Sinclairville Free Library

Virtual Write Spirit
2026-07-01 19:30 - 20:30, 2026-07-08 19:30 - 20:30, 2026-07-15 19:30 - 20:30, 2026-07-22 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | VIRTUAL EVENT
Christian writers meet to encourage, inspire and provide reader feedback to aspiring and accomplished writers.
Group meets virtually. Meeting link will be provided after registration.
Registration is Open.

Write Circle (Hybrid)
2026-07-03 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-07-10 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-07-17 09:00 - 10:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Writers in all genres meet to encourage, inspire and provided reader feedback to both aspiring and accomplished writers.
Hybrid meetings April thru November. Meets Virtually December thru March.
This group is currently closed to new members. Please consider joining our Write Spirit group.

Sinclairville Samplers
2026-07-03 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-07-10 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-07-17 10:30 - 12:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Quilting, knitting, crochet, embroidering and fun with friends.

Life Story Writing @ the Homestead
2026-07-03 15:00 - 16:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
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.

Closed in Observance of Independence Day
2026-07-04 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782

Junior Paleontologist Training Night #2
2026-07-06 17:00 - 19:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
For this years theme, “Unearth A Story”, the library will be traveling back in time to the era of the dinosaurs. Join us all summer long for family programs, mobile summer reading with Miss Jessica and Chet, teen & adult challenges and a roaring good time.

Junior Paleontologist Training Night:Hands-On Dig: Excavation
Dino Bone Assembly: Reconstruction
Dino Scavenger Hunt: Observation
Fossil Necklace: Artifact Creation

ALL ACTIVITIES START AT 5 PM

Light refreshments – Dinosaur Trail Mix

Activities are designed for all ages. Parent/Caregiver must stay with child(ren). Event is free and open to all.

Bronto‑Be‑Registration

This program is made possible through the CCLS Summer Reading 2026 Mini Grant, provided by the Southern Chautauqua Community Foundation

More information on Summer Reading and becoming a sponsor.

*Junior Paleontologist Training Nights: June 1st, July 6th, August 3rd & August 31st
*One observation journal per child for all four (4) Training Nights
*Patrons may register at anytime during our program dates (June 1st – August 31st), participation in our reading challenge not required to attend programs/events

Baby Talk
2026-07-08 11:30 - 12:00, 2026-07-15 11:30 - 12:00, 2026-07-22 11:30 - 12:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Each month focuses on one theme related to baby development. Sing songs, fun movements, learn baby sign language and spend time with other babies.

For ages birth to 2 years old.
Songs, Bounces, Stories, Read-Alongs and Play!!!
Registration is Required Please note that once your child is registered for our weekly Wednesday programs, they will have a spot until 1 month of no attendance.

PLEASE NOTE THE PROGRAM TIME CHANGE FOR JULY & AUGUST
11:30 to 12:00 pm
Each registered/attending family will take home their Dinosaur, Dinosaur: I Can Learn book box at the end of summer.
Dinosaur, Dinosaur: I Can Learn book box provided by the CCLS Summer Reading 2026 Mini Grant, provided by the Southern Chautauqua Community Foundation.

Story Hour
2026-07-08 13:00 - 14:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
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.
Registration is Required. Space is Limited. Please note that once your child is registered for our weekly Wednesday programs, they will have a spot until 1 month of no attendance.
For ages 2 (toddler) to Preschool.
Schedule of upcoming themes and activities available on our Facebook event and the main website page.

Mobile Summer Reading
2026-07-10 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-07-17 09:30 - 12:00 | Summer Recreation Locations
MOBILE SUMMER READINGFridays July 10th thru August 7th
Village of Sinclairville & Town of Charlotte Summer Recreation @ 9:30
Town of Gerry Summer Recreation @ 11:00
Travel back in time with Miss Jessica’s Mobile Summer Reading Program! Each week of the DINOLYMPICS brings new dinosaur tales and minute‑to‑win‑it challenges.
DINOLYMPICS SCHEDULE
Ready, set, RAWR! The DINOLYMPICS begin soon.
This program is made possible through the CCLS Summer Reading 2026 Mini Grant, provided by the Southern Chautauqua Community Foundation

Village Wide Yard Sale: Book Sale
2026-07-11 10:00 - 13:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Sinclairville Village Wide Yard Sale Day, 9 to 4 pm
The library will be having a small book sale during our normal business hours, 10 to 1 pm.

