Wednesdays, 5pm - 8pm in the Business Center 

Players of all ages and skill levels are invited to play chess every Wednesday from 5pm - 8pm.  Use one of our chess sets or bring your own.  No registration necessary.

Feeling a little lost with all the new technology?  Maybe even some of the old technology?  Our staff is ready to assist you with one-on-one instruction tailored to your specific need. Topics include basic computer skills, navigating the internet, e-mail, e-readers, and Microsoft Office.  Assistance will be provided by appointment only on Wednesdays, 5pm - 8pm.  Please call 860-889-2365, ext. 100, for additional information or to make an appointment.  

Children enjoy stories, songs and rhymes while their grownups wait in the Children’s Department.  Caregivers are encouraged to join the fun during craft time at the end of the class! Space is limited; please register beginning August 13.  Ages 3-5.

Otis Library and Bank Square Books present a Delicious Discussions author luncheon with author Kitty Zeldis in celebration of her new book "Not Our Kind."  Tickets for this event are $45 and include an author talk and signing, a signed copy of "Not Our Kind" and a buffet lunch at Michael Jordan's Steak House at Mohegan Sun.  This series is generously sponsored by Guinan & Houle, LLP Attorneys at Law. 

Registration is required.  To register, call Julie at 860-889-2365 x128, or register online.  Delicious Discussions Author Series is a partnership between Otis Library, Bank Square Books and Michael Jordan's Steak House at Mohegan Sun.

About The Book:  With echoes of "Rules of Civility" and "The Boston Girl," a compelling and thought-provoking novel set in postwar New York City about two women - one Jewish, one WASP - and the wholly unexpected consequences of their meeting.

The Rows City Knitters, our adult drop-in knitting group, meet every Friday at 10am in the Meeting Room.  All skill levels welcome!  For more information, call Julie at (860) 889-2365, ext. 128.

Feeling a little lost with all the new technology?  Maybe even some of the old technology?  Our staff is ready to assist you with one-on-one instruction tailored to your specific need. Topics include basic computer skills, navigating the internet, e-mail, e-readers, and Microsoft Office.  Assistance will be provided by appointment only on Fridays, 10am - 1pm.  Please call 860-889-2365, ext. 100, for additional information or to make an appointment.  

Celebrate the arrival of autumn with a colorful leaf craft!  No registration required.  For all ages.

Otis Library welcomes performers from the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect on Saturday, September 22, at 1pm in the Millie and Martin Shapiro Community Room.  They will present a performance of Letters from Anne and Martin, a unique production that combines the iconic voices of Anne Frank and Martin Luther King, Jr. Developed from excerpts from The Diary of a Young Girl and Dr. King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail, this piece evokes the important messages from these legendary figures, as they write of their hopes and plans for a peaceful and unified world.  This free program is appropriate for ages 12 and up.

Rachel Griesinger (Anne Frank) is a Brooklyn-based actor, collaborator, teaching artist with an activist streak. She recently received her MFA in Acting from The New School for Drama. This summer Rachel was accepted to the Lincoln Center's Teaching Artist Lab. She recently performed in a staged reading at Ensemble Studio Theatre. As well as performing, Rachel is also a dialect and accent coach for actors.

Parish Bradley (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) is an actor from Buffalo, New York.  He studied acting at both Stella Adler School of Acting and The Bova Actors Workshop.  He is currently an Artistic Associate with the professional theatre group The Seeing Place.  His most recent film work is short film called See You Yesterday.  The film was executive produced by Spike Lee and screened in over 30 National and International Film Festivals in 2017. 

The Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect preserves the legacy of the young diarist through education and arts programming.  They work to create the kinder and fairer world of which Anne Frank dreamed.  For more information visit www.annefrank.com.

Enjoy 30 minutes of traditional rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and other activities for the very young; then stay (or not) for a one-hour open playgroup. Older siblings are welcome to attend!  Ages newborn – 23 months. Drop-in.       

For Grades 6-8. The Stone Heart, by Faith Erin Hicks, will be discussed, followed by an activity related to the book. Pizza will be served.

Registration begins August 27. Please register below, or call the Front Desk, 860-889-2365, ext. 100. Pick up a copy of the book at the Front Desk.

