Submitted by Tammy Eustis
(August 20, 2024) — The following programs and events will take place at Killingworth Library during the month of September 2024. Advance registration is required for all programs. Please visit the Calendar on the website – killingworthlibrary.org – or contact the library at 860-663-2000.
Recurring Programs (run weekly or monthly):
Love2Sign with Jaye – starts Thursday, September 12, 2024, 10:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Jaye Carlson returns with a fall session of Love2Sign! Fun, interactive sign language classes for children ages six months to six years old. Weekly sessions.
Surprise Saturdays – starts Saturday, September 14, 2024, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Hear a story and do a craft, try an experiment, or explore a STEM/STEAM activity. What’s it going to be? Come and see! Suitable for ages two to six. Weekly sessions.
Tales for Tots – starts Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Storytime for toddlers with Mrs. Fig! We’ll read stories, learn rhymes, and wiggle and move together. Weekly sessions.
American Girl Doll Club – starts Tuesday, September 17, 2024 5:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Join us with your favorite doll (it doesn’t have to be an American Girl doll) and make new friends. Enjoy a story or discussion, activities and a craft from a specific historical time period. For elementary Grades 1 through 4. Monthly sessions.
LEGO STEM Club – starts Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 5:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Future engineers! Learn to use the STEM steps to success as you solve a problem, plan and create a design, and then test your project. Suitable for elementary Grades 1 through 4. Runs monthly.
Pajama Storytime – starts Thursday, September 26, 2024, 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Come dressed to cuddle and bring your favorite stuffed animal. Mrs. Fig will share her favorite seasonal stories. Family members of all ages are welcome. Runs monthly.
Stand-Alone programs (one day, or limited consecutive weeks):
Author Talk: The Thin Blue Lie – Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Join us as former Branford police officer and FBI Special Agent Greg Dillon speaks about his book, The Thin Blue Lie: An Honest Cop vs. The FBI.
The talk will include a presentation and time for questions. Signed copies of the book also will be available for purchase. When Dillon was assigned to a federal fugitive task force in Connecticut, he inadvertently uncovered a pattern of misconduct and falsified affidavits. After reporting his concerns to the politically connected but incompetent chief state’s attorney, the whistleblower finds himself a target of reprisal. Investigated, transferred, demoted, and threatened, Dillon hires an attorney, and—with the assistance of legendary whistleblower Frank Serpico—takes on both the state of Connecticut and the Department of Justice in federal court, resulting in an explosive verdict and a significant court ruling.
Halloween Pinatas – starts Saturday, September 21, 2024, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Create papier-mache pumpkins, witches or skeleton heads to decorate for the Fall season. This program will be held for four sessions, continuing on September 28th, October 5th and October 12th. This is an intergenerational craft, for ages seven and up. Registering for this first session will also give you access to the follow-up sessions.
Meet Aardvark the Shark – Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Meet author Helena Lawrence, who wrote “The Adventures of Aardvark the Shark and His Quest to Find His True Name.” She’ll delight you with her interactive story, and then you’ll get a chance to take your picture with the one and only Aardvark the Shark! It will be “fin-tastic!” Appropriate for children six and younger, and their families.
Fundraiser/Annual Book Sale – Saturday, September 7, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Library, 301 Route 81. Join us for our Annual Book Sale, under the tent on the library’s back lawn. Hardcovers and paperbacks, fiction and nonfiction, books for toddlers through seniors. Also puzzles, DVDs, CDs, and more! All proceeds benefit the Killingworth Library Association.
