Fred & Harriett Taylor Memorial Library

Bingocize!
2025-10-22 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-24 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-29 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-31 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-11-05 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-11-07 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Fred & Harriett Taylor Memorial Library, 21 William St, Hammondsport, NY, 14840, United States
Fun & Healthy Bingo from the Steuben County Office for the Aging. Bingocizers play two 45-60 minute games per week for 10 weeks. Games consist of exercises designed to improve all functional fitness including range of motion, balance, muscle strength & cardio-respiratory endurance. Sign up now or stop by. Result: it’s fun & healthy!

CLASS: Make Wine Cork Pumpkins
2025-10-22 17:00 - 18:00
Join Sally Jacoby Murphy on Wednesday October 22nd at 5pm to make Wine Cork Pumpkins!
You’ll meet downstairs at the library. This class is free & materials are provided.
Please RSVP below or by calling 607-569-2045 just so we can gauge supplies needed. Thanks!

Indoor Walking with Leslie Sansone
2025-10-23 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-10-28 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-10-30 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-11-04 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-11-06 08:30 - 09:30
We walk to various Leslie Sansone DVDs downstairs at the library on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 8:30 to 9:30 am.
You are welcome to attend once a week, twice a week, or drop in now and then.
No, we aren’t walking in a circle! Walk in place, bend & stretch, dance & more. Come by and see what it’s like.
Please wear comfortable clothes, bring clean shoes to walk in and a bottle of water to stay hydrated.
Use the lower entrance at the Lake side of the building. The doors will be open at least 10 minutes before starting time.

Mah Jong: open play
2025-10-23 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-30 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-11-06 10:00 - 12:00
Curious about Mah Jong? Want to learn or already know how to play? Join us on Thursdays for a few games & some fun banter.
We’re open to beginners & experts alike; you can come to a few games, come every week, come once & decide it’s not for you.
It’s an ancient game that’s filled with skill & fun. Stop by at the Library; we play before the library is open so knock on the door; upstairs on the William Street side. We play from 10am to Noon and time flies!

Saturday Book Sale
2025-10-25 10:00 - 14:00, 2025-11-01 10:00 - 14:00, 2025-11-08 10:00 - 14:00
Our ‘Book Ends’ Book Sale Rooms are Open 10-2 every Saturday, downstairs at the library.
New materials are added weekly; always fresh materials to sift through.
Books, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks, puzzles & more.
Children’s/Young Readers room: board books to young adult.
Use the lower exterior entrance at the Lake side of the building.
All sales & proceeds benefit the Library programs; we appreciate your support.

Gentle Yoga & Meditation
2025-10-27 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-11-03 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-11-10 16:00 - 18:00
Join Lauren Shaw in a Gentle Yoga class Mondays from 4-5pm, downstairs at the Library.
Following Gentle Yoga at 5:15pm, join Lauren Shaw for a weekly meditation group, upstairs in the Robinson Room.
You will be sitting comfortably in a chair while you meditate. Each session lasts 45 minutes.
Of course, you can attend one or the other of these classes; attendance at both is not required.
While the Yoga & Meditation classes are free, donations are always welcome to facilitate continuance of the classes.

THREADS gathering
2025-10-28 14:00 - 16:00
Textile craft art (knitting, crochet, weaving, tatting, macramé, gluing/painting/decoupage crafts, etc.)
Hand and machine quilting
Rug weaving and hooking
Embroidery and needlework
Applique techniques
Dry and wet felting
Spinning and Sewing
THREADS has an open gathering monthly at the library on the last Tuesday of each month (with the exception of July & August) from 2-4pm. We invite anyone interested in any of the fiber arts to join in, bring your work or just come to see what’s going on.

Little Bookworms: HALLOWEEN
2025-10-29 10:00 - 11:00
JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL LBW HALLOWEEN EDITION: dress up for LBW Storytime! BethAn will have Halloween Stories & Activities for you! Such fun!
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Bring your Little Bookworm to the Library every Wednesday morning from 10am-11am for a creative, educational & hands-on Storytime.
Little Bookworms is for ages 0-4 and their caregivers. BethAn Parulski-Seager develops & implements each Storytime. BethAn’s 20 years of educational experience offers a wide range of learning events for your Little Bookworm.
There are monthly themes to aid in exploration aimed at a year-long experience that will build on your Little Bookworm’s ability to smoothly transition to pre-school, kindergarten or continue on your path of home-schooling.
Activities are designed to help with sensory, motor and literary development. Socialization with the other Bookworms is also vital and fun! Please RSVP so that we can anticipate activity supplies.
Downstairs at the library. You may use the lower exterior entrance at the Lake side of the building for easy access with little ones.

TALK: Allure of Antiques & Collectibles
2025-10-29 17:30 - 18:30
Join us for a talk with local historian, educator & author Robert Mills; he’ll discuss the Allure of Antiques & Collectibles: Why we Treasure the Past.
Downstairs in the library on Wednesday, Oct. 29th at 5:30pm.
This talk is free & open to all.

Knitting Drop-in
2025-11-04 17:30 - 19:00
Join us every Tuesday evening from 5:30-7pm in the Robinson Room at the Library for some casual knitting & visiting. Meet up with old friends & make new. Bring any projects you’re working on, ideas, leftover materials, other people! If you crochet, that’s okay too 🙂

Little Bookworms Storytime
2025-11-05 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-11-12 10:00 - 11:00
Bring your Little Bookworm to the Library every Wednesday morning from 10am-11am for a creative, educational & hands-on Storytime.
Little Bookworms is for ages 0-4 and their caregivers. BethAn Parulski-Seager develops & implements each Storytime. BethAn’s 20 years of educational experience offers a wide range of learning events for your Little Bookworm.
There are monthly themes to aid in exploration aimed at a year-long experience that will build on your Little Bookworm’s ability to smoothly transition to pre-school, kindergarten or continue on your path of home-schooling.
Activities are designed to help with sensory, motor and literary development. Socialization with the other Bookworms is also vital and fun! Please RSVP so that we can anticipate activity supplies.
Downstairs at the library. You may use the lower exterior entrance at the Lake side of the building for easy access with little ones.

Friday Open Play
2025-11-07 10:00 - 11:00
Friday Morning Open Play! Just like it sounds, BethAn will have the storytime area downstairs open for you to come & play. No structure, no agenda. Friday Morning Open Play is a time to play with your friends & make new friends too. Intended for ages 0-4 and their caregivers, of course all are welcome.

Open IT Help Desk Day
2025-11-08 10:00 - 14:00
NEW PROGRAM: how do I save photos from my phone? I need to print this document; how? My computer is still running Windows 7; what’s wrong?
Bring your technology questions & equipment to our monthly HELP DESK DAY every 2nd Saturday from 10-2pm at the front desk. Don’t be shy; no question too small.

CLOSED: Veteran's Day
2025-11-11
