Family Storytime
2024-04-23 10:30 - 11:30, 2024-04-25 10:30 - 11:30, 2024-04-30 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York)
For Infants & Toddlers with Caregiver

Join Miss Marie in the children’s room for seasonal stories, music and more fun for infants and toddlers.
Please register below, so we have your info in case we need to cancel.

Girls Who Code
2024-04-24 16:30 - 17:30, 2024-05-22 16:30 - 17:30
For Students in Grades 3 through 12.
Girls Who Code is a non-profit organization dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology. The club is a FREE after-school computer science program, facilitated by Children’s Librarian Marie Nania and helpers from the JJHS Robotics Team. The club meets weekly.
Students are encouraged to bring their own laptops or Chromebooks; some will be provided.
Space is limited, please register below.
Note: photographs are often taken at our events to post on social media and our website. Please let the event leader know if you would prefer your child not be photographed.

Lewisboro Library Book Group: the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary
2024-04-24 19:30 - 20:30
The Lewisboro Library Book Group usually meets at the Library on the last Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.
The group is reading TWO books this month, both about the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. The nonfiction selection is The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Creation of the Oxford English Dictionary, by Simon Winchester. The historical fiction novel dealing with the same subject is The Dictionary of Lost Words, by Pip Williams.
Books are available through the Westchester Library System and copies are often ordered in advance for members to pick up at the Library. New members are always welcome in this adult, co-ed book group. For more information contact Myrna or Steve Shomstein at (914) 533-2550.

Family Storytime & Craft
2024-04-26 13:30 - 14:30
For Preschoolers.
Ms. Marie is celebrating Spring with Spring Stories, Music, & Crafts.
Please register below, so we have your info in case we need to cancel.

An Evening of Harmony
2024-04-26 19:00 - 21:00
You don’t want to miss this community concert featuring some of John Jay High School’s most talented singers and musicians!
The lineup includes house band Route 121, acapella groups the Noteables, Rolling Tones and Treblemakers – plus more to come!
The “An Evening of Harmony” concert is a joint fundraiser for KLSD ArtsAlive and the Lewisboro Library. No registration is necessary. There will be a suggested donation of $10 at the door.
The concert begins at 7 pm, doors will open at 6:30 pm.

Afternoon Film Series: "Past Lives"
2024-04-29 13:00 - 15:00
Our afternoon film series continues with a showing of Past Lives, an Academy Award nominee for best picture and best original screenplay.
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are separated after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life, in this heartrending modern romance.
Space is limited, please register below.

Teen Advisory Group
2024-04-30 19:00 - 20:00
For Teens in Middle & High School.

EARN COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS * PLAN AND RUN TEEN EVENTS * GAIN LEADERSHIP SKILLS!
The Lewisboro Library Teen Advisory Group (or “TAG”) seeks teens to help come up with fun, engaging programs for you and your friends all year round.
New members are welcome to join this group, which meets monthly for planning – and snacks!
Help us make the Library YOUR favorite gathering space!
Please register below.

CPR Workshop for Bystanders
2024-05-01 19:00 - 20:30
Suitable for Adults & Teens
Lewisboro Volunteer Ambulance Corps, in partnership with the Lewisboro Library, is leading this bystander CPR Workshop, a vital training opportunity designed to equip you with life-saving skills before professional help arrives. (This is not a multi-session course for CPR certification).
Through hands-on training, you will master the difference between adult CPR techniques, and those used for toddlers and infants, focusing on age-appropriate methods. Learn to respond to choking incidents across various age groups, emphasizing effective abdominal thrusts. Engage in a dynamic Q&A session and empower yourself with the confidence to make a difference in the community in critical moments.
Space is limited, please register below. The last session filled up quickly, so if registration is full, you may email the Library to be placed on the wait list.

Family Storytime
2024-05-02 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-05-07 10:30 - 11:30, 2024-05-09 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-05-14 10:30 - 11:30, 2024-05-21 10:30 - 11:30
For Infants & Toddlers with Caregiver

Join Miss Marie in the children’s room for seasonal stories, music and more fun for infants and toddlers.

Preschool Storytime & Craft
2024-05-03 13:30 - 14:30, 2024-05-10 13:30 - 14:30
For Preschoolers.
Ms. Marie is celebrating the season with Spring Stories, Music, & Crafts.

Afternoon Film Series: "The Boys in the Boat"
2024-05-06 13:00 - 15:00
Our afternoon film series continues with a showing of the 2023 film The Boys in the Boat. During the height of the Great Depression, members of the rowing team at the University of Washington get thrust into the spotlight as they compete for gold at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
Space is limited, please register below.

