April 2024 Newsletter
Check out our Events Calendar to see a full list of library events!
Our 2nd annual Steele Pop Expo will take place on May 18, 11am-4pm at Steele Memorial Library. Visit our website for more details about the event, including the cosplay contest! Sponsored, in part, by the Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes, Inc.
National Library Week, April 7-13
Check out anytime this week at your local CCLD branch for your chance to be the lucky winner of a $100 VISA gift card. Bonus entries awarded for inquiring about our digital services, attending a program, or checking out an item from any of our “special” collections. For more information, call or stop by your neighborhood library.
First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association and libraries of all types across the country each April. National Library Week is a time to celebrate our nation's libraries, library workers' contributions and promote library use and support. This National Library Week, the public can show their appreciation and support for libraries by visiting their library in person or online, following them on social media and using the hashtag #NationalLibraryWeek.
Friends Books Sandwiched In
The final Books Sandwiched In of the series will take place on Friday, April 5, 12pm at Steele Memorial Library: "All the Little Hopes" by Leah Weiss, reviewed by Maureen Nicolo.
Technology Training at CCLD Libraries
One-on-one basic computer/device instruction is available. Let us know what you'd like to learn! Contact Steele Memorial Library (607-733-9173) or Horseheads Free Library (607-739-4581) to schedule an appointment with one of our librarians.
Volunteer Tech Help is now available on Fridays at 1:15pm. Call to make an appointment with volunteer Steven, for help with your device! Steven is also able to help with assistive tech for the visually impaired (can recommend apps and services). Call 607-733-9173 (option 4) to reserve a spot.
Tablet Talk is back at Horseheads and Steele libraries! Learn to use your tablet or smartphone, in a small group setting.
Steele: April 2, 1pm - Tablet Talk (register: 607-733-9173 option 4)
Horseheads: April 16, 2pm - Tablet Talk (register: 607-739-4581)
CCLD Makerspace
Adjustment to Tinker Lab Hours
Until further notice, the Tinker Lab will be closed on Saturdays. Regular operating hours throughout the rest of the week will remain unchanged.
Tinker Lab Hours:
Monday - Thursday: 12:00pm - 7:00pm
Friday: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Online Activities
April 6, 10am (ZOOM) - Genealogy Club
April 12, 1pm - Big Flats Book Club (In-Person & Zoom)
April 25, 6pm - Evening Zoom Book Club
Steele Memorial Library
Stop by at the second floor reference desk and borrow some seeds (up to 3 packs of non GMO seeds; plants will produce nice seeds for saving)! When you harvest your vegetables, herbs or flowers, save some seeds to bring back to the library for the next season! We are featuring easy-to-grow items that will yield impressive produce and seeds! Follow our blog on our website! And, Happy Planting!
Activities for Adults
Before the upcoming eclipse viewing party on April 8th, stop by on April 2nd at 3:30pm to hear Native American Eclipse Stories from Perry Ground, Turtle Clan Member of the Onondaga Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. He will share beliefs, traditions, and protocols of several Native American tribes related to the Sun and Eclipse events. Also, join us for a special after-hours Silent Reading Party for adults on April 12th at 5:30pm. We will have live harp music and snacks to accompany a relaxing evening of reading.
April 2, 3:30pm - Native American Eclipse Stories with Perry Ground
April 4, 6:15pm - Photography: Aperture and Background Blur (registration recommended)
April 8, Available until gone (First come, first served) - Spice of the Month: Garlic powder & recipes. Pick up at checkout.
