Fall Family Take-N-Makes: Grab and Go Activity Kits for K-4

Wednesday, October 26

All Day

Drop-in event. The Program with no schedule is back for another season, this time for grades K-4! If you’ve enjoyed our Take-N-Makes in the past, this program is for you! Each month, we’re putting together a different craft kit. No sign up is required but kits are limited. Drop by to pick one up while supplies last! Sponsored by the Friends of the Blackstone Library

We can’t wait to see you soon! To sign up for for other children’s events, visit our Youth Services Events Sign Up Page Here.

Sponsored by the Allan Louis Loeb Foundation

Teen Take-N-Makes: Grab and Go Activity Kits for 5-12

Wednesday, October 26

All Day

The Program with no schedule is back for another season! If you’ve enjoyed our Take-N-Makes in the past, this program is for you! Each month, we’re putting together a different craft kit. No sign up is required but kits are limited. Drop by to pick one up while supplies last!

Want to see a list of all upcoming teen events? Check us out on eventbrite & follow our page for all the latest updates! http://blackstoneteens.eventbrite.com Sponsored by the Allan Louis Loeb Foundation

Stories & Music for babies through 24 months

Wednesdays

Wednesday, October 26

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Babies & their caregivers are invited to sign up for a gentle storytime of rhyming, movement & song.

Space is limited & a waiting list will open when each event is full. Please be respectful of limited space & only sign up for events you can attend.

We can’t wait to see you @ the library! To sign up for this and other children’s events, visit our Youth Services Events Sign Up Page Here.

Stories & Music for babies through 24 months

Wednesdays

Wednesday, October 26

10:45 am - 11:15 am

Babies & their caregivers are invited to sign up for a gentle storytime of rhyming, movement & song.

Space is limited & a waiting list will open when each event is full. Please be respectful of limited space & only sign up for events you can attend.

We can’t wait to see you @ the library! To sign up for this and other children’s events, visit our Youth Services Events Sign Up Page Here.

Latin III

Every Wednesday

Wednesday, October 26

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Latin III will begin with a review of chapters 28-40 of Ecce Romani II. At the completion of all 27 chapters of the text, the group will move on to translating and discussing annotated passages from Ovid, et. al. A complimentary copy of Ecce Romani II will be provided as long as the supply lasts.

Registration is required to attend this ONLINE event. Contact the Reference Department at 203-488-1441, ext. 318 or email programs@blackstonelibrary.org for details. Class meets every Wednesday from 5:00-6:00pm.

Social Distance Knitting Group

Every Wednesday

Wednesday, October 26

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join us for a weekly knitting group! Meetings are every Wednesday in the Blackstone Library Conference Room. Beginners and experienced knitters are welcome to drop in any time between 6:00 and 8:00pm.

Registration not required to attend this HYBRID (in person and on Zoom) event. If you would like to attend a meeting via Zoom, please contact the Reference Department at 203-488-1441, ext. 318 or email programs@blackstonelibrary.org for details.

The Discovery of the Dutch Fort on Indian Neck: Presented by the Branford Historical Society

Wednesday, October 26

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Please join us as local historian and author Jim Powers tells the story of how the location of a Dutch trading post and fort was discovered right here in Branford.

Can oral history sometimes be true?

In Branford, local legends have always claimed that the Dutch were present well before English colonists arrived in 1638. It’s a story that has been passed down from generation to generation for 350 years but dismissed as simply a local myth by historians. Where is the proof they have always asked? Where are the Dutch and English records that wrote about it? Where is the physical evidence that could prove they were really here?

In 1998 and 1999, when the remnants of a Dutch Fort were unearthed on Indian Neck, everything changed. Proof was found and the history of Branford and Connecticut changed forever. As for oral history? Sometimes it is worth a second look.

Registration is required to attend this IN PERSON event