Teen Bracelet Making: for you, for MOM
2024-05-10 19:00 - 20:00
For Teens in Middle & High School
We’re opening up our vault of bracelet-making supplies!
Make a bracelet for you, a friend, and for MOM, because Mother’s Day is May 12 ….. Don’t be caught empty-handed!
All supplies provided. Please register below.

Family Fun Saturday: All about Chicks
2024-05-11 11:00 - 12:00
For all ages.
Come meet the chicks from TinyFarm of South Salem!
Jill Matthews will bring some of the farm’s cute baby chicks, and teach about how chicks develop in the egg and how to care for them.
Space is limited, please register below.

Lewisboro Seniors Book Group: "The Marriage Portrait"
2024-05-15 11:00 - 12:00
Our group meets in person on (usually) the third Wednesday of the month during the Lewisboro Senior Adults meeting at the South Salem Firehouse. All seniors are welcome!
This month the group will be discussing The Marriage Portrait, by Maggie O’Farrell.The author of award-winning Hamnet brings the world of Renaissance Italy to life in this unforgettable fictional portrait of the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de’ Medici as she makes her way in a troubled court.
The Library will provide copies of the book to all participants. Large print copies are also available upon request. Please contact the Library if you need a copy of the book – (914) 875-9004 or lewisborolibrary@gmail.com. The book is also available as an eBook and audiobook via Overdrive/Libby.

Afternoon Writers Group
2024-05-16 14:00 - 16:00
Calling All Writers! Are you interested in meeting with fellow writers on a regular basis to discuss your work and share feedback with others?
The Afternoon Writers Group meets on the first and third Thursdays of each month, from 2 to 4 pm. Registration is currently full; if you are interested in joining the wait list, please email the Library at info@lewisborolibrary.org.

(Virtual) Minidoka: An American Concentration Camp
2024-05-16 19:00 - 20:00
Via Zoom.
During World War II, over 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated without due process of law. The Minidoka concentration camp once held over 13,000 Japanese Americans in the Idaho desert. The camp had a high percentage of incarcerees who either volunteered or were drafted to serve their country after being incarcerated at the camp.
Presented by a park ranger from the Minidoka National Historic Site.
Please register for your Zoom link HERE.

Storytime with Miss Melanie
2024-05-17 13:30 - 14:30
For Preschoolers.
Guest reader Ms. Melanie is celebrating the season with Spring Stories.

How to Access Free eBooks, Audiobooks, Movies & More
2024-05-18 11:00 - 12:00
Did you know that the Library has FREE downloadable digital media and streaming services you can access – using just your library card? Learn how to use our popular services Libby, hoopla and Kanopy, and which services to access for free eBooks, audiobooks, music, TV and film. Discover how to load up your devices – just in time for summer travel!

We’ll also touch on a few brand new services. Two new media services are Medici TV, which has video streaming classical music, opera, dance, and jazz, plus documentaries and master classes, and The Shelf, which offers Spanish-language multimedia entertainment. Mango Languages is an online language learning site with 70 world languages plus American Sign Language, enabling you to learn a new language with confidence.

Space is limited, please register below.

Afternoon Film Series: "American Fiction"
2024-05-20 13:00 - 15:00
Our afternoon film series continues with a showing of the Academy Award-nominated film American Fiction. The film tells of a frustrated novelist-professor who writes an outlandish satire of stereotypical “Black” books, only for it to be mistaken for serious literature and published to high sales and critical praise.
Space is limited, please register below.

Rising 6th Graders Welcome Party!
2024-05-21 16:30 - 17:30
For students entering grade 6 in September.
Hey kids – you’re in the big leagues now! Rising 6th graders are invited to come check out the teen section of the Lewisboro Library. Hear about teen activities, enjoy some snacks, meet our super-fun teen librarian, play Bingo for giveaways and try a library scavenger hunt!
Please register below.

Estate Planning at Every Age
2024-05-21 19:00 - 20:00
What is Estate Planning – and who needs it?
This workshop on Estate Planning will go over the basics: what it is, who needs it, the components and goals, mistakes to avoid, new tax laws that might affect your Estate Plan, and what action you can take now.
Presented by Veronica Mcilraith, of Mcilraith & Associates.
Please register below. If registration is full please email the Library to go on the wait list. We often have a few cancellations close to the date.

Teen Advisory Group
2024-05-21 19:00 - 20:00
Teens in Middle & High School.

EARN COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS * PLAN AND RUN TEEN EVENTS * GAIN LEADERSHIP SKILLS!
The Lewisboro Library Teen Advisory Group (or “TAG”) seeks teens to help come up with fun, engaging programs for you and your friends all year round.
New members are welcome to join this group, which meets monthly for planning – and snacks!
Help us make the Library YOUR favorite gathering space!
Please register below.
