The Bluffton Public Library will host a special after-hours Holiday Extravaganza and Silent Auction Preview on Friday, November 2, at 6:30 p.m.
Come and get a head start on holiday shopping, enjoy a night out and pick up quick holiday how-to tips. Participants will also have the first opportunity to buy great auction gift packages at special “Buy Now” prices (cash or check accepted).
Bluffton Public Library is inviting submissions for its silent auction. Pledge forms and requirements are available at the library's circulation desk. Pledges are requested by Oct. 3; packages are due by Oct. 12.
Bluffton Public Library is offering a new fall film series. Timeless classic films featuring Cary Grant will be shown at 1:00 p.m. on Oct. 4, Nov. 1 and Dec. 6 in the Richland Room on the library’s lower level.
All film screenings are free and open to the public. Bottled water and snacks will be provided. Guests are also welcome to bring a lunch with them. No advance tickets or registration is required.
The Friends of the Bluffton Public Library will holds its fall book sale from Thursday to Monday, Sept. 27 to Oct. 1. A special Friends’ member preview will be held on Thursday, Sept. 27 from 5 – 6 p.m. Refreshments will be available during the Friends’ preview.
Book sale hours for the public are Sept. 27 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., Sept. 28 from 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Sept. 29 from 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m., and Oct. 1 from 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Fall storytime at the Bluffton Public Library will begin Monday, Sept. 10. Storytime for preschoolers age 3-5 will be held Monday evenings at 6:30 p.m. and Tuesday mornings at 10 a.m.
Themes this fall include pumpkins, pirates and pie.
The Bluffton Public Library Board of Trustees announces the receipt of a $1.6 million endowment gift from the Florence R. Duffield estate.
At the Aug. 28 regular board meeting the trustees acted to establish a permanent endowment fund and accepted the bequest.
An endowment gift is one in which the original principal must be preserved, but from which earnings can be made available for library purposes.
Miss Duffield died on Sept. 29, 2011, at the age of 98. She retired in 1982 from a career spanning 47 years of teaching business at Bluffton High School.
