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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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Follow us on Social Media!
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Can't get to the library? Use our e-resources from the comfort of your own home!
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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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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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Art Behind the Story
Every Thursday
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Listen to a story and make a related craft with Ms. Christa!
(Ages 1 - 7)
Free and no registration required.
Contact:
Julie Bartley: 860-447-1411 x4,
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Adult Non Fiction
Blood and Earth: modern slavery, ecocide, and the secret to saving the world
by Kevin Bales
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Young Adult
Lois Lane: Fallout
by Gwenda Bond
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Children's Fiction
Fish in a Tree
by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Children's
Non Fiction
Whose Hands are These?: a community helper guessing book
By Miranda Paul
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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!
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April 1 - April 15 @ THE PLNL!
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The Public Library of New London
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
The Edible Book Festival was initiated by book artist Judith A. Hoffberg in 1999, and soon became a global event.
The rules for participating in the contest are simple:
your entry should relate to books and reading,
and it has to be edible (sweet or savory, raw or cooked).
Registration is required.
Please click HERE to register.
If you have any questions, please contact:
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CALLING ALL AUTHORS...
First Annual
Local Authors Fest
Application deadline is APRIL 9.
Are you a local author?
The Public Library of New London invites you to introduce your book to the public at the first annual Local Authors Fest.
We are currently accepting applications.
The deadline for applying is APRIL 9.
Please click HERE to apply.
If you have any questions, please contact:
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Non Profit Resource Center
Monday, April 4
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Did you know that the library has access to information
on 100,000 grant-makers and 2.3 million grants?
Sign up for this class to learn how to access and
harness
this information for the greater good of your non profit organization.
Space is limited to 10 people.
To register, please click HERE.
Location: Community Room
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Drawing for Absolute Beginners
Mondays, March 7 thru April 18
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
THIS CLASS IS FILLED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.
For more information, please click
HERE.
Location: Community Room
Contact: Madhu Gupta: 860-447-1411 x3,
mgupta@plnl.org
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The Art of Sewing:
Sewing Classes for Beginners
Wednesdays, March 23- April 27
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
THIS CLASS IS FILLED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.
For more information, please click
Location: Community Room
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New London History Series
with Sally Ryan
Wednesdays, March 23 - May 4
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Join New London historian Sally Ryan
and learn more about the history of New London.
- March 23 - The CT Colony and Pequot War
- March 30 - New London's Early Years: 1646 -1775
- April 6 - The Revolutionary War
- April 13 - Whaling: 1820-1860
- April 20 - NO CLASS
- April 27 - Railroads and the Industrial Revolution
- May 4 - 1938 Hurricane to the Present
No registration is required for this program.
Come for one, or come for all.
For more information, please click
HERE
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Location: Community Room
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How to Use QuickBooksâ„¢
to Manage Your Business Finances (I)
Thursday, April 7
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
You have started your own business. Now what?
You have bills to pay, customer sales to track, and taxes to file
which requires paper, paper, and more paper.
If you have turned to QuickBooks
â„¢ for help,
and now you find you would like help using the program,
this workshop is for you, and it is free!
Participants are welcome to bring a laptop with QuickBooksâ„¢
loaded so they can follow along with the presenter.
Workshop sponsored by SCORE CT.
Registration is required for this program.
To register, please click HERE.
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Senior Movie Afternoon -
Mamma Mia (2008)
Friday, April 8
12:15 pm - 2:15 pm
The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father
told using hit songs by the popular '70s rock group ABBA.
This movie won the 2009 People's Choice Award
for Favorite Song from a Soundtrack
for the title song "Mamma Mia", performed by Meryl Streep.
No registration is required.
For more information, please click HERE.
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Poetry Workshop
Saturday, April 9
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Jose B. Gonzalez, author of the poetry collection
Toys Made of Rock
(based on growing up as a Salvadoran
immigrant in New London),
will lead a workshop
on developing imagery about our lives in poems .
No registration is required.
For more information, please click HERE.
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Supper Book Group:
Just Mercy,
by Bryan Stevenson
Monday, April 11
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.
The 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.
This month's restaurant: Neon Chicken
Copies of the book are available to borrow at the Circulation Desk.
Registration is required.
For more information, please click HERE.
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Teen Tuesdays -
TINKERCAD training
Tuesday, April 5
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Come and learn the basics of how to use
the TINKERCAD program to utilize our 3D printer.
This program is free.
Registration is required.
To register, please call or email.
Location: Community Room
Contact: Maritza Vargas: 860-447-1411 x6,
mvargas@plnl.org
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Tuesday, April 12
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Build-A-Poem for National Poetry Month.
Using book titles only, we'll build 3-D spine poetry!
For more information, please click
HERE.
Location: Teen area
Contact: Maritza Vargas: 860-447-1411 x6,
mvargas@plnl.org
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Homework Helpers
Every Monday through Thursday
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Students from Connecticut College will help your kids
with homework in the Children's Room.
This program is free, for all ages, and no registration is required.
For more information, click
HERE.
Location: Children's Reading Room
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Read, Sing, Play
Monday, April 4
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Children of all ages are invited to join us on Monday morning
at 11 am in our Children's Reading Room to read stories, sing songs
and have fun! There will be 20 minutes of books and activities, followed by free play.
No registration is required.
For more information click HERE.
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Bilingual Story Time
Tuesday, April 5
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Enjoy listening to stories, songs and more in English and Spanish!
No registration required... just come and have fun!
For more information, please click
HERE.
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NL Community Orchestra
Viola Lessons For Children
Tuesdays, April 5 and April 12
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Free Viola 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 currently taking registration.
Please call or email to pre-register your child.
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Bedtime Stories
Tuesday, April 5
6:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Children of all ages are invited to put on their Pajamas,
head to the library, and join us for a pajama story time!
There will be 15 minutes of stories, songs and flannel boards
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No registration required.
For more information, please click
HERE.
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NL Community Orchestra
Violin Lessons For Children
Wednesdays, April 6 and April 13
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
Wednesdays, April 6 and April 13
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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Math Mania -
Math Card War!
Tuesday, April 12
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Polish up your math skills by playing a math-related
game with students from Connecticut College.
This month it's time for Math Card War!
Ages 5 & up. 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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