Our next Board Meeting is Wednesday, August 28 at 3pm.
Link Line Transportation Event |
Friday, July 26
Friday, August 23
2PM – 4PM • Stop by to chat with Transit Arc Chemung-Schuyler’s Mobility Manager, Jen Fisher, about all things transit! Jen will be at the Montour Falls Library answering questions about bus schedules, navigating the public transit system, and more!
This is a drop-in event series. Registration is not required and you need not attend every session (but are more than welcome to!)
To learn more about Schuyler County Transit and Transportation Link-Line, visit:
https://www.schuylercountytransit.org/link-line
Art Workshops with Cynthia: Cyanotypes | Saturday, July 27, 11:30 AM • Join us at the Montour Falls Library for the next session of our Art Workshops with Cynthia series: Cyanotypes! Cyanotype photography is an art that doesn’t require a camera! Simply place an object on treated paper, expose it to UV light, and rinse with water to produce beautiful white and Prussian blue images.
This program is free but registration is required. There are 15 spaces available for this program. Call us at (607) 535-7489 or stop in to register.
Songbirds & Swifties | Last Mondays at 4 PM • An album club for Taylor Swift Fans! Each month we will listen to a Taylor Swift Album (Taylor’s Version, if applicable), meet to discuss, and make friendship bracelets corresponding to the respective album!
July 29 • Lover
August 26 • folklore
September 30 • evermore
October 28 • Midnights
November 25 • The Tortured Poets Department
Registration is required. There are 15 spaces available. Call (607) 535-7489 or stop in to register.
Community Solar Info Sessions |
Saturday, 8/3 from 12PM – 1PM
Monday, 8/5 from 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Tuesday, 8/6 from 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM •
Are you looking to save money on electricity costs? Learn how at the Montour Falls Library!
We are partnering with the Village of Montour Falls and Sustainable Montour Falls to bring you Community Solar information sessions right here at the library. There are benefits to signing up for Community Solar, the first of which being the fact that you can save 10% – 20% on electricity costs! Learn more about the benefits of enrolling in Community Solar at our info sessions.
If able, please bring a device to access the internet and your NYSEG account number to instantly sign up. Patron computers will also be available. The first 50 Village of Montour Falls residents to sign up will receive a digital $50 gift card!
You need only attend one session. Registration is not required.
Scottish Fairy Tales, Myths, and Legends: A Musical Storytime with the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes | Wednesday, August 7, 11AM | Watkins Glen Public Library • Join the Dutton S. Peterson Memorial Library, Montour Falls Library, and Watkins Glen Public Library for a mythical, musical storytime!
The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes will present Scottish Fairy Tales, Myths, and Legends, performed by a harp and cello duo.
This program is free and open to the public. Registration is not required.
This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with support of the Office of the Governor and and the New York State Legislature and administered by The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes.
Music and Movement with Alicia: Summer Series | Tuesdays from July 9 – August 27 | 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM • Join Speech Pathologist, Alicia Mahaney, at the Montour Fire Hall for weekly classes where we will use music, movement, props, and imagination to facilitate learning, development, and fun!
Music and Movement with Alicia: Summer Series is sponsored by the Montour Falls Library, which means you can register and join a class for a discounted price of $10!
Summer Series classes also allow you to choose whatever dates work best for you. You can choose one class, all the classes, or anything in between!
This program is geared towards children ages 1-7 years and their grown-up (but younger and older children are welcome to join the fun!)
Registration is required.
Class registration can be found here: https://forms.gle/EV93knd1pLprZWBf8
Please contact Alicia directly with any questions at (607) 738-2026 or at musicandmovementST@gmail.com.
Fire in Our Forest | Saturday, August 10 • 12:30pm • Learn about fire adaptation with wildlife biologists, ecologists, and wildland firefighters! Saturday, August 10th at 12:30pm at the Montour Falls Library. This program is free and geared toward youth in grades K-6.
While wildfires are suppressed by firefighters to protect our homes and communities, some fires are intentionally lit to protect and enhance wildlife homes, or habitat, of fire-adapted natural communities. Prescribed fire is something wildland firefighters use to manage and enhance wildlife and pollinator habitat on the Finger Lakes National Forest. There are many fire-adapted natural communities that need fire to be healthy resilient forests.
History Walks •
Saturday, July 20 at 11am
Saturday, August 17 at 11am
Join Schuyler County Historian, Dr. Gary Emerson, for a tour of historic Montour Falls Library followed by a walk down the Catharine Valley Trail. Gary shares the history of Montour Falls, the Cook family, and more.
Please dress for the weather. The walk takes about one hour. Registration is not required.
Art Workshops with Cynthia •
Saturday, July 27, 11:30 AM • Cyanotypes (registration opens July 9)
Saturday, August 3, 10:00 AM • 3D Photo Composition (registration opens July 27)
Saturday, August 24, 11:30 AM • Origami (registration opens August 3)
Join local artist Cynthia Cratsley at the Montour Falls Library for the remaining programs of our 2024 Art Series: Art Workshops with Cynthia!
These programs are free but registration is required for each of them; there are 15 spaces available for each class. Please call (607) 535-7489 or stop in to register.
Read-to-a-Dog Program | First Mondays, 2pm – 4:30pm • Is your child learning to read? Mr. Green Jeans is the perfect nonjudgmental audience!
Mr. Green Jeans is a trained and certified therapy dog. Join him to read at the library on the first Monday of each month.
There are many benefits to reading to a therapy dog, including reading ability improvement (specifically in fluency), increasing your child’s comfortability with reading in general, improving your child’s sentiments towards reading, and building self-confidence.