Fall Fun with Seymour Library!

The leaves are falling, and Seymour Library is looking!

Seymour Library’s October applications are full of Fall Family Fun! From a ghost-themed scavenger hunt within the Family Space, to ghostly STEAM, a Fall StoryWalk®, Halloween Trivia Night, and our yearly Craft Spooktacular & Trick-or-Read event- there’s something for everybody. The greatest part- all these applications are free! 

Stop into the Family Space all through the month of October and take part in our Scavenger Hunt! Find all of the pleasant ghosts hiding amongst the books and win a prize! Remember to look excessive and low. 

The library’s Saturday STEAM program combines science with studying!
Join us on Saturday, October 11, at 1 pm and hearken to the e book There’s a Ghost on this House by Oliver Jeffers, then take part in hands-on ghostly science experiments! Designed for ages 6-12, however all ages are welcome. No registration required. 

Mark your calendars for the library’s Fall Family Fun Day on Saturday, October 18, from 11 am to 2 pm. Celebrate the season with a day of fall-themed crafts, Trick-or-Read giveaways, treats, and a particular Halloween efficiency with Jeff the Magic Man. 

Join Jeff the Magic Man at 11 am for a “Not-So-Spooky Spooktacular” Halloween present. Some issues that will appear spooky can really be foolish and enjoyable! Each baby will obtain their very personal “flying pumpkin” balloon bracelet to take dwelling.

After the present, try our fall-themed crafts for all ages, cease at every of our Trick-or-Read stations and acquire enjoyable giveaways, together with a e book and Pokémon playing cards, and luxuriate in treats courtesy of the Friends of Seymour Library. 

This program shall be held exterior on the library’s entrance garden. If there’s rain, the enjoyable shall be moved inside. No registration required. Crafts and giveaways shall be out there whereas provides final. 

Take a fall stroll and browse a e book on the identical time with Seymour Library’s pop-up StoryWalk® at Westminster Manor, 81 South St, Auburn, NY.

The group is invited to take a stroll round Westminster Manor’s lovely gardens and luxuriate in a narrative! New books shall be put in by means of October. The StoryWalk® shall be open to the general public daily 9 am to five pm. Visitors are requested to be respectful of the residents at Westminster Manor and to remain exterior of the constructing whereas visiting.

Funding for the StoryWalk® comes from the Finger Lakes Library System Outreach Mini-Grant Program.

For teenagers trying to have a good time the season, listed below are some applications designed only for you! 

Stop by the library on Saturday, October 18, from 11 am to 2 pm and take a look at our Spooky Art Station! Try your hand on the viral ghost artwork made in style on social media. (Part of the library’s Fall Family Fun Day!)

Or check your data of all issues spooky throughout our Halloween-themed Trivia Night for teenagers on Friday, October 24, at 6 pm.

Questions will concentrate on Halloween movies, popular culture, historical past, music, and extra! The workforce that scores essentially the most factors will win a prize. Pizza and snacks shall be offered! Designed for teenagers (age 12+). Teams of 4 folks max. No registration required.   

Don’t fear, we didn’t overlook in regards to the adults! 

Learn why Auburn, New York, is taken into account the birthplace of Spiritualism with Dr. Joyce Smith on Tuesday, October 2,8 at 4 pm.

Explore the favored nineteenth and early twentieth century social spiritual motion, together with connections with the thirteenth U.S. President Millard Fillmore and Mary Todd Lincoln. From speaking with the lifeless by means of séances to the impression on abolition and girls’s suffrage, Smith will spotlight the analysis behind her ‘2002 Exhibit’ on the Cayuga Museum and her e book The Possible Impossibilities. No registration required. 

Or strive a comfy exercise! The library’s Crochet & Knitting group meets each Tuesday at 2 pm!

Bring your present initiatives, obtain helpful suggestions, and chat with pals. No registration required.

Looking to get exterior? Love gardening? Join us for our 2nd Annual Garden Clean-Up on Saturday, October 25, from 9 am to 12 pm!

Help us preserve the library grounds wanting lovely as we put together for the winter season! Please carry your rakes and your enthusiasm! We’ll present mild refreshments! Whether you’re searching for a enjoyable strategy to give again or get pleasure from some outside time, we’d like to see you there.

For readers who get pleasure from curling up with a very good thriller on a cool fall day, be certain to take a look at the Friends of Seymour Library’s 2025 Author Expo on Saturday, November 1, from 11 am to three pm on the Cayuga Museum Carriage House Theater, 203 Genesee Street. Get a behind-the-scenes look into the world of romance and thriller writing with two panel discussions that includes authors from throughout New York! Panels shall be adopted by an viewers Q&A. Authors shall be signing and promoting copies of their books and refreshments shall be offered. 

Tickets can be found at Seymour Library and on-line (through PayPal). For extra info on tickets and this yr’s panelists

For extra details about upcoming library applications, please try our occasions calendar!