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Welles-Turner Memorial Library
9 am

Smart Start Storytime

9:30am - 10:00am
Baby, Toddler, Preschool
Storytime
Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library
Room: Children's Story Nook
Age Group: Baby, Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Pre-K children ages 3-5 on their own 

Registration for six-week session begins September 11 for residents, in person or by phone  (860-652-7718).

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Side-by-Side

9:30am - 10:00am
Baby, Toddler, Preschool
Storytime
Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library
Room: Children's Story Nook
Age Group: Baby, Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Children 24-36 months with an adult.

Registration for six-week session begins September 11 for residents, in person or by phone (860-652-7718).

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.
10 am

Side-by-Side

10:30am - 11:00am
Baby, Toddler, Preschool
Storytime
Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library
Room: Children's Story Nook
Age Group: Baby, Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Children 24-36 months with an adult.

Registration for six-week session begins September 11 for residents, in person or by phone (860-652-7718).

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Little Bookworms Storytime

10:00am - 10:45am
Baby, Toddler, Preschool
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
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Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library
Room: Friends Room
Age Group: Baby, Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Event Details:

Families with kids ages 5 & under

No registration needed.

Join the Children’s Librarians for stories, finger rhymes, songs and FUN in the Friends Room.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.
11 am

Mother Goose

11:00am - 11:30am
Baby, Toddler, Preschool
Storytime
Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library
Room: Friends Room
Age Group: Baby, Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Babies birth-14 months with an adult

This session is FULL, waitlist is FULL.

Registration for six-week session begins September 11 for residents, in person or by phone (860-652-7718).

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.
12 pm
1 pm
2 pm

2nd Tuesday Book Club: The Widows of Malabar Hill

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
Book Discussion
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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 will be reading "The Widows of Malabar Hill" by Sujata Massey.
3 pm

Very Scary Craft

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Elementary School Age
Arts & Crafts
Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library
Room: 2CF Studio
Age Group: Elementary School Age
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

FOR KIDS IN GRADES 1-3

Registration begins September 27 for residents; October 8 for nonresidents.

Kids will use a variety of materials and their imaginations to create their very own spoo
4 pm

Virtual Author Talk: European Travel Tips with Guidebook Author Rick Steves

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Adults
Book Discussion
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Event Details:

Join guidebook author and TV host Rick Steves as he shares the latest in smart European travel. In this entertaining, information-packed slideshow lecture, Rick will teach you the secrets of safe, smart, inexpensive travel — low on stress and high

Harry Potter Book Day

4:15pm - 5:15pm
Elementary School Age
Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library
Room: Friends Room
Age Group: Elementary School Age
Required
Seats Remaining: 5
Event Details:

FOR KIDS IN GRADES 3-6

Registration begins September 28 for residents; October 9 for nonresidents.

For one day only, Hogwarts is opening its doors to all muggles and magical creatures for

5 pm
6 pm

Goths, Gargoyles, & God: Building the Magnificent Cathedrals of Europe

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Lecture
Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library
Room: Friends Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

At the turn of the 1000 AD millennium in Europe, churches were small, dark, thick-walled, and dingy.

Teen: Journal Writing

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Teens
Workshop
Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Welles-Turner Memorial Library
Room: 2CF Studio
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Workshop
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

Anyone can journal! Explore journal writing with certified journal writing instructor, Jane Rossi. Participants will have a chance to decorate their own journal and practice a variety of journal writing styles and techniques.