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CT Tax Questions

Friday, August 14

2:00 – 5:00pm

The Connecticut Department of Revenue Services (DRS) has set a date to meet with library patrons to describe the services it provides to taxpayers. Representatives from DRS will be available to answer your Connecticut tax questions.

 

Cookbook Club: Farm to Table Recipes

Wednesday, August 19

6:00 - 7:30pm

This month we'll be sharing seasonal recipes with produce from our gardens, Farmer's Markets, or CSAs. Please speak with a librarian to sign up.

 

Chinese Astrology & Creative Art

Amy Ordonez and Joe Pandolfo

Monday, August 24

As we go deeper into the Year of the “Fire Horse,” join local artist Amy Ordonez and Tai Chi Quigong instructor Joe Pandolfo for this unique workshop using the “Ba Zi” astrology system. Create an image of our personal chart with hands-on art materials and techniques. Register at www.amy-studio13.com/book-online

Many thanks to all who participated in the 250th Mini-Art Show: Remembering the Revolution 

Artists are welcome to stop by and pick up their canvas in August.

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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 new and Second Poet Laureate is Victoria Northrop! Stay tuned for upcoming readings and poetry events. Victoria also happens to be daughter of Chaplin's First Poet Laureate, Adelaide Northrop. 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.

Interlibrary Loans

If we don't have the title you want, we may be able to interlibrary loan it through findIT, the state's library catalog which includes libraries from all over CT!

ResearchIT CT

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