Pick up a craft packet at the Library & take it with you to make at home.Pick up a craft packet at the Library & take it with you to make at home.
Since it was founded in 1994, Rays of Hope Walk & Run Toward the Cure of Breast Cancer has been committed to improving the breast health of people in our communities with quality and compassion. The event has grown from 500 to over 20,000 participants and has raised over $15.7 million - all of which has been awarded locally throughout western Massachusetts.
In partnership with the Baystate Health Breast Network and Baystate Health Foundation, funding benefits research at the Rays of Hope Center for Breast Cancer Research, breast cancer programs and services, outreach and education, and awards grants to various community support programs and organizations.
Storrs Library will be collecting handmade pink scarves to donate to the Rays of Hope Walk & Run. Scarves collected will be distributed to breast cancer survivors at the Rays of Hope Walk. All scarves should be adult length and have some pink in them. There are no restrictions on materials or fabric. Please safety pin tags onto scarves with any special care instructions. We have patterns and pink yarn you're welcome to use, while supplies last. We certainly welcome any pink yarn that you'd like to share!
Scarves will be collected starting Wednesday, September 1st until Saturday, October 9th.
Since it was founded in 1994, Rays of Hope Walk & Run Toward the Cure of Breast Cancer has been committed to improving the breast health of people in our communities with quality and compassion. The event has grown from 500 to over 20,000 participants and has raised over $15.7 million - all of which has been awarded locally throughout western Massachusetts.
In partnership with the Baystate Health Breast Network and Baystate Health Foundation, funding benefits research at the Rays of Hope Center for Breast Cancer Research, breast cancer programs and services, outreach and education, and awards grants to various community support programs and organizations.
Storrs Library will be collecting handmade pink scarves to donate to the Rays of Hope Walk & Run. Scarves collected will be distributed to breast cancer survivors at the Rays of Hope Walk. All scarves should be adult length and have some pink in them. There are no restrictions on materials or fabric. Please safety pin tags onto scarves with any special care instructions. We have patterns and pink yarn you're welcome to use, while supplies last. We certainly welcome any pink yarn that you'd like to share!
Scarves will be collected starting Wednesday, September 1st until Saturday, October 9th.
On Monday, September 13, Storrs Library hosted Barbara Mathews for a presentation on the important role extant 18th- and early 19th-century town records can play in recovering identities and histories of a community’s poorest inhabitants. Often overlooked due to the tenuous economic circumstances and marginalized social status of indigent individuals and families, she explored these histories in the context of contemporary Massachusetts laws that mandated and regulated a town’s responsibility to care for its neediest residents.
Barbara Mathews is the Public Historian and Director of Academic Programs at Historic Deerfield. She earned her Ph.D. in history from Brown University and her research focuses on colonial and 19th-century New England. She teaches a course in material culture at Smith College and has written content for numerous history websites, including the award-winning Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704, and FromRevolution to Constitution: Shays’ Rebellion and the Making of a Nation.She is the Project Scholar for the Pioneer Valley History Network’s new web exhibit, Revolution Happened Here, an evolving, collaborative online exhibit that draws on the collections of PVHN member organizations.
This program is cosponsored by Storrs Library, Longmeadow Historical Society, Longmeadow Adult Center as part of our "Hidden Voices of History" series. This program is made possible through CARES Act funding to Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
This video is available through September 28, 2021. Please register to access the video.
On Monday, September 13, Storrs Library hosted Barbara Mathews for a presentation on the important role extant 18th- and early 19th-century town records can play in recovering identities and histories of a community’s poorest inhabitants. Often overlooked due to the tenuous economic circumstances and marginalized social status of indigent individuals and families, she explored these histories in the context of contemporary Massachusetts laws that mandated and regulated a town’s responsibility to care for its neediest residents.
Barbara Mathews is the Public Historian and Director of Academic Programs at Historic Deerfield. She earned her Ph.D. in history from Brown University and her research focuses on colonial and 19th-century New England. She teaches a course in material culture at Smith College and has written content for numerous history websites, including the award-winning Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704, and FromRevolution to Constitution: Shays’ Rebellion and the Making of a Nation.She is the Project Scholar for the Pioneer Valley History Network’s new web exhibit, Revolution Happened Here, an evolving, collaborative online exhibit that draws on the collections of PVHN member organizations.
This program is cosponsored by Storrs Library, Longmeadow Historical Society, Longmeadow Adult Center as part of our "Hidden Voices of History" series. This program is made possible through CARES Act funding to Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
This video is available through September 28, 2021. Please register to access the video.
Children ages 8 and older, with their caregiver, are invited to Learn to Play The Game of Go! Go, Baduk, and Weiqi are all names for the ancient and storied Chinese strategy board game of surrounding. The game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is played by more than 40 million people around the world. A gaming expert from the Massachusetts Game of Go will begin with an introduction to the game and then participants will have the opportunity to play. Register as a group in advance at longmeadowlibrary.org for a table and board. Minimum two players, maximum four players per board.Children ages 8 and older, with their caregiver, are invited to Learn to Play The Game of Go! Go, Baduk, and Weiqi are all names for the ancient and storied Chinese strategy board game of surrounding. The game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is played by more than 40 million people around the world. A gaming expert from the Massachusetts Game of Go will begin with an introduction to the game and then participants will have the opportunity to play. Register as a group in advance at longmeadowlibrary.org for a table and board. Minimum two players, maximum four players per board.
Donate to the Annual Friends of Storrs Library Book Sale from the comfort and convenience of your car! On Wednesday, September 22 from 6-8 pm, and Saturdays, September 18 and 25 from 10 am-2 pm, the Friends of Storrs Library are accepting donations at The Cottage behind Storrs Library. Please bring donations of gently used books to be included in their book sale. Please note The Friends cannot accept textbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, out-of-date travel guides, or dusty, torn or moldy books.Donate to the Annual Friends of Storrs Library Book Sale from the comfort and convenience of your car! On Wednesday, September 22 from 6-8 pm, and Saturdays, September 18 and 25 from 10 am-2 pm, the Friends of Storrs Library are accepting donations at The Cottage behind Storrs Library. Please bring donations of gently used books to be included in their book sale. Please note The Friends cannot accept textbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, out-of-date travel guides, or dusty, torn or moldy books.
Love to cook? Join us for Virtual Cookbook Club! We will be sharing our experiences cooking recipes from the Taste of Home website. Novice cooks are welcome! There is no need to register your recipe for virtual meetings as with our previous in-person Cookbook Club sessions.
Love to cook? Join us for Virtual Cookbook Club! We will be sharing our experiences cooking recipes from the Taste of Home website. Novice cooks are welcome! There is no need to register your recipe for virtual meetings as with our previous in-person Cookbook Club sessions.
Learn how to use the Libby app to download eMagazines and get notified when new digital issues become available.
