Free Chair Yoga Classes!
2023-05-15 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-05-22 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House
Call (607)583-4426 or email savona@stls.org to register for chair yoga classes taught by Dusty Fox, a certified yoga instructor. Chair yoga has gentle stretching, balance and flexibility exercises done from a chair. There is no getting on the floor or getting up from the floor. Chair yoga is great exercise for anyone, especially seniors. Beginners are welcome, no experience needed. There are only three classes available, come for one or all three and learn something new at the Benedek Memorial Library.

Benedek Memorial Library Budget Vote and Campbell-Savona CSD Budget Vote!
2023-05-16 12:00 - 20:00 | Campbell-Savona Jr/Sr High School, 8242 State Route 415, Campbell, NY, 14821, United States
On May 16th between noon and 8:00 pm, stop at the Campbell-Savona High School and vote on two propositions. One for the Library Budget and one for the CSCSD Budget. Any one who is a citizen of the United States, is eighteen years old, and a resident (including those who rent) of the school district for at least 30 days, is allowed to vote. Please go vote!

Senior Coffee Hour!
2023-05-17 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-05-27 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-06-14 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-07-12 10:00 - 11:00 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House
The library will open at 10 am for our seniors. Free coffee and pastries will be available. Enjoy the company of others. There will be cards, newspapers and of course books for all to enjoy together, or just sit and visit. Meet old friends and make new friends.

Family Bingo at Benedek Memorial Library
2023-05-19 18:30 - 19:30 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House
Join us for a fun time of playing Bingo for all ages. There will be prizes and snacks. Due to limited seating registration is encouraged. You can register by email savona@stls.org, phone (607)583-4426, or just stop in at the Library. Win prizes and have fun with friends and neighbors

Benedek Memorial Library Board
2023-05-23 15:00 - 17:00 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House
Benedek Memorial Library Board Meeting at the Benedek Memorial Library in the Mary Helen Joint Meeting House (corner of Main St. and McCoy St.). The library board will meet as a regularly scheduled meeting. The public is welcome to attend. For more information, please call Benedek Memorial Library at (607)583-4426 or email savona@stls.org. Library Board Meetings are regularly held on the fourth Tuesday of the month except for the months of July and December.

Story Hour!
2023-05-25 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-06-08 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-06-22 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-07-06 10:00 - 11:00 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House
There will be stories, songs and other activities. Registration is requested to have enough supplies available. You can register by email: savona@stls.org, by phone (607)583-4426, or stop in the library during open hours.

Lego Club!
2023-05-25 16:30 - 18:30 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House
Join the Benedek Memorial Library’s Lego Club for ages 8+. Participants can join any time starting at 4:30 pm. The event will end at 6:00 pm. Come for the full time or just part. Registration is encouraged (to make sure we have room and enough bases for all to use.). You can register by email: savona@stls.org, by phone (607)583-4426, or stop in the library during open hours. Let us create something together!

Drone Club for Young Adults (14 yrs. old+).
2023-05-27 13:00 - 14:00 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House
The Benedek Memorial Library has a drone club for ages 14+. Want to try your hand at flying a drone? Learn more about the laws governing drones? Or maybe design a course to see who can get a drone through successfully? We have two drones for young adults to share flying time and to learn on. Due to limited seating registration is required. You can register by email savona@stls.org, phone (607)583-4426, or just stop in at the Library.

BML’s Annual Memorial Day Chicken BBQ!
2023-05-29 11:30 - 15:30 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House
The BBQ will be held in the parking lot on the corner of McCoy St. and Main St. right after the Memorial Parade ends. Dinners will be $13 each and includes ½ chicken, baked beans, salt potatoes and a roll. Pre-sale tickets available at the Library! Help support the library and enjoy great chicken BBQ.

Senior Coffee Hour
2023-05-31 10:00 - 11:00 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House

Family Bingo at the Benedek Memorial Library
2023-06-16 18:30 - 19:30 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House

Leggo Club
2023-06-22 16:30 - 18:00 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House

Drone Club for Young Adults 14+
2023-06-24 13:00 - 14:00 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House

Benedek Memorial Library Board Meeting
2023-06-27 12:00 - 14:00 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House

Sign up for 2023 Summer Read Plus: All Together Now Party!
2023-07-01 12:00 - 13:30 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House
Sign up for 2023 Summer Read Plus: All Together Now (2023 SRP) starts! The program is open for all ages (birth to senior citizen). You can sign up for the reading challenge of 1200 minutes over 6 weeks. Just for signing up you will get to pick a free book. You can earn a raffle ticket for every two hours of reading. See our list of raffle prizes on our website or stop and see the prizes at the Library. The reading challenge ends August 11. There will be an outdoor cookout of hot dogs. Join the Community Mini-Art Show by picking up your Art Kit. Open to all ages. You can start at the party. Take out books and other items at the party. Sign up for the limited seating events to get your place now! For more information on the Summer Read Plus and Community Art Show check out our website: http://benedekmemoriallibrary.org/ or come to the party and learn more.

