Avid Black Film historian Lonnie Braxton will be leading an after-hours film series as part of the Library's celebration of Black History Month. This event is free and open to all.

Contact: Suzanne Maryeski - 860-447-1411 x 5, [email protected]  

Spend the afternoon with Dog Listener Pat Wright. Learn how to bring your dog to peace and solve the problem of unwanted behaviors. Pat Wright  

has worked as the highest ranking member in the United States of the Jan  

Fennell International Team of Dog Listeners. Some of the many topics  

discussed are pulling on the lead, jumping up, aggression, separation anxiety,  

and excessive barking. Pat mixes in some very entertaining experiences  

from her many years of Dog Listening throughout New England.

There will be a question and answer period at the end of the talk. No dogs please.

Pat is a popular speaker with dog owners & trainers in New England! 

Registration is not required but suggested.

Contact: Madhu Gupta - [email protected], 860-447-1411 x3 

Author Event with Anne Farrow

In 1757, a sailing ship owned by an affluent Connecticut merchant sailed from New London to the tiny island of Bence in Sierra Leone, West Africa, to take on fresh water and slaves. On board was the owner's son, on a training voyage  

to learn the trade. The Logbooks explores that voyage, and two others  

documented by that young man, to unearth new realities of Connecticut's  

slave trade and question how we could have forgotten this part of our past so  

completely. 

About the author:

A journalist in New England for 30 years, much of that time at the Hartford Courant,  

Farrow was a lead writer on The Courant's prize-winning investigations into  

slavery in Connecticut, and the co-author of the book Complicity: How the  

North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profited from Slavery, published by  

Ballantine Books in 2005.    

This program is free and no registration is required. 

Did you know that the library has access to information on 100,000 grantmakers and 2.3 million grants?  Grant funds for individual endeavors  

such as education, research and business pursuits are not that easy to find.   

Attend this class to learn about the Foundation Grants to Individuals database,  

GrantSpace.org and other helpful resources.  A working knowledge of the  

Internet and Windows are needed for this hands-on session.  Space is  

limited to 10 people and preregistration is required.

This is a four week opportunity for passionate Downton Abbey fans to share their thoughts about the program.

Tea and light snacks will be served.

Discussion Topics:

February 23 - Best & Worst Downton Moments

March 2 - Favorite Characters & Fashion

March 9 - Plot & Deaths

March 16 - Final Episode & Season 6

Feel free to wear your favorite tea party attire such as pearls, gloves, and of course...hats!

Discussion Leader: Lady Catherine Treadwell-Hill

To register for February 23 please click here.

Contact: Kate Treadwell-Hill - [email protected], 860-447-1411 x3 

Have you ever wanted to explore your family history?  Perhaps you've been tracing your family back forever and could help out a newbie.  Join us for the Genealogy Club.  We'll meet in the Local History Room to access our full collection of genealogy resources and ancestry.com.  Need help getting started?  That's what we're here for! Let's learn our history together!

Contact: Kate Treadwell-Hill - [email protected] 

Ms. Christa will read a story and kids and parents can create a related craft!  

Ages 3 and up with adult supervision required.  

Contact:  Christa Sieburg - [email protected]