This event is in the "Adults" group. Fiber Arts Friends Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm 2CF Studio at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Program Type: 2CF Studio, Arts & Crafts Age Group: Adults Event Details: Start your afternoon with a knitting, crochet, quilting, or sewing project and some good conversation at WTML! Join us in the 2CF Studio, our newly opened area where “makers” in th... This event is in the "Adults" group. Feb 4 2025 Tue Fiber Arts Friends 12:00pm - 2:00pm 2CF Studio, Arts & Crafts Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: 2CF Studio Age Group: Adults Program Type: 2CF Studio, Arts & Crafts Event Details: Start your afternoon with a knitting, crochet, quilting, or sewing project and some good conversation at WTML! Join us in the 2CF Studio, our newly opened area where “makers” in the community can meet to learn from each other.
This event is in the "Adults" group. Virtual Author Talk: How We Create Pandemics, From Our Bodies to Our Beliefs with Smithsonian Curator Sabrina Sholts Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm Virtual at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Program Type: Health & Wellness, Virtual Age Group: Adults Event Details: *THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM*Join us for this enlightening presentation with Smithsonian curator Sabrina Sholts as she talks about how the very fact of being human increases our pand... Virtual Event This event is in the "Adults" group. Feb 4 2025 Tue Virtual Author Talk: How We Create Pandemics, From Our Bodies to Our Beliefs with Smithsonian Curator Sabrina Sholts 2:00pm - 3:00pm Health & Wellness, Virtual Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: Virtual Age Group: Adults Program Type: Health & Wellness, Virtual Event Details: *THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM*
This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Children in Grades K-6" group. Have a picture of the family pet etched in wood! Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm 2CF Studio at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Program Type: 2CF Studio, Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Technology Class, Workshop Age Group: Adults, Teens, Children in Grades K-6 Event Details: Come and learn how to engrave a picture of your family's pet into wood material using our laser engraver. Find out what free software you can use to touch up blurry pictures, enhan... Closed Required This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Children in Grades K-6" group. Feb 4 2025 Tue Have a picture of the family pet etched in wood! 6:00pm - 7:30pm 2CF Studio, Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Technology Class, Workshop Closed Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: 2CF Studio Age Group: Adults, Teens, Children in Grades K-6 Program Type: 2CF Studio, Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Technology Class, Workshop Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: Come and learn how to engrave a picture of your family's pet into wood material using our laser engraver. Find out what free software you can use to touch up blurry pictures, enhance, and get an image laser ready!
This event is in the "Adults" group. ESL Conversation Club Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm Glastonbury Room at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Age Group: Adults Event Details: Drop-in to practice speaking English with other language learners at this monthly conversation group. Improve your English communication skills and increase your confidence in the ... Open Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Feb 4 2025 Tue ESL Conversation Club 6:30pm - 7:30pm Open Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: Glastonbury Room Age Group: Adults Required Seats Remaining: 13 Event Details: Drop-in to practice speaking English with other language learners at this monthly conversation group. Improve your English communication skills and increase your confidence in the language.
This event is in the "Adults" group. Learn to Play Bridge Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 2:30pm - 4:30pm 2CF Studio at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Program Type: Workshop Age Group: Adults Event Details: Have you ever wanted to learn how to play bridge? Join Annmarie Hughes, a representative of the Hartford Bridge Club, as she teaches you the rules, skills, and strategies needed to... Open Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Feb 5 2025 Wed Learn to Play Bridge 2:30pm - 4:30pm Workshop Open Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: 2CF Studio Age Group: Adults Program Type: Workshop Required Seats Remaining: 1 Event Details: Have you ever wanted to learn how to play bridge?
This event is in the "Adults" group. Language of Flowers Poetry Workshop Friday, February 7, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm Riverfront Community Center at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Program Type: Workshop Age Group: Adults Event Details: *THIS EVENT IS OFF-SITE AT RIVERFRONT COMMUNITY CENTER*Unlock the secret language of flowers in this unique poetry workshop led by Glastonbury Poet Laureate, Victoria Nordlund. Ins... Offsite Event This event is in the "Adults" group. Feb 7 2025 Fri Language of Flowers Poetry Workshop 2:00pm - 3:00pm Workshop Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: Riverfront Community Center Age Group: Adults Program Type: Workshop Event Details: *THIS EVENT IS OFF-SITE AT RIVERFRONT COMMUNITY CENTER*Unlock the secret language of flowers in this unique poetry workshop led by Glastonbury Poet Laureate, Victoria Nordlund.
