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Fourth Friday Concert
Sé Leigheas
An Irish Evening
Join us for a lively evening
of jigs, reels, marches, and airs
from the Emerald Isle and other Celtic Nations.
Listen to the rousing sounds of fiddle, guitar, concertina, and mandolin.
May 25
6:00 PM
at the Montour Falls Library
We ask for a $10 donation to support the musicians and the library.
All Early Literacy Program story times
will now take place at 10:00 AM
to better accommodate children’s schedules.
May 2: Meditation
At 8:00 am, before the library opens, join certified yoga instructor Sue Silhan, R.N., for an hour of meditation. Meditation is an individual practice but also has an effervescent quality when done in a group. We will have time together each month to explore meditation practices and share with one another our own experiences with this ancient practice. We suggest a donation of $10 to support the instructor and the library. Please bring a small blanket to class. This group will meet on the first Wednesday of every month.
May 2: Classics Reading Group
At 6:00 pm, the Classics Reading Group will meet to discuss The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway’s most unforgettable characters, Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates.
May 3: Montour Falls Farmers Market
From 4:00 to 7:00 at the pavilion at 300 West Main Street will be the opening day of the Montour Falls Farmers Market. Local farmers will offer healthy, fresh, local, affordable vegetables, fruits, meats, cheeses, and more. All eligible vendors accept SNAP, and the market gives out $2 Fresh Connect Checks. Entertainment including live music and story time for the children will be scheduled. Food trucks will provide hot meals and treats. Thursdays, 4:00 to 7:00, May through October. montourfallsfarmersmarket.com
May 4: First Friday Movie Night
At 4:00 pm, kick off the weekend with a free movie and snacks. No reservations required; just show up. We will be watching Star Wars: The Last Jedi. May the Fourth be with you. We will be showing new movies every first Friday.
May 5: Morning on the Catharine Valley Trail
At 8:00 am, meet at the library steps for a walk on the Catharine Valley Trail. We will meet every first Saturday of every month to walk, talk, and be outside.
May 5: Upcycle Society
At 10:00 am, join the Upcycle Society to reinvent books, bags, clothing, and other materials to make unique creations from discarded household items. Appropriate for ages 8 and up. Upcycle: To process used goods or scrap material in order to produce something that is often better than the original.
May 8: Environmental Literature Reading Group
At 6:00 pm, the Environmental Literature Reading Group will meet to discuss Raising Wild by Michael P. Branch. The author “earned his whiskers” in the Great Basin Desert of northwestern Nevada, in the wild and extreme landscape where he lives off the grid with his wife and two curious little girls. Combining natural history, humor, and personal narrative, Raising Wild is an intimate exploration of Nevada’s Great Basin Desert, the wild and extreme land of high desert caliche and juniper, of pronghorn antelope and mountain lions, where wildfires and snowstorms threaten in equal measure.
May 9: Havana Book Club
At 6:00 pm, the Havana Book Club will meet to discuss The Hidden Light of Northern Fires by Daren Wang. A town on the Underground Railroad secedes from the Union after it becomes fractured by the politics of the American Civil War. Mary Willis has always been an outcast, an abolitionist in a town of bounty hunters and anti-Union farmers. After college, she dreams of exploring the country, but is obligated to take over the household duties and management of her family’s farm, while her brother Leander avoids his own responsibilities. Helping runaways is the only thing that makes her life in Town Line bearable.
May 11: Song and Story
At 10:00 am, join us for a new season of songs and stories. Lisa Fernandez, local musician and founder of Compost Theatre, will be bringing her blue ukulele for an hour of silly songs with rhymes and reading. All ages are welcome to attend. Free and open to the public. Every second Friday at 10:00.
May 12: History Walk
At 9:00 am, walk with county historian and local author Gary Emerson along the Chemung Canal towpath and learn about this history of the canal.
May 12: Photo Fun
At 10:00 am, take photos in a creative scavenger hunt.
May 15: Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Club
At 6:00 pm, the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Club will meet to discuss Deer Life by Ron Sexsmith. Deryn Hedlight was not having a very good day and it was about to get much worse. He’d read stories of witches as a boy, but never believed for a second they were true. That is, until an unfortunate hunting accident turns his world upside down. What seemed like an honest mistake leads to an altogether unexpected transformation. But poor Deryn wasn’t the only wronged character tied up in these gloomy circumstances and sinister forces.
May 16: The Futurists: Next Generation Readers
At 5:00 pm, our young adult book group will meet to discuss Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu. Vivian Carter is fed up. Fed up with an administration at her high school that thinks the football team can do no wrong. Fed up with sexist dress codes, hallway harassment, and gross comments from guys during class. But most of all, Viv Carter is fed up with always following the rules. Viv’s mom was a tough-as-nails, punk rock Riot Grrrl in the ’90s, and now Viv takes a page from her mother’s past and creates a feminist zine that she distributes anonymously to her classmates. She’s just blowing off steam, but other girls respond. As Viv forges friendships with other young women across the divides of cliques and popularity rankings, she realizes that what she has started is nothing short of a girl revolution.
May 19: Library Garden
At 10:00 am, join us as we begin a new season in the library’s garden. Start seeds and help the garden grow.
May 22: Library Board Meeting
At 6:00 pm, the library trustees will be at the library for their monthly board meeting.
May 23: Storytelling Circle
At 6:00 pm, the Storytelling Circle will meet, led by And Two Makes Three storytellers. Bring a story to share with others, and listen to what they have to share!
