Arts & Crafts for Grownups!
2025-10-09 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Alexander Findley Community Library

Book Club
2025-10-16 18:00 - 19:00
Join us for a discussion of October’s book, Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce.
Summary:
“It is 1950. London is still reeling from World War II, and Margery Benson, a schoolteacher and spinster, is trying to get through life, surviving on scraps. One day, she reaches her breaking point, abandoning her job and small existence to set out on an expedition to the other side of the world in search of her childhood obsession: an insect that may or may not exist–the golden beetle of New Caledonia. When she advertises for an assistant to accompany her, the woman she ends up with is the last person she had in mind. Fun-loving Enid Pretty in her tight-fitting pink suit and pom-pom sandals seems to attract trouble wherever she goes. But together these two British women find themselves drawn into a cross-ocean adventure that exceeds all expectations and delivers something neither of them expected to find: the transformative power of friendship.it means uncovering every last one of the secrets that bind together the families of Winthrop Island.” (via Goodreads)

Spooky Halloween Shindig!
2025-10-25 12:00 - 13:30

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

Arts & Crafts for Grownups!
2025-12-11 15:00 - 17:00
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 Movie Day!
2025-12-13 11:00 - 12:30
Join us in the library for a Christmas Movie Day on Saturday, December 13th at 11am. We’ll get cozy, have a snack, and watch a couple short Christmas movies, starting with How the Grinch Stole Christmas. See you then!

Book Club
2025-12-18 18:00 - 19:00
Join us in the library for a discussion of December’s book, All Adults Here by Emma Straub.
Summary:
“When Astrid Strick witnesses a school bus accident in the center of town, it jostles loose a repressed memory from her young parenting days decades earlier. Suddenly, Astrid realizes she was not quite the parent she thought she’d been to her three, now-grown children. But to what consequence?
Astrid’s youngest son is drifting and unfocused, making parenting mistakes of his own. Her daughter is intentionally pregnant yet struggling to give up her own adolescence. And her eldest seems to measure his adult life according to standards no one else shares. But who gets to decide, so many years later, which long-ago lapses were the ones that mattered? Who decides which apologies really count? It might be that only Astrid’s thirteen-year-old granddaughter and her new friend really understand the courage it takes to tell the truth to the people you love the most.
In All Adults Here, Emma Straub’s unique alchemy of wisdom, humor, and insight come together in a deeply satisfying story about adult siblings, aging parents, high school boyfriends, middle school mean girls, the lifelong effects of birth order, and all the other things that follow us into adulthood, whether we like them to or not.” (via Goodreads)

Christmas Storytime + Party!
2025-12-20 11:00 - 13:30
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!

1000 Hours Outside Activity: Snowman Play Day!
2025-12-27 11:00 - 12:00
Join us for another 1000 Hours Outside-Inspired Activity: Snowman Play Day! We meet up Saturday, December 27th from 11am-12pm to make snowmen. Let’s see how many we can make! Bring any hats, gloves, scarves, etc. you want to use to dress them up! Afterwards, we’ll go inside to warm up and have a snack.

Arts and Crafts for Grownups
2026-01-08 15:00 - 17:00
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.

Book Club
2026-01-15 18:00 - 19:00
Join us in the library for a discussion of One By One by Freida McFadden. Let’s see if she lives up to the hype!
Summary:
“One by one, they will get what they deserve…
A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is not how Claire Matchett expected to spend her vacation.
She thought this would be a break from the stresses of work and raising her young children. A chance to repair her damaged marriage. A week of hiking and hot tubs with two other couple friends. It sounded like heaven.
Then Claire’s minivan breaks down on a lonely dirt road. With no cell reception, the group has no choice but to hike the rest of the way to their hotel. But it turns out the woods aren’t as easy to navigate as they thought.
Hours later, they are lost. Hopelessly lost.
And as they navigate deeper into the woods, the members of their party are struck down mysteriously one by one. Has a wild animal been hunting them? Or is the hunter one of them?
But as more time passes, one thing becomes clear:
Only one of them will return home alive.” (via Goodreads)

Board Meeting
2026-01-26 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-02-23 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-03-23 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-04-27 18:30 - 19:30
The library board of trustees meets the fourth Monday of the month to discuss library matters. Meetings are open to the public.

Take Your Child to the Library Day Storytime!
2026-02-07 11:00 - 12:00
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
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!

Book Club
2026-02-19 18:00 - 19:00
Join us for a discussion of February’s book, The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley.
Summary:
“The story of a solitary green notebook that brings together six strangers and leads to unexpected friendship, and even love.
Julian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely artist and septuagenarian believes that most people aren’t really honest with each other. But what if they were? And so he writes–in a plain, green journal–the truth about his own life and leaves it in his local cafe. It’s run by the incredibly tidy and efficient Monica, who furtively adds her own entry and leaves the book in the wine bar across the street. Before long, the others who find the green notebook add the truths about their own deepest selves–and soon find each other In Real Life at Monica’s Cafe.
The Authenticity Project‘s cast of characters–including Hazard, the charming addict who makes a vow to get sober; Alice, the fabulous mommy Instagrammer whose real life is a lot less perfect than it looks online; and their other new friends–is by turns quirky and funny, heartbreakingly sad and painfully true-to-life. It’s a story about being brave and putting your real self forward–and finding out that it’s not as scary as it seems. In fact, it looks a lot like happiness.
The Authenticity Project is just the tonic for our times that readers are clamoring for–and one they will take to their hearts and read with unabashed pleasure.” (via StoryGraph)

Dr. Seuss Storytime!
2026-03-07 11:00 - 12:00
Join us in the library for a celebration of Dr. Seuss’ Birthday! We’ll enjoy a story or two, then we’ll craft, play games, and have snacks. Come down and play!

