Tweens/Teens

Visit the community room on Friday afternoons and play any of the wide selection of single and multi-player games on the library’s Switch

Just drop in or email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to reserve your time slot. Time will be limited to 20 minutes when people are waiting.

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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 our Teen Manga Book Club! Each month we’ll read a different manga and discuss it over snacks! This month: Spy x Family Volume 3. Join the club and vote to decide our next read.

Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to sign up and to request a copy of the book! Get the book here.

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Ages 8-18

Create a character! Fight monsters! Make your own luck! Develop your skills in this fantasy role-playing system with other kids just like you.

Each player will only attend once a week on either Wednesday or Thursday; your slot will be assigned by the library based on your availability, experience, and other factors. The club is spread across two days to accommodate as many members as possible and follows the Dobbs Ferry Schools calendar for vacations and days off. Please only sign up if you think you can attend most of the meetings.

Registration is required via this Google form. 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.

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Ages 13-18

Join an immersive and hands-on experience that equips teens with the technical skills, artistic vision, and storytelling abilities needed to bring your animated creations to life.

Must be able to attend both sessions (September 4 & 18). Limited space available. Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to register or for more info.

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Ages 8-18

Create a character! Fight monsters! Make your own luck! Develop your skills in this fantasy role-playing system with other kids just like you.

Each player will only attend once a week on either Wednesday or Thursday; your slot will be assigned by the library based on your availability, experience, and other factors. The club is spread across two days to accommodate as many members as possible and follows the Dobbs Ferry Schools calendar for vacations and days off. Please only sign up if you think you can attend most of the meetings.

Registration is required via this Google form. 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.

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Thursdays, September 19 through October 24
Grades 6-10

Learn Python with Techno Chix! Join us for a 6-week introductory class where you will learn the programming language Python. Engage in fun mini-projects each week that are designed to help you learn while developing valuable skills. Share your final project at the end of the course and see how far you’ve come!

Limited space available. Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to register or for more info.

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Visit the community room on Friday afternoons and play any of the wide selection of single and multi-player games on the library’s Switch

Just drop in or email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to reserve your time slot. Time will be limited to 20 minutes when people are waiting.

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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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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!

Headlining Events
We’re so excited about our line-up for you this year! The following events will be in the Community Room unless otherwise noted.

• • 11am: Storytime with Spiderman (Ages 2-6)
  • 12pm:  Design in Animation: What It Is and How It’s Done with Gabriel Pinto (All Ages, best for Teens and Adults)
  • 1pm: Story Writing Skills with Bad Kitty (and Nick Bruel) (Families)
  • 2pm: Padawan Training with Empire Saber Guild  (Ages 5-12)
  • 3pm: How to Draw Anime with Paige Monte (ages 10-18)
  • 4pm: Splatter Talk: Horror Writing with Dobbs Ferry’s Luis Paredes and Archie Comics’ Jamie L. Rotante (Teens and Adults)
  • 4pm: Cosplay Contest with judge Harley Nox (library plaza)

Other Activities
In the other parts of the library, you can check out:

• • 12-3pm: Magic the Gathering Table (big table near the circulation desk)
  • 12:30-3:30pm: Play the tabletop roleplaying game Avatar Legends with New Kawaii! (sign up at their table beforehand, ages 10-18)
  • All Day: Visit our authors, artists, and more at Artists’ Alley all over the library!
  • All Day: Jump into our KPop Video Party (teen area upstairs)
  • All Day: Contribute to the Community Coloring Page (all ages, location TBD)
  • All Day: Chalk the Walk (all ages, plaza)
  • All Day: Take a snapshot in the Superhero Photo Booth (location TBD)
  • All Day: Learn your future from our Palm Reader, Leslie Lambertson, and our Tarot Card Reader Shelley Standish (adults)
  • Time TBD: Meet Star Wars characters from Rebel Legion (Echo Base) (all ages)

Artist Alley
All around the library, visit the tables of local artists, businesses, and more!

