Claverack Free Library

09/01/2026

📚SEPTEMBER IS LIBRARY CARD MONTH!🎉 There’s so much you can do with a library card besides borrow books! Check out movies, museum passes, learn a language and so much more! Celebrate all the ways your library card can connect you to your community, and in September you can play library bingo and be entered into a raffle to win a prize! Starting today, September 1st, complete any 5 boxes on your bingo card to earn a spot in the raffle. You could win your choice of one of our outofprint.com library mugs, a cuddly Harle plushie, or a special edition book! 😊 Come on in, get a library card if you don’t already have one, pick up a bingo card, and discover something new at the library! Oh, and bring a friend 😂

08/25/2026

08/20/2026

Herb gardening with Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners!
Saturday, August 29 at 10 am.
Registration required - 518-851-7120 or email [email protected].
Explore:
Choosing herbs that suit your garden site, preparing your soil for healthy growth, designing herb gardens and containers. Incorporating herbs into an established garden. Harvesting, collecting and storing your herbs and more! Cornell Cooperative Extension

08/18/2026

Dinosaurs at the library!
Now through the end of September come to the Claverack Free Library and enjoy the work of Louis Paul Jonas. Dinosaurs on parade in the library stacks are nearly as amazing as dinosaurs floating down the Hudson River. Learn a bit about the Claverack Giant and more all at your local library.

08/18/2026

You’re Invited!🎉

Summer’s End Ice Cream Celebration

Saturday, August 29th | 12:00 to 2:00 PM
From littles to seniors - come celebrate the end of summer or the start of fall. You chose!
The adventure isn’t extinct yet! We’ve dug up amazing stories, hatched dinosaur eggs, uncovered the secrets of the past through artifacts, archaeology, and ancient tools, and even created art with soil from the earth. Now it’s time for one final treat before our Summer adventures go extinct-an Ice Cream Celebration! Join us for a dino-mite treat and one last roar of summer fun!

08/17/2026

🎷 JAZZY DAZE IS COMING TO CLAVERACK! 🎶

Get ready for an evening of smooth jazz, Latin rhythms, Bossa Nova, American Songbook favorites, and classic rock with Jazzy Daze!

Join us on Friday, August 21, from 7:00–9:00 p.m. at the Claverack Free Library for a fantastic night of live music featuring Connie Lopez, Mike Ragaini, Bill Beveridge, Marla Eggenstein, Billy Serin, Nik Vanderhoof, and Ed Newell.

🎟️ Tickets: Donations Appreciated!

Bring your friends, enjoy the music, and spend a summer evening with us. We can’t wait to see you there!

📍 Claverack Free Library
9 Route 9H, Claverack, NY

08/13/2026

Join us Saturday at noon for science fun with Cooperative Extension!

08/08/2026

What to do on this humid day? Bring the kids to the library for science fun with cooperative extension!
We still have room in the program.

Cooperative Extension: Summer Science Fun
Two Saturdays-August 8 and August 15-at 12:00 PM.
Suitable for elementary children ages 5 - 11
Space is limited, RSVP encouraged:
518-851-7120 or email us: [email protected]
Saturday, August 8th-school may be out, but science fun is in session! Join a 4-H educator for hands-on experiments where we’ll mix, measure, observe, and explore. Youth will practice real science skills, use scientific tools, and discover
how fun science can be!
Saturday, August 15th-Cooperative Extension
Summer Fun Part 2! We’ll pick up where we left off and continue to observe, explore, and discover
the wonderful world of science.

08/04/2026

With thanks to the Ackerman Foundation the library was able to purchase a replacement Mahjong Table!
Email [email protected] to book a time during library hours or call the library - 518.841.7120

08/03/2026

Cooperative Extension: Summer Science Fun
Two Saturdays-August 8 and August 15-at 12:00 PM.
Suitable for elementary children ages 5 - 11
Space is limited, RSVP encouraged:
518-851-7120 or email us: [email protected]
Saturday, August 8th-school may be out, but science fun is in session! Join a 4-H educator for hands-on experiments where we’ll mix, measure, observe, and explore. Youth will practice real science skills, use scientific tools, and discover
how fun science can be!
Saturday, August 15th-Cooperative Extension
Summer Fun Part 2! We’ll pick up where we left off and continue to observe, explore, and discover
the wonderful world of science.