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New Year's Day

Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 9:00am - 9:00pm
Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
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Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Group of friends playing board games, their faces out of frame but their hand reaching towards the center of the wooden table to reach for colorful game pieces

Game Day

Friday, January 2, 2026 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Vincent R. O'Leary Community Room at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Adult

We provide the space, tables and chairs.  You bring your friends and a favorite board or card game to play. We also have 2 Mah Jongg sets available upon request. (You must supply your own cards.)  No registration required.

Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Vincent R. O'Leary Community Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

We provide the space, tables and chairs.  You bring your friends and a favorite board or card game to play. We also have 2 Mah Jongg sets available upon request. (You must supply your own cards.)  No registration required.

Crafternoon Collage

Crafternoon (Ages 3-11 yrs. w/ caregiver)

Friday, January 2, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Children's Library at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children

Children and their caregivers can stop by the Library between 2:00-4:00 pm to create a work of art out of recycled materials. No registration required.

Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Children's Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Children and their caregivers can stop by the Library between 2:00-4:00 pm to create a work of art out of recycled materials. No registration required.

Disclaimer(s)

Parents Must Stay in Library

Parents must stay in the Children's Library when their children are in a Children's program.

Photography Notice

Pictures/Videos taken at or for library events or activities may be posted online, printed in our newsletter or other print media, or displayed in-house.

If you do not want yourself and/or your minor child photographed, please notify the librarian/photographer at the time of the event.

Close up photograph of a woman's hands knitting with a pale blue yarn next to a mug of coffee

Knit, Crochet, and Chat

Friday, January 2, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Vincent R. O'Leary Community Room at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adult

Join with friends, old and new, to work on your current knitting or crochet project. Share tips, techniques, and conversation. No registration necessary. Feel free to come to either or both sessions. No instruction will be provided.

Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Vincent R. O'Leary Community Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join with friends, old and new, to work on your current knitting or crochet project. Share tips, techniques, and conversation. No registration necessary. Feel free to come to either or both sessions. No instruction will be provided.

Movie Night: The Greatest Showman

Friday, January 2, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Vincent R. O'Leary Community Room at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Movie
Age Group:
Teens & Tweens

Join your friends for a movie night at the library!  We’ll have snacks (Popcorn! Candy! More!) for this night of entertainment.  January’s movie: The Greatest Showman (rated PG). 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Vincent R. O'Leary Community Room
Age Group: Teens & Tweens
Program Type: Movie
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join your friends for a movie night at the library!  We’ll have snacks (Popcorn! Candy! More!) for this night of entertainment.  January’s movie: The Greatest Showman (rated PG). 

Disclaimer(s)

Allergen Notice

Please review the program description for any potential allergies before signing yourself or a loved one up for this program.

Photography Notice

Pictures/Videos taken at or for library events or activities may be posted online, printed in our newsletter or other print media, or displayed in-house.

If you do not want yourself and/or your minor child photographed, please notify the librarian/photographer at the time of the event.

Robotics challenge

Engineering Challenge (Grades K-5)

Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Children's Program Room at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
STEM
Age Group:
Children

Join the WMHS Robotics Team for an engineering challenge.

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: STEM
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join the WMHS Robotics Team for an engineering challenge.

Disclaimer(s)

Parents Must Stay in Library

Parents must stay in the Children's Library when their children are in a Children's program.

Photography Notice

Pictures/Videos taken at or for library events or activities may be posted online, printed in our newsletter or other print media, or displayed in-house.

If you do not want yourself and/or your minor child photographed, please notify the librarian/photographer at the time of the event.

Photograph of the full Harbormen Chorus, made up of eleven elderly white men in matching red suits with white shirts and red bowties

A New Year's Concert with The Harbormen Chorus

Sunday, January 4, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Vincent R. O'Leary Community Room at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Music & Performance
Age Group:
Adult

The Harbormen Barbershop Chorus returns to Emma Clark to kickstart 2026!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Vincent R. O'Leary Community Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Music & Performance
Registration Required
Event Details:

The Harbormen Barbershop Chorus returns to Emma Clark to kickstart 2026!

