Update (9/21/25): Mine works again after updating my phone to iOS 26. Please let me know if it’s still not working for you!
NOTE: Opening events is currently not working properly on some phones. We are hoping to have it fixed soon! In the meantime, check it out on a computer for full access or email aimee.e.holmes@gmail.com for information about a listed event.
We have a new calendar! We’re experimenting with including free cultural and educational events at other local and regional libraries, museums, and non-profits. We hope a compilation of these great events will be a valuable resource for our community. Click on the categories above the calendar to limit the results by drive time from the Bolton Free Library. Be sure to check the hosting organization’s website for schedule changes and cancellations. Note that some of the events at and within 10 minutes of our library are not free; these are denoted with a “($)” and costs are included in those descriptions.
Check back often for updates and let us know what you think!
Events in October 2025
Fall Foliage Hike Up Goodnow Mountain
–
September 28, 2025
Adirondack Experience Museum
–
September 28, 2025
Fungi in the Barrens: A Mushroom Walk with the New York State Museum at Albany Pine Bush
September 28, 2025
Once Upon a Time Yoga Adventures: Little Yogis (3-4 years old)
–
September 29, 2025
Once Upon a Time Yoga Adventures: Yogi Explorers (5-12 years old)
–
September 29, 2025
Trail Walk: Walking with History on Cider Day
September 30, 2025
Special Screening: Equal Protection: The Supreme Court’s Battle with Affirmative Action
September 30, 2025
Trivia Night ($)
September 30, 2025
Fall Foliage Hike Up Goodnow Mountain
–
October 1, 2025
Resume Development (Virtual)
October 1, 2025
Volunteer Work Day: Trail Marking at Amy's
–
October 1, 2025
Resume Development (Virtual)
October 2, 2025
Acquiring Transferable Skills (Virtual)
October 2, 2025
Genealogy Help
–
October 2, 2025
Online Author Talk: Smithsonian Nuestra America
October 2, 2025
Virtual: Nuestra América: Stories of 30 Inspiring Latinas/Latinos Who Have Shaped the United States with Smithsonian Educators
–
October 2, 2025
Fiber Arts Group
October 2, 2025
Storytime and Sing-A-Long
October 3, 2025
Inside the CRSP Lab: Preserving New York’s Past
October 3, 2025
Molds, Mushrooms, & More
–
October 3, 2025
Discovery Series: Leave No Trace Seven Principles
–
October 4, 2025
Cancelled: History Caravan
October 4, 2025
Tech Support Saturday
–
October 4, 2025
Caffè Lena @ SPAC
–
October 4, 2025
Paint With Patrice: Chipmunk ($)
–
October 4, 2025
It’s in Our Nature: Artists’ Reception
–
October 4, 2025
4-H Hiking Challenge Guided Hike
October 5, 2025
Mid-Autumn Festival: Celebrating Family, Friends, and the Harvest
October 5, 2025
Calico Rebellion: The Anti-Rent War and the Second American Revolution
October 5, 2025
Financial Well-Being (Virtual)
October 6, 2025
MLB & NYC: A Love Story: An evening with Major League Baseball Historian, John Thorn
October 6, 2025
Twilight on the Trails
October 6, 2025
Author Talk: Wild Forest Lands, by Phil Terrie (Virtual)
–
October 6, 2025
Coffee Chat
October 7, 2025
20 Essential Tips for Protecting the Right to Read
–
October 7, 2025
LARAC Grant Seminar (General Information Session)
October 7, 2025
Special Screening: Folklore & Frost
–
October 7, 2025
Battle of Bemus Heights Walking Tour
–
October 7, 2025
Cygnus Virtual Lecture Series: Blinded By Science
October 7, 2025
Become a Citizen Scientist!
–
October 8, 2025
Setting Employment Goals (Virtual)
October 8, 2025
Learning About Civil Service (Virtual)
October 8, 2025
Author Talk with Mary Roach Livestream Event
–
October 8, 2025
4-H Hiking Challenge Pop-up Wildlife Habitat Walk
–
October 8, 2025
Virtual: Author Talk with Mary Roach
–
October 8, 2025
Essential Employment Skills (Virtual)
October 9, 2025
TRL Book Club
October 9, 2025
A Study in Birds: A Paint with Patrice Series
–
October 9, 2025
"Let's Play" Scrabble!
