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No Story Time on
June 3, 4 & 5
We’ll be back on June 10
Film Screening and Conversation on “Free for All: The Public Library”
Thursday, June 5 at 6:30 p.m.
All are welcome to a screening of “Free for All: The Public Library,” an Indie Lens Pop-Up film, followed by a panel discussion.
“Free for All” tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen. From the pioneering women behind the “Free Library Movement” to today’s librarians who serve the public despite working in a contentious age of closures and book bans, meet those who created a civic institution where everything is free and the doors are open to all.
Our panel discussion includes three local library leaders. Mandy Travis is the Executive Director of the Mid York Library System. She has over two decades of experience in public library management and development. Most recently, she served as the director of the Northern Onondaga Public Library in Cicero. Darby O’Brien served as the Director of the Utica Public Library for 26 years before her retirement in 2017. Anne Debraggio is the Director of the Kirkland Town Library, where she has worked for nearly 25 years, serving in this role since 2011.
5th Annual Clinton Challenge Is On and Week One is in the Books
And they’re off! After just one week of reading in the 2025 Clinton Challenge, Indiana, our newest competitor has taken an early lead with 786 hours/pages! Pennsylvania has a new team leader this year, and she must be motivating readers because they’ve logged 459 hours, their best debut in four years of competition! Last year’s champion, Iowa, makes a strong start with 319 hours. In the back half of the pack are New York with 268, Massachusetts with 82, and New Jersey with 68.
Please join the team! If you’re over 18, all you have to do is keep track of how long you spend reading each week. You can read books, magazines, or newspapers, listen to an audiobook, or anything you can borrow from the library. It counts! Download a Clinton Challenge Reading Log, grab a paper copy from inside the library, or use your own method.
Every Friday through September 5, let us know how long you’ve read during the week. You can snip this week from your reading log and drop it off, email your total to clinton@midyork.org, or fill out the online form. We’ll tally the hours and see how we stack up against the competition. For every instance that you submit your time, you’ll be entered in a raffle to win a fun prize at the end of the summer.
Youth Market at the
Clinton Farmer’s Market
Apply now!
Calling all young entrepreneurs! Share your talents with the local community (and make a little spending money) by selling your wares at the Farmer’s Market this summer.
We’re looking for young bakers, farmers, painters, beekeepers, entertainers, knitters, entertainers, and anything else you might like to sell. Open to students entering grades 6-12.
Market dates are July 3, July 24, and August 21 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. For more details and to apply, email clinton@midyork.org.
Wandering Book Project
All this month, six different picture books will be wandering around Clinton and Kirkland. If you find one on your doorstep, you’ve been booked! Bring it inside, read it by yourself or with your family, and record your name and street on the card. Then, you can “book” someone else! Pass the bag and book to a friend or neighbor you think might enjoy reading it. On June 20, we’ll collect the books back at the Library to see how many people read them. Help us spread these stories about sharing, community, kindness, and empathy.
FALLING DOWN by John Roomer
On view until June 30
Meet the artist on Saturday, June 14,
from 10:30 until Noon
All are welcome to view this month’s art show, on view in the Bristol Room. All pieces are for sale.
John says, “Most people talk around the kitchen table. I paint at mine, standing up. I have no idea how a piece will turn out. It mostly depends on how I’m feeling at the time. I’ve never had any schooling in painting, but I’m always experimenting and trying different things. Painting has become a therapy for me, and a way to get my emotions out for the world to see.”
