Children | Teens | Adult | Art Gallery Exhibition | Patterson Society Fundraising Events
Registration Necessary for All Programs call: 326-2154
Children
P. J. Party Storytime
Tuesdays, April 29 – May 20 from 6:30 – 7:15 p.m.
Amy Stephenson will offer a P.J. storytime series for children 2 – 5 yrs. featuring stories, fingerplays & crafts with parent participation. Children may wear their pajamas.
Celebrate 5’s
Monday, May 5 from 4 – 5 p.m.
Karin Cockram will offer a storytime session for students in K – Grade 2 featuring stories and activities in celebration of the fifth day of the fifth month.
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Teens
Teen Advisory Board
Monday, March 10 at 6:30 p.m.
Teens meet with library staff to discuss library programming, collections & services.
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Adult
Best Sellers Club
Tuesdays, from 7 to 9 pm
The Best Sellers Club is a reading group for adults that meets monthly to read and discuss what’s hot in nonfiction or fiction. All Meetings take place from 7 to 9 p.m. at Patterson Library on the first Tuesday of each month. Call 326-2154 for information.
| Date |
Title to be Discussed |
Group Discussion Leader |
| June 3 |
Boom!: Voices of the Sixities
Personal Reflections on the ‘60s and Today
by Tom Brokaw |
L. Dunn |
| Sept. 2 |
The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family… by Steve Coll
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R. Gravelle |
| Oct. 7 |
Loving Frank
by Nancy Horan |
C. Arcadipane |
| Nov. 4 |
Escape
by Carolyn Jessop |
J. Ericson |
| Dec. 2 |
Unaccustomed Earth
by Jhumpa Lahiri |
L. Dunn |
| Jan. 6 |
The Last Lecture
by Randy Pausch
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M. Bivens |
Literary Circle 2008-2009 schedule
All Meetings take place from 1 - 3 pm at Patterson Library on either the first or second Saturday of each month (unless otherwise noted). The Literary Circle is conducted by writer & educator Anthony Bradford and explores classical books and films, and their relevance to our contemporary lives. The 2008-2009 theme is “ At the Heart of the World.” Call 326-2154 for more information.
| Date |
Title to be Discussed |
Refreshments |
| May 10 |
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison |
Richard Bivens |
| June 14 |
Villette
by Charlotte Bronte |
Kathy Gullo |
| Sept. 13 |
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Suggested Edition: Pevear/Volokhonsky,Translators - Penguin Classics
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Mary Bivens |
| Oct. 11 |
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
by Leo Tolstoy
Suggested Edition: Lynn Solotaroff, Translator - Bantam
The Grand Inquisitor
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Suggested Edition: C. Garnet, Translator - Hackett
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Cutler Silliman |
| Optional |
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Suggested Edition: Signet Classic
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| Nov. 15 |
The Overcoat
by Nickolai Gogol
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka |
Justine Green |
| Dec. 13 |
Meetings with Remarkable Men by G.I. Gurdjieff
Suggested Edition: Dutton
Movie 12:30 – 2:30
Discussion 2:30 – 3:30
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Kathy Gullo |
| Jan. 10 |
The Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam
Suggested Edition: The Quatrains of Omar Khayyam - Bardic Press
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Betsy Northrup |
| Feb. 14 |
Midnight’s Children
by Salman Rushdie
Suggested Edition: Random House
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Richard Bivens |
| March 14 |
The Heart of the World
by Ian Baker
Suggested Edition: Penguin
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George Rubin |
| April 18 |
The Dream of the Red Chamber (Vol. 1) by Cao Xueqin
Suggested Edition: D. Hawkes, Translator - (also called The Story of the Stone) Penguin
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Jackie Smith |
| May 9 |
Five Tang Poets
Suggested Edition: David Young, Translator - Oberlin College Press
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Debbie Williams |
| June 13 |
The Tale of Genji
by Murasaki Shikibu
Suggested Edition: Edward Seidensticker, Translator Vintage Classics
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Potluck Dinner: Everyone |
| Optional |
The Ink Dark Moon
Suggested Edition: Jane Hirshfield & Mariko Aratani, Translators - Vintage Classics
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Art Gallery Exhibition Program
May 23 – June 13:
Collected Works from the Faculty of Jamestown Community College
Includes 12 Fine Art Department faculty members displaying new works
June 27 – July 25:
Roy Ahlgren
Solo exhibit will display selected oil landscapes
August 1 – September 26:
Westfield Revisited: 100 years of Patterson Library
A celebration of the library in painting, photography and text from the collection upon the centennial birthday of the majestic building that was opened to the public in August of 1908.
October 10 – November 7:
Teen Works
An invitational to Westfield and the surrounding community’s students 13 – 18 years to create new works specifically for this gallery show.
November 28 – December 23:
Gift Show
The Gift Show will feature the works of local artists from Chautauqua County to encourage fine art holiday sales priced under $150.
Information for Artists
Artists interested in exhibiting their work at Patterson Library should contact Nancy Nixon at (716) 326-2154.
The Patterson Library has been a regional center for the arts since 1971. The goal of the art gallery program is to enhance the cultural and intellectual life of the community by providing exhibitions and services that highlight the visual arts as well as other areas of cultural interest. The Octagon Gallery of the Patterson Library presents seven to eight exhibitions annually. These include artist exhibits, historic and cultural exhibits, and traveling exhibits on loan from other institutions.
The Octagon Gallery is an octagonal room located at the lower level of the library consisting of approximately 105 running feet of exhibition space.
Artists interested in exhibiting in the Octagon Gallery are encouraged to submit a written proposal accompanied by photographs and current vitae to Nancy Nixon, Art Gallery Specialist, Patterson Library, 40 S. Portage St., Westfield, NY 14787.
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Patterson Society Fundraising Events
Used Book Sale
July 17, 18 & 19
On-Going Fundraisers
Sale of Library Sweatshirts and T-Shirts
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