Coffee Bar is Back!
Our coffee and tea station is back! Coffees & teas are available for $1 per cup. Feel free to bring your own K-cups & coffee cup as well.Read More Read More
To mask or not to mask
Following CDC guidelines, we no longer require that patrons wear masks when visiting the Library. We are, however, still recommending masks as many of our patrons (the elderly and immunocompromised for example) remain vulnerable. Masks are not just to prevent you from catching Covid, they also help prevent you from spreading Covid to others. The Library, like all heavily trafficked public places, has the potential to be a vector for spreading the virus. So when you come visit us, please consider wearing a mask to protect your neighbors. Don’t forget to pick up your free test kit, too.Read More Read More
Five Towns: One Book – 2022
Continuing the conversation we began last year with Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste, CURE is again holding a series of moderated discussions hosted by local libraries culminating with a talk by the author herself. This year, the book is the New York Times bestseller, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGee. You can place a hold on the book via the catalog or you can download it immediately from Libby/Overdrive. Author Heather McGhee herself will speak onRead More Read More
Celebrating Pride Month
June 1st marks the beginning of Pride Month. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA) Pride Month is celebrated each year to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan and the ongoing pursuit of equal justice for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer community. Keeping in mind Camus’s principle that “Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth,” we’ve compiledRead More Read More
Starting Now!
After a 20 month hiatus, our Book Sale is back! You can find the Book Sale cart inside the front door on your right. Each item costs $2 and can be paid for at the main desk. Please note that Children’s books are sold in the lobby of the Children’s Room.Read More Read More
A note about in-person programming
As local vaccination rates are high and infection rates are low, we are restoring some of our in-person programming for adults. When possible, our in-person programs will also be presented remotely, via Zoom, so patrons and/or presenters who do not wish for personal contact can continue to participate. Not every program will be presented in this “hybrid” and some programs will remain entirely on Zoom due to logistical issues, timing, and meeting room availability. Please check listings carefully. Read More Read More
It was 2021’s Banned Books Week!
Every September, libraries across the nation celebrate our freedom to read by highlighting books that some people think you shouldn’t be allowed to read in your school or library. The list of the challenged books might surprise you. For example, among 2020’s ten most challenged books are works by two winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature. This year we are celebrating both our community and the freedom to read by highlighting local people reading challenged books. On Friday, the beginning of the weekend, we put up the last post, a visit to Larchmont Tavern.Read More Read More
Building update and Sunday hours
Despite the damage our building suffered from Ida, we will proceed with our plans to add Sunday hours (noon to 5pm) starting Sunday, Sept. 19. The Lower Level of the library will remain closed to the public and the Tutor Rooms will not be available for use. We expect this situation will continue for some time. Please see below for further details. Read More Read More
Flood related news
This was originally going to be a post about the Oresman Gallery’s first exhibit since March 2020. The exhibitor, Roxanne Catherine Mapp, spent all day September 1 carefully hanging her paintings and they looked great. We all know what happened that night. Now our Lower Level is closed to the public and will be for some time. Roxanne’s work is currently displayed using easels and the mantel on the Main Floor. They still look great. The storm has forced some other changes here.
Winter is coming (and so are fines)
During the current situation we’ve not been assessing fines because, well, we all have enough to deal with. No more! Starting Monday, September 13, we are going to start imposing fines for overdue items again. If you have something that is overdue, it would be wise to return it before then. Read More Read More