Over 3,000 digital magazines are available in the Libby collection. Top ranked titles include Reader's Digest, O, ESPN, Newsweek, The Economist, HGTV Magazine, The Atlantic, OK!, Cook's, The New Yorker, Prevention and many other popular publications.
Register in Advance. Space is limited to 7 participants.
Learn how to use the Libby app to download eMagazines and get notified when new digital issues become available.
Over 3,000 digital magazines are available in the Libby collection. Top ranked titles include Reader's Digest, O, ESPN, Newsweek, The Economist, HGTV Magazine, The Atlantic, OK!, Cook's, The New Yorker, Prevention and many other popular publications.
Register in Advance. Space is limited to 7 participants.
Children, with a caregiver, are invited to join Storrs Library staff to create a pinecone creature! Come for a story, and make a little woodland friend. For ages 5+.
This program will be held on the Front Lawn, and is weather dependent. Each registered participants will have a station and their own art supplies. Advanced registration is required.
Children, with a caregiver, are invited to join Storrs Library staff to create a pinecone creature! Come for a story, and make a little woodland friend. For ages 5+.
This program will be held on the Front Lawn, and is weather dependent. Each registered participants will have a station and their own art supplies. Advanced registration is required.
Join Storrs Library for the story of Marion Turner, an African American, gender non-conforming person who lived in Florence, Massachusetts from 1898 to 1903. Turner sometimes dressed in male attire and sometimes in female attire, and alternated pronouns to refer to themselves accordingly. Turner lived and worked with Mrs. J.D. Atkins and became involved with her in abolitionist efforts as they frequented Cosmian Hall. Turner held gatherings of young Black Americans at Mrs. Atkins house, inviting them up from the South to find opportunities in the New England.
Sean Donovan (he/him) has been on the SMEF Board for several year. He brings nine years experience with Wildflower Alliance as facilitator for Alternatives to Suicide support groups and a national trainer for these roles, documentary film work and his advocacy work with queer folk (as well as some non-queer folk too) in the public mental health system in addition to love for queer history. He discovered the SMA through his role as a co-founder and facilitator of an LGBTQIA peer support group when searching for more ways for local queer folk to connect to community and their own histories. He began as a community volunteer helping catalog new donations and at events and, true to the SMA’s mission, believes that education, true education, can be an antidote to oppression and despair. He helped start SMA's podcast, Out of the Archives, and is excited to add more episodes soon.
This program is cosponsored by Storrs Library, Longmeadow Historical Society, Longmeadow Adult Center as part of our "Hidden Voices of History" series. This program is made possible through CARES Act funding to Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
We will be using Zoom for this presentation. You will need a computer, smartphone, iPad, or similar device that has a camera and audio ability. New to Zoom? Watch one of their short videos to help you get started: Join a Meeting or Joining & Configuring Audio & Video. New to videoconferencing and web chats? Download our Video Conferencing Privacy Tips handout for steps that you can take to safeguard your privacy online.
This program was originally scheduled for June 16. Please register in advance for this new date. You will receive an email invitation to join shortly before the program begins.
Join Storrs Library for the story of Marion Turner, an African American, gender non-conforming person who lived in Florence, Massachusetts from 1898 to 1903. Turner sometimes dressed in male attire and sometimes in female attire, and alternated pronouns to refer to themselves accordingly. Turner lived and worked with Mrs. J.D. Atkins and became involved with her in abolitionist efforts as they frequented Cosmian Hall. Turner held gatherings of young Black Americans at Mrs. Atkins house, inviting them up from the South to find opportunities in the New England.
Sean Donovan (he/him) has been on the SMEF Board for several year. He brings nine years experience with Wildflower Alliance as facilitator for Alternatives to Suicide support groups and a national trainer for these roles, documentary film work and his advocacy work with queer folk (as well as some non-queer folk too) in the public mental health system in addition to love for queer history. He discovered the SMA through his role as a co-founder and facilitator of an LGBTQIA peer support group when searching for more ways for local queer folk to connect to community and their own histories. He began as a community volunteer helping catalog new donations and at events and, true to the SMA’s mission, believes that education, true education, can be an antidote to oppression and despair. He helped start SMA's podcast, Out of the Archives, and is excited to add more episodes soon.
This program is cosponsored by Storrs Library, Longmeadow Historical Society, Longmeadow Adult Center as part of our "Hidden Voices of History" series. This program is made possible through CARES Act funding to Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
We will be using Zoom for this presentation. You will need a computer, smartphone, iPad, or similar device that has a camera and audio ability. New to Zoom? Watch one of their short videos to help you get started: Join a Meeting or Joining & Configuring Audio & Video. New to videoconferencing and web chats? Download our Video Conferencing Privacy Tips handout for steps that you can take to safeguard your privacy online.
This program was originally scheduled for June 16. Please register in advance for this new date. You will receive an email invitation to join shortly before the program begins.
Caregivers and kids come make your own mental health toolbox with Madison Bull. Pathways for Parents CFCE presents a child and caregiver-friendly Zoom session to define and discuss anxiety and coping skills, breathing techniques, mindfulness activities, and other tools families can use to help with various worries to help navigate parenting a child with anxiety. This program is geared for kids ages 4-8 and their caregivers.
This program is sponsored by Pathways for Parents. Pathways for Parents is administered by Ludlow Public Schools and is funded by the Coordinated Family Community Engagement Grant through the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care.
Madison Bull is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor.
Caregivers and kids come make your own mental health toolbox with Madison Bull. Pathways for Parents CFCE presents a child and caregiver-friendly Zoom session to define and discuss anxiety and coping skills, breathing techniques, mindfulness activities, and other tools families can use to help with various worries to help navigate parenting a child with anxiety. This program is geared for kids ages 4-8 and their caregivers.
This program is sponsored by Pathways for Parents. Pathways for Parents is administered by Ludlow Public Schools and is funded by the Coordinated Family Community Engagement Grant through the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care.
Madison Bull is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor.
Donate to the Annual Friends of Storrs Library Book Sale from the comfort and convenience of your car! On Wednesday, September 22 from 6-8 pm, and Saturday, September 25 from 10 am-2 pm, the Friends of Storrs Library are accepting donations at The Cottage behind Storrs Library. Please bring donations of gently used books to be included in their book sale. Please note The Friends cannot accept textbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, out-of-date travel guides, or dusty, torn or moldy books.Donate to the Annual Friends of Storrs Library Book Sale from the comfort and convenience of your car! On Wednesday, September 22 from 6-8 pm, and Saturday, September 25 from 10 am-2 pm, the Friends of Storrs Library are accepting donations at The Cottage behind Storrs Library. Please bring donations of gently used books to be included in their book sale. Please note The Friends cannot accept textbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, out-of-date travel guides, or dusty, torn or moldy books.
