Upcoming Events

Family Yoga with Pia Oliveri (McMW)

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

McMahon Wintonbury Library

Open

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library

Room: McMW Children's Space

Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Program Type: Health and Wellness

Registration Required

Event Details:

May is Mental Health Month! Come to the McMahon Wintonbury Library to practice yoga with Miss Pia.

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.

Exercise

You may wish to consult your doctor before doing these exercises. By performing any fitness exercises, you are performing them at your own risk.

DELAYED OPENING: BPL Atrium Opens at 1PM

10:00am - 1:00pm

BPL Atrium Library

Closing

Branches:

BPL Atrium Library

Description:

Every Thursday in May, BPL Atrium will open at 1PM to prepare for the next phase in the buildings project.

Coloring & Cookies (McMW)

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages

McMahon Wintonbury Library

Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library

Room: McMW Multipurpose Space

Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages

Program Type: Crafts, Health and Wellness, Other

Event Details:

Join BPL in the month of May for some well-deserved relaxation!

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.

Homeschool Fun Fridays: Book Club (McMW)

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens

McMahon Wintonbury Library

Full/Closed

Registration Required

Full/Closed

Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library

Room: McMW Children's Space

Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens

Program Type: Book Discussion

Registration Required

Event Details:

Join us for our last Book Club of the season. We will review as many of the new Nutmeg Nominee's for 2026 as we can!

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.

Saturday Storytime for Families (McMW)

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Preschool, Children

McMahon Wintonbury Library

Open

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library

Room: McMW Children's Space

Age Group: Preschool, Children

Program Type: Storytime

Registration Required

Event Details:

Can't come to the Library during the week? No problem! Bring the whole family and join the Youth Services Librarians while we read stories, sing songs, and do a simple craft! Registration is appreciated.

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.

Memorial Day - Libraries CLOSED

All Day

All Branches

Closing

Branches:

BPL Atrium Library, BPL Tech Express, McMahon Wintonbury Library, Off Site, Virtual

Description:

BPL Online is always open!

DELAYED OPENING: BPL Atrium Opens at 1PM

10:00am - 1:00pm

BPL Atrium Library

Closing

Branches:

BPL Atrium Library

Description:

Every Thursday in May, BPL Atrium will open at 1PM to prepare for the next phase in the buildings project.

Homeschool Fun Fridays: Games! (McMW)

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens

McMahon Wintonbury Library

Open

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library

Room: McMW Multipurpose Space

Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens

Program Type: Gaming

Registration Required

Event Details:

Join us for our last Homeschool Fun Friday of the Season! We will be playing games of all kinds. Play with BPL games or bring your own.

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.

Saturday Storytime for Families (McMW)

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Preschool, Children

McMahon Wintonbury Library

Open

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library

Room: McMW Children's Space

Age Group: Preschool, Children

Program Type: Storytime

Registration Required

Event Details:

Can't come to the Library during the week? No problem! Bring the whole family and join the Youth Services Librarians while we read stories, sing songs, and do a simple craft! Registration is appreciated.

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.

Abrakadoodle (McMW)

10:30am - 11:30am

Preschool, Children

McMahon Wintonbury Library

Open

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library

Room: McMW Children's Space

Age Group: Preschool, Children

Program Type: Arts and Culture, Crafts, Hands-on Learning

Registration Required

Event Details:

Please join Abrakadoodle for a special program. "Abrakadoodle is all about creativity for kids, which since it was founded in 2002, has delivered the very best in visual arts classes for kids."

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.

Bring The Hoopla (McMW)

10:30am - 12:00pm

Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages

McMahon Wintonbury Library

Open

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library

Room: McMW Lawn

Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages

Program Type: Health and Wellness

Registration Required

Event Details:

BringtheHoopla brings the fun back into fitness with their high energy, unique program where they use Hoopla hoops as the main tool. They build self-confidence, and focus on teamwork and creativity.

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.

Exercise

You may wish to consult your doctor before doing these exercises. By performing any fitness exercises, you are performing them at your own risk.

Let's Read! ~ Leamos! (McMW)

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Preschool, Children

McMahon Wintonbury Library

Open

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library

Room: McMW Children's Space

Age Group: Preschool, Children

Program Type: Arts and Culture, Storytime

Registration Required

Event Details:

Acompañen a la Srta. Mara y a la Srta. Christina en una hora de cuentos bilingüe en la biblioteca. Libros, canciones y actividades en inglés y español, seguidas de una actividad. Ideal para niños de 2 a 6 años, ¡pero todos son bienvenidos!

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.

Saturday Morning Crafts: Diamond Painting Rainbow Coasters (MCMW)

11:00am - 12:00pm

Children, Tweens, Teens

McMahon Wintonbury Library

Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library

Room: McMW Multipurpose Space

Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens

Program Type: Crafts, Other

Event Details:

On Pokémon Club Saturdays, swing by McMahon Wintonbury Library early for a fun morning craft!