May 24: Ribs and Riesling Early Literacy Fundraiser
At 5:00 at Seneca Lodge, the Watkins-Montour Rotary Club will hold a fundraiser for the Montour Falls Library Early Literacy Program. Wine, dine, and socialize, and support your local community. Call 535-4300 to reserve a seat.
May 25: Corning Science and Discovery Center
At 10:00 am, the Corning Science and Discovery Center presents a program on weather and the seasons.
May 25: Fourth Friday Concert: Sé Leigheas: An Irish Evening
At 6:00 pm, join the library for our monthly concert. Join us for a lively evening of jigs, reels, marches, and airs from the Emerald Isle and other Celtic Nations. Listen to the rousing sounds of fiddle, guitar, concertina, and mandolin. We ask for a $10 donation to support the musicians and the 
library.
May 26: Freecyle
At 10:00 am, join us for an hour of free-range creativity.
Ongoing:
Student Volunteer Program
Do you love libraries and books? Do you want to learn new skills? Would you like to volunteer at your local public library? This job requires a responsible and respectful attitude and a willingness to learn. Volunteer hours are available Tuesday through Friday from 3:00 to 6:00. Contact Karin Thomas at the library for more information.
Digital Resources
Borrow eBooks, digital magazines, and music with your library card. www.montourfallslibrary.org/services/digital
New York Times Online at Montour Falls Library
Read any number of articles on your device or ours while at the Montour Falls Library. We have three computers available to the public. You will have free, unlimited access while at the library.
Seed Library
Take free packets of seeds and start a garden at home. Grow your own food; you don’t need acres. Anyone can come and take seeds. Limit of 15 packets per family.
Sundays:
From 8:00 to 12:00, every Sunday, local musician Gary Kline will be offering free music lessons in a variety of string instruments and tin whistle. You’re welcome to bring in your own instruments, as well. Gary has 40 years of experience in folk music. Lessons are free and open to all ages and skill levels.
Mondays:
The library is closed on Mondays.
Tuesdays:
8:00 is Yoga for Health at the Montour Falls Library. Anyone can practice and benefit from Yoga. One hour of instruction in yoga poses, breathing, and meditation. Care will be taken to provide safe practice for those who may have physical limitations. Please bring a mat and a small blanket to class. A donation to Selah Yoga and Music is needed to attend these classes. sue@selahyogaandmusic.com. (607) 703-0010. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:00 AM at the Montour Falls Library.
10:00 is Toddler Story Time at the Montour Falls Library. Join us for an hour of stories and play for curious young minds. Make friends and learn something new. Open to all ages.
Wednesdays:
From 3:30 to 5:00, we will have a table full of art supplies and instruction books for you to use. Draw, paint, fold, sketch, and imagine. Practice your skills and explore new techniques. Join us every Wednesday for a drop-in time of art and creativity. Free and open to all.
Thursdays:
8:00 is Yoga for Health at the Montour Falls Library. Anyone can practice and benefit from Yoga. One hour of instruction in yoga poses, breathing, and meditation. Care will be taken to provide safe practice for those who may have physical limitations. Please bring a mat and a small blanket to class. A donation to Selah Yoga and Music is needed to attend these classes. sue@selahyogaandmusic.com. (607) 703-0010. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:00 AM at the Montour Falls Library.
10:00 is Infant Lap Time at the Montour Falls Library. We sing, dance, and read with newborns and siblings and share information and resources for parents. All ages welcome.
Fridays:
10:00 is Preschool Story Time at the Montour Falls Library. We will bring our stories to life with puppets, go ABC fishing, create art, and more! This program is open to all.
Saturdays:
10:00 is the Upcycle Society at the Montour Falls Library. Reinvent books, bags, clothing, and other materials to make unique creations from discarded household items. There will also be a discussion of the books that you’re reading. Appropriate for ages 8 and up. Upcycle: To process used goods or scrap material in order to produce something that is often better than the original.
At 7:00 pm, join local historian Gary Emerson for a discussion of local history. During the Great Depression, Schuyler County hosted four CCC camps that provided work to young men doing forestry and conservation work. This program will discuss the various camps and what work they did in the county. Photographs and maps will enhance the stories of the CCC camps, which left a legacy still visible in Schuyler County.
From 3:30 to 5:00, come for an afternoon of open art. We will have a table full of art supplies and instruction books for your use. Draw, paint, fold, sketch, and imagine. Practice your skills and explore new techniques. Join us every Wednesday for a drop-in time of art and creativity. Free and open to all.
At 6:00 pm, the Classics Reading Group will meet to discuss Our Town by Thornton Wilder. This Pulitzer Prize-winning play explores the relationship between two young Grover’s Corners neighbors, George Gibbs and Emily Webb, whose childhood friendship blossoms into romance, and then culminates in marriage. When Emily loses her life in childbirth, the circle of life portrayed in each of the three acts of Our Town–growing up, adulthood, and death–is fully realized.
From 4:00 to 6:00, join us for a night of games for everyone. Play modern games, traditional games, easy games, and challenging games. There are games for families, games for rookies, games for the experienced, games for the goofy, games for the serious, and games for the curious. Learn to win or lose with gracious dignity. First and third Thursday from 4:00 to 6:00.
