James Blackstone Memorial Library

Confused
 about your new iPhone or iPad? Need help formatting a Word document? 
Drop in to the library between 10:30am &amp; 12pm to get a tech question
 answered. First come, first served. Sessions will be limited to 15 
minutes per person.
Registration is not required to attend this IN PERSON event.

Local Event: Tech Help Tuesday

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Branford

Connecticut

Tech Help Tuesday

Confused
 about your new iPhone or iPad? Need help formatting a Word document? 
Drop in to the library between 10:30am & 12pm...

(Re)discover the oldies but goodies of classic Hollywood. A 
monthly screening followed by discussion. Showtime is at 10:00am every 
third Thursday.
This month we’re watching <a href="https://br.catalog.lionlibraries.org/GroupedWork/8efde3a9-d37e-02bb-64cd-31b3972eb1dd/Home?searchId=180905698&amp;recordIndex=1&amp;page=1&amp;searchSource=local" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Funny Face</a>
 (1957), a musical romantic comedy directed by Stanley Donen and 
starring Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. On assignment, fashion 
photographer Dick Avery (Astaire) is struck by the beauty of Jo Stockton
 (Hepburn), a shy bookstore employee he's photographed by accident, who 
he believes has the potential to become a successful model. They travel 
to France for a photo shoot and they begin to fall for one another, only
 to find hurdles in their way. The film received four Academy Award 
nominations: for "Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly 
for the Screen"; "Best Costume Design"; "Best Cinematography"; and "Best
 Art Direction-Set Decoration".
Running time- 103 minutes
Closed Caption available
Registration is required to attend this IN PERSON event.
Sponsored by the Friends of Blackstone Library.

Local Event: Third Thursday Movie Matinee: Funny Face (1957)

Third Thursday Movie Matinee: Funny Face (1957)

(Re)discover the oldies but goodies of classic Hollywood. A 
monthly screening followed by discussion. Showtime is at 10:00am...

Movie magic, now at Blackstone! Join us for Saturday Cinema and see a
 highly anticipated new release on our big screen in the auditorium. 
Showings are the last Saturday of the month at 2:00pm. This month we're 
watching <a href="https://br.catalog.lionlibraries.org/Record/.b28141726?searchId=180906343&amp;recordIndex=2&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Reminders of Him </a>(2025, PG-13).
Colleen
 Hoover's bestselling novel becomes a transformative film about 
motherhood, forgiveness and the power of love to overcome the worst 
mistake. Desperate to rebuild her life with a daughter she has never 
known, Kenna finds unexpected compassion in a secret romance with local 
bar owner Ledger. As dangers develop for both of them, Kenna hopes to 
find a second chance amid unbearable heartbreak.
Running time - 114 mins.
Want to explore this movie's rating in depth? Check out its page on <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/reminders-of-him" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Common Sense Media</a>.
Registration is required to attend this IN PERSON event.
Sponsored by the Friends of Blackstone Library.

Local Event: Saturday Cinema: Reminders of Him (2025)

Saturday Cinema: Reminders of Him (2025)

Movie magic, now at Blackstone! Join us for Saturday Cinema and see a
 highly anticipated new release on our big screen in the...

Have you ever thought about joining a book club? It’s a fun way to get&nbsp;connected, make new friends, and read more books! In the Best Seller&nbsp;Book Club, we read and discuss newly released, highly rated books from a&nbsp;wide variety of genres. This month we're reading <a href="https://br.catalog.lionlibraries.org/Record/.b28112714?searchId=180543305&amp;recordIndex=3&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">This Changes Everything</a> by Lisa Scottoline.



Registration is required to receive a link to this ONLINE event.
Sponsored by the Friends of Blackstone Library.
The
 Blackstone Library has a limited number of copies of these titles 
available for book club participants. If you are interested in obtaining
 a library copy, please call us at (203) 488-1441 ext. 318 or email 
programs@blackstonelibrary.org. Copies are first come, first served.

Local Event: Best Seller Book Club: This Changes Everything by Lisa Scottoline

Best Seller Book Club: This Changes Everything...

Have you ever thought about joining a book club? It’s a fun way to get connected, make new friends, and read more books! In the...

Best Seller Book Club: This Changes Everything by Lisa Scottoline

Enjoy&nbsp;engaging
 conversation and explore your creativity at our&nbsp;adult coloring group! 
Coloring is a great way to keep the brain engaged and the body 
relaxed–plus it’s a great place to make new friends. All materials 
provided, but feel free to bring your own supplies too.&nbsp;
Registration is not required to attend this in person event.

