Come join Land to Learn for a delicious family dinner making activity! We’ll be eating a rainbow of fruits and veggies with Rainbow Rice Plates and start the session with a special “snacktivity.” Registration is required. Please register each person individually. Please note, the minimum age for children to attend is 5 years old and every two children must be accompanied by one adult. Land to Learn is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to cultivate connection to food, land, and community by engaging youth in hands-on, garden-based education that nourishes health, ecological awareness, and collective well-being. Our programs serve about 3,000 youth annually in NY’s Hudson Valley region. As part of our public engagement programming we offer workshops for families. Our FamilyTable Make & Taste workshops bring kids and adults together to make healthy meals. Land to Learn educators lead interactive food preparation activities, share simple and nutritious recipes, and provide approachable, culturally responsive nutrition education.
FREEDesmond-Fish Public Library · Garrison
Stop by the library for stories, songs, rhymes, and felt board activities! For ages 2-5 years. Due to the increasing popularity of this program, registration is now requested. Registration opens one week in advance. Please register each child individually.
FREEDesmond-Fish Public Library · Garrison
Sit, stay, read! Join us for an opportunity to read to Journey, one of the therapy dogs from Hudson Valley Paws for a Cause. For many children, reading out loud can be stressful. But reading to a dog can provide them a chance to improve their reading skills with a non-judgmental listener. For children in grades Kindergarten and up. Each child will be allotted fifteen minutes of reading time. Space is limited and registration is required. Only one child may be registered for each available space. Register Here
FREEDesmond-Fish Public Library · Garrison
Attention aspiring witches! Stop by the library to decorate your own witch’s hat to wear during the festive Halloween season. For children in grades K-5. Registration is required. Please register each child individually. Celebrate Halloween 2026 With The DFPL Fantasy Friday: The Owl House Marathon Make Your Own: Halloween Witch’s Hat! Halloween Tall & Small LEGO Day Wild & Bright Reptile Show-Creepy Crawlies! Make Big Puppets for the Cold Spring Halloween Parade The Annual DFPL Pumpkin Glow If Anyone Builds It, Does Everyone Die? Looking at AI’s Spookiest Claims, From AI Gods to Evil Robot Superhackers Family Science Night: Halloween Monster Lab Halloween Donut Decorating For Kids “What Happens at Nightfall” Author Talk with Lauren Willig in Conversation with Allison Pataki Creators Workshop: Zombie Barbies
FREEDesmond-Fish Public Library · Garrison
Do you have a family of Lego masters monsters at home? Come together to the library and make spooktacular builds with us this fall! Costumes welcome! Teams of one adult and one child will work together to build and show off a Lego masterpiece (and may encounter a few unexpected tricks and treats). Please register once per team. You do not need to register each person separately. Do you have extra Lego gathering dust that you might want to see live a new life at the Library? We are always in need of extra bricks! Email us if you can help. Celebrate Halloween 2026 With The DFPL Fantasy Friday: The Owl House Marathon Make Your Own: Halloween Witch’s Hat! Halloween Tall & Small LEGO Day Wild & Bright Reptile Show-Creepy Crawlies! Make Big Puppets for the Cold Spring Halloween Parade The Annual DFPL Pumpkin Glow If Anyone Builds It, Does Everyone Die? Looking at AI’s Spookiest Claims, From AI Gods to Evil Robot Superhackers Family Science Night: Halloween Monster Lab Halloween Donut Decorating For Kids “What Happens at Nightfall” Author Talk with Lauren Willig in Conversation with Allison Pataki Creators Workshop: Zombie Barbies