The mission of the Garden City Public Library isto connect people with information.
| Mon: | 9:30 AM to 9:00 PM |
| Tues: | 9:30 AM to 9:00 PM |
| Weds: | 9:30 AM to 9:00 PM |
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| Fri: | 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM |
| Sat: | 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM |
| Sun: | 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM |
Mark Your Calendars: Library Book Sale, May 4-5
“Silent Auction” baskets such as this Dinosaur Basket (left) and Cooking Basket (right) will be at the “Book Sale.”
What will you find at the Garden City Public Library “Spring Book Sale“? Bestselling novels, non-fiction, art books, cookbooks, and children’s books to name a few – but that’s not all! Enticing baskets will be auctioned off in a “Silent Auction.” Proceeds will support programs at the Library sponsored by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. View basket photographs and details and place early bids beginning Saturday, April 27, at the Friends’ book-sale area behind the Circulation desk.
The sale will be held two days:
- Saturday, May 4:
- From 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM you will be able to buy wonderful, gently used and some new books.
- “Silent Auction” bids on baskets can be made.
- Sunday, May 5:
- From 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, book bargains continue.
- “Silent Auction” basket bids close 3:00 PM Sunday, winners announced shortly afterwards.
Please note: Book donations will pause beginning April 26. Resumption date TBA.
All proceeds will be used by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library to support programs at the Garden City Public Library for children, young adults, and adults, as well as the very popular Museum Passes and “Monday Movie Matinées.” The Friends of the Garden City Public Library is a volunteer organization that welcomes volunteers. Please see the Friends tab, Membership, on the Library website. The Library is located at 60 Seventh St., Garden City, NY.
Monday Movie Matinées
Stop by the Garden City Public Library on Mondays at 1:30 PM to see a movie.
No registration is required, but seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
The movies for April are:
| Apr. 29 | The Intern | 2015 | 121 min. |
“Monday Movie Matinées” are sponsored by The Friends of the Garden City Public Library.
Friendship Bracelets – Community Service
Teen volunteers use beads and strings to design friendship bracelets for Library patrons, 1/29/24.
Make friendship bracelets for friends and Library patrons during “Friendship Bracelets for Community Service, which will be held at the Library on Monday, April 29, from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
In this program inspired by the Taylor Swift Eras Tour, create friendship bracelets to trade and give to friends and for the Library to give to patrons.
At least one bracelet you make must be used for the Library to give out to patrons in order to earn community service.
This program is for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12. Registration is required and begins Tuesday, April 23, at 10:00 AM online via Eventkeeper.
Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability.
This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.
Smarter Social Security
Thinking of retiring? Join us on Tuesday, May 7, for “Smarter Social Security: Strategies to Optimize Spousal & Survivor Benefits” with Daniel G. Mazzola, CFA, CPA.
This program will provide a broad overview of the Social Security retirement program while examining in detail spousal benefits and ways to optimize them.
Registration begins online on Monday, April 29, 2024 on Eventkeeper.
Long Island Reads Pick for 2024
The 2024 Long Island Reads pick is Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World, by Christian Cooper.
The Garden City Public Library will be holding a “Book Discussion” on Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 10:00 AM in the Small Meeting Room. Registration is required on Eventkeeper and begins April 29 at 10:00 AM. Books are available to check out in the Adult Reference area.
Cooper tells the story of his extraordinary life, leading up to the now infamous incident in Central Park, and shows how a life spent looking up at the birds prepared him, in the most uncanny ways, to be a gay, Black man in America today. From sharpened senses that work just as well at a protest as in a park to what a bird like the Common Grackle can teach about self-acceptance, Better Living Through Birding exults in the pleasure of a life in pursuit of the natural world and invites you to discover them yourself.
Problem Registering for a Program?
If Eventkeeper is down, please call the Library at 516-742-8405 and speak to a staff member in the department hosting the event that you want to attend.
