FEATURED EVENTS

Join an educator for a demonstration on how to eco-print, a dyeing technique that transfers colors from nature to paper or fabric! Then learn how to use leaves to ID trees while waiting for the dyeing process to finish. Registration required on Eventbrite.com

Bring your family and friends to enjoy an afternoon music, togetherness, and pride as we celebrate America's 250th birthday at Central Library!

Calling all future paleontologists! Join the experts from Penn Dixie Fossil Park and undercover the amazing diversity of fossils, and the different ways in which they form. Examine fossils from all over the world in this hands-on program and learn how scientists categorize them to help understand these discoveries better. Ages 2+. Registration Encouraged. Call 716-823-0630 or Come in! 25 Seat Limit.

Our drop-off preschool program is geared toward children 2.5-5 years old that are fully potty trained. We are always there to lend a helping hand if they are new to training! For many children, preschool is their first experience in a structured setting with teachers and groups of children. It’s an opportunity to learn to share, follow instructions, and begin the foundation for learning. At Little Buffalo Play School children will be immersed in developmentally appropriate activities such as sensory and imaginative play, early literacy and math experiences, gross motor movement activities, music, art and peer socialization. We meet every Tuesday/Thursday and Wednesday/Friday of the school year from 9-11:30! Choose either a two-day option or four-day option! We follow the Buffalo Public School calendar for all days off and holidays.

Think your kids are too young to appreciate downtown Buffalo? Think again! Explore Buffalo's Downtown for Kids Walking Tour is a free, 60-minute adventure that makes the heart of the city come alive for young explorers (ages 8 - 14) — and for the grown-ups tagging along. Your Explore Buffalo guide will lead your family through the streets of one of America's most architecturally rich downtowns, telling the stories behind the buildings in ways kids can truly understand and remember. The tour begins at Seneca One — the tallest building in Buffalo — a jaw-dropping first stop that immediately signals this is no ordinary walk. Along the way, families step inside the magnificent Ellicott Square Building and learn about St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral and Buffalo's first skyscraper, the Guaranty Building. Ornate details, soaring ceilings, and hidden symbols around every corner will have kids looking up, looking closer, and asking all the right questions

Join us for the Boston Free Library's Annual Bubble Day from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM on Thursday, August 13th. We will be making bubble wands and bubble solution and testing it all out. All ages welcome! Call 716-941-3516 to register to attend!

Do you enjoy browsing book collections to find the ones that make you pause, raise an eyebrow and say, "Wait, what?" We have the program for you! Join us on Thursday, August 20 at 6 PM in the Ring of Knowledge for a special look at some of the funniest, weirdest, and most unhinged titles found in the Central Library's collection of over 2 million titles. Central Library librarians Faith and Libby will share some of their favorite finds and demonstrate how to confidently navigate the Library catalog to find-- and even check out!-- obscure works like these.