Our art exhibition in October is ‘The Painting and Pencil Pals. A Journey Through Nature, Landscape and People’. Louise Harrison and Chris Ebbage join forces once again to bring a unique exhibition of graphite sketches and watercolour paintings, encompassing nature, landscape and people.

Every Body Tells a Story! Former top crime scene investigator, David Sweeney, will be giving a talk on Thursday 8th October at 7.30pm (doors open at 7pm) for what is sure to be an unforgettable evening. Refreshments will be available. Please get your free tickets from the Library. Donations welcomed on the night.

Long Buckby Ukulele Group: This popular group will be performing again on Thursday 22nd October from 7.30-9.00pm. Doors open at 7pm. Come and enjoy our friendly café style evening. Refreshments are available before and during the evening. Get your free tickets from the Library or the Peephole in the High Street. Donations welcomed on the night.

Green Libraries Week: This national event runs from Wednesday, October 21st to Wednesday, October 28th. We will be organising a family-oriented ‘green’ hunt around the village.

Don’t forget to check our Events Diary for more information on events in all our villages and surrounding area.

LONG BUCKBY LIBRARY & HUB  Our special events in October & November

Free entry and a certificate on completion. Please look for further information on our website nearer the time.

Great Expectations, Tuesday 17th November. The one and only James Hornsby is returning to enthral us with his performance of Charles Dickens’ famous story. James will bring to life a host of wonderful characters including: Magwitch, The Gargerys, Uncle Pumblechook, Estella, Herbert Pocket, Miss Havisham and of course, Pip. The doors will open at 7.00pm, with the performance starting at 7.30pm. It is also suitable for children of 10 years and above. Refreshments will be available beforehand and in the interval. When available, tickets will be £10.00 – under 16s £5 - from the Library and the Peephole in the High Street.

Film Nights: our film nights are monthly on the last Tuesday of the month. On Tuesday 27th October, we are showing The Sheep Detectives. And on Tuesday 24th November, we will be showing The Devil Wears Prada 2. All films start at 7.30pm (doors open at 7pm). Tickets are £7.50 and will be available from the Library and the Peephole in the High Street. Refreshments including ice creams are available.

If you would like to have your event or club’s details listed here free of charge and are within the parish of Long Buckby please click here to contact us.

Please do check our website and calendar for our many regular activities, including all our health and wellbeing support.

https://buckbylibraryhub.org; https://buckbylibraryhub.org/calendar/

Buckby Library & Hub is a community run Charity established to provide services and activities to the Northamptonshire village of Long Buckby and its surrounding villages.

OPENING TIMES

Tuesday  1000 -1300 & 1400 -1630

Wednesday 1400 -1630

Thursday 1000 -1300 & 1400 -1630

Friday  1000 -1300 & 1400 -1630

Saturday 1000 -1230