Did the lower classes concern themselves with fashion in past centuries? Where did they procure their clothes? What was worn for heavy work? How do we find information on people who generally didn't leave diaries, letters, or portraits? Fashion and textile historian Lynne Zacek Bassett will examine the sources and describe the clothes of the working classes from the colonial to the mid-Victorian period in her richly illustrated lecture.Did the lower classes concern themselves with fashion in past centuries? Where did they procure their clothes? What was worn for heavy work? How do we find information on people who generally didn't leave diaries, letters, or portraits? Fashion and textile historian Lynne Zacek Bassett will examine the sources and describe the clothes of the working classes from the colonial to the mid-Victorian period in her richly illustrated lecture.
Join our 2nd-3rd grade book group where we'll explore books that draw readers in from the very first line. Each month we'll enjoy a page-turning chapter book and meet to discuss what kept us turning those pages. This month's book selection is Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman. Register and pick up your copy in advance from the Discovery Room.
This program will be held on the Front Lawn, and will switch to Zoom in the event of inclement weather.
Join our 2nd-3rd grade book group where we'll explore books that draw readers in from the very first line. Each month we'll enjoy a page-turning chapter book and meet to discuss what kept us turning those pages. This month's book selection is Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman. Register and pick up your copy in advance from the Discovery Room.
This program will be held on the Front Lawn, and will switch to Zoom in the event of inclement weather.
Join our 4th-5th grade book group and find a reason to laugh each month. We'll read funny, quirky stories from every section of the library, from graphic novels to nonfiction, and meet up to talk about what makes a book worth reading. This month's book selection is Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom by Louis Sachar.
Register and pick up your copy in advance from the Discovery Room. We will meet outside on the library lawn, weather permitting, so please bring a blanket to sit on. In the event of inclement weather, this program will be moved to Zoom.
Join our 4th-5th grade book group and find a reason to laugh each month. We'll read funny, quirky stories from every section of the library, from graphic novels to nonfiction, and meet up to talk about what makes a book worth reading. This month's book selection is Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom by Louis Sachar.
Register and pick up your copy in advance from the Discovery Room. We will meet outside on the library lawn, weather permitting, so please bring a blanket to sit on. In the event of inclement weather, this program will be moved to Zoom.
Donate to the Annual Friends of Storrs Library Book Sale from the comfort and convenience of your car! On Saturday, September 25 from 10 am-2 pm, the Friends of Storrs Library are accepting donations at The Cottage behind Storrs Library. Please bring donations of gently used books to be included in their book sale. Please note The Friends cannot accept textbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, out-of-date travel guides, or dusty, torn or moldy books.Donate to the Annual Friends of Storrs Library Book Sale from the comfort and convenience of your car! On Saturday, September 25 from 10 am-2 pm, the Friends of Storrs Library are accepting donations at The Cottage behind Storrs Library. Please bring donations of gently used books to be included in their book sale. Please note The Friends cannot accept textbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, out-of-date travel guides, or dusty, torn or moldy books.
Cooking is a great way to expand your child’s communication skills. It helps children learn how to follow directions, expands vocabulary and creates a shared experience for the adult and the child. Join Samantha Bernier M.A., CCC-SLP on Saturday, September 25th at 10:30 for a virtual cooking experience.Cooking is a great way to expand your child’s communication skills. It helps children learn how to follow directions, expands vocabulary and creates a shared experience for the adult and the child. Join Samantha Bernier M.A., CCC-SLP on Saturday, September 25th at 10:30 for a virtual cooking experience.
Join the Storrs Library for our Keeping it Reel Film Club online watch party, meeting monthly on the 4th Saturday of the month.Join the Storrs Library for our Keeping it Reel Film Club online watch party, meeting monthly on the 4th Saturday of the month.
Learn how to use these streaming services provided by Storrs Library to Longmeadow residents to watch movies, read eBooks or listen to eAudiobooks. Please bring your Longmeadow Library card and PIN to access this online subscription service.
Register in Advance. Space is limited to 7 participants.
Learn how to use these streaming services provided by Storrs Library to Longmeadow residents to watch movies, read eBooks or listen to eAudiobooks. Please bring your Longmeadow Library card and PIN to access this online subscription service.
Register in Advance. Space is limited to 7 participants.
Join Instructor Lisa Katz on the Front Lawn for an afternoon of flexible family fun! Enjoy stretching, balancing, focused breathing, and movement activities. Participants must register in advance as space is limited, and bring their own yoga mat or blanket. If there is inclement weather, the program will be held on Zoom. Join Instructor Lisa Katz on the Front Lawn for an afternoon of flexible family fun! Enjoy stretching, balancing, focused breathing, and movement activities. Participants must register in advance as space is limited, and bring their own yoga mat or blanket. If there is inclement weather, the program will be held on Zoom.
In 1660, Umpanchela, one of the leaders of the Norwottuck communities of the central Connecticut Valley, struck a deal with the English merchant John Pynchon of Springfield. Pynchon would advance the trade goods that Umpanchela needed for a commercial venture up the Connecticut River to the lands of the Abenaki. In exchange, Umpanchela mortgaged a large parcel of Norwottuck lands. If the trading venture succeeded, Umpanchela would return with furs enough to repay Pynchon, reclaim his lands, and trade for additional goods for his community – knives, cloth, kettles, etc. – besides. If Umpanchela failed, Pynchon gloated that “all his land is to be mine.” The venture failed.
Everything we know of Umpanchela as an individual comes from the records of his dealings with Pynchon. Many of these records, like the anecdote above, relate to the fur trade and trade in indigenous lands that saw the steady dispossession of Native American communities by the English. Umpanchela’s life thus offers a window into the experience and challenges faced by the indigenous communities of the Connecticut Valley in the mid-seventeenth century as they contended with both indigenous rivals and the advance of colonial English economic and military power.
Strother E. Roberts is an Assistant Professor of History at Bowdoin College and the author of Colonial Ecology, Atlantic Economy: Transforming Nature in Early Modern New England.
This program is cosponsored by Storrs Library, Longmeadow Historical Society, Longmeadow Adult Center as part of our "Hidden Voices of History" series. This program is made possible through CARES Act funding to Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
In 1660, Umpanchela, one of the leaders of the Norwottuck communities of the central Connecticut Valley, struck a deal with the English merchant John Pynchon of Springfield. Pynchon would advance the trade goods that Umpanchela needed for a commercial venture up the Connecticut River to the lands of the Abenaki. In exchange, Umpanchela mortgaged a large parcel of Norwottuck lands. If the trading venture succeeded, Umpanchela would return with furs enough to repay Pynchon, reclaim his lands, and trade for additional goods for his community – knives, cloth, kettles, etc. – besides. If Umpanchela failed, Pynchon gloated that “all his land is to be mine.” The venture failed.
