Cornwall Public Library

Spring Into Poetry


  • May 19, 2025
    11:30 am - 2:00 pm

JR Solonche, Poet Laureate for Orange County & a Professor Emeritus of English at SUNY Orange, joins the Cornwall Creative Writers Group for an afternoon of sharing poetry. All poetry writers are welcome to participate and poetry lovers are welcome to listen in! Drop-in event, no registration required.Continue reading Spring Into Poetry

Opera Appreciation Club


  • August 10, 2025
    1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Join other opera lovers and take in a popular opera at the library. Drop-in event- no registration required! We will be showing the filmed version of the opera Respighi: Maria Egiziaca Synopsis: Ottorino Respighi’s “mystery in three episodes,” Maria Egiziaca started out as a concert triptych. Its intensely dramatic and at times symphonic qualities give Continue reading Opera Appreciation Club

Keystone Native Plants


  • June 17, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Join the Master Gardener Volunteers from Cornell Cooperative Extension and learn more about native plants that are critical to the food web and necessary for many wildlife species to complete their life cycles. No registration required…just drop-in and learn what you can do to help support native wildlife!Continue reading Keystone Native Plants

Baby of the Fourth Craft


  • May 3, 2025
    12:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Make your May 4th out of this world by crafting your very own starry-eyed alien baby with a hand towel and hot glue gun! This Adult Program has limited registration. Please be advised that this craft requires the use of a hot glue gun.Continue reading Baby of the Fourth Craft

Patron Pix


  • "The Wizard of Oz"
    May 23, 2025
    12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Have a favorite movie you want to share? Drop off your movie picks at the CPL Adult Services movie box! *Public domain movies are the easiest for CPL to show! This Months pick: “The Wizard of Oz” Synopsis: “A tornado whisks Dorothy and her house from Kansas to Munchkin City, squashing the Wicked Witch of Continue reading Patron Pix

Let’s Make Cork Trivets!


  • May 2, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Crafter Susan Vrana will instruct us on how to create a cork trivet for your kitchen or use as a wall hanging. Guaranteed that you will be pleased with your creation! Class size limited to 14 participants. All supplies provided. Registration opens on April 16th.    Continue reading Let’s Make Cork Trivets!

Tuesday Night Movie


  • May 27, 2025
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Enjoy free popcorn and a classic movie at the library! We will be watching the movie The Usual Suspects (1995) Rated: R Running Time: 1hr 46mins Directed by Bryan Singer Starring Garbriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Pollack, Chazz Palminteri Synopsis: The sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story Continue reading Tuesday Night Movie

Tuesday Night Movie


  • May 6, 2025
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Enjoy free popcorn and a classic movie at the library! We will be watching the movie The Princess Bride (1987) Rated: PG Running Time: 1hr 38mins Directed by Rob Reiner Starring: Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Pantinkin Synopsis: A bedridden boy’s grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and Continue reading Tuesday Night Movie

Book Chat & Chocolate


  • May 22, 2025
    7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

May Book Pick: The Briar Club by Kate Quinn Washington, DC, 1950. When the mysterious Grace March moves into the attic room at Briarwood House, an all-female rooming house, she draws her collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship: Fliss, a harried new mother; Bea, a former pro baseball player; Claire, a file clerk for Sen. Margaret Continue reading Book Chat & Chocolate