Local Event: Color & Conversation

Color & Conversation

Enjoy engaging
 conversation and explore your creativity at our adult coloring group! 
Coloring is a great way to keep the...

Join us for our next Blackstone Banned Book Club meeting! This 
group meets the first Tuesday of every month to have a non-judgemental, 
civil discussion of various titles that are being challenged and banned,
 both locally and nationally. The purpose of this book club is to 
simultaneously discuss these titles, and to bring awareness to the rapid
 rise of book challenges and bans. This month we're reading <a href="https://br.catalog.lionlibraries.org/Record/.b27334272?searchId=184755473&amp;recordIndex=1&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Saga vol. 1</a> by Brian K. Vaughan.
Registration is required to attend this IN PERSON event.
The
 Blackstone Library has a limited number of copies of these titles 
available for book club participants. If you are interested in obtaining
 a library copy, please call us at (203) 488-1441 ext. 318 or email 
reference@blackstonelibrary.org. Copies are first come, first served.

Local Event: Banned Book Club: Saga vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan

Banned Book Club: Saga vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan

Join us for our next Blackstone Banned Book Club meeting! This 
group meets the first Tuesday of every month to have a...

Join
 us for board games, card games, and more! We’ll be playing all types of
 games, from fast-paced, hilarious party games to highly strategic, 
thinky games that will leave your head spinning! This event is all about
 having fun, learning new games, and making friends. We’ve got games for
 everyone, no matter your experience level. Feel free to bring your own 
games too.
Adults of all ages welcome!
Sponsored by the Friends, with special consideration from <a href="https://lotusgamesltd.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Lotus Games</a>

Local Event: Blackstone Game Group

Blackstone Game Group

Join
 us for board games, card games, and more! We’ll be playing all types of
 games, from fast-paced, hilarious party games to...

Enjoy discussing a great book with your neighbors! Download <a href="https://br.catalog.lionlibraries.org/GroupedWork/fd2b30b4-dc2a-5634-41fb-38b4a280998d/Home?searchId=184981906&amp;recordIndex=1&amp;page=1&amp;searchSource=local" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Once There were Wolves</a> by Charlotte McConaghy on Hoopla (free with your Blackstone Library card), then meet up with us for a lively book discussion.
Attendees can join us on Zoom, or in person at the Blackstone Library.
Registration is required to receive a link to this HYBRID event.

Local Event: First Friday Book Discussion: Once There were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

First Friday Book Discussion: Once There were...

Enjoy discussing a great book with your neighbors! Download Once There were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy on Hoopla (free with...

First Friday Book Discussion: Once There were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

Take a tour of the Blackstone, learn historical tidbits, and get an&nbsp;insider’s look into a day in the life of a Blackstone Library employee.&nbsp;Tour meets in the Rotunda by the Reference Desk. Registration&nbsp;encouraged, but drop-ins welcome!

Local Event: Blackstone Library Tour

Blackstone Library Tour

Take a tour of the Blackstone, learn historical tidbits, and get an insider’s look into a day in the life of a Blackstone...

Join
 us for a casual monthly puzzling group. Various jigsaw puzzles will be 
available to work on as a group or individually. Feel free to bring your
 own puzzle to solve, or participate in a puzzle swap with other 
attendees!
Registration is not required to attend this IN-PERSON event.

Local Event: Piece by Piece: A Community Puzzling Group

Piece by Piece: A Community Puzzling Group

Join
 us for a casual monthly puzzling group. Various jigsaw puzzles will be 
available to work on as a group or individually....

