Are you someone who likes to knit, crochet, embroider, or engage in any other fiber-related interests? Join us on alternate Wednesdays for conversation, camaraderie, and fiber artistry. Bring a project you're working on or start something new!
Open to all ages; children ages 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. No registration required; marble table seats 10.
Are you someone who likes to knit, crochet, embroider, or engage in any other fiber-related interests? Join us on alternate Wednesdays for conversation, camaraderie, and fiber artistry. Bring a project you're working on or start something new!
Open to all ages; children ages 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. No registration required; marble table seats 10.
Read and discuss books that have been challenged and/or banned. Teens and Adults Welcome to Join the Discussion. Books are available at the library. Registration is recommended but not required. Facilitated by Anna Cierocki.
"The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.
Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.
But what Starr does—or does not—say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.
Read and discuss books that have been challenged and/or banned. Teens and Adults Welcome to Join the Discussion. Books are available at the library. Registration is recommended but not required. Facilitated by Anna Cierocki.
"The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.
Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.
But what Starr does—or does not—say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.
Join us for a discussion of 2024 Nutmeg Book Award Intermediate nominee, Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom.
Live each day as if it were your last.
When Ben reads his fortune-cookie fortune, he's alarmed and inspired. Immediately, he begins drafting a bucket list of unfinished tasks and lifelong dreams (finish his 1000-piece model of the Taj Mahal, eat an entire cake, etc....). As Ben marches himself in and out of trouble, takes useful risks, and helps both his parents to see the bigger picture, he discovers how something that seems scary can instead be empowering--leading to friendships that might never have been made, neighbors that might never have been known, and apple pies that might otherwise never have been baked.
Books are available for checkout. No registration required. For people in grades 5-12.
Join us for a discussion of 2024 Nutmeg Book Award Intermediate nominee, Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom.
Live each day as if it were your last.
When Ben reads his fortune-cookie fortune, he's alarmed and inspired. Immediately, he begins drafting a bucket list of unfinished tasks and lifelong dreams (finish his 1000-piece model of the Taj Mahal, eat an entire cake, etc....). As Ben marches himself in and out of trouble, takes useful risks, and helps both his parents to see the bigger picture, he discovers how something that seems scary can instead be empowering--leading to friendships that might never have been made, neighbors that might never have been known, and apple pies that might otherwise never have been baked.
Books are available for checkout. No registration required. For people in grades 5-12.
Writing Group is open to all writers of any genre. We meet the fourth Monday of the month, September through June. Come learn, critique, and enjoy the creative experience!
Writing Group is open to all writers of any genre. We meet the fourth Monday of the month, September through June. Come learn, critique, and enjoy the creative experience!
Read and discuss books that have been challenged and/or banned. Teens and adults are welcome to join the Discussion. Books are available at the library. Registration is recommended but not required. Facilitated by Anna Cierocki.
"A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engel
It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger.
"Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract."
A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L'Engle's unusual book. A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school). They are in search of Meg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem.
Read and discuss books that have been challenged and/or banned. Teens and adults are welcome to join the Discussion. Books are available at the library. Registration is recommended but not required. Facilitated by Anna Cierocki.
"A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engel
It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger.
"Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract."
A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L'Engle's unusual book. A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school). They are in search of Meg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem.
The Show opens August 1st, and remains through August 31st . A “Meet The Artist” reception is slated for
Thursday, August 10th, from 6 – 8 PM. The public is invited. Refreshments will be served.
No registration needed.
This show is made possible by the artist, the Suffield Arts Council, and the Kent memorial Library staff.
The Show opens August 1st, and remains through August 31st . A “Meet The Artist” reception is slated for
Thursday, August 10th, from 6 – 8 PM. The public is invited. Refreshments will be served.
No registration needed.
This show is made possible by the artist, the Suffield Arts Council, and the Kent memorial Library staff.
Read and discuss books that have been challenged and/or banned. Teens and adults are welcome to join the Discussion. Books are available at the library. Registration is recommended but not required. Facilitated by Anna Cierocki.
"Gender Queer" by Maia Kobabe
In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia’s intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, and facing the trauma and fundamental violation of pap smears.
Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity—what it means and how to think about it—for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere.
Read and discuss books that have been challenged and/or banned. Teens and adults are welcome to join the Discussion. Books are available at the library. Registration is recommended but not required. Facilitated by Anna Cierocki.
