Stone Soup Community Dinner
2023-04-23 16:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | NY
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!

Community Read Talk with the Author: "A Place Called Home," by David Ambroz
2023-04-24 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
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) for Amazon. Previously he led Corporate Social Responsibility for Walt Disney Television, and served as the President of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission, where he has led the efforts to pass ground breaking policy, including the Mobility 2035 Plan, Home Sharing Ordinance, Cannabis Regulation, Linkage Fee for affordable housing, Permanent Supportive Housing Ordinance, and the Hotel/Motel Conversion Ordinance for homeless housing. David also served as a California Child Welfare Councilmember, and as a Commissioner with the ABA Commission on Youth at Risk, is formerly a contributing writer to Huffington Post, and helped author and advocate numerous laws and policies, including the extension of foster care to 21, Chafee Independence Act, efforts to protect LGBTQ foster youth, and policies to ensure access and success in higher education – including founding the Guardian Scholars in Los Angeles. After growing up homeless and then in foster care, he graduated from Vassar College and later from UCLA School of Law. He is a member of the Television Academy, Board Member of Equality California, and now lives in Los Angeles.

Community Read Book Discussion: "A Place Called Home" w/ CAPCO, Cortland LGBTQ Center, and Hillside
2023-04-29 10:00 - 11:00 | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church Street, Cortland, NY, 13045, United States
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 City, the home of Wall Street and more than 100,000 homeless children. For David and his two siblings, their mother’s diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia sets them in motion for a life of poverty, violence and instability as they travel across New York and New England seeking shelter. For eleven years, home for David means living in train stations, subway cars, 24-hour diners, and wherever is safe and warm; bathing in public restrooms; and stealing food to quell his hunger.
When he gets into foster care, it feels like salvation, but it soon proves to be just as unsafe for young people–more of his foster siblings are put on a prison pipeline than college-bound. Surmounting violence, continued poverty and physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his caregivers, David harnesses an inner grit to escape the inevitable outcome for kids like him. He takes shelter and finds hope on his own in libraries, schools, and in the occasional adult angel. Through hard work and unwavering resolve, he is able to get into Vassar College, the first significant step out from the yolk of poverty, and later graduates UCLA School of Law.
This heart-wrenching and inspiring story about young people pulls back the curtain on homelessness and poverty in the lives of children and shines a pivotal light on generations of kids that have been systematically ignored and overlooked. A Place Called Home is both David’s powerful personal account through the lens of a child surviving it daily. And as the go-to child welfare advocate for the Obama administration and major U.S. companies, A Place Called Home is a beckoning call to our national conscience to move from pity to action.

Cortland City School District Budget Presentation
2023-05-04 10:00 - 11:00 | NY
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 first meeting will be on Thursday, May 4 at 10 a.m., the second meeting will be on Monday, May 8 at 5 p.m. Both meetings will be held in the Periodicals Room.

Cortland City School District Budget Presentation
2023-05-08 17:00 - 18:00 | NY

Community Read Book Discussion: "The Good Life" with the Mental Health Association (MHA) of Cortland County
2023-05-22 18:00 - 19:00 | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church Street, Cortland, NY, 13045, United States
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 to the directors of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest scientific study of happiness ever conducted, the answer to these questions may be closer than you realize.
What makes a life fulfilling and meaningful? The simple but surprising answer is: relationships. The stronger our relationships, the more likely we are to live happy, satisfying, and overall healthier lives. In fact, the Harvard Study of Adult Development reveals that the strength of our connections with others can predict the health of both our bodies and our brains as we go through life.
The invaluable insights in this book emerge from the revealing personal stories of hundreds of participants in the Harvard Study as they were followed year after year for their entire adult lives, and this wisdom is bolstered by research findings from this and many other studies. Relationships in all their forms—friendships, romantic partnerships, families, coworkers, tennis partners, book club members, Bible study groups—all contribute to a happier, healthier life. And as The Good Life shows us, it’s never too late to strengthen the relationships you have, and never too late to build new ones.
Dr. Waldinger’s TED Talk about the Harvard Study, “What Makes a Good Life,” has been viewed more than 42 million times and is one of the ten most-watched TED talks ever. The Good Life has been praised by bestselling authors Jay Shetty (“Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz lead us on an empowering quest towards our greatest need: meaningful human connection”), Angela Duckworth (“In a crowded field of life advice and even life advice based on scientific research, Schulz and Waldinger stand apart”), and happiness expert Laurie Santos (“Waldinger and Schulz are world experts on the counterintuitive things that make life meaningful”).
With warmth, wisdom, and compelling life stories, The Good Life shows us how we can make our lives happier and more meaningful through our connections to others.

