Submitted by Billie Owens on May 7, 2013 - 1:50pm
Richmond Memorial Library's budget vote and trustee election takes place today, May 7, until 9.m.
Voting takes place in the library's Gallery Room. Any registered voter residing in the Batavia City School District is eligible to vote.
Event Date and Time
May 7, 2013 - 9:00am - 9:00pm
Submitted by Daniel Crofts on July 7, 2012 - 12:10pm
Kids and parents are invited to Omnipresent Puppet Theater's performance of "Sleeping Beauty" on Friday, July 27 from 2:30 until 3:30 pm. The show is part of the Richmond Memorial Library's Summer Reading Program.
Run by husband and wife team Kamala and Don Kruszka, Omnipresent Puppet Theater has been hailed by many as being among the best source of family entertainment for the Bakersfield, CA area. They will be touring Western New York with their acts from July 23 through Aug. 26, and the Richmond Library is lucky to be one of their stopping places.
Don brings 18 years of puppeteering experience to the table while Kamala adds her theater education training to produce fun shows for puppet fans of all ages.
The performance will be at the library, which is at 19 Ross St. in Batavia. For more information, call the library at 343-9550.
For more information on Omnipresent Puppet Theater, visit www.omnipuppets.org.
Event Date and Time
July 27, 2012 - 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Submitted by Billie Owens on June 5, 2012 - 1:22pm
Reel Discussions at Richmond Memorial Library
Come view the free movie and join us for a group discussion afterward.
This week's movie is "Hugo." An orphaned boy secretly lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station and looks after the clocks. He gets caught up in a mystery adventure and when he attempts to repair a mechanical man.
For more information, call the library at 343-9550 or log onto www.batavialibrary.org.
The library is located at 19 Ross St. in the City of Batavia.
Event Date and Time
June 28, 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Submitted by Billie Owens on May 9, 2012 - 1:40pm
The Friends of the Richmond Memorial Library will hold a Members Only Preview Sale for books from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 6, in the Wilber Room of the library at 19 Ross St., Batavia.
Friends must show their membership card at the door. Those who aren't members may attend by either purchasing a Friends membership at the door or beforehand at the library circulation desk.
The quarterly drawing will be announced at the Members Only Sale, and the winner will receive a $25 gift certificate for Delavan's Restaurant.
Submitted by Daniel Crofts on May 3, 2012 - 2:55pm
On Tuesday, voters approved the proposed budget for the Richmond Memorial Library in Batavia. This will mean a 3-cent increase in the library tax per $1,000 of assessed property value.
The budget passed by a four-to-one margin:
Yes: 252
No: 63
Also, library Board Member Beth Stich was reelected to another five-year term with 293 votes. She was unopposed.
For more information about the library's services, visit www.batavialibrary.org.
Submitted by Billie Owens on March 28, 2012 - 2:02pm
“Books Sandwiched In” will be held at 12:10 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25 at Richmond Memorial Library, 19 Ross St., Batavia.
This is the first in the spring series of free lunchtime reviews featuring speakers from the community. Dave Whitcombe will be the first reviewer; the book will be announced. All welcome.
For more information, call the library at 343-9550, ext. 8, or log on to www.batavialibrary.org.
Event Date and Time
April 25, 2012 - 12:10pm - 12:50pm
Submitted by Billie Owens on March 27, 2012 - 12:26pm
National Library Week “The Library is the Heart of Every Community” Make and Take Craft for Children
Place: The Children’s Room of Richmond Memorial Library, 19 Ross St., Batavia.
Date & Time: April 2 – 14 during regular library hours. The library is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and on Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Materials will be available for children to decorate card stock hearts with a multitude of different materials such as stickers, beads, sequins, felt and fabric pieces. Crayons, markers, and colored pencils will also be made available.
Children will be asked to let the library display their heart creations during National Library Week, April 9 – 14. After April 16, children may take their creations home.
Event Date and Time
April 2, 2012 - 9:00am - 9:00pm
Submitted by Billie Owens on March 13, 2012 - 2:16pm
The Mystery Readers’ Mondays Book Discussion will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 23 at Richmond Memorial Library to discuss “A Share in Death” by Deborah Crombie.
