Teen Anime Club

Come watch an anime movie or show. Snacks provided. No registration required.

The Nyack Library 59 South Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

POSTPONED Spring Community Open Mic

*We are postponing the event to a future date. Please check our events calendar for updates.We are excited to create a gathering of talent from our wonderful community! Doors 7pm, Open Mic starts at 7:30 pmJoin like-minded patrons looking to display their skills in musi......More

*We are postponing the event to a future date. Please check our events calendar for updates.We are excited to create a gathering of talent from our wonderful community! Doors 7pm, Open Mic starts at 7:30 pmJoin like-minded patrons looking to display their skills in music, song, poetry, storytelling, comedy, and more... Although most Open Mics have sign-ups the night of the event, as a library we need to know we have some performers interested in attending. Please register below (and we will also save some time for walk in sign-ups)!Click here to register to perform - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PX5sM_e_0ij99MhbOJeW3P5AWNSQwr_fDJopT_ISq3M/edit

Community Meeting Room 59 S. Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

Toddler Time

There is no advanced registration required for this program. Slots will be filled in person on the day of the program on a first come, first serve basis. For children ages 12 months through 36 months with caregiver This program will be filled with simple stories, songs ......More

There is no advanced registration required for this program. Slots will be filled in person on the day of the program on a first come, first serve basis. For children ages 12 months through 36 months with caregiver This program will be filled with simple stories, songs and movement games for you and your active toddler.

Children's Story Hour Room 59 S. Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

TEEN Lo-fi and Chill

Unwind in the Teen Room after a week of school while listening to lo-fi music. Get help with homework before the weekend, or practice mindfulness activities like puzzles and coloring sheets. No registration necessary, but space is limited.

The Nyack Library 59 South Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960, Teen Room

LEGO Club

For children in grades K-5Let your imagination soar as you create cool LEGO worlds. All projects will be put on display in the Children's Room for one week. No prior registration is necessary. Slots will be filled on a first come, first served basis the day of the progr......More

For children in grades K-5Let your imagination soar as you create cool LEGO worlds. All projects will be put on display in the Children's Room for one week. No prior registration is necessary. Slots will be filled on a first come, first served basis the day of the program.

Children's Story Hour Room 59 South Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

Knitting Circle

Grab your supplies and come and knit with a great group of people! We also have materials for use. All ages and levels!!

Creative Lab 59 S. Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

Circle of Friends: An American Girl Doll Musical

For children in grades 1-5 with adult caregiverSeven little girls throw a surprise sleepover birthday party for their best friend Laura. The party turns out to be a lesson for them all. Throughout the night they each travel back in time and tell their American Girl Dol......More

For children in grades 1-5 with adult caregiverSeven little girls throw a surprise sleepover birthday party for their best friend Laura. The party turns out to be a lesson for them all. Throughout the night they each travel back in time and tell their American Girl Doll story and they all learn the true meaning of friendship. Space is limited for this very special event. Please register early via our website! There will be photo ops after the play, so feel free to bring your doll with you!

Community Meeting Room 59 S. Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

(PRIVATE) Rockland Parent/Child Home Program Event

Private storytime for students in program.

Children's Story Hour Room 59 South Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

Shakespeare Reading & Discussion Group

Join us for all things Bard! We enjoy reading, movies and discussions, and we are always welcoming new participants!

Community Meeting Room 59 S. Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

TEEN Nintendo Switch Club

It’s time to level up! Bring your own Switch and/or controllers (or use the Library’s Switch if you don’t have one) to join in the multi-player fun!

The Nyack Library 59 South Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960, Teen Room

Art Club

Mondays, 4:30-5:15 pmMarch 17 & 24April 7 & 21May 12 & 19For children in grades 1-4Join us for a relaxed session of creating art in various forms. We will use different materials to create something beautiful each time! Bring a friend! Please register only once for the ......More

Mondays, 4:30-5:15 pmMarch 17 & 24April 7 & 21May 12 & 19For children in grades 1-4Join us for a relaxed session of creating art in various forms. We will use different materials to create something beautiful each time! Bring a friend! Please register only once for the entire series! If you cannot attend one session, please call the library at (845)358-3370 x228 to cancel. Do not cancel via this events calendar or it will remove you from ALL of the sessions.

Children's Story Hour Room 59 South Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

Nyack Library Board of Trustees Meeting

Nyack Library Board of Trustees Meeting. All are welcome.Board documents are available here.

Community Meeting Room 59 S. Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

Spring Gardening

For children in grades 3-5 with adult caregiver With your help, we will be planting new plants and seeds in our library plant box. Learn about the life cycle of plants and what it takes to have a green thumb so that you can plant things in your own garden ......More

For children in grades 3-5 with adult caregiver With your help, we will be planting new plants and seeds in our library plant box. Learn about the life cycle of plants and what it takes to have a green thumb so that you can plant things in your own garden space. Space is limited, please register.

The Nyack Library 59 South Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

Poetry Circle

Open to all! The group meets on the third Tuesday of each month.