About The Stone Heart: "More chaos breaks loose in the Nameless City. Kaidu is fairly certain he's stumbled on a formula for the lost weapon of the mysterious founders of the City... But sharing it with the Dao military would be a complete betrayal of his friendship with Rat. Can Kai find the right solution before the Dao find themselves at war?"

Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, and a simple craft with your child! This program is age appropriate for your active two-year-old!   For age 2.  Space is limited; please register beginning August 13.

Wednesdays, 5pm - 8pm in the Business Center 

Players of all ages and skill levels are invited to play chess every Wednesday from 5pm - 8pm.  Use one of our chess sets or bring your own.  No registration necessary.

Feeling a little lost with all the new technology?  Maybe even some of the old technology?  Our staff is ready to assist you with one-on-one instruction tailored to your specific need. Topics include basic computer skills, navigating the internet, e-mail, e-readers, and Microsoft Office.  Assistance will be provided by appointment only on Wednesdays, 5pm - 8pm.  Please call 860-889-2365, ext. 100, for additional information or to make an appointment.  

Children enjoy stories, songs and rhymes while their grownups wait in the Children’s Department.  Caregivers are encouraged to join the fun during craft time at the end of the class! Space is limited; please register beginning August 13.  Ages 3-5.

The Rows City Knitters, our adult drop-in knitting group, meet every Friday at 10am in the Meeting Room.  All skill levels welcome!  For more information, call Julie at (860) 889-2365, ext. 128.

Feeling a little lost with all the new technology?  Maybe even some of the old technology?  Our staff is ready to assist you with one-on-one instruction tailored to your specific need. Topics include basic computer skills, navigating the internet, e-mail, e-readers, and Microsoft Office.  Assistance will be provided by appointment only on Fridays, 10am - 1pm.  Please call 860-889-2365, ext. 100, for additional information or to make an appointment.  

Sponsored by Liberty Bank.

Community members are invited to bring documents for shredding to the truck parked in front of Otis Library.There is a limit of three file-sized boxes each to be securely destroyed.  This event is free and open to all.

Enjoy 30 minutes of traditional rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and other activities for the very young; then stay (or not) for a one-hour open playgroup. Older siblings are welcome to attend!  Ages newborn – 23 months. Drop-in.       

Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, and a simple craft with your child! This program is age appropriate for your active two-year-old!   For age 2.  Space is limited; please register beginning August 13.

Professor Nicholas F. Bellantoni will speak at Otis Library on Wednesday, October 3, at 6pm in the Millie and Martin Shapiro Community Room.  He will discuss his new book The Long Journeys Home: The Repatriations of Henry ‘Opukaha’ia and Albert Afraid of Hawk.  This program is free and open to the public.

 Henry 'Opukaha'ia (ca. 1792—1818) and Itankusun Wanbli (ca. 1879—1900) lived almost a century apart and came from different Indigenous Nations – Hawaiian and Lakota, yet the circumstances of Western imperial­ism that led them to leave their homelands and come to Connecticut where they died and were buried have strik­ing similarities. Both young men died while on their “journeys” to find fulfillment and both were buried in Connecticut cemeteries.  In 1992 and 2008, descendant women had visions that their ancestors wished to “come home” and started the repatriation process of their remains. Connecticut State Archaeologist Nicholas Bellantoni oversaw the archaeologi­cal disinterment and forensic identifications in returning these men to their respective Native families. The Long Journeys Home chronicles these significant stories as ex­amples of the wide-reaching impact of colonialism and the resurgence of Hawaiian and Lakota cultures.

Nicholas F. Bellantoni is an associate adjunct professor in the anthropology department at the University of Connecticut and Emeritus Connecticut State Archaeologist at the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History.

Copies of The Long Journeys Home will be available for sale and signing. 

Children enjoy stories, songs and rhymes while their grownups wait in the Children’s Department.  Caregivers are encouraged to join the fun during craft time at the end of the class! Space is limited; please register beginning August 13.  Ages 3-5.

Learn how to avoid scams and keep your money safe.  Preseted by Pam Days-Luketich from Liberty Bank.  Light refreshments will be served.  Free program; no registration required.  Sponsored by Liberty Bank.

Enjoy 30 minutes of traditional rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and other activities for the very young; then stay (or not) for a half-hour open playgroup. This is a great opportunity for working parents to enjoy this new weekend program! Older siblings are welcome to attend!  Ages newborn – 23 months. Drop-in.       

