Arts & Crafts for Grownups!
2024-08-08 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Alexander Findley Community Library

Bicentennial Play Day!
2024-08-10 11:00 - 13:30
Since it’s Mina’s Bicentennial Celebration this weekend, we will not be having a regular Storytime. Instead, we will have a Play Day! We are borrowing the button maker and the paint spinner from CCLS, so folks can stop in and play for a bit and still participate in the festivities downtown. Be sure to check out the Vintage Parade at 10am, and wave hello to library trustees and friends!

Book Club
2024-08-15 18:00 - 19:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us in the library for a discussion of August’s book, Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy.
Summary:
“Inti Flynn arrives in Scotland with her twin sister, Aggie, to lead a team of biologists tasked with reintroducing fourteen gray wolves into the remote Highlands. She hopes to heal not only the dying landscape, but Aggie, too, unmade by the terrible secrets that drove the sisters out of Alaska.
Inti is not the woman she once was, either, changed by the harm she’s witnessed—inflicted by humans on both the wild and each other. Yet as the wolves surprise everyone by thriving, Inti begins to let her guard down, even opening herself up to the possibility of love. But when a farmer is found dead, Inti knows where the town will lay blame. Unable to accept her wolves could be responsible, Inti makes a reckless decision to protect them. But if the wolves didn’t make the kill, then who did? And what will Inti do when the man she is falling for seems to be the prime suspect?
Propulsive and spell-binding, Charlotte McConaghy’s Once There Were Wolves is the unforgettable story of a woman desperate to save the creatures she loves—if she isn’t consumed by a wild that was once her refuge.” (via goodreads)

Saturday Storytime: Dinos!
2024-08-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library

Tabling Event: Learn How to Save Energy & Improve the Efficiency of Your Home
2024-08-22 13:00 - 19:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library

Saturday Storytime: Hiking & Camping!
2024-08-24 11:00 - 12:30 | Alexander Findley Community Library

End of Summer Reading Shindig!
2024-08-31 11:00 - 14:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us for an End of Summer Reading Shindig as we celebrate all the fun adventures we had this summer! We’ll be drawing prizes, so be sure to have your Adventure Maps and Classic Adventurer Scavenger Hunt turned in by Thursday, August 29th (and don’t forget to put your name on everything!).

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!

Saturday Storytime: Butterflies!
2025-07-12 11:00 - 12:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us for the first Storytime of Summer Reading! We’ll be reading a story (or two), then doing butterfly crafts and having a snack!

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.

Author Talk: Joan Wahl
2025-07-17 17:00 - 18:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us in the library for a discussion with author Joan Wahl. She’ll tell us about her writing journey, and discuss her books as well. Books will also be available for purchase.

Joan Wahl, a romantic at heart, draws inspiration from her idyllic seventeen-year marriage and her rich cultural background to craft captivating love stories. A passionate traveler and avid reader, she finds her muse in diverse locations from Nashville to Maine.
With a life steeped in love and adventure, Joan brings authenticity and warmth to her romances, inviting readers to escape into stories that celebrate the enduring power of true love.

About Falling for Autumn:
When Autumn enters into a marriage of convenience to widower Spencer Sullivan, she never anticipates falling for him and his three children. As pretense transforms into genuine connection, secrets and misunderstandings drive them apart. Against Nashville’s country music backdrop, can one grand romantic gesture reunite them? This heartwarming story explores second chances and the healing journey of a blended family. With emotional depth and compelling characters, “Falling for Autumn” captivates readers who believe in overcoming obstacles for true love.

Book Club
2025-07-17 18:00 - 19:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us in the library for a discussion of July’s book, Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris.
Summary:
“Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth; she has charm and elegance. He’s a dedicated attorney who has never lost a case; she is a flawless homemaker, a masterful gardener and cook, and dotes on her disabled younger sister. Though they are still newlyweds, they seem to have it all. You might not want to like them, but you do. You’re hopelessly charmed by the ease and comfort of their home, by the graciousness of the dinner parties they throw. You’d like to get to know Grace better.
But it’s difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are inseparable.
Some might call this true love. Others might wonder why Grace never answers the phone. Or why she can never meet for coffee, even though she doesn’t work. How she can cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim. Or why she never seems to take anything with her when she leaves the house, not even a pen. Or why there are such high-security metal shutters on all the downstairs windows.
Some might wonder what’s really going on once the dinner party is over, and the front door has closed.” (via Goodreads)

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!

Wednesdays with Summer Rec
2025-07-23 11:00 - 11:30 | Findley Lake Community Center, 2883 North Rd., Findley Lake, NY, 14736, United States
UPDATE: Apologies, folks, our taxidermist is unable to make it today, so the event is cancelled, and we’ll just play in the library instead.
We’ll learn about taxidermy with a local taxidermist!

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!

Saturday Storytime!
2025-08-02 11:00 - 12:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library

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

Book Club
2025-08-21 18:00 - 19:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us in the library for a discussion of August’s book A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson.
Summary:
“The Appalachian Trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America—majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you’re going to take a hike, it’s probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide you’ll find. He introduces us to the history and ecology of the trail and to some of the other hardy (or just foolhardy) folks he meets along the way—and a couple of bears. Already a classic, A Walk in the Woods will make you long for the great outdoors (or at least a comfortable chair to sit and read in).” (via Goodreads)

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

1000 Hours Outside-Inspired Activity: Bubble Play Day!
2025-08-30 11:00 - 12:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
We’ll be blowing lots of bubbles! Wear clothes that can get messy!

End of Summer Reading Shindig!
2025-08-30 12:00 - 13:30 | Alexander Findley Community Library

Book Club
2026-07-16 18:00 - 19:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us in the library for a discussion of July’s book, Elevation by Stephen King.
Summary:
“Although Scott Carey doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn’t want to be poked and prodded. He mostly just wants someone else to know, and he trusts Doctor Bob Ellis.
In the small town of Castle Rock, the setting of many of King’s most iconic stories, Scott is engaged in a low grade—but escalating—battle with the lesbians next door whose dog regularly drops his business on Scott’s lawn. One of the women is friendly; the other, cold as ice. Both are trying to launch a new restaurant, but the people of Castle Rock want no part of a gay married couple, and the place is in trouble. When Scott finally understands the prejudices they face-including his own–he tries to help. Unlikely alliances, the annual foot race, and the mystery of Scott’s affliction bring out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.” (via StoryGraph)

Arts and Crafts for Grownups
2026-07-23 17:00 - 18:30 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Coming soon!
