Brewster, New York

Brewster Public Library

Two free 90-minute AI classes for your patrons — no presenter fee for the library.

Bible study, chess, and the Tuesday puzzle crowd

The Tuesday morning group at our library has evolved into the strangest book club in the county. Six of us, a retired mail carrier, two schoolteachers, a pharmacist, my husband, and me, and since February we bring our arguments with the machines and settle them over bad coffee. The pharmacist uses his program as a sparring partner on medical news stories, is this headline nonsense or medicine, and it makes him justify his own skepticism, which is healthy. One of the teachers has gotten back into chess after forty years and plays the machine at a level just above her own, and it explains each loss without pity, which she claims to hate and clearly loves. My husband brings the Bible study questions, asking the program what three different commentaries say about a difficult verse, and then bringing all three answers to the group, where the actual arguing happens. I bring the crossword words I do not know, and more usefully, the historical references, some constructor in 2026 assumes you know your Peloponnesian War, and now I do. The point is not that the machines are wise. They are not. The point is that they make each of us slightly more interesting at the table on Tuesday, better armed, better read, and easier to argue with. Loneliness is the quiet epidemic at our age. If a machine gets you back to a table with people, arguing in a warm room, it has done more work than any of its advertisements claim.

AI, in plain English three small answers, no jargon

AI that sees, hears, and reads

Multimodal AI works across photos, charts, audio, and text in one conversation. Show it your open fridge and ask what to cook; that is roughly today's level.

AI's energy bill

Large AI systems use real electricity and water, and companies are racing to shrink that footprint. Everyday queries are light; the honest answer is that the total is growing and being worked on.

AI in libraries

Libraries are becoming the public's hands-on AI classroom, exactly as they were for the internet in the 1990s. Card catalogs taught lookup; today's library teaches judgment.

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From the library's own site, source.

Visit or contact

Hours change with the season, so we link the library's own site instead of copying a schedule that could go stale.

Get an AI class here

Path one: ask the library directly. Patron requests carry real weight with program coordinators, and their website and phone number are linked above.

Path two: tell us you want a class at Brewster Public Library and we will count you in when we schedule one there.

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What you’ll find there

  • Book clubs
  • Story time

Collected from the library’s own website. Availability changes — confirm details on their site.

Two free AI classes for Brewster Public Library

Live, beginner-friendly, 90 minutes each. Your first two classes cost $0, including the presenter fee — bring us in, see how your community responds, then decide.

For library staff

Reply “send dates” to our email and we’ll send available times within a day. Or start here:

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No presenter fee. No contract. You provide the room, chairs and wifi — we bring everything else.

How booking works · browse all six class topics (no email needed)

I’m a patron of this library

Want a class here? Leave your email and we’ll tell you if one gets scheduled at Brewster Public Library — and pass the count to their program coordinator.

One email only when scheduling news exists. Or call the library and say you’d attend — patron requests carry real weight.

Heard about us from a neighbor? Forward this page to whoever books programs at your library.

Is this a sales pitch to our patrons?

No. Nothing is sold or pitched in the room, and patrons never pay to attend. Take-home materials are free.

What’s the catch on “two free classes”?

None, and here is the model: your first two classes cost you nothing, we collect attendance and feedback, and the next library books us because yours proved it works. Repeat classes after that are a modest honorarium sized to your budget.

What do we need to provide?

A room, chairs, and wifi. We bring the projector, adapters, a backup hotspot, printed handouts — every attendee leaves with a printed AI cheat sheet.

Library AI Courses teaches free, live, 90 minute AI classes at public libraries across the region. A listing here is a directory entry, not an endorsement by the library. Classes get scheduled when a library books one or enough patrons ask. Library staff: how booking works →