
Press release from Hall Memorial Library:
Jan. 6, 2021
Color and Chat (adults)
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Thursday, January 7 at 7pm, via Zoom
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If you are ready for a relaxing hour of coloring and book chatting, please join Ashley for our first monthly Color and Chat program. We will be coloring winter scenes and discussing anything you are currently reading. A starter kit with coloring pages and coloring pencils can be picked up at the Hall Memorial Library with our curbside service.
Culturally Curious: Andy Warhol’s Fifteen Minutes of Fame.
Tuesday, January 19 at 7pm, via Zoom
Jane Oneail curates and delivers art appreciation programs to audiences throughout
New England. This month she will be presenting Pop artist Andy Warhol and his famously elevated everyday objects. This program will look at the abbreviated life, artwork and enduring legacy of the artist who predicted “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes.”
Library Book Discussion
Wednesday, January 20 at 7pm, via Zoom
For January we are discussing “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood; in February we will do the sequel, “The Testaments”. Copies of the book are available by curbside pickup at the Library; ebook copies are available on OverDrive. If you need assistance with digital materials or Zoom, call Sue at 860-870-3160.
Families Cook Together: Winter Food Festival
Saturday, January 23 at 3pm, via Facebook Live
Register here to get the Facebook info. This program will be available on the Library Facebook page for 60 days.
Chef Rob Scott will be Live on Facebook to teach you to prepare a complete Winter Meal for a family of 4. This meal includes Italian Breadsticks and Fresh Vegetable Salad, Grandma Style Spaghetti Deep Dish Pie, and Crustless Apple Crumb Pie. Yum! There is room for the whole family in the kitchen to cook along with Rob! A list of needed ingredients and directions can be emailed or picked up at the Hall Memorial Library with our curbside service from now until January 23.
FOR TEENS
Crafting Together for Teens
Sunday, January 24 at 2pm, via Zoom
Register here to get the Zoom link.
If you love crafting and are searching for something to do on Sunday afternoon, pick up a craft kit at the Hall Memorial Library through curbside service and join us as make it together. Kits will be available beginning Sun. January 17 to the start of the program on January 24.
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