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The Soloist
A former violin prodigy has bouts with schizophrenia that land him on the streets after two years of schooling at Juilliard and finds an ally in a disenchanted journalist. 1 hour, 57 minutes. PG-13
A book club for kids!
This month’s selection is Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters by Andrea Beaty. We will discuss the book, enjoy a small snack and build our own contraptions like the main character. Ages 7-10. Copies of the selected book are available at the library for kids to read before the club meeting. Register in person when you pick up your copy of the book.
Join the dynamic Father/Daughter team of Lou and Jessica Pelletier for an engaging and interactive Comprehensive Retirement Planning Workshop! No matter where you are in your Social Security selection journey, uncover all your available options. If you're 59 1/2 or older, still working, and wondering whether to stick with your 401K/403B or transfer to an IRA, we've got you covered. Find out how recent government changes impact non-spouse beneficiaries and learn strategies for drawing income from your assets in a volatile market. Is your life insurance up to date? We'll help you assess and update your plan. Plus, discover the essential legal documents every retiree should have, beyond just a will. Secure your future with confidence!
Listen to stories about spring, make a craft and dance. Ages 3-7 Drop-in
Meet other homeschool families, share ideas, play games, and enjoy other self-directed activities at this monthly hangout. All ages. Drop-in
Love Hurts
A seemingly mild-mannered realtor has a dark secret that he is desperate to leave behind. Spoiler alert: He won’t. Suddenly, he’s thrust into a world of ruthless hitmen, filled with double-crosses and open houses turned into deadly warzones. With his brother, a volatile crime lord, hunting him, he must confront the choices that haunt him and the history he never truly buried.
1 hour, 32 minutes. R
Bring your own picnic lunch to the library’s front lawn. Enjoy hula-hooping by participating in mini-classes and a hoop jam with Bring the Hoopla from 11:00 am -1:00 pm. Drop-in
If it is raining the show will move inside.
Rhyme Time offers songs, movement, and rhymes to help nurture early language skills. Ages birth-24 months. (Drop-in)
BYO book, light snack and drink
No assigned reading
6:00 pm - Welcome
6:15 pm - Read Quietly
7:00 pm - Wrap up/Socialize
For more information, email slee@enfield.org
Join the Friends for their annual Dinner Meeting, Dues, and Election. (Members Only)
Love Hurts
A seemingly mild-mannered realtor has a dark secret that he is desperate to leave behind. Spoiler alert: He won’t. Suddenly, he’s thrust into a world of ruthless hitmen, filled with double-crosses and open houses turned into deadly warzones. With his brother, a volatile crime lord, hunting him, he must confront the choices that haunt him and the history he never truly buried.
1 hour, 32 minutes. R
A new kind of math club in the series of eight math adventures you’ll get to build dazzling shapes with glowsticks, crack spy codes, play with bouncy dice and more. Ages 5-8 Drop-in
Enfield Culture and Arts Commission is sponsoring First Wednesdays Open Mic at the Enfield Public Library.
First Wednesdays are about creating a welcoming and supportive performance space for artists of all ages and levels. Come express your talents whether it be music, poetry, rap, or spoken word with a receptive group. Facilitated by Enfield musician Kevin Crane.
A variety of instruments including ukuleles, guitars, drums, violins, mandolins, and keyboards are available to be checked out at the library for a three week loan.
The purpose of the Enfield Culture and Arts Commission shall be to plan, produce, coordinate, or otherwise provide assistance to sponsors of events or activities and to encourage participation therein, which promote or develop the artistic, historic, cultural and heritage resources of and within the community of Enfield.
Sign up at Reference Desk, bring your dish to share.