Everything we know of Umpanchela as an individual comes from the records of his dealings with Pynchon. Many of these records, like the anecdote above, relate to the fur trade and trade in indigenous lands that saw the steady dispossession of Native American communities by the English. Umpanchela’s life thus offers a window into the experience and challenges faced by the indigenous communities of the Connecticut Valley in the mid-seventeenth century as they contended with both indigenous rivals and the advance of colonial English economic and military power.
Strother E. Roberts is an Assistant Professor of History at Bowdoin College and the author of Colonial Ecology, Atlantic Economy: Transforming Nature in Early Modern New England.
This program is cosponsored by Storrs Library, Longmeadow Historical Society, Longmeadow Adult Center as part of our "Hidden Voices of History" series. This program is made possible through CARES Act funding to Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
Families in Harmony Level One is a music-based, mindfulness program assisting children ages 2-5 and their caregivers in becoming more aware of the present moment focusing on both their physical and emotional well-being and connection to the world around them. We teach simple techniques with the use of singing, instrumental play, breathwork, books, and basic yoga poses to integrate a mind-body experience fostering the healthy identification and expression of emotions. We will identify take-home techniques serving as a foundation to cope with stress and mental health in a family’s evolving life. Families in Harmony Level One is a music-based, mindfulness program assisting children ages 2-5 and their caregivers in becoming more aware of the present moment focusing on both their physical and emotional well-being and connection to the world around them. We teach simple techniques with the use of singing, instrumental play, breathwork, books, and basic yoga poses to integrate a mind-body experience fostering the healthy identification and expression of emotions. We will identify take-home techniques serving as a foundation to cope with stress and mental health in a family’s evolving life. 
The Friends of Storrs Library will hold its annual Book Sale PREVIEW at The Cottage behind Storrs Library for Members of the Friends of Storrs Library. Not yet a member, there's time to join! Visit http://www.friendsofstorrslibrary.org/become-a-member.html to learn more.The Friends of Storrs Library will hold its annual Book Sale PREVIEW at The Cottage behind Storrs Library for Members of the Friends of Storrs Library. Not yet a member, there's time to join! Visit http://www.friendsofstorrslibrary.org/become-a-member.html to learn more.
Pop into the Discovery Room to test your estimating skills and enter a chance to win a prize. Each month a new guessing jar will be revealed. Participants can enter a new guess each visit. The participant who guesses correctly, or has the closest guess, wins the jar, the contents and a plush.
Pop into the Discovery Room to test your estimating skills and enter a chance to win a prize. Each month a new guessing jar will be revealed. Participants can enter a new guess each visit. The participant who guesses correctly, or has the closest guess, wins the jar, the contents and a plush.
Go on a quest in the Discovery Room and locate the list of items hidden around the room. Each month a new Scavenger Hunt will be displayed. One lucky participant will win a prize at the end of the month. Join us in the fun!
Go on a quest in the Discovery Room and locate the list of items hidden around the room. Each month a new Scavenger Hunt will be displayed. One lucky participant will win a prize at the end of the month. Join us in the fun!
Storrs Library invites preschool-aged children and their caregiver, siblings welcome, to an outdoor storytime and craft session. Children will listen to an art-related story and have the opportunity to get creative and messy with sand art.
This program will be held outdoors and is weather-dependent. Please bring a blanket or mat to sit on. Social distancing suggested. Registration is required.
Storrs Library invites preschool-aged children and their caregiver, siblings welcome, to an outdoor storytime and craft session. Children will listen to an art-related story and have the opportunity to get creative and messy with sand art.
This program will be held outdoors and is weather-dependent. Please bring a blanket or mat to sit on. Social distancing suggested. Registration is required.
Join the local Scouts for an Open House from 3:30-5:00 pm on the library lawn. Children in grades kindergarten and up can try their hand at stowing camping gear, erecting a tent, making trail mix and tying a proper knot. Information on Cub Scouts (for girls and boys in grades K-5) and BSA Scouts (grades 6+) will be available. Stop by and learn more about the scouting adventure! Social distancing suggested. Join the local Scouts for an Open House from 3:30-5:00 pm on the library lawn. Children in grades kindergarten and up can try their hand at stowing camping gear, erecting a tent, making trail mix and tying a proper knot. Information on Cub Scouts (for girls and boys in grades K-5) and BSA Scouts (grades 6+) will be available. Stop by and learn more about the scouting adventure! Social distancing suggested. 
Join Storrs Library for an outdoor movie on the lawn! Please bring your own lawn chair or mat to sit on, and a blanket to bundle up. Social Distancing suggested. Registration is required in advance, as space is limited. If there is inclement weather, the movie may be moved inside.Join Storrs Library for an outdoor movie on the lawn! Please bring your own lawn chair or mat to sit on, and a blanket to bundle up. Social Distancing suggested. Registration is required in advance, as space is limited. If there is inclement weather, the movie may be moved inside.
Drop by the Library today for some ice cream!Drop by the Library today for some ice cream!
Registration is currently full, but you are welcome to join our waitlist!Registration is currently full, but you are welcome to join our waitlist!
Learn how to access Ancestry Library Edition when visiting the library along with using Heritage Quest Online at home. This subscription service is available to Longmeadow residents using their Longmeadow Library card number and PIN.
Learn how to access Ancestry Library Edition when visiting the library along with using Heritage Quest Online at home. This subscription service is available to Longmeadow residents using their Longmeadow Library card number and PIN.
Come to Storrs Library for a Stroller Strides and Stories program with Fit4Mom! Stroller Strides is a total-body conditioning workout designed for moms/caregivers with kids in tow. The workout is comprised of cardio, strength training and core restoration all while entertaining the little ones with stories, bubbles and fun while they watch from their strollers. This class is all about self-care in a supportive and encouraging environment. All fitness levels are welcome and encouraged to attend! Caregivers and children will enjoy this strides and story-filled morning. Come to Storrs Library for a Stroller Strides and Stories program with Fit4Mom! Stroller Strides is a total-body conditioning workout designed for moms/caregivers with kids in tow. The workout is comprised of cardio, strength training and core restoration all while entertaining the little ones with stories, bubbles and fun while they watch from their strollers. This class is all about self-care in a supportive and encouraging environment. All fitness levels are welcome and encouraged to attend! Caregivers and children will enjoy this strides and story-filled morning.
