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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. 

Without Money or Moneyed Friends: Mark Twain, Charles Ethan Porter, and Art Patronage in the Gilded Age (Virtual)

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts and Culture
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

This program explores the relationship between Mark Twain and Charles Ethan Porter, a prominent Black painter in Gilded Age Connecticut.

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. 

Parenting Today Series: BPL & You! (Virtual)

7:00pm - 8:15pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 99
Event Details:

Parenting Today is a new BPL virtual series for parents. Each month, our youth staff will invite a guest speaker to share a presentation on a topic relevant to parents.

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. 

Turn a hardcover book into a purse - no sewing required! (Atrium)

4:30pm - 6:00pm
Teens, Adults
BPL Atrium Library
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

 Turn a hardcover book into a purse - no sewing required! Drusilla Carter will be with us to teach us and work hands on with us to create a book purse.

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.

The British Invasion and American Answer: A Musical Journey (Virtual)

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts and Culture
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Take a fun and nostalgic journey through the most iconic and greatest era of rock-and-roll history with author and pop culture historian Marty Gitlin.

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. 

Heathcare Reform With Dr. John Cappadona (Virtual)

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health and Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Dr. John Cappodana is  a primary care internist, that  practiced for 40 plus years, and now is  teaching medical residents at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford.  He has  been speaking about healthcare reform for 7 years.

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. 

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.

Great Decisions- International Cooperation On Climate Change (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 #4- International Cooperation On Climate Change (Virtual)

 

Notes

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.

Rosie the Riveter: Connecticut Women During World War II (Virtual)

6:30pm - 7:30pm
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:

“Rosie the Riveter” became an iconic image of working women during World War II. What was it really like for them?

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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. 

Millennials Read (Farley's Pub, Simsbury)

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Off Site
Open
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

At this no-stress book discussion, join readers in their 20s, 30s, and 40s to talk about current book picks. You do not need to be reading anything to participate. A partnership between Bloomfield, Granby, and Simsbury libraries and open to all.

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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 Visit from Young Adult Author Kenneth Oppel (Zoom)

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Author Event
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 300
Event Details:

Bloomfield Public Library is proud to virtually host Canadian Young Adult author Kenneth Oppel!

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: Using Email Series (330 Park, Rm. 117)

9:00am - 10:00am
Adults
BPL Tech Express
Full
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Tech Express
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Hands-on Learning, Technology Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

If you want to know how to make an email account and address, learn how to reply/reply all/forward, create and send attachments, manage your inbox, and learn about email etiquette, spam and phishing, 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.

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.

Connecticut Women Leaders for Social Justice (Virtual)

6:30pm - 7:30pm
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:

All people, regardless of their gender, race, and sexual orientation, have a right to equal access to education, healthcare, and voting rights.

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. 

Estate Planning Workshop (Atrium)

4:30pm - 5:45pm
Adults
BPL Atrium Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Finance, Legal
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 14
Event Details:

Come discuss what is needed to create your estate plan! Learn what estate planning is, what happens when you plan ahead, and what a will can and cannot do 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.

Wintonbury Book Discussion (Virtual) Where Are All the Kids by Teri Michaud

5:30pm - 6:30pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 28
Event Details:

The year was 1958, and a small, determined woman named Rita stared down the growing monster that was her once-loving husband’s alcoholism. Sober, Bob was affectionate, a good dad, and a hard worker.

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: Using Email Series (330 Park, Rm. 117)

9:00am - 10:00am
Adults
BPL Tech Express
Full
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Tech Express
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Hands-on Learning, Technology Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

If you want to know how to make an email account and address, learn how to reply/reply all/forward, create and send attachments, manage your inbox, and learn about email etiquette, spam and phishing, 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.

Great Decisions- The Future of NATO and European Security (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:

Great Decisions # 5 The Future of NATO and European Security

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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.

Tales of Women, Wise and Wondrous (Virtual)

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Civics and Social Justice, Performance, Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

For Women’s History Month, BPL is excited to present one of Sara deBeer’s most popular programs. Sara's style of storytelling and presentation is warm and personal.

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. 

You’ll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love (Virtual)

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Event, Civics and Social Justice
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Join author Marcia Zug to hear about her talk about her book You’ll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love. This book is an illuminating and thought-provoking examination of the uniquely American institution of ma

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.

Technology Class: Using Email Series (330 Park, Rm. 117)

9:00am - 10:00am
Adults
BPL Tech Express
Full
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Tech Express
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Hands-on Learning, Technology Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

If you want to know how to make an email account and address, learn how to reply/reply all/forward, create and send attachments, manage your inbox, and learn about email etiquette, spam and phishing, 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.

Book Bites (Virtual or Atrium)

10:30am - 11:30am
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: 10
Event Details:

What will you read next? Join us at BPL Atrium Library or on Zoom to learn about new releases, current bestsellers, librarian favorites, and recommend books to each other. Light refreshments will be served to those attending in-person.

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. 

CT Tax Q&A (McMW)

1:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
McMahon Wintonbury Library
Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Finance
Event Details:

Drop in from 1 to 4PM at McMahon Wintonbury Library, 1015 Blue Hills Ave, to get your CT tax questions answered! 

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.

Social Justice Book Club: Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit (Virtual)

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion, Civics and Social Justice
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

For Women’s History Month, we will discuss Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit. In her comic, scathing essay by the same title, Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women.

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. 

Herbal Medicine for Women (Virtual)

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health and Wellness, Nature
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Join us for an informative presentation by clinical herbalist, Genessa Zickefoose of The Mother Hive, LLC to learn how herbs, flowers and mushrooms can support your health and wellness journey.

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.