Montour Falls Memorial Library

May 3 and 31:
The Library will resume basic computer classes offered by JobLink - one on Digital Photos May 3, and one on Skype May 31. These classes are free and open to everyone. 1:00 on Fridays.

May 14: 
The Montour Falls Library in the Finger Lakes talk this month will be “The Way of Water,” presented by local author Lee Welles. Ms. Welles is the creator of the Gaia Girls books, written for all who love the natural world, ages 13 and beyond. Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award, Nautilus Gold Book Award, and Mom’s Choice Gold Book Award, her books will be available for purchase at the Library and a book signing will be held after the talk which begins at 7:00.

May 13:
Song and Story with Lisa Fernandez from 3:30 to 4:30 PM in the library. Once a month Lisa Fernandez of Compost Theater brings an hour of rhyming and silly songs to the After School Program at the Library with her little blue ukulele.

May 21:
This month’s Local History Talk will be “Sailing on Seneca,” presented by Gail Sudore. In the late 1800′s, Seneca Lake was “the sailing capital of the East,” bringing visitors from all over the Northeast to watch the regattas. The library’s Historic Resource Room will provide pictures from its archives to accompany Gail’s presentation. Gail is doing a intensive study of our maritime history in the hopes of establishing The Finger Lakes Living History Maritime and Sailing Center in the area.  The talk will begin at 7:00.

May 24:
The Montour Falls Library Story Telling Circle will meet at 6:00. All are welcome who love stories and storytelling. This group is guided by Eliud and Meredith Nieves. We are all picking a personal memory and working on the process of making it into a story.

May 28:
The Havana Book Club will meet at 6:00 at the library. This month’s author is Morgan Llywelyn, an award winning author of historical fiction. From 1980′s Lion of Ireland to this year’s After Rome: A Novel of Celtic Britain, many of her books are available here at the library, including Bard, Grania, Red Branch, Druids, and Pride of Lions. Readers are welcome to choose any of her works and join us for discussion.

May 30:
The Community Science Institute is bringing the Red Flag Stream Monitoring program to Schuyler and Chemung Counties. Becky Bowen of the Institute will be giving information on the project and answering questions at the library at 6:00. For more information please call (607) 257-6606.

Ongoing:

Every First Thursday:
The Montour Falls Library will be hosting a monthly support group for individuals who have gluten intolerance. The group will meet on the first Thursday of each month at 1:00 to share information and ideas on this subject.

Every Monday and Wednesday:
The Montour Falls Memorial Library’s Historic Resource Room is open for research from 9 to 12 or by appointment. For more information, please call Carol Fagnan at 594-2062.

Every Tuesday:
Tuesdays mornings will be devoted to toddlers. Infant Lap Time will continue on Thursday mornings. Both at the library at 10:30. We welcome all to come and share stories and songs.

Every Tuesday:
“Open Sketch” will be hosted by local self taught artist John Hunt. 3:00 every week – open to all ages and levels. Please bring your own supplies and drop by. 546-2338

Every Wednesday:
The Montour Falls Library will have its first After School Program on September 5.  The “O Best Beloved” After School Story Time will begin at 3:30 every week. A relaxed atmosphere, with stories, a time set aside for children to talk about their day, and to find books to take home.

Every Thursday:
Infant Lap Time at 10:30 AM. A program designed for newborns and up including music, stories and sharing of information and resources for new parents.

Every Saturday:
Family Time at the Montour Falls Library at 10:30 is a weekly Story Time designed for reading, socializing, and for families within the community to share resources. Open to children of all ages.

April 4,5,6: The Montour Falls Library will hold its Spring Book Sale at St. Paul’s Parish House on Genesee Street in Montour Falls from 10:00-5:00 each day. There will be a wide selection of fiction, non-fiction, biographies, children’s, large print books, music Cd’s, and DVD’s. Come in and stock up on summer reading!

April 2: The Montour Falls Library’s ‘Our World’ series features ‘Japan’ this month at 7:00. Japan looms large in US history textbooks for a range of reasons, and it is difficult to drive anywhere without seeing a Japanese car on American roads. Aside from the March 2011 Tsunami and nuclear disasters, we don’t hear much about Japan in the news these days. The talk will focus on how Japan’s past – including its relations with the United States – still shape its present, and why we might be interested today. Our speaker, Kelly Dietz, has lived in Japan on and off for six years. She now teaches and researches about Japan and East Asia at Ithaca College and lives near Cayutaville.