Wherever he travels, historian and journalist David Mould is constantly scribbling in his notebook or on whatever piece of paper he has handy—an airline boarding card, a restaurant menu. He records his first impressions so that he can connect the dots later. Even in a place filled with new sights, sounds, and smells, what is interesting and unexpected is more familiar the next time around, and less worthy of recording. Here are four vignettes based on first encounters—"Arriving in India,” “Paris with rice paddies” (Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo), “The traffic jam that never ends” (Dhaka, Bangladesh), and “Desperately Seeking SIM card” (trying to connect in Hyderabad, India).Wherever he travels, historian and journalist David Mould is constantly scribbling in his notebook or on whatever piece of paper he has handy—an airline boarding card, a restaurant menu. He records his first impressions so that he can connect the dots later. Even in a place filled with new sights, sounds, and smells, what is interesting and unexpected is more familiar the next time around, and less worthy of recording. Here are four vignettes based on first encounters—"Arriving in India,” “Paris with rice paddies” (Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo), “The traffic jam that never ends” (Dhaka, Bangladesh), and “Desperately Seeking SIM card” (trying to connect in Hyderabad, India).
Join us on the Front Lawn of Storrs Library for this four-week program to get ready for Kindergarten, facilitated by Jane Christian, and sponsored by Pathways for Parents CFCE. Each week's meeting will focus on a skill or concept important for school readiness. Families will receive materials to support each theme.Join us on the Front Lawn of Storrs Library for this four-week program to get ready for Kindergarten, facilitated by Jane Christian, and sponsored by Pathways for Parents CFCE. Each week's meeting will focus on a skill or concept important for school readiness. Families will receive materials to support each theme.
Come join the Storrs Library Non-Fiction Book Club! All are welcome to join us to read, learn, and discuss an array of nonfiction titles on varying subjects. Selections and their genres and topics will range in scope and detail. We encourage suggestions of titles for future meetings. Our first selection is The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History written by Elizabeth Kolbert. Staff will be present to facilitate an open discussion during the meeting and you are encouraged to write down and bring your questions and thoughts.Come join the Storrs Library Non-Fiction Book Club! All are welcome to join us to read, learn, and discuss an array of nonfiction titles on varying subjects. Selections and their genres and topics will range in scope and detail. We encourage suggestions of titles for future meetings. Our first selection is The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History written by Elizabeth Kolbert. Staff will be present to facilitate an open discussion during the meeting and you are encouraged to write down and bring your questions and thoughts.
Pathways for Parents CFCE presents Newbies at Storrs Library. Participants in this group will receive developmental milestone information, ways to engage in floor time play, resources, and opportunities to connect to other caregivers of children this age. Newbies is targeted for ages birth-15 months old.Pathways for Parents CFCE presents Newbies at Storrs Library. Participants in this group will receive developmental milestone information, ways to engage in floor time play, resources, and opportunities to connect to other caregivers of children this age. Newbies is targeted for ages birth-15 months old.
Families in Harmony Level Two is a music-based, mindfulness program assisting children ages 5-8 in becoming more aware of the present moment focusing on both their physical and emotional well-being. This innovative program will teach the children and their caregiver simple techniques including but not limited to singing, instrumental play, songwriting, breathe work, and creative movement to integrate a mind-body experience fostering the healthy identification and expression of emotions. We will demonstrate and practice take-home techniques that can support a healthier mental well-being in today’s challenging world. Families in Harmony Level Two is a music-based, mindfulness program assisting children ages 5-8 in becoming more aware of the present moment focusing on both their physical and emotional well-being. This innovative program will teach the children and their caregiver simple techniques including but not limited to singing, instrumental play, songwriting, breathe work, and creative movement to integrate a mind-body experience fostering the healthy identification and expression of emotions. We will demonstrate and practice take-home techniques that can support a healthier mental well-being in today’s challenging world. 
Witches are one of the most traditional as well as mysterious entities we associate with Halloween. Have you ever wondered, especially on Halloween, why witches are depicted as riding on brooms through the nighttime sky? How did the benevolent image of a wise woman transform into the malevolent figure of the witch we know today? You're never going to look at sweeping the same way again...
Velya Jancz-Urban and Ehris Urban are the mother-daughter team behind Grounded Goodwife. Velya Jancz-Urban is a teacher, author, former Brazilian dairy farm owner, and herstory unsanitized expert. Velya has a few too many rescue dogs and cats, is happiest with a fresh stack of library books, loves thrift shops, and is passionate about alternative medicine. Ehris Urban, owner of Woodbury, CT’s Grounded Holistic Wellness, is a green witch, herbalist, holistic nutritionist, and graduate of the New England School of Homeopathy. Ehris enjoys beekeeping, tending her organic vegetable and herb gardens, and working in her apothecary.
This program is sponsored by Friends of Storrs Library.
Witches are one of the most traditional as well as mysterious entities we associate with Halloween. Have you ever wondered, especially on Halloween, why witches are depicted as riding on brooms through the nighttime sky? How did the benevolent image of a wise woman transform into the malevolent figure of the witch we know today? You're never going to look at sweeping the same way again...
Velya Jancz-Urban and Ehris Urban are the mother-daughter team behind Grounded Goodwife. Velya Jancz-Urban is a teacher, author, former Brazilian dairy farm owner, and herstory unsanitized expert. Velya has a few too many rescue dogs and cats, is happiest with a fresh stack of library books, loves thrift shops, and is passionate about alternative medicine. Ehris Urban, owner of Woodbury, CT’s Grounded Holistic Wellness, is a green witch, herbalist, holistic nutritionist, and graduate of the New England School of Homeopathy. Ehris enjoys beekeeping, tending her organic vegetable and herb gardens, and working in her apothecary.
This program is sponsored by Friends of Storrs Library.
Join us on the Front Lawn of Storrs Library for this four-week program to get ready for Kindergarten, facilitated by Jane Christian, and sponsored by Pathways for Parents CFCE. Each week's meeting will focus on a skill or concept important for school readiness. Families will receive materials to support each theme.Join us on the Front Lawn of Storrs Library for this four-week program to get ready for Kindergarten, facilitated by Jane Christian, and sponsored by Pathways for Parents CFCE. Each week's meeting will focus on a skill or concept important for school readiness. Families will receive materials to support each theme.Pathways for Parents CFCE presents Newbies at Storrs Library. Participants in this group will receive developmental milestone information, ways to engage in floor time play, resources, and opportunities to connect to other caregivers of children this age. Newbies is targeted for ages birth-15 months old.Pathways for Parents CFCE presents Newbies at Storrs Library. Participants in this group will receive developmental milestone information, ways to engage in floor time play, resources, and opportunities to connect to other caregivers of children this age. Newbies is targeted for ages birth-15 months old.
Community Music School of Springfield presents Little Notes on the Front Lawn of Storrs Library. Children can hear music for months before they are born, and demonstrate musical sensitivity as young as six weeks after birth. Little Notes is a joyful and interactive class for very young children and their caregivers that will nurture a love of music and help build foundational musical skills for a lifetime of musical connection with others. Class time will include rhymes, songs, movement and music from a variety of cultures, with a focus on teaching caregivers how to musically interact with their children at home. Our primary goal is to create a safe and affirming space for you and your child to explore and enjoy music together!Community Music School of Springfield presents Little Notes on the Front Lawn of Storrs Library. Children can hear music for months before they are born, and demonstrate musical sensitivity as young as six weeks after birth. Little Notes is a joyful and interactive class for very young children and their caregivers that will nurture a love of music and help build foundational musical skills for a lifetime of musical connection with others. Class time will include rhymes, songs, movement and music from a variety of cultures, with a focus on teaching caregivers how to musically interact with their children at home. Our primary goal is to create a safe and affirming space for you and your child to explore and enjoy music together!