This month’s selection is “Cook's Illustrated Revolutionary Recipes”
To minimize waste please bring your own dishes, flatware and serve ware for your dishes
A new kind of math club in the series of eight math adventures you’ll get to build dazzling shapes with glowsticks, crack spy codes, play with bouncy dice and more. Ages 5-8 Drop-in
Bring the whole family for fun, free Bingo! Front lobby doors open at 6:00 pm. Drop-in
Rhyme Time offers songs, movement, and rhymes to help nurture early language skills. Ages birth-24 months. (Drop-in)
Join us for rhymes, action songs and books with little ones. Learn new ways to strengthen the bond with your child and nurture their brain development. Infants will spend time on the floor so please bring a blanket for them to lay on. Ages birth - 24 months. Drop-in
Join Little Leaps Dance Adventures for a fun filled creative movement class! Ages 2-4 drop-in
Gladiator
Roman general is sold into slavery and turns gladiator after he refuses to pledge loyalty to the emperor's power-hungry son.
2 hours. R
A new kind of math club in the series of eight math adventures you’ll get to build dazzling shapes with glowsticks, crack spy codes, play with bouncy dice and more. Ages 5-8 Drop-in
Join Deputy Director Katie Werth for a discussion of Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand.
Entering the afterlife due to a hit and run accident, a successful author learns she can observe the earthly lives of her nearly grown children and is also permitted three "nudges" to alter the outcome of events.
Find it on Overdrive: https://libraryconnection.overdrive.com/lci-enfield/content/media/5907997
Join Dr. Steve Sobel for a wonderfully engaging and memorable presentation that will leave participants inspired and feeling great about handling life's challenges and stresses. You will also laugh until you cry and cultivate the ability not to "make mountains out of molehills" and understand why laughter is indeed the best medicine. Steve is a nationally renowned speaker, humorist, author and coach. He truly believes that boring presentations are really slow forms of torture.
Dr. Sobel is the author of "The Good Times Handbook-Your Guide to Positive Living and an Exciting Life" and is working on another book "Lessons Learned from Lucy the Labrador." He has been featured on INSIDE EDITION and in many newspapers (including the Boston Globe, Hartford Courant, and Newark Star Ledger) and on many TV and radio shows.
A new kind of math club in the series of eight math adventures you’ll get to build dazzling shapes with glowsticks, crack spy codes, play with bouncy dice and more. Ages 5-8 Drop-in
Enjoy simple stories, songs, movement, finger plays, open play time and art. Ages 12-24 months Drop-in
Gladiator II
Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero at the hands of his uncle, a warrior is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist.
2 hour, 28 minutes. R
Rhyme Time offers songs, movement, and rhymes to help nurture early language skills. Ages birth-24 months. (Drop-in)
Join Reference Librarian Sam Lee for a discussion of Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she hopes to help women shape their destinies, to make their own choices for their lives and bodies.
359 pages
Members of the Friends of the Enfield Library will gather at the Enfield Annex to finalize plans for their June Book Sale.
Join Branch Librarian Aimee Sixt for a discussion of Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano.
An exquisite homage to Louisa May Alcott’s timeless classic, Little Women, Hello Beautiful is a profoundly moving portrait of what is possible when we choose to love someone not in spite of who they are, but because of it.
Gladiator II
Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero at the hands of his uncle, a warrior is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist.
2 hour, 28 minutes. R
A new kind of math club in the series of eight math adventures you’ll get to build dazzling shapes with glowsticks, crack spy codes, play with bouncy dice and more. Ages 5-8 Drop-in
Join Paul and Nina Lukens founders of Little Ark Farm, a certified organic market garden here in Enfield.
The past 40 years have seen major breakthroughs in our understanding of plant and soil biology. This science is so new that the ink’s still wet on the papers and certainly hasn’t made it into high school textbooks yet. Discover what recent research tells us about how plants get their nutrients and fight diseases and the role microscopic allies play, and learn how a microscope can help you leverage this new science in your own garden and yard.
After the discussion, Nina and Paul will do a live demonstration with their digital microscope and some of their own compost. Bring samples of your own turf, garden soil, or compost so we can compare and analyze soil life up close together!
Paul and Nina Lukens have been digging in the dirt together for nearly 40 years, gardening together for nearly 20, and working their land together for 10, all while juggling off-farm work and homeschooling their five kids. They love what they do.
