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Speak Up: Your Voice with Strength and Confidence
Tuesday, March 24 at 6 p.m.
Learn practical tools for speaking with clarity and confidence using techniques drawn from improv. Through interactive, low-pressure exercises, participants will build stronger communication skills, become more effective listeners, and feel more comfortable expressing themselves in front of others. Open to adults ages 18 and older. Presented by Devin Mahoney of the Uptown Improv Co. in Utica and made possible by the generous support of ITVS through the Indie Lens Pop-Up grant.
Seed Library is Now Open!
Happy Spring! The Seed Library is now open for the 2026 season! Stop by and choose up to five seed packets to take home and grow. Participants are encouraged, but not required, to return seeds to keep the exchange self-sustaining.
Book Donations
Guidelines
We are now accepting donations for the 2026 Friends Annual Book Sale on the Village Green.
Due to limited storage space, we can only accept books in pristine condition. Please make sure all items are in like-new condition and are items you would purchase again.
Like-new means:
Covers are intact no odors not chewed on
haven’t been wet not stained didn’t need to be dusted off first
not stored in your basement
We do not accept:
encyclopedias textbooks videotapes (VHS)
magazines Readers Digest Books cassette tapes
vinyl records toys/games
Please understand that while you may think your books are priceless, we know from experience what will sell. (That’s why the sale is so popular and a fantastic fundraiser for the KTL!) Any items not accepted are yours to take home.
Other places to donate books
- Better World Books drop box located outside the Mid York Library System headquarters, 1600 Lincoln Ave, Utica. (Donations here help ALL the libraries.)
- Thrifty Shopper, New Hartford Shopping Center – accepts donations but prefers newer titles
- Little Free Libraries (several around the area)
- Stores with book exchanges (like Kinney)
How to Recycle or Dispose of Books
Remember – books have a shelf life. If it’s been on your shelves longer than you can remember, if you didn’t feel a pang when letting it go, or if you wouldn’t buy it, then it’s okay to let them go to the big bookshelf in the sky.
Paperback books can be recycled.
If you rip out the pages from hardcovers, the pages can be recycled, and the covers tossed in the trash.
Thank you!
