Grand Finale!

Today our six week summer program came to an end with a Grand Finale party in Moore Park.  We gave out prizes, announced this year’s Super Readers, and thanked our many volunteers, then we enjoyed a delicious picnic and played lots of fun games.

Our Super Readers show off their honor books!

This summer we read over 2000 books and over 64,000 pages!  Great job readers!

A Teen Who-done-it?

Who Did It?

Find out!

Monday, July 27th—Noon

at Patterson Library

When Westfield’s summer teen drama program presents

“The Diva’s Demise”

Teens and Adults invited to attend.

The audience will be involved in this free “who done it,” an interactive drama lead by Sgt. Obie.  Food will be served and a prize offered to the person who figures out the identity of the guilty party!

Arts and Music

This summer with the theme of Be Creative @ Your Library, we’ve featured arts and crafts of all types.

Next week we focus on music and dance with a special event on Monday, July 27 at 11:15am, featuring  Sandra Makuch  and some talented young musicians and dancers.  It will be a lot of fun, don’t miss it!

Telling Stories, Making Connections

Dennis Collins is coming to Patterson Library Monday, July 20, at 11:15am!

Dennis Collins tells stories that speak to the connections among all  peoples. He has told stories all over western New York at libraries,  summer camps and parks. He is a annual featured teller at The Fredonia Storytelling Festival.

A Man of Many Books

Children’s author Laurence Pringle dropped by on Monday to tell us about his books and the many amazing animal that have inspired him.  Author of over 100 books, he has written mostly nonfiction books about interesting animals.  His soon-to-be published next book focuses on cicadas.

Got Spooned?

The hilarious Spoon Man entertained us Friday.  What a great show!

African drums at the Library

Our 5th and 6th Graders had a chance to play three African drums.  The one pictured here is a Ugandan Zebra drum.

Karate Time

Norman Yonkers, head instructor and owner of  Karate Connection in Fredonia talked to our 7th & 8th grade group yesterday about Karate and his experiences in Japan.  We even learned some basic positions and got to break some boards.

Music and Art in the Gallery

Royal Flush played a great concert last night as part of our Careers in the Arts Fair for teens.

Five local professional artists representing fine arts, music, culinary arts, graphic design, and photography took questions from librarian Karin Cockram to give attending teens an idea of what it’s like to make a living using your creativity and artistic talents.  Four local boys then showed off their own musical talents with a great set that featured some great original material and popular covers.

A big thanks to the artists and the band for a great night!

The next teen event is at 3pm on July 14.  We’ll meet at Patterson Library, then walk to Sapore for a chance to cook with chef Tony Pisicoli.

Bubble Mania Visits Patterson

We had a very entertaining morning with Bubble Man, Doug Rougeux! Pretty amazing: bubble ice cream cones, bubbles inside of bubbles, Matthew inside a bubble…  What a great kickoff to a fun summer!