Creative Lab 59 S. Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

Mother Goose Time

There is no advanced registration required for this program. Slots will be filled in person on the day of the program on a first come, first serve basis.For infants up to 12 months with caregiver. This program is a gentle way to introduce your baby to the library with s......More

There is no advanced registration required for this program. Slots will be filled in person on the day of the program on a first come, first serve basis.For infants up to 12 months with caregiver. This program is a gentle way to introduce your baby to the library with simple songs, bouncing rhymes, songs and puppets.

Children's Story Hour Room 59 South Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

Movie Matinee: Enter the Dragon (1973)

A Shaolin martial artist travels to an island fortress to spy on an opium lord - who is also a former monk from his temple - under the guise of attending a fighting tournament.Directed by Robert ClouseRated RRuntime 1h 42m

Community Meeting Room 59 S. Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us with Author Rachelle Bergstein

You’re invited to an online intimate conversation with bestselling author Rachelle Bergstein as she chats about her newest book The Genius of Judy. This book takes an expansive look at Judy Blume’s life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her most iconic—and controv......More

You’re invited to an online intimate conversation with bestselling author Rachelle Bergstein as she chats about her newest book The Genius of Judy. This book takes an expansive look at Judy Blume’s life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her most iconic—and controversial—young adult novels, from Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret to Blubber. Everyone knows Judy Blume.Her books have garnered her fans of all ages for decades and sold tens of millions of copies. But why were people so drawn to them? And why are we still talking about them now in the 21st century?In The Genius of Judy, her remarkable story is revealed as never before, beginning with her as a mother of two searching for purpose outside of her home in 1960s suburban New Jersey. The books she wrote starred regular children with genuine thoughts and problems. But behind those deceptively simple tales, Blume explored the pillars of the growing women’s rights movement, in which girls and women were entitled to careers, bodily autonomy, fulfilling relationships, and even sexual pleasure. Blume wasn’t trying to be a revolutionary—she just wanted to tell honest stories—but in doing so, she created a cohesive, culture-altering vision of modern adolescence.Blume’s bravery provoked backlash, making her the country’s most-banned author in the mid-1980s. Thankfully, her works withstood those culture wars and it’s no coincidence that Blume has resurfaced as a cultural touchstone now. Young girls are still cat-called, sex education curricula are getting dismissed as pornography, and entire shelves of libraries are being banned. As we face these challenges, it’s only natural we look to Blume, the grand dame of so-called dirty books. This is the story of how a housewife became a groundbreaking artist, and how generations of empowered fans are her legacy, today more than ever.Register now for a conversation you don’t want to miss!About the Author: Rachelle Bergstein is a lifestyle writer, author, and editor, focused on style, pop culture, and families. Her work has appeared in the New York Post, The New York Times, NPR, and more. She is the author of three books: Women from the Ankle Down, Brilliance and Fire, and The Genius of Judy. She lives with her husband and son in Brooklyn. Find out more at RachelleBergstein.com.

Virtual Event

TEEN Tabletop Gaming Club

Card games, board games, and tabletop RPGs welcome! Stop by the library, grab some dice and get rollin'! No registration required.

The Nyack Library 59 South Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960, Teen Room

Murder on Tap

Murder On Tap is a monthly book discussion group for readers of Murder Mysteries & True Crime that meets at The Burger Loft in Nyack.This month we are reading The Killing Fields of New York by Stacy Horn Limited number of copies available on the 4th fl or borrow eBook o......More

Murder On Tap is a monthly book discussion group for readers of Murder Mysteries & True Crime that meets at The Burger Loft in Nyack.This month we are reading The Killing Fields of New York by Stacy Horn Limited number of copies available on the 4th fl or borrow eBook on Hoopla. In this groundbreaking work of investigative journalism and true crime, Stacy Horn sheds light on how the subprime mortgage scandal of the 1970s and a long history of white-collar crime slowly devastated East New York, a Brooklyn neighborhood that would come to be known as the Killing Fields.On a warm summer evening in 1991, seventeen-year-old Julia Parker was murdered in the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York. An area known for an exorbitant level of violence and crime, East New York had come to be known as the Killing Fields. In the six months after Julia Parker’s death, 62 more people were murdered in the same area. In the early 1990s, murder rates in the neighborhood climbed to the highest in NYPD history. East New York was dying.But how did this once thriving, diverse, family neighborhood fall into such ruin? The answer can be found two decades earlier. In response to redlining and discriminatory housing practices, the Johnson administration passed the Housing and Urban Development Act in 1968. The Federal Housing Authority aimed to use this piece of legislation to help low-income families of color finally achieve homeownership. But they could never have predicted how banks, lenders, realtors, and corrupt FHA officials themselves would use the newly passed law to make victims of the very people they were supposed to help, and the devastation they would leave in their wake.A compulsively readable hybrid of true crime and investigative journalism, The Killing Fields of East New York reveals how white-collar crime reduced a prospering neighborhood to abandoned buildings and empty lots. Following the dual threads of the hunt for the network of criminals behind the first subprime mortgage scandal and the ensuing downfall of East New York, Stacy Horn weaves a compelling narrative of government failure, a desperate community, and ultimately the largest series of mortgage fraud prosecutions in American history. The Killing Fields of East New York deftly demonstrates how different types of crime are profoundly entangled, and how the crimes committed in nice suits and corner offices are just as destructive as those committed on the street.