April 8, 2-4:30pm - All Ages Solar Eclipse Viewing Party
April 10, 6pm - Open Mic Night (spectate or perform)
April 11, 1:30pm - Researching Vital Records & The Census (register)
April 12, 5:30-7:30pm - Silent Reading Party with harp music
April 16, 1:30pm - Mark Making in Watercolor with Wynn (register)
April 18, 6:15pm - Photography: Long Exposure and Nighttime Photography
April 19, 3pm - Taylor Swift "TTPD" Album Release Party (all ages)
April 20, 1pm - Dungeons & Dragons with Tim
April 22, 5pm - Millefiori Polymer Pendants with Unterwoman (register)
April 24, 6:30pm - Improv with Tim Collins
April 27, 1:30pm - Alzheimer's Association Caregiver Support Group
Steele Adult Movie Showings:
April 11, 2:30pm - "The Day After Tomorrow" Thursday Afternoon Film
April 11, 6:00pm - "An Inconvenient Truth" Thursday Evening Documentary
April 16, 6pm - "So bad, it's good!" Movie Night: "Sharktopus"
April 26, 12:30pm - "Erin Brokovich" Friday Afternoon Film
Activities for Teens
7th-12th graders can hang out any time the library is open, in the teen space at Steele Library. Read, draw, do crafts, have snacks, play video games, board games. Don’t have a library card? No problem. Special Money Madness event: Teens play games to get savvy about managing money with Visions Credit Union staff in the Steele Library teen space on Tues April 23 @ 4pm. First 10 teens to show up at the program get a Dunkin Gift card!
Through April, while supplies last: DIY denim solar eclipse patch
Saturday, April 6, 2pm - Ready to Rumble Teen Co-op video gaming
Monday, April 8, 2pm - Eclipse Viewing Party (teens can make a card stock solar eclipse viewer; stop into the teen space)
Mondays in April, 4pm - Manga/ Comics Cafe
Mondays in April, 5:30pm - Teen Dungeons and Dragons w/Tim Collins
Tuesdays, 5pm in April - Art & Sewing with Filomena Jack
Tuesdays & Thursdays in April, 6pm - T.A.L.E (Teen Acting Lab of Elmira) with Tim Collins
Wednesdays in April, 5:30pm - Teen Creative Writing with Tim Collins
Wednesdays in April, 4:30pm - Art of D&D with Tim Collins
Wednesday, April 3, and April 17, 6pm - Teen Safe Zones
Wed. April 10 & April 24, 5pm - Teen Advisory Group
Thursdays in April, 5:30pm - Teen D&D w/ Deegan
Tuesday, April 23, 4pm - Money Madness: Teen Financial Literacy Event
Friday, April 26, 2pm - Teen Arbor Day Terrarium craft
Friday, April 26, 3pm - Teen Movie: Umma
Activities for Youth
To register for youth programs, call 607-733-9173 x2306.
All Month - Scavenger Hunt
All Month - Activity & Coloring Sheets
April 5, 19, 12, & 26, 10am - Friday Morning Storytimes (special storytime on April 12 with craft provided by Visions Federal Credit Union)
April 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30, 6pm - Tuesday Evening Storytimes
First & Third Wednesdays (April 3 & 17), 3:30pm - LEGO Club
Thursdays, April 4, 11, 18, & 25, 10am - Preschool Playtime with snack
April 1, 11am - Wax Resist Painting! (register)
April 2, 3:30pm - Native American Eclipse Stories with Perry Ground, Turtle Clan member of the Onondaga Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy
April 5, 6pm - After-hours Children’s Concert! (FREE) NYC children’s band, Rolie Polie Guacamole (RSVP appreciated)
April 8, 9am - Ribbon Hyacinth Take & Make Kit
April 8, 2pm - All Ages Solar Eclipse Viewing Party
April 9, 3:30pm - Fire Station Visit to celebrate Smokey Bear’s 80th birthday! (register)
April 10, 3:30pm - T(w)een Theater Day with Tim Collins (register)
April 16, 3pm - Unicorn Poop Slime for National Unicorn Day (register)
April 19, 3pm - Taylor Swift "TTPD" Album Release Party (all ages)
April 22-25, 2-4pm - T(w)een Theater Camp with Tim Collins. Four-day spring break theater camp (must be able to attend all 4 days)! (register)
April 23, 2:30pm - BINGO Day with Visions FCU for Financial Literacy Month. (register)
April 24, 3:00pm - Broccoli Cherry Trees Painting (register)
April 25, 12:30pm - "Name the Price" Game with Visions FCU for Financial Literacy Month (register)
Steele Youth Movie Showings:
April 1, 3:00pm - "Hop" Afternoon Movie
April 4, 6pm - "Hop" Evening Movie
April 15, 6pm - "Migration" Evening Movie
April 18, 6pm - "Migration" Evening Movie
April 22, 6pm - "The Lorax" Evening Movie
April 25, 6pm - "The Lorax" Evening Movie
Big Flats Library
Activities for Adults
Call 607-562-3300, to register for programs.