Join us for a book launch and moderated discussion with local author Nadia Bowers for her upcoming memoir, Dear Dealer.
In
 the summer of 2015, Nadia Bowers’s beloved older sister, Sasha—a social
 worker and Ivy League grad—was found in her car in a restaurant parking
 lot in their hometown outside New Haven, CT, dead from a fentanyl 
overdose. In Dear Dealer, Bowers recounts how, plunged into 
grief, equipped with Sasha’s phone, and just weeks from giving birth to 
her first child, she began to investigate her sister’s shadow life: who 
sold Sasha the drugs that killed her? Did they know each other well? Did
 the dealer have any idea who Sasha was, outside of addiction? One part 
narrative, one part epistolary, Bowers interrogates her sister, her 
family, their history, and herself.&nbsp;
Expanding on her viral 2018 This American Life
 essay of the same name—a letter to this imagined dealer—Bowers’s memoir
 is a love letter, a diary, and a quest in search of the dealer’s 
identity, as well as her own. Who is she without her sister? Who is she 
because of her sister? And what now? Bowers reflects on her shifting 
roles as sister and mother, examining how this sudden loss has reshaped 
her sense of self. Her letters to the faceless dealer are interwoven 
with rage, reflection, and even moments of humor as she recounts their 
intertwined lives alongside memories of charismatic and complex Sasha.&nbsp;
As poetic as it is unflinchingly honest, Dear Dealer is a richly compelling account of one woman’s search for meaning, forgiveness, and hope in the aftermath of tragedy.
About the Author:
Nadia
 Bowers is an actor, writer, and voice-over artist. She has a BA in 
sociology and French from Dartmouth College and an MFA in acting from 
NYU’s Graduate Acting Program. Nadia works in theater, television, and 
film. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, actor Corey 
Stoll, and their son.
Registration is required to attend this IN-PERSON event.
Presented by Gallery Books.

Local Event: Dear Dealer Book Launch & Discussion with Local Author Nadia Bowers

Dear Dealer Book Launch & Discussion with Local...

Join us for a book launch and moderated discussion with local author Nadia Bowers for her upcoming memoir, Dear Dealer.
In
 the...

Dear Dealer Book Launch & Discussion with Local Author Nadia Bowers

(Re)discover the oldies but goodies of classic Hollywood. A 
monthly screening followed by discussion. Showtime is at 10:00am every 
third Thursday.
This month we’re watching <a href="https://br.catalog.lionlibraries.org/GroupedWork/ef5c940f-7e2d-c618-a78b-ebbbfaa86418/Home?searchId=184757504&amp;recordIndex=2&amp;page=1&amp;searchSource=local" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Paths of Glory</a>
 (1957), an American anti-war film directed by Stanley Kubrick, from a 
screenplay he co-wrote with Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson, based on
 actual events. The film stars Kirk Douglas as a battlefield 
officer-lawyer defending three French soldiers unjustly accused of 
cowardice during World War I. It received critical acclaim and several 
international accolades, including a BAFTA Award nomination for Best 
Film, and is considered one of the greatest war films ever made. In 
1992, the film was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically 
significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in
 the United States National Film Registry.
Running time- 88 minutes
Closed Caption available
Registration is required to attend this IN PERSON event.
Sponsored by the Friends of Blackstone Library.

Local Event: Third Thursday Movie Matinee: Paths of Glory (1957)

Third Thursday Movie Matinee: Paths of Glory...

Third Thursday Movie Matinee: Paths of Glory (1957)

Join author and Producing Artistic Director Rebecca Goodheart 
in four fascinating discussions about how the world looked to 
Shakespeare and his audience and how that worldview shaped the plays. 
Each evening will look through a different lens at Shakespeare’s world, 
accompanied by mini-performances of Shakespeare’s poetry and lively 
discussion about their meaning today.
Human Bodies 
–What if the liver was the most important part of a human body? What if 
each human being were made up of 4 unique substances, called humors? 
Enter the fascinating world of early modern physiology, where the 
physical, the psychological and the spiritual are inextricably 
intertwined and see how it can be used as a provocative tool for actors 
developing a character.

Local Event: Shakespeare’s World : Seeing the Plays through Elizabethan Eyes (Part III)

Shakespeare’s World : Seeing the Plays through...

Join author and Producing Artistic Director Rebecca Goodheart 
in four fascinating discussions about how the world looked to...

Shakespeare’s World : Seeing the Plays through Elizabethan Eyes (Part III)

To mark America's 250th Anniversary, illustrator, author and Advanced
 Cicerone Em Sauter will give an illustrated presentation discussing the
 role of beer and brewing in American history. Starting from the 
Pilgrims landing on Plymouth Rock (because they were out of beer!) to 
the modern craft brewery movement and the beers we love today, beer has 
been woven through the fabric of American history.&nbsp; About the Presenter:Em
 Sauter is an award-winning cartoonist, international beer judge, 
Advanced Cicerone, public speaker and founder of Pints and Panels, a 
website she launched in 2010 to focus on visual drinks education. A 
Connecticut resident, Em has authored four books on beer and is 
currently working on a fifth book about whiskey.

Registration is required to attend this IN-PERSON event.Sponsored by the Friends of Blackstone Library.