At 4:00 pm, kick off the weekend with a free movie and snacks. No reservations required; just show up. In The Secret of Kells, young Brendan lives in the Abbey of Kells, a remote medieval outpost under siege from raiding barbarians. One day a celebrated master illuminator arrives from foreign lands carrying an ancient but unfinished book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a dangerous quest that takes him into the enchanted forest, where mythical creatures hide.
At 6:00 pm, the Environmental Literature Reading Group will meet to discuss Climate of Hope by Michael Bloomberg and Carl Pope. The authors offer an optimistic look at the challenge of climate change, the solutions they believe hold the greatest promise, and the practical steps that are necessary to achieve them. Writing from their own experiences, and sharing their own stories from government, business, and advocacy, Bloomberg and Pope provide a road map for tackling the most complicated challenge the world has ever faced. Along the way, they turn the usual way of thinking about climate change on its head: from top down to bottom up, from partisan to pragmatic, from costs to benefits, from tomorrow to today, and from fear to hope.
At 6:00 pm, the Havana Book Club will meet to discuss 
At 11:00, join us to see chickens hatch! We have an incubator with fertilized eggs from several different breeds of chickens. We will have many different egg- and hatching-themed activities.
At 4:00 pm, kick off the weekend with a free movie and snacks. No reservations required; just show up. Wonder, based on the New York Times bestseller by R. J. Palacio, tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman. Born with facial differences that, up until now, have prevented him from going to a mainstream school, Auggie becomes the most unlikely of heroes when he enters the local fifth grade. As his family, his new classmates, and the larger community all struggle to discover their compassion and acceptance, Auggie’s extraordinary journey will unite them all and prove you can’t blend in when you were born to stand out. The book inspired the Choose Kind movement.
At 6:00 pm, the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Club will meet to discuss The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley. Zan wakes with no memory, prisoner of a people who say there are her family. She is told she is their salvation, the only person capable of boarding the Mokshi, a world-ship with the power to leave the Legion. But Zan’s new family is not the only one desperate to gain control of the prized ship. Zan finds that she must choose sides in a genocidal campaign that will take her from the edges of the Legion’s gravity well to the very belly of the world.
At 5:00 pm, our young adult book group will meet to discuss Feral Youth by Shaun David Hutchinson, et. al. At Zeppelin Bend, an outdoor-education program designed to teach troubled youth the value of hard work, cooperation, and compassion, ten teens are left alone in the wild. Inspired by The Canterbury Tales, the characters in Feral Youth, each complex and damaged in their own ways, are enticed to tell a story with the promise of a cash prize. The stories range from noir-inspired revenge tales to mythological stories of fierce heroines and angry gods. And while few of the stories are claimed to be based in truth, they ultimately reveal more about the teller than the truth ever could.
From 4:00 to 6:00, join us for a night of games for everyone. Play modern games, traditional games, easy games, and challenging games. There are games for families, games for rookies, games for the experienced, games for the goofy, games for the serious, and games for the curious. Learn to win or lose with gracious dignity. First and third Thursday from 4:00 to 6:00.
At 9:00 am, join gardening experts for the third of a three-part series on gardening. 
At 10:00 am, Tanglewood Nature Center will give a presentation on birds of prey. They will bring live animals and tell stories. Free and open to all ages.
At 6:00 pm, join the library for our monthly concert. Lisa Craig Fenwick will present a concert of treasures of the Celtic harp as well as traditional American Folk Songs and other calming, reflective, and tranquil harp music. She will perform at the library on the Celtic lever harp. We ask for a $10 donation to support the musicians and the library.
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Borrow eBooks, digital magazines, and music with your library card. 
At 7:00 pm, join local historian Gary Emerson for a discussion of local history. Seneca Lake steamboats once provided much needed connections for railroads and canals in the 19th Century. Come learn about the elegant boats that once plied Seneca Lake carrying passengers and cargo, and even towing canal boats. The steamboats kept the wheels of commerce turning and helped our area develop in the 19th Century.
At 6:00 pm, the Classics Reading Group will meet to discuss Travels with Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck. In September 1960, John Steinbeck embarked on a journey across America. He felt that he might have lost touch with the country, with its speech, the smell of its grass and trees, its color and quality of light, the pulse of its people. To reassure himself, he set out on a voyage of rediscovery of the American identity, accompanied by a distinguished French poodle named Charley; and riding in a three-quarter-ton pickup truck named Rocinante.
At 10:00, join us for a new season of songs and stories. Lisa Fernandez, local musician and founder of Compost Theatre, will be bringing her blue ukulele for an hour of silly songs with rhymes and reading. All ages are welcome to attend. Free and open to the public. Every second Friday at 10:00.
At 4:00 pm, kick off the weekend with a free movie and snacks. No reservations required; just show up. In Mean Girls, we follow Cady, a 15-year-old girl who has spent most of her life in Africa, where she was home-schooled by her zoologist parents. When her family relocates to the United States, Cady finds herself attending a high school in suburban Illinois, where she gets a crash course in the various sub-strata of the student body: the jocks, the cheerleaders, the stoners, the “cool” kids, and so on.
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At 6:00 pm, the Environmental Literature Reading Group will meet to discuss Wild Horse Country by David Philipps. The author traces the rich history of wild horses in America and investigates the shocking dilemma they face in our own time. He explores how wild horses became so central to America’s sense of itself, and he delves into the hold that wild horses have had on the American imagination from the early explorers to the best-selling novels of Zane Grey to Hollywood Westerns. Traveling through remote parts of the American West, Philipps also reveals the wild horse’s current crisis, with tens of thousands of horses being held in captivity by the federal government, and free horses caught between the clashing ideals of ranchers, animal rights activists, scientists, and government officials.
