The Chappaqua Library recognizes a significant milestone in 2022 as it reaches its one-hundredth anniversary. Partnering with community groups, the library has planned a series of programs and activities including a Centennial Ceremony on Saturday, June 4, 2022, with community guests and burying a time capsule.
A complete list of programs centered around “Celebrating the Past, Inspiring the Future” will be available by mail and provided below. Activities have been developed for all ages, including in-person and outdoor programs.
The library has worked closely with the Chappaqua Garden Club, the New Castle Historical Society, the Town of New Castle, and the Friends of the Chappaqua Library to create programs that will showcase the library’s history and provide interactive ways for the community to contribute towards the library’s sustainable future.
CENTENNIAL CEREMONY
Centennial Ceremony: Celebrating the Past, Inspiring the Future
June 4, 2022 | 11:00 AM
Join us for a community ceremony to honor the library’s 100 years of service. A time capsule will be buried in the library’s courtyard to memorialize our history for future generations. Stay tuned as we announce special guests and activities.
CENTENNIAL PROGRAMS
Embroidery Class for Teens
April 4, 18, 25. May 2, 9, 16, 23 | 3:30-5:00 PM
In this 7-week series, teens will learn embroidery’s ancient and rich art; embellish your clothing with designs–Grades 5 & up. Please register
Teen Garden Club: Planting Heirloom Seeds
May 2, 2022, kickoff through summer | Thursday at 3:30 PM
The Teen Garden Club highlights heritage seeds this season as we honor the beautiful and unique varieties of vegetables and flowers from the past century. The Teen Garden Club meets every Thursday at 3:30 pm.
Sponsored by the Friends, with a gift from the Linda Zhang Foundation.
Library for a Day: Revisiting Senter Street
May 7, 2022 | 2:00-5:00
The Chappaqua Library revisits our first home on Senter Street as we turn the New Castle Community Center back into a library for the day! Drop by the Community Center for some family fun. Learn about the library circa 1922, try your hand date-stamping a book, and play with some traditional wooden toys. Then, travel through the town center and a century of history with a family scavenger hunt starting at Senter Street!
Storyteller Carol Birch Presents: “Our Storied Lives”
May 10, 2022 | 7:00 PM
From the Roaring Twenties until today, family lives weave hiccuping hilarity and drenching sorrows in and out of numberless “ordinary days.” Those ordinary days shimmer in memory’s flickering light. Join Carol Birch for one family’s journey through our storied Centennial year. Carol’s conversational style is fiercely honest as she reminds us how wonderfully strange and strangely wonderful families are!
Author Talk: “Almost Happy”
May 12, 2022 | 7:00 PM | Online
At the center of the library in the community. Community connects us, and so does laughter. The authors of Almost Happy invite you to “find your buttons, laugh at your inner joke, and be warmly provoked to change for the better.”
Planting 100 for 100 Years
May 13, 2022 | 4:00-5:00 PM
May 14, 2022 | 11:00-12:00 PM
Kids and families are invited to leave a lasting mark for future library visitors in this plant-one, take-one home program with the help of the Chappaqua Garden Club. Families will be able to bring a tiny part of the library home with them! Learn about native landscape plugs, hear a story and enjoy activities.
Sponsored by the Friends; in partnership with the Chappaqua Garden Club.
Jr. Garden Club: Milkweed for Monarchs
June 8, 2022 | 4:00-5:00 PM
Kids and families are invited to help with a permanent landscape planting of young milkweed plants to support migrating monarch butterflies at the library. Learn about butterflies, hear a story, and enjoy activities. Grades K-6. Please register.
Sponsored by the Friends; in partnership with the Chappaqua Garden Club.
Bubbles Bus & Birthday Party
June 22, 2022 | 5:00-7:00 PM
Kick-off summer reading with a library birthday blowout and treats! The Bubble Bus brings the party to us with music, dancing, and tons of bubbles
The Chappaqua Library is located at 195 S. Greeley Avenue, Chappaqua, New York.
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