SYRACUSE — Valentine’s events and more announced at the Syracuse Public Library. Replace your worn out or lost Syracuse Library card for free during the month of February. Several other sweet events bring joy during Library Lover’s Month. The annual cookie decorating is on Thursday afternoon on February 13from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. It’s …read more.

SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Public Library announced its events for the week of Dec. 9-14. The Syracuse Friends are having their bag-of-books sale before the holidays and the deep of winter. The sale opens at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14, until the library closes at 2 p.m. Friends have many books that need to …read more.

SYRACUSE — The end of the year can be filled with many back-to-back activities. The Syracuse Library has some relaxing, social times early in the month. Laura Kaufman is talking about the process of avoiding probate and making the transfer of possessions easy after one’s death. She is presenting an overview of documents that communicate our …read more.

SYRACUSE — Syracuse Library’s summer reading program offers reading incentives for children and teens over the school break along with crafts, games and entertainment. Children can collect their first weekly prize during the week of June 10. Teen activities expand too, as they Read Across the Universe and make star jewelry at 6 p.m. Tuesday, …read more.

Once in a Blue Moon The full moon in May is a blue moon. The Syracuse library is bringing stories and moon facts to a full moon viewing at 8 p.m. May 18. The walk begins at the community center and ends with a view of the moon over the water at Henry Ward Park.  …read more.

The Syracuse Library is one of 29 venues awarded a grant to bring an award-winning author to speak. Ray Boomhower is coming at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 27, to talk about his life as a writer and John Bartlow Martin who focused national attention on the Centralia mining disaster. Novel Conversations sponsored by the Indiana Humanities …read more.

SYRACUSE — Book clubs, cooking club and chess club are meeting on the second week of October at the Syracuse Library. Turkey Creek Readers meets Monday, Oct. 8 at 4:30 p.m. The discussion will be based on the Sophie Kinsella stand-alone, “Surprise Me.” Because the discussion focuses on related topics, it is not necessary to …read more.

SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Public Library has announced the week’s activities for July 2-7. Silly Safaris is bringing a variety of animals with interesting stories about them to a family program on Tuesday, July 3 at 2 p.m. Children can drop in for make-it, take-it crafts on Monday, July 2 at 2 p.m. and tea on Thursday …read more.

SYRACUSE — The following activities will be held at the Syracuse Library the week of May 14 -19. It Is Time to Get Fit After a Long Winter People might not think about exercise when they think of their library, but the Syracuse Library helps make connections with physical activities. Anyone who can walk into …read more.

SYRACUSE — Upcoming programs at the Syracuse Library are designed to enhance those things that motivate people to learn. The programs the library offers from April 23-28 will expose people to different foods, new people, things outside of town, crafts and science. The program seeks to build upon ideas from Rural Gateways, which has studied …read more.

The Friends of the Syracuse Library are bringing local author Jeanne Dams to Syracuse for a salad lunch at 11:30 a.m. April 24. A limited number of tickets are on sale at the circulation desk. The group is making the final plans to provide the full variety of desserts found at last year’s event. The …read more.

The Syracuse Library welcomes everyone to come to read and talk about books with other people. Toddlers and preschoolers read books about animals and visiting the zoo on Monday and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. The Children’s Book Club will meet Tuesday, March 13 at 4 p.m. to read “Cupcakes are Forever” and are baking …read more.

SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Library is busy all day Thursday, Feb. 15. The day begins with yoga, food from fiction, fun at four and ends with teen gaming in the meeting room. A knitting club for children and adults meets at 5 p.m. The Syracuse Library Children’s Book Club meets at 4 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 13, …read more.

SYRACUSE — Story times are back at the Syracuse Library, for three months, starting at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 5. Activities for all ages are on Mondays and toddler activities will take place on Wednesday mornings. Three months of zoo stories will end with a trip to the Fort Wayne Zoo. Friends will be organizing …read more.