A new kind of math club in the series of eight math adventures you’ll get to build dazzling shapes with glowsticks, crack spy codes, play with bouncy dice and more. Ages 5-8 Drop-in
Using Legos® and Keva Planks® see what you can build in an hour. Your only limit is your imagination. All Ages (Drop-in)
Bullet Train
In Japan, five assassins board one of the fastest moving trains in the world, traveling from Tokyo to Morioka. Unbeknownst to the killers, their mission objectives bear striking resemblances, forcing them to come together and work out the unexplained phenomena that pushed them together on the speeding train.
2 hours, 6 minutes. R
A new kind of math club in the series of eight math adventures you’ll get to build dazzling shapes with glowsticks, crack spy codes, play with bouncy dice and more. Ages 5-8 Drop-in
A new kind of math club in the series of eight math adventures you’ll get to build dazzling shapes with glowsticks, crack spy codes, play with bouncy dice and more. Ages 5-8 Drop-in
Join Public Services Librarian Lisa Sprague for a discussion of I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle.
Dragons are common in the backwater kingdom of Bellemontagne, coming in sizes from mouse-like vermin all the way up to castle-smashing monsters.
BYO book, light snack and drink
No assigned reading
6:00 pm - Welcome
6:15 pm - Read Quietly
7:00 pm - Wrap up/Socialize
For more information, email slee@enfield.org
A book club for kids!
This month’s selection is Mega Bat by Anna Humphrey. We will discuss the book, enjoy a small snack and play a game or complete an art activity. Ages 7-10. Copies of the selected book are available at the library for kids to read before the club meeting. Register in person when you pick up your copy of the book.
Enfield Culture and Arts Commission is sponsoring First Wednesdays Open Mic at the Enfield Public Library.
First Wednesdays are about creating a welcoming and supportive performance space for artists of all ages and levels. Come express your talents whether it be music, poetry, rap, or spoken word with a receptive group. Facilitated by Enfield musician Kevin Crane.
A variety of instruments including ukuleles, guitars, drums, violins, mandolins, and keyboards are available to be checked out at the library for a three week loan.
The purpose of the Enfield Culture and Arts Commission shall be to plan, produce, coordinate, or otherwise provide assistance to sponsors of events or activities and to encourage participation therein, which promote or develop the artistic, historic, cultural and heritage resources of and within the community of Enfield.
Listen to stories about incects, make a craft and dance! Ages 3-7 Drop-in
Meet other homeschool families, share ideas, play games, and enjoy other self-directed activities at this monthly hangout. All ages. Drop-in
THE BOOK SALE WILL BE HELD AT THE ENFIELD ANNEX
124 North Maple Street
Enfield, CT 06082
Friday June 6 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Preview $10.00 admission (for non-Friends members)
Saturday June 7 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Book Sale Free Admittance
Sunday June 8 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Bag Sale Free Admittance
Bags Provided. $6 for Small Bag $12 for Large Bag
THE BOOK SALE WILL BE HELD AT THE ENFIELD ANNEX
124 North Maple Street
Enfield, CT 06082
Friday June 6 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Preview $10.00 admission (for non-Friends members)
Saturday June 7 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Book Sale Free Admittance
Sunday June 8 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Bag Sale Free Admittance
Bags Provided. $6 for Small Bag $12 for Large Bag
THE BOOK SALE WILL BE HELD AT THE ENFIELD ANNEX
124 North Maple Street
Enfield, CT 06082
Friday June 6 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Preview $10.00 admission (for non-Friends members)
Saturday June 7 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Book Sale Free Admittance
Sunday June 8 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Bag Sale Free Admittance
Bags Provided. $6 for Small Bag $12 for Large Bag
Rhyme Time offers songs, movement, and rhymes to help nurture early language skills. Ages birth-24 months. (Drop-in)
Join us for rhymes, action songs and books with little ones. Learn new ways to strengthen the bond with your child and nurture their brain development. Infants will spend time on the floor so please bring a blanket for them to lay on. Ages birth - 24 months. Drop-in
Join Deputy Director Katie Werth for a discussion of People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry.
