Community: Events the Week of February 5th through February 11th at the Central Library
The Central Library in downtown Buffalo has a TON of events this week! Check them out and get involved!
Monday, February 5
12 noon-1 pm: BPOvations Series Evolution of the Modern Orchestra. Speaker Brett Shurtliffe, BPO associate principal double bassist. Ring of Knowledge, main floor
3-5 pm: Maker Monday - Magnet Making. Launch Pad, main floor
Tuesday, February 6
10 am-12 noon: Information Table: United Healthcare. Near Media Room, main floor
11 am-2 pm: Information Table: Say Yes Buffalo. Near computers, main floor
12 noon-1 pm: IMAGINE Buffalo Series. Video: Clarifying the Challenge. Speaker Matt Enstice, Executive Director, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. Ring of Knowledge, main floor
12 noon-3 pm: Information Table: Oishei Healthy Kids Health Home. Near Media Room, main floor
Wednesday, February 7
10 am-3 pm: Information Table: SafeLink. Near computers, main floor
12 noon-1 pm: Working for Downtown Buffalo Talks: Reuse Plans for the Former Women & Children’s Hospital Site. Speakers Nick Sinatra, Sinatra & Company and Tom Fox, Ellicott Development. Ring of Knowledge, main floor
12 noon-1 pm: Express Group of AA. West Room, main floor
Thursday, February 8
9:30-11:30 am: Buffalo Public Schools Literacy Club. West Room, main floor
10 am-1 pm: Take Apart Thursday. Launch Pad, main floor
10 am-6 pm: IRS Free Tax Preparation Assistance. TechKnow Lab, second floor
11 am-2 pm: Information Table: Say Yes Buffalo. Near computers, main floor
11 am-2 pm: Information Table: UB Educational Opportunity Center. Near Media Room, main floor
3-7 pm: Virtual Reality Open House. Launch Pad MakerSpace, main floor
4-5 pm: B&ECPL Board of Trustees Executive Committee Meeting and New Trustees Orientation. Joseph B. Rounds Board Room, second floor
4-5:30 pm: Community Fdn. for Greater Buffalo Workshop. Collections Gallery Conference Room, second floor
5-7 pm: Thursday Matinee: A Raisin in the Sun (1961). Ring of Knowledge, main floor
5:30-7:30 pm: Free Community Training in Opioid Overdose Recognition and Naloxone Use. West Room, main floor
Friday, February 9
10 am-12 noon: Computer Training: Microsoft Word Intermediate. TechKnow Lab, second floor
1-3 pm: Information Table: Fidelis Care. Near computers, main floor
1-3 pm: Literacy NY Buffalo Niagara Drop-In Tutoring Center. West Room, main floor
Saturday, February 10
9 am-12 noon: BTC Teacher Development Course. Collections Gallery Conference Room, second floor
9 am-2 pm: SAT Practice Test with Princeton Review. Central Meeting Room, second floor
1-2 pm: Toddler Storytime. Kids’ Area, main floor
1-2 pm: Young Audiences of WNY 2nd Saturday: Nancy Goes to Seneca Falls for Black History Month with performer/writer Annette Daniels-Taylor. Ring of Knowledge, main floor
1-3 pm: Teen Advisory Group. Joseph B. Rounds Board Room, second floor
2-3 pm: Buffalo Never Fails: The Queen City and World War I. Free public guided exhibition tour. Collections Gallery, second floor
12:30-4:40 p.m. Chess Open House. Open to all ages and chess abilities. Fables Café, main floor
2-3:30 pm: LEGO Club. Launch Pad, main floor
3-4:30 pm: Teen Manga Club. Central Meeting Room, second floor
Sunday, February 11
12:30-4:30 pm: Chess Open House. Fables Café, main floor
1-5 pm: Virtual Reality Open House. Launch Pad MakerSpace, main floor
Launch Pad MakerSpace Hours
3D printing, Sphero Ball & recording studio
Main floor by Fables Café
Mon./Wed./Fri. 11 am - 5 pm
Tuesday 9 am - 5 pm
Thursday 9 am - 7:30 pm
Saturday 10 am - 4 pm
Sunday 12 noon - 5 pm
Currently on Display
Collections Gallery, second floor: Buffalo Never Fails: The Queen City and World War I
Rare Book Room, main floor: Building Buffalo: Buildings From Books, Books From Buildings. More material @ Ring of Knowledge