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2025 BCPL Seed Garden

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.

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A heart made of books surrounding the Broome County Public Library logo and the caption Library Lovers' Month

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.
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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.”
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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.
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Say Hello to Our Seed Library!

We have a brand new Seed Library! Located between the Circulation Desk and Youth Services, the Seed Library has seeds to grow vegetables, herbs, and other plants. Unlike normal library materials, you won’t need to return these.

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Donatello Statue in costume

Who is that masked man?

At any given time throughout the year, an imposing statue in the Local History & Genealogy Department can be found dressed as a reindeer, a butterfly, a witch, or even a bride.

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