Boston Free Library

The library will be CLOSED today, Saturday, December 26th due to weather. Stay safe and warm!The library will be CLOSED today, Saturday, December 26th due to weather. Stay safe and warm!

Happy Holidays! Here is a special Christmas Eve story about a little mouse and a few more tunes from our library staff.

The Library will be closed Thursday, December 24th and Friday, December 26th. We wish all our library patrons a safe, happy, and healthy holiday!

Indie Author Day is back! Now in its fifth year, this popular, free event connecting local writers with publishers, illustrators, writing communities, and libraries will be held virtually. Join us on Zoom Saturday, November 7 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. for four live presentations on writing, publishing, and marketing your work, followed by a panel discussion. Sign up here: https://buffalolib.libcal.com/event/7140858. Free!

Library materials with due dates between 11/16/2020 and 1/31/2021 will be extended to Monday, February 1, 2021.

Looking for a non-circulating item located at the downtown Central Library? Our Interlibrary Loan department can help! Items can be sent to your library for special checkout or for in-library use. Request an item here: https://www.buffalolib.org//non-circulating-item-request-f

Are you unemployed and looking for health insurance? Fidelis Care offers quality, affordable health insurance for qualifying adults and children of all ages through Qualified Health Plans and New York State-sponsored Child Health Plus, Essential Plan, and Medicaid programs. To learn more call Lacie @ 716-359-7140.

Our second story for today is about the beautiful star (Jupiter and Saturn in close conjunction) that we may be able to see this evening, with a bit of music from our library staff at the end!

Good morning! Here are some of Miss Lydia’s favorite Christmas Stories. Stay tuned later today for another special story!

Looking for ways to combat social isolation? Check out this site from the Erie County Department of Senior Services with links to fun, virtual programs including tai chi, jazz concert recordings, help with food delivery apps and more! https://www2.erie.gov/seniorservices/index.php

Election Day is coming up. Check out this historic scrapbook in the Library’s digital collections, featuring newspaper clippings on women’s suffrage circa1900-1910. http://digital.buffalolib.org/document/2045

Jane Fisher will discuss African-American World War I Soldiers in the upcoming virtual IMAGINE Buffalo program on Tuesday, November 3 at 12:30 p.m. Join us on Zoom! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85839766406

We hope you all had a wonderful Halloween! Here's an action shot of one of our Painted Pumpkin participants!

Happy Monday Morning! Today we’re reading nursery rhymes and fairy tales!

It’s Halloween Craft Time! Check out our 3 easy Halloween crafts you can do with the kids this weekend. The first project is also our Take and Make for this week so stop in to the library to pick up supplies for your own paper pumpkin or check out the link below for the template.

Don’t forget, kids age 16 and under can Read Down Your Fines through Thursday, December 31! Read whatever and whenever you want, then submit a reading log to have your outstanding library fines erased (based on the number of minutes read). Details: https://www.buffalolib.org/kids/books-read-down-your-fines

Aspiring and/or published authors should plan to join us virtually for Indie Author Day from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday, November 7! Local experts will provide their insight and advice on writing, publishing, and marketing your work. Details: https://buffalolib.libcal.com/event/7140858

Here’s a video full of seasonal fun suggested by our library patrons!

Join us virtually on Wednesday, October 28 @ 2 PM for An Afternoon with Libby Copeland. The author weaves intriguing stories of unexpected DNA discoveries through an intelligent dialogue about the ethics, science & business of consumer genetic testing in her book The Lost Family. This program is presented in partnership with the Western New York Genealogical Society. Register: https://buffalolib.libcal.com/event/7143493