BYOD and a Movie
Hairspray (117 Min/ PG)
Thursday, July 27th at 6:00
Registration begins July 1st
Held in the Community Room

This musical stars Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad, an overweight high-school student whose only dream is to be on a local Baltimore teen dance program. While her father (Christopher Walken) tells her to follow her dreams, her mother Edna (John Travolta in drag) reminds her that she doesn't look like the girls on that show. After impressing the show's host (James Marsden), Tracy earns a coveted spot on the program, but when she becomes a popular addition to the cast, she earns the wrath of the prettiest girl in school -- a girl whose mother (Michelle Pfeiffer) just happens to operate the local television station. Tracy's visit to detention hall opens her eyes to the racial tension on the show, as does the budding relationship between her best friend (Amanda Bynes) and an African-American boy named Seaweed (Elijah Kelley). Thus empowered, Tracy attempts to integrate the races on her favorite program.
 
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Bring your own dinner and a movie and enjoy a feature film! The room will be set-up café style.  You can bring anything from pizza, to sandwiches, to sushi!

​Musical Trivia
Thursday, July 20th at 6:30
Registration begins July 1st
Held in the Program Room
Join us for a fun night of music trivia! Register in teams of 2 or by yourself! Register online. 

PBS Film: Secret of Noah’s Arc
Thursday, July 13th at 6:30
Registration begins July 1st
Held in the Program Room
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Using instructions from an intriguing, 3,700 year-old inscription, a team of historians and expert boat builders investigates a fascinating flood legend and sets out to rebuild a tantalizing, ancient forerunner of the Ark. Register online! 

BYOD and a Movie
Grease the Musical (110 min)
Thursday, June 29th at 6:00
Registration begins June 1st
Held in the Community Room
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1950s teens Danny (John Travolta) and Australian transfer Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) spend their "Summer Nights" falling in love, but once fall comes, it's back to Rydell High and its cliques. As one of the bad-boy T-Birds, Danny has to act cool for best pal Kenickie (Jeff Conaway) and their leather-clad mates Sonny (Michael Tucci) and Doody (Barry Pearl, in the role Travolta played on-stage). Despite befriending Frenchy (Didi Conn), one of the rebel Pink Ladies, virginal Sandy is "too pure to be Pink," as the Ladies' leader, Rizzo (Stockard Channing), acidly observes.
 
Declaring their devotion in such ballads as "Hopelessly Devoted to You" and "Sandy," Sandy and Danny split, reconcile, and split again amidst a pep rally, dances, drive-ins, and a drag race, before deciding "You're the One That I Want" at the climactic carnival.

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​Board Game Night
Thursday, June 22nd at 6:30
Registration begins June 1st
Held in the Community Room
Kick off summer with a fun-filled family board game night! Bring your own favorite game to play or choose from one of ours! We'll have the classics, like Clue, Checkers, Trouble, Jenga and more! We encourage you to bring snacks and make a night of it! All children must be accompanied by an adult.  People of all ages are welcome!
 
Registration is not suggested, but not required.

​Join us on Thursday, June 15th at 6:30 for Scents and Scensibility: Sniffing Through Our Stinky Past and Make/Take Herbal Reed Diffusers.

Today’s history comes deodorized.  Join us for a whiff of the past with historical tidbits such as: King Henry VIII had a festering leg wound that could be smelled from three rooms away. By the 1890s, there were approximately 300,000 horses and 1,000 tons of poop a day in London streets. During the eighteenth century, women shaved off their eyebrows and replaced them with false ones made from mouse fur. Baldness was “cured” by combining chicken droppings with potassium salts, and spreading it on balding areas

Next, learn about the medicinal benefits of various herbs and essential oils - including:
Cinnamon can help regulate blood sugar for diabetics; the Doctrine of Signatures tells us that eucalyptus cleanses “swampy” areas of the body,  just as it cleanses malarial swamps; Rosemary has been recognized as a memory tonic since the ancient Egyptians, and is currently being studied for use in Alzheimer’s 

Finally, create your own 8-ounce Herbal Reed Diffuser based on your preference/needs. Choose one of four blends:
•    Sleeping Beauty
•    Dear John
•    Doggone It!
•    All in the Family

This 90-minute hands-on workshop includes all materials. 

Registration is limited to 25 and begins June 1st. Click here to register. 

PBS Film: American Experience Alexander Hamilton
Thursday, June 8th at 6:00
Registration begins May 15th
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Held in the Program Room One of the most controversial men of his age, Alexander Hamilton was a gifted statesman brought down by the fatal flaws of stubbornness, extreme candor and arrogance. His life and career were marked by a stunning rise to power, scandal and tragedy. But his contributions survive. As Secretary of the Treasury during the tumultuous early years of the republic, Hamilton led the transformation of the young country into industrial powerhouse. 

Thursday, June 1st at 6:30
Registration begins May 1st 
Held in the Community Room

Stephen Spignesi's "Hip-Hop Hamilton" program is a 90-minute illustrated lecture that provides fascinating facts about 12 of America's Founders—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, John Jay, James Monroe, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and of course, Alexander Hamilton, the subject of the smash Broadway musical. 

The program includes a fascinating slideshow, and also the playing and discussion of two songs from the musical, with the lyrics provided.

Attendees also receive a tri-fold, color, signed limited edition "Hip Hamilton" brochure, along with a signed book card. Frameable copies of the Declaration of Independence are available for sale with all proceeds going to the library.

Stephen Spignesi is a retired Practitioner in Residence from the University of New Haven and the author of more than 70 books. Signed copies of "Hip-Hop Hamilton" will be available for purchase at the conclusion of the program.  
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Friday, May 12th at 11:00am 
Registration has begun! 

Moms, Grandmas, Aunts, or any other Family Friend can join us for tea and stories and crafts! 

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BYOD and a Movie
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (123 Minutes/ PG 13)
Thursday, May 25th at 6:00
Registration begins May 1st
Held in the Community Room

The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.

Bring your own dinner and a movie and enjoy a feature film! The room will be set-up café style.  You can bring anything from pizza, to sandwiches, to sushi! Call 860-489-6684 to register or register online at www.torringtonlibrary.org