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Sunday May 26, 2013 -  Saturday June 1, 2013
   8:00 AM  -  10:00 PM WINDSOR LOCKS HERITAGE WEEK  
    Contact: Bill Fournier   860-805-7976   ssabill.fournier@gmail.com
    Windsor Locks will be celebrating HERITAGE WEEK from Sunday, May 26 through Saturday, June 1.  Activities celebrating Windsor Locks history are planned by the Windsor Locks Historical Commission and will take place in the schools and around town, so plan to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to celebrate your local heritage.  Visit here again for highlights of some of the planned activities.  Please note that most of these are NOT library programs.  Complete information will be available in the local press or by calling Bill Fournier at 860-805-7976.

Sunday, May 26: There will be free guided tours of Memorial Hall, 9 AM-3 PM on the hour (except at noon).
Monday, May 27: Memorial Day Parade, 10:30 AM with ceremony to follow at Memorial Hall.
Tuesday, May 28:  History of the Windsor Locks Canal presented by Chris Kervick at WLMS Auditorium, 6:30 PM.
Tuesday, May 28: Noden Reed Museum and Pinney Barn, West Street, open 3 PM -  5:30 PM.
Wednesday, May 29: D-Day Remembrances of Windsor Locks servicemen presented by Phill Devlin at WLMS Auditorium, 6:30 PM.
Wednesday, May 29: Coffee with Bob, a Genealogy discussion by Bob Pearce, Windsor Locks Library Community Room, 6:30 PM.
Thursday, May 30: Windsor Locks Founders' Day Proclamation Ceremony at Town Hall, 10 AM.
Thurday, May 30: Narrated demonstrations of a working model of the Windsor Locks Canal at Windsor Historical Society, Palisado Ave., Windsor, 5-7 PM.
Thursday, May 30: Windsor Locks Centennial movie hosted by historian Mickey Danyluck at WLMS auditorium, 6:30 PM.
Friday, May 31:  Windsor Locks Day ay New England Air Museum - Free admission for Windsor Locks residents (ID required), 9 AM - 7 PM.
Saturday, June 1: Eagle Day, 8:30 AM at the south entry gate to the Windsor Locks Canal State Park.  Don Hopkins and the Bald Eagle Study Group will lead a discussion following a proclamation by Steve Wawruck.
Saturday, June 1: Display of historic canal photographs will be shown at the Canal State Park throughout the morning.
Saturday, June 1: National Trails Day guided walking tours by Friends of the Windsor Locks Canal will leave the south entry gate at 9:30 AM and 10:30 AM.  Call Steve Sorrow at 860-668-0505 to register.

Monday May 27, 2013
   10:00 AM  -  8:30 PM CLOSED  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
   

The library will be closed in observance of Memorial Day.  Always remember!


Wednesday May 29, 2013
   6:30 AM  -  8:00 PM Coffee with Bob: Chatting about Genealogy  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
   

Join experienced amateur genealogist Bob Pearce and members of the Windsor Locks Library History Club for coffee and an informal chat about the process of researching your family's genealogy.  Bob will provide pointers on how to get started on tracing your family tree and will share anecdotes about his own adventures in finding his roots.  A list of suggested materials, databases, Internet and print resources, oganizations, and genealogy research centers will be provided along with hints and advice for conducting your own successful research.  Celebrate Windsor Locks Heritage Week by investigateing your own heritage!

    Location: Community Room

Saturday June 1, 2013
   10:00 AM  -  4:30 PM SPRING BOOK SALE  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
    Our annual spring book sale begins today!  Check this sale out for hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction, music, movies, and more!  thousands of items will be available with most prices ranging from 25 cents to $2.00.  The sale will continue through the month of June.
    Location: Community Room

Tuesday June 4, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  8:00 PM BookBuggs Book Club  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
    Welcome to BookBuggs, a new kind of book club! Come prepared to share with the group information (title, author, and a brief personal review) on novels or nonfiction that you have recently read and enjoyed, or even longstanding favorites. Everyone will have at least five minutes to speak, but no one is required to share if they prefer just to listen and enjoy. Bring a notebook to record the details of anything that sounds interesting for future reading. BookBuffs will meet on the first Tuesday of each month. Call (627-1495) or email Adult Services Librarian Eileen Pearce for more information.
    Location: Community Room

Tuesday June 18, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  8:00 PM Around the World Book Club  
    Contact: Beth Morrill   (860)627-1495   bmorrill@libraryconnection.info
    Come travel to Scotland this month with the Around the World Book Club as we discuss A Test of Wills (Todd). Copies of the book will be available at the circulation desk one month before the meeting. New members are always welcome.