This event is in the "Adults" group. First Friday Films: Hidden Figures Friday, February 7, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm Friends Room at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Program Type: Movie Age Group: Adults Event Details: Join us for a movie on our big screen! Registration is not required.This month we will be watching "Hidden Figures" (2016)Starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Jane... This event is in the "Adults" group. Feb 7 2025 Fri First Friday Films: Hidden Figures 2:00pm - 4:00pm Movie Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: Friends Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Movie Event Details: Join us for a movie on our big screen! Registration is not required.This month we will be watching "Hidden Figures" (2016)
This event is in the "Adults" group. Winter Poetry Reading Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm Friends Room at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Age Group: Adults Event Details: Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of poetry as award-winning poets gather to share their powerful work. Featuring Connecticut’s State Poet Laureate Antoinette Brim-Bell, Glast... Open Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Feb 8 2025 Sat Winter Poetry Reading 2:00pm - 4:00pm Open Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: Friends Room Age Group: Adults Required Seats Remaining: 23 Event Details: Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of poetry as award-winning poets gather to share their powerful work.
This event is in the "Adults" group. Glastonbury Celebrates Black History: Connecticut's African American Heroines Monday, February 10, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm Friends Room at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Program Type: Lecture Age Group: Adults Event Details: African Americans have played a major role in the development of our state, our nation and our world. African American women from Connecticut are no exception! Join us for an inter... Open Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Feb 10 2025 Mon Glastonbury Celebrates Black History: Connecticut's African American Heroines 6:30pm - 7:30pm Lecture Open Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: Friends Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Lecture Required Seats Remaining: 26 Event Details: African Americans have played a major role in the development of our state, our nation and our world. African American women from Connecticut are no exception!
This event is in the "Adults" group. Fiber Arts Friends Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm 2CF Studio at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Program Type: 2CF Studio, Arts & Crafts Age Group: Adults Event Details: Start your afternoon with a knitting, crochet, quilting, or sewing project and some good conversation at WTML! Join us in the 2CF Studio, our newly opened area where “makers” in th... This event is in the "Adults" group. Feb 11 2025 Tue Fiber Arts Friends 12:00pm - 2:00pm 2CF Studio, Arts & Crafts Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: 2CF Studio Age Group: Adults Program Type: 2CF Studio, Arts & Crafts Event Details: Start your afternoon with a knitting, crochet, quilting, or sewing project and some good conversation at WTML! Join us in the 2CF Studio, our newly opened area where “makers” in the community can meet to learn from each other.
This event is in the "Adults" group. 2nd Tuesday Book Club: The Great Alone Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm Glastonbury Room at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Program Type: Book Discussion Age Group: Adults 2nd Tuesday Book Club: Come talk books with other bibliophiles! This book group will meet on the second Tuesday of the month. Limited copies of the current selection will be available at the Lending Desk... Event Details: This month we're reading: "The Great Alone" by Kristin Hannah.In 1974, Ernt Allbright, a Vietnam War veteran, returns home a changed man, struggling to adapt to life after the war.... This event is in the "Adults" group. Feb 11 2025 Tue 2nd Tuesday Book Club: The Great Alone 2:00pm - 3:00pm Book Discussion Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: Glastonbury Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Book Discussion Event Details: Come talk books with other bibliophiles! This book group will meet on the second Tuesday of the month. Limited copies of the current selection will be available at the Lending Desk. Registration is not required. This month we're reading: "The Great Alone" by Kristin Hannah.
This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Children in Grades K-6" group. Create your very own Hologram box! Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm 2CF Studio at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Program Type: 2CF Studio, Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Technology Class, Workshop Age Group: Adults, Teens, Children in Grades K-6 Event Details: Create your very own hologram box from a kit made with our very own laser cutter. Follow step by step direction to build your viewer, than using a smart phone to make the holograms... Closed Required This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Children in Grades K-6" group. Feb 11 2025 Tue Create your very own Hologram box! 6:00pm - 7:30pm 2CF Studio, Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Technology Class, Workshop Closed Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: 2CF Studio Age Group: Adults, Teens, Children in Grades K-6 Program Type: 2CF Studio, Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Technology Class, Workshop Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: Create your very own hologram box from a kit made with our very own laser cutter. Follow step by step direction to build your viewer, than using a smart phone to make the holograms come to life! The hologram box is yours after the program!
