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Manualidades y Diversión: Decoraciones para Graduación. 🎓 ¡Aprende a crear decoraciones únicas y hechas a mano para una graduación! Este programa es en español.
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Crafts and Fun: Decorations for Graduation. 🎓 Discover how to create one-of-a-kind, handmade decorations for graduation! This program is taught in Spanish.

Celebrate Pride Month with Charm with a screening of this iconic NYC Documentary at the library! Hosted by Hudson Valley CHARM

This documentary focuses on drag queens living in New York City and their "house" culture, which provides a sense of community and support for the performers. Groups from each house compete in elaborate balls that take cues from the world of fashion. Also touching on issues of racism and poverty, the film features interviews with a number of renowned drag queens, including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija and Dorian Corey.

CLASES DE INGLÉS Verano 2026
Clases Intensiva para principiantes: lunes, 6-7pm
Clase de inglés conversacional: martes, 6-7pm
Clases intermedias: miercoles, 3-4pm
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English classes for Summer 2026
Intensive Beginner Classes: Mondays, 6-7 pm
Conversational English Classes: Tuesdays, 6-7pm
Intermediate Classes: Wednesdays, 3-4pm

Lake at Downing Park, Newburgh, N.Y. This hand colored postcard shows three women seated by a lake in Downing Park which is located in the heart of the City of Newburgh. Opened in 1897, the park was named after Newburgh native Andrew Jackson Downing, pioneer of the public park movement. In the 1840's Downing recruited Calvert Vaux in L...

Artists needed! Young artists ages 14-22 are invited to collaborate with WHOOP DEE DOO to design a live variety show during the month of June.
The show will premiere on July 3rd and feature performers, artists, and community members in an immersive set on the grounds of Storm King Art Center Registration is limited, a stipend will be offered to select artists. Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScb16vw__Kf5-hT6C1laUnGXf-iKLWFVnItDoRr-MXqwHhDIw/viewform

Check out these wellness programs at the library!

Mondays in June - Chair Yoga
Register here: https://newburghlibrary.libcal.com/event/16724529

June 8 - Beginners Yoga with Align with Anne (offered in English and Spanish)

June 12 - Health and Wellness Event with Avalon & Fidelis
Register here: https://newburghlibrary.libcal.com/event/16885570

The Newburgh Free Library Local History Room now has it's own page. Our local history librarians will be using this page to share stories, events, and information about our area's past. Feel free to message this page with any genealogy, local history or research question you might have!

Welcome to the social media home of the Newburgh Free Library Local History Department! We look forward to sharing stories, events, and information about our past with you here! [Photograph of the interior of the Newburgh Free Library at 120 Grand Street, c. 1970. Local History Department, Newburgh Free Library]

Thank you to Rob Rolison for co-sponsoring the Freedom to Read Act. You can take action here: www.bit.ly/support-freedom-to-read

Crafting Circle returns this tomorrow at 6:00pm at the Main Library. Bring your own project to work on in a social setting. 🧶 Register here: https://newburghlibrary.libcal.com/event/16782869

This Saturday! Register here: https://newburghlibrary.libcal.com/event/15706610

Mafia Burial Ground: The Mob & St. John's Cemetery. Local author and historian Anthony Musso will be presenting a one-hour presentation on research conducted into his new book "Mafia Burial Ground: The Mob and St. John's Cemetery." Documented in this book are the profiles of every Mafia member interred at St. John’s Cemetery, Queens. Register here: https://newburghlibrary.libcal.com/event/15706610