Wednesday June 19, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  7:30 PM Christie Capers Mystery Book Club  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
    The Christie Capers mystery book club meets this month to discuss an Irish mystery, Death of an Irish Sinner by Bartholmew Gill.  Copies of the books will be available at the circ desk one month before the meeting. New members are always welcome!
    Location: Community Room

Saturday June 22, 2013
   10:00 AM  -  5:00 PM Summer Reading Kick-Off for Children & Adults  
    Contact: Beth Morrill, Kristin Raiche   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
    Join us for our summer reading kick-off!
Children:  DIG INTO READING.  Ms. Kristin has a special web site set up especially for the kids' reading program (they can even sign up online) and she will be having games and prizes throughout the day. 
Adults:   ESCAPE INTO A GOOD BOOK is this year's adult summer reading theme and we have some great weekly prizes planned, all featuring the "escape" theme. 
No one needs an excuse for a trip to the library, but prizes are always a good incentive!  Consider signing up for this year's summer reading programs.

Tuesday June 25, 2013
   7:00 PM  -  8:30 PM CONCERT ON THE LAWN: Dennis Polisky & the Maestro's Men  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
    Windsor Locks Parks & Rec presents the first of this year's free outdoor summer concerts.  Bring a lawn chair and a picnic and enjoy an evening on the library lawn.  Please take out what you bring in.  No alcoholic beverages are allowed.  Additional concerts will be held on Tuesdays July 2 through August 13 at Southwest Senior Housing, 124 Southwest Avenue.  In case of rain the concert will be held at the Senior Center, 41 Oak Street.  Call Parks & Rec at 860-627-1420 for information about upcoming concerts.
    Location: Lawn

Tuesday July 2, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  8:00 PM BookBuggs Book Club  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
    Welcome to BookBuggs, a new kind of book club! Come prepared to share with the group information (title, author, and a brief personal review) on novels or nonfiction that you have recently read and enjoyed, or even longstanding favorites. Everyone will have at least five minutes to speak, but no one is required to share if they prefer just to listen and enjoy. Bring a notebook to record the details of anything that sounds interesting for future reading. BookBuffs will meet on the first Tuesday of each month. Call (627-1495) or email Adult Services Librarian Eileen Pearce for more information.
    Location: Community Room

Thursday July 4, 2013
   10:00 AM  -  8:30 PM CLOSED  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
   

The library will be closed for Independence Day.  We will reopen on Friday, July 5 at 10:00 AM.  Have a safe and happy holiday!


Tuesday July 16, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  8:00 PM Around the World Book Club  
    Contact: Beth Morrill   (860)627-1495   bmorrill@libraryconnection.info
    Come travel to India this month with the Around the World Book Club as we discuss Climbing the Mango Trees (Jaffrey). Copies of the book will be available at the circulation desk one month before the meeting. New members are always welcome.

Wednesday July 17, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  7:30 PM Christie Capers Mystery Book Club  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
    The Christie Capers mystery book club meets this month to discuss a mystery set in Australia, Broken Shore by Peter Temple.  Copies of the books will be available at the circ desk one month before the meeting. New members are always welcome!
    Location: Community Room

Tuesday August 6, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  8:00 PM BookBuggs Book Club  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
    Welcome to BookBuggs, a new kind of book club! Come prepared to share with the group information (title, author, and a brief personal review) on novels or nonfiction that you have recently read and enjoyed, or even longstanding favorites. Everyone will have at least five minutes to speak, but no one is required to share if they prefer just to listen and enjoy. Bring a notebook to record the details of anything that sounds interesting for future reading. BookBuffs will meet on the first Tuesday of each month. Call (627-1495) or email Adult Services Librarian Eileen Pearce for more information.
    Location: Community Room

Tuesday August 20, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  8:00 PM Around the World Book Club  
    Contact: Beth Morrill   (860)627-1495   bmorrill@libraryconnection.info
    Come travel to India this month with the Around the World Book Club as we discuss Climbing the Mango Trees (Jaffrey). Copies of the book will be available at the circulation desk one month before the meeting. New members are always welcome.