This event is in the "Adults" group. Virtual Author Talk: Dystopian Tropes from an Indigenous Perspective—A Conversation with Waubgeshig Rice Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm Virtual at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Program Type: Book Discussion, Virtual Age Group: Adults Event Details: *THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM*Join bestselling author Waubgeshig Rice for an engaging discussion about Moon of the Turning Leaves, the highly anticipated sequel to his acclaimed novel... Virtual Event This event is in the "Adults" group. Feb 11 2025 Tue Virtual Author Talk: Dystopian Tropes from an Indigenous Perspective—A Conversation with Waubgeshig Rice 7:00pm - 8:00pm Book Discussion, Virtual Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: Virtual Age Group: Adults Program Type: Book Discussion, Virtual Event Details: *THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM*
This event is in the "Adults" group. Glastonbury Celebrates Black History: Slavery and Abolition in Glastonbury Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm Off Site Program Type: Lecture Age Group: Adults Event Details: *THIS EVENT IS OFF-SITE AT RIVERFRONT COMMUNITY CENTER*Diane Hoover and Julie Thompson from the Historical Society of Glastonbury will discuss the history of slavery and abolition ... Offsite Event This event is in the "Adults" group. Feb 12 2025 Wed Glastonbury Celebrates Black History: Slavery and Abolition in Glastonbury 1:00pm - 2:00pm Lecture Library Branch: Off Site Age Group: Adults Program Type: Lecture Event Details: *THIS EVENT IS OFF-SITE AT RIVERFRONT COMMUNITY CENTER*Diane Hoover and Julie Thompson from the Historical Society of Glastonbury will discuss the history of slavery and abolition in Glastonbury from colonial times throug
This event is in the "Adults" group. Women and Money Roundtable Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm Virtual at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Program Type: Finances, Virtual Age Group: Adults Event Details: *THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM*Julia Strayer and Liz Maccarone will lead a lively and informative discussion on today’s financial markets and how they might fit into your portfolio.Reg... Open Required Virtual Event This event is in the "Adults" group. Feb 12 2025 Wed Women and Money Roundtable 1:00pm - 2:00pm Finances, Virtual Open Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: Virtual Age Group: Adults Program Type: Finances, Virtual Required Seats Remaining: 98 Event Details: *THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM*Julia Strayer and Liz Maccarone will lead a lively and informative discussion on today’s financial markets and how they might fit into your portfolio.
This event is in the "Adults" group. Thursday Night Book Club: The House of Eve Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm Glastonbury Room at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Program Type: Book Discussion Age Group: Adults Event Details: Come talk books with other bibliophiles! This book group will meet on the second Thursday of the month. Limited copies of the current selection will be available at the Lending Des... This event is in the "Adults" group. Feb 13 2025 Thu Thursday Night Book Club: The House of Eve 6:30pm - 7:30pm Book Discussion Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: Glastonbury Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Book Discussion Event Details: Come talk books with other bibliophiles! This book group will meet on the second Thursday of the month. Limited copies of the current selection will be available at the Lending Desk. Registration is not required.
Library Closed All Day Welles-Turner Memorial Library Closing Feb 17 2025 Mon Closing Library Closed All Day Branches: Welles-Turner Memorial Library
This event is in the "Adults" group. Fiber Arts Friends Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm 2CF Studio at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Program Type: 2CF Studio, Arts & Crafts Age Group: Adults Event Details: Start your afternoon with a knitting, crochet, quilting, or sewing project and some good conversation at WTML! Join us in the 2CF Studio, our newly opened area where “makers” in th... This event is in the "Adults" group. Feb 18 2025 Tue Fiber Arts Friends 12:00pm - 2:00pm 2CF Studio, Arts & Crafts Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: 2CF Studio Age Group: Adults Program Type: 2CF Studio, Arts & Crafts Event Details: Start your afternoon with a knitting, crochet, quilting, or sewing project and some good conversation at WTML! Join us in the 2CF Studio, our newly opened area where “makers” in the community can meet to learn from each other.
