Each week children are invited to make a fun, simple craft! Please register if you are coming- it is helpful to know how many materials to have ready. Please note, these crafts are not take-home kits and will be completed in the library. For preschool age and up.
Opera Club – Faust
Join us for the second meeting of Millbrook’s Opera Club led by enthusiast Peter Morrell. We will be watching the classic opera, Faust by Charles Gounod with a libretto by Michael Carre and Jules Barbier.
Neighborhood Forest Neighborhood Forest Free Tree Program
We are celebrating Earth Week this spring by participating in the 14th Annual Neighborhood Forest free tree program, whose aim is to provide free trees to kids every spring.
Grumbling Gryphons Traveling Children’s Theater: “The Myth of Persephone”
Millbrook Library and Millbrook Arts Group are pleased to present Grumbling Gryphons Traveling Children’s Theater in an interactive presentation of “The Myth of Persephone: The Greek Myth of How The Seasons Came to Be,” incorporating music, movement, Greek mythology, American Sign Language and interactive theater for children and families.
Historic Red Hook Hosts Soup Night at Elmendorph Inn
Adams Fairacre Farms Garden Show
Each year in late winter, the Adams Landscaping crews design and install an amazing backdrop of patios, ponds and walkways for hundreds of flowering spring bulbs, annuals, trees and shrubs. Vendors, knowledgeable staff and garden experts from throughout the region will be on hand to answer all your questions. The Garden Show is free to attend and also includes seminars, giveaways and free raffles. The Garden Show is open during store hours (7 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday). Check out the Adams Facebook page for updates.
“A Recipe to Die For” Valentine’s Murder Mystery Dinner at The Beekman Arms
Four celebrity bakers will each prepare an original Valentine’s Day dessert and compete for the grand prize. Each new concoction will be tasted and rated. Murder is also on the menu, and it will take a visit from local investigators to determine whodunit and why. Enjoy a three-course dinner and cash bar along with the murder mystery, presented by the Hudson Valley’s own Murder Cafe.
Tree Exploration Walk for Families at Staatsburgh State Historic Site
Join staff for a 45-minute landscape walk around the site grounds focusing on a few interesting types of trees and how they help feed local animals and beautify our environment. Appropriate for ages 7-12; children must be accompanied by an adult. Bad weather will cancel. Make the required reservations at
Richard Haass book signing at TENT.
On Saturday Feb 11th from 3-6 pm we are having a book signing for Richard Haass’ new book, Bill of Obligations.