April 4:  The Montour Falls Library will be hosting a monthly support group for individuals who have gluten intolerance. The group will meet the first Thursday of each month at 1:00 to share information and ideas on this subject.

April 5,12,19,26: The Montour Falls Library will resume the basic computer classes offered by JobLink. These first classes will help beginners with communication and job search skills. Basic Computer 1 and 2, Internet 1, and a class on ‘StarCat’ that will teach you how to easily order materials (like large print books, DVD’s, and audio books) from different libraries around the Finger Lakes. These classes are free and open to everyone. Fridays at 1:00 this month.

April 9:  The Montour Falls Library ‘In the Finger Lakes’ talk this month will be “Wine Making on Seneca.” The Finger Lakes is known worldwide for wine making, especially Rieslings. Winemaker Lou Damiani will talk about the grapes that he and Phil Davis grow to make these elegant, handcrafted wines in an old-world style.  Join us and learn why the soil and climate in this area is so unique. 7:00

April 10: ‘Song and Story with Lisa Fernandez’ at the Montour Falls Library. Once a month Lisa Fernandez of Compost Theater will bring an hour of rhyming and silly songs to the After School Program at the Library with her little blue ukulele.   3:30-4:30

April 16: Local History Talk at the Montour Falls Library.  This month, a presentation by Gary Emerson on the Civil War’s deadliest prison camp – the Elmira Prison Camp, ‘Helmira.’ This camp went into use in 1864 and served as a prison until the end of the war. Over 12,000 men were sent there and over a quarter of them died from overcrowded conditions. Gary is a local historian, teacher, and member of the Schuyler County Historical Society.  7:00 PM

April 23: The Havana Book Club will meet at 6:00 at the Montour Falls Library. This month’s author will be Larry McMurtry. Mr McMurtry is the author of several novels including Leaving Cheyenne, Terms of Endearment, and Lonesome Dove, as well as nonfiction like Crazy Horse, and Custer in 2012. Readers are welcome to choose any of his works and join us for discussion.

April 26: The Montour Falls Library Story Telling Circle will meet at 6:00. All are welcome who love stories and storytelling. This group is guided by Eliud and Meredith Nieves. We are all picking a personal memory and working on the process of making it into a story.

Every Monday and Wednesday: The Montour Falls Memorial Library’s Historic Resource Room is open for research from 9 to 12 or by appointment. For more information, please call Carol Fagnan at 594-2062.

Every Tuesday: Tuesdays mornings will be devoted to toddlers and Infant Lap Time will continue on Thursday mornings. Both are at the Montour Falls Library at 10:30. We welcome all to come and share stories and songs.

Every Tuesday: ‘Open Sketch’ at the Montour Falls Library will be hosted by John Hunt, a local self-taught artist. 3:00 every week and open to all ages and levels. Please bring your own supplies and drop by.  546-2338

Every Wednesday: The Montour Falls Library will have its first after school program on September 5. The ‘O Best Beloved After School Story Time’ will be at 3:30 every week. It will be very relaxed with stories, a time to listen to the children’s day, and an opportunity to find books for home.

Every Thursday: Infant Lap Time at the Montour Falls Library at 10:30 a.m. A program designed for newborns and up featuring music, stories, and the sharing of information and resources for new parents.

Every Saturday: Family Story Time at the Montour Falls Library at 10:30 is a weekly Story Time designed for reading, socializing, and sharing resources with families in the community. Open to children of all ages.

March 29,30 & April 4,5,6:     The Montour Falls Library will hold its Spring Book Sale at St. Paul’s Parish House on Genesee Street in Montour Falls from 10:00-5:00 each day.  There will be a wide selection of fiction, non-fiction, biographies, children’s, and large print books, also music Cd’s and DVD”s.  Come in and look around and find some Summer reading.

March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29:     The Montour Falls Library will resume the basic computer classes offered by JobLink.  These first classes are for beginners to help with skills for communication and job searches.  They will be Internet 2, All about Email, Word1, 2 and 3. These classes are free and open to all.  The classes will be at 1:00 on Friday.

March 5:      This is the first of our weekly Toddler Time.  Tuesdays mornings will be devoted to toddlers and Infant Lap Time will continue on Thursday mornings, both are at the Montour Falls Library at 10:30.  We welcome all to come and share stories and songs.

