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Technology Class: Internet Basics Series (330 Park, Rm. 117)

Friday, January 31, 2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
BPL Tech Express
Program Type:
Class, Hands-on Learning, Technology Class
Age Group:
Adults
Open
Required
Library Branch: BPL Tech Express
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Class, Hands-on Learning, Technology Class
Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:

If you want to know how to search effectively for information on the web, how to fill out online forms, or learn about computer viruses and scams, this class is for you.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

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Science Exploratorium with the Children's Museum of West Hartford (330 Park, Gym) (Take Your Child to the Library Day)

Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Community Event, Hands-on Learning
Age Group:
Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Open
Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Community Event, Hands-on Learning
Required
Seats Remaining: 130
Event Details:

Join staff from BPL and the Children's Museum of West Hartford for a Take Your Child to the Library Day STEAM Exploratorium!

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Caregivers

This program is designed for children and caregivers. Please plan to attend with your child for this program. 

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African Drumming (330 Park)

Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Arts and Culture
Age Group:
Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Open
Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Arts and Culture
Required
Seats Remaining: 57
Event Details:

Come to celebrate, Take Your Child to the Library Day, and the first day of Black History Month, with BPL!

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Caregivers

This program is designed for children and caregivers. Please plan to attend with your child for this program. 

Great Decisions Dates for 2025

Great Decisions: United States Changing Leadership of the World Economy (Virtual)

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Civics and Social Justice
Age Group:
Adults
Open
Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Civics and Social Justice
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

For Session #2-United States Changing Leadership of the World Economy

Under President Biden, the U.S. has advanced new ideas about trade, 

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual (with Recording)

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. This program may be recorded.

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The Black Perspective in Film and Television (Virtual)

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Arts and Culture, Civics and Social Justice
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Open
Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Civics and Social Justice
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

BPL is excited to welcome back educator Jaeme McDonald for another inspiring Black History program. Throughout American history, the stories, images, and perspectives of Black Americans have been excluded, distorted, and undervalued.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual (with Recording)

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. This program may be recorded.

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Meditation (Virtual)

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Health and Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
Open
Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health and Wellness
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Take a guided meditation journey break out of your day with our community partners at Seabury. Seabury is an active life plan community located in Bloomfield. 

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. 

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Caregiver Support Group/Healing Hearts (Senior Center)

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Health and Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
Open
Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health and Wellness
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

If you are a caregiver or are coping with the loss of a loved one, we invite you to join us at 1:30 pm on the first Wednesday of each month at the Bloomfield Senior Center.   Assuming responsibility for the care of a family member with h

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

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Millennials Read: Trivia Night! (Virtual)

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Adults
Open
Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

The Danbury Library does an amazing job with their trivia night, let's join as team Millennials Read! This is a hybrid event that takes place at Danbury's local brewery.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Shirley Jackson The Possibility of Evil for Short Story Chat 2/6/25

Short Story Chat: The Possibility of Evil (Virtual)

Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Book Discussion
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Open
Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Join us for a short story discussion of The Possibility Of Evil by Shirley Jackson.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. 

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Technology Class: Internet Basics Series (330 Park, Rm. 117)

Friday, February 7, 2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
BPL Tech Express
Program Type:
Class, Hands-on Learning, Technology Class
Age Group:
Adults
Open
Required
Library Branch: BPL Tech Express
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Class, Hands-on Learning, Technology Class
Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:

If you want to know how to search effectively for information on the web, how to fill out online forms, or learn about computer viruses and scams, this class is for you.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

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Mystic Seaport & Discovering Amistad present "The Story of the Amistad" (Virtual)

Friday, February 7, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Civics and Social Justice, Other
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Adults
Open
Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Civics and Social Justice, Other
Required
Seats Remaining: 200
Event Details:

This new joint program of Mystic Seaport and Discovering Amistad tells the story of the Amistad and how it serves as an example of how citizens and communities, working together, can bring about landmark change.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. 

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Young Author Talk with Kimarley Henry: CHAD Comics (Virtual On-Demand)

All Day
Virtual
Program Type:
Author Event
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Author Event
Event Details:

BPL loves supporting our local authors! In an upcoming series of on-demand YouTube videos, Youth Services Librarian Nicole Dolat will talk with our youngest authors about books they have self-published.

