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Upcoming Events

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Jun

Lego Club for Grades K-4

4:00pm - 4:45pm

At the library

Youth, School Aged (grades k-4)

Jun

Shakespeare’s World : Seeing the Plays through Elizabethan Eyes (Part II)

5:00pm - 7:00pm

At the library

Adults

Jun

Tuesdays are for Twos Storytime for ages 2 to 3

10:00am - 10:30am

At the library

Youth, Children (ages 0-5)

Jun

Tech Help Tuesday

10:30am - 12:00pm

At the library

Adults

Jun

Stories & Music for Babies up to 24 months

10:00am - 10:30am

At the library

Youth, Children (ages 0-5)

Jun

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

10:45am - 11:15am

At the library

Youth, Children (ages 0-5)

Jun

Teen Volunteer Orientation for Grades 7-12

4:00pm - 5:00pm

At the library

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

Jun

Post Session Town Hall w/ State Representative Moira Rader

6:30pm - 7:30pm

At the library

Everyone

Jun

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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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Summer Learning Kickoff

Join us on the library lawn Saturday, 6/13 from 1:00-3:00pm for an afternoon of fun for all ages, featuring live music by the Keith Cooper Trio, crafts, face painting, lawn games, and free ice cream (while supplies last!). Be sure to grab your summer...

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