Lancaster Public Library

Join the Library online Saturday, May 8 @ 10:30 a.m. for the program Finding U.S. Passenger Lists. Finding an immigrant’s passenger list can be challenging considering the history of U.S. mass immigration. Learn about free resources for finding your ancestors' passenger lists. Info and register here: https://buffalolib.libcal.com/event/7526886

The Erie County Health Department has produced a video called COVID-19 vaccine myths and facts. Click here to watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ3cqhGhfeM

Virtual (online) Crafternoon! Follow along with Ms. Meg on our Facebook page every Wednesday at 1 p.m. to create weekly crafts! Earth Day Craft Supplies in this bag include: -1 blue circle ... - 2 hands - 3 foamy stickers - 1 strip of green crepe paper streamer -1 Earth Day I Spy coloring sheet Supplies you’ll need -Crayons/markers -Glue (stick glue works best) 1. Tear up small pieces of the green crepe paper streamer. 2. Wrinkle each piece and position and glue the pieces around the blue circle. These green pieces will represent the land of the Earth. 2. Glue the 2 hands on both sides of the earth. 3. Next, place the foamy stickers anywhere on the Earth. 4. Finally, decorate the Earth craft with markers/crayons or whatever else you wish! Celebrate Earth Day on April 22! Share a picture with us on our Facebook page too! https://www.facebook.com/LancasterLib See more

Eligible voters can now request an absentee ballot for the Tuesday, June 22 primary through the Erie County Board of Elections online portal. All eligible Erie County voters may vote absentee because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Call 716-858-8891 with questions. https://elections.erie.gov/AbsenteeApp

See the new family exhibit B is for Book @ the downtown Central Library. Free & open to the public. https://www.buffalolib.org/whats-happening/b-book

Don't forget about our spring reading log contest! We already have over 300 entries! Keep reading Enter here: http://bit.ly/LNCSpring21

It’s Love Your Library Month! We look forward to seeing you here! Hours: https://buffalolib.libcal.com/

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Want to find out where your immigrant ancestors were from? Join us online Wednesday, April 21 @ 2 p.m. for Breaking Old: Finding Foreign Places of Birth in American Records. Register: https://buffalolib.libcal.com/event/7526090

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Help the library celebrate our 200th anniversary by participating in our reading log challenge. Each log is for 20 books. Hand it in when completed for a chance to win a Kindle! Pick up a reading log at our information desk and see if you can make it to 200 books in honor of our anniversary. All ages! Winners will be announced this December. Happy reading!

Happy #NationalPoetryMonth! Here's a haiku for the day.

Now that hold fees have been permanently eliminated, get on the wait list for these coming soon titles and be one of the first people to get a copy when they arrive! The Little Things - https://tinyurl.com/w45hfrww 55 Steps - https://tinyurl.com/pxdukppv... The Marksman - https://tinyurl.com/5f2t6z8s

Ms. Meg will be reading Froggy Picks a Pumpkin by Jonathan London (Penguin Random House) and Monster Mash by David Catrow (Scholastic).

Don’t forget, kids age 16 and under can Read Down Your Fines through Thursday, December 31! Read whatever and whenever you want, then submit a reading log to have your outstanding library fines erased (based on the number of minutes read). Details: https://www.buffalolib.org/kids/books-read-down-your-fines

Aspiring and/or published authors should plan to join us virtually for Indie Author Day from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday, November 7! Local experts will provide their insight and advice on writing, publishing, and marketing your work. Details: https://buffalolib.libcal.com/event/7140858

Can’t make it to a library? Let us help! Our free Library by Mail program serves Erie County residents who are temporarily or permanently homebound. Check out books, audiobooks, music, DVDs & more via U.S. mail. Learn more: https://www.buffalolib.org/locations-hours/library-mail

Visit the library today any time between 10 5 for Treat & Take! Stop by our information desk and say Treat & Take for non-edible treats (stickers, scary rings) and a spider craft to make at home. Don’t forget to wear your costume! #halloween

Ms. Meg will be reading Construction Kitties by Judy Sue Goodwin Sturges (Henry Holt and Company) and Smashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha (HarperCollins).

Visit the library tomorrow (Saturday) any time between 10 5 for Treat & Take! Stop by our information desk and say Treat & Take for non-edible treats (stickers, scary rings) and a spider craft to make at home. Don’t forget to wear your costume! #halloween

The Buffalo Employment & Training Center brings together workforce development organizations, training agencies & employers in a convenient one-stop environment! The Center is open to anyone seeking employment & all services are free. https://workforcebuffalo.org/betc

There are several ways for you to vote in Erie County! Visit elections.erie.gov for more information on setting up your plan to vote in the upcoming elections.

Virtual (online) Crafternoon! Follow along with Ms. Meg on our Facebook page every Wednesday at 1 p.m. to create weekly crafts! This week is: Spider web and spider craft! Supplies in this bag include: - 3 wooden sticks ... - 1 long piece of yarn - 2 eyes - 1 Pom-pom - 4 small pipe cleaners Supplies you’ll need -Crayons/markers -Glue (liquid glue works best) Spider web 1. Color or decorate the 3 wooden sticks. 2. Glue the sticks together in the middle of the sticks. It will look like a snowflake. 3. Tie one end of the piece of yarn on one of the sticks. Wrap the yarn around each of the sticks. This will create a spider web! 4. Once you’re done wrapping the yarn you can tie the other end to the stick or leave a loop to hang it. Spider! 1. To make the spider's eight legs, gather the four pipe cleaners, aligning them at the ends. 2. Tie them together in the middle with a short piece of pipe cleaner or string. Move the legs outwards so that they fan out. 3. Glue the Pom-pom in the center of the pipe cleaner legs 4. Glue the eyes on the Pom-pom body! Share a picture with us on our Facebook page too! https://www.facebook.com/LancasterLib

Did your school district adopt a hybrid learning model? Do your children need help on the days when they are supposed to learn from home? Virtual Learning Support Centers are now open and ready to help your child learn. Call today 716-877-6666.

It's that time of year! Stop by and check out our scary movie collection.

Join us virtually on Wednesday, October 28 @ 2 PM for An Afternoon with Libby Copeland. The author weaves intriguing stories of unexpected DNA discoveries through an intelligent dialogue about the ethics, science & business of consumer genetic testing in her book The Lost Family. This program is presented in partnership with the Western New York Genealogical Society. Register: https://buffalolib.libcal.com/event/7143493

Don't forget to stop by and check out our spooky Storywalk!

Kara Frisina will discuss the College Lodge Forest in Chautauqua County in the upcoming virtual IMAGINE Buffalo program on Tuesday, October 27 at 12:30 p.m. Join us on Zoom! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85839766406

Library Pumpkin Scavenger Hunt: find one of these laminated pumpkins in the children's area of the library and bring it up to the front desk to enter to win a $10 Mayer Brothers gift card! A winner will be drawn this Friday. Good luck!