Drop in and enjoy making a paper scarecrow with your child!  No registration required.  For all ages.

Otis Library is closed in observance of Columbus Day.

Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, and a simple craft with your child! This program is age appropriate for your active two-year-old!   For age 2.  Space is limited; please register beginning August 13.

This workshop on the Americans with Disabilities Act will be presented by longtime ADA advocate/educator Elanah Sherman. Learn the structure of the ADA and how to identify discriminatory situations though the lens of the law. Pizza will be served!  Registraion is required.  Register here or call 860-889-2365, ext. 128.

Representatives from community organizations and public agencies will be available to discuss their services and provide material.  Free event; no registration required.

Stuart Hawkins, founder of Futures Planned, LLC and the parent of an adult child with disabilities, will address the many complexities involved in establishing a special needs trust.  Free program.  Please register.  Call 860-889-2365, ext. 128, or register here.

Children enjoy stories, songs and rhymes while their grownups wait in the Children’s Department.  Caregivers are encouraged to join the fun during craft time at the end of the class! Space is limited; please register beginning August 13.  Ages 3-5.

Norwich officials will disucss current Americans with Disabilities Act compliance initiatives and answer questions on next steps in creating a model ADA community.

Sponsored by Eastern CT Savings Bank.

Join us in the atrium for a concert by Blue Soul Jazz Unit, featuring Greater Hartford's Ricky Alfonso on trumpet.  Free after-hours event; refreshments will be provided.  No registration required.

To learn more, visit https://rickyalfonso.net/home

Build structures using a variety of materials in the Children’s Room.  No registration required.  For grades K - 8.

Area legislators talk about key disability-related legislation from this past session and address topics likely to come up in 2019.  Want to submit a question?  Contact Elanah at elanahs@gmail.com or call 860-614-7200.  Free program; no registration required.

At this family event, service animal owners show what an educated animal can do - and why!  Free program; no registration required.

Enjoy 30 minutes of traditional rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and other activities for the very young; then stay (or not) for a one-hour open playgroup. Older siblings are welcome to attend!  Ages newborn – 23 months. Drop-in.       

Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, and a simple craft with your child! This program is age appropriate for your active two-year-old!   For age 2.  Space is limited; please register beginning August 13.

Join us for this joyful movement class hosted by Eastern Connecticut Ballet.  This month’s theme is The Orchestra. Hear a story around this theme and do 35 minutes of movement.  For ages 3 – 5.  Please register beginning September 17.

Children enjoy stories, songs and rhymes while their grownups wait in the Children’s Department.  Caregivers are encouraged to join the fun during craft time at the end of the class! Space is limited; please register beginning August 13.  Ages 3-5.

Book Sale Dates:

Early Bird Preview, Friday, October 19, 9am - 10am, $10

Friday, October 19, 10am - 3pm

Saturday, October 20, 10am - 3pm

Sunday, October 21, 12pm - 3pm

10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (workshop), 1:00 – 1:30 p.m. (question and answer panel).  Featuring the following topics: “Patient Safety” Ilene Corina, Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy; “Patient Safety for Persons with IDD & Autism in a Hospital Setting” Arlene Reith, Parent Advocate; “Dental and Oral Health” Izabella Pulvermacher, Department of Developmental Services Dental Coordinator; “Medication Safety” Wendy Mikolinski, PharmD., owner Salem Pharmacy; and “Connecticut Center for Patient Safety: Introduction to Services” Lisa Freeman, Connecticut Center for Patient Safety. This workshop is geared towards individuals with developmental disabilities and their families, healthcare providers, and professionals working with individuals with developmental disabilities.  Program will take place in the Community Room. Refreshments will be served.  Please register beginning September 17.

Book Sale Dates:

Early Bird Preview, Friday, October 19, 9am - 10am, $10

Friday, October 19, 10am - 3pm

Saturday, October 20, 10am - 3pm

Sunday, October 21, 12pm - 3pm

Build leadership skills, earn community service hours, boost your résumé and college application, network and socialize with other students.  Pizza and snacks will be served.  For students in grades 7 & up.  Please register beginning September 17.  Program will take place in the Young Adult Room.

