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Upcoming Events

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Jan

Music Together Sing Along for ages 0 to 5

10:00am - 10:45am

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Youth, Children (ages 0-5)

Jan

Teen Crafternoon: Collage Journals

3:30pm - 4:30pm

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Teens, Middle School (grades 5-8), High School (grades 9-12)

Jan

Tuesdays are for Twos Storytime for ages 2 to 3

10:00am - 10:30am

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Youth, Children (ages 0-5)

Jan

Tech Help Tuesday

10:30am - 12:00pm

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Adults

Jan

Stories & Music for Babies up to 24 months

10:00am - 10:30am

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Youth, Children (ages 0-5)

Jan

Stories & Music for Babies up to 24 months (class two)

10:45am - 11:15am

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Youth, Children (ages 0-5)

Jan

Stay and Play

11:15am - 11:45am

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Children (ages 0-5)

Jan

Beyond Intermission: Thriving in Your Third Act

2:00pm - 4:00pm

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Adults

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Featured eResources

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Libby

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Thousands of best-selling and classic ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines. Download the Libby App or read online at libbyapp.com.

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The Palace Project

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Offers thousands of eBook and audiobooks from the CT State Library, the Digital Public Library of America, plus everything from the Libby app, available in multiple languages.

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Hoopla

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Download and stream ebooks, audiobooks, comics, movies, TV series and music to your computers, television and mobile devices.

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Hoopla

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Download and stream ebooks, audiobooks, comics, movies, TV series and music to your computers, television and mobile devices.

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Independent, classic, international films, series and documentaries, plus the Criterion Collection, the Great Courses and PBS. Create an account at Kanopy, using your Blackstone Library card. Available...

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New Haven Register

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You will find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues from 1988. Updated daily, it includes obituaries, editorials,...

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researchIT CT – Newspapers

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Anyone with a Connecticut library card can access a wide array of newspapers, including the New York Times, Hartford Courant, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times...

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Libby

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Thousands of best-selling and classic ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines. Download the Libby App or read online at libbyapp.com.

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Current News & Happenings

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Plant Propagation Station

The Blackstone Library is excited to present our Plant Propagation Station—open to everyone in the community! Visit our plant propagation station in the Circulation Lobby. You do not need a library card to take a free cutting home. What is plant propagation? Plant propagations...

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