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Prosser Update
Prosser Library Open via Tunxis Avenue entrance. All holds are available at mcmahon wintonbury library. technology available at prosser. Prosser youth department closed.
Use a BPL Museum Pass to Explore Full Color CT & Beyond!
Library Director Elizabeth Lane with her son at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Artwork by CT legend Sol LeWitt (1928-2007). The BPL museum pass for MASS MoCA admits 2 adults and 2 children under 16 for free.
The Connecticut Office of Tourism launched a new campaign to promote CT’s renowned fall foliage while paying tribute to all the other colors and experiences you can enjoy in Connecticut this autumn. BPL can add to the “Full Color Connecticut” campaign by making sure all of our patrons know about our amazing museum pass program. We have more than 20 museums that you can visit for free or at a discounted rate, including the The Mark Twain House & Museum and MASS MoCA! We also recently won a library membership to the Mystic Seaport Museum. Director Lane accepted the gift on behalf of BPL with fellow library colleagues last month, during a gallery talk and reception organized by our friends at the Connecticut Library Consortium.
National Book Festival: Open a Book, Open the World
Create your National Book Festival experience with the Library of Congress in 2021 by engaging in author conversations online, watching the broadcast special on PBS, listening to NPR podcasts, tuning in to Washington Post Live author interviews, and attending a ticketed event at the Library. Join us for an expanded Festival, Sept. 17-26, a 10-day event with the theme, “Open a Book, Open the World."
BPL Online Highlight
Sep 19 is international talk like a pirate day learn pirate and over 70 other languages with Mango for free with your bloomfield library card we arrrnt kidding showing mango languages logo and cartoon of octopus wearing a pirate hat and holding pirate ship
Featured Programs and Events
Storytime With Miss Mara: Back To School!
Monday, September 20 at 10:30AM
Fall brings cooler air, leaves changing colors, back to school, and back to storytimes with Miss Mara. Please join Miss Mara LIVE on Facebook!
Fanny Mendelssohn with Jeffrey Engel 
Tuesday, September 21 at 1PM
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1846) was one of the most musically gifted women of the 19th century. She composed some 450 works over 27 years, but only a handful were performed in public or published in her lifetime. Jeffrey Engel will detail play excerpts from her oeuvre and explain why she didn’t have a more successful career. For Adults.
Gentle Yoga with Pia Oliveri 
Wednesday, September 22 at 11:30AM
Pia is the Owner and Director of Wabi-Sabi Yoga and Wellness Center in Windsor, CT. Through yoga, meditation, and breathwork, she believes healing happens from the inside out. At this class, we will start with meditation and breathwork followed by seated postures and standing postures with the assistance of a chair. For Adults.
Meditation
Wednesday, September 22 at 1:30PM
Take a guided meditation journey break during your day with our community partners at Seabury. Seabury is an active life plan community located in Bloomfield. For Adults.
Library Building Committee Meeting
Wednesday, September 22 at 6PM
All meetings of the Library Building Committee are open to the public, including this virtual meeting. View the agenda and more information here.
Caribbean Book Discussion: Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid
Thursday, September 23 at 6:30PM
Lucy, a teenage girl from the West Indies, comes to North America to work as an au pair for Lewis and Mariah and their four children. Lewis and Mariah are a thrice-blessed couple--handsome, rich, and seemingly happy. Yet, almost at once, Lucy begins to notice cracks in their beautiful façade. With mingled anger and compassion, Lucy scrutinizes the assumptions and verities of her employers' world and compares them with the vivid realities of her native place. Lucy has no illusions about her own past, but neither is she prepared to be deceived about where she presently is. Copies of the book are available at the Library. For Adults.
BPL Book Shelf
yo ho yo no by nancy krulik book cover showing young girls pretending to be pirates on a ship part of the princess pulverizer series
Yo-ho, Yo... No!
by Nancy Krulik
Children's Book
abigail adams pirate of the caribbean by steve sheinkin book cover with cartoon of abigail adams wearing sailor hat
Abigail Adams: Pirate of the Caribbean
by Steve Sheinkin
Children's Book
the mermaid the witch and the sea by maggie tokuda hall book cover with sailing ship and stormy sea
The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea
by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
Teen Book
bloody black flag by steve goble book cover showing antique pistols and red pirate skull
The Bloody Black Flag: a Spider John Mystery
by Steve Goble
Adult Book
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  • Masks and social distancing are required in Bloomfield Public Library buildings
  • Computers/browsing/reference services/study space available
  • Technology services (computer, printer, scanner, copier, fax)  
  • Call ahead for curbside delivery, or email print requests to askbplct@gmail.com
  • Visit the Event Calendar for virtual programs (or view Printable Event Calendar)
  • Museum Passes for free or discounted admission to many area attractions
  • Laminate a copy of your Vaccine Card for free (COVID-19 Vaccine info)
  • BPL Online library is always open — read, watch, listen, research!
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