Need to step away from the screen and get moving?
Need to step away from the screen and get moving?
Learn about the Resources and eResources available to Massachusetts Residents when you register for a Boston Public Library eCard
Register in Advance. Space is limited to 7 participants.
Learn about the Resources and eResources available to Massachusetts Residents when you register for a Boston Public Library eCard
Register in Advance. Space is limited to 7 participants.
The Headless Horseman Rides Again! Award-winning actor J.T. Turner is returning to Storrs Library on Monday, October 18, this time as novelist Washington Irving telling his most famous tale. An American classic since it first appeared in 1820, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” tells the tale of the headless horseman and the ill-fated Ichabod Crane. Turner has adapted the piece to keep all ages entertained, as he appears in period costume to bring each character from this traditionally spooky story to life.The Headless Horseman Rides Again! Award-winning actor J.T. Turner is returning to Storrs Library on Monday, October 18, this time as novelist Washington Irving telling his most famous tale. An American classic since it first appeared in 1820, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” tells the tale of the headless horseman and the ill-fated Ichabod Crane. Turner has adapted the piece to keep all ages entertained, as he appears in period costume to bring each character from this traditionally spooky story to life.
Join Storrs Library online for this year's six-month literature series with Lisa Ruch, PhD, Assistant Dean of the School of Liberal Studies at Bay Path University. This year's theme, "Puzzlers: Literature and Unsolved Mysteries," will focus on mysteries, Gothics, and human nature’s fascination with unresolved tales. This month we are discussing The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey.Join Storrs Library online for this year's six-month literature series with Lisa Ruch, PhD, Assistant Dean of the School of Liberal Studies at Bay Path University. This year's theme, "Puzzlers: Literature and Unsolved Mysteries," will focus on mysteries, Gothics, and human nature’s fascination with unresolved tales. This month we are discussing The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey.
Join us on the Front Lawn of Storrs Library for this four-week program to get ready for Kindergarten, facilitated by Jane Christian, and sponsored by Pathways for Parents CFCE. Each week's meeting will focus on a skill or concept important for school readiness. Families will receive materials to support each theme.Join us on the Front Lawn of Storrs Library for this four-week program to get ready for Kindergarten, facilitated by Jane Christian, and sponsored by Pathways for Parents CFCE. Each week's meeting will focus on a skill or concept important for school readiness. Families will receive materials to support each theme.
Storrs Library invites you to join us as Ron Feuchs and Jackie Tepper, partners at Stand Out for College, LLC., walk us through the changes in the college admissions landscape this year for Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors. They will discuss how admissions officers are handling the current situation and how students can position themselves to develop a compelling narrative to increase their chances for admission. Make sure to register in advance to receive the Zoom link. Storrs Library invites you to join us as Ron Feuchs and Jackie Tepper, partners at Stand Out for College, LLC., walk us through the changes in the college admissions landscape this year for Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors. They will discuss how admissions officers are handling the current situation and how students can position themselves to develop a compelling narrative to increase their chances for admission. Make sure to register in advance to receive the Zoom link. Pathways for Parents CFCE presents Newbies at Storrs Library. Participants in this group will receive developmental milestone information, ways to engage in floor time play, resources, and opportunities to connect to other caregivers of children this age. Newbies is targeted for ages birth-15 months old.Pathways for Parents CFCE presents Newbies at Storrs Library. Participants in this group will receive developmental milestone information, ways to engage in floor time play, resources, and opportunities to connect to other caregivers of children this age. Newbies is targeted for ages birth-15 months old.
Join the Storrs Library for our Keeping it Reel Film Club online watch party, meeting monthly on the 4th Saturday of the month.Join the Storrs Library for our Keeping it Reel Film Club online watch party, meeting monthly on the 4th Saturday of the month.
Learn how to access the NYTimes online by redeeming coupon codes that are good for 72 hours of free unlimited article access.
Learn how to access the NYTimes online by redeeming coupon codes that are good for 72 hours of free unlimited article access.
Join Storrs Library and Certified Gold KonMari Consultant Christine Thorn to discuss the lifestyle benefits of the KonMari Method of tidying and decluttering. Thorn will discuss her KonMari journey, from being inspired by Marie Kondo’s best-selling book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, studying with Kondo’s team in New York City to earn her certification, through the launch of her consulting venture in April 2018. Thorn will detail the life-changing benefits of KonMari’s category-by-category system of tidying, explaining how it focuses on keeping only those items which bring joy to your life rather than on what needs to be eliminated, and discuss the importance of the fundamental KonMari question: Does this spark joy? She'll detail the KonMari Method’s six steps and how the process works. Thorn encourages everyone to bring their questions for her!Join Storrs Library and Certified Gold KonMari Consultant Christine Thorn to discuss the lifestyle benefits of the KonMari Method of tidying and decluttering. Thorn will discuss her KonMari journey, from being inspired by Marie Kondo’s best-selling book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, studying with Kondo’s team in New York City to earn her certification, through the launch of her consulting venture in April 2018. Thorn will detail the life-changing benefits of KonMari’s category-by-category system of tidying, explaining how it focuses on keeping only those items which bring joy to your life rather than on what needs to be eliminated, and discuss the importance of the fundamental KonMari question: Does this spark joy? She'll detail the KonMari Method’s six steps and how the process works. Thorn encourages everyone to bring their questions for her!
Join us on the Front Lawn of Storrs Library for this four-week program to get ready for Kindergarten, facilitated by Jane Christian, and sponsored by Pathways for Parents CFCE. Each week's meeting will focus on a skill or concept important for school readiness. Families will receive materials to support each theme.Join us on the Front Lawn of Storrs Library for this four-week program to get ready for Kindergarten, facilitated by Jane Christian, and sponsored by Pathways for Parents CFCE. Each week's meeting will focus on a skill or concept important for school readiness. Families will receive materials to support each theme.
Join Storrs Library for a discussion with cat behaviorist Dr. Rachel to better understand your cat. Dr. Rachel will talk with us about what a cat behaviorist does, the most common problems she encounters, and how you can address these issues. Bring your questions and concerns for the Q&A session following her presentation.Join Storrs Library for a discussion with cat behaviorist Dr. Rachel to better understand your cat. Dr. Rachel will talk with us about what a cat behaviorist does, the most common problems she encounters, and how you can address these issues. Bring your questions and concerns for the Q&A session following her presentation.Pathways for Parents CFCE presents Newbies at Storrs Library. Participants in this group will receive developmental milestone information, ways to engage in floor time play, resources, and opportunities to connect to other caregivers of children this age. Newbies is targeted for ages birth-15 months old.Pathways for Parents CFCE presents Newbies at Storrs Library. Participants in this group will receive developmental milestone information, ways to engage in floor time play, resources, and opportunities to connect to other caregivers of children this age. Newbies is targeted for ages birth-15 months old.
