September 17 - December 3 (12 PM)
Fall and Winter Spice Club
Love to cook, bake, or simply experiment in the kitchen? Join us at the library for our Fall and Winter Spice Club! Create a dish using our featured spice, then meet at the library to share your cooking adventures. Bring in samples to share, photos of your creations, or just a story about how your delicious dish came to be. On September 17, our featured spice is allspice!
September 22 (6 PM - 8 PM)
Read Out! A Banned Books Week Event
Banned Books Week is an annual celebration of individuals' freedom to read. From September 18-24, libraries demonstrate their support of the right to pursue and express ideas.
This year, the Capital Region Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union is teaming up with the Upper Hudson Library System to celebrate our constitutional right to read what we want during National Banned Books Week. A “Read Out” will feature regional notables — actors, writers, politicians, poets, and activists of all types — reading from their favorite books that have, at one time or another, been banned or challenged in the United States. Limited in-person seats available at Albany Public Library's Washington Avenue branch. The program will be broadcast live on Zoom. In person seats are available on a walk-in basis as space permits.
Bring your project to the library and hang out with other crafters. Whether you like to sew, draw, sculpt, or create in another way, you are welcome to hang out, share, and learn new skills! Crafternoons take place on the fourth Friday of every month from 3 PM - 4 PM. All ages are welcome.
September 19 - 24
September Take-Home Craft Kits
Participants will be provided supplies for making different pinecone animals! Kits are geared toward grades K-3, and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Limit one kit per participant. Starting September 19, request a kit at the library's front desk to get yours!
October 4 - November 29 (10 AM)
Fall Story Hour Begins in October
Join us at the library on Tuesdays for stories, rhymes, and lots of fun! The program is geared toward children ages 2-5, but all are welcome! Caretakers are expected to stay with their child.
Free COVID-19 Test Kits Available
Available on a first-come, first-served basis. Supplies are limited. Please ask a librarian for a kit.
Shop Our Book Sale Anytime!
Cheney Library's book sale is open whenever the library is open. There is always something new to see, so be sure to check in and see what's on our shelves!
We are also currently accepting donations of books in good condition. If you have items you would like to donate, please bring books to the library during our open hours so that a librarian can review any items of interest.
New To Our Shelves
The following are just a few of the new titles coming to the library:
Bad Day Breaking by John Galligan Blowback by James Patterson The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman The Curanderx Toolkit by Atava Garcia Swiecicki Endless Summer: Stories by Elin Hilderbrand Fox Creek: A Novel by William Kent Krueger From the Shadows by James R. Benn Hell and Back by Craig Johnson Mad Honey: A Novel by Jodi Picoult A Song of Comfortable Chairs by Alexander McCall Smith The Teen Interpreter by Terri Apter Treasure State by C. J. Box Wake: A Novel by Shelley Burr The Winners: A Novel by Fredrik Backman
You can see what new titles have arrived at the library each month by viewing this list of New Additions to the Library.
Check Out a Library Book About... Libraries!
Do you love libraries as much as we do? Check out one of our display books featuring some of the amazing libraries from all around the world. From "haunted" historical buildings to books delivered via camel, libraries come in all shapes and sizes!
Read a Banned Book This Month!
September 18-24 is Banned Books Week. Celebrate your freedom to read and check out one of our historically banned/challenged titles. Have any of your favorite books been banned or challenged in the past?
New eBooks and Audiobooks on OverDrive
Cheney Library offers eBooks, audiobooks, and more through OverDrive. You can read magazines using OverDrive, as well! See available magazine titles here.
