Wednesday, September 13th at 7:00pm, at the Killingworth Firehouse. Lucianne Lavin presents part one of her series on Connecticut’s indigenous peoples. Connecticut’s indigenous communities have long, rich histories that extend back to when they shared Mother Earth with mastodons and other extinct animals. Ignored or themselves falsely […]
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Thursday, August 17th at 7:00pm. Muslim Coalition of Connecticut President Aida Mansoor will present “Building Bridges of Understanding” to the community. Aida Mansoor has been doing presentations on “Understanding Islam and Muslims”, “Understanding Islam and the Muslim Patient” and “Women in Islam” since 1999. She is committed […]
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Saturday, August 12th, 10:00am-noon. Local painter Daniel Dahlstrom will hold a meet-and-greet at the library, in conjunction with his August display of paintings. As a special feature, he will provide an art demonstration, so attendees and library patrons can see a “work in progress”. 10% of any […]
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July 3rd to July 17th. The statewide delivery service will temporarily halt service between July 3rd – July 17th. What this means for you: * Interlibrary loan services (where we request an item from another library) will be slower to arrive, due to this lack of delivery. […]
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Tuesday, July 4th – The library will be closed in celebration of Independence Day. We will be open regular hours on Monday the 3rd (from 10:00am-4:30pm) and will reopen at 10:00am on Wednesday the 5th.
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Saturday, June 24th, 5:00pm-8:00pm. Who wants to cook when the weather is nice? That idea has gone to the dogs! Place your order with Pizzeria Da Vinci (860-663-2256), and for a $5.00 delivery fee, a member of our library Board will bring dinner right to your door, […]
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Saturday, June 17th at 11:00am. Come kick off our summer reading program: Building a Better World, One Concept at a Time. Challenge your creativity with the LEGO Brick Challenge, presented by the Children’s Museum of West Hartford. Build rubber band cars and race them! Open to children […]
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Check out the NEW section in the children’s room: Early Nonfiction! These attractively-illustrated titles are perfect for Pre-K through 2nd grade readers, even down to the very youngest. “Sitting and cuddling in someone’s lap is the perfect way to start with nonfiction,” says children’s librarian Gayle Byrne. […]
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Saturday, May 27th through Saturday, June 3rd. To celebrate the town’s 350th anniversary, the Historical Society has created a town-wide scavenger hunt. Pick up an information packet at the library, and start your tour! “Hidden” sites include tombstones and plaques of Killingworth notables ~ our own town […]
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Tuesday, May 23rd at 7:00pm at the Killingworth Firehouse. As part of the town’s 350th anniversary celebrations, retired HKHS teacher Philip R. Devlin will present a Powerpoint program, “Glimpses of Killingworth History”. The talk will focus primarily on acclaimed writer Hugh Lofting, noted missionary Titus Coan, and […]
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