About the Authors:

Robert Waldinger: Director, Harvard Study of Adult Development, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Robert Waldinger is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development at Massachusetts General Hospital, and cofounder of the Lifespan Research Foundation. Dr. Waldinger received his AB from Harvard College and his MD from Harvard Medical School. He is a practicing psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, and he directs a psychotherapy teaching program for Harvard psychiatry residents. He is also a Zen master (Roshi) and teaches meditation in New England and around the world.

Marc Schulz: Associate Director, Harvard Study of Adult Development and Sue Kardas PhD 1971 Chair in Psychology at Bryn Mawr College
Marc Schulz is the associate director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development Harvard Study of Adult Development and the Sue Kardas PhD 1971 Chair in Psychology at Bryn Mawr College. He also directs the Data Science Program and previously chaired the psychology department and Clinical Developmental Psychology PhD program at Bryn Mawr. Dr. Schulz received his BA from Amherst College and his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a practicing therapist with postdoctoral training in health and clinical psychology at Harvard Medical School.

Reception: "Behind the Wall: Art and Writing from Prison" (Story House Ithaca Traveling Exhibit)
2023-05-31 17:30 - 18:30 | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church Street, Cortland, NY, 13045, United States
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 a window into the lives and imaginations of incarcerated people in our communities and beyond.
Nearly 2 million Americans live in jails, prisons, and detention centers, all but invisible to the rest of the world. Many struggle with isolation, loneliness, and a lack of a sense of purpose. Creative self-expression helps them process their experiences, build their skills, and communicate their thoughts and feelings with others. Yet little of what they produce reaches people on the outside.
The artworks and writings in “Behind the Wall” have been collected by Prisoner Express, an Ithaca-based nonprofit that uses newsletters, book exchanges, and art and creative writing programs to foster hope and a sense of community among incarcerated people around the country. Prisoner Express currently serves more than 4,000 prisoners and has reached more than 37,000 over the last 20 years.
“Behind the Wall” is curated by Ithaca artist Treacy Ziegler. It is coordinated by Story House Ithaca in collaboration with the Finger Lakes Library System and supported by an action grant from Humanities NY.
Story House Ithaca is a community organization devoted to bringing people together around stories. Prisoner Express and Story House Ithaca are both projects of the nonprofit Center for Transformative Action.

Story House Ithaca Traveling Exhibit: “Behind the Wall: Art & Writing from Prison”
2023-06-01 09:30 - 2023-06-30 17:00 | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church Street, Cortland, NY, 13045, United States
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 beyond.
Nearly 2 million Americans live in jails, prisons, and detention centers, all but invisible to the rest of the world. Many struggle with isolation, loneliness, and a lack of a sense of purpose. Creative self-expression helps them process their experiences, build their skills, and communicate their thoughts and feelings with others. Yet little of what they produce reaches people on the outside.
The artworks and writings in “Behind the Wall” have been collected by Prisoner Express, an Ithaca-based nonprofit that uses newsletters, book exchanges, and art and creative writing programs to foster hope and a sense of community among incarcerated people around the country. Prisoner Express currently serves more than 4,000 prisoners and has reached more than 37,000 over the last 20 years.
“Behind the Wall” is curated by Ithaca artist Treacy Ziegler. It is coordinated by Story House Ithaca in collaboration with the Finger Lakes Library System and supported by an action grant from Humanities NY.
Story House Ithaca is a community organization devoted to bringing people together around stories. Prisoner Express and Story House Ithaca are both projects of the nonprofit Center for Transformative Action.

Incarceration Imagination: A Talk with Richard Rivera
2023-06-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church Street, Cortland, NY, 13045, United States
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 Prison Education Program and outreach and reentry coordinator for Opportunities, Alternatives, and Resources (OAR) of Tompkins County. He is also an ethnographic researcher looking at the intersectionalities of mental health, substance use, and homelessness in Ithaca’s homeless encampments commonly referred to as “The Jungle.” Richard received two college degrees while serving 39 years in prison.