"Gender Queer" by Maia Kobabe
In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia’s intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, and facing the trauma and fundamental violation of pap smears.
Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity—what it means and how to think about it—for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere.
B.J. Smith returns with another round of book discussions! The first book for discussion will be "Knots and Crosses" by Ian Rankin
Knots and Crosses
by Ian Rankin
Inspector John Rebus: His city is being terrorized by a baffling series of murders...and he's tied to a maniac by an invisible knot of blood. Once John Rebus served in Britain's elite SAS. Now he's an Edinburgh cop who hides from his memories, misses promotions and ignores a series of crank letters. But as the ghoulish killings mount and the tabloid headlines scream, Rebus cannot stop the feverish shrieks from within his own mind. Because he isn't just one cop trying to catch a killer, he's the man who's got all the pieces to the puzzle....
B.J. Smith returns with another round of book discussions! The first book for discussion will be "Knots and Crosses" by Ian Rankin
Knots and Crosses
by Ian Rankin
Inspector John Rebus: His city is being terrorized by a baffling series of murders...and he's tied to a maniac by an invisible knot of blood. Once John Rebus served in Britain's elite SAS. Now he's an Edinburgh cop who hides from his memories, misses promotions and ignores a series of crank letters. But as the ghoulish killings mount and the tabloid headlines scream, Rebus cannot stop the feverish shrieks from within his own mind. Because he isn't just one cop trying to catch a killer, he's the man who's got all the pieces to the puzzle....
BJ Smith returns to lead another fascinating book discussion. The second in this book series will be "One Day" by David Nichols. Registration is required.
"One Day" by David Nichols
It’s 1988 and Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley have only just met. But after only one day together, they cannot stop thinking about one another. Over twenty years, snapshots of that relationship are revealed on the same day—July 15th—of each year. Dex and Em face squabbles and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. And as the true meaning of this one crucial day is revealed, they must come to grips with the nature of love and life itself.
BJ Smith returns to lead another fascinating book discussion. The second in this book series will be "One Day" by David Nichols. Registration is required.
"One Day" by David Nichols
It’s 1988 and Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley have only just met. But after only one day together, they cannot stop thinking about one another. Over twenty years, snapshots of that relationship are revealed on the same day—July 15th—of each year. Dex and Em face squabbles and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. And as the true meaning of this one crucial day is revealed, they must come to grips with the nature of love and life itself.
Writing Group open to all writers of any genre. We meet the fourth Monday of the month, September thru June. Come learn, critique, and enjoy the creative experience.
Writing Group open to all writers of any genre. We meet the fourth Monday of the month, September thru June. Come learn, critique, and enjoy the creative experience.
The second in this book series will be "Hamnet" by Maggie O'Farrell. Registration is required.
"Hamnet" by Maggie O'Farrell
England, 1580: The Black Death creeps across the land, an ever-present threat, infecting the healthy, the sick, the old and the young alike. The end of days is near, but life always goes on.
A young Latin tutor—penniless and bullied by a violent father—falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman. Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family’s land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon, she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose career on the London stage is just taking off when his beloved young son succumbs to sudden fever.
The second in this book series will be "Hamnet" by Maggie O'Farrell. Registration is required.
"Hamnet" by Maggie O'Farrell
England, 1580: The Black Death creeps across the land, an ever-present threat, infecting the healthy, the sick, the old and the young alike. The end of days is near, but life always goes on.
A young Latin tutor—penniless and bullied by a violent father—falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman. Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family’s land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon, she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose career on the London stage is just taking off when his beloved young son succumbs to sudden fever.
Celebrate Irish culture and heritage through traditional dance with Scoil Rince Luimni Irish Dance Academy and KML!
Saturday, March 16 at 11:15 a.m.
While Irish dancing is done all year long, SRL Irish Dance Academy loves to share Irish dancing
with the wider community throughout the month of March in celebration of St Patrick's Day! Sláinte!
Celebrate Irish culture and heritage through traditional dance with Scoil Rince Luimni Irish Dance Academy and KML!
Saturday, March 16 at 11:15 a.m.
While Irish dancing is done all year long, SRL Irish Dance Academy loves to share Irish dancing
with the wider community throughout the month of March in celebration of St Patrick's Day! Sláinte!
