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Great Decisions Discussion Group


  • May 21, 2025
    7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • June 18, 2025
    7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • September 17, 2025
    7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • October 15, 2025
    7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • November 19, 2025
    7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Great Decisions is a foreign policy discussion group. Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs.  The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book, watching the video series and meeting in a Discussion Group to discuss the most critical global issues facing America today. The meeting is held in the Community Room; the meeting starts Continue reading Great Decisions Discussion Group

Book Chat & Chocolate


  • May 22, 2025
    7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

May Book Pick: The Briar Club by Kate Quinn Washington, DC, 1950. When the mysterious Grace March moves into the attic room at Briarwood House, an all-female rooming house, she draws her collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship: Fliss, a harried new mother; Bea, a former pro baseball player; Claire, a file clerk for Sen. Margaret Continue reading Book Chat & Chocolate

Patron Pix


  • "The Wizard of Oz"
    May 23, 2025
    12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Have a favorite movie you want to share? Drop off your movie picks at the CPL Adult Services movie box! *Public domain movies are the easiest for CPL to show! This Months pick: “The Wizard of Oz” Synopsis: “A tornado whisks Dorothy and her house from Kansas to Munchkin City, squashing the Wicked Witch of Continue reading Patron Pix

Tuesday Night Movie


  • May 27, 2025
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Enjoy free popcorn and a classic movie at the library! We will be watching the movie The Usual Suspects (1995) Rated: R Running Time: 1hr 46mins Directed by Bryan Singer Starring Garbriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Pollack, Chazz Palminteri Synopsis: The sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story Continue reading Tuesday Night Movie

Creative Writers Group

The word writer in print letter cases

  • June 2, 2025
    11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Join a meeting of the library’s Creative Writers Group. This is an in-person program for adults who wish to participate. Always open to new members. Plan on joining for the first time this week? Please call the library and let us know!Continue reading Creative Writers Group

Dog Tales


  • Spring Dog Tales
    June 2, 2025
    6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
  • Spring Dog Tales
    June 2, 2025
    6:15 pm - 6:30 pm
  • Spring Dog Tales
    June 2, 2025
    6:30 pm - 6:45 pm
  • Spring Dog Tales
    June 2, 2025
    6:45 pm - 7:00 pm

For Grades K-12. Read independently to a furry friend from Hudson Valley Paws for a Cause. Please register for one 15-minute time slot — 6:00, 6:15, 6:30 or 6:45.Continue reading Dog Tales

Midday Matinee


  • June 3, 2025
    12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Enjoy a break in your day and take in a movie. Movie:The Room Next Door Synopsis: Martha, a war correspondent with cancer, seeks to end her life and asks her friend Ingrid, an author, to be with her. Ingrid, who was estranged from Martha, agrees to help her friend. They revisit their past, rekindling their Continue reading Midday Matinee