SPRING IS ALMOST HERE!

In March we will be offering two gardening programs to get you excited about spring.  Please go to our website to register for both.

Seed Starting Workshop, Saturday, March 18th @ 11 am
&
Your Edible Landscape, Wednesday, March 29th @ 6:30 pm

SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS

In addition our Harwinton Grows Seed Library is open.  Stop in to browse. Please bring your seed donations to share with your fellow gardeners.

First Day of Spring Coloring Contest
March 1st - 18th
Age Groups: 0-5, 6-11, 12-17,18+

Specific coloring pages are on the calendar/events page and at the library!
Winners will be announced on the 20th (first day of spring)!. There will be prizes!

Leprechaun Scavenger Hunt

March 13th - March 18th

Find our little leprechaun in the children’s section of the library and tell the librarian where he is to get a special St. Patrick’s Day prize!

PROGRAMS IN MARCH

Preschool Storytime
Thursdays @ 10 am thru April 6th
Register here

Come have fun with Mrs. Molly at winter storytime! We always read a book, sing some songs, and do a craft!
Approximately ages 3 – 6 years.

Winter Book Babies
Tuesdays @ 10 am thru April 4th
Register here

Come have fun with Mrs. Molly at winter storytime! We always read a book, sing some songs, and do a craft!
 Approximately ages 18 months – 2 years.

Seed Starting Workshop
Saturday, March 15th @ 11am
Register here

The Seed Starting Workshop will highlight tips and techniques for getting a head start on the growing season by starting your own seeds indoors!. It’s fun, cheaper than buying already started plants and you can grow many more varieties than what is available in garden centers. This is a great way to start off the 2023 gardening season. We hope you will join us!

Evening Book Discussion

Monday, March 20th @ 6 pm
 
This month’s selection is The Barbizon: the Hotel That Set Women Free by Paulina Bren

Welcome to New York’s legendary hotel for women, the Barbizon.

Liberated after WWI from home and hearth, women flocked to New York City during the Roaring Twenties. But even as women’s residential hotels became the fashion, the Barbizon stood out; it was designed for young women with artistic aspirations, and included soaring art studios and soundproofed practice rooms. More importantly still, with no men allowed beyond the lobby, the Barbizon signaled respectability, a place where a young woman of a certain class could feel at home.

The first ever history of this extraordinary hotel, and of the women who arrived in New York City alone from “elsewhere” with a suitcase and a dream, The Barbizon offers readers a multilayered history of New York City in the 20th century, and of the generations of American women torn between their desire for independence and their looming social expiration date. By providing women a room of their own, the Barbizon was the hotel that set them free.

Meet Children's Author Doe Boyle
Saturday, March 25th @ 11 am
Register here

Come meet and craft with children’s picture book author Doe Boyle! She will tell us her story and read one of her beautiful books. Believe it or not, she is from Connecticut just like you and me! Don’t miss out on this once in a lifetime event!
For ages approximately K-6th grade.

Your Edible Landscape
Wednesday, March 29th @ 6:30 pm
Register here

Hunting for wild edible plants doesn’t have to mean hiking in exotic locations. Many delicious and nutritious wild foods may be growing in your own backyard! Disguised as attractive landscaped trees, planted for beautiful blooms, or even removed as nuisance weeds, your edible landscape holds many surprising food sources. Join Karen Monger of The 3 Foragers for this in-person introduction to the food hiding right outside your door. For ages 10+.

Movie Matinee
Friday, March 24th @ 1 pm

Kick off your weekend with a matinee movie. No registration needed. Patrons are welcome to bring a box lunch or snack to enjoy during the film.

March's Movie: A Man Called Otto
Curmudgeonly widower Otto thinks life has nothing more to offer than solitude and grievance. But when a new family moves in next door, he may be forced take another chance on human connection. Based on Fredrik Backman’s international best-seller A Man Called Ove. Stars Tom Hanks. Running Time 2 hours 6 minutes.

Explore your Ancestry

Harwinton's Town Historian Susan Fenn McClen will visit our library to offer her expert help to those interested in researching their genealogy! Call to schedule your session.

Mindful Meditation
Wednesdays @ 3:30

Please join our afternoon meditation group at the library. All are welcome! Register online or contact: [email protected]

On Display in our Activity Room: Artist Nancy Roman
Artist’s Reception: Stay tuned - Date will be announced soon!
 
A retired financial executive, Nancy rediscovered her love of watercolors during her retirement. She is also a blogger and an author. Nancy led our recent Pet Portrait Workshop. Her work will be on display in our Activity Room and online during March and April. You can meet Nancy at her Artist’s Reception this month on March 22nd from 6pm - 8pm; all are welcome.
 
In Our Collection Case:
Welcome Spring with a charming collection of Beatrix Potter figurines from Harwinton’s Susan LaPenta
 
Special Display: Student Art Work
March is Youth Art Month! The National Art Education Association designates the month of March for a special celebration of the visual arts and art education for grades K – 12. In honor of Youth Art Month, our Library is thrilled to present a special exhibit of art work from the students at Har-Bur Middle School. Thank you, art teacher Liz Spring, for letting us host this show from your talented pupils!

NEW TITLES

Thank You to the Lions Club of Harwinton for sponsoring this month’s Large Print books!
 
New Fiction from some of your favorite authors, including:
 
Collateral Damage by J.A. Jance
The House of Wolves (Large Print) by James Patterson & Mike Lupica
I Will Find You by Harlan Coben
Loyalty by Lisa Scottoline
The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict
The Refusal Camp by James R. Benn
So Shall You Reap by Donna Leon
Storm Watch by C.J. Box
The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear
Worthy Opponents (Large Print) by Danielle Steel
 
NEW DVDS

Babylon
A Man Called Otto
Women Talking
The Whale

NEW DOWNLOADABLES

eBooks
 
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes
The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict
Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear
 
eAudiobooks
 
Babel: or the Necessity of Violence; an Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R.F. Kuang
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Final Empire: Mistborn Series Book 1 by Brandon Sanderson
Storm Watch by C.J. Box
Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci
 
LIBRARY HOURS & PHONE

Monday & Wednesday, 12:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Tuesday & Thursday & Friday 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Saturday 9:30 am - 3 pm
PHONE 860-485-9113

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