Celebrate Police Officers Storytime

Come to the Smith Library to learn about different helpers in our community. We will read stories, sing-a-long to music, and have dramatic play activities at the conclusion.In January we are learning about Police OfficersRecommended ages 3-5

3 Old Post Road, Northford, CT, 06472, US

Needle Arts

Enjoy the friendly camaraderie of your fellow artisans and join us on Wednesday mornings! Beginners are welcome. Knit, crochet, embroider, quilt -- all kinds of needle craft.No registration necessary.

1720 Foxon Rd, North Branford, CT, 06471, US

Bowties and Books

Put on your most elegant bowties and fanciest tutus (or whatever you find comfortable)! Then, join us for songs, stories, and silliness!This program is recommended for ages 6 months to 4 years with a parent or caregiver.Registration is not required.Click Here to access ......More

Put on your most elegant bowties and fanciest tutus (or whatever you find comfortable)! Then, join us for songs, stories, and silliness!This program is recommended for ages 6 months to 4 years with a parent or caregiver.Registration is not required.Click Here to access the Spotify Playlist!

1720 Foxon Rd, North Branford, CT, 06471, US

Notes on Modern Irrationality with Bestselling Author Amanda Montell

Notes on Modern Irrationality with Bestselling Author Amanda Montell, Thursday, January 23 In a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking, Amanda Monte......More

Notes on Modern Irrationality with Bestselling Author Amanda Montell, Thursday, January 23 In a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking, Amanda Montell now turns her erudite eye to the inner workings of the human mind and its biases in her most personal and electrifying work yet.In a series of razor sharp, deeply funny chapters, Montell delves into a cornucopia of the cognitive biases that run rampant in our brains, from how the “halo effect” cultivates worship (and hatred) of larger-than-life celebrities, to how the “sunk cost fallacy” can keep us in detrimental relationships long after we’ve realized they’re not serving us. As she illuminates these concepts with her signature brilliance and wit, Montell’s prevailing message is one of hope, empathy, and ultimately forgiveness for our anxiety-addled human selves. If you have all but lost faith in our ability to reason, Montell aims to make some sense of the senseless. To crack open a window in our minds, and let a warm breeze in. To help quiet the cacophony for a while, or even hear a melody in it. Don't be irrational, register now for a conversation you just don’t want to miss!

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No Easy Path: Promoting Acceptance and Harm Reduction

No Easy Path: Promoting Acceptance and Harm ReductionGain new skills to assist and engage people who are struggling in your community!Learn how to maximize communal well-being using compassion and harm reduction strategies.Help create a safer town, and become an advocat......More

No Easy Path: Promoting Acceptance and Harm ReductionGain new skills to assist and engage people who are struggling in your community!Learn how to maximize communal well-being using compassion and harm reduction strategies.Help create a safer town, and become an advocate today.Topics will include:Substance Use CultureMental Well-BeingCommunity Building Strategy

3 Old Post Road, Northford, CT, 06472, US

Quilter's Club

Join us at the Atwater Memorial Library every Friday from 10AM - 3PM for our Quilting Club!A casual group whose members all share their creative love of quilting! Newcomers welcome, and you're encouraged to bring your own materials.Registration encouraged, but not requi......More

Join us at the Atwater Memorial Library every Friday from 10AM - 3PM for our Quilting Club!A casual group whose members all share their creative love of quilting! Newcomers welcome, and you're encouraged to bring your own materials.Registration encouraged, but not required.

1720 Foxon Rd, North Branford, CT, 06471, US

Tots and Tunes

Enjoy 30-minutes of songs, stories, and movement. This program is recommended for ages 18-months and up with a parent or care-giver.Siblings are welcome!This is a drop in program, registration is not required.Click Here to access the Spotify playlist!

3 Old Post Road, Northford, CT, 06472, US

Dance Mode

This program at the library is called...Dance Mode! Get ready to dance, sing, and play instruments in this family-oriented program!This program is recommended for ages 18 months and up.Siblings are welcome!Registration is not required.Click Here to access the Spotify pl......More

This program at the library is called...Dance Mode! Get ready to dance, sing, and play instruments in this family-oriented program!This program is recommended for ages 18 months and up.Siblings are welcome!Registration is not required.Click Here to access the Spotify playlist!

1720 Foxon Rd, North Branford, CT, 06471, US

Little Makers

Come to the library for 30 minutes of making! Each Little Maker's session will have a simple craft activity that we do together. In January we are making a polar bear craft.Recommended ages 2-6Registration is Required

3 Old Post Road, Northford, CT, 06472, US

Monday Night Mah Jongg

Want to Join?Monday Night Mah Jongg is for those looking to play the game with, or a group of players looking to join!Some previous knowledge or experience is required, but you don't need to be a pro! Beginners are welcome!Although this is not a instructional group, mem......More

Want to Join?Monday Night Mah Jongg is for those looking to play the game with, or a group of players looking to join!Some previous knowledge or experience is required, but you don't need to be a pro! Beginners are welcome!Although this is not a instructional group, members will be more than willing to give pointers while playing.What to BringFor those playing the American version of the game, you will need a current Mah Jongg card.If you have a Mah Jongg set, bring it! Not everyone needs one, but the more there are the better.Bring some friends to join, a good attitude, and spread the word!

