Patterson Library

06/11/2026

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06/11/2026

📚🎉 GIVE BIG CHQ IS HAPPENING NOW! 🎉📚

Today is the day to support Patterson Library through Give Big CHQ! From now until 11:59 PM, you can make a difference by helping us continue to provide the programs, services, and resources that enrich our community every day.

Your donation helps support:
📖 Children’s programs and Summer Reading
🎨 Educational and cultural events
💻 Technology and community resources
❤️ A welcoming space for everyone

Patterson Library is a beautiful community treasure, and with your support, we can continue serving generations to come.

Please consider making a donation today and help us reach our goal!

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Thank you for supporting Patterson Library and our community! 💙

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06/04/2026

📚 Give Big CHQ is just ONE WEEK away! 🎉

On Thursday, June 11, please consider supporting Patterson Library through Give Big CHQ. Your donation helps us continue offering the programs, resources, and events that bring our community together all year long — from children’s activities and summer reading programs to educational opportunities for all ages.

Every gift, big or small, makes a difference and helps Patterson Library continue to grow and serve our community. ❤️

Donate here: https://www.givebigchq.org/organizations/patterson-library

Thank you for supporting Patterson Library and helping us make a positive impact in our community!

I’m ready to support Patterson Library on June 11, 2026 during Give Big CHQ 2026. Learn more about Patterson Library and all the other organizations participating in Give Big CHQ 2026.

06/03/2026

Join us tomorrow evening in the main reading room for "Geological History of Western New York" with Dr. Thomas Hegna. This is the final presentation of the Chautauqua County Historical Society Fireside Lecture Series before our summer hiatus!

Be sure to look ahead to next week’s exciting library lineup: Author Visit with Paul Leone, join in on our an interactive "Book Talk" discussion group and attend Friday's art reception for Steve Swank in the Patterson Library Octagon Gallery

For program information or interest please contact Adult Program Specialist, Nancy Nixon Ensign at [email protected]

05/29/2026

Don't miss out, again!

We had an amazing turnout for Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office presentation by Tom Tarpley and Alex Nutt for "Unsolved Murders in Chautauqua County".

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05/26/2026

Join us this week at the Patterson Library for these FREE adult programs in music, culinary, craft, and true crime.

05/18/2026

Thank you to everyone who came to Patterson After Dark this year!

A special thank you to our local sponsors and donors. 👏 Please support these local businesses!

Bee Kind Winery, The Beer Bank Sugar Grove, Brazill's on Main, Buttercream Babe Bakery LLC, Calarco's Italian Restaurant, CJ's Pizza and Subs, Five & Twenty, Full Strength Coffee Company, Grace and Abe's, Johnson Estate Winery, Lena's Pizza, Subs & Wings Westfield, The Parkview, Portage Pie, Quagliana's Bark Grill, The Railroad House, T.W. Biggins, Wanderlust Catering & Home Solutions, Wegman's Market

Photos by Shelly R. Hunt Bowen on our website https://pattersonlib.org/

05/12/2026

Join us tonight with author Philip C. Laurien at 5:30pm.
MAC MORRISON MURDER MYSTERIES Volume #5

Two boys are playing tether ball under a blood moon at a school playground. A third practices mumblety-peg with his uncle's silver stiletto. In two minutes, two of them are dead, a red ball is found under a body, a scrape of red paint is ignored on the tether ball pole, and the stiletto is missing. The police incompetently misinterpret the evidence and rush to judgment by
blaming an innocent child, who is one of those murdered.
Twenty years later, an Artificial Intelligence scan of unsolved murders reveals six instances where a red ball was found at the crime scene. Sheriff Lowell Buckman dubs them the Red Ball Murders, and calls in his crack consultant, Mac Morrison, with his Malamute-Shepherd police dog, Buddy. The six cases are all different, with no apparent motives or connecting clues.
Mac does what he always does: start at the scene, reconstruct the murder, and relentlessly question everything and everyone. He works from what he knows to what he doesn't know. But this time, he is not only matching wits with a sophisticated serial killer, he is
bucking the establishment who hired him.
One thing is for sure: no killer ever avoids.-Morrison Justice