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Love your Library? Sign a digital letter to the Erie County Legislature encouraging a vote in favor of the proposed 2027 Erie County budget allocation of Library Real Property Taxes. Sign online here: bl.buffalolib.org/Budget27
Earlier this month, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Elaine M. Panty Branch Library in Buffalo's Riverside neighborhood as well as the five-year renaming of the library for longtime Library trustee Elaine Panty. Thank you to all who attended!
Looking for a job or new career direction? Stop by the Fall Diversity Career Fair on Thu., Oct. 29 from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm at Central Library, 1 Lafayette Sq., Buffalo. Presented by the Erie County Office for People with Disabilities, ACCES-VR and other partners.
Looking for something new to binge? The library’s YA eBooks and eAudiobooks are free, instant, and perfect for #TeenTober reading goals. buffalo.overdrive.com/
We're excited to welcome UB's Mobile Shakespeare Lab to Central Library!
Join us on Thu., Oct. 29 @ 6 pm for a lecture by Dr. Danielle Rosvally about the Shakespeare Folios in the Library's Rare Book collection.
We're so excited to welcome UB's Mobile Shakespeare Lab to Central Library!
Join us on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. as Dr. Danielle Rosvally talks about the Shakespeare Folios in the Rare Book collection.
Do you enjoy browsing book collections to find the ones that make you pause? Are you a fan of spooky, macabre topics?
Join us on Wed., Oct. 28 at 6 PM for a special look at some of the oddest spooky books found in the Central Library's collection. buffalolib.libcal.com/event/…
We're holding 2 more Community Scanning Days! If you have old photographs, letters, art or anything up to 18" × 24" that you'd like digitized or shared with your community as part of a local historical archive, come on down! buffalolib.libcal.com/event/… & buffalolib.libcal.com/event/…
![COMMUNITY SCANNING DAYS / [Buffalo & Erie County Public Library logo] / Do you have old photographs, letters, family memorabilia or historic documents? The Library can help you preserve and digitize them! Bring a few (15 or less) items to the Community Scanning Day, and we'll digitize them for you! / Want to share your historic items with your community and contribute to a public history archive? Donate a digital copy of your items to the library to be part of a local history archive. / Lancaster Public Library, Saturday October 24, 2026, 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM / Newstead Public Library, Saturday November 7, 2026, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM / [Erie County Community Archive logo]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HVPmdKMWgAA-UlF.jpg?name=orig)
ALT COMMUNITY SCANNING DAYS / [Buffalo & Erie County Public Library logo] / Do you have old photographs, letters, family memorabilia or historic documents? The Library can help you preserve and digitize them! Bring a few (15 or less) items to the Community Scanning Day, and we'll digitize them for you! / Want to share your historic items with your community and contribute to a public history archive? Donate a digital copy of your items to the library to be part of a local history archive. / Lancaster Public Library, Saturday October 24, 2026, 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM / Newstead Public Library, Saturday November 7, 2026, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM / [Erie County Community Archive logo]
Join Daniel Klaes, owner of the haunted Hinsdale House, this Sat., Oct. 24 at 1 pm at Central Library to learn about the history of paranormal happenings there, the story of the family who experienced the hauntings and the future of the site as a paranormal research center.
Did you know?
The much anticipated @makenoisemusic Plexiphon "modeless spatial texturizer" module is now available for use in our Launch Pad Makerspace at #Buffalo's Central Library!
buffalolib.org/makerspace-te…
Indie Author Day and Book Fair 2026 is fast approaching!
Check out the full lineup of speakers - and register now to attend this day-long event & connect with other authors, editors, illustrators & more: buffalolib.libcal.com/event/…
Writers can learn a lot from failures. Get stage-proven comedy tips for any genre of writing from Greg Bauch, a stand-up comic who has failed (and succeeded) in front of live audiences for more than two decades.
Part of #IndieAuthorDay at Central Library!
Ready to bring your book to life in audio? Michael Solis shares what he learned producing and narrating his own audiobooks, from preparing your manuscript and recording to production, distribution, and costs.
Part of #IndieAuthorDay at Central Library!
Are you fascinated by tales of witchcraft, spiritualism, and occultism? Do you hunger for forbidden knowledge? Do you dare learn about the most terrifying volumes in the Library?
Join us on Friday, Oct. 30 or Saturday, Oct. 31 at 2 pm at Central Library! buffalolib.libcal.com/event/…
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It’s spooky season! Check out fun upcoming programs for all ages at the Library: BL.BuffaloLib.org/Halloween
Explore over 100,000 free downloadable eBooks, eAudiobooks & magazines with your Library card! buffalo.overdrive.com/
Support your local library today! Make a tax-deductible donation to the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library and help us continue to be “Profoundly Public.” bl.buffalolib.org/Donate
