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storytime at prosser

Storytime @ Prosser

Monday, April 6, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Prosser Community Room at Prosser Library

Program Type:

Crafts, Storytime

Age Group:

Preschool
Library Branch: Prosser Library
Room: Prosser Community Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Crafts, Storytime
Event Details:

Join BPL librarians at Prosser for a weekly preschool storytime! 

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Tech Class Series: Computer Basics (Prosser)

Monday, April 6, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Prosser Technology Classroom (Upper Level) at Prosser Library

Program Type:

Technology Class

Age Group:

Adults
Library Branch: Prosser Library
Room: Prosser Technology Classroom (Upper Level)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology Class
Registration Required
Event Details:

If you consider yourself a beginning computer user and need help with basic technology skills, this class is for you.

Short Story Chat Monday April 6, 2026

Short Story Chat: Recitatif by Toni Morrison (Virtual)

Monday, April 6, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual

Program Type:

Discussion, Civics and Social Justice

Age Group:

Teens, Adults
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Discussion, Civics and Social Justice
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a short story discussion of Recitatif by Toni Morrison.

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Atlantic Magazine Discussion Group (Prosser)

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at 11:30am - 12:30pm
Prosser Community Room at Prosser Library

Program Type:

Civics and Social Justice

Age Group:

Adults
Library Branch: Prosser Library
Room: Prosser Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Civics and Social Justice
Registration Required
Event Details:

Welcome to the Atlantic Magazine Discussion Group! We will be reading the following articles from the April 2026 issue. Discussion will be led by Library Director Elizabeth Lane.

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Great Decisions: Multilateral Institutions in a Changing World Order (Virtual)

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Virtual

Program Type:

Civics and Social Justice

Age Group:

Adults
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Civics and Social Justice
Registration Required
Event Details:

Can multilateralism survive amid shifting global power and rising nationalism?

colonial dressed man guiding a horse-drawn carriage with the word "temperance" underneath

Tapping Into the Past: Tavern Life in Early Connecticut (Prosser or Virtual)

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Prosser Community Room at Prosser Library

Program Type:

Arts and Culture

Age Group:

Adults
Library Branch: Prosser Library
Room: Prosser Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts and Culture
Registration Required
Event Details:

It's National Beer Day! As part of our America 250 programming, we'll explore the history of taverns in early Connecticut. Taverns were more than just a place to drink.

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Storytime & Craft Hour (McMW)

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
McMW Children's Space at McMahon Wintonbury Library

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Preschool
Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library
Room: McMW Children's Space
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join BPL youth librarians for a storytime and craft at McMahon Wintonbury Library, 1015 Blue Hills Ave.

Registration is appreciated, but not required. Best for ages 2–5, but all ages welcome!

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Youth Chess Club (Prosser)

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Prosser Youth Department at Prosser Library

Program Type:

Gaming, Hands-on Learning, Workshop

Age Group:

Tweens, Teens
Library Branch: Prosser Library
Room: Prosser Youth Department
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Gaming, Hands-on Learning, Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come learn and play chess!  

Join Yonatan Axelrad of New Britain Chess Club for chess instruction and supervised games.

For children, tweens and teens (ages 8 and up). All skill levels welcome!

Moving Forward Thursday April 9th at 12:30 McMW

Lunch and Learn: Moving Forward-From Transition to Transformation (McMW)

Thursday, April 9, 2026 at 12:30pm - 1:30pm
McMW Multipurpose Space at McMahon Wintonbury Library

Program Type:

Community Event, Discussion, Health and Wellness

Age Group:

Adults
Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library
Room: McMW Multipurpose Space
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Event, Discussion, Health and Wellness
Registration Required
Event Details:

 

 Moving Forward: From Transition to Transformation

read-alouds for tweens

Stories & Snacks for Tweens (Prosser)

Thursday, April 9, 2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Prosser Middle Grade Room at Prosser Library

Program Type:

Discussion, Storytime

Age Group:

Tweens
Library Branch: Prosser Library
Room: Prosser Middle Grade Room
Age Group: Tweens
Program Type: Discussion, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Relax and listen to a middle grade book. Get comfy. Have a snack. Miss Donna will read aloud each Thursday. We’ll begin at Prosser. Once that book is finished, we’ll start a new book at the McMahon location.

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Community Book Swap (Back East Brewing)

5:00pm–6:30pm
Adults
Off Site
Open
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Event
Registration Required
Event Details:

Celebrate summer with local libraries and Back East Brewery at our Community Book Swap! Bring 1 to 3 books in good condition you want to swap and go home with new reads! Don’t have any to swap? We will have extra!

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 two weeks prior to the event.

The Grotesque 10: Amazing Architectural Sculpture from Ten American Colleges & Universities (Prosser)

10:30am–11:30am
Teens, Adults
Prosser Library
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Prosser Library
Room: Prosser Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Author Event
Registration Required
Event Details:

Armed with only a camera, a sense of humor and a host of frequent flyer miles, Mathew Duman embarked on a “grotesque safari," traveling to 10 universities around the country to photograph the unique grotesques and gargoyles roosting on their acade

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 two weeks prior to the event.

Friends Summer Reading

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

Special Education Social and Learning Club (Prosser)

2:30pm–4:00pm
Children, Tweens
Prosser Library
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Prosser Library
Room: Prosser Community Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Hands-on Learning
Registration Required
Event Details:

This four-week summer club will foster belonging, confidence, peer interaction, and family connection for special needs students—all within the trusted and inclusive space of the library. 

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 two weeks prior to the event.

