Lakewood Library Hosting Southwestern Student Art Exhibit

LAKEWOOD – The Lakewood Memorial Library is hosting an exhibition of art by Southwestern Central School students in kindergarten through 12th grades. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. today. Students have been creating art pieces in their classrooms all year and those works have been curated by their teachers to be on display during the month of March, celebrating Youth Art Month.

Falconer Library To Host Home School Art Show

FALCONER – The Falconer Public Library will be hosting a reception for the Local Home School Family Art Show on Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. The student’s artwork will be on display at the library for the month of March. The library, located at 101 W. Main St., Falconer, is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays.

Land Bank Board To Meet March 12

MAYVILLE – The Chautauqua County Land Bank Corporation’s monthly board meeting will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 12, in Room 331 of the Gerace Office Building. The public is welcome to attend. The meeting will also be streamed live on YouTube and will be posted on the land bank website after the meeting. The monthly meetings of the land bank board are conducted to discuss business associated with the acquisition and potential sale of property by the land bank and other official business. For more information, call Gina Paradis at 716-969-7843.

Observatory To Host Eclipse Discussion March 13

FREWSBURG – On Thursday, March 13, at 7 p.m. Tom Traub will discuss the March 13 total lunar eclipse, also known as a Blood Moon. The program will talk about eclipses in general and what the public can expect to see and how to observe Thursday’s eclipse. It’s the first total lunar eclipse since Nov. 8, 2022, that will be visible and well-placed high in the local night sky. It will also be the best total lunar eclipse for several years to come. The Moon will start to enter Earth’s shadow at 11:57 p.m. on March 13, but it will take about 45 minutes before it will be noticeable. At 1:09 a.m. on March 14, the moon will enter the Earth’s umbral shadow, and a partial eclipse will be visible. The moon will be totally covered from 2:25 a.m. until 3:31 a.m., being 45 degrees up in the SSW sky. The moon will continue in partial eclipse until 4:47 a.m. and leave the Earth’s shadow at 6 a.m. The observatory will be open that night to watch the eclipse in its entirety. Those who don’t want to stay up all night can attend the program.

The Martz-Kohl Observatory, located at 176 Robbin Hill Road, Frewsburg, is operated by the Marshal Martz Memorial Astronomical Association Inc., a non-profit organization devoted to the amateur astronomer.

Lakewood Library To Host Lamb At Library March 19

LAKEWOOD – The Lakewood Memorial Library will host Wild Wonders: Lambs at the Library, where children and their family can meet and pet new lambs from Sundance Kids Farm, at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 19.