Here's What's Happening at the Anna Reinstein Memorial Library...

Hours

For more details about our resources and weekly schedule, visit our Library Info page.

Book Sale

Ongoing Book Sale - $2 Bag Sale (BYOB - bring your own bag)

Creative Quacks

Creative Quacks Rubber Duck Pick Up - Tuesday, June 2nd

Creative Quacks Return Decorated Rubber Duck - Tuesday, June 23rd

Creative Quacks Voting - Monday, June 29th - Saturday, July 4th

Come to the library and pick up your own rubber duck to decorate. For all ages. Bring your decorated duck back and enter it into our creative quacks duck competition. Visitors to our library will vote for the best decorated duck and the winner will receive a prize! Ducks are available to pick up June 2nd to June 22nd. Bring back your duck by June 23rd to participate in the competition. All ducks will be returned to their creator after July 4th.

Resume 101 Workshop

Resume 101 Workshop - Monday, July 6th at 6:00 pm

Attendees will learn how to write, format, and share their resumes during this workshop. Follow along with out step-by-step presentation to draft a resume from scratch or improve an existing resume. Then, ask questions about how to highlight your unique work experience with direct support from Hannah, one of our librarians. If you already have a resume you would like to improve, make sure to bring a printed copy or a device to access an electronic copy. Please call (716) 892-8089 or register in person at the the Anna M Reinstein Memorial Library at 2580 Harlem Rd Cheektowaga, NY 14225. Walk-ins are welcome if space is available.

Summer Teen Book Club

This summer, during July and August, the library will be hosting a teen book club once a week! Tuesdays, noon to 1:00pm from July 7^th to August 18^th.Teen participants will get a copy to keep of the two books we will be discussing: “Howl’s Moving Castle” and “The Witch of Blackbird Pond”. Please call 716-892-8089 or register in person.

Teen Book Club - Tuesday, July 7th at 12:00 pm

Teen Book Club - Tuesday, July 14th at 12:00 pm

Teen Book Club - Tuesday, July 21st at 12:00 pm

Teen Book Club - Tuesday, July 28th at 12:00 pm

Book-a-Tech Trainer - Saturday, July 11th by appointment

Having any tech issues? Need assistance with your computer, tablet, or phone? Sign up to get one-on-one assistance. Call us at (716) 892-8089 or stop in at the Anna M. Reinstein Library at 2580 Harlem Rd. Cheektowaga, NY 14225 to sign up. Registration is required. You must book by appointment and space is limited.

Really, Really Free Market

Really, Really Free Market - Saturday, July 11th at 10am

Bring some items to give away for FREE! Plan to take home some items for FREE! Donors needed! Please bring only clean useable items to give. What is acceptable: household items, clothes, footwear, toys, books, kitchen items, and more. Not acceptable: firearms other weapons, medications, smoking supplies, broken items. Donors: Whatever is not taken, you must take back after the market. Nothing left behind! Stop in at 2580 Harlem Rd Cheektowaga, NY 14225 to attend.

Bubble Blast Science and Bubble Day!

Bubble Blast Science and Bubble Day! - Monday, July 13th at 1 pm

Educators from the Buffalo Museum of Science will lead kids on an exploration of the science of soap and water! Participants will experiment with bubble solution, bubble tools, and learn all about bubble science.
Then join us outside for Bubble Day! There will be a Bubble Machine (continuous small bubbles), Giant Bubbles (Can fit a small child), a Wand Craft, and a gift!
Please stop in or call (716) 892-8089 to sign up. Registration is required. The Anna Reinstein Memorial Library is located at 2580 Harlem Rd. Cheektowaga, NY 14225.

Night Owl

Night Owl Storytime with Miss Bofinger: Join us for stories, activities, and a craft. For children 0-8 years old, with their adults. Wednesdays at 6:00 pm from July 15th - August 26th. Please call (716) 892-8089 or register in person at 2580 Harlem Rd Cheektowaga, NY 14225. Walk-ins welcome if space available.

