Sinclairville Free Library

CLSC Book Club
2025-08-30 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | 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.

August’s Book Selection: Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser

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.

Closed in Observance of Labor Day
2025-09-01 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782

Baby Talk
2025-09-03 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-09-10 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-09-17 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-09-24 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
2025-09-03 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-09-10 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-09-17 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-09-24 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.

Virtual Write Spirit
2025-09-03 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-09-10 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-09-17 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-09-24 19:30 - 20:30 | 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.

Ice Cream Social to Celebrate Summer Reading
2025-09-04 17:00 - 19:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
It’s time for Summer Reading to come to an end…We have had a great summer of creating and learning…Come celebrate with us and an ice cream sundae…
Last chance to turn in your reading logs for prizes. Children & Teens: Croc charms. Teens & Adults: notepad or pen (or Croc charm).
Final Night for GUESS HOW MANY???
And of course, an ice cream sundae bar with all the toppings. Plus, art projects created throughout the summer will be on display.
Program provided using funding from the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System’s Mini Summer Reading Grant 2025.

Write Circle (Hybrid)
2025-09-05 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-09-12 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-09-19 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-09-26 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.
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
2025-09-05 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-09-12 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-09-19 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-09-26 10:30 - 12:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Quilting, knitting, crochet, embroidering, and fun with friends.

Poetry Reading (Open Mic)
2025-09-11 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.
Presented by author/educator, John Brantingham.

26th Annual Sinclairville History Fair
2025-09-13 | Village of Sinclairville
SCHEDULE FOR LIBRARY RELATED EVENTS
10 am Parade (departs from Elementary School) Watch for the library’s float!!!
11 am to 1 pm Audubon Society Live Animal Encounter
11 am to 1 pm Free Face Painting
11 am to 3:30 pm Visit our table in Minckler’s Commons for friendly faces, library information and painted rocks for sale
11:30 am until Sold-Out Chicken Barbeque at the Firehall (benefits the library)
2 pm to 4 pm Local Author Showcase! Meet and support local published authors
4 pm 25th Building Anniversary Celebration!!! Light Refreshments

Community Art Show All Day…Check out the pieces created throughout the summer…

Visit Village of Sinclairville or Town of Charlotte Facebook page(s) for a full calendar of all the days events. Presented by the Valley Historical Society and the Village of Sinclairville.

The library will be open from 10 am to completion of building celebration.
Public restrooms, Wi-Fi and air-conditioning.
Community event parking available.

Books Unlimited Book Club
2025-09-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
You never know what’s happening on the other side of the wall.
Your neighbour told you that she didn’t want your six-month-old daughter at the dinner party. Nothing personal, she just couldn’t stand her crying.
Your husband said it would be fine. After all, you only live next door. You’ll have the baby monitor and you’ll take it in turns to go back every half hour.
Your daughter was sleeping when you checked on her last. But now, as you race up the stairs in your deathly quiet house, your worst fears are realized. She’s gone.
You’ve never had to call the police before. But now they’re in your home, and who knows what they’ll find there.
What would you be capable of, when pushed past your limit?

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

Learn to Fly Fish
2025-09-18 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-09-25 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.

Library Board Meeting
2025-09-24 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 Adult Book Club
2025-09-25 19:30 - 20:30 | VIRTUAL EVENT
For One More Day by Mitch Albom
“Every family is a ghost story…”
Mitch Albom mesmerized readers around the world with his number one New York Times bestsellers, The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie. Now he returns with a beautiful, haunting novel about the family we love and the chances we miss.
For One More Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one?
As a child, Charley “Chick” Benetto was told by his father, “You can be a mama’s boy or a daddy’s boy, but you can’t be both.” So he chooses his father, only to see the man disappear when Charley is on the verge of adolescence.
Decades later, Charley is a broken man. His life has been crumbled by alcohol and regret. He loses his job. He leaves his family. He hits bottom after discovering his only daughter has shut him out of her wedding. And he decides to take his own life.
He makes a midnight ride to his small hometown, with plans to do himself in. But upon failing even to do that, he staggers back to his old house, only to make an astonishing discovery. His mother, who died eight years earlier, is still living there, and welcomes him home as if nothing ever happened..
What follows is the one “ordinary” day so many of us yearn for, a chance to make good with a lost parent, to explain the family secrets, and to seek forgiveness. Somewhere between this life and the next, Charley learns the astonishing things he never knew about his mother and her sacrifices. And he tries, with her tender guidance, to put the crumbled pieces of his life back together.
Through Albom’s inspiring characters and masterful storytelling, readers will newly appreciate those whom they love and may have thought they’d lost in their own lives. For One More Day is a book for anyone in a family, and will be cherished by Albom’s millions of fans worldwide.

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

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