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Seed and Plant Swap

Saturday, October 5th

10am-12pm

Share seeds and plants with your neighbors. If you don't have any to share, you're welcome to come pick some up!

Spooky Halloween

Magic-Mind Reading Show

Saturday, October 19th

1:00pm

Join magician and mind reader Gregg Dwyer, if you dare, for an afternoon of spine-tingling enchantment that will linger in your thoughts long after the Halloween moon sets. Prepare to have your mind read, your beliefs shattered, and your imagination pushed to its limits. Welcome to the Haunting Halls of Mind, where the whispers of the paranormal become a symphony of wonder.

Preschool Storytime

Wednesdays

10:30 - 11:30 am

Preschoolers can come hear a story, make a craft, and play. Although this program is aimed at preschoolers, all ages are welcome!

Museum Passes

Thanks to the Friends of the Chaplin Library, there are FREE passes to the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, Slater Memorial Museum, New Britain Museum of American Art and the Florence Griswold Museum. The library also has FREE passes to the Wadsworth Atheneum, Dinosaur State Park, Gillette Castle, Fort Trumbull State Park, and Connecticut's Old State House.


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Check to see if we have a book or movie.

If you need a library card, please stop by the library with an ID showing your Chaplin address. Once you have a valid card, you may check out books at any public library in CT!

FREE Resources

Free Wi-Fi is available around the clock in the library and Senior Center parking lots.

Eversource Kill A Watt Kit: If you want to measure your energy use, we have a kit available for checkout!

If you are a Chaplin resident and need a library card to access Overdrive, please call or email the library.

 

 Poetry Corner

Chaplin's First Poet Laureate is Adelaide Northrop, chosen to help celebrate Chaplin's Bicentennial in 2022. Read her poem Idylls of the Town.  Adelaide also wrote a poem to introduce the reenactment of the first Chaplin town meeting, The Meeting, and a poem for the annual Tree Lighting, Evergreen.

Parish Hill Poets

On March , 2024, Dr. Susan Powers, Scotland, Connecticut's Inaugural Poet Laureate, joined forces with Mrs. Michelle Salvas at Parish Hill High School. The two teachers, former colleagues at Woodstock Academy, implemented a poetry project for the juniors in Mrs. Salvas' classes. Read the poems  representative of the creative and delightful work produced by these imaginative students.

 

 

Audio and eBooks

for Chaplin residents. If you need assistance with access, please call or email the library.

ResearchIT CT

Resources for Connecticut Residents: newspapers, magazines, databases, genealogy, and much more.