April 11, 3:30pm - Needle Felting (registration required; funded by the Big Flat's Women's Club)
April 12, 1pm - Big Flats Book Club (In-Person & Zoom)
April 16, 2pm - Afternoon Movie: Wonka (PG - registration required)
April 23, 3:00pm - Wood Butterfly Décor: Celebrate Spring by decorating a custom wood butterfly to hang on your wall (registration required)
April, 25, 3:30pm - Needle Felting (registration required; funded by the Big Flat's Women's Club)
Activities for Youth
Join us at the Big Flats Library to celebrate Earth Day! On Wednesday, April 24 at 3:45pm we will be making Earth Day Wild Flower Seed Bombs! This activity is a great way to introduce how flowers grow to young children. Using soil, seeds and clay this makes an easy method for planting flowers in your yard! Please call to register, 607-562-3300.
All month - Scavenger Hunt: April Fools. Find all the April Fools themed pranks and earn a token for the prize machine.
All month - Kids Craft Table (all ages): Earth Day Salt Dough Ornament. Stop by anytime to make yours.
April 9, 4pm - Popcorn & Movie Afternoon: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (rated PG) (registration is required)
April 10, 3:45pm - DIY Pinecone Bird Feeder: Part 2 (registration is required)
April 24, 3:45pm - Earth Day Wild Flower Seed Bombs! (registration is required)
Wednesdays, 10:30am - Storytimes with Miss Melanie (no storytime April 3)
Thursdays, 3:30pm - Kids & Teen LEGO Club
Kid's Take & Make - Clothespin Caterpillar. Call 607-562-3300 to reserve your kit. Supplies are limited.
Join the Kids Book Club at the Big Flats Library! Kids, read to earn tokens. Don’t forget to pick up your reading log sheet at the Big Flats Library.
Bookmobile
Our book club meets the 2nd Friday of the month at Bulkhead Hardware in Southport at 1:30pm. For the month of March we read "Vanishing Act", by Brit Bennett to discuss on April 12th at 1:30pm.
Horseheads Free Library
The Friends of Horseheads Free Library would like to invite our younger patrons to choose a free book provided by us when they check out a book. This will happen starting on Monday, April 22 until they are gone! We try to choose books at pre reading, early reading, and beginning fluency or chapter books.
Look for the yellow crate of books to brighten everyone's day!
Activities for Adults
Stop by during National Library Week (4/8-4/13) and enter for a chance to win a gift basket and a $25 gift card of your choice. To enter, guess how long the colorful streamers are, that are hanging in the library.
Call 607-739-4581 or email zella@stls.org, for programs that require registration.
April 10, 11am - Scams 101 presented by Sheila Brewer-Montero
April 15, 5:30pm - Anxiety box for adults: Make a small library/room (register)
April 16, 23, 30, May 7, 10:30am - Gentle Movements with Tammy Wilcox
April 16, 2pm - Tablet Talk (call to register)
April 17, 1pm - Horseheads Lit Lovers Book Club (call for more information)
April 19, 2:30pm - Garden Stone Ceramic painting (register)
April 29, 1pm - Dollhouse Social Club
April 29, 6pm - Writer’s Support Club
April 20, 1-4pm - D&D for adults (register, if new to group)
Activities for Teens
Join Miss Britt at the Horseheads Free Library for painting and personalizing a canvas tote bag with permanent fabric paint and large variety of stencils.