At 6:00 pm, the Hava
From 4:00 to 6:00, join us for Flavor Tripping. All ages are welcome to take the Miracle Berry Challenge. Explore the wonders of the sense of taste. Free and open to all.
From 9:00 to 3:00 at St. Paul’s Parish House, 108 Genesee Street in Montour Falls, we will have books, DVDs, and more for sale (by donation). Support the library, find a perfect gift, discover a new author, find a long-lost favorite. Ask us about volunteer opportunities.
At 6:00 pm, the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Club will meet to discuss Startide Rising by David Brin. The Terran exploration vessel Streaker, crewed by 150 uplifted dolphins, 7 humans, and one uplifted chimpanzee, discovers a derelict fleet of spaceships–each the size of a small moon. They appear to belong to the Progenitors, the fabled First Race who seeded wisdom throughout the stars. Bearing one of the most important discoveries in galactic history, Streaker crashes on the uncharted world of Kithrup. Above, in space, armadas of alien races desperate to possess the knowledge of the Progenitors clash in a titanic struggle to claim the right to capture the prize. Below, Streaker’s crew battles armed rebellion and a hostile planet to safeguard her secret–the fate of the Progenitors.
At 5:00 pm, our young adult book group will meet to discuss Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore. Jane has lived an ordinary life, raised by her aunt Magnolia–an adjunct professor and deep sea photographer. Jane counted on Magnolia to make the world feel expansive and to turn life into an adventure. But Aunt Magnolia was lost a few months ago in Antarctica on one of her expeditions. Now, with no direction, a year out of high school, and obsessed with making umbrellas that look like her own dreams (but mostly just mourning her aunt), she is easily swept away by Kiran Thrash–a glamorous, capricious acquaintance who shows up and asks Jane to accompany her to a gala at her family’s island mansion called Tu Reviens. Jane remembers her aunt telling her: “If anyone ever invites to you to Tu Reviens, promise me that you’ll go.” With nothing but a trunkful of umbrella parts to her name, Jane ventures out to the Thrash estate. Then her story takes a turn, or rather, five turns. What Jane doesn’t know is that Tu Reviens will offer her choices that can ultimately determine the course of her untethered life. But at Tu Reviens, every choice comes with a reward, or a price.
At 6:00 pm, join the library for our monthly concert. The Matrix Duo is a flute and guitar duo whose specialty is jazz standards. They are versatile with all styles of music, including classical and pop, and they perform in and beyond the Southern Tier. We ask for a $10 donation to support the musicians and the library.
At 10:00 am, Corning Science and Discovery Center will give a presentation on Exploring Shapes. Learn science and hear stories. Open to all ages.
At 4:00 pm, kick off the weekend with a free movie and snacks. No reservations required; just show up. In The Red Turtle, a man is shipwrecked on a deserted island and encounters a red turtle, which changes his life.
At 7:00 pm, join local historian Gary Emerson for a discussion of local history. 
From 3:30 to 5:00, come for an afternoon of open art. We will have a table full of art supplies and instruction books for your use. Draw, paint, fold, sketch, and imagine. Practice your skills and explore new techniques. Join us every Wednesday for a drop-in time of art and creativity. Free and open to all.
At 6:00 pm, the Classics Reading Group will meet to discuss Losing Battles by Eudora Welty. Three generations of Granny Vaughn’s descendants gather at her Mississippi home to celebrate her 90th birthday. Possessed of the true storyteller’s gift, the members of this clan cannot resist the temptation to swap tales. Granny’s mind sometimes slips, and well through this memorable day she’s asking for her presents; they’re all around her–a prayer plant or a new apron or a soda box full of sage. Part innocence, part forgiveness, part comedy, an ever-flowing affection for all that walks and crawls and creeps, and in conjunction with the homemade pleasures, the more mysterious penultimates. They’re all here. 
At 4:00 pm, kick off the weekend with a free movie and snacks. No reservations required; just show up. In Beetlejuice, when a recently-deceased ghost couple find their now-vacant home invaded by an obnoxious family, they hire a sleazy ghost who gets rid of humans to help them.
At 6:00 pm, the Environmental Literature Reading Group will meet to discuss Underground Ranger by Doug Thompson. For six exciting years Doug Thompson worked as a park ranger at Carlsbad Caverns National Park. In Underground Ranger he passes along the essence of what he learned on this unusual job and in his related adventures exploring the surrounding Chihuahuan Desert. He overcame his fear of tight spaces and heights, learned to climb rope, and went on to explore many of the deep vertical caves in the Guadalupe Mountains of western Texas and southeastern New Mexico including Lechuguilla Cave, one of the most spectacular underground wonders of the world. He even became a member of the park’s technical rescue team and made a fifty-story rappel into one of the deepest underground pits in the United States. In visceral detail, Thompson shares the physical and mythical stories of caves and shows what it’s like to experience the extravagant beauty of nature’s underground realm.
At 6:00 pm, the Havan
At 10:00 am, Tanglewood Nature Center will give a presentation on Lizards, Snakes, and Frogs. Join us for stories, live animals, and a discussion of science and nature. Open to all ages.