Community Service

Assisted Living Appreciation Kits Community Service Project (Grades 3 - 5)

Monday, January 5, 2026 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Children's Program Room at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Community Service
Age Group:
Children

Join us to decorate cards and small canvas bags filled with essential items to donate to assisted living staff. Participants will earn one hour of community service credit. 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Community Service
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us to decorate cards and small canvas bags filled with essential items to donate to assisted living staff. Participants will earn one hour of community service credit. 

Disclaimer(s)

Parents Must Stay in Library

Parents must stay in the Children's Library when their children are in a Children's program.

Photography Notice

Pictures/Videos taken at or for library events or activities may be posted online, printed in our newsletter or other print media, or displayed in-house.

If you do not want yourself and/or your minor child photographed, please notify the librarian/photographer at the time of the event.

Stylized illustration of a laptop sitting next to a trashcan and in front of a vacuum cleaner

PC Clean Up

Monday, January 5, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Technology Center at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Technology Class
Age Group:
Adult
TECH CLASS: PC Cleanup:

Have a PC laptop? Bring it with you and learn how to clean and speed it up. If you don't have one, don't worry, you can use ours to learn. This class is specifically tail...

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Technology Center
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Technology Class
Registration Required

TECH CLASS: PC Cleanup

Have a PC laptop? Bring it with you and learn how to clean and speed it up. If you don't have one, don't worry, you can use ours to learn. This class is specifically tailored for PCs and not applicable to Mac systems. Taught by Tech Librarian Jen Mullen [LOCATION: TECHNOLOGY CENTER - LOWER LEVEL]

Baby Start Storytime Newborn-24 mos. w/ caregiver

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 9:45am - 10:15am
Children's Program Room at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Mommy & Me, Story Time
Age Group:
Children

Join A Time for Kids, Inc for a circle time!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Mommy & Me, Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join A Time for Kids, Inc for a circle time!

A Time For Kids: Ages 2 -5 yrs. w/caregiver

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:15am
Children's Program Room at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Mommy & Me
Age Group:
Children

Have fun in this family preschool program. 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Mommy & Me
Registration Required
Event Details:

Have fun in this family preschool program. 

Group of older women exercising together

Simply Strong for Life [IN PERSON]

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Vincent R. O'Leary Community Room at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adult

Strength training can improve your quality of life at any age! Join us for this fitness class in which we will focus on increasing muscle strength, improving range of joint motion, and light stretching.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Vincent R. O'Leary Community Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Event Details:

Strength training can improve your quality of life at any age! Join us for this fitness class in which we will focus on increasing muscle strength, improving range of joint motion, and light stretching.

Disclaimer(s)

Supplies Required

Please review the program description for materials required for participation in this program.

Woman exercising next to laptop

Simply Strong for Life [ZOOM]

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Virtual Programming
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adult

Strength training can improve your quality of life at any age! Join us for this fitness class in which we will focus on increasing muscle strength, improving range of joint motion, and light stretching.

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual Programming
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Strength training can improve your quality of life at any age! Join us for this fitness class in which we will focus on increasing muscle strength, improving range of joint motion, and light stretching.

Disclaimer(s)

Supplies Required

Please review the program description for materials required for participation in this program.

Colorful cartoonish figures with empty speech bubbles

Social Work Intern Appointments

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Small Study Room at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness, Other
Age Group:
Adult, Teens & Tweens
Social Work Intern Appointments:

Throughout the academic year, the Emma S. Clark Library is host to one or more Social Work Interns from the Masters of Social Work Program at Stony Brook University who are trainin...

Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Small Study Room
Age Group: Adult, Teens & Tweens
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Other

Social Work Intern Appointments

Throughout the academic year, the Emma S. Clark Library is host to one or more Social Work Interns from the Masters of Social Work Program at Stony Brook University who are training to become Licensed Clinical Social Workers. These individuals will be on-site to answer questions from our community, help them fill out forms, or provide referrals on topics such as:

  • Employment/Job Search
  • Housing
  • Applying for benefits
  • LGBTQIA+ topics
  • Medical Assistance
  • Mental Health Issues
  • Substance use
  • Care Coordination
  • Childcare Services

To schedule an appointment, click here:

https://emmaclark.librarycalendar.com/reserve-room/social-work-intern-appointments

To cancel your appointment, email askus@emmaclark.org.

*The Social Work Interns will be available to answer questions but are not therapists; referrals will be given to people looking for clinical therapy. All conversations will be kept confidential. The interns are mandated reporters for cases of neglect, abuse, or harm.

Hot air balloon mobile

New Year, New Heights (Grades K-2)

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 4:30pm - 5:15pm
Children's Program Room at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children

Build a mobile full of 3D paper hot air balloons featuring your new years resolutions.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Build a mobile full of 3D paper hot air balloons featuring your new years resolutions.

Disclaimer(s)

Parents Must Stay in Library

Parents must stay in the Children's Library when their children are in a Children's program.

Photography Notice

Pictures/Videos taken at or for library events or activities may be posted online, printed in our newsletter or other print media, or displayed in-house.

If you do not want yourself and/or your minor child photographed, please notify the librarian/photographer at the time of the event.

Resolution Wreaths (Grades 3-5)

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Children's Program Room at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children

Start the year with creativity and intention! Craft a colorful fabric wreath that’s not only a charming decoration for your home, but also a daily reminder of the goals and resolutions that matter most to you.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Start the year with creativity and intention! Craft a colorful fabric wreath that’s not only a charming decoration for your home, but also a daily reminder of the goals and resolutions that matter most to you.

Disclaimer(s)

Parents Must Stay in Library

Parents must stay in the Children's Library when their children are in a Children's program.

Photography Notice

Pictures/Videos taken at or for library events or activities may be posted online, printed in our newsletter or other print media, or displayed in-house.

If you do not want yourself and/or your minor child photographed, please notify the librarian/photographer at the time of the event.

Hands adding paper into Cricut printing device

Cricut: Tote Bag [LOTTERY]

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Technology Center at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Technology Class
Age Group:
Adult

NOTE: Registration lottery opens on December 23rd, 2025 at 9:30am and closes on December 24th, 2025 at 1:30pm.

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Technology Center
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Technology Class
Registration Required
Event Details:

NOTE: Registration lottery opens on December 23rd, 2025 at 9:30am and closes on December 24th, 2025 at 1:30pm.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Lottery

THIS IS A LOTTERY PROGRAM.

Upon registration, your name will be added to a waitlist pool from which individuals will be randomly selected.

Registration for lottery programming will run for 28 hours, opening at 9:30am two weeks ahead of the program start-date and then closing the next day at 1:30pm. Please note that registration itself does not guarantee admittance. Rather, this will add you to the lottery pool from which registrants are drawn.
If selected, you will receive an additional email confirming as much no sooner than 24 hours after lottery registration has closed.

Nursery Rhyme Sing-Along Newborn - 5 yrs w/ caregiver

Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Program Room at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Mommy & Me, Music & Performance
Age Group:
Children

Join Meghan as she plays your favorite nursery rhymes and children's songs. 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Mommy & Me, Music & Performance
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Meghan as she plays your favorite nursery rhymes and children's songs. 

Homeschool Hangout

Homeschool Hangout (Ages 5-11 yrs.)

Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Children's Program Room at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children

Join us for a special get-together designed just for homeschooled children ages 5–11! We'll experience a learning activity together and then connect with new friends.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a special get-together designed just for homeschooled children ages 5–11! We'll experience a learning activity together and then connect with new friends.

Disclaimer(s)

Out-Of-District Registration Enabled

REGISTRATION FOR THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN OPENED FOR ALL SUFFOLK COUNTY RESIDENTS.
Simply supply the barcode number from your local library card to register.

Parents Must Stay in Library

Parents must stay in the Children's Library when their children are in a Children's program.