This event is in the "Adults" group. Virtual Author Talk: Pulitzer Prize Finalist Lee Hawkins Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm Virtual at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Program Type: Book Discussion, Virtual Age Group: Adults Event Details: *THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM*Join journalist and author Lee Hawkins for a compelling discussion about his memoir, I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family’s History Set Me Free.... Virtual Event This event is in the "Adults" group. Feb 18 2025 Tue Virtual Author Talk: Pulitzer Prize Finalist Lee Hawkins 2:00pm - 3:00pm Book Discussion, Virtual Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: Virtual Age Group: Adults Program Type: Book Discussion, Virtual Event Details: *THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM*
This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Children in Grades K-6" group. Design and etch your own wooden keychain! Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm 2CF Studio at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Program Type: 2CF Studio, Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Technology Class, Workshop Age Group: Adults, Teens, Children in Grades K-6 Event Details: Come in and join us in creating your very own wooden keychain. Design your keychain on our computers using our laser etcher software. After watch as it comes into reality and engra... Closed Required This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Children in Grades K-6" group. Feb 18 2025 Tue Design and etch your own wooden keychain! 6:00pm - 7:30pm 2CF Studio, Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Technology Class, Workshop Closed Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: 2CF Studio Age Group: Adults, Teens, Children in Grades K-6 Program Type: 2CF Studio, Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Technology Class, Workshop Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: Come in and join us in creating your very own wooden keychain. Design your keychain on our computers using our laser etcher software. After watch as it comes into reality and engraved into wood!
This event is in the "Adults" group. Virtual Lunch & Learn: Cancer Screenings & Prevention Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:30pm - 1:30pm Virtual at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Program Type: Health & Wellness, Virtual Age Group: Adults Virtual Lunch & Learn: Grab a notebook and a PB&J for this monthly lunchtime webinar series presented on Zoom! Event Details: This month's topic is cancer screenings and prevention! Join Maggie from UConn Health for an informative presentation on the importance of cancer education and early screenings. Le... Open Required Virtual Event This event is in the "Adults" group. Feb 19 2025 Wed Virtual Lunch & Learn: Cancer Screenings & Prevention 12:30pm - 1:30pm Health & Wellness, Virtual Open Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: Virtual Age Group: Adults Program Type: Health & Wellness, Virtual Required Seats Remaining: 94 Event Details: Grab a notebook and a PB&J for this monthly lunchtime webinar series presented on Zoom! This month's topic is cancer screenings and prevention! Join Maggie from UConn Health for an informative presentation on the importance of cancer education and early screenings.
This event is in the "Adults" group. Glastonbury Celebrates Black History: A "Visit" from Madam C.J. Walker Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm Off Site Program Type: Performance Age Group: Adults Event Details: *THIS EVENT IS OFF-SITE AT RIVERFRONT COMMUNITY CENTER*Visit the Riverfront Community Center to see Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti perform a one-woman show as Madam C.J. Walker!Madam ... Offsite Event This event is in the "Adults" group. Feb 19 2025 Wed Glastonbury Celebrates Black History: A "Visit" from Madam C.J. Walker 1:00pm - 2:00pm Performance Library Branch: Off Site Age Group: Adults Program Type: Performance Event Details: *THIS EVENT IS OFF-SITE AT RIVERFRONT COMMUNITY CENTER*Visit the Riverfront Community Center to see Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti perform a one-woman show as Madam C.J. Walker!
This event is in the "Adults" group. CT's Fearsome Foursome (Raccoons, Skunks, Opossums, & Porcupines) Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm Friends Room at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Program Type: Lecture, Nature Age Group: Adults Event Details: Ginny Apple, a Master Wildlife Conservationist with the DEEP, will enlighten us on the life and habits of four common CT nocturnal creatures (opossum, skunk, raccoon, and porcupine... Open Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Feb 19 2025 Wed CT's Fearsome Foursome (Raccoons, Skunks, Opossums, & Porcupines) 6:30pm - 7:30pm Lecture, Nature Open Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: Friends Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Lecture, Nature Required Seats Remaining: 55 Event Details: Ginny Apple, a Master Wildlife Conservationist with the DEEP, will enlighten us on the life and habits of four common CT nocturnal creatures (opossum, skunk, raccoon, and porcupine) and how unique characteristics help them navigate their environs,
This event is in the "Adults" group. Cookbook Club Monday, February 24, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm 2CF Studio at Welles-Turner Memorial Library Program Type: 2CF Studio, Book Discussion, Food Age Group: Adults Event Details: Calling all home chefs! Cook the recipe at home and then bring your creation in to share each month. Talk about what went right, what went wrong, and tips and tricks that you learn... This event is in the "Adults" group. Feb 24 2025 Mon Cookbook Club 6:00pm - 7:00pm 2CF Studio, Book Discussion, Food Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library Room: 2CF Studio Age Group: Adults Program Type: 2CF Studio, Book Discussion, Food Event Details: Calling all home chefs! Cook the recipe at home and then bring your creation in to share each month. Talk about what went right, what went wrong, and tips and tricks that you learned while tackling your recipe.