Week Calendar

Baby Storytime continues outside!  Caregivers and their babies are invited to join Cassie at the park next to the Henry St. John Building at 301 S. Geneva St. for music, rhymes, movement and books. On days we're unable to meet due to weathe...

Ballet & Books is a national, non-profit organization that provides 3-9-year-old children with an opportunity to improve their literacy skills through a combination of dance instruction and literacy-focused mentorship with high school and co...

In this 90-minute class, we’ll discuss how poems can get beyond the “I” of the beholder and the role of point of view as a series of deliberate decisions. We’ll draw inspiration from published work and create our own poems from a series of guided pro...

What do you want to make? Register for a one-on-one session in the makerspace with Library Assistant Josh to use our laser cutter, sewing machines, 3-D printer, or Cricut (Staff support for the sewing machines is not currently available).  Se...

What do you want to make? Register for a one-on-one session in the makerspace with Library Assistant Josh to use our laser cutter, sewing machines, 3-D printer, or Cricut (Staff support for the sewing machines is not currently available).  Se...

Come Join other families and friends for songs, rhymes, activities, stories, and books at our monthly virtual live Chinese (Mandarin) storytime on the first Thursday each month. Children of all ages and their caregivers are welcome!  Register...

Children and families are invited to join us each Saturday in Dewitt Park for stories, music and family fun. On days we're unable to meet due to weather, Kelly will post a virtual storytime. Please call the Youth Services Reference Desk at (607)...

Join Sarah Grant Curless for a weekly nutrition informational session.  This week's topic is The Fruit and Veggie Challenge! Learn how to increase your consumption of fruits and vegetables in simple, gradual ways and enjoy doing it! Also, try...

Join us on Wednesdays from noon to 1 on Facebook for a lively discussion about what we're all reading! Following our book chat, we'll update the Patron Picks list so everyone can have a handy list of the recommendations for that week. ...

Facilitated by psychotherapist and Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teacher Anna Salamone, RN, LCSW, these sessions will encourage participants to shift out of "automatic pilot" mode and observe the workings of the mind, body, a...

Let's build a walking robot! The TCPL Robotics Club is inviting youth ages 7 - 12 to a day of robot building. In this special event, participants will build a walking robot with six legs that resembles a rhinoceros beetle. The robots will be ...

Let's Make Something! 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, Cricut, etc.... Teens are invited to the Makerspace for two hours of open-making time. Participants will have the opportunity to learn and use one of our Makerspace machines:  3D Printers (...

Let's Make Something! 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, Cricut, etc... Teens are invited to virtually join in on Maker Mondays. Through Zoom, participants will be shown how to make 3D objects in Tinkercad, create SVGs in Inkscape, set up and print on a ...

Children ages 9-12 are welcome to join our Tween Book Club. On October 6th we will be discussing Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai. Registration is required as space is limited. Register online and reserve a copy of the book to borrow. ...

What do you want to make? Register for a one-on-one session in the makerspace with Library Assistant Josh to use our laser cutter, sewing machines, 3-D printer, or Cricut (Staff support for the sewing machines is not currently available).  Se...

8-12 year olds welcome to join us for outdoor board games this fall at the library! Learn a new game with local board game aficianado Mike Timonin or play an old favorite with a friend. Games and puzzles provided, but feel free to bring a favori...

Business Leaders of Colors is a network of small business owners committed to racial, social and economic justice. The network was formed to level the playing field and create a cooperative space for commerce that will serve the under-served and unde...

Curator Nancy Green introduces participants to the special Johnson Museum exhibition "Women Making Their Mark" in this virtual lecture. Consider the art and design of women’s lives, from those whose work was often seen historically as craft, includin...

Join us for a book discussion/art workshop with local artist, Barbara Page as she discusses the creation of her book, Book Marks: An Artist's Card Catalog. It features 434 richly illustrated artworks created on old library checkout cards; each collag...

“Arc-ivist,” Carla Rae Johnson will introduce you to the two notebook projects currently on display at Tompkins County Public Library in Ithaca, NY. The exhibit includes 89 notebooks which document recent historic moments and respond to the question:...