Bloomfield Friends Of The Library Celebrates 80th Anniversary

It was 80 years ago that the first Sugar Bowl was played, the Monopoly board game went on sale for the first time and The Bloomfield Friends of the Library was created.

This month the Bloomfield Friends of the Library will mark four-fifths of a century of support for the Bloomfield Public Library.

To commemorate the occasion, the group will host a public celebration at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 18, at the Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center.

The free event will feature author and journalist Mary Shaughnessy (Les Paul: An American Original), poet Madeline Tiger, library director Adele Puccio and the presentation of citations honoring the past and present of The Friends of the Library.

This event will also feature refreshments, including wine and hors d’oeuvres, and raffle giveaways with prizes including autographed books such as “Walk this Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith” by Aerosmith and Stephen Davis, “The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales” by Jon Scieszka, “All the Single Ladies” by Dorothea Frank Benton and a slip-cased advance reader copy of Stardust by Neil Gaiman.

The event is co-sponsored with the Bloomfield Cultural Commission.

Friends of the Library President, Gary Iacobacci noted the group’s 80-year milestone wouldn’t have been possible without the work of those who have come before them.

“I’m looking forward to the 80th Anniversary Celebration as a chance to greet library friends old and new and to invite all to join in our ongoing commitment to the Bloomfield Public Library,” Iacobacci stated.

Photo caption: The above signed copy of Neil Gaiman’s Stardust will be raffled off at the upcoming 80th anniversary celebration for the Bloomfield Friends of the Library.