Public Library | Oneonta, New York | Huntington Memorial Library

Open Hours: Mon, 9:00 – 5:30 pm | Tues – Thur, 9:00-8:00 | Fri, 9:00 – 5:30 pm | Sat, 9:00 – 4:00 pm

HML Adult Summer Reading Raffle

June 27 to August 14

Enter our Adult Summer Reading Raffle, where ever book you read is a chance to win!
 
For every book that you read (or listen to) you earn a ticket that will be entered into our raffle. Blank tickets will be handed out by circulation staff during checkout.
 
The winners of the raffle will be announced at our End of Summer Reading Party being help on August 14. 
 
Raffle tickets must be returned no later than 5PM on August 14.
 
Do e-books and audiobooks count?
 
Yes! Any book you read or listen to, no matter the format, counts as a book read. We will have blank tickets available at the library in the reading room and at the front desk.
 
Prizes:
 
This year we have 3 prizes:
 
  • Hops for History Tickets*
  • Utica Zoo Road Trip bundle (tickets to the zoo and a gift card for gas/snacks)
  • Game Night Bundle (a gift card to Good Games on Main Street and snacks)

 

Prizes will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis: the first of the three winners to arrive at the library will have first choice, followed by the second, and the third will receive the remaining prize.

*Winner of this prize must present an ID showing they are 21 or older.

Intro to Art Journaling

Thursday, July 31 | 5:30-7:00PM

Dive into the therapeutic world of art journaling and learn to express yourself creatively in this introductory class.

The Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad: An Audio-Visual Documentary

Friday, August 1, 3PM
 
Presented By: Local Historian Jim Loudon
 
Join local historian Jim Loudon to learn about the complete history of the Cooperstown Railroad from 1869 to present day, including the famous “Cooperstown Railroad War”!
 
This 30 minute audio-visual documentary will be followed with an audience Q & A session.

 

Healthy On A Budget

Wednesday, August 6, 6PM

Presented by: Cornell Cooperative Extension

Making healthy choices doesn’t have to be expensive!

Discover tips for healthy grocery shopping on a budget and try your hand at a simple, wholesome recipe with Cornell Cooperative Extension.  

“The Time is Fully Ripe”: The History of Women & Contraception in America

Thursday, August 7, 6PM
 
Presented by: Dr. Marcela Micucci
 
This talk will explore the history of women and contraception in American from the eighteenth through the twenty-first century. It will examine aspects of fertility  its subsequent control and legal regulation, methods and innovations in contraception and contraceptive use, and reproductive rights, activism, and movements in the United States. 
 

Biography: 

Dr. Marcela Micucci is the Executive Director of the Greater Oneonta Historical Society (GOHS). Prior to joining GOHS in January 2021, she served as the Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow in Women’s History at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, where she co-curated When Women Lost the Vote: A Revolutionary Story, 1776 – 1807(October 2020 – April 2021), and the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow at the Museum of the City of New York in New York City, where she curated Rebel Women: Defying Victorianism (July 2018 – January 2019) and Beyond Suffrage: A Century of New York Women in Politics (October 2017 – August 2018). Her online and physical exhibitions have been featured in esteemed publications, notably the New York TimesWashington Post, and Philadelphia Inquirer. She received her PhD from Binghamton University in 2016, where she specialized in American and women’s and gender history. 

 

 HML Writers Group
Saturdays beginning January 11
1:30-3:30

The goal for HML Writers Group is to help writers be comfortable with themselves, with their own styles and their own needs. We’re not all novelists, or poets, or short story writers. We’re not all speed writers; trying to go-go-go on a prompt for ten minutes isn’t everybody’s writing style. And that’s all right. Writers bring what they’re working on to read out loud, or pass out copies for critique. More often than not, most of the meeting time is devoted to the act of writing, with timers set and prompts given as a springboard for a story or poem to take flight.

To register, email hmlwriters@gmail.com.
 

Genealogy Group

Meets Twice a Month

Tuesday, April 9, 2:00-4:00pm

Are you interested in genealogy? Then come to the HML Genealogy Group.

During these group meetings members work together to help each other research their family trees through a variety of library resources.

All levels of experience are welcome.

Laptops will be provided or your can bring your own.

Libby 101

Wednesday, November 20, 11:00AM

Introducing Libby, an amazing app that allows you to access library content with a few clicks of a button! Brought to you by the same developers of Overdrive, Libby is a great way to access your library’s collection of  ebooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines.

In this class you’ll learn the basics of using Libby, such as how to log in with your library card, how to search the catalogue for items, and how to download digital items onto your Libby app or Kindle.

Show & Tell Book Club

Meets Monthly

Last Thursday, 5:30-7:00pm

A no pressure book club where you get to choose!

Are you interested in joining a book club, but aren’t sure you would be interested in the selected titles? At the HML Show and Tell Book Club, you get to choose what you read! Each month we’ll pick a theme, you’ll choose a book fitting that theme, and at our meetings we’ll discuss what we read!

What if I don’t finish the book?

That’s ok! Even if you haven’t finished reading your chosen book you can still come to the meeting and discuss what you’ve read so far!

Can I talk about a book I’ve read previously if it fits the theme?

Oh course! We want to hear all about what you’ve read, it doesn’t matter when you read it!

Do I have to talk about what I’ve read?

If you would feel more comfortable just sitting back and listen to what others have to say about their books that’s completely fine!

Upcoming Themes:

June- Kindness

July- Summer

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