Alex and Poppy have nothing in common. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart, but every summer, they have taken one week of vacation together. Two years ago, they ruined everything and haven’t spoken since. Poppy convinces Alex to take one more vacation and lay everything on the table.
Find it on Overdrive: https://libraryconnection.overdrive.com/lci-enfield/content/media/5678299
Get ready to pop some bubbles and boogie at this children’s music event with Joy Blooms! Ages 2 and up. Drop-in
Enjoy simple stories, songs, movement, finger plays, open play time and art. Ages 12-24 months Drop-in
There will be vehicles of all shapes and sizes for kids to explore in the library's back parking lot. Bring the whole family. All ages, Drop-in
Rhyme Time offers songs, movement, and rhymes to help nurture early language skills. Ages birth-24 months. (Drop-in)
Join Reference Librarian Sam Lee for a discussion of Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem, terror, and other Dark Things In General. Discretion a must. Excellent benefits.
340 pages
Excuse Me While I Disappear by Lauri Notaro
255 pages
A laugh-out-loud spin on the realities, perks, opportunities, and inevitable courses of midlife. An enlightening memoir about living life on the other side of fifty.
Please email asixt@enfield.org for more information
The 25 sights and places you should visit when you retire, or before!
In recent years there have been a multitude of books charting the thousands of places you must see, such as gardens, historic sights, churches or cemeteries, before you die. Let’s consider the thrill of visiting and exploring some of these unique places as you retire, or simply have the inclination to travel at any time.
Dr. Richard Benfield, visitor to over 137 countries, will outline his Top 25 list. He will eschew the obvious and popular (Sistine Chapel, Big Ben, Grand Canyon) and take you on what Robert Frost called the road less travelled; places for adventure and places rarely mentioned in “1000 places you must see.”
Thus, we will see the oldest human-made artifact in the world (800,000 years old), 40,000-year-old Paleolithic Art, the great cathedrals of Europe, majestic mountains, the Panama Canal, gorillas in the mist and much more. Join us for this visually inspiring one-hour journey and get valuable tips for your next big adventure.
Dr. Benfield is the former Chair and Professor of Geography at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut where he taught courses in Human Geography, Plants, Predators and Parks, Russia, The European Union and many of the courses in the department’s tourism track. His current research interests are in biogeography, particularly garden tourism, and the use of tourism as a conservation tool through the great botanic gardens of the world.
Firefighter Joe Kara will be on the front lawn to check the installation of your car seat. (Drop-in)
Songs, movement, and rhymes to help nurture early language skills. Ages birth-24 months. (Drop-in)
Join the Friends for their “One Read” meeting this year’s topic is True Crime.
From Liberty to Legacy—Exploring American Ideals in the Musicals 1776 and Hamilton
1776 and Hamilton: two American musicals telling the story of the founding of our nation. This lecture looks at these revolutionary musicals and their contrasting visions of an American society at a crossroads. Note: this lecture features video clips from the two musicals.
Michael Langlois is a performer, lecturer, and storyteller with decades of experience on stage and off. He has lectured from Connecticut to California on topics ranging from acting and directing, to using one’s passions to bridge divides and engage with others. Michael has worked with young and old alike, helping individuals find their voice and tell their own unique stories. He has directed across New England, including performances for the Hartford Children’s Theatre, Springfield’s Drama Studio, and the Ashford Youth Theatre, where he worked for nearly 20 years as Artistic Director. Additionally, Michael worked for over a decade with New London, Connecticut’s Flock Theatre serving as an Associate Artist. There he directed, acted, and taught classes. Michael’s directing credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Othello; Lysistrata; Godspell; A Piece of My Heart; The Imaginary Invalid; Macbeth; The Crucible; Antigone; The Taming of the Shrew; and The Tempest. Acting credits include the Stage Manager in Our Town; King Henry in Henry V; Brutus in Julius Caeser; and Tobias in Sweeny Todd.
Join Public Services Librarian Lisa Sprague for a discussion of The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O’Keefe.
She's a revolutionary. Humanity is running out of options. Habitable planets are being destroyed as quickly as they're found and Naira Sharp thinks she knows the reason why.
