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Folk Traditions and Origins of Valentine’s Day [ZOOM]

Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual Programming
Program Type:
Educational Lecture, History
Age Group:
Adult

Join Professor Danielle DiMauro for this engaging talk about Valentine’s Day traditions. Learn how the practice of sending valentines originated in the Middle Ages, with boys drawing the names of girls at random.

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual Programming
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Educational Lecture, History
Event Details:

Join Professor Danielle DiMauro for this engaging talk about Valentine’s Day traditions. Learn how the practice of sending valentines originated in the Middle Ages, with boys drawing the names of girls at random.

Presidents' Day

Monday, February 16, 2026 at 9:00am - 9:00pm
Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
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Photograph of a Blue-Footed Booby perched atop a seaside rock along the coast of the Galapagos Island, with spindly, arid-looking branches in the foreground and a brilliant turquoise ocean below ["Shellback Expedition - Galapagos Islands - Isla Santa Cruz, Blue-footed Booby" (August 1952, George A. Shumway Jr.) - Image courtesy of the Digital Public Library of America]

Galapagos: Darwin’s Enchanted Islands

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 12:15pm - 1:45pm
Vincent R. O'Leary Community Room at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Educational Lecture, World & Wildlife
Age Group:
Adult

In 1835, Charles Darwin reached the Galapagos Archipelago, a cluster of islands straddling the equator 600 miles off the west coast of South America.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Vincent R. O'Leary Community Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Educational Lecture, World & Wildlife
Registration Required
Event Details:

In 1835, Charles Darwin reached the Galapagos Archipelago, a cluster of islands straddling the equator 600 miles off the west coast of South America.

Photo/quilt collage featuring highly posterized images of biscuits alongside patternwork featuring both patterns and static images (Picture courtesy of MOFAD's "The Legacy Quilt Project," a story-gathering project featured in MOFAD’s exhibition "African/American: Making the Nation’s Table." Individual quilt at courtesy of Leona Victor.)

Ingenuity And Resistance: The History of African American Foods in Early New York

Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Vincent R. O'Leary Community Room at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Cooking & Tasting, Educational Lecture, History
Age Group:
Adult

Local historian Melanie Cardone-Leathers will discuss the culinary history of African Americans in the New York area.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Vincent R. O'Leary Community Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Cooking & Tasting, Educational Lecture, History
Registration Required
Event Details:

Local historian Melanie Cardone-Leathers will discuss the culinary history of African Americans in the New York area.

Illustration of a woman in period clothing in front of a historic British city scene, text surrounding the image reading "Remember Liss: A New American Founding Figure : Support - Share - Learn, rememberliss.org"

Remember Liss: A New American Founding Figure [ZOOM]

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual Programming
Program Type:
Educational Lecture, History
Age Group:
Adult

Join historian and author Claire Bellerjeau for a captivating program exploring the remarkable story of Elizabeth “Liss”, an enslaved woman owned by the Townsend family of Oyster Bay.

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual Programming
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Educational Lecture, History
Event Details:

Join historian and author Claire Bellerjeau for a captivating program exploring the remarkable story of Elizabeth “Liss”, an enslaved woman owned by the Townsend family of Oyster Bay.

"FamilySearch" logo, including the title text in a chunky serif font beside a logo depicting a stylized tree with square green and grey "leaves"

Introduction to FamilySearch Genealogy

Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Vincent R. O'Leary Community Room at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Program Type:
Educational Lecture, Science
Age Group:
Adult

Emma Clark is a FamilySearch Affiliate Library!

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Room: Vincent R. O'Leary Community Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Educational Lecture, Science
Registration Required
Event Details:

Emma Clark is a FamilySearch Affiliate Library!

Easter

Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 10:00am - 5:00pm
Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
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Memorial Day

Monday, May 25, 2026 at 9:00am - 9:00pm
Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
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Juneteenth

Friday, June 19, 2026 at 9:00am - 9:00pm
Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
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Independence Day

Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 9:00am - 5:00pm
Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
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Labor Day

Monday, September 7, 2026 at 9:00am - 9:00pm
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Veterans Day

Wednesday, November 11, 2026 at 9:00am - 9:00pm
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Thanksgiving Eve - Early Closure

Wednesday, November 25, 2026 at 3:00pm - 9:00pm
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*Early closure - library open until 3pm

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*Early closure - library open until 3pm

Thanksgiving Day

Thursday, November 26, 2026 at 9:00am - 9:00pm
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Christmas Eve - Early Closure

Thursday, December 24, 2026 at 3:00pm - 9:00pm
Emma S. Clark Memorial Library

*Early closure - library open until 3pm

Closing
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*Early closure - library open until 3pm

Christmas Day

Friday, December 25, 2026 at 9:00am - 9:00pm
Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
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New Year's Eve - Early Closure

Thursday, December 31, 2026 at 3:00pm - 9:00pm
Emma S. Clark Memorial Library

*Early closure - library open until 3pm

Closing
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*Early closure - library open until 3pm