March 7:      The Montour Falls Library will host a support group for individuals who have a intolerance to gluten.   This group will meet once a month on the first Thursday of each month at 1:00. All are welcome to and share information and help each other find solutions to this health issue.

March 13:  ”Song and Story with Lisa Fernandez” on March 13, 2013 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM in Montour Falls Library. Once a month Lisa Fernandez of Compost Theater will bring a hour of rhyming and silly songs to the After School Program at the Library with her little blue ukulele.

March 19:      This month’s Local History Talk at the Montour Falls Library will be at 7:00. The Iroquois Before and After Their Encounter with the Europeans-Engagements beyond Epidemics, 1534-1701. The presentation will focus on new evidence concerning how the Iroquois people coped with population losses stemming from introduced European diseases and employed indigenous cultural concepts to undertake dramatic geographical expansion of their homelands during the early contact period.  Jon Parmenter, Associate Professor at Cornell will present and also have his book,The edge of the woods: The Iroquoia, 1534-1701, will be available for purchase and signing.  7:00

March 22:      The Montour Falls Library Story Telling Circle  will meet at 6:00.   All are welcome, who love stories and storytelling. This group is guided by Eliud and Meredith Nieves.  We are all picking a personal memory and working on the process of making it into a story.

March 26:      The Havana Book Club will meet at 6:00 at the Montour Falls Library.  This month’s author is Amy Tan.  You may choose from any of her books and many titles are at the Library.  The Joy Luck Club,The Kitchen God’s Wife,The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter’s Daughter, and Saving Fish From Drowning. She has received many awards over her writing career, and has a new novel out this year,The Valley of Amazement. She has also written children’s stories many non-fiction works. We encourage you to choose any of her books and come join us discuss her work.

March 29,30,& April 4,5,6:     The Montour Falls Library will hold it’s Spring Book Sale at St. Paul’s Parish House on Genesee Street in Montour Falls from 10:00-5:00 each day.  There will be a wide selection of fiction, non-fiction, biographies, children’s, and large print books, also music Cd’s and DVD”s.  Come in and look around and find some Summer reading.

Every  Monday and Wednesday:      The Montour Falls Memorial Library’s Historic Resource Room is open for research from 9 to 12 or by appointment.  For more information, please call Carol Fagnan at 594-2062.

Every Tuesday:      “Open Sketch” at the Montour Falls Library will be hosted by John Hunt, a local self taught artist.  3:00 every week and open to all ages and levels.  Please bring your own supplies and drop by.  546-2338

Every Wednesday:      The Montour Falls Library will have its first after school program on September 5.  The “O Best Beloved” After School Story Time will be at 3:30 every week.  This story time will be very relaxed with stories, a time to listen to the children’s day and find books for home.

Every Thursday:      Infant Lap Time at the Montour Falls Library at 10:30 a.m.  A program designed for newborns and up including music, stories and sharing of information and resources for new parents.

Every Saturday:      Family Story Time at the Montour Falls Library at 10:30 is a weekly Story Time designed for reading, socializing, and resources for families within the community.  Open to children of all ages.

February 5:     The Montour Falls Library Our World talk this month will be Marguerite Wells, Project Manager of the Black Oak Wind Farm in Enfield.  This project will be a seven turbine, community owned wind development, just east over the Schuyler County line, which is slated for construction at the end of this year.  She will discuss the scope of the project, status of its development, and the unique ownership structure, that makes it one of the first community owned wind farms in the East. The talk will start at 7:00.

February 6:   The Montour Falls Library will host Lisa Fernandez with Song and Story  for this week’s After School Story Time at 3:30.   Lisa is a musician and founder of the educational Compost Theater.  She will bring her little blue ukulele for a hour of rhyming and silly songs.  All are welcome.

February 8 and 15:    The Montour Falls Library will resume the basic computer classes offered by JobLink.  These first classes are for beginners to help with skills for communication and job searches.  They will be Basic Computer 2 and Internet 1. These classes are free and open to all.  The classes will be at 1:00 on Friday.