Night Owl Storytime - Wednesday, July 15th at 6:00pm

Night Owl Storytime - Wednesday, July 22nd at 6:00pm

Night Owl Storytime - Wednesday, July 29th at 6:00pm

Early Bird

Early Bird Storytime with Miss Bofinger: Join us for stories, activities, and a craft. For children 0-8 years old, with their adults. Thursdays at 10:30am from July 16th - August 27th. Please call (716) 892-8089 or register in person at 2580 Harlem Rd Cheektowaga, NY 14225. Walk-ins welcome if space available.

Early Bird Storytime - Thursday, July 16th at 10:30am

Early Bird Storytime - Thursday, July 23rd at 10:30am

Early Bird Storytime - Thursday, July 30th at 10:30am

Movie Day: Hoppers

Movie Day: Hoppers - Saturday, July 18th at 1:00pm

Please stop in or call (716) 892-8089 to sign up. Registration is required. The Anna Reinstein Memorial Library is located at 2580 Harlem Rd., Cheektowaga, NY 14225.

Synopsis: Animal lover Mabel uses clever new technology designed to "hop" human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals to communicate with beavers, uncovering mysteries within the animal world beyond anything she could have imagined.

Bike Locks Available

Bike locks are now available for use at the library. Only intended to be used while visiting the library.

Can't make it in? Check out our eLibrary!

Check out eBooks and eAudiobooks from Libby!

Wondering how to check out books and audiobooks while our buildings are closed? We created a short tutorial series on getting started with Libby!

Signing Up for an eLibrary Card

Getting the Libby App

eReader Questions and Answers

Reading Digitally During and After Library Closures

History of Anna M. Reinstein

Anna Reinstein was born in 1866 to a family of minor Russian nobility near Kiev. Her interest in medicine was encouraged by her mother, who was an herbalist, and her family. Her parents sent her to a school in Berne, Switzerland and there she received her doctorate in medicine in 1891, and met her future husband, Boris Reinstein. By the time Anna emigrated to the United States in 1888, she spoke three dialects of Polish as well as French, Ukrainian, high Russian, German, Italian, Hebrew, Yiddish and English. She could also read and write Latin and Greek, which was required as a physician. She chose to settle in the Buffalo area because of its large Polish population, feeling a physician fluent in Slavic languages could establish a comfortable practice here.

Anna built her practice steadily. She worked as a midwife before passing her U.S. medical boards exams and is reported to have delivered over 2,000 babies. Many times, around the turn of the century, she could be spotted on her bicycle, black bag in hand, driving the roads of East Buffalo and Cheektowaga to tend to her patients' needs. In 1904, Anna moved to Cheektowaga and continued to practice medicine here until February 12, 1948. Her son Victor, born in 1894, joined her medical practice in 1916.

In the early 1900's, Anna Reinstein acquired much property in Cheektowaga and built homes in the area. One of the reasons she began in real estate was to provide rental housing for the railroad workers and other working-class people who need shelter.

The library was made possible by a donation given by Victor Reinstein, her son, to memorialize Anna. A woman who came to Cheektowaga back in 1904, who practiced medicine in the area for more than 40 years, and became a part of the township. The Reinstein family has always known the value of education and books which recorded the experiences of men and women who lived before them. This belief became possible in the community where the Reinstein family once lived, where youth can recognize the benefits which man can find in his search for knowledge at the Anna M. Reinstein Memorial Library.

The Reinstein Family Archives is housed at the Anna M. Reinstein Memorial Library. This special collection contains documents that encapsulate the history of the family with focus on the lives of Boris Isaevich Reinstein, Anna Mogilova Reinstein, Honorine Reinstein, Nadina Reinstein Kavinoky, Victor Reinstein, and Julia Boyer Reinstein. Onsite access to The Reinstein Family Archives is by appointment only. Presently there are 102.25 cubic feet of records in the Archives with dates spanning from 1805-1998. Online access to a selected set of items from the Archives is made available in partnership with New York Heritage Digital Collections.