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Board Game Saturdays!

Looking for a low-key activity to add to your Saturday? Bring family or friends to the Kenmore Library, take a break from devices, and discover the good old-fashioned fun of board games! Games...  More
Date:
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Kenmore Branch
Audience:
  All Ages  
Categories:
  Gaming  

Boo-Bash

Stop by the Lake Shore Library anytime on Saturday, October 25th, for an all-day Halloween celebration. Join us before or after the Hamburg Parade for fun crafts, games, a morning visit from Paddy the...  More
Date:
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Lake Shore Public Library
Audience:
  Child     Adult     Senior     All Ages     Infant     Toddler     Preschool  
Categories:
  Halloween     Special Event  

Bookish Bingo

Pick up a Bookish Bingo sheet from the Aurora Town Public Library to participate in a reading challenge for adults, 19+. Start reading now, and redeem beginning Tuesday, September 2, through Thursday,...  More
Date:
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Aurora Town Public Library
Audience:
  Adult  
Categories:
  Other  

Drop In Craft - Painting Pumpkins

Date:
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Children's Space, Leroy R. Coles, Jr. Branch
Audience:
  Child     Teen     Toddler     Preschool  
Categories:
  Craft/Maker Event     Make & Take  

Easy Access Tech Help

Are you interested in learning more about the tools your devices have to make it easier to see, hear, and work with them? Register for a one-on-one technology consultation with an accessibility expert...  More
Date:
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Aurora Town Public Library
Audience:
  Adult     Senior  
Categories:
  Computers & the Internet  

Emergency Kit Distribution

Patrons who have registered for the Emergency Kits can pick them up during are open hours Thursday through Saturday.
Date:
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Leroy R. Coles, Jr. Branch
Audience:
  Adult  
Categories:
  Other     Wellness  

Library Survey for Parents and Caregivers of Children, Ages Birth - Teen

Aurora Town Public Library wants your feedback! Parents and caregivers of children from birth through age 17 years are invited to take part in a survey to help guide the library’s programs and...  More
Date:
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Aurora Town Public Library
Audience:
  Adult  
Categories:
  Other  

Make and Take a Wrapped Mummy

Stop by our craft table (downstairs, just outside the Children's Room) this month and make a fun wrapped mummy craft!
Date:
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Alden Ewell Free Library
Audience:
  Child     Toddler     Preschool  
Categories:
  Craft/Maker Event     Make & Take  

Monthly Scavenger Hunt

Join in on our monthly scavenger hunt in our Children's Room and earn a prize!
Date:
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Alden Ewell Free Library
Audience:
  Child     Toddler     Preschool  
Categories:
  Other  

Puzzle Table

Come and help us put puzzles together all month long at our puzzle table, located near the adult classics section.
Date:
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Alden Ewell Free Library
Audience:
  Child     Teen     Adult     Senior     Young Adult  
Categories:
  Other  

Story Walk at the Kenmore Library

Come and visit us to enjoy an interactive and sweetly spooky story experience around the library! A StoryWalk® featuring the book “Hardly Haunted” (with accompanying fun activities and crafts) will...  More
Date:
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Kenmore Branch
Audience:
  Child     All Ages     Toddler  
Categories:
  Craft/Maker Event     Halloween     Special Event     Storytelling  

Take and Makes: Haunted House Window

Available starting Saturday 10/25 while supplies last!
Date:
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Dudley Branch
Audience:
  Child     Toddler  
Categories:
  Make & Take  

Teen Book Box: Sign-up begins

Teens ages 12-17 can receive a fun, personalized box of library books. 1.) Fill out a survey to let us know what you like to read. 2.) Pick up your box of hand-picked library books and surprises....  More
Date:
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Lancaster Public Library
Audience:
  Teen  
Categories:
  Other  

Trick or Read Story Walk®

Enjoy Halloween thrills and not-so-spooky chills at the library! Families with children ages 2-11 years are invited to the Aurora Town Public Library for Trick or Read Story Walk® during regular...  More
Date:
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Aurora Town Public Library
Audience:
  Child     Preschool  
Categories:
  Halloween  
Registration has closed.

