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Register for Programs Here!
Posted onWe apologize for the inconvenience with our events calendar. You are able to register for programs here. If you need assistance, please call the library at 203-426-4533.
Newtown Narratives is Live!
Posted onAs of today, the Newtown Narratives website is live and ready to be explored. Listen to stories about Newtown (past and present) and share one with us if you’d like! Did you know that you can become a certified frog watcher? Learn more in this story shared by one of Newtown’s very own.
Trivia Night is coming back to the C.H. Booth Library, May 17th!
Posted onTo celebrate the arrival of NASA’s Discover Exoplanets exhibit, the library is hosting an after hours trivia event focusing on all things space and science fiction. Come eat, drink, win prizes, support the library, and test your knowledge of the planets, the stars, aliens, and your favorite science fiction movies and books. Doors open at […]
Second Monday Book Club: A Gentleman in Moscow
Posted onMonday, November 18 at 11 AM in the Gathering Room. Join us for a discussion of A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Copies are available behind the service desk on the second floor. Due to the library being closed on the second Monday of November for Veterans Day, the book club will be held […]
American Buffalo: a Two-Part Documentary Film by Ken Burns
Posted onIn honor of Native American Heritage Month, the library will be showing “The American Buffalo”, a two-part documentary film by Ken Burns. Part 1 (Tuesday, November 5 at 5:30 PM)– Blood Memory: For thousands of years, America’s national mammal numbered in the tens of millions, sustaining the Native people of the Great Plains, whose cultures […]
Celebrate Diwali November 2 at the Library
Posted onOn Saturday, November 2, the library will host a Diwali celebration for all ages. Young children (ages 3-5) can participate in a story time, followed by a craft in the library meeting room at 10:30 am. Older children and teens (ages 6 and up) can learn about the Diwali in the Gathering Room on the […]
Armenian Needlelace Workshop (Janyak)
Posted onJoin artist, Emma Welty, for an Armenian Needlelace Workshop. Janyak is an ancient lace knot that evolved from net-making and is with just a needle and thread. This workshop will explore a common pattern in janyak known as “Ararat” or mountain pattern. This pattern is a great introduction to the type of pattern and image […]
Maybe You Should Talk To Someone with Lori Gottlieb : Tuesday, October 22 at 2:00 pm
Posted onMaybe You Should Talk to Someone is revolutionary in its candor, offering a deeply personal yet universal tour of our hearts and minds and providing the rarest of gifts: a boldly revealing portrait of what it means to be human, and a disarmingly funny and illuminating account of our own mysterious lives and our power to […]