Unearth A Story: The Street Beneath My Feet
2026-07-13 17:00 - 18:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
The Street Beneath My Feet
Presented by Sarah Hatfield, 4-H Youth Development Educator from Cornell Cooperative Extension | Chautauqua County
Learn about all that lies beneath your feet, buried or growing in the earth. From bones to rocks to buildings from long ago, the cycles of wind, rain, and time have created layers of mystery, just waiting to be discovered. Delve deep into the earth and come back up learning about geology, biology, ecology, archaeology, paleontology, and more. Real objects will make the discoveries in the book tangible and spark curiosity for years to come. Join 4-H for this special program as part of the Unearth a Story theme of the summer.
Program based on the children’s picture book: The Street Beneath My Feet by Charlotte Guillain

Registration Required
Summer Reading full program details.
This program is made possible through the CCLS Summer Reading 2026 Mini Grant, provided by the Southern Chautauqua Community Foundation
Children can also earn 25 points for their Summer Reading Challenge by attending this program.*
*Requires registration for our Summer Reading Challenge
*Patrons may register at anytime during our program dates (June 1st – August 31st), participation in our reading challenge not required to attend programs/events

Unearth Your Talent: Music with Susan & Rico
2026-07-13 18:00 - 18:30 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Unearth Your Talent
Music
with Susan & Rico
Join local musicians, Susan & Rico, as part of our UNEARTH YOUR TALENT series as they share 30 minutes of original music.
Light Refreshments
Do you have a unique skill or talent that you would like to share or teach??? Contact the library…We would love to hear about it…
Information on all of our Summer Reading Programs.
Refreshments provided by sponsor CVCS Sinclairville Elementary School PTO

Story Hour
2026-07-15 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-07-22 13:00 - 14:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
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.
Registration is Required. Space is Limited. Please note that once your child is registered for our weekly Wednesday programs, they will have a spot until 1 month of no attendance.
For ages 2 (toddler) to Preschool.
Schedule of upcoming themes and activities available on our Facebook event and the main website page.
This program is made possible through the CCLS Summer Reading 2026 Mini Grant, provided by the Southern Chautauqua Community Foundation

Unearth Your Story: Life Story Writing (Hybrid)
2026-07-16 18:00 - 19:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
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.
All materials (scrapbooking, etc) provided. For ages 12 and up.
Event is held in person and online. Register to receive online link.

Book Club @ The Homestead
2026-07-17 15:00 - 16:00 | Bergquist Library at the Homestead in Gerry @ 4600 Route 60 Gerry NY 14740
Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Jeannette Walls’s memoir The Glass Castle was “nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly). Now, in Half Broke Horses, she brings us the story of her grandmother, told in a first-person voice that is authentic, irresistible, and triumphant.
“Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did.” So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls’s no nonsense, resourceful, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier town — riding five hundred miles on her pony, alone, to get to her job. She learned to drive a car (“I loved cars even more than I loved horses. They didn’t need to be fed if they weren’t working, and they didn’t leave big piles of manure all over the place”) and fly a plane. And, with her husband Jim, she ran a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one of whom is Jeannette’s memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls, unforgettably portrayed in The Glass Castle.
Lily survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy. She bristled at prejudice of all kinds — against women, Native Americans, and anyone else who didn’t fit the mold. Rosemary Smith Walls always told Jeannette that she was like her grandmother, and in this true-life novel, Jeannette Walls channels that kindred spirit. Half Broke Horses is Laura Ingalls Wilder for adults, as riveting and dramatic as Isak Dinesen’s Out of Africa or Beryl Markham’s West with the Night. Destined to become a classic, it will transfix audiences everywhere. (from Goodreads)

Copies are available through the library system.
No registration is required. Open to the public