Rhyme Time offers songs, movement, and rhymes to help nurture early language skills. Ages birth-24 months. (Drop-in)
July is featuring Showtunes, Disney, Broadway, & Movie Songs! (but not required)
Enfield Culture and Arts Commission is sponsoring First Wednesdays Open Mic at the Enfield Public Library.
First Wednesdays are about creating a welcoming and supportive performance space for artists of all ages and levels. Come express your talents whether it be music, poetry, rap, or spoken word with a receptive group. Facilitated by Enfield musician Kevin Crane.
A variety of instruments including ukuleles, guitars, drums, violins, mandolins, and keyboards are available to be checked out at the library for a three week loan.
The purpose of the Enfield Culture and Arts Commission shall be to plan, produce, coordinate, or otherwise provide assistance to sponsors of events or activities and to encourage participation therein, which promote or develop the artistic, historic, cultural and heritage resources of and within the community of Enfield.
BYO book, light snack and drink
No assigned reading
6:00 pm - Welcome
6:15 pm - Read Quietly
7:00 pm - Wrap up/Socialize
For more information, email slee@enfield.org
Join us for rhymes, action songs and books with little ones. Learn new ways to strengthen the bond with your child and nurture their brain development. Infants will spend time on the floor so please bring a blanket for them to lay on. Ages birth - 24 months. Drop-in
BYO book, light snack and drink
No assigned reading
6:00 pm - Welcome
6:15 pm - Read Quietly
7:00 pm - Wrap up/Socialize
For more information, email slee@enfield.org
Enfield Culture and Arts Commission is sponsoring an Open Mic Night at the Enfield Public Library.
Open Mic Nights are about creating a welcoming and supportive performance space for artists of all ages and levels. Come express your talents whether it be music, poetry, rap, or spoken word with a receptive group. Facilitated by Enfield musician Kevin Crane.
A variety of instruments including ukuleles, guitars, drums, violins, mandolins, and keyboards are available to be checked out at the library for a three week loan.
The purpose of the Enfield Culture and Arts Commission shall be to plan, produce, coordinate, or otherwise provide assistance to sponsors of events or activities and to encourage participation therein, which promote or develop the artistic, historic, cultural and heritage resources of and within the community of Enfield.
Once Upon a Blue Moon: Stories to Enrapture the Mind, Delight the Senses, and Chill the Soul
A blood-drinker offers protection to the daughter of a drug lord. A guardian is more than he seems. A girl is taken on the ride of her life. The inner beast takes control. Obsession is made into art. Blood is thicker than water. Some things just aren’t worth coming home for. Stuck between fire and water. The end of the world really isn’t. Anything is better than marriage. When you look into the abyss, the abyss looks back. Jessica Barone, author of The Shadowlands series, offers this collection of short stories to enrapture the mind, delight the senses, and chill the soul.
Jessica Barone is an educator, an avid reader and writer, and the mother of a warrior princess. She credits her Sicilian grandmother's stories of the old country as her earliest source of inspiration. Today Jessica is a mother who tells stories to her own child, and has kept her love of the supernatural alive by watching scary movies, melodramatic Netflix shows, and reading slightly disturbing novels in her spare time.
Books by Jessica Barone include The Shadowlands series; Eternal Night, Shadow Cast, Dark Ascension, Dragon Slayer. Short story collection; Once Upon a Blue Moon.
Enfield Culture and Arts Commission is sponsoring First Wednesdays Open Mic at the Enfield Public Library.
First Wednesdays are about creating a welcoming and supportive performance space for artists of all ages and levels. Come express your talents whether it be music, poetry, rap, or spoken word with a receptive group. Facilitated by Enfield musician Kevin Crane.
A variety of instruments including ukuleles, guitars, drums, violins, mandolins, and keyboards are available to be checked out at the library for a three week loan.
The purpose of the Enfield Culture and Arts Commission shall be to plan, produce, coordinate, or otherwise provide assistance to sponsors of events or activities and to encourage participation therein, which promote or develop the artistic, historic, cultural and heritage resources of and within the community of Enfield.
