World Book Night Giver Application Deadline Nears
Prendergast Library has been selected as a library distribution site for World Book Night in April, and local residents may apply by January 5 to be book givers. On April 23, 2014, the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth, 25,000 volunteers across America will go out and give away a half million specially printed paperbacks to […]
Library To Offer Snowflake Storytime and Craft
Librarian Liz Gruber, left, shows Kailee Lacki, 2, and Kim Nalbone materials that will be featured during a snowflake storytime and craft at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at Prendergast Library, 509 Cherry St., Jamestown. Families are invited to celebrate the season by having some free indoor winter fun together. No registration is required. For […]
Read a book & earn a free entrance pass to the Roger Tory Peterson Institute!
Libraries and Museums Together Read a book & earn a free entrance pass to the Roger Tory Peterson Institute! Check out and read one of the books displayed in the Children’s Room. Return the book to your librarian and have her/him sign the bookmark. Take it to the Roger Tory Peterson Institute (RTPI) as a […]
Library Raising Funds for Parking Lot
Prendergast Library is asking for help to defray expenses of parking lot maintenance, including salting, shoveling, and plowing during the winter. Those who would like to participate are invited to give at the following levels: salt scoop, $1; bag of salt, $5; shovel, $25; and plow truck, $50. Donations of any size are appreciated, and […]
Library Starts Scrabble Club
Jen Thurman, left, of Jamestown and staff member Lucia Teresi set up a game of Scrabble at Prendergast Library, where a new Scrabble Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10. The library will supply boards and dictionaries on the second Tuesday of each month for adults who are looking for Scrabble partners. No […]
Library Crafters To Make Scarves
Michelle Dimon of Bemus Point looks at scarves made from a T-shirt, the next project for Thrifty Crafters from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, at Prendergast Library. Adults who would like to make a repurposed T-shirt scarf are asked to bring three to five extra large T-shirts in different colors. Optional supplies are […]
Library Offers Budgeting Education
Prendergast Library will offer a program called Personal Budgeting Simplified at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11. Bruce A. Gleason will explain how a budget works and how to create and stick to one. “Sometimes we look at budgeting as an insurmountable obstacle that we can never understand. The issue is that we never look at […]
Prendergast Gallery Features Local Photographers
Jennifer Randall, Ashley Ordines, Andy Palermo, and Alex Speer are exhibiting photography in the Prendergast Library Art Gallery through Jan. 3 in a show called “The Nature of Things.” “I am inspired by the ephemeral beauty of nature. I feel it is wonderful that something so fleeting, as a butterfly landing on a flower, can […]
Thinking About Going Back to College?
Avenues for Success: Reading and Writing for College or Your Career Are your reading and writing skills holding you back from moving ahead in your career or applying to college? Maybe you just need to brush up on these skills. The Avenues for Success classes, taught by Julia Mineeva-Braun, a Continuing Education instructor for Jamestown Community […]