Wednesday August 21, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  7:30 PM Christie Capers Mystery Book Club  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
    The Christie Capers mystery book club meets this month to discuss The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith.  The novel is set in Botswana.  Copies of the book will be available at the circ desk one monthbefore the meeting. New members are always welcome!
    Location: Community Room

Saturday August 31, 2013
   10:00 AM  -  5:00 PM CLOSED  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
   

The library will be closed for the Labor Day weekend.  Enjoy your holiday!


Monday September 2, 2013
   10:00 AM  -  8:30 PM CLOSED  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
   

The library will be closed for the Labor Day weekend.  Enjoy your holiday!  We will reopen on Tuesday, September 3 at 10:00 AM.


Tuesday September 3, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  8:00 PM BookBuggs Book Club  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
    Welcome to BookBuggs, a new kind of book club! Come prepared to share with the group information (title, author, and a brief personal review) on novels or nonfiction that you have recently read and enjoyed, or even longstanding favorites. Everyone will have at least five minutes to speak, but no one is required to share if they prefer just to listen and enjoy. Bring a notebook to record the details of anything that sounds interesting for future reading. BookBuffs will meet on the first Tuesday of each month. Call (627-1495) or email Adult Services Librarian Eileen Pearce for more information.
    Location: Community Room

Tuesday September 17, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  8:00 PM Around the World Book Club  
    Contact: Beth Morrill   (860)627-1495   bmorrill@libraryconnection.info
    Come travel to Brazil this month with the Around the World Book Club as we discuss Perla (De Robertis). Copies of the book will be available at the circulation desk one month before the meeting. New members are always welcome.

Wednesday September 18, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  7:30 PM Christie Capers Mystery Book Club  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
    The Christie Capers mystery book club meets this month to discuss Hypothermia by A. Indridason.  This dark mystery is set in Iceland and marks an end to our year of mysteries with international themes. Copies of the books will be available at the circ desk one month before the meeting. New members are always welcome!
    Location: Community Room

Thursday September 19, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  8:00 PM CARNEY: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF DR. ETTORE F. CARNIGLIA, MD  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
    Historian Phil Devlin will introduce his new book,  Carney: The Remarkable Life of Dr. Ettore F. Carniglia, M.D. Dr. Carniglia grew up on Oak Street in Windsor Locks, attended Loomis Chaffee on scholarship, and went on to Harvard University and a medical degree.  He returned to his hometown to practice medicine and was beloved by the citizens of Windsor Locks.  Phil Devlin is a retired history teacher who has done extensive research on Dr. Carniglia and on other typics of local historical interest.  Register today.  Seating is limited.
    Location: Community Room

Tuesday October 1, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  8:00 PM BookBuggs Book Club  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
    Welcome to BookBuggs, a new kind of book club! Come prepared to share with the group information (title, author, and a brief personal review) on novels or nonfiction that you have recently read and enjoyed, or even longstanding favorites. Everyone will have at least five minutes to speak, but no one is required to share if they prefer just to listen and enjoy. Bring a notebook to record the details of anything that sounds interesting for future reading. BookBuffs will meet on the first Tuesday of each month. Call (627-1495) or email Adult Services Librarian Eileen Pearce for more information.
    Location: Community Room

Monday October 14, 2013
   10:00 AM  -  8:30 PM CLOSED  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
   

The library will be closed for Columbus Day.  Enjoy your holiday!  We will reopen on Tuesday, October 15 at 10:00 AM.