At 6:00 pm, the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Club will meet to discuss The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury. Ray Bradbury is a modern cultural treasure. His disarming simplicity of style underlies a towering body of work unmatched in metaphorical power by any other American storyteller. And here are thirty-two of his most famous tales–prime examples of the poignant and mysterious poetry which Bradbury uniquely uncovers in the depths of the human soul, the otherwordly portraits of outre fascination which spring from the canvas of one of the century’s great men of imagination. From a lonely coastal lighthouse to a sixty-million-year-old safary, from the pouring rain of Venus to the ominous silence of a murder scene, Ray Bradbury is our sure-handed guide not only to surprising and outrageous manifestations of the future, but also to the wonders of the present that we could never have imagined on our own.
At 5:00 pm, our young adult book group will meet to discuss Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi. In America’s flooded Gulf Coast region, oil is scarce, but loyalty is scarcer. Grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts by crews of young people. Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota–and hopefully live to see another day. But when, by luck or by chance, he discovers an exquisite clipper ship beached during a recent hurricane, Nailer faces the most important decision of his life: Strip the ship for all it’s worth or rescue its lone survivor, a beautiful and wealthy girl who could lead him to a better life.
At 6:00 pm, join the library for our monthly concert. 
At 7:00 pm, join local historian Gary Emerson for a discussion of local history. Queen Catharine Montour is remembered today through the many place names that bear her name. Yet, Queen Catharine is an enigma, as there are few written records from her time, leaving us with some facts, but more myths about Queen Catharine. This program will discuss both the facts and the myths about Catharine Montour and the village known as Catharinestown.
From 3:30 to 5:00, come for our first day of open art. We will have a table full of art supplies and instruction books for your use. Draw, paint, fold, sketch, and imagine. Practice your skills and explore new techniques. Join us every Wednesday for a drop-in time of art and creativity. Free and open to all.
At 6:00 pm, the Classics Reading Group will meet to discuss The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley. In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American Dream, and the inherent racism in a society that denies its nonwhite citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time.
At 6:00 pm, the Environmental Literature Reading Group will meet to discuss A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold. These astonishing portraits of the natural world explore the breathtaking diversity of the unspoiled American landscape–the mountains and the prairies, the deserts and the coastlines. Conjuring up one extraordinary vision after another, Aldo Leopold takes readers with him on the road and through the seasons on a fantastic tour of our priceless natural resources, explaining the destructive effects humankind has had on the land and issuing a bold challenge to protect the world we love.
At 6:00 pm, the Havan
At 4:00 pm, kick off the weekend with a free movie and snacks. Every second Friday at 4:00, join us for teen movie madness and see anime, adventure, fantasy, and more. We are eager for your suggestions. Talk to Karin Thomas if you have any questions. No reservations required; just show up. In Napoleon Dynamite, a listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.
At 6:00 pm, the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Club will meet to discuss The Waking Land by Callie Bates. In a debut as fresh as it is creative, we’re welcomed into the land of Eren, where a firm but kind king holds sway over the life of the kidnapped daughter of a rebel bent on installing a new and different man to the throne. It is a land where magick has been outlawed, and where Elanna is a joke to the other young folk at the palace, largely due to her love of gardening and of the plant life of this lush country. Even though King Antoine dotes on her, nothing can be done to help her when he is struck down, a victim of poison. When all eyes turn toward her and her tutor, Elanna is forced to defend herself in the only way she can. But is it too late?
At 5:00 pm, our young adult book group will meet to discuss All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater. Here is a thing everyone wants: A miracle. Here is a thing everyone fears: What it takes to get one. Any visitor to Bicho Raro, Colorado, is likely to find a landscape of dark saints, forbidden love, scientific dreams, miracle-mad owls, estranged affections, one or two orphans, and a sky full of watchful desert stars. At the heart of this place you will find the Soria family, who all have the ability to perform unusual miracles. They are all looking for a miracle. But the miracles of Bicho Raro are never quite what you expect.
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At 6:00 pm, join the library for our monthly concert. The Irish music session group Piperventilators will perform a traditional Irish session. 
At 6:00 pm, the Classics Reading Group will meet to discuss The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene. Mexico, the late 1930s: A paramilitary group has outlawed the Catholic Church and has been executing its clergy. Now the last priest is on the run, fleeing not just an unshakable police lieutenant but also his own wavering morals. As he scraps his way toward salvation, haunted by an affair from his past, the nameless “whiskey priest” is pulled between the bottle and the Bible, tempted to renounce his religion yet unable to ignore the higher calling he’s chosen. Timeless and unforgettable, The Power and the Glory is a stunning portrait of both physical and spiritual survival by a master dramatist of the human soul.
At 10:30 am, join us for a new season of songs and stories. Lisa Fernandez, local musician and founder of Compost Theatre, will be bringing her blue ukulele for an hour of silly songs with rhymes and reading. All ages are welcome to attend. Free and open to the public. Every second Friday at 10:30.
At 6:00 pm, all members of all of our book clubs will come together 
At 6:00 pm, join the library for our monthly concert. 
The Montour Falls Library will be closed on December 24, 25, and 26; and on December 31 and January 1.
Do you love libraries and books? Do you want to learn new skills? Would you like to volunteer at your local public library? This job requires a responsible and respectful attitude and a willingness to learn. Volunteer hours are available Tuesday through Friday from 3:00 to 6:00. Contact Karin Thomas at the library for more information.
