Sinclairville Free Library

Life Story Writing @ The Homestead
2025-08-01 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Bergquist Library at the Homestead in Gerry @ 4600 Route 60 Gerry NY 14740
Join us to explore life themes together and to create a written life story for personal reflection or to share with friends and family members.
Open to the public.

Homestead Library Services
2025-08-15 14:30 - 15:00 | Bergquist Library at the Homestead in Gerry @ 4600 Route 60 Gerry NY 14740
Help with library cards, borrowing/requesting materials, returning materials. Please bring passwords for digital assistance.

Event is at the Bergquist Library at The Homestead in Gerry.

Open to the public.

Book Club @ The Homestead
2025-08-15 15:00 - 16:00 | Bergquist Library at the Homestead in Gerry @ 4600 Route 60 Gerry NY 14740
The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
Artist’s daughter Penelope Keeling can look back on a full and varied life: a Bohemian childhood in London and Cornwall, an unhappy wartime marriage, and the one man she truly loved. She has brought up three children – and learned to accept them as they are. Yet she is far too energetic and independent to settle sweetly into pensioned-off old-age. And when she discovers that her most treasured possession, her father’s painting, The Shell Seekers, is now worth a small fortune, it is Penelope who must make the decisions that will determine whether her family can continue to survive as a family, or be split apart.
Copies are available through the library system.
No registration is required. Open to the public.

Learn to Fly Fish
2025-10-30 17:30 - 19:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Come Tie Your Own Flies
Free fly tying instruction for all ages.
All tools and materials provided for free.
Learn to tie flies you can use to catch the big fish.
Register: Click or Call 716.962.5885
Fly Tying Vise Kits with all needed materials are also available to check out on a valid library card and a signed Checkout Agreement.

Poetry Reading with John Brantingham
2026-01-08 18:00 - 19:00 | VIRTUAL EVENT
***EVENT IS CANCELLED***
Share your poetry with other poets and writers. Open to the community
Presented by author/educator, John Brantingham.
To register, email johnmbrantingham@gmail.com. In the subject line write, “Poetry Reading”.
This event is virtual. Link will be provided after registration.

Event cancelled on 1/7/26. Please watch for more poetry programs in the late winter and spring.

Poetry Workshop: Ekphrasis Vision with John Brantingham
2026-04-11 10:00 - 13:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Poetry Workshop: Ekphrasis Vision
Join John Brantingham, professor emeritus of creative writing for a free poetry workshop on how to write Ekphrasis (poetry and prose about works of art) and how to get a keener sense of interpreting a work of art. Brantingham will demonstrate how to break down artworks into their compositional design elements and principles to further our understanding of content and meaning to gain and new approach to your writing.
Brantingham will provide prompts and discuss writing techniques to give writers and poets new tools to broaden their ekphrastic vocabulary.
To register, email johnmbrantingham@gmail.com. In the subject line write, “Poetry Workshop”.
This event is held in person and virtually. Link will be provided after registration.

This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Poetry Workshop: Ekphrasis Vision with John Brantingham
2026-04-25 10:00 - 13:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Join John Brantingham, professor emeritus of creative writing for a free poetry workshop on how to write Ekphrasis (poetry and prose about works of art) and how to get a keener sense of interpreting a work of art. Brantingham will demonstrate how to break down artworks into their compositional design elements and principles to further our understanding of content and meaning to gain and new approach to your writing.
Brantingham will provide prompts and discuss writing techniques to give writers and poets new tools to broaden their ekphrastic vocabulary.
To register, email johnmbrantingham@gmail.com. In the subject line write, “Poetry Workshop”.
This event is held in person and virtually. Link will be provided after registration.

This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Nighttime Story Hour
2026-06-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
“Father’s Day”
Dino Daddy Card
Create a card for Dad or Grandpa
Children will gain the building blocks to early literacy through talking, singing, reading, writing and playing.
Participate in stories, songs and learning. Craft or take away activity for extended learning. Program is designed for ages 2 to PreK. All ages are welcome.
Registration is Required. Space is Limited.
For ages birth and up. Parent/Caregiver must stay with child(ren).
Light snacks will be available.
DUE TO T-BALL, JUNE EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO THURSDAY

*craft from Simple Everyday Mom