Movie Matinee: "Hidden Figures"
2023-06-17 12:00 - 14:30 | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church Street, Cortland, NY, 13045, United States
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 crossed all gender and racial line and inspired generations.
Rated PG, Common Sense Media suggests this movie is for ages 10+. Runtime: 127 minutes. Registration not required.

You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks: Going Vegan Later in Life, a Talk with Eric Lindstrom (The Skeptical Vegan) sponsored by BRIX!
2023-06-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church Street, Cortland, NY, 13045, United States
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 a vegan—on a bet. A bet he still refuses to lose ten years later. This simple change in diet and lifestyle led to a popular blog that led to two book deals, two YouTube shows and, ultimately, a career in animal rights. Eric’s talk inspires anyone, at any age, to make the change to vegan—for human health, the planet, and the animals.

About Eric Lindstrom:
In his role as Executive Director, Lindstrom manages Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM)’s personnel, fundraising, coordinating partner networks, budgeting, and operations.
After founding a New York-based vegan/socially-conscious advertising and marketing firm, Lindstrom officially started his career in the animal rights movement as the Program Director for Farm Animal Rights Movement (2016-2018) and then served as the Director of Marketing and Communications for Animal Outlook (formerly Compassion Over Killing) where he led the team toward a successful rebranding of the decades-old organization.
Residing in Ithaca, NY, Lindstrom penned two best-selling books on veganism, The Skeptical Vegan and Raising Vegan Kids (Skyhorse Publishing).

American Sign Language
2023-07-12 18:00 - 19:00 | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church Street, Cortland, NY, 13045, United States
Join ASL Interpreter Kristina Furi to learn about ASL & some basic Sign Language.
Open to ages 12 & up. Registration is required.

Cortland Community Pride Festival Workshops @ The Library
2023-07-15 10:00 - 15:00 | NY
The Cortland LGBTQ Center is holding Cortland Community Pride Festival in Courthouse Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Join us at the library for the following Pride Festival Workshops!

Periodicals Room
10:30-11:20 a.m.: Erin Vallely & Aster Parrott Self Care While Disabled and Queer: Erin and Aster will facilitate a conversation about ways to advocate for yourself, build community, and be a better ally for your disabled queer friends. There are countless ways to be queer –it’s an umbrella that covers anyone who’s not both cisgender and straight. Likewise, there are countless ways to be disabled. Research from multiple sources tells us that disabilities are more common for queer people than for cis-het people, and that queer disabled folks face unique challenges because of their intersecting identities.
Meeting Room
11-11:50am – Garry Haraveth, The Science of Happiness: During this fun and engaging workshop, you will learn what we think makes us happy but ultimately may not; what science-backed research says may make us a happier person; concrete practices to live a happier life! Gary is an educator and life coach/owner of Gay Life Journey.
1-1:50pm – Ashley Dickson: Peer Services for Queer Youth and Young Adults (ASAP approved, 1 hour continuing ed credit for CRPA). This presentation aims to explore how to engage with people in an LGBTQIA+ affirming way and how to correct non-affirming actions if/when they happen. You will learn how to interact and engage with LGBTQIA+ identifying youth and young adults in their substance use and/or mental health recovery journey; an overview of vocabulary used within the LGBTQIA+ community; the prevalence of LGBTQIA+ identifying people with substance use disorders and/or mental illness; supports that the LGBTQ+ community have within treatment settings; what providers can do to provide and improve affirming care.

Periodicals Room
2-2:50pm – Isabel Sterling: The Path to Publication. Isabel Sterling, author of These Witches Don’t Burn, This Coven Won’t Break, and The Coldest Touch, breaks down her path to publication–from small town reading enthusiast to traditionally published author with queer YA novels available in 4 languages worldwide! Presentation includes an author Q&A and book signing. Isabel Sterling is a master certified life coach, foster mom, and host of The Author Burnout Cure Podcast. An alumna of Purchase College and Syracuse University, Isabel spent several years working in higher education and LGBTQ non-profits before leaving to write and coach full-time. Isabel lives with her family in Central New York.