Copies of the book are available at the library’s front desk. For more information, call the library at 343-9550, ext. 8, or log onto www.batavialibrary.org.
The library is located at 19 Ross St. in the City of Batavia.
Event Date and Time
April 23, 2012 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Submitted by Billie Owens on March 7, 2012 - 5:25pm
Reel Discussion
Come view a free movie beginning at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 20, at Richmond Memorial Library and join us for a group discussion afterward.
This month’s movie is “Waking Ned Divine."
When local wag Jackie O'Shea discovers that one of his neighbors is a lottery winner, he sees a chance to share in the wealth. Things get complicated when Jackie and his pal Michael O'Sullivan discover that the winner, Ned Devine, died of shock at the very moment he learned of becoming a millionaire. Undaunted, Jackie and Michael dispose of the lucky stiff and hatch a plot to impersonate him and claim the prize. Soon the whole village is involved and the plot rapidly thickens.
The library is located at 19 Ross St. in the City of Batavia.
For more information, call the library at 343-9550 or log onto www.batavialibrary.org.
Event Date and Time
March 29, 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Submitted by Billie Owens on March 2, 2012 - 4:08pm
The Woolly Book Worms -- a book discussion group for students in grades three through five and their favorite adult -- will meet at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 10, at Richmond Memorial Library in the Children's Room.
The discuss will be about "The Capture" by Kathryn Lasky. Feel free to bring a knitting, crocheting or another project to work on while we discuss this month's book. Light refreshments will be provided.
Please register online, in-person or over the phone. Discussion titles are available at the Children’s Room desk.
For more information, call the library at 343-9550, ext.4, or visit the website: www.batavialibrary.org
The library is located at 19 Ross St.
Event Date and Time
March 10, 2012 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Submitted by Billie Owens on February 9, 2012 - 1:43pm
Traditional Irish Music with Rich Conroy will be performed at the Richmond Memorial Library, 19 Ross St., Batavia, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13.
Enjoy an evening of Irish music in preparation for St. Patrick’s Day in this free event geared for adults. More information is available at the library by calling 343-9550, ext. 2, and at www.batavialibrary.org.
Event Date and Time
March 13, 2012 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Submitted by Billie Owens on February 9, 2012 - 1:39pm
Richmond Memorial Library is offering “The Call” Craft Challenge Pouch class from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, March 6.
In this class for adults, Jen Reardon will teach how to sew an appliquéd wool felt pouch in an original design inspired by “The Call” by Yannick Murphy.
“The Call” is this year’s book for A Tale for Three Counties community-reads program. A $5 materials fee is due at the time of registration. Participants need to bring a sewing needle, straight pins, fabric scissors, and a dark fine-point marker. More information is available at the library, by calling 343-9550, ext. 2, and at www.batavialibrary.org.
The library is located i the City of Batavia at 19 Ross St.
Event Date and Time
March 6, 2012 - 6:00am - 8:00pm
Submitted by Billie Owens on February 2, 2012 - 5:23pm
Richmond Memorial Library in Batavia is offering an eBook Class from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Registration is required for this free class and group size is limited. Call the library at 343-9550, ext. 2, to register.
Participants will learn how to borrow and download eBooks from the library’s website. At 2 p.m., instruction will be given for the Nook, Sony, and Kobo readers. At 3 p.m., instruction will be given for the Kindle.
More information is available in the library, located at 19 Ross St., and online at www.batavialibrary.org.
Event Date and Time
February 22, 2012 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Submitted by Billie Owens on February 2, 2012 - 5:17pm
This month, Reel Discussions at Richmond Memorial Library will show the film "The Help." You are invited to watch the free film and join in a group discussion afterward.
Time is 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 23.
The film centers three very different women in Mississippi, in the year 1962. Skeeter is returning from college with a journalism degree, and her beloved childhood black maid, Constantine, has disappeared. Aibileen is a maid who has raised 17 white children in her life. Her outspoken friend, Minny, has never been able to keep quiet and she is hired on the sly by Celia.
Skeeter decides to write a tell-all book of interviews from the maids of Jackson, Miss., which was a very taboo, and perhaps even illegal, thing to take on in the time of Jim Crow laws and segregation.
For more information, call the library at 343-9550 or log onto www.batavialibrary.org.
The library is located at 19 Ross St. in the City of Batavia.
