Stop by for an updated library card! With your new number, you can log in to Kanopy to watch movies and Overdrive to listen to audiobooks and read ebooks. You can also take classes for free with Gale Presents: Udemy, do research with the databases from Vermont Online Library, and more. Contact the library to get your new number today.

Albany Library SUmmer Programs for Youth and Families

D&D for Teens, staring June 26! Thursdays at

6:00 PM

Holly Lillis is once again running D&D for teens at the Albany Library this summer. Join us for fantasy adventure, camaraderie and pizza at the big table!

This is a short summer campaign for middle school and high school age kids. All levels of experience are welcome! If you have a Player's Handbook at home, it would be useful to bring it along (though the library will also have at least one copy available to share). Dice and pizza both provided.

The campaign will run on Thursdays for seven sessions—June 26, July 3, 10, and 17, August 7, 14, and 21. NOTE: No sessions on July 24 or 31.

Thank you to the Allen Hilles Fund for funding this program.

Sunday, June 29th, 4:00 PM

Join us for the summer Poetry & Pie potluck! Bring a poem and/or a pie to share (or just come enjoy your neighbors’ company). Original poems are welcome, but feel free to bring any poem that speaks to you!

Gamesmaster 101, June 29, 11 AM to 3 PM. Learn About how to Manage a Roleplaying Group. Pizza Provided.

Support Our Pollinators! with Jerry Schneider,

Monday, June 30th, 10:00 AM

Presentation in the Town Hall, followed by T-shirt painting outside the Genny!

Learn about our local pollinators, featuring bees, bats, hummingbirds, beetles, dragonflies and and butterflies. These important critters help pollinate our orchards, back yard gardens, and forests.

How do we build and maintain habitat to help our pollinators? What time of year should we mow our fields that is most beneficial to pollinators? Learn about all this and more, and then paint your own butterfly T-shirt at this fun, educational program!

Death Cafe, Wednesday, July 9

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6:00 pm

Tea, cookies, and an informal conversation about death. Facilitated by Kelsey Crelin.

This is a recurring event that usually falls on the second Wednesday in a month.

Book Discussion Group, Tuesday, July 15th at

4:00 PM

Now reading The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride.

Stop by the library to pick up a copy of this month’s read, then come join your neighbors to talk it over!

Please note that meetings have moved to the third Tuesday of the month.

Modern Times Theater Brings Baffo Box Show to Albany, July 30th, 5:00 PM in the Town Hall

LEGO CLUB

Fridays 3:00 to 4:30 PM

Come play with LEGO at the library afterschool on Fridays!

Library Minecraft:

Saturdays, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM

We have library laptops set up for multiplayer Minecraft fun. Snacks provided!

Thanks to the Winnie Belle Learned Fund for funding this program!

Legal fine print: NOT AN OFFICIAL MINECRAFT EVENT. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG OR MICROSOFT.

FIND A BOOK 24/7

If you are looking for a book to read, please visit one of the four Little Free Libraries up in our town! They are located in East Albany, South Albany, Albany Village, and Albany Center. They are restocked regularly, with books for all ages.

There is also a Little Free Bookshelf in the Albany Genny in the community room, available whenever the Genny is open, 8am- 7pm.

The Albany Public Library seeks to be a welcoming place where community members can gather, find and share information and explore ideas.

The mission statement of the library encourages the participation of community members of all ages in both the individual and collective pursuit of knowledge, enrichment and enjoyment through books, timely information, programs, public gatherings and events.

We have two computers, a vibrant collection of 3000+ books, audio books, board games, and free access to wifi 24/7. You can search online for Library materials available for check out with our collaborative catalog.

During the pandemic we have had the opportunity to weed our collection and make room for exciting new books we would be delighted to share with you. We do still offer curbside pickup as well as regular browsing hours. Please reach out if you would like more information about this.

If you are interested in volunteering at the library, please let us know! You can call 755-6107, or email aplvtdirector@gmail.com.