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Mystery Book Discussion: Poacher's Son (Virtual or Atrium)

Monday, February 10, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Atrium Conference Room at BPL Atrium Library
Program Type:
Book Discussion
Age Group:
Adults
Open
Required
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

At this member-run program, we'll be discussing: Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron. This is a hybrid event - you can attend on Zoom or at The Atrium.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. 

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Library Board Meeting (Virtual or Atrium)

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Atrium Conference Room at BPL Atrium Library
Program Type:
Meeting
Age Group:
Adults
Open
Required
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Meeting
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

All meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Bloomfield Public Library are open to the public, including this hybrid meeting. You may choose to attend on Zoom or at BPL Atrium.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

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Celebrating Black Artists: Wadsworth Virtual Tour (Virtual)

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Arts and Culture, Civics and Social Justice
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Open
Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Civics and Social Justice
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Attention art lovers! Can’t make it to The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art?

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. 

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Meditation (Virtual)

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Health and Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
Open
Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health and Wellness
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Take a guided meditation journey break out of your day with our community partners at Seabury. Seabury is an active life plan community located in Bloomfield. 

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. 

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The Assassination and Funeral of Abe Lincoln (Virtual)

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Adults
Open
Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Happy Birthday, Abraham Lincoln! Join Sahara Farrugio for an in-depth look at the dramatic events leading up to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the unprecedented funeral that followed.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual (with Recording)

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. This program may be recorded.

Libraries Opening at Noon

Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
BPL Atrium Library, BPL Tech Express, McMahon Wintonbury Library, Off Site, Virtual
Closing
Branches:
BPL Atrium Library, BPL Tech Express, McMahon Wintonbury Library, Off Site, Virtual
Description:

BPL Atrium Library and BPL Tech Express will be closed from 10AM to 12PM on Thursday, February 13 for staff professional development. New libraries are coming!

BPL Online is open 24/7!

Wintonbury Book club Thursday Feb 13th 5:30 The First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christine Murray

Wintonbury Book Discussion (Virtual) The First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Book Discussion
Age Group:
Adults
Open
Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Required
Seats Remaining: 23
Event Details:

A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune—a forbidden friendship that changed the world, from the New York Times bestselling authors of The Personal Librarian.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

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Technology Class: Internet Basics Series (330 Park, Rm. 117)

Friday, February 14, 2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
BPL Tech Express
Program Type:
Class, Hands-on Learning, Technology Class
Age Group:
Adults
Open
Required
Library Branch: BPL Tech Express
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Class, Hands-on Learning, Technology Class
Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:

If you want to know how to search effectively for information on the web, how to fill out online forms, or learn about computer viruses and scams, this class is for you.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

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Romance Scams (Virtual or Atrium)

Friday, February 14, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Atrium Conference Room at BPL Atrium Library
Program Type:
Finance
Age Group:
Adults
Open
Required
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Finance
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

How can you be sure a new "friend" you've met online is legitimate?  Many people meet on dating sites or social media.  But shady people often pretend to be someone they are not, and use those platforms to earn the trust of unsuspecting

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. 

Presidents' Day - Libraries CLOSED

All Day
BPL Atrium Library, BPL Tech Express, McMahon Wintonbury Library, Off Site, Virtual
Closing
Branches:
BPL Atrium Library, BPL Tech Express, McMahon Wintonbury Library, Off Site, Virtual
Description:

BPL Online is always open!

Great Decisions Dates for 2025

Great Decisions: United States-China Relations (Virtual)

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Civics and Social Justice
Age Group:
Adults
Open
Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Civics and Social Justice
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

For Session #3- U.S.-China Relations

Washington’s relations with Beijing have reached an ominous low ebb. Both

American political parties have identified China as the country’s preeminent

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual (with Recording)

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. This program may be recorded.

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Portraits of Love with TimeFrozen Photography (Virtual)

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Arts and Culture, Civics and Social Justice
Age Group:
Adults
Open
Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Civics and Social Justice
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Join us in celebrating Valentine's and Black History Month with local award-winning photographer Keith Claytor of TimeFrozen Photography. On an expedition to Nigeria in 2003, images that Keith took as creative vacation photos were w

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual (with Recording)

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. This program may be recorded.