Milford Public Library 2024 October Program Calendar

Press release from the Milford Public Library:

October News at the Library!

FROM BEEKEEPING TO COOKING TO LEGO BUILDING: GET READY FOR SOME SPIRITED PROGRAMS COMING TO THE MILFORD LIBRARY THIS OCTOBER! We hope you can join us…

Learn tips and tricks from fellow genealogy enthusiasts and researchers under the guidance of Larry Smith, the new group moderator of MPL’s Genealogy Club. Find out how to make the online crafting site Etsy increase the visibility of products you wish to sell on the web! MPL will be all abuzz when “Bee Experts” from the Backyard Beekeepers Association visit to share the benefits of Beekeeping. Helpful adult programs also include Tax Efficient Retirement Planning with Michael Mezheritskiy, founder of Milestone Asset Management Group; and Marketing Your Own Invention with the Inventors Association of CT. Mental well-being is also a focus as Dr. Wendy Hurwitz returns to the library to introduce Meditation: Three Different Approaches and Bridges Healthcare will share information about their grief support group, The Caring Network. As seen on TV’s Ghost Hunters and Ghost Nation!, Paranormal Investigator, Dustin Pari chronicles some of his favorite New England investigations with his program, Spirits of New England!

This October, both spooky, and not so spooky, Young Adult programs will feature cooking around the world with ShopRite Dietitian, Siddhi Sheth, a Crafternoon of viral ghost painting, an amazing and entertaining Halloween Science Lab, a drama workshop of scary and funny Halloween skits to read and act out, and a showing of the first Beetlejuice movie directed by Tim Burton and starring Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlej… phew, that was close.

Fall Storytimes in our Children’s Department are back in full session Tuesday and Thursday mornings through October 24! Sing, dance and play an instrument at our Children’s Music Pop-Up Class with the Suzuki Music School of Orange. Build creatively with our collection of LEGOS®, concoct Cool Mixtures and Magical Potions with Cool-ology, have fun in the Drama Workshop: Room on the Broom, visit the library for an evening family storytime with Goodnight, Library, celebrate all things Pokémon at the Pokémon Meetup and get ready to yell B-I-N-G-O at Not-So-Spooky BINGO and Goosebumps BINGO!

The library will be closed on Monday, October 14th

The Romance Book Group will feature the book, Extra Witchy by Ann Aguirre and the Classic Book Discussion Group will talk about Agatha Christie’s very first detective novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. There will also be three new fascinating Online Author Talks. Milford residents may sign-up for a Milford Public Library online or in person at the Library. Use your library card to fuel your mind with books, e-books, audiobooks, online databases and resources, and/or museum passes! The Passport Office is open Tuesdays 4-8 pm, Thursdays, 10am -2 pm and Saturdays, 10am -2 PM. By appointment only: please call 203-783-3309. Please visit our online program calendar at https://milford-pl.libcal.com for the full listing of all programs and events. Paper calendars are still available and can be printed using the link below; copies are also available at all library service desks. As always, thank you to the Friends of Milford Library for funding all our programs! We all look forward to seeing you at the library!

Scott R. Brill, Library Director

Detailed information on all our programs can be found on our website, milfordlibrary.org.

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