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Crafternoon: Make Your Own Potholders (Adults; Atrium)

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Crafts, Hands-on Learning
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:

At this Thanksgiving Holiday special edition of Crafternoon, BPL Librarian Lorri Huddy will teach you to create your own potholders using a loom and loops. Limited space available.

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.

Make A Display For Your Thanksgiving Table (Atrium)

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Teens, Adults
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:

Join Laura Pallandre to make a pumpkin display that would be perfect for decorating your Thanksgiving table. Laura is the owner of Slowpoke Farm in Bloomfield.  She will also talk about her farm and being a farmer.

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.

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!

Science Bytes: LED LIGHTS & PAPER CIRCUITS

All Day
Children, Tweens
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Crafts, Hands-on Learning, Other
Event Details:

In our final Science Bytes of 2024, Miss Nicole will show viewers the basics of creating a paper circuit and will provide a template for creating a light-up seasonal card.

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

4:30pm - 6:00pm
Teens, Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2
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.

Let's Make an Ugly Holiday Shirt! (Tweens & Teens) (Atrium)

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Tweens, Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

'Tis the season for ugly holiday shirts...let BPL help you make one!

Teens provide the t-shirt of sweatshirt, and BPL will provide all other materials necessary to make a light-up, "ugly" holiday shirt. For ages 12 and up.

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.

Make A Table Display For The Holidays (Atrium)

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Crafts, Nature
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

Join Laura Pallandre again this month to make a holiday display that would be perfect for decorating your holiday table. Laura is the owner of Slowpoke Farm in Bloomfield.  She will also talk about her farm and being a farmer.

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.

Crafternoon: Make Photo Coasters (Atrium)

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

Looking for a homemade holiday gift idea? Make photo coasters with us! All supplies are provided but we encourage you to bring your own 4X4 photos to personalize.

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 Holiday Party! (330 Park)

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Children, Tweens, Teens
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Crafts, Other
Event Details:

For our final meet-up of 2024, Miss Nicole is inviting Pokémon fans to an end-of-year holiday party! 

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.

Make your own snowy pal stuffie!

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Children's Space
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 22
Event Details:

Back by popular demand, BPL is hosting a "make your own stuffie" event at our Atrium location.

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.

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!

Youth Kwanzaa Crafternoon (Atrium)

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Children, Tweens, Teens
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Children's Space
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Crafts
Event Details:

Kwanzaa is a secular holiday that's based on the start of the harvest season in Africa, and it's observed by millions of people in the United States.

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. 

Fun with Fuse Beads (Atrium)

3:00pm - 5:00pm
Children, Tweens, Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Children's Space
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Looking for a fun afternoon activity during the winter break? BPL youth staff have just the thing for you! Join us for a relaxing afternoon of creating fuse bead projects. All supplies will be provided, including some sample templates.

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.

Libraries CLOSING EARLY

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

BPL Online is always open!

Countdown to Noon (Atrium)

10:30am - 12:00pm
Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Children's Space
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Community Event, Crafts, Food and Drink, Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 40
Event Details:

BPL staff is ready to say farewell to 2024 and welcome in the new year (which will bring 2 new libraries!). Join our staff for some fun as we "countdown to noon" on Dec. 31st starting at 10:30 AM.

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.

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!

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: 8
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.

Presidents' Day - Libraries CLOSED

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

BPL Online is always open!

Good Friday - Libraries CLOSED

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

BPL Online is always open!

Memorial Day - Libraries CLOSED

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

BPL Online is always open!

Juneteenth - Libraries CLOSED

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

BPL Online is always open!