Events the Week of October 23rd -29th at the Central Library

The Central Library in downtown Buffalo has a TON of events this week! Check them out and get involved!

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Monday, October 23
9 am-4:30 pm: Information Table: Oishei Healthy Kids Health Home. Near Media Room, main floor
10 am-2 pm: Disability Awareness Month Information Table: Epilepsy Association. Near Fables Café, main floor
11 am-2 pm: Information Table: Eat Smart NY. Near escalators, main floor

Tuesday, October 24
3-5 pm: Maker Monday: Button Making Workshop. Launch Pad, main floor
10 am-12 noon: Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority Meeting. Collections Gallery Conference Room, second floor
10 am-2 pm: Disability Awareness Month Information Table: Bornhava. Near Fables Café, main floor
11 am-2 pm: Information Services: Cazenovia Recovery. Across from Launch Pad, main floor
11:30 am-1 pm: IMAGINE Buffalo Series. Videos: Science Wars - Objectivity Under Attack and Science Wars - Scientific Knowledge as Social Construct. Discussion led by Jim Guido. Ring of Knowledge, main floor

Wednesday, October 25
8:30 am-5 pm: Erie County Dept. of Social Services Training. Collections Gallery Conference Room, second floor
10 am-12 noon: Information Table: Health Home Partners of WNY. Near Media Room, main floor
10 am-2 pm: Disability Awareness Month Information Table: Aspire of WNY. Near Fables Café, main floor
12 noon-1 pm: Information Table: Job Club. Across from Launch Pad, main floor
12 noon-1 pm: Express Group of AA. West Room, main floor
12 noon-2 pm: Spooky Printmaking. Stop in to make Halloween-themed art! Launch Pad, main floor

Thursday, October 26
9 am-12:30 pm: Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference. Collections Gallery Conference Room, second floor
9:30-11:30 am: Buffalo Public Schools Literacy Club. Central Meeting Room, second floor
10:30 am-1 pm: Diversity Career Fair. 25 employers will take applications and do on-the-spot interviews. Main floor
11 am-2 pm: Information Table: UB Educational Opportunity Center. Across from Launch Pad, main floor
11 am-1 pm: Information Table: Literacy NY Buffalo Niagara. Near Fables Café, main floor
3-7 pm: Virtual Reality Open House. Launch Pad, main floor
4:30-6 pm: Thursday Matinee: Casper (1995). Ring of Knowledge, main floor
5-7 pm: Lights on After School. Activities/advocacy about After School Programs. Throughout main floor and Central Meeting Room, second floor

Friday, October 27
9 am-12 noon: Information Table: Neighborhood Health Center. Near Media Room, main floor
9 am-4:30 pm: Information Table: Oishei Healthy Kids Health Home. Near escalators, main floor
10 am-12 noon: Computer Training: Microsoft Excel Intermediate. Registration: 858-7132. Training Lab, second floor
10 am-2 pm: Disability Awareness Month Information Table: Olmsted Center for Sight / 211. Near Fables Café, main floor
12 noon-1 pm: Chairman’s Book Club: The New Urban Crisis by Richard Florida. Ring of Knowledge, main floor
12:30-3 pm: Information Table: Literacy NY Buffalo Niagara. Near Media Room, main floor
1-3 pm: Drop-In Tutoring Center by Literacy NY Buffalo Niagara. West Room, main floor
3-6 pm: Information Table: Homeless Alliance of WNY. Across from Launch Pad, main floor

Saturday, October 29
9:30 am-2 pm: Ujima Theatre Board Retreat. Collections Gallery Conference Room, second floor
10 am-12 noon: Computer Training: Introduction to Power Point. Registration: 858-7132. Training Lab, second floor
1-3 pm: Spooky Library Family Party. Trick-or-treating, crafts, a haunted tour and more! Costumes welcome. Main floor

Sunday, October 29
1-4 pm: Virtual Reality Open House. Launch Pad, main floor

Launch Pad MakerSpace Hours
3D printing, Sphero Ball & recording studio
Main floor by Fables Café
Monday 11 am - 5 pm
Tuesday 9 am - 5 pm
Wednesday 11 am - 5 pm
Thursday 9 am - 7:30 pm
Friday 11 am - 5 pm
Saturday 10 am - 4 pm
Sunday 12 noon - 5 pm

Currently on Display
Rare Book Room, main floor: Building Buffalo: Buildings From Books, Books From Buildings. More material @ Ring of Knowledge
Whisper Space, main floor: Hauptman-Woodward Institute Exhibit
Whisper Space & Fables Café display windows, main floor: Autism Services, Inc. Art Works display
Opening November 18, Collections Gallery, second floor: Buffalo Never Fails: The Queen City and World War I