Photography Notice

Pictures/Videos taken at or for library events or activities may be posted online, printed in our newsletter or other print media, or displayed in-house.

If you do not want yourself and/or your minor child photographed, please notify the librarian/photographer at the time of the event.

Child reading to dog

BARK (For Readers Up to 5th Grade)

Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Children's Program Room at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children

Experience the wonders of reading to a trained therapy dog!

These one-to-one sessions give children the chance to sharpen their reading skills in a non-judgmental environment while having fun.

Other possible benefits for the kids:

Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Experience the wonders of reading to a trained therapy dog!

These one-to-one sessions give children the chance to sharpen their reading skills in a non-judgmental environment while having fun.

Other possible benefits for the kids:

Disclaimer(s)

Parents Must Stay in Library

Parents must stay in the Children's Library when their children are in a Children's program.

Photography Notice

Pictures/Videos taken at or for library events or activities may be posted online, printed in our newsletter or other print media, or displayed in-house.

If you do not want yourself and/or your minor child photographed, please notify the librarian/photographer at the time of the event.

Knit for a Cause

Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Board Room at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Community Service
Age Group:
Teens & Tweens

Learn basic knitting skills from Librarian Emily and skilled teen knitting volunteers, then put those skills to good use making items to donate people in need!  Earn 1 hour of community service credit per class and 7 hours of credit for knitt

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Teens & Tweens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Community Service
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn basic knitting skills from Librarian Emily and skilled teen knitting volunteers, then put those skills to good use making items to donate people in need!  Earn 1 hour of community service credit per class and 7 hours of credit for knitt

Disclaimer(s)

Photography Notice

Pictures/Videos taken at or for library events or activities may be posted online, printed in our newsletter or other print media, or displayed in-house.

If you do not want yourself and/or your minor child photographed, please notify the librarian/photographer at the time of the event.

Illustration of a cartoonishly large seal emerging from the ocean (as viewed from a cross-section in the water) with an island appearing on he head of the seal, with text surrounding the image reading "Envision Plum Island Preserved: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library January 7, 2026 Louise Harrison Long Island Project Manager & Senior Science Advisor, Save the Sound, lharrison@savethesound.org"

Envision Plum Island Preserved [ZOOM]

Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual Programming
Program Type:
Educational Lecture, History, World & Wildlife
Age Group:
Adult

Plum Island, a federally owned part of the Town of Southold only a mile and a half off the North Fork, is of national significance for its natural beauty, native wildlife and plant life, historical importance, and cultural heritage.

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual Programming
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Educational Lecture, History, World & Wildlife
Event Details:

Plum Island, a federally owned part of the Town of Southold only a mile and a half off the North Fork, is of national significance for its natural beauty, native wildlife and plant life, historical importance, and cultural heritage.

Stethoscope and paper heart with heartbeat line

Catholic Health Mobile Outreach Bus (in Library parking lot)

Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 10:00am - 2:00pm
Library Parking Lot at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adult, Teens & Tweens, Children

Registered nurses will provide flu vaccinations, as well as blood pressure, cholesterol, body mass index, and glucose screenings. Nurses will also provide patient education and referrals as needed. The last screening will begin at 1:45 p.m.

Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Library Parking Lot
Age Group: Adult, Teens & Tweens, Children
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Registered nurses will provide flu vaccinations, as well as blood pressure, cholesterol, body mass index, and glucose screenings. Nurses will also provide patient education and referrals as needed. The last screening will begin at 1:45 p.m.

Photograph of two pairs of hands intertwined, one older, the other younger, outstretched before a light backdrop with soft light diffusing in.

The Heart of the Matter: Keeping Seniors Healthy

Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Vincent R. O'Leary Community Room at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Educational Lecture, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adult

Learn smart tips for staying healthy in your senior years. You'll discover how to manage common health issues, risk factors for heart disease, your medications, and your nutrition.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Vincent R. O'Leary Community Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Educational Lecture, Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn smart tips for staying healthy in your senior years. You'll discover how to manage common health issues, risk factors for heart disease, your medications, and your nutrition.