Library to Install New Entryway Doors Fitted with Security Devices
Village and Library Trustees, along with Village and Library administration, met with construction representatives to discuss a capital project at the Library on Monday, April 1, 2024.
The Village continues to invest in safety and security enhancements at the Garden City Public Library. A pre-construction contractors meeting was held to move forward on the recent approval by the Village Board of Trustees of a new capital project to install new doors and security devices in the Library’s entryway.
On Monday, Village and Library administration met with representatives from several companies to discuss the project. In attendance were Village Trustee and Village Board liaison to the Garden City Public Library Bruce Torino, Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi, Building Superintendent Giuseppe Giovanniello, Village Civil Engineer Andrew Tock, Village Construction Inspector Scott Schellas, Public Works Superintendent John Borroni, Village Engineer Craig Bandini, Library Board Chairman Randy Colahan, Library Trustee Colleen Foley, Library Director Marianne Malagon, and Assistant Library Director Ralph Guiteau.
Among the contractor representatives in attendance were Chad Urschel, a field supervisor for Intelli-Tec Security Services, Greg Popek from Intricate Tech Solutions, Bill Lopez from NABCO, and Noel Eberts from S&L Storefront.
“This newly approved capital project will further enhance security measures we are implementing at the Library to ensure a safe space for patrons and employees alike,” Mr. Colahan said. “Thank you to Trustee Torino, Mayor Carter Flanagan, and the Village Board for their continued strong support of the Garden City Library.”
The Village Board engaged the professional services of Intricate Tech Solutions, LTD to install the doors, and Intelli-Tec Security Services to install the required security devices for the new doors. According to Mr. Borroni, the doors, once ordered, are expected to arrive in approximately 10 weeks. “The project is underway,” he said.
Roof-Replacement Project Nearing Completion
The Garden City Public Library’s roof-replacement project is nearing completion. Abatement has been completed, as well as the roof work. The containers have also been removed from the parking lot. Masonry restoration work is ongoing; the project will take a few more weeks to complete. This work has no impact on Library hours and services.
Library Staff Participate at Inaugural Adelphi Writers & Readers Festival
Keynote speakers Adriana Trigiani & Alice Hoffman and moderator Laura Zigman.
Readers and writers came together for two days of everything literary at a festival at Adelphi University last weekend, Friday, April 5, and Saturday, April 6.
Librarian Kristen Sweeney, Library Chairman (and Adelphi Alumnus) Randy Colahan, and
Library Director Marianne Malagon.
Garden City Public Library enlisted its support to the event as a sponsor and helped provide representatives from Garden City and other Nassau public libraries to enhance the festival with readers’ advisory and information about local libraries’ services.
Among those in attendance for the Garden City Public Library were Library Board Chairman Randy Colahan, Library Director Marianne Malagon, Assistant Library Director Ralph Guiteau, and Librarian Kristen Sweeney.
The free celebration of storytelling, literature, and the power of the written word featured best-selling author and Adelphi alumna Alice Hoffman, who inspired and founded the event.
Hoffman is the author of more than 40 books, including Practical Magic, The Dovekeepers, and Aquamarine.
L-R: Jan Heinlein (Nassau Library System), Ralph Guiteau (asst. director, Garden City PL), Nadine Bucilli (director, Locust Valley Library), Erika Wadsworth (Locust Valley Library).
Nassau Libraries sent representatives to support the festival with readers’ advisory and information about local libraries’ services.
These Garden City and Nassau Library representatives, along with students, teachers, emerging writers, and the local Garden City community and beyond, had a chance to meet bestselling authors Victor LaValle, Adriana Trigiani, Ann Leary, Mona Awad, Ada Calhoun, Liana Finck, Lauren Grodstein, Charles Leerhsen, Lisa Belkin, Julie Klam, Kim Coleman Foote, Laura Zigman; discover their next favorite writer; and get an inside look at the art of writing and the business of publishing.
