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Upcoming Events

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Mar

Video Stories for Babies up to age 5

11:00am - 11:30am

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Youth, Children (ages 0-5)

Mar

Yale University Women's Organization Lunch & Learn

12:30pm - 2:30pm

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Everyone

Mar

Intermediate Classical Latin

11:00am - 12:00pm

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High School (grades 9-12), Adults

Mar

Poetry Cafe

11:00am - 12:00pm

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Adults

Mar

Whim 'n Rhythm A Cappella Concert

2:00pm - 3:00pm

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Adults, Everyone

Mar

Preschool Stories for ages 3-5

10:00am - 10:30am

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Youth, Children (ages 0-5)

Mar

Music Together Sing Along for ages 0 to 5

10:00am - 10:45am

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Youth, Children (ages 0-5)

Mar

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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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Mini Golf at Blackstone Library

On Saturday, April 25th and Sunday, April 26th, the Blackstone Library will transform into an 18-hole indoor mini golf course! Holes and obstacles will be placed throughout all three floors of the library, culminating in a thrilling 18th hole which travels down the spiral...

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