FIRST PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC ON THE LAWN

/ June 5, 2023/ Uncategorized

SATURDAY JUNE 10TH FROM 6-8PM WE WILL BE HAVING THE FIRST PERFORMANCE IN THE MUSIC ON THE LAWN SERIES!  THIS IS A FREE EVENT AND WILL BE AT THE GAZEBO IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL NEXT TO THE WELLMAN HOUSE (COURTHOUSE). GRAB YOUR COLD DRINKS AND A LAWN CHAIR AND COME SIT AND ENJOY SOME MUSIC WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS!   “BLAIR

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LIBRARY CLOSURE

/ May 2, 2023/ Uncategorized

The Library will be closed Tuesday 5/2/23 due to unforseen circumstances. We are sorry for any Inconvenience.

****LIBRARY CLOSURE****

/ January 19, 2023/ Uncategorized

Due to unforeseen circumstances the library will be closed until Tuesday, January 24th. We are sorry for any inconvenience this causes our patrons

Rethinking Thanksgiving with Perry Ground

/ November 4, 2022/ Uncategorized

On Wednesday, November 2nd, we learned about the history and mythos surrounding American Thanksgiving with Perry Ground’s talk, Rethinking Thanksgiving. He invited us to participate in a more historically accurate way of thinking about Thanksgiving. We learned about how venison was served at the meal we consider the first thanksgiving. And that the Pilgrims spent three days feasting alongside Pautuxet

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Haunted Places Near Friendship with Amanda Woomer

/ October 20, 2022/ Uncategorized

On Wednesday, October 19th we had a spooky good time when Amanda Woomer from Spookeats.com gave a talk on haunted places near Friendship! We heard about the Hinsdale House, St. Bonaventure University, the Allegany County Poor House, the Pink House in Wellsville, as well as a tale about a white haired bigfoot that was sighted in Black Creek and Wellsville.

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The Poe Show: The Lighter Side of Poe

/ October 14, 2022/ Uncategorized

On Thursday, October 13, we were visited by Julia and Ira Levin and their performance of the Poe Show: The Lighter Side of Poe. We had a wonderful time listening to a brief overview of Edgar Allan Poe’s life in the form of songs. We heard about his writing detective stories, pulling a hoax or two, and yes – some

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Cuisle Mo Chroi

/ September 6, 2022/ Uncategorized

On Saturday, we were so happy to host Cuisle Mo Chroi and their wonderful performances of some Irish tunes! I know I had a lot of fun and I hope you did too! This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the

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