The Burger Loft 3 N Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

Teen Anime Club

Come watch an anime movie or show. Snacks provided. No registration required.

The Nyack Library 59 South Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

Silent Book Club

Gather, chat, and then spend about an hour silently reading your book of choice in the company of others who love to read. It's a great way to be in the company of others when your social battery is low.Light Refreshments will be provided.

Carnegie-Farian Room 59 S. Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

The Fall of Danang and Saigon and the Results of our Hasty Exit: an Author Talk with Gerald McCarthy

Join us for an Author Talk with Gerald McCarthy. Mr. McCarthy will read two short passages from his book Hitchhiking Home from Danang: A Memoir of Vietnam, PTSD, and Reconciliation, followed by a Q&A. Big Red Books will be on hand to sell books. Gerald McCarthy enlist......More

Join us for an Author Talk with Gerald McCarthy. Mr. McCarthy will read two short passages from his book Hitchhiking Home from Danang: A Memoir of Vietnam, PTSD, and Reconciliation, followed by a Q&A. Big Red Books will be on hand to sell books. Gerald McCarthy enlisted in the Marines at 17 and volunteered for Vietnam. After the war he went AWOL, then to civilian jail and two military brigs and finally to a Navy psychiatric ward, where he witnessed patient suicides. Medically discharged, he returned home to upstate New York and piecework in shoe factories. Written in two voices—one lucid, one dreamlike—his memoir Hitchhiking Home from Danang (McFarland, 2024) delivers a jump-cut narrative of his troubled adolescence, his wartime experiences and his struggle to come unstuck from his own life. McCarthy earned his MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop. The recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Writers Union, and the New York State Council on the Arts, he has been a visiting artist at The American Academy in Rome and is Professor of English emeritus, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, New York. His poetry and prose have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies including: America, New Letters, TriQuarterly, Ploughshares, The Beloit Poetry Journal, Poet Lore, Consequence Forum, The National Catholic Reporter, The Christian Science Monitor, and North Dakota Review; The New Anthology of American Poetry: Postmodernisms 1950-Present (Rutgers), Dismantling Glory and American War Poetry (Columbia), Radical Visions(Georgia), From Both Sides Now (Scribner’s), and Carrying the Darkness (Texas Tech). Website: geraldmccarthypoet.com

Community Meeting Room 59 S. Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

Toddler Time

There is no advanced registration required for this program. Slots will be filled in person on the day of the program on a first come, first serve basis. For children ages 12 months through 36 months with caregiver This program will be filled with simple stories, songs ......More

There is no advanced registration required for this program. Slots will be filled in person on the day of the program on a first come, first serve basis. For children ages 12 months through 36 months with caregiver This program will be filled with simple stories, songs and movement games for you and your active toddler.

Children's Story Hour Room 59 S. Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

CANCELLED Just Say Yes To Fruits And Vegetables

Join A JSY Nutritionist at a free Workshop! Learn how to add fruits and vegetables to your diet, stretch your food dollars further, and plan quick, healthy and easy meals. Enjoy cooking demos, get meal ideas, learn all about SNAP and other NYS assistance programs, and t......More

Join A JSY Nutritionist at a free Workshop! Learn how to add fruits and vegetables to your diet, stretch your food dollars further, and plan quick, healthy and easy meals. Enjoy cooking demos, get meal ideas, learn all about SNAP and other NYS assistance programs, and take home a free gift. We also help people take full advantage of their local food banks and use their benefits at farmers markets, supermarkets and other healthy food outlets.

Creative Lab 59 S. Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

LEGO Club

For children in grades K-5Let your imagination soar as you create cool LEGO worlds. All projects will be put on display in the Children's Room for one week. No prior registration is necessary. Slots will be filled on a first come, first served basis the day of the progr......More

For children in grades K-5Let your imagination soar as you create cool LEGO worlds. All projects will be put on display in the Children's Room for one week. No prior registration is necessary. Slots will be filled on a first come, first served basis the day of the program.

Children's Story Hour Room 59 South Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

Knitting Circle

Grab your supplies and come and knit with a great group of people! We also have materials for use. All ages and levels!!

Creative Lab 59 S. Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

Introduction to Basic Home Audio Recording and Production for Teens!

Norvin Van Dunk will be showing you how to easily begin recording and producing your own music. You will work on a song together that will be emailed to you after the class! Bringing your own laptop is highly recommended, but not mandatory. If you have your own mic/equ......More

Norvin Van Dunk will be showing you how to easily begin recording and producing your own music. You will work on a song together that will be emailed to you after the class! Bringing your own laptop is highly recommended, but not mandatory. If you have your own mic/equipment, bring that too!

Community Meeting Room 59 S. Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

STEAM on Saturdays

Let's get creative as we explore, build and play together in the fields of science, technology, engineering, art and math! Space is limited, please register.For children in grades 3-5.

Children's Story Hour Room 59 South Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960