October 9, 2025
Online Author Talk: Leigh Bardugo
October 9, 2025
Virtual: 10 Years of Daring Heists and Lovable Outcasts in YA Fantasy with Leigh Bardugo
–
October 9, 2025
Behind the Scenes: Corditaipe Site Collections Tour
October 10, 2025
Children's Craft at Garlic Festival
–
October 10, 2025
Discovery Series: Fall Bird Migration
–
October 11, 2025
Homefront at the Schuyler Estate
–
October 11, 2025
Soldier Encampment at the Battlefield
–
October 11, 2025
History Mysteries
–
October 11, 2025
Ladies' Basic Self Defense
October 11, 2025
Film Screening & Community Conversation: Tales of Gay Albany
October 11, 2025
Adirondack Experience Museum
–
October 12, 2025
Soldier Encampment at the Battlefield
–
October 12, 2025
Brickett's Brigade
October 12, 2025
Truth Tellers Documentary
–
October 12, 2025
Siege of Saratoga Walking Tour
–
October 14, 2025
Trail Walk: Walking with History - End of Season Celebration
October 14, 2025
Job Interview Preparation (Virtual)
October 14, 2025
OATS: Cloud Storage
October 14, 2025
Paint with Patrice: Whimsical Pumpkin
October 14, 2025
Dance Masterclass with Flamenco Vivo
–
October 14, 2025
Story Time & Activity
October 15, 2025
Candlelight Tours
–
October 15, 2025
Book Club: The Last Devil to Die
–
October 15, 2025
Homeschool: Forest Food Webs – Lesson 2 ($)
–
October 16, 2025
Completing Job Applications (Virtual)
October 16, 2025
Genealogy Help
–
October 16, 2025
Acquiring Transferable Skills (Virtual)
October 16, 2025
Sewing with Sarah
–
October 16, 2025
A Study in Birds: Winter Bird Visitors of Northern New York
October 16, 2025
Sound Journey Meditation ($)
–
October 16, 2025
Saratoga Surrender Day
–
October 17, 2025
Networking (Virtual)
October 17, 2025
Meet the Historian: Aaron Noble
October 17, 2025
Discovery Series: Changing Trees
–
October 18, 2025
Fort William Henry Museum
–
October 18, 2025 – October 19, 2025
Bon Appetit Story Hour!
–
October 18, 2025
Celebrating the Harvest: Contra Dancing in the Barn
–
October 18, 2025
Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion, featuring Ringdown: “Who Turns Out the Light”
October 18, 2025
National Chemistry Week: The Hidden Life of Spices
–
October 19, 2025
Seed Collection from the Pollinator Gardens
–
October 19, 2025
Mushroom Meanders
October 19, 2025
Breaking Convention: How a Fussy Detail about British Uniforms Doomed Burgoyne's Army to Captivity
October 19, 2025
Cygnus Virtual Lecture Series: The Large Survey of Space and Time (LSST) at the Vera Rubin Observatory
October 20, 2025
Completing Job Applications (Virtual)
October 21, 2025
Tech Tuesday: Intro to Managing Your Privacy
–
October 21, 2025
Library Book Club
October 21, 2025
Networking (Virtual)
October 22, 2025
Down Memory Lane: The Road to Lake George Part 2
–
October 22, 2025
Library Board Meeting
October 22, 2025
Online Author Talk: Malala Yousafzai
–
October 22, 2025
Virtual: Finding My Way with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai
–
October 22, 2025
Using Social Media (Virtual)
October 23, 2025
OATS: How to Choose a New Computer
October 23, 2025
A Study in Birds: A Paint with Patrice Series
–
October 23, 2025
Artist Reception: Ottavia Huang
October 23, 2025
“… A Very Sudden & Rapid Attack of the Enemy”: Exploring the Battle of Saratoga through Conflict Archaeology
October 23, 2025
Tour of the New York State Museum Entomology Collection
October 24, 2025
Halloween Spooktacular
–
October 25, 2025
Trunk or Treat
–
October 25, 2025
Jack O'Lantern Trail Walk
–
October 25, 2025
The Raging Erie: Life and Labor Along the Erie Canal
October 26, 2025
Musical Postcards from Irish Albany & Troy: Erie Canal Bicentennial Concert
October 26, 2025
Overcoming Barriers to Employment (Virtual)
October 28, 2025
Setting Employment Goals (Virtual)
October 28, 2025
Needle Felting Ghosts with Michele Niedermeyer
–
October 28, 2025
Online Author Talk: Philippa Gregory
October 29, 2025
Virtual: Courtly Intrigue and Whispers as Weapons with Historical Fiction Queen Philippa Gregory
–
October 29, 2025
Acrylics & More with Morgan: Jack O'Lantern
–
October 29, 2025
Paint with Patrice
–
October 30, 2025
"Constantly at Hand": Getting into the Weeds of Skilled Enslaved Labor in Saratoga and Washington Counties
October 30, 2025
Dan Berggren Folk Concert
–
October 30, 2025
Five Hotels of the Narrows: A Talk by Historian Ted Caldwell
October 30, 2025
Journey Through Time: Cohoes Mastodon Gallery Tour
–
October 31, 2025
Saratoga Sunrise Photography Event
November 1, 2025
Night Sky ($)
–
November 1, 2025
Day of the Dead Story & Craft Hour
–
November 1, 2025
The Dancing Witches are Coming! ($)
–
November 1, 2025