BYO book, light snack and drink
No assigned reading
6:00 pm - Welcome
6:15 pm - Read Quietly
7:00 pm - Wrap up/Socialize
For more information, email slee@enfield.org
Enfield Culture and Arts Commission is sponsoring First Wednesdays Open Mic at the Enfield Public Library.
First Wednesdays are about creating a welcoming and supportive performance space for artists of all ages and levels. Come express your talents whether it be music, poetry, rap, or spoken word with a receptive group. Facilitated by Enfield musician Kevin Crane.
A variety of instruments including ukuleles, guitars, drums, violins, mandolins, and keyboards are available to be checked out at the library for a three week loan.
The purpose of the Enfield Culture and Arts Commission shall be to plan, produce, coordinate, or otherwise provide assistance to sponsors of events or activities and to encourage participation therein, which promote or develop the artistic, historic, cultural and heritage resources of and within the community of Enfield.
BYO book, light snack and drink
No assigned reading
6:00 pm - Welcome
6:15 pm - Read Quietly
7:00 pm - Wrap up/Socialize
For more information, email slee@enfield.org
BYO book, light snack and drink
No assigned reading
6:00 pm - Welcome
6:15 pm - Read Quietly
7:00 pm - Wrap up/Socialize
For more information, email slee@enfield.org
Enfield Culture and Arts Commission is sponsoring First Wednesdays Open Mic at the Enfield Public Library.
First Wednesdays are about creating a welcoming and supportive performance space for artists of all ages and levels. Come express your talents whether it be music, poetry, rap, or spoken word with a receptive group. Facilitated by Enfield musician Kevin Crane.
A variety of instruments including ukuleles, guitars, drums, violins, mandolins, and keyboards are available to be checked out at the library for a three week loan.
The purpose of the Enfield Culture and Arts Commission shall be to plan, produce, coordinate, or otherwise provide assistance to sponsors of events or activities and to encourage participation therein, which promote or develop the artistic, historic, cultural and heritage resources of and within the community of Enfield.
BYO book, light snack and drink
No assigned reading
6:00 pm - Welcome
6:15 pm - Read Quietly
7:00 pm - Wrap up/Socialize
For more information, email slee@enfield.org
Enfield Culture and Arts Commission is sponsoring First Wednesdays Open Mic at the Enfield Public Library.
First Wednesdays are about creating a welcoming and supportive performance space for artists of all ages and levels. Come express your talents whether it be music, poetry, rap, or spoken word with a receptive group. Facilitated by Enfield musician Kevin Crane.
A variety of instruments including ukuleles, guitars, drums, violins, mandolins, and keyboards are available to be checked out at the library for a three week loan.
The purpose of the Enfield Culture and Arts Commission shall be to plan, produce, coordinate, or otherwise provide assistance to sponsors of events or activities and to encourage participation therein, which promote or develop the artistic, historic, cultural and heritage resources of and within the community of Enfield.
Enfield Culture and Arts Commission is sponsoring First Wednesdays Open Mic at the Enfield Public Library.
First Wednesdays are about creating a welcoming and supportive performance space for artists of all ages and levels. Come express your talents whether it be music, poetry, rap, or spoken word with a receptive group. Facilitated by Enfield musician Kevin Crane.
A variety of instruments including ukuleles, guitars, drums, violins, mandolins, and keyboards are available to be checked out at the library for a three week loan.
The purpose of the Enfield Culture and Arts Commission shall be to plan, produce, coordinate, or otherwise provide assistance to sponsors of events or activities and to encourage participation therein, which promote or develop the artistic, historic, cultural and heritage resources of and within the community of Enfield.
Rhyme Time offers songs, movement, and rhymes to help nurture early language skills. Ages birth-24 months. (Drop-in)
Using Duplos® Legos® and Keva Planks® see what you can build in an hour. Your only limit is your imagination. All-ages (Drop-in)
Enjoy simple stories, songs, movement, finger plays, open play time and art. Ages 12-24 months Drop-in
Join Public Services Librarian Lisa Sprague for a discussion of In Our Stars: The Doomed Earth by Jack Campbell.
