Benedek Memorial Library

Coffee/Conversation Hour!
2025-12-20 09:30 - 10:30, 2025-12-27 09:30 - 10:30, 2026-01-03 09:30 - 10:30, 2026-01-10 09:30 - 10:30, 2026-01-17 09:30 - 10:30, 2026-01-24 09:30 - 10:30, 2026-01-31 09:30 - 10:30, 2026-02-07 09:30 - 10:30 (America/New_York) and 4 more dates | Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House
All ages are welcome to come. Free coffee and pastries will be available. Enjoy the company of others. Meet old friends and make new friends.

Benedek Memorial Library will be closed due to holiday 12/24-12/25.
2025-12-24 - 2025-12-25
The staff and Board of Trustees hope you have a safe and happy holiday.

Story Hour!
2026-01-08 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-01-22 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-02-05 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-02-19 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-03-05 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-03-19 10:00 - 11:00
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.

Jigsaw Puzzle Contest for teams of 1 – 4 players
2026-01-29 13:30 - 15:30
Jigsaw Puzzle Contest for teams of 1 – 4 players. Snacks (for all) and simple prizes to the winners. Please call to register your team (team name?) for this event. The Library will provide the 300 piece puzzle for you to assemble.

Benedek Memorial Library Board Meet - Postponed due to bad weather.
2026-02-03 13:00 - 15:00
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.

Winter Reading Challenge
2026-02-12 11:00 - 19:00
Winter Reading Challenge is open to students in grades K – 12. Adopt a friendly pocket dragon, earn free books and raffle tickets toward prize drawings. Don’t miss out on the fun! Registration begins Feb. 12th. Winter Read Challenge starts February 14 – March 14. Stop in the Library for more details and visit the Library website.

Free Family Bingo Fun!
2026-02-21 13:00 - 14:00
Join us for a fun time playing Bingo and win simple prizes. All ages welcome. Due to limited seating, we are requesting that you register ahead of the date. Register by calling the library at (607) 583-4426 during open library hours or stop at the circulation desk to let us know you will be coming.

Benedek Memorial Library Board Meeting
2026-02-24 13:00 - 15:00

Crafting Fun
2026-02-28 10:00 - 12:30
Crafting fun for our school age patrons, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm. Try your hand at paper quilling (curling paper) and create a fun snail figure. No registration is required. Winter read participants earn a raffle ticket towards the drawings.

Drop in Kids Art Class. Postponed to March 12
2026-03-12 16:00 - 17:30
Drop in to learn how to draw a playful dragon with our Director Ms. Candy. Open to all ages, under 8 years may need help from a parent, adults can try the drawing also. Try to come closer to 4:00 pm for you may need the full time to color your drawing in. If you know you are definitely coming please let us know by email: savona@stls.org, by phone (607)583-4426, or stop in the library during open hours, just so we can make enough room for everyone to have a good time.

Last Day to Get Reading Times Recorded for Raffle Prize Tickets.
2026-03-13 14:00 - 19:00
Those who are doing the Winter Read Challenge need to have their reading times recorded at the library by the end of the day. The library will be open 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm. It is the last time participants can get tickets for reading to be placed in the raffles for the chance at the prizes. Remember you can put in for as many prizes as you want, but you can only win up to two prizes. If your tickets get pulled for two of the raffle prizes and then for a third one, the third one will be repulled to give everyone a chance to win a prize.

Coffee/Conversation Hour
2026-03-14 09:30 - 2026-04-18 10:30, 2026-03-21 09:30 - 2026-04-12 10:30

Winter Read Pizza Party!
2026-03-14 12:00 - 13:00
Come and celebrate the reading you did for the Winter Read Challenge with pizza and the drawing of the raffle prizes. We will have pizza and drinks available. We will start pulling the winners of the raffle prizes around 12:30 pm. You do not have to be present to win a raffle prize. . If you know you are definitely coming please let us know by email: savona@stls.org, by phone (607)583-4426, or stop in the library during open hours, just so we can make enough room for everyone to have a good time.
