Device Advice

bcc 5pm in the BCC Classroom, Upper Level
Need hands-on help with your smartphone, tablet, laptop or e-reader? Trying to download an app or program and getting stuck? Want to use free library media resources like eBooks and audiobooks from Libby? Sign up for a thirty-minute Device Advice session for in person assistance. Bring your personal tablet, laptop, smartphone, or e-reader with you. Make sure you have all passwords you might need during the session. Registration is required.

 

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Solopreneur Roundtable - Open Discussion

bcc BCC Classroom, Upper Level at 12PM

Join our monthly roundtable discussion with other small, local business owners (of less than 5 employees) to share valuable support and insight, considering the unique challenges that solopreneurs face! This roundtable meets the last Friday of the month in The Business & Career Center HUB, with a theme for each session. Please register here for each session separately.  

 

 

 

 

 

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Your Income and Expenses

bcc BCC Classroom, Upper Level at 6PM

In partnership with First Commonwealth Bank, we offer this module of the Money Smart for Adults Series, focused on managing your income and expenses. We'll learn about how to track income and manage expenses accordingly. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Trivia Night

Friends of Fredricksen Trivia Night

October 7th at 6:30pm 

The Friends of Fredricksen Library will hold a fundraising Trivia Night event in the Community Room on the evening of October 7, 2025 at 6:30 pm. Four rounds of Trivia will be played with prizes for the top three finishers. "Cheaters Never Prosper" will be our hosts for this event.   Admission will be collected at the door and prices are $3 for Friends of Fredricksen members, $5 for individuals, and $10 for families of 2 or more.  

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(FULL) Book Craft Night

Book Craft NightRegistration for this program is full. reate art out of a book for a beautiful piece of decor of your own. You can choose from the 2 designs pictured or use your creativity to create your own style!  All materials will be provided, however feel free to bring your own book and/or artificial flowers if you like. This event is provided at no cost but space is limited.

 

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Recipe Sharing and Tasting

Recipe Sharing and TastingLove to cook, bake & taste? Bring a favorite recipe to share and tell other home chefs what you love about it. If you like, you can even bring your dish to share for others to taste if you like. Blank recipe cards will be available so you can leave with new recipes. This is a free program for adults age 14 and up. Click here to register.

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Bookish Gathering

Bookish GatheringJoin us for a bookishly good time! Bring a copy or just your memory to share a short description and why you loved a book you read recently with fellow book lovers. Enjoy some refreshments and add some titles to your own reading wish list. This is a free program for adults age 18 and up. Click here to register.

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Unveiling the Mysteries of the Honey Bee

Mysteries of the Honey BeeJoin us for this informational session led by Cornell Master Beekeeper Tiffany Ayres. This adult program is free and open to ages 14 and up! No registration is required. Click here to learn more. 

Cornell Master Beekeeper Tiffany Ayres will answer these questions and more:

  • How has this insect survived for 130 million years?
  • What is the life of the honey bee like?
  • Do honey bees have different jobs?
  • How is honey and beeswax made?
  • What secrets have honey bees uncovered to be able to work with 50,000 individuals?
  • How important is the honey bee to our crops and availability of food supplies?
  • Why do hone bees pollinate differently from other pollinators?
  • How to honey bees communicate?
  • How is a queen bee chosen?
  • What do honey bees and other pollinators need from us?

 

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The Puzzlers

1:00 PM - 4:30PM in the Atrium

Enjoy seeing a jigsaw puzzle come together? Just grab one or two from your own stash and join fellow enthusiasts in choosing, assembling and enjoying the selected puzzle – a 300-500 piece puzzle is suggested, one that can be assembled in the allotted time. Drop in when you can and leave when you need. No registration necessary.  

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Indie & Foreign Film Friday

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM in the Comunity Room 

Watch the selected film, either at home or at the library, then join fellow movie enthusiasts after the screening for a lively and thought-provoking discussion moderated by Lee Johnson.  Sponsored by Bill and Jane Murray. 

 

October 

Under the Sun (1998: 118 minutes) 

Sweet but lonesome Olof lives by himself on his family's farm after the death of his mother. Unable to read or write, he is forced to take people on trust. Olof must depend upon his younger friend Erik to help him with the farm work. Then one day, out of the blue, Olof places a personal ad in the paper. The ad attracts Ellen, a beautiful well-heeled city woman. Erik, also taken with Ellen, is determined to destroy her blossoming romance with Olof by unearthing the secret past he is convinced she is hiding. Not rated: Sweden. 

 

 

 

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