• • Maker Hive, art and technology makerspace based Hastings-On-Hudson (make a badge or pin at this table!)
  • Leslie Lambertson, palm reader, and Shelley Standish, tarot card reader
  • Kimberly Marcus, author
  • Antonio Mastria, artist
  • Paige Monte, art teacher, animator, and storyboard illustrator
  • New Kawaii, games store based in Irvington (sign up for the Avatar Legends TTRPG at this table!)
  • Harley Nox, professional cosplayer and judge for our cosplay contest (which you can sign up for at her table!)
  • Luis Paredes, speculative fiction author
  • Picture Book NY, local bookstore, and Nick Bruel, author of Bad Kitty
  • Gabriel Pinto, artist and illustrator
  • Jamie L. Rotante, Senior Director at Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
  • Damien Torres, artist
  • VX Event Entertainment costumed characters (meet Bluey, Chase from Paw Patrol, and more!)

Raffle
Enter our raffle to win one of two gift baskets containing prizes like a signed Bad Kitty book, a Pokemon planter, a horror novel, and more! Proceeds go to the Friends of the Dobbs Ferry Library.

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Ages 8-18

Create a character! Fight monsters! Make your own luck! Develop your skills in this fantasy role-playing system with other kids just like you.

Each player will only attend once a week on either Wednesday or Thursday; your slot will be assigned by the library based on your availability, experience, and other factors. The club is spread across two days to accommodate as many members as possible and follows the Dobbs Ferry Schools calendar for vacations and days off. Please only sign up if you think you can attend most of the meetings.

Registration is required via this Google form. 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.

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We are offering this Zoom presentation to help families of Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen understand the college admissions process and how to successfully navigate the recent changes.

This program covers current college admissions trends, the changing test-optional environment, admissions strategies, college visits, a timeline and other action steps that can be taken to make this Fall productive and help reduce the stress around the admissions process. We’ll also discuss the importance of community service in the review process.

This program is recommended for parents and their high school teens. Register here!

The presentation will be led by Ron Feuchs and Jackie Tepper, partners at Stand Out For College, LLC

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Ages 8-18

Create a character! Fight monsters! Make your own luck! Develop your skills in this fantasy role-playing system with other kids just like you.

Each player will only attend once a week on either Wednesday or Thursday; your slot will be assigned by the library based on your availability, experience, and other factors. The club is spread across two days to accommodate as many members as possible and follows the Dobbs Ferry Schools calendar for vacations and days off. Please only sign up if you think you can attend most of the meetings.

Registration is required via this Google form. 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.

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Thursdays, September 19 through October 24
Grades 6-10

Learn Python with Techno Chix! Join us for a 6-week introductory class where you will learn the programming language Python. Engage in fun mini-projects each week that are designed to help you learn while developing valuable skills. Share your final project at the end of the course and see how far you’ve come!

Limited space available. Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to register or for more info.

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Visit the community room on Friday afternoons and play any of the wide selection of single and multi-player games on the library’s Switch

Just drop in or email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to reserve your time slot. Time will be limited to 20 minutes when people are waiting.

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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!

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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Thursdays, September 19 through October 24
Grades 6-10

Learn Python with Techno Chix! Join us for a 6-week introductory class where you will learn the programming language Python. Engage in fun mini-projects each week that are designed to help you learn while developing valuable skills. Share your final project at the end of the course and see how far you’ve come!

Limited space available. Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to register or for more info.

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Thursdays, September 19 through October 24
Grades 6-10

Learn Python with Techno Chix! Join us for a 6-week introductory class where you will learn the programming language Python. Engage in fun mini-projects each week that are designed to help you learn while developing valuable skills. Share your final project at the end of the course and see how far you’ve come!

Limited space available. Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to register or for more info.

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Thursdays, September 19 through October 24
Grades 6-10

Learn Python with Techno Chix! Join us for a 6-week introductory class where you will learn the programming language Python. Engage in fun mini-projects each week that are designed to help you learn while developing valuable skills. Share your final project at the end of the course and see how far you’ve come!

Limited space available. Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to register or for more info.

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Thursdays, September 19 through October 24
Grades 6-10

Learn Python with Techno Chix! Join us for a 6-week introductory class where you will learn the programming language Python. Engage in fun mini-projects each week that are designed to help you learn while developing valuable skills. Share your final project at the end of the course and see how far you’ve come!

Limited space available. Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to register or for more info.

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

Halloween Special: Prince of Darkness

A team of researchers are called upon to study the contents of a mysterious cylinder hidden deep within an ancient monastery. As the investigation progresses, their discoveries lead towards a terrifying revelation. Written and directed by John Carpenter.

1987 – 101 min – Rated R (Recommended for Ages 16+)

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