Tuesday October 15, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  8:00 PM Around the World Book Club  
    Contact: Beth Morrill   (860)627-1495   bmorrill@libraryconnection.info
    Come travel to Sweden this month with the Around the World Book Club as we discuss The Harbor (Ajvide Lindqvist). Copies of the book will be available at the circulation desk one month before the meeting. New members are always welcome.

Wednesday October 16, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  7:30 PM Christie Capers Mystery Book Club  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
    The Christie Capers mystery book club meets this month to discuss An Expert in Murder , a Josephine Tey mystery by Nicola Upson. Copies of the books will be available at the circ desk one month before the meeting. New members are always welcome!
    Location: Community Room

Tuesday November 5, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  8:00 PM BookBuggs Book Club  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
    Welcome to BookBuggs, a new kind of book club! Come prepared to share with the group information (title, author, and a brief personal review) on novels or nonfiction that you have recently read and enjoyed, or even longstanding favorites. Everyone will have at least five minutes to speak, but no one is required to share if they prefer just to listen and enjoy. Bring a notebook to record the details of anything that sounds interesting for future reading. BookBuffs will meet on the first Tuesday of each month. Call (627-1495) or email Adult Services Librarian Eileen Pearce for more information.
    Location: Community Room

Tuesday November 19, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  8:00 PM Around the World Book Club  
    Contact: Beth Morrill   (860)627-1495   bmorrill@libraryconnection.info
    Come travel to Bosnia this month with the Around the World Book Club as we discuss The Cellist of Sarajevo (Galloway). Copies of the book will be available at the circulation desk one month before the meeting. New members are always welcome.

Wednesday November 20, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  7:30 PM Christie Capers Mystery Book Club  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
    The Christie Capers mystery book club meets this month to discuss Murder at Midnight , an Eleanor Roosevelt mystery by Elliott Roosevelt. Copies of the books will be available at the circ desk one month before the meeting. New members are always welcome!
    Location: Community Room

Wednesday November 27, 2013
   10:00 AM  -  8:30 PM CLOSED  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
   

The library will be closed for Thanksgiving Day.  Enjoy your holiday! 


Friday November 29, 2013
   10:00 AM  -  5:00 PM CLOSED  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
   

The library will be closed so the staff can recover from their Thanksgiving feasts.  We will reopen on Saturday, November 30 at 10:00 AM. 


Tuesday December 3, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  8:00 PM BookBuggs Book Club  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
    Welcome to BookBuggs, a new kind of book club! Come prepared to share with the group information (title, author, and a brief personal review) on novels or nonfiction that you have recently read and enjoyed, or even longstanding favorites. Everyone will have at least five minutes to speak, but no one is required to share if they prefer just to listen and enjoy. Bring a notebook to record the details of anything that sounds interesting for future reading. BookBuffs will meet on the first Tuesday of each month. Call (627-1495) or email Adult Services Librarian Eileen Pearce for more information.
    Location: Community Room

Tuesday December 17, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  8:00 PM Around the World Book Club  
    Contact: Beth Morrill   (860)627-1495   bmorrill@libraryconnection.info
    Come travel to Jamaica this month with the Around the World Book Club as we discuss The True History of Paradise (Cezair-Thompson). Copies of the book will be available at the circulation desk one month before the meeting. New members are always welcome.

Wednesday December 18, 2013
   6:30 PM  -  7:30 PM Christie Capers Mystery Book Club  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
    The Christie Capers mystery book club meets this month to discuss Price of Murder , a Sir John Fielding mystery by Bruce Alexander. Copies of the books will be available at the circ desk one month before the meeting. New members are always welcome!
    Location: Community Room

Tuesday December 24, 2013
   10:00 AM  -  8:30 PM CLOSED  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
   

The library will be closed for Christmas Eve.  We will reopen on Thursday, December 26.  Have a happy holiday!


Wednesday December 25, 2013
   10:00 AM  -  8:30 PM CLOSED  
    Contact: Eileen Pearce   860-627-1495   epearce@libraryconnection.info
   

The library will be closed for Christmas Day.  We will reopen on Thursday, December 26.  Have a joyous day!


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