Our latest Passport to Reading Golden Library Card winners. Congratulations! Visit all 37 libraries before mid-August and you can get a limited-edition (while they last) golden Library card. Details: www.Buffalolib.org or call 716-858-8900.

Join us next Wed., June 10 at 6 p.m. at Central Library for a special screening of selected short films from The Buffalo History Channel. This month, director Doug Ruffin has curated a selection of documentary shorts about #Juneteenth in #Buffalo! buffalolib.libcal.com/event/16954609

Want to learn practical skills & abilities or looking for training to help you enter the workforce? Registration is now open for BPS Adult Education Division classes on topics including carpentry, plumbing, paralegal skills & more. Learn more & register ($): www.buffaloschools.org/o/dept-adult...

Go for GOLD! Our Passport to Reading summer reading program is underway! Visit all Buffalo & Erie County Public Library branches & get your stamp before 8/21. If you’re one of the first 1,000 people to do so you’ll win a special edition golden library card! bl.buffalolib.org/PassportReading

Central Library is starting a Graphic Novel Book Club! Join us at 6 pm Thursday, June 4 to discuss Maia Kobabe's award-winning graphic memoir Gender Queer. Open to all adults ages 18+. No registration necessary!"

Join the Library in welcoming our new director Christine Schonhart from Brooklyn Public Library! She officially begins in August.

Buffalo's Elaine M. Panty Branch Library will welcome the @feedmorewny.org farm market truck on select Fridays throughout the summer! Stop by to purchase fresh, healthy, affordable & locally-grown produce. Learn more & see other stops here: www.feedmorewny.org/programs-ser...

The Library is pleased to partner with The Center for the Digitization and Curation of African American History on several upcoming community curation, digitization, and genealogy programs. See more and free registration here: nmaahc.si.edu/events/serie...

Looking for a new read? Check out these titles by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Kraus, available to borrow with your Library card: bl.buffalolib.org/Daniel-Kraus

Donate to the annual Books for Kids drive at any library throughout May. Visit any Wegmans in Erie or Niagara, Paula’s Donuts or Tim’s Restaurant through May 22 with a new children’s book. Thank you to our partners - WGRZ TV, Wegmans, ProjectFlight , Townsquare Media, and The Buffalo News.

The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library honors the ten people who lost their lives, the three others who were injured, the survivors, and our entire community.

Shopping for air travel this summer? The Library can help you navigate your purchases with Consumer Reports. Your library card gives you full access! www.buffalolib.org/.../busin...... See less

What do the Vatican Library, British Library, and Buffalo & Erie County Public Library have in common? The Hypnerotomachia Poliphili! Did you miss the lecture on this mysterious and rare book last month? Catch Dr. James Russell’s lecture here: youtu.be/7GMitopMrws

Check out the May 2026 edition of our Public Periodical, with updates from the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library! bl.buffalolib.org/May26-PP

Go for GOLD! Our Passport to Reading program starts TODAY – visit all Buffalo & Erie County Public Library branches, and get your stamp, before August 21. If you’re one of the first 1,000 people to do so you’ll win a special edition golden library card! More here: bl.buffalolib.org/PassportReading

Today @ Central. Something for Everyone.

Fresh on the shelf! Check out this collection of debut novelists, available for borrowing with your Library card! Discover these & other new authors available at the Library: bl.buffalolib.org/catalog

From the Stacks to the Seats... Good luck in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, @sabres.com!

Among the many treasures of the Grosvenor Room is an exceptional early printed book combining a love story and an alchemical treatise. Join us on Sat., April 25 at 12 pm at Central Library to explore the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili with rare book researcher Dr. James Russell!

The Little Years are a Big Deal. We’re celebrating Week of the Young Child, brought to you by @eriecounty.bsky.social, Live Well Erie and Help Me Grow WNY. Make the most of the early years with free developmental screenings: www.asqonline.com/family/e6285b

What were you reading the last time the Sabres had a run like this? Let’s go Buffalo… back to spring 2011! Here are some of the most popular books during the Sabres' last playoff run. Check out these (and new popular titles) at your library today. www.buffalolib.org/locations-an...

We're so excited to introduce our new graphic novel book club for adults! Join us on Thu., May 7 at 6 p.m. at Central Library to discuss "The Complete Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi. buffalolib.libcal.com/event/16495785

Looking for something to do this week? Stop by the Central Library for crafting, book clubs, Dungeons & Dragons and more! Check out the highlights below & full list of upcoming events here: bl.buffalolib.org/CEN-Programs

Looking for a new job or career? Join us for two upcoming job fairs presented by the NYS Dept. of Labor! Fri., April 17 @ 11 am – 1 pm at the West Seneca Public Library and Wed., April 22 @ 1-3 pm at the Orchard Park Public Library. Details: bl.buffalolib.org/JobFair

Celebrate National Poetry Month at your Buffalo & Erie County Public Library with our collection of poetry books! You can even narrow your search down for topics like American poetry, love poems and poems for kids. bl.buffalolib.org/Poetry

Longer days, lighter reads, and 100 stories waiting for you 🌼 Check out the best books of spring on Libby Life! #Booksky #LibraryLove #LibbyApp https://bit.ly/4sw4fV1

Śmigus-dyngus!

