Summer Reading Week Three: Growing
Our summer reading theme for Summer 2023 is “All Together Now”. For the next six weeks, we will be exploring themes of TOGETHERness, in an acrostic using the word “together”.
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Video Game Day
To beat the summer heat, it’s fun to stay inside, crank up the AC and play a few games.
YWCA's history in Yonkers
When you think of “the Y,” what pops into your head? A catchy song you used to hear at the disco?
Podcast Review: Unfinished: Short Creek
Unfinished: Short Creek is a podcast about abuse in the FLDS Church, a fundamentalist and polygamous sect of Mormonism.
Looking for a good book? Try StoryGraph!
Are you looking for a good book to read this summer? Have you run out of books by your favorite author or need a new series? Try StoryGraph!
4th of July 2023
July 4th, often referred to as the Fourth of July, is Independence Day in the United States.
Summer Reading Week Two: Outdoors
Our summer reading theme for Summer 2023 is “All Together Now”. For the next eight weeks, we will be exploring themes of TOGETHERness, in an acrostic using the word “together”.
Brookwood Labor College: Early 20th-Century Workers' Education in Westchester
Between 1918 and 1921, various groups associated with the labor movement in the United States founded at least 20 colleges and institutes geared specifically towards workers.1 These schools were not intended to funct
YPL Seed Library Bingo
The YPL Seed Library has been a success again this year! Seeds have been picked up and planted and are now in full bloom in gardens all around Yonkers.
International Stitch Day: 6/26
From Christmas to Halloween, Independence Day to Cinco de Mayo, there exists a wide range of holidays that people love to celebrate.
Summer Reading Week One: Thoughtfulness
Our summer reading theme for Summer 2023 is “All Together Now”. For the next eight weeks, we will be exploring themes of TOGETHERness, in an acrostic using the word “together”:
Crafts for a Cause
Few library events draw quite the same crowds as Crafts for a Cause, the seasonal earring-making workshop hosted by local volunteer Joan Lloyd.
Reading to Children for Pride Month
With Pride Month in full swing, many children will have questions about what Pride Month is and why it’s celebrated. Like many topics, Pride and LGBTQ issues may seem daunting to talk about with children.
