At the libraries

Monroe Free Library 44 Millpond Parkway 783-4411 For adults: Bus trip - Wednesday, April 27, to Merchant's House Museum and South Street Seaport in Manhattan, $25 per person. Computer security - 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, techniques for avoiding online threats. Book discussion - 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 21, "My Ántonia" by Willa Cather, led by Keith Walters of Lehman College and Rockland Community College. Mediterranean cooking - 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, a four course meal with CIA-trained cook Carmela Chase, $5 per person. For children and teens: Walk-in story time - 11-11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 19, ages two to four, parent stays with child. Preschool storytime - two-year-olds meet Tuesdays at 10 or 11 a.m. or Fridays at 10 a.m., three-year-olds meet Thursdays or Fridays at 11 a.m., four- and five-year-olds meet Wednesdays at 1 p.m. or Thursdays at 10 a.m. Tuxedo Park Library 227 Route 17 351-2207 For adults: Introduction to meditation - 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 30. Registration required. For children and teens: Mother Goose Time - 10:30 a.m. on Mondays, books, songs, and fingerplays for babies 3-11 months and caregivers. Woodbury Public Library 23 Smith Clove Road, Central Valley, 928-2114 For adults: Panel discussion - 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 20, "Autism in Our Town" as part of Woodbury Reads! based on "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time." For children and teens: Drop-in storytime -11 a.m.. Friday, March 18, for ages 2-3 1/2 at Central Valley Branch. Afternoon at the movies - 4-6 p.m. Friday, March 18 for grades 6-8 at the Central Valley Branch. Chester Public Library 1784 Kings Highway 469-4252 Art Classes: Learn to draw animated figures, 11 a.m. March 19, for teens and ‘tweens. Abstract impressionism-watercolor, 11 a.m. April 9, for parent and child age 7+. Impressionism, 11 a.m. April 16, for age 10 to adult Introduction to landscape drawing-pastels, 11 a.m. April 30, for parent and child age 7+. For adults: Book discussion - 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" by Mark Haddon, led by Peter Antelyes, Vassar College. Book discussion - 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, "Reading Lolita in Tehran" by Azar Nafisi, led by Leslie Dunn, Vassar College. Book discussion - 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini, led by a professor of English at Orange County Community College. Registration is required for all book discussions. For children and teens: After-school program Tuesdays from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. for grades K-5.