3:30 is What Are You Reading? at the Montour Falls Library. All ages are welcome to meet and discuss what you are reading. Share a favorite book, recommend a new author, discover another story.
At 6:00 pm, the Classics Reading Group will meet to discuss In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje. Bristling with intelligence and shimmering with romance, this novel tests the boundary between history and myth. Patrick Lewis arrives in Toronto in the 1920s and earns his living searching for a vanished millionaire and tunneling beneath Lake Ontario. In the course of his adventures, Patrick’s life intersects with those of characters who reappear in Ondaatje’s Booker Prize-winning The English Patient. Patrick tells the stories of his life to a young girl as he drives north to rendezvous with an old mistress, one of the two great passions of his life. He tells of the desperate hardships and terrible exploitation of the workingmen, which led to injuries, deaths, desperation, and anarchism.
At 6:00 pm, the Havan
At 10:30 am, join us for a new season of songs and stories. Lisa Fernandez, local musician and founder of Compost Theatre, will be bringing her blue ukulele for an hour of silly songs with rhymes and reading. All ages are welcome to attend. Free and open to the public. Every second Friday at 10:30.
At 6:00 pm, the Environmental Literature Reading Group will meet to discuss Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab Girl is her revelatory treatise on plant life–but it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that drive every scientist. In these pages, Hope takes us back to her Minnesota childhood, where she spent hours in unfettered play in her father’s college laboratory. She tells us how she found a sanctuary in science, learning to perform lab work “with both the heart and the hands.” She introduces us to Bill, her brilliant, eccentric lab manager. And she extends the mantle of scientist to each one of her readers, inviting us to join her in observing and protecting our environment. Warm, luminous, compulsively readable, Lab Girl vividly demonstrates the mountains that we can move when love and work come together.
At 5:00 pm, our young adult book group will meet to discuss The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater. Blue has grown up in a house full of women psychics who have foretold certain death for her first love. She unwillingly becomes friends with a gaggle of boys, the Raven Boys, from the very expensive private school in town. They’re on the search for a mythical king who is said to grant a wish to whoever finds him. Will Blue’s ability to intensify the magic around them help on their quest or put them in danger? For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She doesn’t believe in true love, and never thought this would be a problem. But as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.
At 6:00 pm, the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Club will meet to discuss Provenance by Ann Leckie. Award-winning author Ann Leckie returns with an enthralling new novel of power, theft, privilege and birthright. A power-driven young woman has just one chance to secure the status she craves and regain priceless lost artifacts prized by her people. She must free their thief from a prison planet from which no one has ever returned. Ingray and her charge will return to her home world to find their planet in political turmoil, at the heart of an escalating interstellar conflict. Together, they must make a new plan to salvage Ingray’s future, her family, and her world, before they are lost to her for good.
The Montour Falls Library will be closed on November 22, 23, and 24.
At 6:00 pm, join the library for our monthly concert. The Cornell University Middle Eastern Music Ensemble was formed to study and perform the popular, classical, and folkloric music of the Middle East, a region that includes over 30 countries, over 20 languages, and dozens of religions. This semester’s music revolves around the experiences of outlaws, criminals, rebels, and prisoners, subjects universally considered taboo in the Middle East. Repertoire ranges from Kurdish women’s military music banned in the last decade to a 1000-year-old Bulgarian folksong that was sent into space on the Voyager probes. We ask for a $10 donation to support the musicians and the library.
At 10:00 am, learn about essential oils from local educator Keri Greenberger. Essential oils, volatile liquids and aromatic compounds that are distilled or pressed from plants, have been used for thousands of years for cosmetic purposes, as well as for their spiritual and emotionally uplifting properties. Every fourth Saturday at 10:00.
Do you love libraries and books? Do you want to learn new skills? Would you like to volunteer at your local public library? This job requires a responsible and respectful attitude and a willingness to learn. Volunteer hours are available Tuesday through Friday from 3:00 to 6:00. Contact Karin Thomas at the library for more information.
At 6:00 pm, the Classics Reading Group will meet to discuss The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder. The first sentence plunges the reader into the heart of the book as surely as its characters are plunged into the gorge beneath the bridge: Immediately you are there; you see the little bodies hurtling ant-like to their deaths. As yet you know nothing at all about them. But you want to know: who were these unfortunate five, and why did this appalling thing happen to them? Brother Juniper, who happens to witness the accident, determines to establish some correlation between the five deaths and the nature of the five lives that led up to them. Believing as he does in a good and sovereign God, he convinces himself that, given sufficient examination and analysis, the righteous purposes of that God must emerge from what would seem to be simply a haphazard event. 
4:00-7:00 is the last day of the season for the Montour Falls Farmers Market at 300 West Main Street, which runs from May through October. It is an agriculture-based market, providing our community with healthy, fresh, local, and affordable food. Local farmers will offer vegetables, fruits, meats, cheeses, and more. All eligible vendors accept SNAP/EBT, and the market gives out $2 Fresh Connect Checks. Entertainment including live music and story time for the children will be scheduled. Food trucks will provide hot meals and treats. 
From 12:00 to 7:00, enjoy a free, family friendly, day-long celebration of the harvest in the Finger Lakes. Join the village at the Montour Falls Carnival Grounds for activities that include a Kids Zone, the annual Historic Ghost Walk, Fire Truck rides, and live, local music. Show off your creative side by competing in the annual Scarecrow Contest and the Pumpkin Carving Contest. Even if you don’t compete, there will be plenty on display to entertain and delight you. The celebration culminates with a fireworks display at 7:00 pm over Shequaga Falls.