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.

Pokémon Club (McMW)

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Children, Tweens, Teens

McMahon Wintonbury Library

Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library

Room: McMW Multipurpose Space

Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens

Program Type: Gaming, Other

Event Details:

Kids are invited to hang out with Miss Nicole at McMahon Wintonbury Library for a Pokémon Club fan zone. Bring your cards to show off to fellow Pokémon fans, and maybe even agree on some cool card trades!

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.

A Day of Rainbow Crafting (McMW)

11:00am - 6:00pm

Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages

McMahon Wintonbury Library

Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library

Room: McMW Multipurpose Space

Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages

Program Type: Crafts

Event Details:

Join BPL Staff at McMahon Wintonbury Library on the first day of Summer Reading and a celebration of Pride Month for a fun day of rainbow crafts!

No registration is required. Crafts will be available for all ages.

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.

Friends Summer Reading

All Summer Reading events are generously funded by the Friends of the Bloomfield Public Library.

Celebrating Johnny School-Boy Taylor: Hartford’s First Professional Black Athlete (330 Park)

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Off Site

Open

Registration Required

Offsite Event

Open

Library Branch: Off Site

Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Program Type: Arts and Culture, Civics and Social Justice

Registration Required

Event Details:

Lynette Taylor Grande has lived in Bloomfield for many years. She retired after a rewarding career of teaching in the West Hartford Public School System.

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.

Juneteenth - Libraries CLOSED

All Day

All Branches

Closing

Branches:

BPL Atrium Library, BPL Tech Express, McMahon Wintonbury Library, Off Site, Virtual

Description:

BPL Online is always open!

Special Storytime Event: Meet Tulip the Groundhog! (McMW)

10:30am - 11:30am

Preschool, Children

McMahon Wintonbury Library

Open

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library

Room: McMW Children's Space

Age Group: Preschool, Children

Program Type: Hands-on Learning, Nature, Storytime, Other

Registration Required

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.

Independence Day - Libraries CLOSED

All Day

All Branches

Closing

Branches:

BPL Atrium Library, BPL Tech Express, McMahon Wintonbury Library, Off Site, Virtual

Description:

BPL Online is always open!

Let's Bubble Poppin' Boogie! (McMW)

11:00am - 11:45am

Preschool, Children

McMahon Wintonbury Library

Open

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library

Room: McMW Lawn

Age Group: Preschool, Children

Program Type: Health and Wellness, Performance, Storytime, Other

Registration Required

Event Details:

Let's Bubble Poppin' Boogie! Get ready to dance and have fun in this interactive musical adventure with performer Joy Blooms!

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.

Friends Summer Reading

All Summer Reading events are generously funded by the Friends of the Bloomfield Public Library.

Let's Make Friendship Bracelets! (McMW)

3:00pm - 5:00pm

Children, Tweens, Teens

McMahon Wintonbury Library

Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library

Room: McMW Multipurpose Space

Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens

Program Type: Crafts

Event Details:

Let's make friendship bracelets!

Kids, tweens, and teens can come out of the summer heat, relax, and design their own bracelets at our McMahon Wintonbury Library. BPL will provide all supplies.

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.

Friends Summer Reading

All Summer Reading events are generously funded by the Friends of the Bloomfield Public Library.

Pokémon "In the Park" (Filley Park)

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens

Off Site

Offsite Event

Library Branch: Off Site

Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens

Program Type: Gaming, Health and Wellness, Nature, Other

Event Details:

In July, Pokémon Club is going to have some outdoors fun at Filley Park!

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.

Friends Summer Reading

All Summer Reading events are generously funded by the Friends of the Bloomfield Public Library.

Mystic Seaport presents, "Scrimshaw: The Sailor’s Art" (McMW)

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Children, Tweens, Teens

McMahon Wintonbury Library

Open

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library

Room: McMW Multipurpose Space

Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens

Program Type: Arts and Culture, Crafts, Hands-on Learning, Workshop

Registration Required

Event Details:

Learn about the unique art form of scrimshaw, which was born aboard whaling ships in the 1800s. Discover what elements in the lives of whalemen at sea helped them develop the art of scrimshaw.

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.

Friends Summer Reading

All Summer Reading events are generously funded by the Friends of the Bloomfield Public Library.

Sportstacking with Glenn Costello (McMW)

1:30pm - 2:30pm

Children, Tweens, Teens

McMahon Wintonbury Library

Open

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library

Room: McMW Multipurpose Space

Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens

Program Type: Gaming, Hands-on Learning

Registration Required

Event Details:

SEE IT-BELIEVE IT-TRY IT…..SPORTSTACKING WITH SPEEDSTACKS!

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.

Friends Summer Reading

All Summer Reading events are generously funded by the Friends of the Bloomfield Public Library.

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