Earth Day Celebration and Plantstravaganza!
2025-04-26 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Alexander Findley Community Library

Arts & Crafts for Grownups!
2025-05-08 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-12 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-10-09 15:00 - 17:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library

Sidewalk Chalk Play Day!
2025-05-31 11:00 - 12:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library

1000 Hours Outside Activity: Flower Art Play Day!
2025-06-28 11:00 - 12:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
We’ll try our hand at flower pounding! We’ll also be pressing flowers so you can take them home for later use! Plus snacks. Open to all ages. If it rains, we’ll simply move the activity inside.

Arts & Crafts for Grownups!
2025-07-10 15:00 - 17:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
We’ll be making mosaics on tiny terra cotta pots using cut glass pieces and Weld Bond adhesive. We won’t have time to grout, as the adhesive will need to dry and set, but we can do it on another day!

Free Art Time!
2025-07-12 12:00 - 13:30 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us in the library Saturdays during Summer Reading, from 12-1:30pm for Free Art Time! This is a chance for kiddos who signed up for Summer Reading to work on the crafts and activities on their Station Challenge sheets. If you didn’t sign up, or are on the CCLS Road Trip, you can still play and make art with the supplies we provide. We want to turn the library into a lovely art gallery this summer, so we need your help! You can leave things to work on the following Saturday, too, so be sure to put you name on all your work.

Saturday Storytime: Silly Hats!
2025-07-19 11:00 - 12:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us for a story or two, then we’ll decorate silly hats and have a snack!

1000 Hours Outside-Inspired Activity: Tie Dye Play Day!
2025-07-26 11:00 - 12:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
We’ll be tie dyeing bandanas! We’ll wear gloves, but you might want to wear cloths that can get messy!

Free Art Time!
2025-08-02 12:00 - 13:30 | Alexander Findley Community Library
This is a chance for kiddos who signed up for Summer Reading to work on the crafts and activities on their Station Challenge sheets. If you didn’t sign up, or are on the CCLS Road Trip, you can still play and make art with the supplies we provide. We want to turn the library into a lovely art gallery this summer, so we need your help! You can leave things to work on the following Saturday, too, so be sure to put you name on all your work.

Saturday Storytime: Marbles!
2025-08-09 11:00 - 12:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library

Free Art Time!
2025-08-09 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-08-23 12:00 - 13:30 | Alexander Findley Community Library

Arts & Crafts for Grownups!
2025-08-14 15:00 - 17:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
We’ll be trying out milk carton printmaking with water-based inks on different papers. This one will be messy, so wear an apron if you have one, or wear cloths that can get messy.

Saturday Storytime: Suncatchers!
2025-08-16 11:00 - 12:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library

Free Art Time!
2025-08-16 12:00 - 13:30

Arts & Crafts for Grownups BONUS DAY!
2025-08-21 15:00 - 17:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library

Saturday Storytime: Sugar Watercolor!
2025-08-23 11:00 - 12:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library

Spooky Halloween Shindig!
2025-10-25 12:00 - 13:30 | Alexander Findley Community Library

Arts & Crafts for Grownups
2025-11-13 15:00 - 17:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
We’ll be making felt leaves with beads and sequins.

Arts & Crafts for Grownups!
2025-12-11 15:00 - 17:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
We’ll be making snowflake ornaments out of TP rolls. You can spice them up with paint, markers, glitter, and ribbons!
Arts & Crafts for Grownups meets the second Thursday of the month, and all supplies are provided, unless otherwise noted.

Christmas Storytime + Party!
2025-12-20 11:00 - 13:30 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us for our annual Christmas Storytime + Party on Saturday, December 20th, from 11am-1:30 pm. Mrs. Claus will read us a story (or two), then we’ll have a snack, make crafts, and be merry! Kids get a free book from under the tree. Grownups can craft if they want, and enjoy hot chocolate, snacks and good company!

Arts and Crafts for Grownups
2026-01-08 15:00 - 17:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
We’re still trying to make these snowflake ornaments out of TP rolls. Hopefully weather and health will cooperate with us this time! You can spice them up with paint, markers, glitter, and ribbons.
Arts & Crafts for Grownups meets the second Thursday of the month, and all supplies are provided, unless otherwise noted.

Take Your Child to the Library Day Storytime!
2026-02-07 11:00 - 12:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us for a Take Your Child to the Library Day Storytime on Saturday, February 7 at 11am. Come for a story or two, then stay to see all the fun and cool things the library has to offer! We’ll be crafting, playing games, having a snack, and giving a library tour!
On the first Saturday in February*, thousands of libraries across the world celebrate Take Your Child to the Library Day by offering free, fun, fabulous activities for families. Your local library is an ideal place for children to play, discover, make friends, and have fun.

Arts and Crafts for Grownups
2026-02-12 15:00 - 17:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
We aren’t waiting for Spring to clean out the closet. Build and paint your own birdhouse, paint these little, wooden farmyard sights, or make a geometric sand mandala. If you’re really motivated, do all three!

Arts and Crafts for Grownups
2026-03-12 15:00 - 17:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us in the library from 3-6:30 pm for a special Arts & Crafts for Grownups. We recently lost our dear friend, patron, former Library Assistant and volunteer Joanne Malecki. She was a huge part of life at the Mina Community Center, and she will be greatly missed. In honor of Joanne, we’re making sunflowers—her favorite. You can paint, collage, draw, etc. We’ll have an assortment of supplies at the ready. We’ll hang them in the library so Joanne can keep an eye on us.

Agricultural Literacy Storytime!
2026-03-21 11:00 - 12:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
A volunteer from the Cornell Cooperative Extension will be here to read us Seasons on the Farm by Chelsea Tornetto. Come for the story, stay for a craft and activity!
March 17th-21st is Agricultural Literacy Week, a celebration of our county’s legacy and the hard work of those who produce healthy, local food, 365 days a year!

Arts and Crafts for Grownups
2026-04-09 17:00 - 18:30 | Alexander Findley Community Library
NEW LATER TIME: 5-6:30. We’ll be decorating pre-made wooden birdhouses. You can paint or decoupage, and there will be an assortment of things to glue on if you want to spice it up a bit (think birds, flowers, ribbons, beads, etc.)

After Easter Party!
2026-04-11 11:00 - 13:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us in the library for an After Easter Party on Saturday, April 11th at 11am. We’ll have an egg hunt, then we’ll dye eggs, make a craft, have snacks, and play!
