Category: Events & Activities
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Big Bookish Bake-Off at SFL
Art and Baking Collide in this Contest of Culinary Champions! On Thursday, October 1, 2026 the Seneca Free Library will be hosting its second annual Big Bookish Bake-Off – a creative cooking contest with a “Novel” theme. Contestants in three age categories are encouraged to come up with a fun, clever, creative, or down right…
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Food Pantry Donations at the Library: September Seeks Staple Items with Rice and Beans!
Each month we pick a common item that the Nemaha County Food Pantry needs in order to fill the assistance packages for their service recipients. For September we’re looking for a dynamic duo that are not only filling individually, but pair well together also: Rice and Beans. You can drop off your donations of these…
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Library D&D Swings Back into Action for September!
Dungeons and Dragons is an interactive storytelling game in which a group of players collaborate with a lead storyteller (referred to as the Game or Dungeon Master) to navigate and explore the world, people, creatures, and scenarios that they encounter during the game. The story and action are supplemented with dice rolls to provide a…
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“Unearth a Story” this Summer at SFL!
Wrapping Up the Summer Program We would like to thank everyone who participated in Summer Reading through June! We hope you enjoyed our storytimes, crafts, elementary art sessions, and events like Mad Science with Jetpack Jason and our kick off event with Lego Guy, Cody Wells at the end of May! Be sure to let…
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A Kansas Murder Case, A True Crime, A Real Author, and Your Chance to Hear Her Discoveries in Person!
Want a chance to win a signed copy of a locally based True Crime novel? Be sure to attend our live presentation by Kansas author, Debbie Gassert, here, at the Seneca Free Library, on Wednesday, August 26, from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM. She’s coming to discuss her recent book and the research process that…
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NEKAF to Host Craft Event Days at SFL in July!
Northeast Kansas Arts Foundation is hosting two days of drop-in craft time fun in the Seneca Free Library Community Room in July! Monday, July 13th, 9 AM – 1 PM Monday, July 27th, 9 AM – 1 PM This all ages event is an open format where participants may come and go as time allows.…
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Fiber Arts 250th Challenge Award Recipients Announced!
Well, our deadline has come and gone and our judging was made pretty simple for our Fiber Arts 250th USA Challenge. Our two entries and two award recipients are Diana Wickersham and Chelsey Green. Thank you, ladies, for sharing your talents in this special event challenge, and congratulations on making it to the finish line…
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Rejoice! July 1st Storytimes Are Uncancelled!
Our story lady, Dee Lizzol, learned this morning that her pending jury duty summons has been cancelled. Hooray! As such, our final day of Storytime and Crafts for the season is back on the calendar! Preschool Storytime is at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, July 1. Elementary Storytime is at 1:30 PM on Wednesday, July 1.…
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Jetpack Jason of Mad Science Brings Life to Dinosaurs
Tuesday, August 16, our friend, Jetpack Jason, returned for a special dinosaur themed presentation with Mad Science! We found out how many kids can fit in a T-Rex footprint, whether or not that T-Rex would fit in our conference room (answer, just barely!), and just how long ago our T-Rex lived compared to us. So…
