The Library will be CLOSED Friday, April 18. HOURS: Monday 12:30-8:30, Tuesday 9:30-5:30, Wednesday 12:30-8:30, Thursday 9:30-5:30, Friday 9:30-5:30, Saturday 9:30-3:00
At the Library
Computers are available for adults and children. The library has headphones and disposable headphone covers you can borrow. You are also welcome to bring your own headphones if you need to use computer audio.
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Librarian's Corner
Spring is almost here! We’re ready to turn the page on gloomy old winter and welcome back the colors, sounds and new growth of spring. It’s not too early to start planning your yard and garden with seeds from our Harwinton Grows Seed Library. Stop in to browse our selection of seeds for veggies, herbs, fruit and flowers. Not sure how to start plants from seed? Learn how at our Seed Starting Workshop on March 15.
The birds are returning. Do you know why birds migrate? Can you identify the birds you see and hear in your yard and neighborhood? Do you know the Library has a Birding Backpack you can check out for a day of outdoor family fun? Join the Litchfield Hills Audubon Society on April 12 for Birds on the Move! to learn all about birds and birding. There will be a special presentation of Birds on the Move! for our homeschooling families on April 30.Want to attract more birds to your yard? Make them an inviting home at our Family Birdhouse Craft on March 29.
In celebration of Youth Art Month in March we are featuring artist Benjamin Fitzgerald in our main library. Ben is on the Autism Spectrum, and uses art as a means of self-expression. Meet Ben and learn more about how art helps him communicate at his Artist’s Reception on March 3. On display in our Activity Room in March and April is an Artist’s Invitational Spring Showcase featuring work from local area artists. View the show and meet the artists at their Artists’ Reception on March 21. All are welcome.
Afternoon Book Discussion Thursday, May 8th @ 2 pm
Horse
by Geraldine Brooks
Three storylines – One horse. The story begins in 1850 with an enslaved groom and a champion racing horse. It continues in 2019 with a Smithsonian scientist studying the horse’s bones for clues to his power and endurance; and an Art Historian uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success.
Book Discussion - Monday, April 28th @ 6 pm
The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum
by Margalit Fox
In 1850 Fredericka Mandelbaum came to New York and worked as a peddler on the streets of Lower Manhattan. By the 1870s she was a fixture of high society and an admired philanthropist. How was she able to ascend from tenement poverty to vast wealth? She was a business visionary–one of the first entrepreneurs in America.