3 Old Post Road, Northford, CT, 06472, US

Little Makers

Come to the library for 30 minutes of making! Each Little Maker's session will have a simple craft activity that we do together. In January we are making a polar bear craft.Recommended ages 2-6Registration is Required

3 Old Post Road, Northford, CT, 06472, US

An Inside Look at Working with a Literary Agent: A Conversation with Seth Fishman

An Inside Look at Working with a Literary Agent: A Conversation with Seth Fishman, Tuesday, January 28You’re writing a book (or thinking about it), but what happens next? Join us for an inside look into working with an agent and the beginning stages of the publishing pr......More

An Inside Look at Working with a Literary Agent: A Conversation with Seth Fishman, Tuesday, January 28You’re writing a book (or thinking about it), but what happens next? Join us for an inside look into working with an agent and the beginning stages of the publishing process with Seth Fishman, Vice President and Literary Agent at the Gernert Company.In this presentation, Fishman will deep dive into what happens after you’ve signed with a literary agent. He will cover many topics, including but not limited to: What agents are and are not looking for, How to submit your work to an agent and when, What to expect after you've both said "yes!" to working together, What you can look forward to as you ready your work with an eye towards submitting to publishers, including the revision process and  so much more. This extended, 90-minute presentation, includes 30 minutes of Q&A. This is the year to make all of your publishing dreams come true. To learn about this beginning stage of the process, register now!

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Needle Arts

Enjoy the friendly camaraderie of your fellow artisans and join us on Wednesday mornings! Beginners are welcome. Knit, crochet, embroider, quilt -- all kinds of needle craft.No registration necessary.

1720 Foxon Rd, North Branford, CT, 06471, US

Afternoon Dance Mode

This program at the library is called...Dance Mode! Get ready to dance, sing, and play instruments in this family-oriented program!This program is recommended for ages 18 months and up.Siblings are welcome!Registration is not required.Click Here to access the Spotify pl......More

This program at the library is called...Dance Mode! Get ready to dance, sing, and play instruments in this family-oriented program!This program is recommended for ages 18 months and up.Siblings are welcome!Registration is not required.Click Here to access the Spotify playlist!

1720 Foxon Rd, North Branford, CT, 06471, US

Library Board Meeting

3 Old Post Road, Northford, CT, 06472, US

Amazing Tales with Mike Allen: The Weekend the British Burned Danbury

Zoom LinkThe Weekend the British Burned DanburyThe first of our Virtual 3-Part Amazing Connecticut Tales Series with Mike Allen!There were many skirmishes in Connecticut between the British and the Patriots during the Revolutionary War. Only once, though, did the Britis......More

Zoom LinkThe Weekend the British Burned DanburyThe first of our Virtual 3-Part Amazing Connecticut Tales Series with Mike Allen!There were many skirmishes in Connecticut between the British and the Patriots during the Revolutionary War. Only once, though, did the British march as far inland as during an April weekend in 1777. Their mission was to destroy the Patriot supply depot at Danbury - clothing, tents, weapons, food, etc. They thought it would be a simply exercise and that residents would welcome their efforts to stamp out revolutionary activity. Nothing could have been further from the truth and you’ll hear the entire story during this talk.This event can be viewed from home via Zoom, or watch the livestream in Atwater Memorial Library's Community Room.

1720 Foxon Rd, North Branford, CT, 06471, US

Bowties and Books

Put on your most elegant bowties and fanciest tutus (or whatever you find comfortable)! Then, join us for songs, stories, and silliness!This program is recommended for ages 6 months to 4 years with a parent or caregiver.Registration is not required.Click Here to access ......More

Put on your most elegant bowties and fanciest tutus (or whatever you find comfortable)! Then, join us for songs, stories, and silliness!This program is recommended for ages 6 months to 4 years with a parent or caregiver.Registration is not required.Click Here to access the Spotify Playlist!

1720 Foxon Rd, North Branford, CT, 06471, US

Read Between the Vines Book Club

Join us once a month at Rose Vineyards for our Read Between the Vines Book Club! Pick up a copy of the book at Smith or Atwater Library, or access the eBook version on Libby/Hoopla/Palace!Come to Rose Vineyards for a fun and lively discussion with other members in our c......More

Join us once a month at Rose Vineyards for our Read Between the Vines Book Club! Pick up a copy of the book at Smith or Atwater Library, or access the eBook version on Libby/Hoopla/Palace!Come to Rose Vineyards for a fun and lively discussion with other members in our community!Our featured book is, Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt! "Remarkably Bright Creatures, an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus.After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors--until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova's son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it's too late.Shelby Van Pelt's debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible" - Goodreads.Participants must be age 21+Registration Required! Register online, or call 203-484-0469.

2 Valley Road, North Branford, CT, 06471, US

Quilter's Club

Join us at the Atwater Memorial Library every Friday from 10AM - 3PM for our Quilting Club!A casual group whose members all share their creative love of quilting! Newcomers welcome, and you're encouraged to bring your own materials.Registration encouraged, but not requi......More

Join us at the Atwater Memorial Library every Friday from 10AM - 3PM for our Quilting Club!A casual group whose members all share their creative love of quilting! Newcomers welcome, and you're encouraged to bring your own materials.Registration encouraged, but not required.

1720 Foxon Rd, North Branford, CT, 06471, US

Tots and Tunes

Enjoy 30-minutes of songs, stories, and movement. This program is recommended for ages 18-months and up with a parent or care-giver.Siblings are welcome!This is a drop in program, registration is not required.Click Here to access the Spotify playlist!

3 Old Post Road, Northford, CT, 06472, US