Genetically engineered with partly alien DNA, Lieutenant Selene Genji is different from ordinary humans. And they hate her for it. Still, she’s spent her life trying to overcome society’s prejudice by serving in the Unified Fleet while Earth’s international order collapses into war.
The Windsor Locks Canal, Yankee Enterprise and Irish Muscle
Kervick’s compelling new book touches all the bases in the making of classic history. It is the story of human enterprise, ambition, invention, raw manpower, and the clash of cultures. This uniquely American accomplishment could not have happened without the unlikely convergence of three social and economic groups, including the wealthy merchants who conceived and promoted the canal, the brilliant young civil engineers who designed it, and the over four hundred Irish immigrant laborers who toiled from dawn to dusk in often lethal conditions to forge a better life in America. The synergy of these distinct forces created the backbone of Connecticut’s first planned, water-powered industrial center, one that remains profitable to this day.
Kervick skillfully reveals the story of Connecticut’s bold actions to retain its social and economic prominence as a leader of the industrial revolution. The ripple from this ambitious economic undertaking permanently expanded Connecticut’s ethnic and religious demographics. The book also demonstrates how the longstanding and fierce rivalry between Hartford and New Haven almost doomed the project from its inception.
The Windsor Locks Canal, Yankee Enterprise and Irish Muscle is about people as much it is about events. Not only does Kervick tell the story of the Windsor Locks Canal in far greater detail than it has been told before, but he humanizes the Irish Canal laborers along the way. In many instances, he introduces the reader to these remarkable men by name, the result of over 20 years of painstaking research to answer the basic question, “Who are these unknown laborers to whom we owe so much?”
J. Christopher Kervick is an instructor of local history at Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut. He recently completed three terms as First Selectman of his hometown of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, and, prior to that, served as a Connecticut Judge of Probate. He has been practicing law for over 36 years. A 1984 graduate of Fordham University, he is a 1987 graduate of Catholic University, Columbus School of Law.
His boyhood home was just three hundred yards west of the Windsor Locks Canal (originally known as the Enfield Falls Canal). In 2001, the State of Connecticut hired him to conduct a title search of the entire canal. The title search sparked his fascination with the story behind the canal, especially the plight of the over four hundred unidentified Irish immigrant laborers who built the canal, some of whom lost their lives in the effort.
Dreamgirls
Adaptation of the Broadway hit about the ups and downs of a 1960s girl group. 2 hours, 9 minutes. PG-13
Dreamgirls
Adaptation of the Broadway hit about the ups and downs of a 1960s girl group. 2 hours, 9 minutes. PG-13
Join Reference Librarian Sam Lee for a discussion of The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
It’s been twenty-eight years since their graduation when their adult lives officially began. Now they find themselves in Big Sur to honor a decade sold pact to throw each other living “funerals,” celebrations to remind themselves that life is worth living—and living well.
320 pages
Songs, movement, and rhymes to help nurture early language skills. Ages birth-24 months. (Drop-in)
Come learn about exotic animals in an interactive performance with live animals! Ages 5 and up. Free tickets available here beginning April 7.
Piece by Piece
Singer-songwriter and producer Pharrell Williams charts his life and career, shedding a whimsical light on the path he chose to pursue his passions while celebrating his uniqueness. 1 hour, 33 minutes. PG
Revisit some favorite books and folk tales featuring handcrafted puppets, original music and great stories. Ages 5 and up, Drop-in
Join Branch Librarian Aimee Sixt for a discussion of Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys.
Fifteen-year-old Lina is a Lithuanian girl living an ordinary life -- until Soviet officers invade her home and tear her family apart. Separated from her father and forced onto a crowded train, Lina, her mother, and her young brother make their way to a Siberian work camp, where they are forced to fight for their lives. Lina finds solace in her art, documenting these events by drawing. Risking everything, she imbeds clues in her drawings of their location and secretly passes them along, hoping her drawings will make their way to her father's prison camp. But will strength, love, and hope be enough for Lina and her family to survive?