February 12:      This year the Montour Falls Library will have a series of talks focusing on the innovative and new projects in the Finger Lakes Region.  Our first speaker will be Kris West, Senior Field Representative of the Finger Lakes Land Trust Southern Tier Office.  Kris will talk about the Land Trust and it’s multi-year undertaking with public and private conservation partners to link together 50,000 acres of publicly-owned forest in the hills that lie between the rivers of the Southern Tier and the Finger Lakes: the Emerald Necklace.  Please bring questions.  7:00

February 19:     This month’s Local History Talk at the Montour Falls Library will be” The Civil War Local Call to Arms”  presented by Carol Fagnan, Town of Catharine Historian and Member of the Historic Resource Room at the Library.  Carol will draw from the Resource Room’s large collection of archives and artifacts on the Civil War to show how the local response fit into the big picture.  7:00

February 22:     The Montour Falls Library Story Telling Circle  will meet at 6:00.  We are all picking a personal memory and working on the process of making it into a story.  All are welcome.

February 26:     The Havana Book Club will meet at 6:00 at the Montour Falls Library.  This month’s author is National Book Award Author, Joyce Carol Oates.  Her books cover many different types of fiction and also has written mysteries under the pseudonym Rosamond Smith.  You may choose from any of her books and many titles are at the Library.

Every  Monday and Wednesday:      The Montour Falls Memorial Library’s Historic Resource Room is open for research from 9 to 12 or by appointment.  For more information, please call Carol Fagnan at 594-2062.
Every Tuesday:      “Open Sketch” at the Montour Falls Library will be hosted by John Hunt, a local self taught artist.  3:00 every week and open to all ages and levels.  Please bring your own supplies and drop by.  546-2338
Every Wednesday:      The Montour Falls Library will have its first after school program on September 5.  The “O Best Beloved” After School Story Time will be at 3:30 every week.  This story time will be very relaxed with stories, a time to listen to the children’s day and find books for home.
Every Thursday:      Infant Lap Time at the Montour Falls Library at 10:30 a.m.  A program designed for newborns and up including music, stories and sharing of information and resources for new parents.
Every Saturday:      Family Story Time at the Montour Falls Library at 10:30 is a weekly Story Time designed for reading, socializing, and resources for families within the community.  Open to children of all ages.

January 10:   The Montour Falls Improvement Association will meet at the Montour Falls Library at 6:30 to discuss the upcoming year’s goals and activities. All are welcome to attend.
January 14:     The Montour Falls Library will hold a grant writing workshop for nonprofit groups and organizations.  Ginnie Lupi, director of the ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes will present at 6:00.
January 15:     The Montour Falls Library will resume our Local History series at 7:00 with “Catharine-The Myth,The Legend” presented by local historian Kelsey Jones of the Schuyler County Historical Society. How much do we really know?  Open to all.
January 20:     All You Can Eat Buffet Breakfast to benefit the Montour Falls Library at the Montour Moose Lodge, from 8-11. $6 adults, $4 children 5-12, and under 5 are free.  Tickets are on sale at the Library and also available from trustees. Please come out and support your Library.
January 25:     The Montour Falls Library Storytelling group will be meeting at 6:00. Are you a storyteller, or ever thought of being one, or do you love a good story?  No experience is needed, just a love of stories.  535-7489
January 29:   The Havana Book Club at Montour Falls Library will meet at 6:00. This month’s author is Barbara Kingsolver, any books, fiction or nonfiction.  Some of her works are:  The Poisonwood Bible, The Lacuna, Prodigal Summer, The Bean Trees, Animal,Vegetable,Miracle: A Year of Food Life, her latest work, Flight Behavior.  Come join us and help pick next month’s subject.

Every  Monday and Wednesday:      The Montour Falls Memorial Library’s Historic Resource Room is open for research from 9 to 12 or by appointment.  For more information, please call Carol Fagnan at 594-2062.
Every Tuesday:      “Open Sketch” at the Montour Falls Library will be hosted by John Hunt, a local self taught artist.  3:00 every week and open to all ages and levels.  Please bring your own supplies and drop by.  546-2338
Every Wednesday:      The Montour Falls Library will have its first after school program on September 5.  The “O Best Beloved” After School Story Time will be at 3:30 every week.  This story time will be very relaxed with stories, a time to listen to the children’s day and find books for home.
Every Thursday:      Infant Lap Time at the Montour Falls Library at 10:30 a.m.  A program designed for newborns and up including music, stories and sharing of information and resources for new parents.
Every Saturday:      Family Story Time at the Montour Falls Library at 10:30 is a weekly Story Time designed for reading, socializing, and resources for families within the community.  Open to children of all ages.