Men are Taking Over The children’s book club has two special guests for the December meeting. The Syracuse Library is happy to welcome Daniel Burnham and Austin Meerzo to continue to read from My Weird School and to introduce a book for individuals in the group to read. They are planning some craft and party …read more.

Santa Claus visited the Community Center in Syracuse for Breakfast with Santa Saturday, Dec. 3. The Syracuse Kiwanis dished up more than 600 pancake and sausage meals, supplemented by fresh baked chocolate chip cookies served by the local Boy Scout troop. Santa had a busy time, with hundreds of children taking their turns on his …read more.

SYRACUSE — Read about the value of eating local produce from Indiana author Kelsey Timmerman and indulge in a short discussion from “Where am I Eating?” The Syracuse Library is offering a kale tasting event with presenters talking about using kale as an ingredient in a variety of recipes. The meeting room is the welcoming …read more.

SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Wawasee area is hosting a pregame parade before the football game on Friday, Sept. 30. The parade is part of the torch celebration in Kosciusko County. The Syracuse Library is highlighting the torch in the wilderness and invites anyone with period costumes to walk with the group. The library is interested …read more.

SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Library is closing on Monday, Sept. 5 for Labor Day activities. But Tuesday, Sept. 6 starts the fall story times. Story times meet at 10:30 a.m. Mondays and Tuesdays and will be exploring farm animals and school days with the preschool crowd. Preschool children are invited to mornings with stories, crafts and …read more.

SYRACUSE — Lately, the weather this summer has meant that adults have more indoor time, making reading and watching movies a popular activIty. During June, adults pushed ahead of teen readers in the Bicentennial Book Battle. Adult participants are invited to the victory party 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12 to watch “The Artist” and dine at a …read more.

  The Lakeland Eagles Club of Syracuse concluded their 2015 People Helping People philanthropy campaign with a celebration and presentation of checks on Saturday evening. During the campaign, the Eagles raised $16,586 through a variety of fundraisers, including the Bullet Bob Niles golf outing held earlier this year at South Shore Golf Club. Of the …read more.

By BECKY BROWER Communication Services, Syracuse Public Library Friends Annual Meeting Thursday, July 9, is a festive evening for members of the Syracuse Friends of the Library. The Thursday meeting is an annual event where the members vote on designations for the funds they raise. The meeting is open to any people that are interested …read more.

By BECKY BROWER Communication Services, Syracuse Public Library Newsletter is Available through Email The Syracuse Library is offering the option of receiving the monthly newsletter through email. Pulling up the happenings at the library just got easier for mobile device users. Katie Graham, editor of the monthly newsletter, will release July’s newsletter to the people …read more.

The schools are closed for Spring Break and the Syracuse Library has activities. Family-friendly, PG-rated movies are shown all weekdays at 2 p.m. Come for a free show with popcorn on Monday through Friday in the meeting room. A showing of the 2003 movie, Fahrenheit 451, is free and open for viewing at 5 p.m. …read more.

The Syracuse Library will be closing on Friday in observance of Independence Day. On Monday, Echo the trained therapy dog is coming so that children and families can read to him. Terrific Tuesdays are having hands-on science fun, inside where it is cool. There are going to be lots of opportunities to mix and observe …read more.

National Library Week Celebrations National Library Week is a time to highlight the value of libraries, librarians and library workers. The Syracuse Library is offering some fun rewards for patrons that visit the library the week of April 14-19. Each day, children who wear a mustache will get 50 cents deducted from their overdue fines. …read more.

Kids can enjoy breakfast with Santa at the Syracuse Community Center at 8 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. Visit with Santa and then join in a fun craft to make your own snowflakes. Call the Syracuse Public Library with any questions. This is a free program. Food for Fines Now through Dec. 15 you can pay …read more.

E-books are now available for patrons of the Syracuse Public Library to check-out through an e-book service called Overdrive. The Syracuse Library’s online e-book catalog can be accessed at cidc.lib.overdrive.com. E-books can be checked out and downloaded on a number of different devices, including e-readers such as Nooks and Kindles, smartphones such as iPhones and Android …read more.