April 10, 6pm - Personalized Canvas Tote Bags (register: 607-739-4581)
April 13, 1pm - D&D tween teen group (register, if new to group)
April 18, 3pm - D&D Dungeon Mayhem Card Game (Ages 10+)
Activities for Youth
Enjoy the solar eclipse at the Horseheads Free Library. We will have a program to learn about solar eclipses and the safest way to view this exciting event. You’re also invited to view the eclipse from the library’s lawn. This month’s take 'n make is a Handprint Earth craft. The kits will be available all month long. Family Story Time is working its way through the alphabet. This month we will be reading stories covering the letters T, U, and V as well as Earth Day.
Wednesdays, 2:30pm - Homeschool Huddle
Thursdays, 10:30am - Family Story Time
Monday, April 1, 3:30pm - Play Dough Construction
Friday, April 5, 3:30pm - Solar Eclipse Program
Monday, April 8, 2pm - Solar Eclipse Viewing Party
Tuesday, April 9, 6pm - Bingo
Monday, April 15, 10:30am - Toddler Toy Time
Monday, April 22, 3:30pm - Lego Club
Van Etten Library
Celebrate National Library Week with Van Etten Library, April 7th-13th. We will have special programs and giveaways.
Activities for Adults
April 8, beginning at 2:30pm - Solar Eclipse. *The peak eclipse is scheduled to occur at 3:33 pm local time* - Join us to see the solar eclipse at the library. We will have safe eclipse viewing glasses, a simple eclipse craft for the kids, and light snacks. In case of inclement weather, we will livestream the official NASA live feed.
April 15, 3pm - "Heathy Living For Your Brain and Body" - a presentation by Phillip Shippers of the Alzheimer's Association. Come and learn how to keep your brain and body healthy for Life!
April 26, 12pm - Van Etten Book Club: "American Prometheus"
Activities for Youth
April 10, 3pm - Create Your Own Buttons. Celebrate National Library Week with us at VE Library. 2 ¼ " pin backed buttons, choose your own design, then use our button press to express yourself with a personalized pin! Best for older kids/tweens/teens.
April 22, 24, 26, during open hours - Spring Scavenger Hunt! Find all the Clues for a prize!
Friday Mornings at 10am - Family Story Time with Emily, followed by craft, free-play time
West Elmira Library
Activities for Adults
Monday, April 8, 6pm - Oil Pastel Umbrellas with Filomena. Registration required.
Monday, April 8, 2pm-4pm - Family Eclipse Event
Monday, April 15, 5pm - Button Making - all ages
Monday, April 15, 5:30pm - Reusable Bowl Covers. Registration required.
Second and Fourth Wednesday of every month, 3:30pm - Knit and Crochet Club
Last Monday of every month, 6pm - Cookbook Book Club
Activities for Youth
Monthly Scavenger Hunt - Celebrate National Poetry month by finding all of the pictures of poets hidden around the library and win a prize!
Wednesdays, 10:30am - Homeschool Group
Thursdays, 10:30am - Family Storytime
First and Third Tuesday of every month, 3:30pm - Creative Coloring Club
Thursday, April 4, 3pm - Pine Cone Bird Feeder craft
Monday, April 8, 2pm-4pm - Family Eclipse Event
Monday, April 15, 5pm - Button Making - all ages
Second and Fourth Tuesdays - Unplug Board Gaming
Third Thursday of every month, 3pm - Tween Maker Hour
Fourth Wednesday of every month, 4pm - LEGO Club
Library Services at Home
Enjoy ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, streaming video, online classes, language learning, and more, from the convenience of your home! Check out the library's Featured Services page for a list of digital services that can be accessed remotely with your Chemung County Library District card.
Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspots are available to check out from Steele Memorial Library and West Elmira Library for those in need of internet access. Call (607)733-9173 (Steele) or (607)733-0541 (West) to reserve a hotspot. *You need to be in an area with T-Mobile cell phone reception, in order for the hotspot to work.*
If you need help accessing your account, email our virtual reference desk edesk@stls.org for assistance. |
