STORRS LIBRARY

BOOK BIKE

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Tuesdays
11:00 ~ 1:00 p.m.
Longmeadow
Adult Center

Thursdays
2:00 ~ 4:00 p.m.
Longmeadow Farmers' Market @ Longmeadow Shops

Featured Artist
Dave Hay

Come into the library to see fabulous pop portraits by Longmeadow artist Dave Hay.

These pop realism portraits include famous people such as Andy Warhol, Rod Stewart, Michelle Obama and many more.

During the month, Dave's exhibit may be viewed anytime the Betty Ann Low Room is not in use.

ARE YOU A KNITTER?

This is an adult drop-in program that meets every Tuesday morning from 10:15 - 11:45 a.m. beginning September 6th

NIGHTTIME KNITTING

Come join the Novel Knitters at Storrs Library in Longmeadow!

Bring your own projects or participate in ongoing community projects.

All levels of expertise are welcome and please bring your own supplies.
For further information contact Discovery Room 413.565.4182

NEW! Drop-in group meeting every Wednesday evening for teens and adults age 16 and up.

Please bring your own materials. For more information, call 413.565.4181

All skill levels welcome.

Starting Wednesday,
September 20th

Travel the World through

Masterpieces of World Literature

Join Bay Path Professor of English, Lisa Ruch, Ph.D., to travel the world through masterpieces of literature across the globe and through historical eras.

Pick up a copy of next month's book at the library



This program is funded by the Friends of Storrs Library in honor of Sarah Haller

An Introduction to
New England
Graveyards

Monday,
September 25th
6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

This event is sponsored by the Longmeadow Historical Society, Storrs Library, and the Longmeadow Cemetery Association.

Join us for a lecture by Betsy McKee, board member of Longmeadow Cemetery Association and Longmeadow Historical Society, about early New England cemeteries.

McKee lives in a house built around 1801 by the Longmeadow gravestone carver Hermon Newell. This inspired her to study early gravestones of the Connecticut River Valley and nearby New England towns.

Betsy will cover gravestone photography, original appearance of graveyards, symbolism, carvers, and stories carved in stone.

Register by calling the library @ 413.565.4181, ext 1620 or

FOODSCAPING
Edible Landscaping

A talk by Charles Nardozzi hosted by the Longmeadow Gardners at Storrs Library

No Registration
is necessary for this event

Mr. Nardozzi has written for National Gardening magazine, Organic Gardening, authored several books, and has appeared on PBS, HGTV and other network presentations.

Foodscaping discusses attractive, edible varieties of plants that can be incorporated into your landscape.

Get design ideas, plant combination suggestions, edible replacement plant lists, and discover some favorite foodscape plants.

Tuesday,
September 26th
6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

An Evening of
Robert Frost
with Stephen Collins

Monday, October 2, 2017
at 6:30 p.m.

This program is sponsored by a grant from the Longmeadow Cultural Council.

Outdoor Movie

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

Tuesday, October 3rd
6:45~9:00 p.m.

STORRS LIBRARY
FALL BOOK CLUB

The October book selection will be
Lincoln in the Bardo
by George Saunders

NY Times Book Review

Monday, October 16th
1:00~2:00 p.m.

Register by calling the library @ 413.565.4181, ext 1620 or use link below:

November's book selection will be
The Book that Matters Most by Ann Hood

GoodReads Book Review

Monday, November 20th
1:00~2:00 p.m.

Register by calling the library @ 413.565.4181, ext 1620 or use link below:

December's book selection will be
Hillbilly Elegy
by J.D. Vance

NY Times Book Review

Monday, December 18th
1:00~2:00 p.m.

Register by calling the library @ 413.565.4181, ext 1620 or use link below:

EVENING COOKBOOK CLUB

Register early as Cookbook Club sessions fill up fast!

Both seasoned and beginning cooks will enjoy our meetings!

Stop by the library to pick up this month's book selection,

You Have It Made by Ellie Krieger

Choose a recipe to prepare and bring it to the library for taste-testing and book discussion.

Monday, October 16th
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Speckled Band

Wednesday, October 18th
6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

The East Haddam Stage Company will present William Gillette's 1930 radio drama Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Speckled Band.

Using William Gillette’s script, the 30-minute ‘radio drama’ is presented and attendees become the ‘studio audience’. We will wrap up with a Q & A session.

Register by calling the library @ 413.565.4181, ext 1620 or

LUNCHTIME
COOKBOOK CLUB

Register early as Cookbook Club sessions fill up fast!

Storrs Library Lunchtime Cookbook Club is holding its second meeting that both seasoned and beginning cooks will enjoy!

Stop by the library to pick up this month's book selection,
Mario Batali
Big American Cookbook

Choose a recipe to prepare and bring it to the library for taste-testing and book discussion.

Monday, October 23rd
12:30 ~ 2:00 p.m.

NATIONWIDE
SCREENING EVENT

An Inconvenient
Sequel:
Truth to Power

Join us for a nationwide screening event of An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, the recently released follow-up to the Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth.

The film will show at 5:00 p.m. Afterwards, join organizations across the country at 6:45 p.m. for a live-streamed Q&A private webcast with Al Gore. The webcast will only be accessible to event participants.

Thursday, October 26th
5:00 ~ 8:00 p.m.