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The Public Library of New London is a SUMMER MEALS site for New London!
Summer meals served from
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
every weekday with an activity to follow.
Free for children
ages 0 - 18
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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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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
This Is Your Brain On Parasites: how tiny creatures manipulate our behavior and shape society
by Kathleen McAuliffe
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Young Adult
Ghetto Brother: Warrior to Peacemaker
by Julian Voloj and Claudia Ahlering
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Children's
Fiction
Listen To Our World
by Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson
Children's Chapter Books
The BFG
By Roald Dahl
Parenting Books
Screen-Smart Parenting: how to find balance and benefit in your child's use of social media, apps, and digital devices
By Jodi Gold, MD
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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:
Michele Belanger:
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Batman v Superman: dawn of justice
Miracles From Heaven
Hail, Caesar!
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
The Boy
The Perfect Match
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July 22 - August 5 @ THE PLNL!
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DON'T MISS THIS!
ART EXHIBIT
at The Public Library of New London
July 15 through July 31
The Public Library of New London is glad to announce our participation
in
being a display and viewing location for the final entrants in the drawing contest for the 2017 calendar entitled
"The Sound and its Watershed - What it Means to Me".
The Long Island Sound Drawing Contest was open to all CT students up to grade 6. For one year these drawings travel and are displayed so the public can enjoy and learn from them. This contest is initiated by The New England Science and Sailing Foundation, and is sponsored by Dominion.
Come see the exhibited works of art by local area children.
This program is free and open to the public.
The art is here... come enjoy!
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COMING UP
in our Community!
10th Annual Fish Tales, Tugs and Sails
July 23, 2016
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Come visit the library display at
New London Waterfront Park!
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SAVE THE DATE...
Connecticut Authors Trail:
Meet author Frida Berrigan
Monday, August 8
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
The Connecticut Authors Trail consists of a consortium of Eastern Connecticut Libraries who are constantly amazed at the variety of genres and diverse styles of writing among the authors who live in or are associated with the Nutmeg State.
Parenting is hard. So is being a peacemaker in a violent world.
It Runs in the Family is a book about how parents can create lasting and meaningful bulwarks between their kids and the violence endemic in our culture.
This program is free and open to the public.
For more information, please click
HERE.
Location: Community Room
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Family Yoga
Saturday, July 23
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Stay in shape and release stress with yoga!
Come in sneakers and comfortable clothing, bring a water bottle,
and don't forget a yoga mat! For all ages.
This program is free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged.
For more information or to register,
please click
HERE.
Location: Community Room
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Geneology Club
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Have you ever wanted to explore your family history?
Join the Genealogy Club to access genealogical resources and
Ancestry.com
. Let's learn our history together!
This program is free and open to the public.
For more information, please click
HERE.
Location: Local History Room
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Movie Chat
5:15 pm - 6:45 pm
Do you love movies?
Come discuss the similarities and differences between
animated and realistic movies!
The movie we will be discussing is Alice in Wonderland, a classic!
If you have never seen either of these movies before,
you can
check them out at the Circulation desk with your library card.
Join us for our own Mad Hatter Tea Party and
celebrate your own Un-birthday with some Tea and Cookies!
You are also welcome to bring your own snacks to share.
This program is free and open to the public.
For more information or to register, please click
HERE.
Location: Community Room
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Adult Summer Reading Challenge:
Sudoku Mania Tournament
Saturday, July 30
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Get in the game and compete for the heavyweight TITLE!
This tournament will include selections from Picross,
Wordoku, and Jigsaw Sudoku.
Similar puzzles will be available at the library to hone your skills and exercise your mind!
This program is free and open to the public.
For more information and to register, please click
HERE.
Location: Community Room
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Senior Art Class
Tuesday, August 2
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Seniors will create a work of art using watercolor mediums
with local artist Kimberly Amoroso.
Join us to express yourself in a relaxing environment,
getting tips from a local established artist.
All materials will be provided.
This is a free event for seniors.
Registration is required as space is limited to 12.
For more information or to register,
please click
HERE.
Location: Community Room
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Mother-Daughter Sewing Class
Wednesday, August 3
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Spend some quality time together and create a project
to take home that will make you proud.
Our first mother-daughter sewing class will be a lot of fun!
All materials provided.
Registration is required as space is limited to 5.
For more information or to register,
please click
HERE.
Location: Community Room
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Adult Summer Reading Program:
MOVIE NIGHT!
Wednesday, August 3
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Come watch a movie with us!
Midnight Special
Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, and Kirsten Dunst star in writer/director Jeff Nichols' drama about a father and his eight-year-old son who go on the run from both a dangerous cult and the government upon discovering that the boy possesses mysterious powers.
This program is free and open to the public.
For more information, please click
HERE.
Location: Community Room
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Tuesday, July 26
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Get in the Game sports related movie night.
Sports related movie to be announced.
Movie suggestions are welcome, and strongly encouraged!
To make a suggestion, simply register for the program and leave your preferred sports related movie in the comments.
If we have access to your choice, we could watch it!
This program is open to all teens.
For more information or to register, please click
HERE.
Contact: Maritza Vargas: 860-447-1411 x6,
mvargas@plnl.org
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Teen Summer Reading Program:
Lift up the Henna Hands!
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Come and get yourself a Henna "tattoo".
Design your own, or work from an existing design.
All supplies provided!
This program is for pre-teens and teenagers only.
Registration is not required to attend this program.
For more information please click
HERE
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Tuesday, August 2
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
We'll be blitzing up some healthy and yummy smoothies.
Come taste and experiment with us and learn some great flavor
combos that you can rely on and remix on your own!
This program is free and open to all teens.
For more information, please click
HERE.
Contact: Maritza Vargas: 860-447-1411 x6,
mvargas@plnl.org
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Teen Summer Reading Program:
Olympic Flame Candle Making
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Just in time for the Olympic Opening Ceremonies:
Olympic Flame Candle making!
Plus, we will have Flaming Cheetos snacks,
(all puns intended).
This program is for pre-teens and teenagers only.
Registration is not required to attend this program.
For more information please click
HERE
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Friday Fitness Fun:
Yoga Cadabra
Friday, July 22
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Join us for an amazing magic show and fun yoga class all in one!
Learn about yoga through the art of magic with
Magician/Registered Yoga Teacher Debbie O'Carroll.
This program is geared for children ages 5 and up.
This program is free and n
o registration is required,
please note that space is limited.
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Monday, July 25 and August 1
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, July 26
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
This program is filled. Thank you for your interest.
For more information, please click
HERE.
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New London Community Orchestra
Lessons For Children: Summer Session
Thursdays, July 28
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
This program is filled. Thank you for your interest.
For more information, please click
HERE.
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New London Community Orchestra
Lessons For Children: Summer Session
Cello
Thursdays, July 28
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Free cello lessons with instruction and instruments
provided
by New London Community Orchestra.
This program is filled. Thank you for your interest.
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:
Sciencetellers
Friday, July 29
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Join
Sciencetellers
to see things fly, spin, move and soar while they tell you a series of stories that will energize your summer!
Throw on your lab coat and get ready to experience the science of power and energy by telling stories using several exciting, hands-on experiments that will have you laughing, learning and having fun!
Children of all ages are welcome!
This program is free and n
o registration is required.
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Friday Fitness Fun:
Healthy Snack Ideas with BIG Y!
Friday, August 5
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Come meet the nutrition experts from Big Y!
They will share with you how to plan and prepare
healthy meals and snacks.
Make sure you check out a cookbook
for some hands-on cooking fun at home.
Children of all ages are welcome!
This program is free and n
o registration is 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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