Central (downtown Buffalo)
Welcome to the downtown Central Library!
Central Library Hours
Monday & Tuesday: 8 am - 6 pm
Wednesday & Thursday: 8 am - 8 pm
Friday & Saturday: 9 am - 5 pm
Sunday: 12 - 5 pm
Important - the Library's Ellicott Street, underpass entrance to the building is open during limited hours: Monday - Thurs., from 10 am- 3 pm and Friday from 9 am - 3 pm.
The fully accessible Washington Street doors to enter/exit the building are open
during all library hours. The Washington St. entrance is located across from
Lafayette Square, between Broadway and Clinton Streets.
Upcoming scheduled holidays/closures for the Central Library are:
Good Friday, April 18, 2025
Easter Sunday, April 20
Download This Week @ Central Schedule Here
Coming Up @ Central Library & Online: February 22 - March 2
1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, NY 14203
716-858-8900 | www.BuffaloLib.org
Saturday, February 22 Library open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Together As One Bus Tour Stop ($). Ring of Knowledge
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Central Library Tour. Meet @ Information Desk near café
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Black Barbie: A Documentary with Q&A. Auditorium
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Stitch Circle. Launch Pad MakerSpace
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Crafternoons. Children's Room
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Seed Starting 101. West Room
2:00 PM - 4:45 PM Buffalo Writers Critique Group. Gallery Conference Room
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Special Collections Tour. Meet @ Grosvenor Room
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM VR @ the Library. Launch Pad MakerSpace
Sunday, February 23 Library open 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM Queen City Workers' Center Tenant Support Meeting. West Room
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Black History Month Concert: Carol McLaughlin Big Band. Ring of Knowledge
Monday, February 24 Library open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Community Benefits Oversight Committee Board Meeting. Central Meeting Room
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Community Benefits Oversight Committee Meeting. Gallery Conference Room
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM Arts for Learning WNY ArtWorks Program. Central Meeting Room *
Tuesday, February 25 Library open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Baby/Toddler Storytime. Children's Room
10:30 AM - 1:00 PM It Takes a Village Action Group. Gallery Conference Room *
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM IMAGINE Buffalo Speaker Series: Tiffany Gaines & Herb Bellamy Jr. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84935817685
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM Arts for Learning WNY ArtWorks Program. Central Meeting Room *
4:00 PM - 5:55 PM ISUPK: Israelite School Universal Practical Knowledge. Gallery Conference Room
Wednesday, February 26 Library open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Class Visit. Children's Room & West Room *
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Information Table: BestSelf Substance Use Disorder Program. Near Computers
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Movie Matinee: Jumping the Broom (2011). Ring of Knowledge
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM Arts for Learning WNY ArtWorks Program. Central Meeting Room *
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Teen Book Club. Teen Space
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM NYCLU Teen Activist Project. Gallery Conference Room
5:15 PM - 6:55 PM Buffalo Presidential Center Board Meeting. Buffalo Presidential Center
Thursday, February 27 Library open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Free Tax Assistance - Morning Session. TechKnow Lab *
10:30 AM - 1:00 PM It Takes a Village Action Group. Gallery Conference Room *
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM Free Tax Assistance - Afternoon Session. TechKnow Lab *
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Make your Own Croc Charms. Teen Space
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Arts for Learning Community Art Project. West Room
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM Buffalo Fashion Week - Model Bootcamp. Auditorium *
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM Trivia @ the Library! Central Meeting Room
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Paging Through History Quiet Reading Club. Grosvenor Room
6:00 PM - 7:55 PM Erie County Dept. of Env. & Planning Cultural Funding Mtg. Gallery Conference Room
Friday, February 28 Library open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo Walk-in Legal Clinic. Study Rooms
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Homeschool Library Club. Gallery Conference Room
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Afternoon Art Break. West Room
5:00 PM - 8:55 PM A Flight to Greatness Program presented by Damon Gross. Auditorium
Saturday, March 1 Library open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Literacy Buffalo-Niagara Tutor Training. Gallery Conference Room *
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Sensory Playtime. West Room
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Stitch Circle. Launch Pad MakerSpace
1:00 PM - 2:20 PM Universal Anime Saturday: The Girl without Hands (2018). Auditorium
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Crafternoons. Children's Room
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Celebrating the Say Their Names, Honor Their Legacies Project. Ring of Knowledge
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM VR @ the Library. Launch Pad MakerSpace
Sunday, March 2 Library open 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM Queen City Workers' Center Tenant Support Meeting. West Room
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Jazz Sunday: Mardi Gras Celebration. Ring of Knowledge
Exhibits & Displays: Open during regular Library hours.
Rare Books 101. Rare Book Room
Together As One: Black History Month Exhibit. Collections Gallery
The Black Doll Exhibit. Ring of Knowledge
Say Their Names. Collections Gallery, 2nd floor
Buffalo Black Presses. Outside of Grosvenor Room
The Presidential Inauguration. Buffalo Presidential Center, 2nd floor. Saturdays, 10 am - 4 pm
Programs denoted with an asterisk (*) are for pre-registered participants only.
Entering the Library:
Everyone must go through a weapons detection system to enter the Library.
The Washington St. entrance is open during all Library hours. The Ellicott St. open hours are varied. The Clinton St. entrance is only open for Auditorium programs.
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Imagining Buffalo Niagara in the 21st Century
A lecture/discussion series held every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m.
This program runs virtually on Zoom.
Calendar of programs.
Discussions are hosted by program founder Dennis Galucki. Call the Library for details about the speaker schedule, which is subject to change. 716-858-8900.
IMAGINE Buffalo is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Art, Architecture, History and Nature (C-SAAHN) in conjunction with the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
Archive of past IMAGINE Buffalo zoom programs beginning in Fall 2020.
Visit the Teens page for more information about middle school to high school age events and resources - www.BuffaloLib.org/Services/teens