At 6:00 pm, the Environmental Literature Reading Group will meet to discuss The Songs of Trees by David George Haskell. We have much to learn from trees, says Haskell; they show us how to thrive and participate in nature’s networks. Roots communicate with neighboring fungi and bacteria, sending chemical messages through the soil. Twigs have memories of light, gravity, heat and minerals. Plant cells in leaves use airborne odors to attract caterpillar-eating insects. Haskell pays particular attention to the sounds that emerge from or surround trees; behind each sound are fascinating stories of how tree lives are joined to other lives. With its deep understanding of the complexity of trees and the way they shape their ecosystems, Haskell’s book will make you look at trees in an entirely new way.
At 6:00 pm, the Havana Book Cl
At 9:00 am, meet on the library steps and walk through historic Havana along the Chemung Canal with historian Gary Emerson. This will be the last history walk of the season.
At 6:00 pm, the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Club will meet to discuss The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins. Carolyn was a normal American herself once. That was a long time ago, of course. Before her parents died. Before she and the others were taken in by the man they called Father. In the years since then, Carolyn hasn’t had a chance to get out much. Instead, she and her adopted siblings have been raised according to Father’s ancient customs. They’ve studied the books in his Library and learned some of the secrets of his power. And sometimes, they’ve wondered if their cruel tutor might secretly be God. Now, Father is missing–perhaps even dead–and the Library that holds his secrets stands unguarded. And with it, control over all of creation. As Carolyn gathers the tools she needs for the battle to come, fierce competitors for this prize align against her, all of them with powers that far exceed her own.
At 5:00 pm, our young adult book group will meet to discuss Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys. In 1945, World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia and thousands of refugees are on a desperate trek toward freedom, almost all of them with something to hide. Among them are Joana, Emilia, and Florian, whose paths converge en route to the ship that promises salvation, the Wilhelm Gustloff. Forced by circumstance to unite, the three find their strength, courage, and trust in each other tested with each step closer toward safety. Just when it seems freedom is within their grasp, tragedy strikes. Not country, nor culture, nor status matter as all ten thousand people aboard must fight for the same thing: survival. A tribute to the people of Lithuania, Poland, and East Prussia, the author unearths a shockingly little-known casualty of a gruesome war, and proves that humanity can prevail, even in the darkest of hours.
At 10:30, Judy Stock will use the banjo, guitar, spoons, and more. Children are active participants as they sing and move with the music. New and familiar songs are sung as Judy keeps pulling surprises out of her music bag! All ages are welcome to attend. Free and open to the public. 
At 6:00 pm, join the library for our monthly concert. Doolin O’Dey presents an exciting mix of traditional and original Celtic-inspired music. Instrumentation of violin, guitar, celtic whistles, octave mandolin, uilleann pipes, and keyboard combine to make your listening experience unforgettable. Jig, aire, reel, or waltz, and you’ll be drawn into the captivating arrangements of this band. 
At 6:00 pm, the Classics Reading Group will meet to discuss Sapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather. In Virginia just before the Civil War, Sapphira is a slave owner who feels she has come down in the world and channels her resentments into jealousy of her beautiful mulatto slave, Nancy. Sapphira’s daughter Rachel, an abolitionist, opposes her mother’s increasingly shocking attempts to persecute Nancy. The struggles of these three strong-willed women provide rich material for Cather’s narrative art and psychological insight. The novel draws on family and local history and the escalating conflicts of the last years of slavery–conflicts in which Cather’s family members were deeply involved, both as slave owners and as opponents of slavery. Tapping her earliest memories, Cather powerfully and sparely renders a Virginia world that is simultaneously beautiful and, as she said, “terrible.”
At 6:00 pm, the Environmental Literature Reading Group will meet to discuss The World Without Us by Alan Weisman. The author offers an utterly original approach to questions of humanity’s impact on the planet: he asks us to envision our Earth, without us. In this far-reaching narrative, Weisman explains how our massive infrastructure would collapse and finally vanish without human presence; which everyday items may become immortalized as fossils; how copper pipes and wiring would be crushed into mere seams of reddish rock; why some of our earliest buildings might be the last architecture left; and how plastic, bronze sculpture, radio waves, and some man-made molecules may be our most lasting gifts to the universe.
At 6:00 pm, the Havana Book Cl
At 6:00 pm, the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Club will meet to discuss Of Sand and Malice Made by Bradley Beaulieu. Ceda is the youngest pit fighter in the history of Sharakhai. She’s made her name in the arena as the fearsome White Wolf. None but her closest friends and allies know her true identity. But this all changes when she crosses the path of Rumayesh, an ehrekh, a sadistic creature forged aeons ago by the god of chaos. The ehrekh are desert dwellers, but for centuries Rumayesh has lurked in the dark corners of Sharakhai, combing the populace for human “jewels” that might interest her. Some she chooses to stand by her side, until she tires of them and discards them. Others she abducts to examine more closely, leaving them ruined, worn-out husks. Ceda flees the ehrekh’s attentions, but that only makes Rumayesh covet her more. Rumayesh grows violent, threatening to unmask Ceda as the White Wolf–but the danger grows infinitely worse when she turns her attention to Ceda’s friends. As Ceda fights to protect the people dearest to her, Rumayesh comes closer to attaining her prize, and the struggle becomes a battle for Ceda’s very soul.
