Lima Public Library

Alcohol Ink Glass - Made possible by the Friends of the Lima Public Library
2023-05-13 09:30 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | NY
Details to come

Crossroads Crafters' Circle
2023-05-13 09:30 - 12:00

Story Time with the Friends
2023-05-13 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-05-20 10:30 - 11:00

Friends Meeting
2023-05-16 18:30 - 20:00, 2023-06-20 18:30 - 20:00
Friends of the Lima Public Library Meeting

Board of Trustees Meeting
2023-05-17 18:30 - 20:00
Lima Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting

Paint a Terracotta Planter
2023-05-18 18:30 - 20:00
Paint a Terracotta Planter on Thursday 5/18 at 6:30 PM. Come and paint a terracotta planter that you can take home. Every participant gets a packet of wildflowers to take home. Supplies provided.

Space is limited to 6 participants. Register using this link or at the library.

Last Open Saturday until October!
2023-05-20
Our last open Saturday will be 5/20. Saturday hours are seasonal and will return in October.

Booktasting for Adults - Made possible by the Friends of the Lima Public Library
2023-05-20 09:30 - 10:30

Online Author Talk: I'm the Girl, Courtney Summers
2023-05-20 14:00 - 15:00
When sixteen-year-old Georgia Avis discovers the dead body of thirteen-year-old Ashley James, she teams up with Ashley’s older sister, Nora, to find and bring the killer to justice before he strikes again. But their investigation throws Georgia into a world of unimaginable privilege and wealth, without conscience or consequence, and as Ashley’s killer closes in, Georgia will discover when money, power and beauty rule, it might not be a matter of who is guilty—but who is guiltiest.
A spiritual successor to the 2018 breakout hit, Sadie, I’m the Girl is a masterfully written, bold, and unflinching account of how one young woman feels in her body as she struggles to navigate a deadly and predatory power structure while asking readers one question: if this is the way the world is, do you accept it?
About the Author: Courtney Summers is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of several novels for young adults, including Cracked Up to Be, All the Rage and Sadie. Her work has been released to multiple starred reviews, received numerous awards and honors–including the Edgar Award, John Spray Mystery Award, Cybils Award, Odyssey Award, and International Thriller Award–and has been recognized by many library, ‘Best Of’ and Readers’ Choice lists. She lives and writes in Canada.

Library Spring Cleanup Day
2023-05-21 13:00 - 14:00
Come and join the Friends of the Lima Library to clean up the yard around the library. We will be raking leaves, pulling weeds, sweeping walkways, and laying down mulch. Many hands make for light work. Please bring your water bottle with water and any yard equipment that you have such as a rake, shovel and wheelbarrow, Gloves are recommended. Everyone is welcomed

Game Night – Made possible by the Friends of the Lima Public Library
2023-05-22 18:30 - 20:30
Join the Friends of the Lima Library and your hosts Arjay and Tracy for a night of fun and games, from family favorites to new classics! All ages are welcome, though featured games will be for ages 8+. Game Night is the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month.

Food Preservation - Introduction to Canning
2023-05-23 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-05-24 10:30 - 12:30

Memorial Day Closing
2023-05-29
We will be closed on Monday 5/29 for Memorial Day. Have a safe and happy holiday!

Online Author Talk: The Fun Habit with Mike Rucker, Ph.D.
2023-06-07 16:00 - 17:00
Register here: https://libraryc.org/lima/26892
Doesn’t it seem that the more we seek happiness, the more elusive it becomes? There is an easy fix, hiding in plain sight. Fun is an action you can take here and now, practically anywhere, anytime. Through research and science, we know fun is enormously beneficial to our physical and psychological well-being, yet fun’s absence from our modern lives is striking. Whether you’re a frustrated high-achiever trying to find a better work-life balance or seeking relief from life’s overwhelming challenges, it is time you gain access to the best medicine available. The Fun Habit: How the Disciplined Pursuit of Joy and Wonder Can Change Your Life is the ultimate guide to reap the serious benefits fun offers. Grounded in current research, accessible science, and practical recommendations, Dr. Rucker will use The Fun Habit strategies to teach you:

How you can build having fun into an actionable and effortless habit; and
Why doing so will help you become a healthier, more joyful, more productive person.

The Fun Habit is an inspiring and motivational guidebook that you will want to share with everyone in your life.
About the Author: Dr. Mike Rucker is an organizational psychologist and charter member of the International Positive Psychology Association whose work has been published in the International Journal of Workplace Health Management and Nutrition Research. His ideas about fun and health have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Vox, Thrive Global, mindbodygreen, and more. Named one of ten digital change makers by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, he currently serves as a senior leader at Active Wellness. Learn more at MichaelRucker.com.

Game Night
2023-06-12 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-06-26 18:30 - 20:30

Special Meeting - Board of Trustees - Budget
2023-06-14 18:30 - 20:00
The Lima Public Library Board of Trustees will be holding a special meeting on Wednesday 6/14 at 6:30 PM for the purposes of discussing the 2024 budget.

