Youth Mental Health First Aid Training

 Seats are still available for this free training! 

Upcoming Events!

September is upon us, here are some of our upcoming events: 

There is still time to read the September Book Club pick - A Guardian and a Thief! Discussion is on September 14th at 5pm. 

If you'd like to get ahead, October's Book Club pick is The Warmth of Other Suns. Discussion will take place October 5th at 5pm. 

It is SOUP-tember at Cookbook Club this month! Stop in and select a recipe from 400 Soups, then bring the prepared dish back on September 17th at 5:30pm. 

 We apologize if you called today and did not get an answer - our phones are only working intermittently. 

Summer Reading Sign-ups!

Unearth A Story with us! 

All Ages: Sign up here to join the summer reading challenge. Track reading, earn prizes, and get reminders about upcoming events! Families will sign up together through one main account, then add readers. You can access ReadSquared through the webpage, or through the app.  

Special Events: Youth programs will be held on Tuesdays at 4:30pm. Teen/Adult programs will be held on Thursdays at 5:30, unless otherwise noted. Please sign up for each program you are interested in to allow us to adequately plan for supplies and space. Some programs have limited seats. 

Youth Programs (Entering kindergarten through grade 6)

Week 1: https://owwl.libcal.com/calendar/ArcadeFreeLibrary/Kickoff

Week 2: https://owwl.libcal.com/calendar/ArcadeFreeLibrary/DinosaurGarden

Week 3: https://owwl.libcal.com/calendar/ArcadeFreeLibrary/RMSC

Week 4: https://owwl.libcal.com/calendar/ArcadeFreeLibrary/DinoDessert

Week 5: https://owwl.libcal.com/calendar/ArcadeFreeLibrary/REPCO

Week 6: https://owwl.libcal.com/calendar/ArcadeFreeLibrary/TeaRex

Adult/Teen Programs (Entering Grade 7 and beyond!)

Week 1: https://owwl.libcal.com/calendar/ArcadeFreeLibrary/Bags (Drop-in program, no sign-up necessary)

Week 2: https://owwl.libcal.com/calendar/ArcadeFreeLibrary/JulyCookbook (Sign up at the Library)

Week 3: https://owwl.libcal.com/calendar/ArcadeFreeLibrary/ZEN

Week 4: https://owwl.libcal.com/calendar/ArcadeFreeLibrary/Bricks

Week 5: https://owwl.libcal.com/calendar/ArcadeFreeLibrary/dinodish

Week 6: https://owwl.libcal.com/calendar/ArcadeFreeLibrary/genealogy

Now Accepting Donations!

We are now accepting donations for our upcoming Summer Book Sale! Now through July 3rd, we will be taking donations of slightly used books, DVDs, and audiobooks. 

Thank you in advance for your support!

We Need Your Help!

Summer Reading Wishlist - https://a.co/04z6qjcl
General Library Wishlist - https://a.co/0b0o2EeW

Our May Cookbook Club Book Has Been Chosen

 

This month's cookbook club book is the Fibromyalgia Cookbook. It is available for patrons to look through and choose a recipe from for our next meeting on May 1st! The more the merrier, so check it out the next time you visit!

2025 At a Glance!

"Do people even use the library anymore?" The answer is YES! With over 44,000 physical item checkouts and over 8,000 digital checkouts last year, it is clear to see the library is a busy place! For a printable version of this graphic, please click here.

Cookbook Club Meeting on Thursday, April 16

Our Cookbook Club is meeting next thursday, April 16th at 5:30 pm! Bring a dish to pass from our chosen cookbook, now available at the front desk. We hope to see you there!

Early Closure due to weather!

 

We here at the Arcade Free Library Have decided to close early today, January 19th, 2026 in an effort to keep people off the roads and as safe as possible. We hope to see all our loyal patrons in the library sometime soon, but for now, we wish them all to stay safe in this winter weather.

Closed Today Due to Weather

 

The Arcade Free Library will be closed today, January 15th, due to predicted inclement weather.

As a reminder, most items at our library do NOT accrue late fees, and lost item charges are forgiven once the item is returned.

If you have an item/pass/kit that does accrue late fees and cannot return it due to weather or closures, please let us know.

Thanks for understanding—see you soon!

Annual Meeting and Report to the Community

The public is invited to join us tomorrow, 1/13/2026, for our Annual Meeting and Report to the Community. The meeting will be held at 6pm, with the Library Board of Trustees meeting to follow. 

Winter Bingo!

Our patrons had so much fun doing the Summer Reading Book Bingo, we decided to have a winter version! Prizes will be on display soon!

Pick up your copy at the library, or, a printable version is available here. 

Closing at 3pm 12/30/2025

 

We're closing early again today! 

As a reminder, we value your punctual return of items, but most items at our library do NOT accrue late fees. If you are concerned about getting an item to us, please call.  We would much rather you are safe and warm at home than trying to get an item back to us in unsafe conditions.

Closing Early Friday 12/26/2025

We are closing early today - Friday December 26th - due to inclement weather. Stay safe! 

Adult and Teen Craft Night: Watercolor Holiday Cards!

 

Craft Night for Adults and Teens! 

Tuesday, December 16th at 5 pm.

Watercolor Holiday Cards! The final product will be 5" x 7" (The size of a large postcard). 

There are only 20 spots available; registration is required! To register visit: https://owwl.libcal.com/event/15814493. If you do not have an email address please call the library at 585-492-1297.

Cookbook Clubs' Holiday Cookie Exchange!

 This year, the cookbook club will be returning to host our holiday cookie exchange!

Bring your favorite cookies to pass (in packages of six) and leave with some new ones! 

Miss Dona will be in charge of the actual exchange, so everyone will go home with a variety of cookies to share with their loved ones (or hoard for themselves). 

So come enjoy some cookies and holiday cheer on Thursday, December 18th at 5:30! 

Sign up through the link: https://owwl.libcal.com/event/15846134

Register by December 6th to be able to participate in the swap!

Turkey Placemat Kid's Craft with Serenhippity!

We will be hosting a kid's craft night taught by Tabi from SerenHippity on November 11th at 5pm! Attendees will make a painted mosaic style turkey that will be laminate to use for a placemat or decoration for years to come!

Limited spaces are available - please sign up at the library or by sending us a message.

Arcade Book Club reads Intermezzo by Sally Rooney for November Book!

 

Our next read for the Arcade Book Club will be the book Intermezzo by Sally Rooney! Copies are available at the front desk if you need one!

"Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.

Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties—successful, competent, and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father’s death, he’s medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women—his enduring first love, Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke.

Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib elder brother. Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined.

For two grieving brothers and the people they love, this is a new interlude—a period of desire, despair, and possibility; a chance to find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking." -Taken from the back cover

Remember: We meet on the first Monday of each month at 5:00 p.m. We hope to see you there!

Movie Day Returns to the Library!

 

Movie Day makes its triumphant return to the library programming lineup with our first showing of How to Train Your Dragon (2025). This live-action remake of the original animated movie, based on Cressida Cowell's book of the same name, will be showing in our Reading Room on September 27th at 11:00 a.m.

Feel free to bring a friend and a snack! We hope to see you there!