Week Calendar

Join us on Monday morning for Chair Yoga & Meditation with Debbie Broadman who will teach you various yoga poses along with a meditative journey to restore, refresh and rejuvenate your body and mind. These classes are hybrid.

Dr. Paul Trinkoff of Orangetown Chiropractic Center, provides interactive workouts to improve strength, cardiovascular health, mobility and balance all from the comfort of a sturdy chair.  Bring weights to the "virtual" class.

Come join us for storytime in the children's room with music!

Please fill out this form (or give us a call) and we'll try our best to help!

Register today to reserve your Take and Make Soda Bottle Watering Can.  Kits will be placed in the lobby for pickup on May 15th.  Your kit will be labeled with your first name and last initial.

Join Marybeth for stories, songs and puppets. Registration is limited.

Join Miss Kimberly for a story and a craft at the library! Story times will now have registration on a month-by-month basis so be on the lookout for our next sessions! Ages 2-5

Note: Start time going forward will change from 11 am to 10 am. 

Want to learn Mahjongg? Join us!

Teacher Linda Gottlieb will instruct attendees in the play and basic strategy of Mahjongg.

Jump like a monkey, flap your wings like a bird and roar like a bear with songs and tales about animals! Watch in-person on our library's TV screen or watch from your home! 

Anu Amaran takes a creative approach to deepening the practice of writing using writing exercises and games, suggested readings, and collaborative revision strategies.  She engages you to use your voice and natural self-expression.  

Learn some yoga moves with your little one as Wendy integrates yoga and reading.

This class will include breath work, guided meditation, and mindfulness practices as well as gentle arm and leg movements while seated, opening up the joints and activating the muscles.

Shake your sillies out with stories, songs, parachute play, and more.  Spring session ends May 22.

Weekly meeting of the Palisades Library Historic Committee.  If you are interested in joining, please ask the library to put you in touch with Alice Gerard.

Have fun with your little one with music, puppets, and a short book.  Spring session ends May 23.

Have fun with your little one with music, puppets, and a short book.  Spring session ends May 23.

Designed for children with sensitivities to input from sounds, lights and tactile stimulus, this sensory-friendly program engages the whole child through music, movement, and multi-sensory activities in a gentle environment.

Chris Raccioppi has taught drawing for the Blauvelt Free Library for over 15 years.

This class will include pranayama (breath work), guided meditation, and/or mindfulness practice as well as gentle arm and leg movements while seated, opening up the joints and activating the muscles.

Come to the library to hear the classic story of Peter and the Wolf as read by David Bowie! Make your own animal mask from the story to take home!

How do animals access food, resources, and shelter?  Join local author Jillian Henthorn for a story and lesson all about animal habitats, and then create a 3-D habitat diorama to take home! [Date change from 4/27]

Spring translates into oil pastel seamlessly. See the world in beautifully intense colors and expressive strokes. We’ll be painting vibrant landscapes and lush, gorgeous flowers.

Mah Jongg, Canasta, Bridge-- you name it. Blauvelt Free Library joins cohorts to offer a rounded out schedule at venues in Orangetown and Clarkstown for board and card game fans.

Explore new spices, new cuisines, and new cultures by joining the Spice of the Month Club. Your kit will contain a sample of the spice, a brief history, and some recipes to try.

These sessions are first come first serve. Bring a friend, meet a friend, and please bring your own materials.

Join us for a special PARP Art Class with Alexis Starke!  This class is in conjunction with the South Orangetown Central School District's PARP program.

Stuck in a dead-end desk job, former special forces operative Mason Pettis reluctantly takes on a freelance gig to provide private security for a washed-up journalist as she interviews a ruthless dictator.

An open-ended, no-rules approach to PreK art.  Kids create what they want using a variety of materials, while exploring different textures and building fine motor skills.  Dress for mess!  Sign up per session.

This class is for those who are interested in learning how to play Mah Jongg. Maximum 10 students and a minimum is 4 is required

Enjoy practicing your Mah Jongg skills with this friendly, casual group.  Please bring your own game set and cards.  Walk ins welcome!

Join Miss Kimberly for a story and a craft at the library! Story times will now have registration on a month-by-month basis so be on the lookout for our next sessions! Ages 2-5

Meet your neighbors at this participant-directed group and foster community through a deeper sense of belonging.

Join us for songs and stories. Craft, too!

Join the discussion at the library with Barbara Chen for May's selected book is: Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See. 

Join us at the library each week for English as a Second Language classes. Jane Berkowicz is the instructor.

Our Adult Book Club meets once a month to have a lively discussion about a new book.   Members work together to pick a variety of books- usually fiction, but sometimes memoirs.

Bring some knitting needles or a crochet hook, some yarn, and we'll have fun knitting.

The Blauvelt Free Library partners with the Orangeburg Library to present Philip Cross, teaching graceful movements of seated Tai Chi. Students enjoy the comfort of part of your home.

The Orangeburg Library and The Blauvelt Free Library and collaborate presenting Phil Cross, who instructs in the gentle movements of the ancient Chinese art of Tai Chi.

Meet ShopRite of Northvale's Dietician, Caitlin Rulli!  She will be visiting the library each month to make some healthy snacks.  For Grades K-5. You must register for each month individually.

Sign up for a 10-minute session and "pause" to read with Ollie, an adorable miniature Schnauzer and certified therapy dog.  Bring a book or arrive early to pick one out.  Sign up per session.

Have you ever wanted to be an astronaut? Do you want to know what it is like to fly in space?

Enjoy funny songs, wacky props, dancing and bubbles with us!

Join Jane Murphy (volunteer with Turtles of Western Highway) as she reads her book about bald eagles, Hi, My Name is Skye.  She wrote the book and took all of the photographs of a bald eagle family in West Nyack, NY.

Winter/ Spring Art Classes are here!  Join us for a fun and creative series of art classes taught by Alexis Starke.

Winter/ Spring Art Classes are here!  Join us for a fun and creative series of art classes taught by Alexis Starke.

Winter/ Spring Art Classes are here!  Join us for a challenging and creative series of art classes taught by Alexis Starke.

Through some of the darkest days of the Great Depression, a pair of Civilian Conservation Corps camps on the New Jersey Palisades served as “home” to hundreds of young men who performed conservation work in the Interstate Park.

Alison Costello moderates a lively monthly discussion of books from various genres. It's a casual meeting -- attendees may bring refreshments, "show and tell" items relating to the month's book selection, or just themselves!