ROME — Jervis Public Library, 613 N. Washington St., will host a Mini Pumpkin Chuckin’ event on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 5 p.m.

Geared for children, this Halloween themed STEM challenge will take place on the library lawn, led by Emily Rundle, children’s librarian.

Children will be supplied with materials to build a small catapult to “chuck” a candy pumpkin as far as they can down the mini pumpkin chuckin’ field. Learn more about pumpkin chuckin from this video from the Smithsonian, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmSyrGsqmg8 .

In the event of poor weather the program will be moved indoors to the children’s room.

Also at the library

* registration required

• Monday, Oct. 24, free children’s Craft Kits available; 10 a.m., Tai Chi class; 4 p.m., Maker Monday, teen program; 5 p.m., Spooky Science, children’s event; 5:30 p.m., Drop-in Digital Literacy Assistance with Literacy CNY volunteer; 6:30 p.m., Neighborhood Watch meeting
• Tuesday, Oct. 25, 4 p.m., Drop-in Homework Help hour; 6 p.m., Teen Movie: “Beetlejuice”
• Wednesday, Oct. 26, 10:30 a.m., Not-So-Scary Halloween Storytime, children’s event; 6 p.m., Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark, all ages Halloween program
• Thursday, Oct. 27, 5 p.m., Book Ball for teens
• Friday, Oct. 28, 3 p.m., Free Play Friday for teens
• Saturday, Oct. 29, noon, Drop-in Digital Literacy Assistance with Literacy CNY

The library is open 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday; 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday; and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Call the library at 315-336-4570, e-mail askJPL@jervislibrary.org, or go online to www.jervislibrary.org or www.facebook.com/jervispubliclibrary for more information.