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April is Autism Acceptance Month

Autism Acceptance Month celebrates and honors the experiences and identities of autistic individuals. It emphasizes moving beyond awareness towards meaningful acceptance, understanding, inclusion, and support.

Take Action for Libraries Day 2025: Show Up for our Libraries

Take Action for Libraries Day is held annually on Thursday of National Library Week, April 10 in 2025. This year, as the IMLS and library funding are under attack, ALA encourages every library advocate to Show Up for Our Libraries by telling Congress to protect federal support for libraries. Click "read more" for all of the ways that you can take action for libraries.

April In the Loop at Broome County Public Library

Stay In the Loop! Our April 2025 Newsletter is Available

The April 2025 "In the Loop" newsletter is now available on our website! From exercise classes and crafts to movies and tabletop games, we have many activities for kids, teens, and adults available to the community this month.

Uncharted by Michael Pucek (15 x 20 painting)

New Exhibit for April: The Art of Michael Pucek

We are pleased to announce that for the month of April, we will be hosting artwork by local abstract artist and instructor of our youth art classes, Michael Pucek (aka Mr. Mike)!

Our Seed Library is Back!

Get ready to cultivate a brighter future! The Seed Library is back for the season, offering a treasure trove of seeds to grow your own veggies, herbs, and plants.

Women's History Month Reads

Women's History Month celebrates the history, activism, and achievements of girls and women. It has been observed in the United States annually since 1987, when Congress passed a resolution to expand Women's History Week to an entire month. National Women's History Week had started in 1980 under President Jimmy Carter via a Presidential proclamation.

Stay In the Loop! Our March 2025 Newsletter is Available

The March 2025 "In the Loop" newsletter is now available on our website! From Women's History Month movies and tabletop mini painting to therapy dogs and Take-and-Makes, we have a lot planned for families, kids, teens, and adults.

Black History Month: Celebrate Black Authors!

February is Black History Month. Come borrow books from our Celebrate Black Voices display, featuring titles in our collection from various genres written by black authors!

February is Library Lovers' Month

February is Library Lovers’ Month, a month dedicated to people that love libraries and everything they have to offer and that lauds everyone who advocates for libraries. Show your library love by playing Bingo! Pick up your Bingo Sheet at the Library Lovers' Month display or Reference Desk. Complete library activities and cross out boxes to get 5 in a row, column, or diagonally. Bring your Bingo Sheet to the Reference Desk to enter a drawing for a library swag bag. Contact the Reference Desk if you have questions about how to do any of the Bingo tasks.

Girls and Women in Sports Day with a female runner, a female basketball player, and a woman stretching on a yoga work. There are also drawings of women playing soccer, playing basketball, and wrestling.

Celebrate Girls and Women in Sports Day

February 5 is National Girls and Women in Sports Day. According to the Women’s Sports Foundation, “This celebration inspires girls and women to play and be active, to realize their full power. The confidence, strength and character gained through sports participation are the very tools girls and women need to become strong leaders in sports and life.” Here are some books, movies, and websites to learn about and celebrate NGWSD.

Celebrating Black History Month

Black History Month, which had its origins in Chicago during the summer of 1915, According to the Black History Month founding organization, Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, “the 2025 Black History Month theme, African Americans, and Labor, focuses on the various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds – free and unfree, skilled, and unskilled, vocational and voluntary – intersect with the collective experiences of Black people.”

The month February, with a pink hearts background, a book with a heart above it, a blue 20-sided die, and a Black History Month banner at the top and bottom

The February 2025 In the Loop Newsletter is Available

The February 2025 edition of the In the Loop newsletter has been released.

Lest We Forget with an image of a Star of David, candles and barbed wire

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is January 27

According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, “The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a time to remember the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution. We remember Holocaust victims by reading their names, lighting candles, and learning about the Holocaust.”

Drawing of Martin Luther King Jr., two people shaking hands, a group of fists in front of an American flag, and a flag labeled MLK day.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Monday, January 20 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, commemorating the life and legacy of Civil Rights Movement leader, activist, and minister Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. BCPL will be open that day. Honor his memory by reading one of the many books that discuss his aspirations and accomplishments.

January 16 is Appreciate a Dragon Day

Have you shown appreciation for a dragon today? January 16 is Appreciate a Dragon Day, a celebration of the magnificent fire-breathing beasts that appear in the myths and legends of many cultures across the world. Here are some books and movies featuring dragons!