FEATURED PROGRAMS COMMUNITY BOOK DISCUSSION, a Zoom Series Co-sponsored by Stratford Library, First Congregational Church & CARE (Citizens Addressing Racial Equity) Author talk: March 18 @ 6:30pm – Join us on Zoom as co-author Donald Burnes discusses his book When We Walk By: Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending […]
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February Adult Programs
FEATURED PROGRAMS BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENTS Art Exhibit: Main Lobby Two exhibits are featured this month as Stratford’s Ruby & Calvin Fletcher African-American History Museum is highlighted with various artifacts on loan, and a mini art exhibit features “Connecticut History” by Milford artist Robert Sforza. The Amistad story is prominently featured in graphite and ink. […]
January Adult Programs
*Note: Tax filing season begins January 29th, click here for more information. FEATURED PROGRAMS BOOK BLIZZARD January 16th – February 20th, 2024 Our adult winter reading program is back for another year! Adults, please join our winter reading program and be entered into our prize drawing! Joining is easy (and free!): Fill out a ticket […]
December Adult Programs
FEATURED PROGRAMS Holiday Concerts Get into the holiday spirit by enjoying seasonal music! The concerts will all be performed live in the Library Lovell Room. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first serve basis. Seating begins 30 minutes prior to start time. The Larry Haddad Quartet Sunday, December 3 | 2pm Stratford’s Haddad will […]
November Adult Programs
FEATURED PROGRAMS THEATRE: Holocaust Remembrance Day Short Play Festival Saturday, November 4 | 2pm | Lovell Room “Remembrance”, features four original Holocaust-themed one act plays. The staged readings commemorate the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the night of broken glass which took placed in Germany on November 9-10, 1938. The program features short plays by Mark […]
October Adult Programs
SPECIAL EVENTS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH TRIVIA CHALLENGE September 18 – October 6 | Reference Desk How much do you know about Hispanic culture? Stop by the Reference Desk and pick up a Hispanic Heritage Month Trivia Challenge quiz. Drop off your completed quiz at the Reference Desk. Entries with the most correct answers will be […]
September Adult Programs
SPECIAL EVENTS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH TRIVIA CHALLENGE Monday, September 18 – October 6 | Reference Desk How much do you know about Hispanic culture? Stop by the Reference Desk and pick up a Hispanic Heritage Month Trivia Challenge quiz. Drop off your completed quiz at the Reference Desk. Entries with the most correct answers will […]
August Adult Programs
SPECIAL EVENTS: Forest to Shore Storywalk ® Tour This summer’s Storywalk finishes up in August at Boothe Park. The StoryWalk will be at the Veterans Museum during the week of August 7-13. Stop by to read the book as you walk along. And be sure to register for the Main Event on August 12! STRATFORD […]
July Adult Programs
SPECIAL EVENTS: Forest to Shore Storywalk ® Tour June through August This summer enjoy reading and the outdoors! Follow along with the Stratford Library as we visit 5 outdoor locations around Stratford and enjoy a StoryWalk® and a program at each one. Click here for more information. In July look for our StoryWalks at: STERLING […]
June Adult Programs
SPECIAL EVENTS: Adult Summer Reading: “Summer Social” Tuesday, June 6 | 3:00-7:45pm | Lovell Room “Pop On Over” to the Lovell Room for our first-ever adult summer reading Summer Social (“open house” style drop-in anytime between 3-7:45 pm.) Share your excitement about upcoming summer titles with Sarah & Susan; meet other enthusiastic summer readers; be […]