Books are just the beginning!
The Cops Outreach Program (C.O.P.S) and Cortland Restaurant & Tavern Association are hosting a Stone Soup Community Dinner on Court Street. Join us for this free event and enjoy live music, activities for kids, an interactive story with Miss Tammy, and of course SOUP!
Join us for a talk with the author of A Place Called Home via Zoom! David Ambroz is a national poverty and child welfare expert / advocate, Emmy nominated, and best-selling author. He was recognized by President Obama as an American Champion of Change. He currently serves as the Head of Community Engagement (West) […]
Pick up a free copy of A Place Called Home: A Memoir, by David Ambroz at Cortland Free Library, then join us for this in-person discussion on Saturday, April 29 with our community partners, Cortland LGBTQ Center, CAPCO, and Hillside/Cortland County Foster Parent Training/Recruiting. About the Book: As a child, David Ambroz was raised homeless in New York […]
The Cortland Enlarged City School District will be requesting a tax levy override to balance its 2023-24 budget. All are welcome to attend one of the Budget Information Meetings hosted at the Cortland Free Library to learn more about the district's budget. District administrators will be available to answer any questions that may arise. The […]
Pick up a free copy of The Good Life: Lessons From the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness, by Robert Waldinger and Marc Shulz at Cortland Free Library, then join us for this in-person discussion with our partner MHA. About the Book: New York Times Bestseller What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? According […]
Join us along with Gary Fine, director of the Durland Alternatives Library and Prisoner Express, and Treacy Ziegler, exhibit curator, for this special reception and celebration of the last stop on this traveling exhibit's tour. “Behind the Wall” is a traveling exhibition of drawings, paintings, letters, stories, and poems created by people in prison. It provides […]
Come experience the last stop on the tour of this traveling exhibit at Cortland Free Library during regular library hours. “Behind the Wall” is a traveling exhibition of drawings, paintings, letters, stories, and poems created by people in prison. It provides a window into the lives and imaginations of incarcerated people in our communities and […]
In tandem with the “Behind the Wall: Art & Writing From Prison” exhibit that’s up on our Main Reading Room, Richard Rivera is coming to speak at the library. If you’ve visited the exhibit, Richard’s piece is the charcoal drawing on the Letter Writing Station table. About Richard: Richard Rivera is associate director of Cornell’s […]
Hidden Figures tells the incredible untold story of Katherine Jonson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) – brilliant African-American women working at NASA who served as the brains behind the launch into orbit of astronaut John Glenn, a stunning achievement that turned around the Space Race. The visionary trio […]
Join us for a talk by Eric Lindstrom and vegan treats by Brix! Everyone who attends will also get the chance to win a copy of The Skeptical Vegan. Registration recommended but not required. Growing up in an all-female Italian household, Eric was nourished to obesity on meat and dairy. Decades later, overnight, Lindstrom became […]
Join ASL Interpreter Kristina Furi to learn about ASL & some basic Sign Language. Open to ages 12 & up. Registration is required.