Unearth a LEGO Creation
2026-07-18 10:30 - 12:30 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
UNEARTH A LEGO CREATION
Our LEGO dig site is open for junior makers. Unearth bricks, build something brilliant, and take your creation home as a trophy of your imagination.
BUILD IT , KEEP IT
Children can also earn 25 points for their Summer Reading Challenge by attending this program.*
*Requires registration for our Summer Reading Challenge
**For ages 5 & up. Parent/Caregiver must stay with child.
**Patrons may register at anytime during our program dates (June 1st – August 31st), participation in our reading challenge not required to attend programs/events

Poetry Reading in Memory of John Brantingham
2026-07-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Poetry Reading
in memory of
of author/educator, John Brantingham
Poetry reading in memory of poet and teacher John Brantingham, who taught and published widely in the world, but locally at Chautauqua and JCC and also gave classes at our library. This will be a time to share our own original poetry and/or readings from John’s work.
Please join us on Monday, July 20 from 5 to 7 pm for a time to honor John and the inspiration that he gave us.
We hope that it will be a meaningful time spent together in John’s memory.
John Brantingham

Books Unlimited Book Club
2026-07-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict

The New York Times bestselling author of The Mystery of Mrs. Christie returns with a thrilling story of Christie’s legendary rival Dorothy Sayers, the race to solve a murder, and the power of friendship among women.
London, 1930. The five greatest women crime writers have banded together to form a secret society with a single goal: to show they are no longer willing to be treated as second-class citizens by their male counterparts in the legendary Detection Club. Led by the formidable Dorothy L. Sayers, the group includes Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham and Baroness Emma Orczy. They call themselves the Queens of Crime. Their plan? Solve an actual murder, that of a young woman found strangled in a park in France who may have connections leading to the highest levels of the British establishment.
May Daniels, a young English nurse on an excursion to France with her friend, seemed to vanish into thin air as they prepared to board a ferry home. Months later, her body is found in the nearby woods. The murder has all the hallmarks of a locked room mystery for which these authors are famous: how did her killer manage to sneak her body out of a crowded train station without anyone noticing? If, as the police believe, the cause of death is manual strangulation, why is there is an extraordinary amount of blood at the crime scene? What is the meaning of a heartbreaking secret letter seeming to implicate an unnamed paramour? Determined to solve the highly publicized murder, the Queens of Crime embark on their own investigation, discovering they’re stronger together. But soon the killer targets Dorothy Sayers herself, threatening to expose a dark secret in her past that she would do anything to keep hidden.
Inspired by a true story in Sayers’ own life, New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict brings to life the lengths to which five talented women writers will go to be taken seriously in the male-dominated world of letters as they unpuzzle a mystery torn from the pages of their own novels. (from Goodreads)

Copies are available through the library system.
Registration is requested. A copy of the book club selection can be reserved during registration.

Virtual Book Club
2026-07-23 18:00 - 19:00 | VIRTUAL EVENT
Join the discussion from the comfort of your living room!!!
Title Selection: The Engineer’s Wife by Tracey Enerson Wood

She built a monument for all time. Then she was lost in its shadow. Discover the fascinating woman who helped design and construct the Brooklyn Bridge.
Emily Roebling refuses to live conventionally—she knows who she is and what she wants, and she’s determined to make change. But then her husband asks the unthinkable: give up her dreams to make his possible.
Emily’s fight for women’s suffrage is put on hold, and her life transformed when her husband Washington Roebling, the Chief Engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge, is injured on the job. Untrained for the task, but under his guidance, she assumes his role, despite stern resistance and overwhelming obstacles. But as the project takes shape under Emily’s direction, she wonders whose legacy she is building—hers, or her husband’s. As the monument rises, Emily’s marriage, principles, and identity threaten to collapse. When the bridge finally stands finished, will she recognize the woman who built it?
Based on the true story of an American icon, The Engineer’s Wife delivers an emotional portrait of a woman transformed by a project of unfathomable scale, which takes her into the bowels of the East River, suffragette riots, the halls of Manhattan’s elite, and the heady, freewheeling temptations of P.T. Barnum. The biography of a husband and wife determined to build something that lasts—even at the risk of losing each other. (from Goodreads)

Register at Event & Program Registration.
You can request a copy be reserved during registration. Virtual link (Zoom) will be provided after registration.