Book Sale Dates:

Early Bird Preview, Friday, October 19, 9am - 10am, $10

Friday, October 19, 10am - 3pm

Saturday, October 20, 10am - 3pm

Sunday, October 21, 12pm - 3pm

Enjoy 30 minutes of traditional rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and other activities for the very young; then stay (or not) for a one-hour open playgroup. Older siblings are welcome to attend!  Ages newborn – 23 months. Drop-in.       

For grades 3-5. Come discuss Pip Bartlett’s Guide to Magical Creatures by Jackson Pearce and Maggie Stiefvater! We'll eat pizza and create 3D paper unicorns!

Registration begins September 17. Please register below, or call the Children’s Desk, 860-889-2365, ext. 114. Pick up a copy of the book at the Front Desk. 

About Pip Bartlett’s Guide to Magical Creatures: “Pip Bartlett has no trouble talking to magical creatures. Spending the summer with her Aunt Emma at the Cloverton Clinic for Magical Creatures seems like a lot of fun--until the Fuzzles appear and start bursting into flame at the worst possible moments!”

Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, and a simple craft with your child! This program is age appropriate for your active two-year-old!   For age 2.  Space is limited; please register beginning August 13.

Children enjoy stories, songs and rhymes while their grownups wait in the Children’s Department.  Caregivers are encouraged to join the fun during craft time at the end of the class! Space is limited; please register beginning August 13.  Ages 3-5.

Get in the spirit of the season! Come to the Children's Department at Otis dressed up in a costume (or not) and enjoy crafts, games and a few tricks or treats!  No registration required.  For all ages.

Visit and read to our very favorite therapy pug, Bella.  No registration required.  Courtesy of Ms. Pepin – thank you!  All ages.

Enjoy 30 minutes of traditional rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and other activities for the very young; then stay (or not) for a one-hour open playgroup. Older siblings are welcome to attend!  Ages newborn – 23 months. Drop-in.       

For grades 6-8. Come discuss Fuzzy by Tom Angleberger and Paul Dellinger! Join in activities related to the book. Pizza will be served. 

Registration begins September 24. Please register below or call the Front Desk at 860-889-2365 ext. 110. Pick up a copy of the book at the Front Desk.

About Fuzzy: “When Max—Maxine Zelaster— befriends her new robot classmate Fuzzy, part of Vanguard One Middle School’s new Robot Integration Program, she helps him learn everything he needs to know about surviving middle school— the good, the bad, and the really, really ugly.”

Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, and a simple craft with your child! This program is age appropriate for your active two-year-old!   For age 2.  Space is limited; please register beginning August 13.

Children enjoy stories, songs and rhymes while their grownups wait in the Children’s Department.  Caregivers are encouraged to join the fun during craft time at the end of the class! Space is limited; please register beginning August 13.  Ages 3-5.

Build structures using a variety of materials in the Children’s Room.  No registration required.  For grades K - 8.

Enjoy 30 minutes of traditional rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and other activities for the very young; then stay (or not) for a one-hour open playgroup. Older siblings are welcome to attend!  Ages newborn – 23 months. Drop-in.       

Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, and a simple craft with your child! This program is age appropriate for your active two-year-old!   For age 2.  Space is limited; please register beginning August 13.

Children enjoy stories, songs and rhymes while their grownups wait in the Children’s Department.  Caregivers are encouraged to join the fun during craft time at the end of the class! Space is limited; please register beginning August 13.  Ages 3-5.

Enjoy 30 minutes of traditional rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and other activities for the very young; then stay (or not) for a half-hour open playgroup. This is a great opportunity for working parents to enjoy this new weekend program! Older siblings are welcome to attend!  Ages newborn – 23 months. Drop-in.    

If you are already thinking turkey this month, you will enjoy creating your own whimsical turkey craft!   No registration required.  For all ages.

Visit and read to our very favorite therapy pug, Bella.  No registration required.  Courtesy of Ms. Pepin – thank you!  All ages.

Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, and a simple craft with your child! This program is age appropriate for your active two-year-old!   For age 2.  Space is limited; please register beginning August 13.

Children enjoy stories, songs and rhymes while their grownups wait in the Children’s Department.  Caregivers are encouraged to join the fun during craft time at the end of the class! Space is limited; please register beginning August 13.  Ages 3-5.

Visit and read to our very favorite therapy pug, Bella.  No registration required.  Courtesy of Ms. Pepin – thank you!  All ages.

Build structures using a variety of materials in the Children’s Room.  No registration required.  For grades K - 8.