Meet & Greet
Meet & Greet
Author Reading, Artist Presentation and More at Ellicottville Memorial Library
ELLICOTTVILLE - The Ellicottville Memorial Library is hopping in February! From Crafts with Cathy on Tuesdays at 2:00pm (creating breathtaking felted landscapes) to the 2023 adult reading challenge of reading 12 books in 1 year (the month of February’s challenge is to read a romance novel), they’ve got a lot of great stuff going on!
Coming up on Wednesday, February 15th at 6:00pm the library is offering an opportunity to meet a fantastic writer. Isaiah Rashad II will be hosting a book talk and author reading. Isaiah is the author of several non-fiction books; he uses his life experiences to inspire his writing. He says, “In this modern society of uncertainty, the questions of what is right and what is wrong are answered through real life stories of murder, deception and betrayal from the view of a gang member, United States Army veteran, and police officer. And you just may discover that what you believe to be wrong, may just be right!” Don’t miss out on a fascinating conversation; the event is free and will certainly prove to be engaging and thought provoking.
February 17th from 10:00am-5:00pm is the start of the annual library book sale. Come browse a wide selection of donated books and stock up on great stories for your home collection. The sale will continue daily through March 13th during regular library hours and all proceeds will go to support the library.
On February 22nd from 5:30-6:30pm, the library will host a special artist presentation by Fileve Tlaloc. Fileve is a multigenerational, creole South African-American artist born and raised in NYC. As a trained anthropologist, she used her ethnographic skills to explore communities’ values, challenges, and identities. Fileve’s “Colored Pots Izinkamba AmaKaladi” are currently on display at the library. By transporting family, photographs, and snippets of scholarly work based on race onto these pots, the work explores the history, culture, and identity of the creole people in KwaZulup-Natal, South Africa, known as “Coloureds”.
For additional information about any of the above events, or to learn about the many other classes available at the library, contact the library at 716-699-2842. The Ellicottville Memorial Library is located at 6499 Maples Road.