October 17:  The Montour Falls Library Local History Talk this month will be “Making Tracks, How the Railroads Brought People to Schulyer County”, presented by Gene Endres.  Gene is the editor and historian of the Cornell Railroad Historical Society. We will start at 7:00; please bring your questions.

“Making Tracks” is a talk about how the railroads brought people to central New York. It covers mostly the years from 1831 to 1970, and will include details on the railroads that came to Montour Falls as well as the things that eventually removed them from the public eye.

Come down to Montour Falls Library and enjoy the Harvest Festival Saturday Oct 13th. The library will be open from 8am – 6pm. There will be open house with the Museum Room and Historic Resource Room with volunteers from the Resource Room to answer questions. We will also have Song and Story for the little ones with Liza Fernondez at 11:30, Storytelling with And 2 Make 3, Eliud and Merideth Nieves at 2:30. Also featuring a Silent Auction and Themed GIFT BASKETS up for raffle with a drawing at 5:00. The evening will end with fireworks over the Falls at 8pm.

• Saturday, November 3:  2 pm – 5 pm
• Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the library.

October 2:  The Montour Falls Library’s, Our World series will feature “Walking Seasonal Roads”, the latest book by local author Mary A. Hood of Steuben County at 7:00.  There be a pictorial presentation and readings from the book.  Copies will be available for purchase and signing after the talk.

October 4,11,18,25:  The Montour falls Library continues our basic computer classes through JobLink at 10:00 with All about Email, and Word 1,2,3.  These classes are designed for beginners and self taught computer users.  All are welcome.

October 9:  The Montour Falls Library will have our Healthy Living Series on “Living with Gluten Intolerance” at 7:00.  This talk will have Carol Fagnan helping people with examining their diet and also assisting in a new approach to cooking.  All questions are welcome.  594-2064

October 13:  The Library will have a huge celebration for the Harvest Festival.  The Library will start off at 11:30 with Lisa Fernandez in the children’s room with Song and Story. At 12:00 the Library will have the Historic Resource Room and Museum Civil War Exhibit Open with volunteers to answer questions.  There will a raffle of Themed Gift Baskets donated by local businesses, paintings by Maggie Martin, on display now at the Montour House, and Turtle Island Pottery.  At 2:30 we will have a story telling with And 2 Make 3, with Eliud and Merideth Nieves.  Our raffle drawing will be at 5:00.  Please come and join us.

October 17:  The Montour Falls Library Local History Talk this month will be “Making Tracks, How the Railroads Brought People to Schulyer County”, presented by Gene Endres.  Gene is the editor and historian of the Cornell Railroad Historical Society. We will start at 7:00; please bring your questions.

October 23:  The Havana Book Club will meet at 6:00.  This Month’s Selection is the life and stories of Isak Dinesen. The choices are many and varied: “Isak Dinesen, The Life of a Storyteller, Out of Africa, Babette’s Feast, Seven Gothic Tales, The Immortal Story” are a few, many are at the Library.

Every  Monday and Wednesday:
The Montour Falls Memorial Library’s Historic Resource Room is open for research from 9 to 12 or by appointment.  For more information, please call Carol Fagnan at 594-2062.

Every Tuesday:
“Open Sketch” at the Montour Falls Library will be hosted by John Hunt, a local self taught artist.  3:00 every week and open to all ages and levels.  Please bring your own supplies and drop by.  546-2338

Every Wednesday:
The Montour Falls Library will have its first after school program on September 5.  The “O Best Beloved” After School Story Time will be at 3:30 every week.  This story time will be very relaxed with stories, a time to listen to the children’s day and find books for home.

Every Thursday:
Infant Lap Time at the Montour Falls Library at 10:30 a.m.  A program designed for newborns and up including music, stories and sharing of information and resources for new parents.

Every Saturday:
Family Story Time at the Montour Falls Library at 10:30 is a weekly Story Time designed for reading, socializing, and resources for families within the community.  Open to children of all ages.

This summer, the Montour Falls Library received a BOOKS FOR CHILDREN grant provided by the Libri Foundation, and matching funds from a gift made in memory of Rouletta Blowers Gasparian. The items received has allowed the children’s department to expand its collection of picture books to engage young readers, and are now being used during our weekly story hours! Please visit the Children’s Programs page for days and times. All ages are welcome.