24 & 31: Pirate Borg: Inspirations: Pirates of the Caribbean, works of HP Lovecraft, The Secret of Monkey Island. Explore the undead-infested Dark Caribbean in search of treasure and infamy. Find treasure, bury it, and search for someone else’s hidden loot. Steal a ship, fight the British, and flee from the unknowable terrors of the deep. Be the filthy, greedy scoundrel you always wanted to be and live the pirate life!
• August 7 & 14: FIST: Inspirations: Your favorite action heroes, spy movies, and Saturday morning cartoons. Take on the role of a paranormal mercenary and fight the battles no one else can. As a member of the Freelance Infantry Strike Team, you can expect to: prevent an Alien plot to brainwash the planet, battle legions of laser dinosaurs from the future, and rescue the President from a space volcano lair (again). Use your brains, tools, and a near-infinite supply of cool sunglasses to defend the world!

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Ages 3 +

Use your imagination to build something special with our giant stash of LEGOS!

Fridays all month long.

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Summertime is the best time to hit the road… or watch a Cult Classic about hitting the road!  Join us for the second installment in our July/August “Summer Road Series” with The Hitch-Hiker (1953/Not Rated/71 min/Crime, Drama, Film Noir)!

summary: Based on a true story, two fishermen pick up a hitchhiker and get more than they bargained for on a trip to Mexico.  The Hitch-Hiker was the first American mainstream film noir directed by a woman and was selected in 1998 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.”

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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@DobbsFerryLibrary.org

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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.

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Adventure Begins at Your Library!

Complete activities on the board – get small prizes for every activity you complete; when you get a BINGO (across, down or diagonal), return this sheet to the library to be registered to win a grand prize!

Download the Bingo Card here – cards must be returned by August 16th to qualify for grand prize drawing.

Questions?  Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org

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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.

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Ages 6-14

Dive into a Minecraft water park where you’ll tackle water slides, obstacle courses and diving boards!

Registration is required – Email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615 or stop by the Children’s Room to register.

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Ages 8-18

Love D&D? Try out three other tabletop roleplaying games to explore new settings and mechanics. We will do two sessions each of Mausritter, Pirate Borg, and FIST.

You must be able to make it to both sessions of at least one game; please let us know what you prefer when you register. Due to space restrictions, we may only be able to place you in one of the three games.

Registration is required and is strictly limited – Email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615 or stop by the Children’s Room to register.

• July 10 & 17: Mausritter: Inspirations: Redwall, The Secret of NIMH, Lord of the Rings.  tep into the shoes of a brave little mouse and explore the great, big world! Use your wits and teamwork to survive dangerous challenges and defeat powerful foes. Survive long enough and you may become heroes of legend! If you are new to roleplaying games or D&D looks too complex, Mausritter is a great introduction for players of all ages.
• July 24 & 31: Pirate Borg: Inspirations: Pirates of the Caribbean, works of HP Lovecraft, The Secret of Monkey Island. Explore the undead-infested Dark Caribbean in search of treasure and infamy. Find treasure, bury it, and search for someone else’s hidden loot. Steal a ship, fight the British, and flee from the unknowable terrors of the deep. Be the filthy, greedy scoundrel you always wanted to be and live the pirate life!
• August 7 & 14: FIST: Inspirations: Your favorite action heroes, spy movies, and Saturday morning cartoons. Take on the role of a paranormal mercenary and fight the battles no one else can. As a member of the Freelance Infantry Strike Team, you can expect to: prevent an Alien plot to brainwash the planet, battle legions of laser dinosaurs from the future, and rescue the President from a space volcano lair (again). Use your brains, tools, and a near-infinite supply of cool sunglasses to defend the world!

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Children & Tweens/Teens

Close out the summer at our annual finale party with games, LEGOs, sidewalk chalk, and more. Enjoy FREE ice cream from Penny Lick, too! Everyone is welcome, whether or not you achieved your reading goal this summer.

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Ages 3 +

Use your imagination to build something special with our giant stash of LEGOS!

Fridays all month long.

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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.

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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.

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Ages 3 +

Use your imagination to build something special with our giant stash of LEGOS!

Fridays all month long.

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Action! Comedy! Thriller! Fantasy! Anything goes in our Grab Bag movie series!

This month’s feature is: The Martian

Bring Him Home – Stranded by accident on the barren world of Mars, astronaut Mark Watney must rely upon his ingenuity to survive, while NASA and his fellow crew members struggle against the odds to attempt a rescue. A science fiction thriller directed by Ridley Scott; starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

2015 – 141 min – Rated PG-13

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Click, Clack, Boo! Weird fiction writer, Luis Paredes, is hosting a 100-Word Horror Type-In at the Dobbs Ferry Library on Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 2pm.

Attendees are welcome to use one of Luis’s vintage typewriters to craft their own 100-word horror story and learn how to submit the pieces for publication in print or online magazines with a handy submission guide written by the local author.

“Coming up with an idea is often a stumbling block for new writers, so I’ll provide several one-sentence prompts for attendees to use as inspiration,” said Luis.

Luis hopes the event serves as a way to (re)introduce attendees to the joys of distraction-free writing on a typewriter. He plans to host several more type-ins at libraries and other venues across Westchester later this year.

Registration is required and limited to the first eight eager typers who submit their confirmation to attend by sending an email to luis@luisparedeswrites.com with their name and a phone number.

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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.

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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.

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Ages 3 +

Use your imagination to build something special with our giant stash of LEGOS!

Fridays all month long.

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Join us for another cult classic FAN SELECTION FRIDAY, this time with Dobbs Ferry’s own Terrapin Rose,  on September 6th at 8pm, where we’ll get our last blast of Summer with her selection of Back to the Beach (1987/PG/92 min/Comedy, Musical)!

summary: Life’s a beach when Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, having grown up and put aside their beach-partying lifestyle, visit their daughter (Connie Stevens) in Southern California with their punk rock son (Tommy Hinkley) and discover there’s still some wild times left in them.

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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@DobbsFerryLibrary.org

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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.

A Sneak Peek:
We’re expecting incredible guests this year, including:

• • Children’s literature legend Nick Bruel, author of the Bad Kitty series
  • Horror authors Jamie L. Rotante of Archie Comics and Dobbs Ferry’s own Luis Paredes
  • Two awesome Star Wars organizations, Rebel Legion (Echo Base) and the Empire Saber Guild (Hoth Temple)
  • Cosplayer Hayleigh McClusky-Rapp
  • Irvington game and toy store New Kawaii
  • Local Hastings business Maker Hive

Check back in early September for a detailed schedule for the day.

Transportation:

Address: 55 Main Street Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522

Metro North: We are right up the hill from the Dobbs Ferry stop on the Hudson Line

Beeline Bus: We are within walking distance of stops on the 1, 6, and 66 lines.
Driving: Street parking is limited; please see the map below and learn more about Village Lots:

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Action! Comedy! Thriller! Fantasy! Anything goes in our Grab Bag movie series!

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, this month’s feature is: Selena

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, known professionally as Selena, burst onto the music scene in the 1980s and skyrocketed to stardom. This authorized biopic tells her life story, and how she became one of the most celebrated Latina artists of all time. Starring Jennifer Lopez in her breakout role.

1997 – 131 min – Rated PG

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