Event Date and Time
February 23, 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Submitted by Billie Owens on January 31, 2012 - 3:10pm
A class for adults on how to crochet a necklace will be offered from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, at Richmond Memorial Library.
Learn how to combine wire, beads, and a silver chain to create a necklace in this class taught by Jen Reardon.
An $8 materials fee is due at the time of registration. Participants for this class must know how to chain crochet. Please bring a G crochet hook.
More information is available at the library, by calling 343-9550, ext. 2, and at www.batavialibrary.org.
The library is located at 19 Ross St. in the City of Batavia.
Event Date and Time
February 27, 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Submitted by Billie Owens on January 23, 2012 - 4:01pm
Woolly Book Worms will meet at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11, in the Children's Room at Richmond Memorial Library.
This a book discussion group for students in third through fifth grades, accompanied by their favorite adult (feel free to bring a knitting, crocheting or another project to work on).
"The Willoughbys," by Lois Lowery, will be this month's topic.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Please register online, in-person or over the phone.
Discussion titles are available at the Children’s Room desk. For more information call the library at 343-9550, ext.4, or consult our website: www.batavialibrary.org
The library is located 19 Ross St. in the City of Batavia.
Event Date and Time
February 11, 2012 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Submitted by Billie Owens on January 19, 2012 - 4:09pm
“The Call” Journal Class will be offered at Richmond Memorial Library beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21.
Are you intrigued by the journal style of this year’s book for "A Tale for Three Counties"? Learn how to make your own journal in this paper-crafting class for adults led by Jennifer Cascells.
Using lunch bags, decorative papers and a variety of embellishments, you will have a small journal ready to fill with your thoughts and memories. An $8 materials fee is due at the time of registration.
Participants also need to bring adhesive, scissors, paper trimmer, pen/pencil. Optional: distress ink and applicator, distressing tool.
More information is available at the library, by calling 343-9550, ext. 2, and at www.batavialibrary.org. The library is located at 19 Ross St. in the City of Batavia.
Event Date and Time
February 21, 2012 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Submitted by Billie Owens on January 19, 2012 - 4:06pm
“The Call” Journal Class will be offered at Richmond Memorial Library beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13.
Are you intrigued by the journal style of this year’s book for "A Tale for Three Counties"? Learn how to make your own journal in this paper-crafting class for adults led by Jennifer Cascells.
Using lunch bags, decorative papers and a variety of embellishments, you will have a small journal ready to fill with your thoughts and memories. An $8 materials fee is due at the time of registration.
Participants also need to bring adhesive, scissors, paper trimmer, pen/pencil. Optional: distress ink and applicator, distressing tool.
More information is available at the library, by calling 343-9550, ext. 2, and at www.batavialibrary.org. The library is located at 19 Ross St. in the City of Batavia.
Event Date and Time
February 13, 2012 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Submitted by Billie Owens on January 19, 2012 - 4:01pm
A "Valentine Sweetie" decoration class will be offered beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 7 at Richmond Memorial Library.
Learn how to paint a seasonal wall hanging in this class for adults taught by decorative painter Elaine Becker. A $7 materials fee is due at the time of registration.
Optional items to bring include: small sea sponge, small flat or filbert brush, large flat brush, and a good liner brush.
Richmond Memorial Library is located at 19 Ross St., Batavia. More information is available at the library by calling 343-9550, ext. 2. and at www.batavialibrary.org.
Event Date and Time
February 7, 2012 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Submitted by Billie Owens on January 19, 2012 - 3:51pm
“Keep Your Memories, Let Go of the Clutter” is the title of a free workshop beginning at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at Richmond Memorial Library.
Are you ready to finally "let go" of your clutter but don't know how to begin? This fun and informative program will show how to sort between treasures and trash so that you can have the home you've always wanted.
Tips will be provided to help you start--and finish--the process. You also will learn where to send your treasures so they can be enjoyed by others!
Presenter is Batavia native Diane Zielinski, a "reformed clutterbug" who now owns Gentle Decluttering in Rochester. More information is available at the library, by calling 343-9550, ext. 2. and at www.batavialibrary.org.
The library is located at 19 Ross St. in the City of Batavia.
Event Date and Time
February 22, 2012 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm
