adult events

Kathleen and Aaron Borkowski: You and Me Art Exhibition

Artists Kathleen Borkowski and Aaron Borkowski will exhibit their work at the Norfolk Library during the month of February in an exhibition entitles “You and Me”. Kathleen has been a lettering artist since the 1980s when she took her first calligraphy class. She puts letters,...

17 - 23 Feb

All Day

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Community Mindfulness Class with Miranda Lee via Zoom

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 the tools they need to...

22 Feb

9:15 am - 10:00 am

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Concert: Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Wind Quintet

The Norfolk Chamber Music Festival makes a quick return to town with a concert by a wind quintet performing in the Great Hall of the Norfolk Library. The program includes Maurice Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite, Aram Khachaturian’s Masquerade Waltz, Malcom Arnold’s Three Shanties and Valerie Coleman’s Umoja.   The performers are:...

22 Feb

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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Norfolk Land Trust Annual Meeting

Please join us for the Norfolk Land Trust Annual meeting at 2:00pm on Saturday, February 22, in the Great Hall. Leila Philip, author of Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America, will be the guest speaker. A short business meeting will precede the presentation, which focuses...

22 Feb

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

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Documentary Film: The Jump (2024) with producer Rich Hanley

The Jump Chronicles How a Small Town and Its Local Hero Saved Ski Jumping Tradition The Jump unveils the heart-warming tale of a remote Connecticut town’s improbable campaign to preserve its cherished ski jumping tradition in the first decade of the 21st century, helped by...

22 Feb

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

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Irresistible Tango: from Buenos Aires to Warsaw

On Sunday, February 23, at 2:00 p.m., pianist Natasha Ulyanovsky, flutist Gonzalo Cortés and mezzo soprano Monika Krajewska will present a musical history of the Argentinian Tango as it was developed by African, Spanish, Italian, French, Mexican and Eastern European immigrants. Please register below for...

23 Feb

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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Celebratory Reception & Book Launch

Join us to celebrate the publication of our new book The Norfolk Library: History, Culture, Community. It is a long overdue history of the Norfolk Library and its place in the life of the town, from the beginning in 1888, when Isabella Eldridge decided the...

23 Feb

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

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Books & Booties: Upstream- New Date!

Swap your hiking boots for your slippers and join us in the Great Hall for our rescheduled Books & Booties. Come sit in front of the fire as we discuss Mary Oliver’s collection of essays, Upstream. Upstream is divided into 5 sections with several short...

24 Feb

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

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Art Exhibition: Carla Francesca Parachini, “Reflections”

A resident of Colebrook, Carla Francesca Parachini will exhibit her work at the Norfolk Library during the month of March. The exhibit “Reflections” will include paintings on canvas, glass, and ironstone plates. It will also include a few examples of botanical mixed media ~ representational...

01 - 07 Mar

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Community Mindfulness Class with Miranda Lee via Zoom

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 the tools they need to...

01 Mar

9:15 am - 10:00 am

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Mardi Gras Concert: Berkshire Bateria Samba Band

Brazilian music comes to the Library just in time for Mardi Gras. The Berkshire Bateria is a lively troupe of musicians who will perform hot samba rhythms on traditional Brazilian percussive instruments including drums, bells, and shakers on Saturday, March 1, at 5:30 p.m.  ...

01 Mar

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

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Artist Reception: Carla Francesca Parachini, “Reflections”

A resident of Colebrook, Carla Francesca Parachini will exhibit her work at the Norfolk Library during the month of March. The exhibit “Reflections” will include paintings on canvas, glass, and ironstone plates. It will also include a few examples of botanical mixed media ~ representational...

02 Mar

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

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