Sinclairville Free Library

Homestead Library Services
2025-06-20 14:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | 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
2025-06-20 15:00 - 16:00 | Bergquist Library at the Homestead in Gerry @ 4600 Route 60 Gerry NY 14740
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.
Copies are available through the library system.
No registration is required. Open to the public.

Baby Talk
2025-06-25 10:30 - 11:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Babies enjoy some time playing with their peers in our Children’s Room. Babies will gain the building blocks to early literacy through talking, singing, reading and playing.

For ages birth to 2 years old.
Songs, Bounces, Stories, Read-Alongs and Play!!!

Registration is OPEN
Schedule of upcoming themes and activities detailed on our monthly Facebook event and on our main website page.

Story Hour
2025-06-25 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.
For ages 2 years old to preschool.
Participate in stories, songs & fingerplays. Take away craft or activity for extended learning.
Registration is required.
Schedule of upcoming themes and activities detailed on our monthly Facebook event and on our main website page.

Library Board Meeting
2025-06-25 18:00 - 19:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Board Meetings are open to the public.

Meetings are held at the library.

Please see Board of Trustees for more information on our board.

Virtual Write Spirit
2025-06-25 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-07-02 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-07-09 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-07-16 19:30 - 20:30 | VIRTUAL EVENT
Christian writers meet to encourage, inspire and provide reader feedback to both aspiring and accomplished writers.

This group meets virtually. Contact Beth Hadley at director@sinclairvillelibrary.org for meeting information.
You can also register using our Event or Program Registration form.

Virtual Adult Book Club
2025-06-26 19:30 - 20:30 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
The God of the Woods by Liz Miller
When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide
Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.
As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.

Register using the Event & Program Registration.
You can request a copy be reserved during registration. Virtual link will be provided after registration.

Write Circle (Hybrid)
2025-06-27 09:00 - 10:00 | VIRTUAL EVENT
Writers in all genres meet to encourage, inspire and provide reader feedback to both aspiring and accomplished writers.

Meets Virtually December thru March. Hybrid meetings April thru November.

This group is currently closed to new members. Please consider joining our Write Spirit group.

Sinclairville Samplers
2025-06-27 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-07-11 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-07-18 10:30 - 12:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Quilting, knitting, crochet, embroidering, and fun with friends.

CLSC Book Club
2025-06-28 09:00 - 10:00 | 3 Lakes Cafe, 11 S Main Street, Cassadaga, United States
CLSC BOOK CLUB
The Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle is the oldest book club in the US.
This book club will meet in person at 3 Lakes Cafe (located on Main Street in Cassadaga) to discuss books from the CLSC book list.

June’s Book Selection: To Be Announced

Hosted by Erin Gray in partnership with the Sinclairville Free Library. Copies are available for checkout through the library’s hold process.
For more information on CLSC.

Baby Talk
2025-07-02 11:30 - 12:00, 2025-07-09 11:30 - 12:00, 2025-07-16 11:30 - 12:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Babies enjoy some time playing with their peers in our Children’s Room. Babies will gain the building blocks to early literacy through talking, singing, reading and playing.

For ages birth to 2 years old.
Songs, Bounces, Stories, Read-Alongs and Play!!!

Registration is OPEN
Please note TIME CHANGE for Summer Months (July & August)
Schedule of upcoming themes and activities detailed on our monthly Facebook event and on our main website page.

Story Hour
2025-07-02 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-07-09 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-07-16 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.
For ages 2 (toddler) to Preschool.
Schedule of upcoming themes and activities available on our Facebook event and the main website page.

Closed in Observance of Independence Day
2025-07-04 - 2025-07-05 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782

Flower Pounding with Brenda Nickerson
2025-07-07 17:00 - 18:30 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
FLOWER POUNDING with Brenda Nickerson
Flower pounding, or Tatakizome, is an ancient Japanese technique of hammering plants to create patterns on fabric. It is a very simple technique that renders gorgeous results. All you need is fresh flowers, a hammer and either paper, canvas or fabric to transfer the flower “dye”.
Learn the basics of flower pounding: which flowers and/or leaves work well and how hard to pound to get the desired results.
Cost is $10 per person. Seating is limited.
Registration Required (add payment method to comment section)
Pay at the library’s front desk or using our PayPal (select Donate, enter amount in Other, select Share My Name/Email to match to registration)
Part of program cost is funded by the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System’s Mini Summer Reading Grant 2025.
Participates are asked to leave their art projects for our Community Art Show displaying all projects created throughout the summer. Projects will be labeled with artists first initial, last name and age. Select projects may be laminated to help preserve the piece. Projects will be on display through the 25th Building Anniversary that will be celebrated as part of the 26th Annual History Fair on Saturday, September 16th.

Poetry Reading with Poet, Karen J Weyant
2025-07-10 19:00 - 20:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Share your poetry with other poets and writers. Open to the community.
Local poet, Karen J Weyant, will share about her work and writing journey.
Presented by author/educator, John Brantingham.

Write Circle (Hybrid)
2025-07-11 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-07-18 09:00 - 10:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782

Mobile Summer Reading
2025-07-11 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-07-18 09:30 - 10:30 | Sinclairville Park
Miss Jessica and Chet will be visiting our friends at Sinclairville Summer Recreation on Fridays (July 11 – Aug 1st) for some library adventures filled with fun and learning!!!

Walk-In Digital Assistance & Library Information
2025-07-14 11:30 - 12:00 | Sinclairville Fire Hall, 30 Main Street, Sinclairville, NY, 14782, United States
Walk-In Digital Assistance:

Help with set-up/use of Libby (ebooks and audiobooks). Learn to use our online Card Catalog, Ancestry Library Edition & NOVELny. Please bring your login and device passwords. No Appointment Required.

Library Information:
Help with library cards, borrowing/requesting materials, returning materials.

Program provided using funding from the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System Adult Literacy Mini Grant: Digital Skills 2024-25

Shaving Cream Marbling with Peggy Minckler
2025-07-14 18:00 - 19:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Shaving cream marbling is a fun, artistic technique that creates unique, marbled patterns on paper or other surfaces by using shaving cream and water color paint. It’s a process of layering colors on a shaving cream base, swirling them together, and then transferring the design to a chosen surface. This method is popular for its ease of use, vibrant results, and the element of surprise with each print.
Each participant will create a “marbled” print on paper using shaving cream and liquid watercolor paints.
All ages.
Registration Required.
Participants are asked to leave their art projects for our Community Art Show displaying all projects created throughout the summer. Projects will be labeled with artists first initial, last name and age. Select projects may be laminated to help preserve the piece. Projects will be on display through the 25th Building Anniversary that will be celebrated as part of the 26th Annual History Fair on Saturday, September 16th.