Caregivers

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

Friends Summer Reading

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

CT DEEP Plant Program (McMW)

10:30am–11:30am
Children, Tweens
McMahon Wintonbury Library
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: McMahon Wintonbury Library
Room: McMW Multipurpose Space
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Hands-on Learning, Nature
Registration Required
Event Details:

This program provides young nature lovers with the opportunity for hands-on learning about native plants of Connecticut with our roving naturalists.

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 two weeks prior to the event.

Caregivers

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

Friends Summer Reading

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

Special Education Social and Learning Club (Prosser)

2:30pm–4:00pm
Children, Tweens
Prosser Library
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Prosser Library
Room: Prosser Community Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Hands-on Learning
Registration Required
Event Details:

This four-week summer club will foster belonging, confidence, peer interaction, and family connection for special needs students—all within the trusted and inclusive space of the library. 

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 two weeks prior to the event.

Caregivers

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

Friends Summer Reading

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

BLOOMFIELD PUBLIC ART COMMISSION Monthly Meeting (Virtual)

5:15pm–6:15pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Meeting
Registration Required

Notes

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 Prosser)

6:00pm–8:00pm
Adults
Prosser Library
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Prosser Library
Room: Prosser Conference Room (Upper Level)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Meeting
Registration Required
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 McMahon Wintonbury Library.

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 two weeks prior to the event.

Library Friends Meeting (Prosser)

1:00pm–3:00pm
Prosser Library
Library Branch: Prosser Library
Room: Prosser Conference Room (Upper Level)
Program Type: Meeting
Event Details:

The Friends of the Bloomfield Public Libraries is a nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to the support of the libraries through fundraising and advocacy. Membership in the Friends is open to all interested people and organizations.

Wintonbury Book Discussion: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (Virtual)

5:30pm–6:30pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Discussion
Registration Required
Event Details:

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

 Linus Baker is a lonely case worker for a governmental organization which manages orphaned kids who are magical beings.

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 two weeks prior to the event.

BLOOMFIELD PUBLIC ART COMMISSION Monthly Meeting (Virtual)

5:15pm–6:15pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Meeting
Registration Required

Notes

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. 

Labor Day - Libraries CLOSED

All Day
All Branches
Closing
Branches:
McMahon Wintonbury Library, Prosser Library, Off Site, Virtual, Temporary Locations
Description:

BPL Online is always open!

Library Board Meeting (Virtual or Prosser)

6:00pm–8:00pm
Adults
Prosser Library
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Prosser Library
Room: Prosser Conference Room (Upper Level)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Meeting
Registration Required
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 McMahon Wintonbury Library.

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 two weeks prior to the event.

Library Friends Meeting (Prosser)

1:00pm–3:00pm
Prosser Library
Library Branch: Prosser Library
Room: Prosser Conference Room (Upper Level)
Program Type: Meeting
Event Details:

The Friends of the Bloomfield Public Libraries is a nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to the support of the libraries through fundraising and advocacy. Membership in the Friends is open to all interested people and organizations.

BLOOMFIELD PUBLIC ART COMMISSION Monthly Meeting (Virtual)

5:15pm–6:15pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Meeting
Registration Required

Notes

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 Friends Meeting (Prosser)

1:00pm–3:00pm
Prosser Library
Library Branch: Prosser Library
Room: Prosser Conference Room (Upper Level)
Program Type: Meeting
Event Details:

The Friends of the Bloomfield Public Libraries is a nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to the support of the libraries through fundraising and advocacy. Membership in the Friends is open to all interested people and organizations.

Library Board Meeting (Virtual or Prosser)

6:00pm–8:00pm
Adults
Prosser Library
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Prosser Library
Room: Prosser Conference Room (Upper Level)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Meeting
Registration Required
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 McMahon Wintonbury Library.

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 two weeks prior to the event.

BLOOMFIELD PUBLIC ART COMMISSION Monthly Meeting (Virtual)

5:15pm–6:15pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Meeting
Registration Required

Notes

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 Prosser)

6:00pm–8:00pm
Adults
Prosser Library
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Prosser Library
Room: Prosser Conference Room (Upper Level)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Meeting
Registration Required
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 McMahon Wintonbury Library.

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 two weeks prior to the event.

Veterans Day - Libraries CLOSED

All Day
All Branches
Closing
Branches:
McMahon Wintonbury Library, Prosser Library, Off Site, Virtual, Temporary Locations
Description:

BPL Online is always open!

Library Friends Meeting (Prosser)

1:00pm–3:00pm
Prosser Library
Library Branch: Prosser Library
Room: Prosser Conference Room (Upper Level)
Program Type: Meeting
Event Details:

The Friends of the Bloomfield Public Libraries is a nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to the support of the libraries through fundraising and advocacy. Membership in the Friends is open to all interested people and organizations.

Libraries CLOSING EARLY (Time TBD)

5:00pm–8:00pm
All Branches
Closing
Branches:
McMahon Wintonbury Library, Prosser Library, Off Site, Virtual, Temporary Locations
Description:

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

Thanksgiving Day & Recess - Libraries CLOSED

All Day 11/26–11/27
All Branches
Closing
Branches:
McMahon Wintonbury Library, Prosser Library, Off Site, Virtual, Temporary Locations
Description:

BPL Online is always open!

BLOOMFIELD PUBLIC ART COMMISSION Monthly Meeting (Virtual)

5:15pm–6:15pm
Adults
Virtual
Open
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts and Culture, Meeting
Registration Required

Notes

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 Prosser)

6:00pm–8:00pm
Adults
Prosser Library
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Prosser Library
Room: Prosser Conference Room (Upper Level)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Meeting
Registration Required
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 McMahon Wintonbury Library.

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 two weeks prior to the event.