Online Author Talk: An American In Provence: Author Talk with Award-Winning Photographer Jamie Beck
2023-06-15 14:00 - 15:00
Register here: https://libraryc.org/lima/27158

An American in Provence is a beautiful collection of exquisite portrait, scenic, and still-life photography from New York Times bestselling author and award-winning photographer Jamie Beck. Looking to slow down from her fast-paced life in New York City, Beck embarked on a one-year getaway to Provence. One year, turning into five, Beck moved to the French countryside, documenting her life as “An American in Provence.”
Equal parts art book, travel diary, memoir, and cookbook, An American in Provence transports you to the South of France. Beck shares her tips and techniques for creating incredible photos and details her transformational journey as an artist and woman. Beck also includes farm-to-table recipes she’s learned along the way, including Braised Beef Stew, Spring Chicken with Herbs de Provence, Fresh Tagliatelle Pasta with Spring Asparagus, and Lemon Meringue Tart. This stunning visual journey will surely delight anyone wishing to escape reality and immerse themselves in life in Provence.
About the Author: Jamie Beck took her first photograph at the age of thirteen and soon after began earning her living as a professional photographer. By twenty-eight, she opened her own commercial photographic studio in lower Manhattan. Jamie has shot campaigns and editorials for some of the world’s most famous brands, including Chanel, Donna Karan, Nike, Oscar de la Renta, Google, Samsung, and Microsoft. Her work has appeared under the mastheads of Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, on Netflix, and in digital ad displays for Disney. In 2016, she took what was to be a one-year sabbatical to create a personal body of work in the South of France, which changed the entire course of her life, one that blossomed into a career as an art photographer and delivered her a French-born baby girl named Eloise. Jamie is the author of the New York Times bestselling An American in Provence. She lives in Provence with her husband and daughter. Follow her on Instagram @JamieBeck.co.

Juneteenth Closing
2023-06-19
We will be closed on Monday 6/19 for Juneteenth.

Summer Reading 2023: All Together Now!
2023-06-28 - 2023-07-28
We are coming up to our very favorite time of year which is Summer Reading! Our theme this year is All Together Now. This year’s program focuses on DIVERSITY: how people from all over the world can be both different from us and the same as us at the same time! The beautiful thing about our community is that we come from all walks of life. Libraries are truly for everyone and we are excited to embrace this year’s theme. We will have 8 different activities set up around the library and participants can do them at their own pace over a month’s time. You can also complete some of the activities at home, if you wish. A game board will be provided at registration. A reading log is included to keep track of the number of minutes you read this summer. Registrants that complete the activities will receive a prize at the end of the program.

Summer Reading Film Festival: Premiere!
2023-06-28 10:30 - 12:00
Summer Reading 2023: All Together Now!

Our premiere film in the Summer Reading 2023 Film Festival takes us to Africa! Come and watch The Lion King right here for our Summer Reading Kick-Off.
The Lion King (1994)
Rated G
©Walt Disney

Online Author Talk: with Tananarive Due: Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda Contributing Author
2023-06-28 20:00 - 21:00
Register here: https://libraryc.org/lima/27424
Please join us for a chat with Tananarive Due about her newest work, The Wishing Pool and Other Stories. The second collection of stories by the author is full of her signature offerings of horror, science fiction, and suspense while confronting monsters of all kinds, including racism, the monster within, and the supernatural. Due’s prolific body of work cements the author as a leading voice in black speculative fiction for more than 20 years. Due is an award-winning writer, educator, and producer. Her body of work includes sixteen books, including the Blood Colony, The Living Blood, The Good House, Joplin’s Ghost, Devil’s Wake, and the forthcoming The Reformatory. In addition, she is a contributing author of Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda and Black Panther: Sins of the King. Collaborating with her partner Steven Barnes, she also co-wrote “A Small Town” for Season 2 of Jordan Peele’s “The Twilight Zone” on Paramount Plus and two segments of Shudder’s anthology film Horror Noire.
About the Author: Tananarive Due is an American Book Award–winning, Essence bestselling author of sixteen books. She was also a contributor to Jonathan Maberry’s middle grade anthology, Don’t Turn Out the Lights. She has won an American Book Award, an NAACP Image Award, and a British Fantasy Award. She teaches Black Horror and Afrofuturism at UCLA. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Visit her website TananariveDue.com.

Summer Reading Event: Grace & Grins Puppet Show: All Together Now
2023-06-30 10:30 - 11:15
This show is about visible and invisible disabilities. Grace and her friends believe if we all are willing to work “All Together Now” our world can be a kinder and more caring place for humanity! For ages 4-10

Independence Day Closing
2023-07-04
We will be closed for Tuesday 7/4 for Independence Day.

Summer Reading 2023: Lima Public Library Film Festival
2023-07-05 10:30 - 12:00
Wednesday 7/5 10:30 AM
Let’s visit Colombia!
Encanto (2021)
Rated PG
©Walt Disney

Summer Reading 2023: Cris Riedel, Story Teller
2023-07-10 10:30 - 11:30
Storyteller Cris Riedel performs…

All Together Now!

Stories of kindness and friendship from around the world.
This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program from the NYS Council on the Arts with support of the Office of the Governor and the NYS Legislature and administered by the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts

Game Night
2023-07-10 18:30 - 20:30
Friends of the Lima Public Library are hosting another fun game night!