Join us on the front lawn to celebrate the season with a screening of Hotel Transylvania. Please bring your own lawn chair or mat to sit on, and a blanket to bundle up. Come in costume if you're feeling festive and candy will be handed out by Storrs Staff! Registration is required in advance, as space is limited. If there is inclement weather, the movie may be moved inside. Join us on the front lawn to celebrate the season with a screening of Hotel Transylvania. Please bring your own lawn chair or mat to sit on, and a blanket to bundle up. Come in costume if you're feeling festive and candy will be handed out by Storrs Staff! Registration is required in advance, as space is limited. If there is inclement weather, the movie may be moved inside.
Pathways for Parents CFCE presents Family Yoga at Storrs Library with Yoga Instructor Lisa Katz. Children ages 2-5 with a caregiver are invited to join Lisa on the Front Lawn of Storrs Library to enjoy stretching, balancing, focused breathing, and movement activities. Siblings are welcome. Please bring a mat or blanket. Social Distancing suggested.Pathways for Parents CFCE presents Family Yoga at Storrs Library with Yoga Instructor Lisa Katz. Children ages 2-5 with a caregiver are invited to join Lisa on the Front Lawn of Storrs Library to enjoy stretching, balancing, focused breathing, and movement activities. Siblings are welcome. Please bring a mat or blanket. Social Distancing suggested.Pop into the Discovery Room to test your estimating skills and enter a chance to win a prize. Each month a new guessing jar will be revealed. Participants can enter a new guess each visit. The participant who guesses correctly, or has the closest guess, wins the jar, the contents and a plush.
Pop into the Discovery Room to test your estimating skills and enter a chance to win a prize. Each month a new guessing jar will be revealed. Participants can enter a new guess each visit. The participant who guesses correctly, or has the closest guess, wins the jar, the contents and a plush.
Go on a quest in the Discovery Room and locate the list of items hidden around the room. Each month a new Scavenger Hunt will be displayed. One lucky participant will win a prize at the end of the month. Join us in the fun!
Go on a quest in the Discovery Room and locate the list of items hidden around the room. Each month a new Scavenger Hunt will be displayed. One lucky participant will win a prize at the end of the month. Join us in the fun!
Four years after the fall of the Soviet Union, David Mould landed in Osh, the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan, to establish a training center for local journalists. He found himself in a country going through wrenching economic, social, and political change. In the December snow, families spread blankets on the sidewalks, selling what they had to buy food and fuel. The experience made a deep impression. David returned to Kyrgyzstan the next year for a Fulbright Fellowship, and made frequent trips to the country and its northern neighbor Kazakhstan over the next 20 years for teaching, research, and consulting. For the five “stans”—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—shaking off the legacy of 75 years of Soviet rule has not been easy. The transition to a market economy has been difficult, and some people, especially in rural areas and small cities, feel worse off than in Soviet times.
David Mould, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Media Arts and Studies at Ohio University, has traveled widely in Asia and southern Africa. Born in the UK, he worked as a newspaper and TV journalist before moving to the US. His travel essays and articles have been published in Newsweek, Christian Science Monitor, Times Higher Education, and History News Network. His books include Monsoon Postcards: Indian Ocean Journeys (Ohio University Press, 2019) and Postcards from Stanland: Journeys in Central Asia (Ohio University Press, 2016). Read David’s travel blogs on Facebook and at www.davidhmould.com.
Four years after the fall of the Soviet Union, David Mould landed in Osh, the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan, to establish a training center for local journalists. He found himself in a country going through wrenching economic, social, and political change. In the December snow, families spread blankets on the sidewalks, selling what they had to buy food and fuel. The experience made a deep impression. David returned to Kyrgyzstan the next year for a Fulbright Fellowship, and made frequent trips to the country and its northern neighbor Kazakhstan over the next 20 years for teaching, research, and consulting. For the five “stans”—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—shaking off the legacy of 75 years of Soviet rule has not been easy. The transition to a market economy has been difficult, and some people, especially in rural areas and small cities, feel worse off than in Soviet times.
David Mould, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Media Arts and Studies at Ohio University, has traveled widely in Asia and southern Africa. Born in the UK, he worked as a newspaper and TV journalist before moving to the US. His travel essays and articles have been published in Newsweek, Christian Science Monitor, Times Higher Education, and History News Network. His books include Monsoon Postcards: Indian Ocean Journeys (Ohio University Press, 2019) and Postcards from Stanland: Journeys in Central Asia (Ohio University Press, 2016). Read David’s travel blogs on Facebook and at www.davidhmould.com.
Join Storrs Library with backyard beekeeper and Park Ranger Susan Ashman as she explores the fascinating history of beekeeping. Take a look inside the different hives over time, learn about beekeeping in early New England, and discover what you can do to help these little pollinators out.Join Storrs Library with backyard beekeeper and Park Ranger Susan Ashman as she explores the fascinating history of beekeeping. Take a look inside the different hives over time, learn about beekeeping in early New England, and discover what you can do to help these little pollinators out.
Join the Storrs Library for our Keeping it Reel Film Club online watch party, meeting monthly on the 4th Saturday of the month.Join the Storrs Library for our Keeping it Reel Film Club online watch party, meeting monthly on the 4th Saturday of the month.Pop into the Discovery Room to test your estimating skills and enter a chance to win a prize. Each month a new guessing jar will be revealed. Participants can enter a new guess each visit. The participant who guesses correctly, or has the closest guess, wins the jar, the contents and a plush.
Pop into the Discovery Room to test your estimating skills and enter a chance to win a prize. Each month a new guessing jar will be revealed. Participants can enter a new guess each visit. The participant who guesses correctly, or has the closest guess, wins the jar, the contents and a plush.
Go on a quest in the Discovery Room and locate the list of items hidden around the room. Each month a new Scavenger Hunt will be displayed. One lucky participant will win a prize at the end of the month. Join us in the fun!
Go on a quest in the Discovery Room and locate the list of items hidden around the room. Each month a new Scavenger Hunt will be displayed. One lucky participant will win a prize at the end of the month. Join us in the fun!