Local Event: 250th Anniversary Of American Beer

250th Anniversary Of American Beer

To mark America's 250th Anniversary, illustrator, author and Advanced
 Cicerone Em Sauter will give an illustrated presentation...

A monthly, weeknight diversion for guitar and music 
enthusiasts! Connect with others and explore where the classical music 
world and the guitar world overlap. In classical guitar music we find 
guitar music's deepest roots which can open a path to a &nbsp;deeper 
understanding of the guitar world&nbsp;in general. Before there was jazz, 
folk, &nbsp;pop, country, and rock guitar there was classical guitar. Neal 
will present&nbsp;a program every month featuring music from&nbsp;the vast and 
magnificent body of work for the classical guitar as well his own 
original music for guitar. The series centers on performances, 
discussions, instruction, and more! Led by local guitarist and teacher 
Neal Fitzpatrick.&nbsp;
About Neal Fitzpatrick Neal Fitzpatrick, a Connecticut native,&nbsp;received his BM degree from the Hartt School-University of Hartford&nbsp;and
 his Masters degree from the Yale School of Music. He is an active 
soloist and chamber musician, and has performed at diverse venues such 
as Yale Art Gallery, Woolsey Hall with the New Haven Symphony, and 92nd 
St. Y in New York City. He teaches out of his studio in Branford,CT 
where he teaches all styles and levels of guitar. He also teaches banjo,
 mandolin, bass guitar and pretty much anything with strings and frets. 
When taking a break from music Neal can be found reading about American 
and world history or watching auto sports and the New York Rangers.
Registration is required to attend this IN PERSON event.

Local Event:  Evening of Guitar at the Blackstone

 Evening of Guitar at the Blackstone

A monthly, weeknight diversion for guitar and music 
enthusiasts! Connect with others and explore where the classical music...

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Guilford

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North Haven

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Gentiva Hospice Branford Branch

Join the Gentiva Hospice team for a drop-in open house to explore nursing career opportunities, including RN Clinical Manager and Hospice RN roles with competitive salaries and sign-on bonuses. Attendees can participate in on-site interviews, enjoy light refreshments, and bring a resume for a special entry into a Yeti Cooler raffle.

Local Event: Nurse Open House

Nurse Open House

Join the Gentiva Hospice team for a drop-in open house to explore nursing career opportunities, including RN Clinical Manager...

St. John's Episcopal Church

8th Annual Bluegrass&nbsp;Festival in North Guilford Bring a chair and a picnic and enjoy live music from 3 pm to 7 pm.&nbsp; Come early and play with other musicians at 1:00.&nbsp; There will hot dogs, chips and drinks for a nominal fee. Get tickets on the Bluegrass tab on our St. John's website: stjohnsguilford.org

Local Event: 8th Annual Bluegrass Festival 

8th Annual Bluegrass Festival 

8th Annual Bluegrass Festival in North Guilford Bring a chair and a picnic and enjoy live music from 3 pm to 7 pm.  Come early...

St. George Church

Celebrate the 12th Anniversary of this vibrant community festival featuring live music from Rich DiPalma, Jen &amp; Tonic, and Sister Funk Band. Enjoy delicious Italian favorites like fried dough and meatball subs, participate in a spaghetti eating contest or grape stomping competition, and explore the kids zone and bocce area. Admission is $5.00, with children 15 and under attending for free.

Local Event: Italian Festival 2026

Italian Festival 2026

Celebrate the 12th Anniversary of this vibrant community festival featuring live music from Rich DiPalma, Jen & Tonic, and...

Chrysler Sebring Convertible &ndash; 59,593 Miles &ndash; One-Owner &ndash; Meticulously Maintained &ndash; Runs Beautifully &ndash; Complete Documented Service Record Provided &ndash; Mint Condition &ndash;&nbsp;6-Disk CD &ndash; Text to this number for additional photos or a test drive &ndash; 212-828-6767 Robert &ndash; Car is located in Madison, CT &ndash; $9,600 OBO

Chrysler Sebring Convertible – 59,593 Miles -...

Chrysler Sebring Convertible – 59,593 Miles – One-Owner – Meticulously Maintained – Runs Beautifully – Complete Documented Service Record Provided ...

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Color & Conversation

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Blackstone Game Group

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Blackstone Library Tour

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Piece by Piece: A Community Puzzling Group

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Dear Dealer Book Launch & Discussion with Local Author Nadia Bowers

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