Come meet some furry, scaly friends! Drop in at any time on 4/24 from 4-5pm to learn about and meet live animals. Guests may include anything from sugar gliders, hedgehogs, and chinchillas, to tortoises, bearded dragons, and axolotls! Sponsored by the Allan Louis Loeb Foundation. Sign up here.
Get your library swag! The following items are available for purchase onsite at the Blackstone Library (not accepting mail or phone orders). Highlighted titles may also be borrowed from the library — click on the title to check its status.
Blackstone Library is one of over 150 libraries participating in this year’s Passport to Connecticut Libraries program! Grab a passport from one of our checkout desks and collect stamps from around the state between April 1 to 30, 2024 for a chance to win a $200 Visa gift card Read more…
Join us Wednesday, April 24 at 6 PM: Connecticut Racial Profiling Prohibition Project invites you for a panel discussion and Q&A to foster better police-community relations.
SAVE THE DATE! Protect your privacy, identity, and confidentiality with the Blackstone Library Shred-a-thon shredding event on Saturday, June 8, 2024 – 9 a.m. to Noon. Bring your boxes of documents to be shredded to the Blackstone Library for this fundraising event. Buy pre-paid cards in person or online.
The library will be closed on Sunday, March 31 for the Easter holiday.
The library will be open for regular hours, 9 am to 5 pm on Good Friday, March 29 and on Saturday, March 30.
If you attend a program in the auditorium that uses the sound system, you now have the ability to use an assistive listening device. Ask at the Reference Desk when arriving for the program, and we’ll give you the device and show you how to use it.
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Planning a wedding? Did you know you can rent out the library after hours to hold your rehearsal dinner, wedding, or other celebration? Click here to learn more about holding your special event in our beautiful historic space.
New artwork now on display! Kate Galambos is a contemporary American artist known for her exploration of color, line, and shape using acrylic mixed media.
The library will be having staff training on Thursday, March 7 and will open at 1 pm.