Arts and Crafts for Grownups
2026-03-12 15:00 - 17:00
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.

Book Club
2026-03-19 18:00 - 19:00
Join us in the library for a discussion of March’s book, Anxious People by Fredrik Backman.
Summary:
“Looking at real estate isn’t usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives include a recently retired couple who relentlessly hunt down fixer-uppers to avoid the painful truth that they can’t fix their own marriage. There’s a wealthy bank director who has been too busy to care about anyone else and a young couple who are about to have their first child but can’t seem to agree on anything, from where they want to live to how they met in the first place. Add to the mix an eighty-seven-year-old woman who has lived long enough not to be afraid of someone waving a gun in her face, a flustered but still-ready-to-make-a-deal real estate agent, and a mystery man who has locked himself in the apartment’s only bathroom, and you’ve got the worst group of hostages in the world.
Each of them carries a lifetime of grievances, hurts, secrets, and passions that are ready to boil over. None of them is entirely who they appear to be. And all of them—the bank robber included—desperately crave some sort of rescue. As the authorities and the media surround the premises these reluctant allies will reveal surprising truths about themselves and set in motion a chain of events so unexpected that even they can hardly explain what happens next.
Rich with Fredrik Backman’s ‘pitch-perfect dialogue and an unparalleled understanding of human nature’ (Shelf Awareness), Anxious People is an ingeniously constructed story about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope—the things that save us, even in the most anxious times.” (via Storygraph)

Agricultural Literacy Storytime!
2026-03-21 11:00 - 12:00
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
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
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!

Book Club
2026-04-16 18:00 - 19:00
Join us in the library for a discussion of April’s book, These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunninham Grant.
Summary:
“A father and daughter living in the remote Appalachian mountains must reckon with the ghosts of their past in Kimi Cunningham Grant’s These Silent Woods, a mesmerizing novel of suspense.
No electricity, no family, no connection to the outside world.
For eight years, Cooper and his young daughter, Finch, have lived in isolation in a remote cabin in the northern Appalachian woods. And that’s exactly the way Cooper wants it, because he’s got a lot to hide. Finch has been raised on the books filling the cabin’s shelves and the beautiful but brutal code of life in the wilderness. But she’s starting to push back against the sheltered life Cooper has created for her—and he’s still haunted by the painful truth of what it took to get them there.
The only people who know they exist are a mysterious local hermit named Scotland, and Cooper’s old friend, Jake, who visits each winter to bring them food and supplies. But this year, Jake doesn’t show up, setting off an irreversible chain of events that reveals just how precarious their situation really is. Suddenly, the boundaries of their safe haven have blurred—and when a stranger wanders into their woods, Finch’s growing obsession with her could put them all in danger. After a shocking disappearance threatens to upend the only life Finch has ever known, Cooper is forced to decide whether to keep hiding—or finally face the sins of his past.
Vividly atmospheric and masterfully tense, These Silent Woods is a poignant story of survival, sacrifice, and how far a father will go when faced with losing it all.” (via Storygraph)

Earth Day Celebration + Plantstravaganza!
2026-04-25 11:00 - 13:00
Earth Day Celebration & Plantstravaganza! Saturday, April 18th, from 11am-12pm.
NEW THIS YEAR: Worm farm demonstration and activity by Cornell Cooperative Extension from 11:30-12:30!
Plus our usual fun!

Start a seed to take home!
Take free seeds!
Learn about garden friends!
Learn about seed snails!
Sign up for Garden Club!
Crafts and snacks, too!
Also: Houseplant sale to benefit the library (while supplies last)!

Book Club
2026-05-21 18:00 - 19:00
Join us in the library for a discussion of May’s book, I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy.
Summary:
“A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life.
Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother’s dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called “calorie restriction,” eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, “Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn’t tint hers?” She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income.
In I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail—just as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly, she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic, emailing fan club moderators and getting on a first-name basis with the paparazzi (“Hi Gale!”), Jennette is riddled with anxiety, shame, and self-loathing, which manifest into eating disorders, addiction, and a series of unhealthy relationships.
These issues only get worse when, soon after taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants. Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I’m Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.” (via StoryGraph)

Arts and Crafts for Grownups
2026-05-28 17:00 - 18:30
Join us in the library for Arts & Crafts for Grownups! NEW DATE & TIME! Thursday, May 28th from 5-6:40pm. That’s the last Thursday of the month. We’re trying to find a time that works for more people, so please bear with us.
This month, we’ll be making beaded plants in tiny terra cotta pots.
Our craft classes are free and all supplies are provided (unless otherwise noted). For more info please call 716-769-6568, find us on Facebook at Findley Lake Library, or visit our calendar at findleylibrary.org

Annual Board Meeting
2026-06-06 09:00 - 10:30
The library board of trustees will meet to discuss library matters and elect officers. Meetings are open to the public.

Book Club
2026-06-18 18:00 - 19:00
Join us in the library for a discussion of June’s book, Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen.
Summary:
“Between the real and the imaginary, there are stories that take flight in the most extraordinary ways. Right off the coast of South Carolina, on Mallow Island, The Dellawisp sits—a stunning cobblestone building shaped like a horseshoe and named after the tiny turquoise birds who, alongside its human tenants, inhabit an air of magical secrecy.
When Zoey comes to claim her deceased mother’s apartment on Mallow Island, she meets her quirky and secretive neighbors, including a girl on the run, two estranged middle-aged sisters, a lonely chef, a legendary writer, and three ghosts. Each with their own story. Each with their own longings. Each whose ending isn’t written yet.” (via The StoryGraph)
