05/31/2023
– 3:45 pm-4:45 pm
Be sure to stop by the Library to welcome this very special visitor from Country Quilt Llama Farm. Children will need a note to get off the bus at the Library. Please register here for this program, open to grown-ups… Learn more
06/02/2023
– 9:15 am-10:15 am
Mindfulness can be defined as “paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.” In this series, mindfulness practitioner Miranda Lee will teach participants how to live a more mindful life and equip them with… Learn more
06/03/2023
– 4:00 pm-6:00 pm
The Norfolk Library’s Teen Advisory Council invites everyone to the official opening of the new Teen Owl Cove on Saturday, June 3, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Come see what the new space has to offer and how the teens… Learn more
06/04/2023
– 4:00 pm-6:00 pm
Jennifer Cadooff creates series of thematically-related drawings with ink on 140-pound hot-press watercolor paper. Each artwork is hand-drawn and one of a kind. Sizes vary from tiny (3×3 inches) to monumental (7×7 feet). Jennifer also composes collages from parts of… Learn more
06/05/2023
– 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
Join us for our next personal growth series! In this four-week discussion group, we’ll use selected Hidden Brain podcasts to guide our discussions. Each week, we’ll listen on our own to a previously selected podcast (see schedule below) and then… Learn more
06/09/2023
– 9:15 am-10:15 am
Mindfulness can be defined as “paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.” In this series, mindfulness practitioner Miranda Lee will teach participants how to live a more mindful life and equip them with… Learn more
06/09/2023
– 6:30 pm-7:30 pm
Come sing, dance and make music with Al DeCant on Friday, June 9, at 6:30 p.m. on the Village Green. A critically acclaimed concert performer and educator from Connecticut, Al has entertained and educated thousands of young people through his… Learn more
06/10/2023
– 5:30 pm-6:30 pm
Scion of the Pittsburgh oil and banking family, William Larimer Mellon, Jr., was married, the father of three, and a successful rancher in Arizona when, at thirty-seven, he read a Life magazine article about Albert Schweitzer’s philosophy of “reverence for… Learn more
06/12/2023
– 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
Join us for our next personal growth series! In this four-week discussion group, we’ll use selected Hidden Brain podcasts to guide our discussions. Each week, we’ll listen on our own to a previously selected podcast (see schedule below) and then… Learn more
06/14/2023
– 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
In this informal series, meeting monthly, financial experts Julia Strayer and Liz Maccarone lead participants in an easy-to-follow discussion on how to make sense of today’s financial markets. Julia and Liz cover the latest market news and how that might… Learn more
06/15/2023
– 5:30 pm-6:30 pm
In recognition of Juneteenth this year, the Norfolk Library invites you to attend a book discussion of All that She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake on Thursday, June 15, at 5:30 p.m. Author, professor,… Learn more
06/16/2023
– 9:15 am-10:15 am
Mindfulness can be defined as “paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.” In this series, mindfulness practitioner Miranda Lee will teach participants how to live a more mindful life and equip them with… Learn more
06/17/2023
– 7:30 am-8:30 am
Mid-June is nesting season in Norfolk. Join lifelong birders Ayreslea Denny and Laurie Foulke-Green as they lead us on a nesting bird walk to look for robins, goldfinches, northern orioles, catbirds, and more in City Meadow. Meet in front of… Learn more
06/17/2023
– 11:00 am-1:00 pm
The CT-Asia Cultural Center is bringing a Dragon Boat Festival to Norfolk! A Dragon Boat Festival, or Duan Wu Jie, is one of the three most important lunar festivals in China. The festival is celebrated to commemorate Qu Yuan, a famous ancient Chinese… Learn more
06/19/2023
– 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
Join us for our next personal growth series! In this four-week discussion group, we’ll use selected Hidden Brain podcasts to guide our discussions. Each week, we’ll listen on our own to a previously selected podcast (see schedule below) and then… Learn more
06/23/2023
– 9:15 am-10:15 am
Mindfulness can be defined as “paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.” In this series, mindfulness practitioner Miranda Lee will teach participants how to live a more mindful life and equip them with… Learn more
06/26/2023
– 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
Join us for our next personal growth series! In this four-week discussion group, we’ll use selected Hidden Brain podcasts to guide our discussions. Each week, we’ll listen on our own to a previously selected podcast (see schedule below) and then… Learn more
06/30/2023
– 9:15 am-10:15 am
Mindfulness can be defined as “paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.” In this series, mindfulness practitioner Miranda Lee will teach participants how to live a more mindful life and equip them with… Learn more
07/09/2023
– 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
Karin Roffman, author of The Songs We Know Best: John Ashbery’s Early Life, and Melvin Chen, Director of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, explore the life and soundscape of the poet John Ashbery (1927-2017). Roffman’s “John Ashbery’s Music Library: A… Learn more
08/05/2023
– 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
Jennifer Homans, author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated George Balanchine biography Mr. B, and Hugh Eakin, author of Picasso’s War, will engage in a wide-ranging conversation about the United States and Europe, modernism and tradition, and the individuals who ultimately laid… Learn more