From Kazakhstan's surreal modern capital, Astana (recently renamed Nursultan, in honor of the long-serving president) David Mould travels to the mining and steel city of Karaganda, where thousands died in labor camps in the Stalin era. From Kyrgyzstan's less pretentious capital, Bishkek, he takes a trip on a wheezing bus to Karakol on the shore of Issyk Kul, the second-largest alpine lake in the world and a rest stop for Russian explorers and Chinese traders. And it’s a wild ride over three mountain ranges in a Lada (with vodka for ballast) from Bishkek to the ancient Silk Road city of Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan, a flash point for ethnic tensions in the post-Soviet era.
David Mould, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Media Arts and Studies at Ohio University, has traveled widely in Asia and southern Africa. Born in the UK, he worked as a newspaper and TV journalist before moving to the US. His travel essays and articles have been published in Newsweek, Christian Science Monitor, Times Higher Education, and History News Network. His books include Monsoon Postcards: Indian Ocean Journeys (Ohio University Press, 2019) and Postcards from Stanland: Journeys in Central Asia (Ohio University Press, 2016). Read David’s travel blogs on Facebook and at www.davidhmould.com.
From Kazakhstan's surreal modern capital, Astana (recently renamed Nursultan, in honor of the long-serving president) David Mould travels to the mining and steel city of Karaganda, where thousands died in labor camps in the Stalin era. From Kyrgyzstan's less pretentious capital, Bishkek, he takes a trip on a wheezing bus to Karakol on the shore of Issyk Kul, the second-largest alpine lake in the world and a rest stop for Russian explorers and Chinese traders. And it’s a wild ride over three mountain ranges in a Lada (with vodka for ballast) from Bishkek to the ancient Silk Road city of Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan, a flash point for ethnic tensions in the post-Soviet era.
David Mould, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Media Arts and Studies at Ohio University, has traveled widely in Asia and southern Africa. Born in the UK, he worked as a newspaper and TV journalist before moving to the US. His travel essays and articles have been published in Newsweek, Christian Science Monitor, Times Higher Education, and History News Network. His books include Monsoon Postcards: Indian Ocean Journeys (Ohio University Press, 2019) and Postcards from Stanland: Journeys in Central Asia (Ohio University Press, 2016). Read David’s travel blogs on Facebook and at www.davidhmould.com.
Living without the networked grid of utilities, including water, electricity, waste management and communications media has been a way of life for humans for thousands of years. Using the tiny house lifestyle as a model for sustainable practices, Isa Bauer from Tiny House Northeast will plant seeds of hope for us to help heal the natural environment and live with less where possible. We'll address topics such as minimizing plastics and other packaging, saving money by doing things for ourselves, and sourcing healthy food. The underlying theme is caring for Planet Earth as the limited resource it is, for animals and humans alike.
Isa Bauer earned an M.A. in Regional Economic and Social Development, with a focus in Sustainable Development; and critical media awareness. She has deep and wide experience teaching/training and presenting to youth and adults in various venues. She also design-builds tiny houses/other buildings on wheels; i.e., trailers.
This program is sponsored by Friends of Storrs Library.
We will be using Zoom for this presentation. You will need a computer, smartphone, iPad, or similar device that has a camera and audio ability. New to Zoom? Watch one of their short videos to help you get started: Join a Meeting or Joining & Configuring Audio & Video. New to videoconferencing and web chats? Download our Video Conferencing Privacy Tips handout for steps that you can take to safeguard your privacy online.
Register in advance. You will receive an email invitation to join shortly before the program begins.
Living without the networked grid of utilities, including water, electricity, waste management and communications media has been a way of life for humans for thousands of years. Using the tiny house lifestyle as a model for sustainable practices, Isa Bauer from Tiny House Northeast will plant seeds of hope for us to help heal the natural environment and live with less where possible. We'll address topics such as minimizing plastics and other packaging, saving money by doing things for ourselves, and sourcing healthy food. The underlying theme is caring for Planet Earth as the limited resource it is, for animals and humans alike.
Isa Bauer earned an M.A. in Regional Economic and Social Development, with a focus in Sustainable Development; and critical media awareness. She has deep and wide experience teaching/training and presenting to youth and adults in various venues. She also design-builds tiny houses/other buildings on wheels; i.e., trailers.
This program is sponsored by Friends of Storrs Library.
We will be using Zoom for this presentation. You will need a computer, smartphone, iPad, or similar device that has a camera and audio ability. New to Zoom? Watch one of their short videos to help you get started: Join a Meeting or Joining & Configuring Audio & Video. New to videoconferencing and web chats? Download our Video Conferencing Privacy Tips handout for steps that you can take to safeguard your privacy online.
Register in advance. You will receive an email invitation to join shortly before the program begins.
Pop into the Discovery Room to test your estimating skills and enter a chance to win a prize. Each month a new guessing jar will be revealed. Participants can enter a new guess each visit. The participant who guesses correctly, or has the closest guess, wins the jar, the contents and a plush.
Pop into the Discovery Room to test your estimating skills and enter a chance to win a prize. Each month a new guessing jar will be revealed. Participants can enter a new guess each visit. The participant who guesses correctly, or has the closest guess, wins the jar, the contents and a plush.
Go on a quest in the Discovery Room and locate the list of items hidden around the room. Each month a new Scavenger Hunt will be displayed. One lucky participant will win a prize at the end of the month. Join us in the fun!
Go on a quest in the Discovery Room and locate the list of items hidden around the room. Each month a new Scavenger Hunt will be displayed. One lucky participant will win a prize at the end of the month. Join us in the fun!
Pop into the Discovery Room to test your estimating skills and enter a chance to win a prize. Each month a new guessing jar will be revealed. Participants can enter a new guess each visit. The participant who guesses correctly, or has the closest guess, wins the jar, the contents and a plush.
Pop into the Discovery Room to test your estimating skills and enter a chance to win a prize. Each month a new guessing jar will be revealed. Participants can enter a new guess each visit. The participant who guesses correctly, or has the closest guess, wins the jar, the contents and a plush.
Go on a quest in the Discovery Room and locate the list of items hidden around the room. Each month a new Scavenger Hunt will be displayed. One lucky participant will win a prize at the end of the month. Join us in the fun!
Go on a quest in the Discovery Room and locate the list of items hidden around the room. Each month a new Scavenger Hunt will be displayed. One lucky participant will win a prize at the end of the month. Join us in the fun!
Pop into the Discovery Room to test your estimating skills and enter a chance to win a prize. Each month a new guessing jar will be revealed. Participants can enter a new guess each visit. The participant who guesses correctly, or has the closest guess, wins the jar, the contents and a plush.
Pop into the Discovery Room to test your estimating skills and enter a chance to win a prize. Each month a new guessing jar will be revealed. Participants can enter a new guess each visit. The participant who guesses correctly, or has the closest guess, wins the jar, the contents and a plush.
Go on a quest in the Discovery Room and locate the list of items hidden around the room. Each month a new Scavenger Hunt will be displayed. One lucky participant will win a prize at the end of the month. Join us in the fun!