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

Dog Tales


  • Spring Dog Tales
    May 19, 2025
    6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
  • Spring Dog Tales
    May 19, 2025
    6:15 pm - 6:30 pm
  • Spring Dog Tales
    May 19, 2025
    6:30 pm - 6:45 pm
  • Spring Dog Tales
    May 19, 2025
    6:45 pm - 7:00 pm

For Grades K-12. Read independently to a furry friend from Hudson Valley Paws for a Cause. Please register for one 15-minute time slot — 6:00, 6:15, 6:30 or 6:45.Continue reading Dog Tales

Family Story Time 9:30am

Happy cute family of owl reading a red book of wild forest. Cartoon style. Vector illustration on white background

  • May 20, 2025
    9:30 am - 10:00 am

Enjoy a story time at the library with your whole family. All ages are welcome. Please register your child(ren) the week before each event. Adults do not need to register.  Continue reading Family Story Time 9:30am

Family Story Time 10:30am

Happy cute family of owl reading a red book of wild forest. Cartoon style. Vector illustration on white background

  • May 20, 2025
    10:30 am - 11:00 am

Enjoy a story time at the library with your whole family. All ages are welcome. Please register your child(ren) the week before each event. Adults do not need to register.  Continue reading Family Story Time 10:30am

Market Story Time


  • May 21, 2025
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  • May 28, 2025
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  • June 4, 2025
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  • June 11, 2025
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  • June 18, 2025
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  • June 25, 2025
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  • July 2, 2025
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  • July 9, 2025
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  • July 16, 2025
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  • July 23, 2025
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  • July 30, 2025
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  • August 6, 2025
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  • August 13, 2025
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  • August 20, 2025
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  • August 27, 2025
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  • September 3, 2025
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  • September 10, 2025
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  • September 17, 2025
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  • September 24, 2025
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

Join us for a bountiful story time adventure at the farmers market! We’ll enjoy stories, songs, and playful movement inspired by the sights and sounds of a busy market day. This fun and engaging program is perfect for children of all ages. Drop-in event! Outside at the Farmers’ market. In case of rain, story time Continue reading Market Story Time

Great Decisions Discussion Group


  • May 21, 2025
    7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • June 18, 2025
    7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • September 17, 2025
    7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • October 15, 2025
    7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • November 19, 2025
    7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Great Decisions is a foreign policy discussion group. Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs.  The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book, watching the video series and meeting in a Discussion Group to discuss the most critical global issues facing America today. The meeting is held in the Community Room; the meeting starts Continue reading Great Decisions Discussion Group

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

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