Sunday August 6 is Library Sunday at the Farmers’ Market

Tompkins County Public Library Foundation invites you to “Shop the Market” in support of the library. August is a wonderful month at the Farmers' Market. On Sunday, August 6 you are invited to "SHOP THE MARKET" and Celebrate Community, as a portion of proceeds from Library Sunday will be donated to the Tompkins County Public Library to support Stories in the Park which is held each Tuesday at DeWitt Park through August 29.

While you are at the Market, check out the library’s booth for information about library services, programs and activities.

For more information please contact Sally Grubb at 272-4557 ext 232, sgrubb@tcpl.org, or visit our website at www.tcpl.org.

Celebrate Summer Reading with Storyteller Regi Carpenter!

Tompkins County Public Library is full of treasures! Children of all ages are invited to join Ithaca’s imaginative and engaging storyteller Regi Carpenter Saturday August 5th from 1p.m. to 1:45 p.m. in the Borg Warner room of Tompkins County Public Library. Come early, this is a free program but seating will be limited.

For more information contact Youth Services Department of the Tompkins County at 272-4557, Ext. 275 or 276.

Tompkins County Public Library Foundation Invites You to Help Barnes & Noble Support the Library July 21-24

The Tompkins County Public Library Foundation is pleased to announce that Barnes & Noble is holding a Bookfair to benefit the Public Library from Friday, July 21 through Monday, July 24. Anyone presenting a special bookfair voucher at the cash register at the time of purchase on any one of these days will generate the donation of a percent of the net sale to the library.

Bookfair vouchers are available at the Circulation desk, the Reference desk at the library and can be downloaded from our website at www.tcpl.org.

Barnes & Noble will also be displaying books, CDs and DVDs which the library would very much appreciate receiving as donations to our collection.

Barnes & Noble - 614 South Meadow St, Ithaca, NY 14850

For more information please contact Sally Grubb at sgrubb@tcpl.org or call 272-4557 ext 232.

Tompkins County Public Library invites you to the opening reception of the The Art of Teaching - An Exhibition by ICSD Art Teachers

Tompkins County Public Library is pleased to announce the opening of the third art exhibit in their 2006 series which has been made possible in part with public funds from the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County and the NY State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program. This exhibit, The Art of Teaching – An exhibition by ICSD Art Teachers has been curated by Carol Spence, and is sponsored by McNamara’s Office Products and Art Supplies. The Opening Reception will take place in the Borg Warner Community Room at the library from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday July 20, and the exhibit will be on display through September 30.

ICSD Art Teachers are as diverse as the students they teach. Their teaching approaches vary and so do their artistic styles. While this exhibit offers a range of media and subject matter, it also reveals their shared passion for art making and learning. Whether working in their own basement or kitchen "studios" over weekends and vacations or immersed in classroom projects, art teachers are always engaged with some phase of the artistic process. This collaboration of energy and inspiration informs their work as artists and teachers. This exhibit is an opportunity to enjoy the powerful images that emerge from that vital connection. Artists make sense of their lives through the serious interplay of life and work. Learning is the work of art and art teachers do it for life.