The Path to Publication with Isabel Sterling
2023-07-15 14:00 - 14:45 | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church Street, Cortland, NY, 13045, United States
Isabel Sterling, author of These Witches Don’t Burn, This Coven Won’t Break, and The Coldest Touch, breaks down her path to publication—from small town reading enthusiast to traditionally published author with queer YA novels available in 4 languages worldwide! Presentation includes an author Q&A and book signing. Registration recommended but not required.
Isabel Sterling is a master certified life coach, foster mom, and host of The Author Burnout Cure Podcast. An alumna of Purchase College and Syracuse University, Isabel spent several years working in higher education and LGBTQ non-profits before leaving to write and coach full-time. Isabel lives with her family in Central New York.

Movie Night: The Goonies
2023-07-19 18:00 - 19:00 | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church Street, Cortland, NY, 13045, United States
Join us for a movie & snacks!
The Goonies is set in a coastal town in the Pacific Northwest, where a slightly ramshackle neighborhood called the Goondocks is threatened with foreclosure and redevelopment by corporate types. Local kids, motley outcasts known as “goonies”, are cleaning out when they find a treasure map and clues to the legendary loot of a 17th century pirate, “One-Eyed Willie.” With that kind of windfall, the goonies could save their homes. Clues lead the kids beneath a closed-down restaurant, the lair of a crime family of counterfeiters, who keep Sloth (late football star John Matuszak), a super-strong son with a facial difference, chained in the basement. Villains chase after the kids, who must negotiate a number of deadly booby traps set centuries ago by One-Eyed Willie, as they explore a maze of underground caverns and skeleton-strewn chambers.
Rated PG, Common Sense Media suggests this movie is for 10+. Runtime: 114 minutes. Registration is requested.
Open to ages 12 & up. Registration is required.

Community Read Book Discussion: Disability Visibility with Access to Independence, Racker, CACTC, and the Cortland County Mental Health Department
2023-07-22 10:00 - 11:00 | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church Street, Cortland, NY, 13045, United States
Pick up a free copy of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the 21st Century, edited by Alice Wong at Cortland Free Library, then join us for this in-person book discussion with our partners Access to Independence, Racker, Cortland Area Communities That Care (CACTC), and the Cortland County Mental Health Department.
Other ways to read the book:

Audiobook
eBook
Plain-language summary by Sara Luterman (more about the plain-language version)
Library of Congress’ Braille and Audio Reading Download program (downloadable talking book #DB99604 and Braille currently in process of being added)

About the Book:
A groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, Disability Visibility brings together the voices of activists, authors, lawyers, politicians, artists, and everyday people whose daily lives are, in the words of playwright Neil Marcus, “an art . . . an ingenious way to live.”
According to the last census, one in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some are visible, some are hidden–but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together an urgent, galvanizing collection of personal essays by contemporary disabled writers. There is Harriet McBryde Johnson’s “Unspeakable Conversations,” which describes her famous debate with Princeton philosopher Peter Singer over her own personhood. There is columnist s. e. smith’s celebratory review of a work of theater by disabled performers. There are original pieces by up-and-coming authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma. There are blog posts, manifestos, eulogies, and testimonies to Congress.
Taken together, this anthology gives a glimpse of the vast richness and complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of this community. It invites readers to question their own assumptions and understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and past with hope and love. – Provided by publisher

About the Author:

Alice Wong (she/her) is a disabled activist, writer, media maker, and consultant. She is the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, an online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture. Alice is the editor of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, an anthology of essays by disabled people and Disability Visibility: 17 First-Person Stories for Today, an adapted version for young adults. Her debut memoir, Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life is available now from Vintage Books. Disability Intimacy, her next anthology, will be out in 2024. Twitter: @SFdirewolf.

Community Read Book Discussion (Virtual): Disability Visibility w/ Access to Independence, Racker, CACTC, and the Cortland County Mental Health Department
2023-07-24 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
Pick up a free copy of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the 21st Century, edited by Alice Wong at Cortland Free Library, then join us for this virtual (Zoom) book discussion with our partners Access to Independence, Racker, Cortland Area Communities That Care (CACTC), and the Cortland County Mental Health Department.
Other ways to read the book:

Audiobook
eBook
Plain-language summary by Sara Luterman (more about the plain-language version)
Library of Congress’ Braille and Audio Reading Download program (downloadable talking book #DB99604 and Braille currently in process of being added)

