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Back to School Craft Night (Kids Event)

8/25/2020

 
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​Wednesday, September 16th @ 6pm
Ages 6-10
Join us via Zoom for a back-to-school craft night! Materials will be provided, but please supply your own glue, scissors, & markers/crayons.
 
Registration open  September 1st  - 14th; pick up
materials by 5pm on September 16th.


Bingo (Kids Event)

8/25/2020

 
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​Wednesday, September 23rd  @ 6pm
Ages 5-12
Join us for BINGO via Zoom! We will send each participant their own unique BINGO card, and play as many rounds as we can in an hour!
 

Registration opens September 1st – 22nd
 

All Hallows Eve Tea- Theatrical Performance

8/15/2020

 
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Thursday, September 17th at 6:30
Registration begins September 1st

Join the renowned Mrs. Gordon for an outdoor, spook-tacular tea party (please bring your own beverage due to COVID-19). This is the perfect kick-off for the haunting season! Be chilled and thrilled as she recants some of her own uncanny experiences with the supernatural. Mrs. Gordon will also discuss 19th and 20th Century Halloween traditions as well as harry Houdini and her recent attendance of a seance! 

Performed by Rita Parisi. Registration is limited to 50 people.

Attendees must bring their own chairs, refreshments, and abide by all state social distancing and face covering guidelines.
Performed by Rita Parisi 

Tales from the Desert-Acoustic Zoom Concert with Peter Biedermann

8/15/2020

 
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Registration begins September 1st

Peter Biedermann is a solo instrumental guitarist based in Green Valley, AZ that has been composing and performing for over 45 years and will be performing for the third time for the Torrington Library. The common thread throughout his musical background is crossing the boundaries of music genres. This hybrid, contemporary style melds elements of American and European folk with jazz and blues shadings; underpinned by subtle ambient electronics. PB began focusing on performing original solo instrumentals beginning in 2000. PB will be focusing on new pieces as well as material from his latest live recording 'Say What?' on a variety of guitars in unique tunings. The program encourages questions from the audience and will also include some of the history and evolution of steel string guitar playing over the last 60+ years. Fans of fellow guitarists such as Michael Hedges, the British school (Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Davy Graham), Alex de Grassi and John Martyn will enjoy this music.

Football In America: From A Coal Miner’s Game To A Multi Billion Dollar Business- Zoom Program

8/15/2020

 
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Thursday, October 1st at 6:30
Registration begins September 1st

​Zoom presentation. Please register to receive login credentials. 
The National Football League is the premier sport in the United States. But it always wasn't that way. Evan Weiner takes us back to the days when the NFL was a mom and pop store operation with the players and others who witnessed the league's growth first hand. The game started in the coal mines in western Pennsylvania and is a multi-billion-dollar business today.

DIY Adult Take-Home Craft!

8/3/2020

 
Halloween craft items
NOTE: ALL KITS HAVE BEEN CLAIMED! Thank you for your interest!

Celebrate fall by picking up a DIY craft kit! Kits can be reserved beginning September 1st by calling the Library at 860.489.6684. 
 
Once your kit is reserved, simply stop into the library and grab your kit or call us when you arrive and we’ll bring it out to our curbside pickup table. 
 
Walk-ins are welcome, but supplies are limited to 24 kits.
 
The kit includes:
1 set of paints/brushes
1 ceramic pumpkin keepsake box
1 Halloween wooden ornament
1 ghost door hanger kit


Rescheduled-Author Talk with Sharon Charde: Transcending Stereotypes with the Power of Poetry

8/3/2020

 
Book I am not a juvenile delinquent
Rescheduled!!
Thursday, November 19th at 6:30
Register to receive Zoom Login

After the death of her child, a grief-stricken psychotherapist volunteers as a poetry teacher at a residential treatment facility for delinquent girls. Here, their mutual suffering is nourishing and enriching to them all, though not without large quantities of drama and recalcitrance.

As poet and therapist Sharon Charde learns to cope with her new identity as a mourning mother while challenging these young women--- labeled as "delinquents" and cast off by society--- to voice their life experience, they all learn new ways of coping with the trauma in their lives. Sharon and the girls find support and healing in writing and connecting with each other, as they grow together by transforming their pain into poems and sharing them with the wider world.

For fans of the acclaimed The Freedom Writers Diary comes I Am Not a Juvenile Delinquent, where readers will experience:
- The journey and struggle these young women face in trying to transcend the labels placed upon them by society.
- Profound poems written by them, as well as Sharon's late son's writing, and her own.
- Poignant philosophical wisdom on suffering, strength, and the determination to persist.

Avian Folklore

8/1/2020

 
Ancient bird drawing
ZOOM EVENT- Avian Folklore
Thursday, September 10th at 6:30
Registration begins September 1st
Birds have long fascinated people, and not only because they can fly. Birds are everyone around us. We admire them for their beauty, their variety of shapes, feathers, and songs. Learn some of the myths, legends, and superstitions, about various bird species—some famous, other infamous. Presented by Ken Elkins.  Please register to receive Zoom Login Info!

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Torrington, CT  06790
Ph: 860.489.6684
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​10:00am-6:00pm  - Monday, Tuesday, Friday
10:00am-8:00pm  -  Wednesday & Thursday
10:00am-3:00pm  - Saturday
10:00am-1:00pm - Saturday July/August Only

The Children's Room closes 15 minutes before the rest of the library.
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