At 5:00 pm, our young adult book group will meet to discuss The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge. Faith Sunderly leads a double life. To most people, she is reliable, dull, trustworthy–a proper young lady who knows her place as inferior to men–but inside, Faith is full of questions and curiosity, and she cannot resist a mystery: an unattended envelope, an unlocked door. She also knows secrets no one suspects her of knowing. For one, she knows that her family moved to the close-knit island of Vane because her famous scientist father was fleeing a reputation-destroying scandal. And when her father is discovered dead shortly thereafter, she knows that he was murdered. In pursuit of justice and revenge, Faith hunts through her father’s possessions and discovers a strange tree. The tree bears fruit only when she whispers a lie to it, and when that fruit is eaten, it delivers a hidden truth. But while the tree might hold the key to her father’s murder, it could also lure his murderer directly to Faith.
At 6:00 pm, join the library for the start of a new concert series on the fourth Friday of every month. Tenzin Chopak composes and performs music across the genres of roots and progressive chamber folk, world beat influenced rock, and experimental and improvisational music with instruments such as cello, piano, double bass, acoustic/electric guitars and voice. 
Join us for a trip to New York City. Spend the day in the city, 
1:00 is the Handcrafters Circle at the Montour Falls Library. Bring your needlecrafts, beading, carving, coloring, sketching, or any other library-friendly handcrafts. Share ideas and techniques with other community crafters.
At 2:00, every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in July and August, join us on our side porch for stories for all ages. We will read picture books and chapter books and poetry and more. Listen, imagine, and be transported, all on a summer afternoon.
At 6:00 pm, the Classics Reading Group will meet to discuss The Time Machine by H. G. Wells. When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year 802,701, he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty, contentment, and peace. Entranced at first by the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man, he soon realizes that these beautiful people are simply remnants of a once-great culture–now weak and childishly afraid of the dark. They have every reason to be afraid: in deep tunnels beneath their paradise lurks another race descended from humanity–the sinister Morlocks. And when the scientist’s time machine vanishes, it becomes clear he must search these tunnels if he is ever to return to his own era.
At 10:30 am, join our early literacy program for Stories from Many Times, Many Lands, told by Beauty and the Beast Storytellers. Mitch and Martha bring to life traditional folktales from around the world, works by contemporary authors, stories from their own experiences, and tales based on historical people and events. Free and open to the public.
At 6:00 pm, the Environmental Literature Reading Group will meet to discuss Gifts of the Crow by John Marzluff and Tony Angell. Playful, social, and passionate, crows have brains that are huge for their body size, which allows them to think, plan, and reconsider their actions. They also exhibit an avian kind of eloquence, mate for life, and associate with relatives and neighbors for years. And to people who care for them and feed them, they often give oddly touching gifts in return. The ongoing connection between humans and crows–a cultural coevolution–has shaped both species for millions of years.
At 6:00 pm, the Havana Book Club will meet to discuss 
At 6:00 pm, the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Club will meet to discuss Borne by Jeff VanderMeer. In a ruined, nameless city of the future, a woman named Rachel, who makes her living as a scavenger, finds a small green lump of a creature she names “Borne” entangled in the fur of Mord, a gigantic, despotic bear. Mord once prowled the corridors of the biotech organization known as the Company, which lies at the outskirts of the city, until he was experimented on, grew large, learned to fly and broke free. Driven insane by his torture at the hands of the Company, Mord terrorizes the city. Borne somehow reminds Rachel of the island nation of her birth, now long lost to rising seas.
At 5:00 pm, our young adult book group will meet to discuss Thirteen Reason
At 9:00 am, meet on the library steps and walk through historic Havana along the Chemung Canal with historian Gary Emerson.
At 10:30 am at Havana Glen Park, join our early literacy program for a presentation from Tanglewood Nature Center on Animal Builders: Birds, Bees, and Burrows. 
At 10:00 am, learn about essential oils from local educator Keri Greenberger. Essential oils, volatile liquids and aromatic compounds that are distilled or pressed from plants, have been used for thousands of years for cosmetic purposes, as well as for their spiritual and emotionally uplifting properties. Every fourth Saturday at 10:00.
At 2:00, every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in July and August, join us on our side porch for stories for all ages. We will read picture books and chapter books and poetry and more. Listen, imagine, and be transported, all on a summer afternoon.
10:30 is Blankets and Books at Havana Glen Park, in June, July, and August. We welcome all ages to come share in storytelling, nature, and play.
9:00 is Baby Cafe at the Montour Falls Library. Baby Café is a free resource for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers to get support from specifically-trained staff and to share experiences with other moms.
1:00 is the Brain Games at the Montour Falls Library. Play games, be clever, be thoughtful, have fun. Laugh and wrap your brain around amusing, convoluted puzzles. Word games, board games, card games, logic games, and more.
4:00-7:00 is the Montour Falls Farmers Market at 300 West Main Street, May through October. It is an agriculture-based market, providing our community with healthy, fresh, local, and affordable food. Local farmers will offer vegetables, fruits, meats, cheeses, and more. All eligible vendors accept SNAP/EBT, and the market gives out $2 Fresh Connect Checks. Entertainment including live music and story time for the children will be scheduled. Food trucks will provide hot meals and treats.