Troy Public Library

🎨🖌🪡Explore a different form of creativity by combining embroidery with painted canvases. Using embroidery thread, paint, and a canvas, we'll create one of a kind wall art great for teens and adults alike! Please come with the image you'd like to use for your painting. Supplies are first come, first served, while supplies last!

No Registration Required, Ages 12 and up.

Congratulations to Team Max for winning our 2026 Summer Reading Competition! You guys read a total of 7,620 minutes! Awesome job! Team members can stop by the Library for an extra free book.

But let's not forget all our other teams and participants:

In 2nd place we have Toby with 4,220 minutes.
In 3rd place we have Norah with 1500 minutes.
And last, but not least we have Scuttle with 1455 minutes.
What a close run!

Congrats to everyone who read and handed in their time sheets! You all read a total of 14,795 minutes which is almost 247 hours!

We are so proud of all of you! That is A LOT of reading time! Thank you so much for participating in our Summer Reading Program. We can't wait to see you next summer!

Next week!🐦Have you ever wanted to try birding but don't know where to start? This is the perfect program for you! Teresa Murphy, President of the Audubon Society of the Capital Region, will teach you everything you need to know: where to see birds, what is the best time of the day to see them, and how to identify birds based on the time of year, their colors, markings and behavior. We will also go over how to properly use binoculars for viewing birds.

📅Thursday, August 20
🕟4:30 - 5:30 pm
📍Main Library, 100 2nd St, Troy, NY

Please register:
💻Visit: https://tinyurl.com/troybirding
📞Call: 518-274-7071

Join us this Saturday for another fun fiber arts and true crime meetup! Bring your own craft to work on and listen to true crime podcasts with fellow fans. Come for the craft, stay for the crime! 🧶👀

No registration necessary, just show up! Materials not provided.

📅 Saturday, August 15
🕙 10 - 11 am
📍 Main Library (100 2nd St, Troy, NY)

Have you noticed we have some new trees at the Lansingburgh Branch?? planted these in the spring, and they've gotten so big!
❓Did you know? Capital Roots staff (like their wonderful intern Melissa, pictured here) come every few weeks to water the trees. Each tree gets 2 buckets of water (and the oak gets 3!) 🌳🪣🪣

We also have a volunteer sprouting under our sign- comment down below if you can spot what's growing! 🌱 (*hint- it's similar to something you can pick up for free during Squash Hunger on Wednesday @ noon, also a partner program with Capital Roots!)

Unfortunately there will be no Playtime Pals today! We'll see you next Monday 8/17!

Soak up those end of summer vibes with a relaxing evening of coloring, music, seasonal refreshments and a short story read aloud by the hosting librarian. Coloring is the perfect activity to reduce stress, increase mindfulness, and get a digital detox! All materials provided: coloring sheets on high quality paper, liner markers, colored pencils, and of course, snacks. To register, call 📞 518-274-7071 or visit 💻 https://troyny.librarycalendar.com/event/adult-coloring-evening-679

📅Monday, August 10
🕕6:00 - 7:00 PM
📍YWCA - GCR - 21 1st St Troy

Our Summer Reading Challenge is coming to a close! Make sure you stop in with your reading logs to gain some extra points for your Dino team as well as another raffle ticket!

The raffle basket drawing and winning Dino Team announcement will take place next week!

This Thursday! Discover the history of one of Troy's most famous figures! The name Henry Burden is associated with Troy's affluent past, built on the might of the Industrial Revolution. In the 19th century, Troy was considered to be the fourth wealthiest city in the country, and the local production of iron and steel products contributed materially to the nation's Industrial Revolution. A captain of Industry, Henry Burden led the way to this expansive prosperity. But who was he? How did this Scottish-born engineer come to be this Trojan Titan?

Learn more at this presentation given by Susan Oullette, Professor Emeritus of History at Saint Michael's College and Executive Director of the Burden Iron Works Museum. Free and open to the public. No registration necessary.

📅 Thursday, August 6
🕙3:30 - 5:00 PM
📍Main Library - 100 2nd St, Troy, NY 12180

Tomorrow! Join us to celebrate a fantastic summer reading program with a potluck event filled with community, history, and mouthwatering dishes! Make and bring a favorite family recipe to share, try a variety of dishes, and go home with a DIY dinosaur dig cake kit! Bring the whole family!

📅 Monday, August 3
🕙 5:30 - 7:00 PM
📍YWCA - GCR, 21 1st St, Troy, NY 12180

Call 📞518-274-7071 to register or visit 💻 https://troyny.librarycalendar.com/event/summer-reading-family-recipe-potluck-1252