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Crafternoon: Decorate a Mug (Adults; Atrium)

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
BPL Atrium Library
Full
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Crafts, Food and Drink, Hands-on Learning
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Event Details:

January is Hot Tea Month! Let's celebrate with designing our own mugs. You will be given a plain white mug, paint markers, and ideas of what to design. Ideas for creating include your favorite quotes or using a letter stencil.

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.

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

9:00am - 10:00am
Adults
BPL Tech Express
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Tech Express
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Class, Hands-on Learning, Technology Class
Registration 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.

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

10:30am - 12:00pm
Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Off Site
Open
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Community Event, Hands-on Learning
Registration 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. 

African Drumming (330 Park)

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Off Site
Open
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Arts and Culture
Registration 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: United States Changing Leadership of the World Economy (Virtual)

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Adults
Virtual
Full
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Civics and Social Justice
Registration 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.

The Black Perspective in Film and Television (Virtual)

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Teens, Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Civics and Social Justice
Registration 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.

Meditation (Virtual)

1:30pm - 2:00pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health and Wellness
Registration 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. 

Caregiver Support Group/Healing Hearts (Senior Center)

1:30pm - 3:00pm
Adults
Off Site
Open
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health and Wellness
Registration 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.

Millennials Read: Trivia Night! (Virtual)

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Registration 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.

Short Story Chat: The Possibility of Evil (Virtual)

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Teens, Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration 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. 

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

9:00am - 10:00am
Adults
BPL Tech Express
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Tech Express
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Class, Hands-on Learning, Technology Class
Registration 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.

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

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Tweens, Teens, Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Civics and Social Justice, Other
Registration 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. 

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

All Day
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Virtual
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.

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

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Adults
BPL Atrium Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration 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. 

Library Board Meeting (Virtual or Atrium)

5:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
BPL Atrium Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Meeting
Registration 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.

Celebrating Black Artists: Wadsworth Virtual Tour (Virtual)

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Teens, Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Civics and Social Justice
Registration 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. 

Meditation (Virtual)

1:30pm - 2:00pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health and Wellness
Registration 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. 

The Assassination and Funeral of Abe Lincoln (Virtual)

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Registration 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

10:00am - 12:00pm
All Branches
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 Discussion (Virtual) The First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

5:30pm - 6:30pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration 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.

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

9:00am - 10:00am
Adults
BPL Tech Express
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Tech Express
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Class, Hands-on Learning, Technology Class
Registration 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.

Romance Scams (Virtual or Atrium)

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
BPL Atrium Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Finance
Registration 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
All Branches
Closing
Branches:
BPL Atrium Library, BPL Tech Express, McMahon Wintonbury Library, Off Site, Virtual
Description:

BPL Online is always open!

Great Decisions: United States-China Relations (Virtual)

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Civics and Social Justice
Registration 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.