Spring break is here! Join our friends at Arts for Learning WNY at libraries across the city of Buffalo this week for fun, free programs for all ages. bl.buffalolib.org/AFL-2026

All Buffalo & Erie County Public Library locations are closed on Sunday, April 5. Check the open hours schedule: www.buffalolib.org/locations-an...

Coming soon to an email inbox near you, but in case you're eager like us and can't wait - here's our April newsletter for all the happenings around the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library! bl.buffalolib.org/April-Public...

Our new merchandise drop is live - totes, apparel, and more - all designed to support our library and signal, loudly, that some things are still worth doing in person. All proceeds benefit our public library. Pick up your April looks now: librarystore.buffalolib.org/collections/...

It’s Love Your Library Month – and there’s no better way to appreciate your public library than by logging off and enjoying all-things-analog. No ad trackers, no listener profiles, no recommended purchases. No Subscriptions and no paywalls. No Algorithm. buffalolib.libcal.com

As we close out Women’s History Month, Spectrum News 1 Buffalo joined the Grosvenor Room to learn more about Buffalo’s place in Women’s Suffrage – the decades-long movement to ensure the right to vote for women. spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/...

Join the Library and Valerie Neal, emerita curator from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum – and expert in human space flight – who will trace the history of trailblazing US women astronauts in a virtual talk on Thu., April 2 at 2 pm. libraryc.org/buffalolib/1...

Did you know that your library card gives you opportunities, special deals, and discounts at several local organizations? Visit the VIP Pass Program webpage for details: bl.buffalolib.org/VIP-Pass

Looking for something FUN and FREE to do with the kids this weekend? Stop by the Central Library's egg hunt on Sat., March 28 from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. Kids ages 1-10 can hunt for eggs, play games & win prizes. Presented by the Teen Advisory Group.

Do you have boxes of papers, photographs, or family keepsakes in your basement that you don't know what to do with? Don't wait - only a few spots remain for our "Build Your Own Archive" workshop at the Central Library on Saturday, April 4 from 2-4 p.m. buffalolib.libcal.com/event/16230644

The Spring Diversity Career Fair, presented by the Erie County Office for People with Disabilities, ACCES-VR , and the NYS Department of Labor is Thursday, March 26 from 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at the Central Library. buffalolib.libcal.com/event/15901178

Now on display at Central Library, the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library is honored to present a selection of the flags from “The Blues: A 5/14 Memorial Project," produced by CEPA Gallery.

Got Sunday plans? Now you do! We're excited to welcome Kody & Herren, a Springville-based duo inspired by roots and folk music, for a FREE live performance at the Central Library this Sunday, March 22 from 2-3:30 p.m. See you then!

Céad míle fáilte! There are many ways you can utilize your public library to explore your Irish heritage – pay us a visit, and take a walk through the Old First Ward with your ancestors! bl.buffalolib.org/IrishGenealogy

March 16 is Freedom of Information Day. Every day, the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library promotes the public’s right to know and access to information, continuing the work of late Library director John Spears, to whom the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social's Intellectual Freedom Manual is dedicated.

We’re here to support libraries. Take action at action.everylibrary.org. #library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #librarylove #author #publiclibrary #literature #lit

Join us at Central Library on Thu., March 19 at 4 p.m. as public historian James Coughlin shares current community efforts to organize and continue Martin Sostre & Geraldine Pointer’s legacies through the reclaiming and teaching of Buffalo’s radical movements against state suppression.

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We're excited to announce that the Lackawanna Public Library and Hamburg Public Library have each received a $10,000 gift from @carnegie.org as part of #CarnegieLibraries250, a special initiative celebrating America's 250th anniversary. Learn more: bl.buffalolib.org/Carnegie250

Join us at Central Library on Sat., March 7 at 1 PM to celebrate "National Cereal Day" with our friends at Explore Buffalo! Learn about the history of cereal-making in Buffalo, how cereal began in central New York & more. buffalolib.libcal.com/event/16165327

Trivia @ Central Library is this Thurs., Feb. 26 @ 5:30 . Come for the fun & snacks, plus the winner gets a Roku compliments of FastBridge Fiber. Registration info: buffalolib.libcal.com/event/15856896