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Digital Collection:
Can't get to the library? Use our e-resources from the comfort of your own home!
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Reading Challenge
How many books can you read in 6 months? Join our Library Reading Challenge and earn a chance at great prizes! Click here for more information!
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Museum Passes
New London library card holders can now reserve museum passes online!
Check out our website here for more information!
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LET US KNOW!!
Do you have a favorite children's picture book that you read as a child?
Or do you have one that you love reading to your child or grandchild?
We are developing our 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program to encourage parents to read 1,000 books to their children and we need your help!
Please take our survey by clicking
here!
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Chess Club
Every Wednesday
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Are you a chess
player looking for
new opponents?
Or, have you never
played but want to
learn?
The library has recently started a Chess Club.
All are welcome, from beginners to advanced.
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Community Knit
Every Thursday
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Come share a love of knitting and crocheting. Bring your project and materials and socialize with others.
Trying a new stitch?
Someone might be able to help.
All are welcome, from beginners to advanced.
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Adult Non Fiction
West of Eden: an American place
by Jean Stein
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Young Adult
Seven Ways We Lie
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Children's Fiction
Picture Book
Ask Me
by Bernard Waber
Chapter Book
Booked
By Kwame Alexander
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CAKE PANS AVAILABLE
TO TAKE HOME!
EVERY DAY,
ALL THE TIME.
Love to bake, but tired of the same old cake pans?
Come check out our collection of cake pans available to check out of the library.
All you need is a current library card!
Baking is FUN!
Make some edible memories with your children.
If any questions, please feel free to contact us!
Contact:
Michelle Belanger:
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How To Be Single
Krampus
Ride Along 2
The Witch
Where To Invade Next
Zoolander No.2
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June 3 - June 17 @ THE PLNL!
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SIGN UP and KICK OFF
with our Summer Reading Challenge...
Friday, June 17
Stop by the library any time on Friday, June 17
to sign up for the Summer Reading Challenge.
Lots of activities planned for the whole day!
10:30 am: Art activity with Mystic Museum of Art
12 pm - 2 pm: Meet the Yard Goat mascot
1 pm - 3 pm: Face painting with Skadoodlez
This is a drop-in program and no registration is required.
For more information, click
HERE.
Location: Children's Room
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Third Thursday New London Art-
Artist Edeltraud Huller
Thursday, June 16
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Third Thursday New London Art is a gallery and downtown walk
event designed to showcase the fantastic artistic resources of
New London. It will run the third Thursday of every month from
April to November at the Public Library of
New London,
providing a sense of community for attendees.
Artist: Edeltraud Huller
Talk 5:30 pm, Art Display 5:30-7:00 pm
Ms. Huller is influenced by the converging environments around her,
whether it be the richness of nature, the beauty created by endeavors of the human mind, or the architectural destruction
and
human wreckage of war.
Self taught, her works have been
exhibited for years in Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York
City Galleries, including
the Delaware Fine Arts Museum gallery,
and in permanent collection at the New Britain Museum.
Her
works have entered collections worldwide.
This program is free and open to the public. No registration required.
For more information please click
HERE.
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New London Tree Walk from A to Z
with Maggie Redfern
Saturday, June 18
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Urban trees provide a broad range of environmental and
social benefits from reducing air pollution to increasing
community spirit.
Within a few blocks of the Public Library of New London there's everything from
Acer
to
Zelkova
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Learn to identify some of the more common and most unusual specimens planted in New London.
This tour is for anyone interested in nature in the city.
Our presenter and tour leader, Maggie Redfern,
is the Assistant Director of the Connecticut College Arboretum.
This program is free and open to the public. No registration required.
For more information please click
HERE
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Friday, June 3
12:15 pm - 2:15 pm
Come and enjoy some popcorn and a movie with us!
This month's showing:
The Glenn Miller Story
Glenn Miller (James Stewart) is a poor trombone player with dreams
of fame. Eventually, through years of hard work and determination,
he is able to start his own band, and they become one of the most successful groups of the big-band era. With a beautiful wife (June Allyson) and one of the biggest songs in America, "Moonlight Serenade," Miller has it all. But at the onset of World War II, Miller enlists, giving up his fame and success to help entertain the troops stationed in Europe.
No registration is required to attend this program
For more information, please click
HERE.
Location: Community Room
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Supper Book Group:
Meetings With Remarkable Men
by G.I. Gurdjieff
Monday, June 6
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Every month food is ordered from a local restaurant,
to be delivered
to the library at 5:30 pm, the day of the meeting.
If possible, the
food
will relate thematically to the book.
T
he menu is available at the Circulation Desk &
emailed to everyone registered to attend that month.
Participants select and pay for their menu items before the meeting.
Please leave your money at the Circulation Desk by 1:30,
the day of the book club meeting for that month.
