Program Calendar


Books for Cooks
Jan
21

Books for Cooks

Tuesdays at 3:30 pm

Build your own cook book and make your own snacks! Each week we’ll explore a different kitchen technique as we prepare (and share!) a variety of no-bake treats. For tweens and teens.

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Dungeons & Dragons Teen Book Club
Jan
22

Dungeons & Dragons Teen Book Club

No experience required, everyone is welcome! You can participate every now and then or every week, just hang out and watch the fun. Expect to read books, earn XP, and return to your daily life richer in treasure and experience!

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Art & ‘Anime’tion
Jan
23

Art & ‘Anime’tion

Thursdays at 3:30 pm

Celebrate anime and manga every Thursday afternoon with pocky, popcorn, otaku art, and more! We watch Cells at Work, My Hero Academia, and Bofuri while folding paper stars for luck, playing otaku bingo for prizes, and drawing our favorite characters. For tweens and teens.

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Make or Break with Eclectic Mayhem
Jan
24

Make or Break with Eclectic Mayhem

Fridays at 3:30 pm

Eclectic mayhem is the name of the Maker Space game on Friday afternoons. Gather in the Teen Scene to explore all things STEAM, from buttons and embroidery to electricity and exploding sticks! For tweens and teens.

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Can Give Concert
Jan
26

Can Give Concert

Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts “Basement Club” presents: Can Give Concert, benefitting the Trumansburg Food Pantry. Part of TCFA’s “On the Road” series.

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Chair Yoga
Jan
27

Chair Yoga

Join Caryn Sheckler for gentle yoga and stretching postures to improve your balance and flexibility. All moves will be seated or standing close to a chair for support. Before beginning any new exercise program, please consult your doctor. No registration necessary, free for everyone.

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Puzzles & Prose
Jan
27

Puzzles & Prose

Mondays at 3:30 pm

Pick the locks, solve the riddles, and unwrap the mysteries of the library every Monday! Participants will explore mysteries and thrillers from the collection while attempting to solve physical puzzles, open locks, and defeat the labyrinth. For tweens and teens.

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Books vs. Movies Teen Book Club
Jan
28

Books vs. Movies Teen Book Club

Read, watch, and discuss book adaptations to film while you eat snacks and receive a free book to keep! For teens 13+

This month we’ll watch The Greatest Showman (PG) and discuss the nonfiction book Big Top Burning by Laura Woolett (2016 International Literacy Association Award for Intermediate Nonfiction, Silver 2016 Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Award from the California Reading Association)

This program is funded by a grant from the Bernard Carl and Shirley Rosen Library Fund, administered by the Community Foundation of Tompkins County.

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UPL Book Club
Jan
29

UPL Book Club

The UPL Book Club is a group of enthusiastic readers who usually meet on the last Wednesday of each month, at 1pm in the Melvin Community Meeting Room at the library. Everyone is welcome!

On Wednesday January 29th, UPL Book Club members will meet to discuss and select the books we will read for 2025. This meeting will take place in the library’s History Room.

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Dungeons & Dragons Teen Book Club
Jan
29

Dungeons & Dragons Teen Book Club

No experience required, everyone is welcome! You can participate every now and then or every week, just hang out and watch the fun. Expect to read books, earn XP, and return to your daily life richer in treasure and experience!

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Art & ‘Anime’tion
Jan
30

Art & ‘Anime’tion

Thursdays at 3:30 pm

Celebrate anime and manga every Thursday afternoon with pocky, popcorn, otaku art, and more! We watch Cells at Work, My Hero Academia, and Bofuri while folding paper stars for luck, playing otaku bingo for prizes, and drawing our favorite characters. For tweens and teens.

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Make or Break with Eclectic Mayhem
Jan
31

Make or Break with Eclectic Mayhem

Fridays at 3:30 pm

Eclectic mayhem is the name of the Maker Space game on Friday afternoons. Gather in the Teen Scene to explore all things STEAM, from buttons and embroidery to electricity and exploding sticks! For tweens and teens.

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Chair Yoga
Jan
20

Chair Yoga

Join Caryn Sheckler for gentle yoga and stretching postures to improve your balance and flexibility. All moves will be seated or standing close to a chair for support. Before beginning any new exercise program, please consult your doctor. No registration necessary, free for everyone.

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Make or Break with Eclectic Mayhem
Jan
17

Make or Break with Eclectic Mayhem

Fridays at 3:30 pm

Eclectic mayhem is the name of the Maker Space game on Friday afternoons. Gather in the Teen Scene to explore all things STEAM, from buttons and embroidery to electricity and exploding sticks! For tweens and teens.

