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Upcoming Events

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Jun

Teen Take N Makes: DIY Felt Succulents

9:00am - 8:00pm

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

Jun

Plant Your Story with Author Janaya Hernandez

3:30pm - 4:30pm

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Youth, Children (ages 0-5), School Aged (grades k-4)

Jun

Tuesdays are for Twos Storytime for ages 2 to 3

10:00am - 10:30am

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Youth, Children (ages 0-5)

Jun

Tech Help Tuesday

10:30am - 12:00pm

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Adults

Jun

Pizza and Board Games

5:30pm - 6:30pm

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

Jun

Summer Family Take-N-Makes

9:00am - 8:00pm

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Youth, Children (ages 0-5), School Aged (grades k-4)

Jun

Stories & Music for Babies up to 24 months

10:00am - 10:30am

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Youth, Children (ages 0-5)

Jun

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

10:45am - 11:15am

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Youth, Children (ages 0-5)

Jun

Stay and Play

11:15am - 11:45am

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Children (ages 0-5)

Jun

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Featured eResources

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Novelist Plus

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NoveList Plus is a powerful resource for reading recommendations that aids readers searching for their next good read. Readers can use a favorite title, series or author...

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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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Transparent Language

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Explore new languages with Transparent Language, now available through Blackstone Library! With interactive lessons in dozens of languages, you can quickly build skills in speaking, reading, and...

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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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Summer Learning at Blackstone Library

Our all-ages Summer Learning challenges are back! Join in on the fun for a chance to win prizes. For Kids & Teens: Stop by the Youth Services department to pick up a summer learning game board to get started! Each week of summer learning...

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