LIBRARY CORNER

The library will be open 9 a.m - 5 p.m. Monday, October 8 for Columbus Day.

For the following library programs, please visit our calendar of events at www.sspl.org for registration information. Registration requirements vary.

Everyone is invited to Bagels and Barks!, 10:30 a.m. noon Friday, Sept. 28.

Programs for Preschoolers include Library Babies, 10:30 a.m. - noon Fridays, Oct. 5 and 12, and 10 - 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13; Library Goes to Town, 11 - 11:45 a.m. Friday, Oct. 5; Toddler Storytime, 9:30 - 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 11; and Preschool Storytime, 10:15 10:45 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 11.

Programs for Children and Families include Saturday Family Storytime, 11:30 a.m. - noon Saturday, Oct. 6; Leave Scavenger Hunt and Craft, 11 - 12:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8; More Bizarre Science, 4:15 - 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9; Monster Mash-Up, 3 - 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11; Paws4Reading with Quinn, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11; PJ Family Storytime, 6:30 - 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11; and Learn to Skateboard, 5 - 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12.

Students in grades 7-12 (and adults) are invited to Open Gaming in the Teen Room, all day Fridays, Oct. 5 and 12, Saturday, Oct. 6, and Tuesday, Oct. 9; Teen Read Week, Oct. 7 - 13; Coffeehouse Book Club, 3 - 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9; Dungeons and Dragons, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11; Hang with Greta, the Golden Retriever, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10 and with Jake, 5:30 - 6:30 Thursday, Oct. 11; Teen Trivia, 3 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11; and Learn to Skateboard, 5 - 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12.

Parenting Programs include Brain Gym for Parents and Kids, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10.

Adult programming continues with Life is Short: Short Story Discussion, 10:30 a.m. 12 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5; Stitch and Yarn, 10 - 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9; Better Off Read Book Group, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9; Craftatoga: Drawing Animals with Karen Cummings, 2 - 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10; Jazz from Lincoln Center, 7 - 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10; Brown Bag Lunch: Eunice Newton Foote - Suffragist, Scientist, Inventor, and Saratogian, 12 - 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11; Poetry Cafe, 3:30 - 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11; Dungeons and Dragons, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11; TED Talk Discussion: Spark of Creativity, 10 - 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 12; and Posture and Balance with Kristin Brenner, 12 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12.

English Language Learning and Literacy Classes for Adults include Beginner, 10 11:30 a.m. Fridays, Oct. 5 and 12 and Advanced, 10 a.m. noon Wednesday, Oct. 10.

Autumn phone-in and online computer class registration is currently open. Programs this week include: Social Networking: Intro to Twitter; Managing Digital Pictures; MS Excel 2016; Copying Pictures from Smart Phone or Tablet to a Windows PC; Intro to Copy, Cut, and Paste on a PC; and Buying Items on Ebay for Beginners. Please visit www.sspl.org for a full schedule or to register.