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Art & ‘Anime’tion
Jan
16

Art & ‘Anime’tion

Thursdays at 3:30 pm

Celebrate anime and manga every Thursday afternoon with pocky, popcorn, otaku art, and more! We watch Cells at Work, My Hero Academia, and Bofuri while folding paper stars for luck, playing otaku bingo for prizes, and drawing our favorite characters. For tweens and teens.

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Dungeons & Dragons Teen Book Club
Jan
15

Dungeons & Dragons Teen Book Club

No experience required, everyone is welcome! You can participate every now and then or every week, just hang out and watch the fun. Expect to read books, earn XP, and return to your daily life richer in treasure and experience!

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Books for Cooks
Jan
14

Books for Cooks

Tuesdays at 3:30 pm

Build your own cook book and make your own snacks! Each week we’ll explore a different kitchen technique as we prepare (and share!) a variety of no-bake treats. For tweens and teens.

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Puzzles & Prose
Jan
13

Puzzles & Prose

Mondays at 3:30 pm

Pick the locks, solve the riddles, and unwrap the mysteries of the library every Monday! Participants will explore mysteries and thrillers from the collection while attempting to solve physical puzzles, open locks, and defeat the labyrinth. For tweens and teens.

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Chair Yoga
Jan
13

Chair Yoga

Join Caryn Sheckler for gentle yoga and stretching postures to improve your balance and flexibility. All moves will be seated or standing close to a chair for support. Before beginning any new exercise program, please consult your doctor. No registration necessary, free for everyone.

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Make or Break with Eclectic Mayhem
Jan
10

Make or Break with Eclectic Mayhem

Fridays at 3:30 pm

Eclectic mayhem is the name of the Maker Space game on Friday afternoons. Gather in the Teen Scene to explore all things STEAM, from buttons and embroidery to electricity and exploding sticks! For tweens and teens.

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Art & ‘Anime’tion
Jan
9

Art & ‘Anime’tion

Thursdays at 3:30 pm

Celebrate anime and manga every Thursday afternoon with pocky, popcorn, otaku art, and more! We watch Cells at Work, My Hero Academia, and Bofuri while folding paper stars for luck, playing otaku bingo for prizes, and drawing our favorite characters. For tweens and teens.

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Dungeons & Dragons Teen Book Club
Jan
8

Dungeons & Dragons Teen Book Club

No experience required, everyone is welcome! You can participate every now and then or every week, just hang out and watch the fun. Expect to read books, earn XP, and return to your daily life richer in treasure and experience!

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UPL Book Club
Jan
8

UPL Book Club

The UPL Book Club is a group of enthusiastic readers who usually meet on the last Wednesday of each month, at 1pm in the Melvin Community Meeting Room at the library. Everyone is welcome!

On Wednesday January 8th we will discuss our December book, This Other Eden by Paul Harding.

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Books for Cooks
Jan
7

Books for Cooks

Tuesdays at 3:30 pm

Build your own cook book and make your own snacks! Each week we’ll explore a different kitchen technique as we prepare (and share!) a variety of no-bake treats. For tweens and teens.

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Puzzles & Prose
Jan
6

Puzzles & Prose

Mondays at 3:30 pm

Pick the locks, solve the riddles, and unwrap the mysteries of the library every Monday! Participants will explore mysteries and thrillers from the collection while attempting to solve physical puzzles, open locks, and defeat the labyrinth. For tweens and teens.

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Chair Yoga
Jan
6

Chair Yoga

Join Caryn Sheckler for gentle yoga and stretching postures to improve your balance and flexibility. All moves will be seated or standing close to a chair for support. Before beginning any new exercise program, please consult your doctor. No registration necessary, free for everyone.

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Make or Break with Eclectic Mayhem
Jan
3

Make or Break with Eclectic Mayhem

Fridays at 3:30 pm

Eclectic mayhem is the name of the Maker Space game on Friday afternoons. Gather in the Teen Scene to explore all things STEAM, from buttons and embroidery to electricity and exploding sticks! For tweens and teens.

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Art & ‘Anime’tion
Jan
2

Art & ‘Anime’tion

Thursdays at 3:30 pm

Celebrate anime and manga every Thursday afternoon with pocky, popcorn, otaku art, and more! We watch Cells at Work, My Hero Academia, and Bofuri while folding paper stars for luck, playing otaku bingo for prizes, and drawing our favorite characters. For tweens and teens.

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Books vs. Movies Teen Book Club
Dec
31

Books vs. Movies Teen Book Club

Read, watch, and discuss book adaptations to film while you eat snacks and receive a free book to keep! For teens 13+

This month we’ll discuss The Last Unicorn.

This program is funded by a grant from the Bernard Carl and Shirley Rosen Library Fund, administered by the Community Foundation of Tompkins County.

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