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Upcoming Events

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Feb

Teen Advisory Group for grades 9-12

3:30pm - 4:30pm

At the library

Teens, High School (grades 9-12)

Feb

CANCELLED - Crafts & Laughs Art Workshop

6:00pm - 7:30pm

At the library

Adults

Feb

Video Stories for Babies up to age 5

11:00am - 11:30am

At the library

Youth, Children (ages 0-5)

Feb

Black Inventors Who Made the Stuff Around Us

10:00am - 11:00am

At the library

Youth, School Aged (grades k-4)

Feb

Intermediate Classical Latin

11:00am - 12:00pm

At the library

High School (grades 9-12), Adults

Feb

Fireside Chat with Local Authors: Ellen Creane

1:00pm - 2:00pm

At the library

Adults, Everyone

Feb

MLK Foundation with Secretary of State

1:00pm - 3:00pm

At the library

Adults, Everyone

Feb

Lego Club for Grades K-4

4:00pm - 4:45pm

At the library

Youth, School Aged (grades k-4)

Feb

Tech Help Tuesday

10:30am - 12:00pm

At the library

Adults

Feb

Singing and Listening with Whales: Exploring Human and More-Than-Human Musicalities

6:00pm - 7:30pm

At the library

Adults, Everyone

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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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