Event List

7th-12th graders encouraged to wear your best Cosplay 

Play d&d with new adult Deegan as DM.  Group is full right now. 

7th-12th graders join us for a fun night at Steele Library with our after hours "Hide & Seek" and "Min to Win It" game event! Explore the library as you play Hide & Seek, trying not to get found.

Bring your own knitting supplies and join volunteer Christina for knitting instruction, or just to hang out and knit with others.

7th-12th graders: Interested in writing a play?  Hang out with performer, writer Tim Collins learn  and collaborate with other teens to write and develop plays. Beginners welcome!

Teens experience fun writing prompts, create characters, and stories or a play based on their own interests.  All levels of ability and writing interests welcome!  Group facilitated by writer/actor/educator Tim Collins.

Register to make paper dahlias with local artist, Gail Lewis!  All materials will be provided.

Registration will open two weeks before the class and is limited to 12 participants.

Therapy dogs come in all shapes and sizes.  They're cute, they're cuddly and they know their jobs.  They help kids, teens, senior citizens, moms, dads and caregivers.

And that's why there will be dogs here in the Library :)

Teen Acting Lab of Elmira!  Want to try out acting in a fun, no -pressure way?  7th-12th graders learn acting skills through improv games, and more with actor and writer, educator Tim Collins.  All levels of ability welcome.

7th-12th graders come take over the stacks in the Steele Memorial Library and have an all out war! Come have fun with friends and enjoy pizza. Thanks to help from the Chemung County Youth Bureau and eat pizza

Spend time with MaryJo Lane of MJ Creative Gardens, as your guide to finding wild edible mushrooms and herbs this spring. 🍄🌿 

Teen Acting Lab of Elmira!  Want to try out acting in a fun, no -pressure way?  7th-12th graders learn acting skills through improv games, and more with actor and writer, educator Tim Collins.  All levels of ability welcome.

Therapy dogs come in all shapes and sizes.  They're cute, they're cuddly and they know their jobs.  They help kids, teens, senior citizens, moms, dads and caregivers.

And that's why there will be dogs here in the Library :)

Join us at Steele Memorial Library on Saturday, May 16, 2026, 11 AM – 4 PM for a FREE event! Steele Pop Expo is a celebration of comics, art, games, and pop culture!

Register to paint clay pots with local artist, Gail Lewis!  All materials will be provided.

Registration will open two weeks before the class and is limited to 12 participants.

Register to a stained glass poppy with local artist, Erica Unterwoman!  All materials will be provided.

Therapy dogs come in all shapes and sizes.  They're cute, they're cuddly and they know their jobs.  They help kids, teens, senior citizens, moms, dads and caregivers.

And that's why there will be dogs here in the Library :)