Bookish Bingo

Pick up a Bookish Bingo sheet from the Aurora Town Public Library to participate in a reading challenge for adults, 19+. Start reading now, and redeem beginning Tuesday, September 2, through Thursday,...  More
Date:
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Aurora Town Public Library
Audience:
  Adult  
Categories:
  Other  

Story Walk at the Kenmore Library

Come and visit us to enjoy an interactive and sweetly spooky story experience around the library! A StoryWalk® featuring the book “Hardly Haunted” (with accompanying fun activities and crafts) will...  More
Date:
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Kenmore Branch
Audience:
  Child     All Ages     Toddler  
Categories:
  Craft/Maker Event     Halloween     Special Event     Storytelling  

Family Kidding Around Yoga

Come and enjoy yoga poses and experience some fun together time with your family. For ages 4-11 with adult participation. Class is taught by Donna Baia, certified KAY teacher. Please bring a yoga mat...  More
Date:
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Time:
12:30pm - 1:15pm
Location:
Lancaster Public Library
Audience:
  Child     Preschool  
Categories:
  Other     Wellness  
Register! - 9 seats left

Free Halloween Party! AT LK Painter Center

This free party at the LK Painter Center is sponsored by Collins Regional Historical Society. All welcome.
Date:
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Time:
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Town of Collins Public Library
Audience:
  Child     Adult     Senior     Young Adult  
Categories:
  Special Event  

Baby Storytime

Come join us and enjoy songs, rhymes, books, bubbles and more with your baby or toddlers! This Baby Storytime is a multi week session that takes place on Mondays at 9:30 AM from September 29th -...  More
Date:
Monday, October 27, 2025
Time:
9:30am - 10:00am
Location:
City of Tonawanda Public Library
Audience:
  Child     Infant     Toddler  
Categories:
  Storytime  

Baby Bounce

Join Miss Nicole for a little lively introductory roll into storytime sessions with silly stories, music, movement, and more! Ages 3 months - 23 months with a caregiver. Registration is required....  More
Date:
Monday, October 27, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 10:30am
Location:
Hamburg Public Library
Audience:
  Infant  
Categories:
  Storytime     Summer Reading  
Register! - 2 seats left

Erie County DMV Services

New York State Department of Motor Vehicles services every Monday from 10:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. inside the Dr. Eva M. Doyle Auditorium.
Date:
Monday, October 27, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 3:00pm
Location:
Auditorium, Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Branch
Audience:
  Adult  
Categories:
  Special Event  

Lap Sit with Miss Abbie

Join this fun program for children ages 6 mo - 2 years with a caregiver. A great introduction to early literacy skills with rhymes, finger plays, music, stories and more! Sign up requested. If...  More
Date:
Monday, October 27, 2025
Time:
10:30am - 11:00am
Location:
Town of Collins Public Library
Audience:
  Infant     Toddler  
Categories:
  Lapsit  

Family Story Time

Children ages birth - 5 years are invited with a caregiver to the Aurora Town Public Library for Family Story Time, an early literacy program. Join us for read-alouds, rhymes, music, and movement,...  More
Date:
Monday, October 27, 2025
Time:
10:30am - 11:30am
Location:
Aurora Town Public Library
Audience:
  Infant     Toddler     Preschool  
Categories:
  Storytime  
Register!

Lapsit Storytime

18 months and under Register at the Librarian's desk or call 716-688-4955
Date:
Monday, October 27, 2025
Time:
10:30am - 11:30am
Location:
Clearfield Branch Library
Audience:
  Infant  
Categories:
  Storytime  

Short Story Group

Date:
Monday, October 27, 2025
Time:
10:30am - 12:00pm
Location:
Small Meeting Room, Isaías González-Soto Branch Library
Audience:
  Adult  
Categories:
  Discussion Group