Friday, Dec. 5: Join Santa at Stratford Library!

Someone special is coming to Stratford Public Library! Please join us for a celebration to start off the holiday season on Friday Dec. 5, from 6 to 7 PM. There will be music, treats, and children can visit with Santa, and have their pictures taken. Afterward, we can all escort Santa to the Stratford tree-lighting at 7:35 pm.

Big events this week! Cookies and Memories.

COOKIE SWAP!  On Friday, November 21, from 1-4 pm, we will be hosting a COOKIE SWAP!  Make 6 or more dozen of your favorite kind of cookie or other treat (candy, cupcake, muffin, etc!) and bring them to the library.  For every dozen you bring, you can take a dozen of someone else's creations.  Call the library to get more information and to sign up.

Dedication of the Rose Milano Building of the Stratford Public Library:  Please join us Saturday, November 22, from 1-3 pm, as we remember and celebrate Rose Milano, whose efforts were instrumental in the creation of the library as we know it today.  The mayor will be here to formally dedicate the building in Rose's name and memory.  All are welcome!

The Halloween Party was a HIT!

We had a great time at our Halloween Party on Monday night!  We enjoyed stories, treats, and a great magic show by Jim Combs & the Combs Family Magic Show.  We awarded prizes for costumes--including the Most Graceful, the Furriest, the Scariest, and the Most Heroic.  Thank you to everyone who helped make the party such a great success, especially Marie Brennan (who baked all the wonderful cupcakes), Catherine Adams (who helped hand out treats in her amazing witch costume) and Catherine Trotter (who was our guest story reader for the evening). 

Who's ready for Halloween?

We are so excited for our upcoming Halloween Party!  On Monday, Oct. 27th, from 6 - 7:30 pm, join us for a party for children and caretakers.  There will be Halloween stories, prizes for the best costumes, and a performance by the Combs Family Magic Show.  Please contact the library to register.

September events at SPL!

Mark your calendars for these events this month.  All events are free -- please contact the library to register.

--Book Cafe returns! Come on in for this roundtable discussion and tell us about some favorite books that you have read recently and want to recommend to other library patrons.  Tuesday, September 9, at 1 PM

--Medicare & You: An educational seminar in which Anthony Williams, a licensed insurance agent, answers your general questions about rights and benefits under Medicare and supplement plans.  Saturday, September 13 @ 10:30 am.

--Blood pressure screening: A visiting nurse from Kennedy Hospital will be on hand offering free blood pressure screenings.  Thursday, September 18, from 1-3 PM.

--Declutter Your Life & Reduce Stress: Professor and author Diane Lang will lead a workshop discussing the changes we can make to reduce clutter and stress to create real change in our lives. Saturday, September 20 @ 2 PM.

--Pre-schooler Storytime Returns, but on a NEW NIGHT: September story-times will be held Monday, September 15 & Monday, September 29 @ 6:30 PM.   

Monday, Sept.1: Labor day!

The Library will be closed Monday, September 1, in observance of Labor Day.  We hope to see you when we re-open Tuesday, September 2.  Enjoy a safe holiday weekend, everyone!

August 6 @ 3PM: Summer Reading Program pizza party with PRIZES!

It's the last week of the 2014 Summer Reading program at Stratford Library.  We hope everyone is getting lots of reading done.

 

For our final science activity, this Wednesday, August 6th at 3 p.m, we are going to branch out a bit and do a math activity.  Who's ready for a tangram contest?  And what do you know about Fibonacci numbers and nature?  (Check out this video, it's gorgeous and brilliant.)

 

We are going to be having a pizza party to celebrate the end of Summer Reading (pizza ... pi ... math, get it?)  We are also going to be drawing prizes for summer readers, so make sure you log the books you have read.  For every book you have read over the past 6 weeks, you get 1 chance to win a prize. 

 

We hope to see you this week! (But if you can't be here, you can still win a prize.)