Make and Take: Patriotic Necklace.
2023-07-03 11:00 - 19:00 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House
Make and Take: Patriotic Necklace. Stop at the library from July 3 to July 8 and pick up a craft kit for your young one(s). While supplies last.

An Afternoon of Music with the Sam Pallet Band!
2023-07-09 16:00 - 19:00 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House
Save the date! The Community Event Committee will host the event with music from the Sam Pallet Band, on the lawn of the Benedek Memorial Library. Food will be available for purchase. Bring your own lawn chair and enjoy some music on the library lawn.

Drop in Crafting: Salt Painting
2023-07-13 16:00 - 18:00 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House
Learn how to create art with salt and paint. Open to all ages.

Sculpey Marbled Trinket Dish
2023-07-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House
Try working with Sculpey clay to make a simple trinket dish to catch small items. Registration is encouraged (to make sure we have room and enough supplies for all to use.). You can register by email: savona@stls.org, by phone (607)583-4426, or stop in the library during open hours. Let us create something together!

Special Story Hour with music.
2023-07-15 13:00 - 14:00 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House
Join us with the Woodwinds from the Orchestra of Southern Finger Lakes as they tell a story from Grimm’s Fairy Tales. Free event to all ages on the library lawn. Fun for families.

Make and Take: Binary Code Wrist Band.
2023-07-17 11:00 - 19:00 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House
Stop at the library and pick up a craft kit for your young one(s), through out the week. While supplies last.

Young People’s Book Club (grades 5-8)
2023-07-19 16:30 - 17:00 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House
** This event has been postponed due to getting copies of the books into participants’ hands. Thank you for your support.**
Reading Tidesong by Wendy Xu. Enjoy talking with others about what you are reading. There will be snacks. Registration requested due to limited books available. You can register by email: savona@stls.org, by phone (607)583-4426, or stop in the library during open hours.
From Baker and Taylor Books:
Perfect for fans of Studio Ghibli and The Tea Dragon Society, this is a magically heartwarming graphic novel about self-acceptance and friendship.
Sophie is a young witch whose mother and grandmother pressure her to attend the Royal Magic Academy—the best magic school in the realm—even though her magic is shaky at best. To train for her entrance exams, Sophie is sent to relatives she’s never met.
Cousin Sage and Great-Aunt Lan seem more interested in giving Sophie chores than in teaching her magic. Frustrated, Sophie attempts magic on her own, but the spell goes wrong, and she accidentally entangles her magic with the magic of a young water dragon named Lir.
Lir is trapped on land and can’t remember where he came from. Even so, he’s everything Sophie isn’t—beloved by Sophie’s family and skilled at magic. With his help, Sophie might just ace her entrance exams, but that means standing in the way of Lir’s attempts to regain his memories. Sophie knows what she’s doing is wrong, but without Lir’s help, can she prove herself?

Teen/Adult Book Club
2023-07-19 17:30 - 18:00 | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House
** This event has been postponed due to getting copies of the books into participants’ hands. Thank you for your support.**
Banned Book Club by Sook, Kim Hyun/ Estrada, Ryan/ Hyung-ju, Ko. This book was banned in Florida and was taken off the shelf temporarily. Check out what the book is about and have a chance to talk with others about your opinion and how it effects our current times. Registration requested due to limited books available. You can register by email: savona@stls.org, by phone (607)583-4426, or stop in the library during open hours.

From Baker and Taylor Books:
When Kim Hyun Sook started college in 1983 she was ready for her world to open up. After acing her exams and sort-of convincing her traditional mother that it was a good idea for a woman to go to college, she looked forward to soaking up the ideas of Western Literature far from the drudgery she was promised at her family’s restaurant. But literature class would prove to be just the start of a massive turning point, still focused on reading but with life-or-death stakes she never could have imagined.
This was during South Korea’s Fifth Republic, a military regime that entrenched its power through censorship, torture, and the murder of protestors. In this charged political climate, with Molotov cocktails flying and fellow students disappearing for hours and returning with bruises, Hyun Sook sought refuge in the comfort of books. When the handsome young editor of the school newspaper invited her to his reading group, she expected to pop into the cafeteria to talk about Moby Dick, Hamlet, and The Scarlet Letter. Instead she found herself hiding in a basement as the youngest member of an underground banned book club. And as Hyun Sook soon discovered, in a totalitarian regime, the delights of discovering great works of illicit literature are quickly overshadowed by fear and violence as the walls close in.
In BANNED BOOK CLUB, Hyun Sook shares a dramatic true story of political division, fear-mongering, anti-intellectualism, the death of democratic institutions, and the relentless rebellion of reading.