About the Book:
A groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, Disability Visibility brings together the voices of activists, authors, lawyers, politicians, artists, and everyday people whose daily lives are, in the words of playwright Neil Marcus, “an art . . . an ingenious way to live.”
According to the last census, one in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some are visible, some are hidden–but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together an urgent, galvanizing collection of personal essays by contemporary disabled writers. There is Harriet McBryde Johnson’s “Unspeakable Conversations,” which describes her famous debate with Princeton philosopher Peter Singer over her own personhood. There is columnist s. e. smith’s celebratory review of a work of theater by disabled performers. There are original pieces by up-and-coming authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma. There are blog posts, manifestos, eulogies, and testimonies to Congress.
Taken together, this anthology gives a glimpse of the vast richness and complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of this community. It invites readers to question their own assumptions and understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and past with hope and love. – Provided by publisher

About the Author:

Alice Wong (she/her) is a disabled activist, writer, media maker, and consultant. She is the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, an online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture. Alice is the editor of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, an anthology of essays by disabled people and Disability Visibility: 17 First-Person Stories for Today, an adapted version for young adults. Her debut memoir, Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life is available now from Vintage Books. Disability Intimacy, her next anthology, will be out in 2024. Twitter: @SFdirewolf.

What are you Reading?
2023-07-26 18:00 - 19:00 | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church Street, Cortland, NY, 13045, United States
For those that just want to talk about books, this Book Discussion is for you! Join us to talk about a book you are currently reading or have recently read!

Cancelled - Fantastic Friday!
2023-07-28 11:00 - 12:00 | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church Street, Cortland, NY, 13045, United States
Join us for a variety of fun on select Fridays!
Anticipate board games, BINGO, cookie decorating and other Fantastic Fun!
Open to Ages 12 & up. Registration is required.

YOGA
2023-08-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church Street, Cortland, NY, 13045, United States
Join certified YOGA instructor Jessica Cute to learn about YOGA and all of its benefits.
Open to ages 12 & up. Registration is required.

NYS Citizen Preparedness Corps Training
2023-10-25 18:00 - 19:00 | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church Street, Cortland, NY, 13045, United States
With severe weather events becoming more frequent and more extreme, it is more important than ever that New Yorkers are prepared for disasters. This training teaches residents to have the tools and resources to prepare for any type of disaster, respond accordingly and recover as quickly as possible to pre-disaster conditions. The training will provide an introduction to responding to a natural or man-made disaster. Participants will be advised on how to properly prepare for any disaster, including developing a family emergency plan and stocking up on emergency supplies.

Portraits Project Exhibit Reception
2023-11-18 12:00 - 14:00 | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church Street, Cortland, NY, 13045, United States
Join Healing Cortland, the Cortland Area Recovery Project, and documentary photographer Zack Bolton for the opening reception of an ongoing portrait and storytelling series now centered around telling stories of those touched by overdose and recovery!
There will be light food and drinks.
This event will take place in the Main Reading Room.

The Really Free Market
2024-01-09 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-01-23 18:00 - 19:00 | NY
The Really Free Market is a free bi-monthly distribution of food, personal care items, and household supplies. You can take as much as you want and we will never ask you to “prove” your need. Brought to you by Cortland County Mutual Aid. Contact cortlandmutualaid@gmail.com for more information and with questions about donations.

CFL Centennial Kickoff Event
2025-07-26 11:00 - 13:00 | Court House Park, Cortland, NY, 13045, United States
For 100 years, the Cortland Free Library has been a cornerstone of our community, a place where minds ignite, imaginations soar, and connections are forged. From the moment our doors first opened, we’ve been dedicated to providing access to knowledge, fostering a love of reading, and empowering individuals of all ages.

To help celebrate this amazing milestone, we’re kicking off our 100-year anniversary with a Centennial Celebration in the Cortland County Courthouse Park.

Come hear remarks, enjoy treats and free giveaways, participate in fun activities, and engage with our staff, members of our Board of Trustees, and our tremendous ally and collaborator in reading — the team from Cortland’s own outpost of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library!

Notes: This event is free and open to the public. Should rain prevent gathering in the Courthouse Park, our alternative location will be the Cortland Free Library. More (and evolving!) information can be found on the CFL website. And watch for Centennial updates and more on our social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram.

Centennial page on our website: https://cortlandfreelibrary.org/…/cfl-celebrates-100…/
