Wednesday, September 27th at 7:00pm, at the Killingworth Firehouse. Lucianne Lavin presents part three of her series on Connecticut’s indigenous peoples. If you were a Native American living 500 (or 1000 or 5000) years ago, likely you would look forward to the winter season. Connecticut’s indigenous communities […]
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Thursday, September 21st, 7:00pm at the Killingworth Firehouse. Lucianne Lavin presents part two of her series on Connecticut’s indigenous peoples. A hike in the woods often reveals a variety of stone cultural features to the experienced archaeologist and historian. Many of these are the remains of abandoned […]
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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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