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Tea Time Book Chat

Friday, August 28

3:00pm

What have you been reading this summer? Please join us to discuss your favorite books and enjoy some tea. Please speak with a librarian to sign up. 

 

Teatime Book Chat 3p-4:30p, Sep. 19.

Preschool Playgroup

Starting Wednesday, September 2

Preschoolers can come hear stories, do an activity, and play. This event is held in the library's meeting room. Although this program is aimed at preschoolers, all ages are welcome!

250 Years of Music

Chaplin Ukulele Band

Wednesday, September 23

5:30 - 6:30

Meet the Chaplin Ukulele Band and hear a variety of songs that have inspired Americans over the last 250 years. The Chaplin Friends of the Library will provide light refreshments.

Cookbook Club: Farm to Table Recipes

Rescheduled to Wednesday, September 30

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.

 

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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 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.