In a world where a team of Superhero LEGO robots must be built and programmed to transport the last ingredient to an antidote to save the world in just two hours, only you and the robotics team from Smith College can help. Space is limited. Ages 8-11. Register here beginning April 7th
Come and enjoy fun, free bingo! Adults welcome. Best for ages 5 and up. Drop-in
An afternoon showing of a popular new film rated PG. Free popcorn! Drop-in
A high energy creative building event that encourages imaginative play and collaboration. Ages 6 and up. Register here beginning March 31st.
Celebrate the history and greatness of the UConn basketball teams with this fun, lively and enlightening presentation hosted by award-winning sportswriter and author Marty Gitlin. Take a journey from the beginning of the men's and women's programs to the present with video highlights of their greatest teams, players and events from the turn of the twentieth century to today. Marty will talk about and show the moments these incredible teams turned dreams into national championships, as well as those whose seasons ended in disappointment. The best of the best will be featured here, including legendary coaches Jim Calhoun and Geno Auriemma and superstars such as Art Quimby, Walt Dropo, Diana Taurasi, Rebecca Lobo, Richard Hamilton, Sue Bird, Ray Allen, Kemba Walker, Emeka Okafor and Maya Moore. The presentation will also feature fun trivia questions for patrons to ponder and answer, as well as a Q&A following. This is an ideal program for any UConn basketball fan - men's, women's or both! So join in on the fun!
Sign up at Reference Desk, bring your dish to share.
This month’s selection is “Cook It Up” by Alex Guarnaschelli and Ava Clark
To minimize waste please bring your own dishes, flatware and serve ware for your dishes
Join Deputy Director Katie Werth for a discussion of West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge.
Part adventure, part historical saga, and part coming-of-age love story, West with Giraffes explores what it means to be changed by the grace of animals, the kindness of strangers, the passing of time, and a story told before it's too late.
A Complete Unknown
A young Bob Dylan shakes up the folk music scene when he plugs in his electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. 2 hours 20 minutes. R
BYO book, light snack and drink
No assigned reading
6:00 pm - Welcome
6:15 pm - Read Quietly
7:00 pm - Wrap up/Socialize
For more information, email slee@enfield.org
A Complete Unknown
A young Bob Dylan shakes up the folk music scene when he plugs in his electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. 2 hours 20 minutes. R
Enfield Culture and Arts Commission is sponsoring First Wednesdays Open Mic at the Enfield Public Library.
First Wednesdays are about creating a welcoming and supportive performance space for artists of all ages and levels. Come express your talents whether it be music, poetry, rap, or spoken word with a receptive group. Facilitated by Enfield musician Kevin Crane.
A variety of instruments including ukuleles, guitars, drums, violins, mandolins, and keyboards are available to be checked out at the library for a three week loan.
The purpose of the Enfield Culture and Arts Commission shall be to plan, produce, coordinate, or otherwise provide assistance to sponsors of events or activities and to encourage participation therein, which promote or develop the artistic, historic, cultural and heritage resources of and within the community of Enfield.
Walk the Line
Biopic of country music legend, Johnny Cash, focusing on the long courtship he had with June Carter. 2 hours, 16 minutes. PG-13
Join Public Services Librarian Lisa Sprague for a discussion of Floating Hotel Grace Curtis.
Welcome to the Grand Abeona Hotel: home of the finest food, the sweetest service, and the very best views the galaxy has to offer. All year round it moves from planet to planet, system to system, pampering guests across the furthest reaches of the milky way.
Asnuntuck Community College Professor Carol LaLiberte will lead an all-ages Drum Circle. Drums will be provided or bring your own. The library has many musical instruments available to be checked out including bongos, djembe, bodhran, and steelpan drums. Everyone is welcome, no experience necessary.
Conclave
A cardinal is tasked with running the covert process of Conclave after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, he uncovers a trail of deep secrets left in the dead Pope’s wake, secrets which could shake the foundations of the Church.
2 hours. PG
