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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
The Rainbow Comes and Goes: a mother and son on life, love, and loss.
by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt
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Young Adult
The Walls Around Us
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Children's Fiction
Grandma in Blue with Red Hat
by Scott Menchin
Parenting
Grandpa Loved
By Josephine Nobisso
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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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Dirty Grandpa
Gods of Egypt
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Sisters
The Finest Hours
The Forest
The Lady in the Van
True Story
Unfinished Business
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June 10 - June 24 @ THE PLNL!
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SIGN UP and KICK OFF
with our Summer Reading Challenge...
Friday, June 17
9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Stop by the library 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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SAVE THE DATE!!!
Adult Summer Reading Challenge:
Saturday, June 25
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Scrabble For the TITLE!!!
Scrabble games at the Public Library of New London!
Scrabble boards will be available to hone your skills and exercise your mind.
Get in the game and compete for the heavyweight TITLE!
Stay tuned for more tournaments...
This program is free and open to the public. No registration required.
For more information, click
HERE.
Location: Adult Reading 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.
This program is free and open to the public. No registration required.
For more information please click
HERE.
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The Art of Sewing:
Sewing Classes for Beginners
Wednesday, 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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Third Thursday New London Art-
Artist Edeltraud Huller
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
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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Usual Suspects
Mystery Book Club
Monday, June 20
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Add a little more MYSTERY to your life.
Meet Jesse Stone: a lawman with a busted marriage, a drinking problem, and a new job. A quiet New England community quickly proves to be a crucible of political and moral corruption complete with a triple homicide, Boston mob ties, errant spouses, maddened militiamen and a psychopath who has fixed his violent sights on the new lawman.
Copies of the book are available at the circulation desk.
This month's book:
Night Passage
by Robert B. Parker
This program is free and open to the public. No registration required.
For more information, please click
HERE.
Location: Local History Room
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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 closed for this program
Thank you for your interest!
For more information, please click
HERE.
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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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Tuesday, June 21
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Yarr! Grab yer Cutlass!
Pirates have taken over Fluxx, the ever-changing card game,
and their rules be new and strange. .
Come and play the ever changing card game with us.
The more players, the crazier the game!
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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TUNE-UP DAY
w/ Bike New London and The Hive Skateshop
Thursday, June 23
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Bike New London and The Hive Skate shop are back to help you true your wheels, change your flats, and get your ride running smoothly!
Bring in your bikes and boards and these experts will show you
what you need to know to keep your bikes and skateboards tuned up.
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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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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Monday, June 20
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Children 0 to 5 years old are invited to join us
to enjoy
stories, songs and more.
No registration is required to attend this program.
For more information, please click
HERE.
Location: Children's Room
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New London Community Orchestra
Lessons For Children: Summer Session
Violin
Tuesday, June 21
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Free Violin lessons with instruction and instruments
provided
by New London Community Orchestra.
New London Community Orchestra is now offering 3
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 One Violin: 1:00 pm-1:30 pm
Session Two Violin: 1:30 pm-2:00 pm
Session Three Violin: 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Registration is REQUIRED and limited
to
the number of instruments donated to the program.
Please call or email to pre-register your child.
For more information, please click
HERE.
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New London Community Orchestra
Lessons For Children: Summer Session
Thursday, June 23
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Free violin lessons with instruction and instruments
provided
by New London Community Orchestra.
New London Community Orchestra is now offering 3
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 One Violin: 1:00 pm-1:30 pm
Session Two Violin: 1:30 pm-2:00 pm
Session Three Violin: 2:00 pm- 2:30 pm
Registration is REQUIRED and limited to
the number of instruments donated to the program.
Please call or email to pre-register your child.
For more information, please click
HERE.
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New London Community Orchestra
Lessons For Children: Summer Session
Cello
Thursday, June 23
2:30 pm - 3:00 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.
Registration is REQUIRED and limited to
the number of instruments donated to the program.
Please call or email to pre-register your child.
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Active Art!
Every Thursday
June 23 through August 18
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Calling Children of All Ages...
Come join us this summer a
nd experience ACTIVE art!
We will explore the arts using various media:
MUSIC... DANCE... MIME...
PAINTING... SCULPTURE... PHOTOGRAPHY...
This program is free and open to the public. No registration required.
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Friday Fitness Fun:
STAND ON YOUR HEAD AND READ
with Samer Delgado!
Friday, June 24
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Can you read a book standing on your head? Samer Delgado can!
The one and only Samer Delgado brings his unique and special
flair to fitness with a group workout for kids and parents.
Get pumped up for reading this summer as he shows you how to build strong muscles and exercise your brain at the same time!
This program is free and suitable for the whole family.
No registration required.
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Public Library of New London
63 Huntington Street
New London, CT 06320
860-447-1411
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