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Homeschool Fun Fridays: SCIENCE BYTES WITH MISS NICOLE (Atrium)

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Children's Space
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Book Discussion, Hands-on Learning, Poetry, Storytime, Technology Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

In this Homeschool Fun Friday, Miss Nicole will take the lead with some fun Science Bytes projects that can be adapted 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.

Caregivers

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

Opera Talk: Tosca (Virtual)

1:00pm - 2:15pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts and Culture
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Love! Jealousy!! Lasciviousness!!! Torture!!!! Murder!!!!! Execution!!!!!! Suicide!!!!!!!

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.

Homeschool Fun Fridays: MOHEGAN TRIBE CULTURAL PROGRAM (Atrium)

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Children's Space
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Book Discussion, Hands-on Learning, Poetry, Storytime, Technology Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

In this Homeschool Fun Friday, we'll join a live Zoom presentation with representatives of the Mohegan Tribe to learn about their history & culture.

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. 

Mohegan Tribe: Culture, Stories, and History (Virtual)

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Children, Tweens, Teens
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Storytime, Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 199
Event Details:

The Mohegan Tribe can bring our culture, stories, and history to 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.

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. 

Libraries CLOSING EARLY

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

Time TBD by the Town. BPL Online is always open!

Thanksgiving Day & Recess - Libraries CLOSED

All Day 11/28 - 11/29
Closing
Branches:
BPL Atrium Library, BPL Tech Express, Off Site, Virtual
Description:

BPL Online is always open!

Artworks That Changed Art History (Virtual)

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

Let’s view and discuss artworks that broke away from the traditional style of their time.

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 100 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time (Virtual)

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

Award-winning author and pop culture historian Marty Gitlin hosts this fun and enlightening presentation for all ages based on his book, A Celebration of Animation: The 100 Greatest Cartoon Characters in Television History.

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. 

Homeschool Fun Fridays ROBOTICS with the Children's Museum (Atrium)

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Children's Space
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Book Discussion, Hands-on Learning, Poetry, Storytime, Technology Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Come join the Children’s Museum at Bloomfield Library on the first and second Friday's of the month.

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. 

Homeschool Fun Fridays SCIENCE with the Children's Museum (Atrium)

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Children's Space
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Book Discussion, Hands-on Learning, Poetry, Storytime, Technology Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Come join the Children’s Museum at Bloomfield Library on the first and second Friday's of the month.

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. 

Homeschool Fun Fridays: Poetry Group (Atrium)

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Children's Space
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Book Discussion, Hands-on Learning, Poetry, Storytime, Technology Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Come make poetry with former Montessori elementary guide and now farmer Laura Pallandre.  We'll analyze a poem by listening to it 3 different ways, go off for a bit to write our own poetry ideas and come back together to share.  Feel fre

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. 

Libraries CLOSING EARLY

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

Time TBD by the Town. BPL Online is always open!

Christmas Day - Libraries CLOSED

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

BPL Online is always open!

Homeschool Fun Fridays Book Club (Atrium)

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Children's Space
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Book Discussion, Hands-on Learning, Poetry, Storytime, Technology Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Come join the Children’s Museum at Bloomfield Library on the first and second Friday's of the month.

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. 

Libraries CLOSING EARLY

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

BPL Online is always open!

New Year's Day - Libraries CLOSED

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

BPL Online is always open!

Homeschool Fun Fridays (Atrium)

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Children's Space
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Book Discussion, Hands-on Learning, Poetry, Storytime, Technology Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Come join the Children’s Museum at Bloomfield Library and learn robotics on the first Friday of every month, November to January. We’ll be designing and learning to code our own robots based on what you imagine.

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. 

Grow Wild and Free (Atrium)

10:00am - 12:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Crafts, Hands-on Learning, Health and Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Event Details:

Let your inner wild child come out and play! Embrace your uniqueness in all its glory while decorating a flower pot where your aspirations will have space to bloom— we’ll add dirt and flower seeds before you go!

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 (Atrium)

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Children's Space
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Book Discussion, Hands-on Learning, Poetry, Storytime, Technology Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Come join the Children’s Museum at Bloomfield Library and learn robotics on the first Friday of every month, November to January. We’ll be designing and learning to code our own robots based on what you imagine.

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. 

Homeschool Fun Fridays (Atrium)

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Children's Space
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Book Discussion, Hands-on Learning, Poetry, Storytime, Technology Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Come join the Children’s Museum at Bloomfield Library and learn robotics on the first Friday of every month, November to January. We’ll be designing and learning to code our own robots based on what you imagine.

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. 

Homeschool Fun Fridays (Atrium)

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Children's Space
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Book Discussion, Hands-on Learning, Poetry, Storytime, Technology Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Come join the Children’s Museum at Bloomfield Library and learn robotics on the first Friday of every month, November to January. We’ll be designing and learning to code our own robots based on what you imagine.

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. 

Homeschool Fun Fridays (Atrium)

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Children's Space
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Book Discussion, Hands-on Learning, Poetry, Storytime, Technology Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Come join the Children’s Museum at Bloomfield Library and learn robotics on the first Friday of every month, November to January. We’ll be designing and learning to code our own robots based on what you imagine.

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. 

Presidents' Day - Libraries CLOSED

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

BPL Online is always open!