**Please feel free to bring your own supper.
Coffee, tea and water are provided by the library.
Registration is required to attend this program.
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Southeast Area Transit Bus
How To Ride
Tuesday, June 7
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Get to know your routes, and other
important
things
to know about safety
and being prepared.
Make your ride on SEAT an enjoyable one!
No registration is required to attend this program.
For more information please click
HERE.
Location: Community Room
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The Art of Sewing:
Sewing Classes for Beginners
Wednesdays, June 8 and June 15
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Come to our three week series of classes to learn the basics of
the machine, including threading the bobbin, choosing seams, and adjusting tension. Once you feel comfortable with the machine, you
will learn how to make a small drawstring bag and other things.
Leave the class confident in using your machine
and with something to show for your hard work!
(classes held each Wednesday, June 1 - June 15)
THIS PROGRAM REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.
Location: Community Room
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Meet WWF/WWE Legend and author
Bob Backlund
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Author and wrestling legend
Bob Backlund will talk about his book
Backlund: From All-American Boy
to Professional Wrestling's World Champion.
Robert Lee "Bob" Backlund is the former two-time World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Champion, with an in-ring career that has spanned nearly 40 years. He has wrestled nearly every big name in
the sport, including Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, and Andre the Giant.
He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 6, 2013.
Backlund continues to make occasional appearances for the WWE, teaching amateur wrestling to children. He also enjoys life traveling the country as a much-loved motivational speaker.
No registration is required to attend this program.
For more information please click
HERE.
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Comic Making
with Jacinta Meyers
Every Monday and Friday,
starting June 3 through June 27
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Learn how to make a black and white comic strip, from start to
finish, with the amazingly talented illustrator
Jacinta Meyers.
No experience necessary,
but be ready to perfect your drawing skills!
Classes will go over the use of computer applications
in addition t
o archival ink and paper.
All supplies will be provided.
Registration is required to attend this program
Registrants must commit to the 8 sessions.
To register, and for more information, click
HERE.
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Tuesday, June 7
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
TinkerCAD is the software we use to make "prints"
on our 3-D printer (how cool is that?!).
Come and get comfortable with the program...
and work towards producing a printable object!
This program is open to all teens. No registration is required.
For more information, click
HERE.
Contact: Nike Desis: 860-447-1411 x6,
[email protected]
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3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
OR
Saturday, June 11
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
This is an orientation for applicants
of
the Public Library
of New London's
VolunTeen
program.
We will go over expectations and procedures
and get to meet each other face to face!
VolunTeen applications are due May 16th.
Registration is required.
To register, please click
HERE
Contact: Nike Desis
860-447-1411 x6, [email protected]
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Teen Tuesdays -
Living Board Game
Human Hungry, Hungry Hippos
Tuesday, June 14
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Hungry Hungry Hippos goes HUGE!
Come play a life-size version of the game
using laundry baskets, skateboards, muscle, and wit.
For more information, click
HERE.
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Saturday, June 4
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Learn the basic elements of coding in a fun and easy gaming format!
Course Level 1 is for ages 4-6 years old,
Course Level 2 is for ages 6-12 years old.
Children will need a valid email address to log into the program.
(This can be a parent's email address)
Please specify which course you are signing up for when you register.
Space is limited to 6 participants and registration is required.
For more information, or to register, please click
HERE.
Location: Children's Room
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NL Community Orchestra
Violin Lessons for Children
Tuesday, June 7
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Free Violin lessons with instruction and instruments
provided
by New London Community Orchestra.
New London Community Orchestra is now offering
2
new sessions of free violin lessons for children (grades 6-9).
Instruments will be provided free of charge,
and children may take
their violins home to practice.
Lessons are in small groups with a professional teacher.
Session 1 will be 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm,
and Session 2 will be 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm.
Registration is REQUIRED and limited
to
the number of instruments donated to the program.
Please call or email to pre-register your child.
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NL Community Orchestra
Violin Lessons For Children
Wednesday, June 8
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Free Violin lessons with instruction and instruments
provided
by New London Community Orchestra.
Registration is REQUIRED and limited to
the number of instruments donated to the program.
THIS PROGRAM IS FILLED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.
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NL Community Orchestra
Cello Lessons For Children
Wednesday, June 8
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Free cello lessons with instruction and instruments
provided
by New London Community Orchestra.
Registration is REQUIRED and limited
to
the number of instruments donated to the program.
THIS PROGRAM IS FILLED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.
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Tuesday, June 14
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Celebrate the end of the school year with BINGO!
Children in 1st - 5th grade are invited to come play BINGO
and get the chance to win a prize.
No registration is required to attend this program.
For more information, click
HERE.
Location: Children's Room
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Public Library of New London
63 Huntington Street
New London, CT 06320
860-447-1411
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