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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: CLOSED

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.

 

Download This Week @ Central Schedule Here


Coming Up @ Central Library & Online: August 23 - September 1

1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, NY 14203

716-858-8900 | www.BuffaloLib.org

 

 

Saturday, August 23                   Library open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM                 Sensory Playtime. West Room

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM                     UB HEALS: CPR and Narcan Training. Collections Gallery Conference Room

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM                        Pint-sized Picasso. Children's Room

1:00 PM - 3:30 PM                        Queen City Workers' Center Tenant Support Meeting. West Room

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM                        Saturday Jewelry Making. Teen Space

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, August 24                       Library closed. The Library will reopen on Sundays beginning Sept. 7, 2025.

                                

Monday, August 25                     Library open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM                    Information Table: BestSelf Connections to Care. Near Computers

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM                       Camp B-U Foundation, Inc. Youth Mentor Training. West Room

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM                    Information Table: Project Mona's House. Near Computers

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM                        Spectrum Health and Human Services Reentry Program. Gallery Conference Room

                                

Tuesday, August 26                    Library open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM                 Baby/Toddler Storytime. Children's Room

10:30 AM - 1:00 PM                    It Takes a Village Action Group. Gallery Conference Room *

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM                        Literacy Buffalo Niagara DIGI-SKILLS COVID-19 Workshop. Gallery Conf. Rm

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM                        Information Table: BestSelf Connections to Care. Near Computers

4:30 PM - 5:55 PM                        ISUPK Class. Collections Gallery Conference Room

                                

Wednesday, August 27             Library open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM                    Job Fair. Throughout Main Floor

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM                     Noon Yoga Recharge. Central Meeting Room

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM                        Walk-up Tech Help. Near Computers

3:00 PM - 5:15 PM                        Movie Matinee: Little Women (2019). Ring of Knowledge

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM                        Ahorra Energía y Ahorra Dólares Workshop. Central Meeting Room

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM                        BookTok IRL. Near Teen Space

5:15 PM - 6:45 PM                        Buffalo Presidential Center Board Meeting. Collections Gallery Conference Room

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM                        Speculative Fiction Book Club. West Room

                                

Thursday, August 28                  Library open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

10:30 AM - 1:00 PM                    It Takes a Village Action Group. Collections Gallery Conference Room *

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM                        Walk-up Tech Help. Near Computers

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM                        Spectrum Health and Human Services Reentry Program. West Room

5:00 PM - 6:45 PM                        Trivia @ the Library! Central Meeting Room

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM                        Paging Through History: Quiet Reading Club. Grosvenor Room

                                

Friday, August 29                         Library open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM                     Afternoon Art Break. West Room

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM                        Information Table: BestSelf Connections to Care. Near Computers

                                

Saturday, August 30                   Library open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM                 Sensory Playtime. West Room

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM                    H.A.N.G.: Helping Adolescents Needing Guidance Program. Central Meeting Room

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM                    3D Printer Certification Class. West Room *

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM                        Pint-sized Picasso. Children's Room

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM                        Saturday Jewelry Making. Teen Space

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM                        VR @ the Library. Launch Pad MakerSpace

                                

Sunday, August 31                       Library closed. The Library will reopen on Sundays beginning Sept. 7, 2025.

                                

Monday, September 1                Library closed for Labor Day. Visit us 24/7 at www.BuffaloLib.org.

 

Entering the Library:

Everyone must go through a weapon 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.
 

 

photo of Central Library 1964

 

https://tinyurl.com/TBNCentral

 

 

IMAGINE Buffalo Logo

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.

 

Tween/Teen Programs

Visit the Teens page for more information about middle school to high school age events and resources -  www.BuffaloLib.org/Services/teens