8 Linwood Avenue Colchester, CT 06415 www.colchesterct.gov/library Hours: Mon., 10 am—8 pm Tue., 10 am—5 pm Wed. & Thu., 10 am—8 pm Fri., 10 am—4 pm Saturday, 10 am—4 pm

Telephone: 860-537-5752 Children’s: 860-537-7201

Email:

library@colchesterct.gov

Fax: 860-537-4559

April

Cragin Memorial Library

@CraginLibrary

Cragin Library

Passport to Connecticut Libraries

April 2-30

Pick up a passport at the circulation desk, take your

library card & passport to at least 5 libraries on the list to be eligible to win a $150 gift card for adults or a $100 gift card

for kids.

Feminist Book Club Wednesday

April 4, 6:30 pm Event will be at the

Douglas Library of Hebron

Bringing Turtles Out of Their Shell

Thursday April 12, 6:30 pm

Cosponsored by the Colchester Garden Club & the Friends of the Cragin Memorial Library

Tabletop Night Thursday

April 5, 6:30 pm Ages 18 and up

Events all week! Decorate a heart to hang in the library, make a bookmark, take a pic at our photo booth, type your fav book quote out on a typewriter, & a

food drive.

Washi Tape Bookmarks Wednesday, April 11 3 pm

Create Your Own Book Wednesday, April 11, 5-7 pm

Date Due Necklaces Wednesday, April 11, 6:30 pm

Saturday April 28th, 1-4 pm

Come play an assortment of tabletop games!

Teen Blog: http://teensatcragin.weebly.com/

Flicks @ Six

Free Screenings of Recently

Released Films

Wednesday, April 4, 6 pm: Murder on the Orient Express

Wednesday, April 11, 5:30 pm: Phantom Thread

Wednesday, April 18, 5:30 pm:

Darkest Hour

Wednesday, April 25, 6 pm: The Greatest Showman

Teen Events

Level Up Game Club Tuesdays, 3 pm

Play video and board games!

Anime Club Mondays, 3 pm

Watch your favorite anime and geek out!

Washi Tape Bookmarks Wednesday, April 11, 3 pm

Date Due Necklaces

Wednesday, April 11, 6:30 pm

Get Cheesy: Grilled Cheese Day Thursday, April 12, 3 pm

Celebrate National Grilled Cheese Day with cheesy goodness!

Work on this month’s Community Puzzle

Dawn Shumbo is exhibiting her art in the Norton Room for the

month of April.

Cragin Book Club Thursday

April 26, 6:30 pm Books are available for checkout at

the Adult Circulation desk

Lisa Ko’s The Leavers

Colchester Volunteer Spring Clean Up

Saturday, April 7, 9 am-12 pm

(8:30 check in @ Town Green) Register at

www.colchesterct.gov/rec

Children’s Activities and Events

Pajama Power Story Hour Mondays, 6:30 pm

Drop in storytime for children up to

age 6 and their families.

National Library Week Library Related Craft

Wednesday, April 11 5-7 pm

Create your own book to

celebrate Library Week!

Spring Craft

Monday, April 23, 5-7 pm

Join us for a Spring craft

featuring birds!

Passport to

Connecticut Libraries

April 2-30

Pick up a passport at the

circulation desk, take your

library card & passport to at least

5 libraries on the list to be eligible

to win a $150 gift card for adults

or a $100 gift card for kids.

School Vacation Week Events

Sorting Foods

Monday-Saturday, April 16-21

Preschoolers

Learn about different foods while sorting

them into food groups. It’s the perfect time to

talk about healthy eating.

Dolphin Craft

Monday, April 16, 1-3 pm

All Ages

Drop in the Children’s Room to create dolphin

art work.

Movie Showing: Wonder

Tuesday, April 17, 10:30 am

Join us for movie & popcorn!

Story & a Craft

Wednesday, April 18, 6 pm

We’re reading Giraffes Can’t Dance!

April 2018

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 Anime Club, 3 pm Pajama Storytime 6:30 pm

3 Knitting Circle, 2-4 pm Level Up Teen Game Group, 3 pm

4 Flicks @ Six: Murder on the Orient Express, 6 pm Feminist Book Club How to be a Woman 6:30 pm at the Douglas Library of Hebron

5 Tabletop Night 6:30 pm

6 Sensory Table 10 am-1 pm

7 Colchester Volunteer Spring Clean Up Day 9 am –12 pm

8

9 Anime Club, 3 pm Pajama Storytime 6:30 pm

10 Knitting Circle, 2-4 pm Level Up Teen Game Group, 3 pm

11 Teen Program: Washi Tape Book-marks, 3 pm Create Your Own Book 5-7 pm

Flicks @ Six: Phantom Thread 5:30 pm Date Due Necklaces 6:30 pm

12 Teen Program: Get Cheesy on National Grilled Cheese Day, 3 pm Bringing Turtles Out of Their Shell with Pam Meier 6:30 pm

13 Sensory Table 10 am-1 pm

14

15 All Week: Sorting Foods for Preschoolers

16 Kids’ Craft: Dolphins, 1-3 pm Anime Club, 3 pm Pajama Storytime 6:30 pm

17 Wonder, 10:30 am Knitting Circle, 2-4 pm Level Up Teen Game Group, 3 pm

18 Story & Craft Giraffes Can’t Dance, 6 pm Flicks @ Six: Darkest Hour 5:30 pm

19

20 Sensory Table 10 am-1 pm

21

22 23 Anime Club, 3 pm Kids; Craft: Springtime, 5-7 pm Pajama Storytime 6:30 pm

24 Knitting Circle, 2-4 pm Level Up Teen Game Group, 3 pm

25 Flicks @ Six: The Greatest Showman, 6 pm

26 Cragin Book Club The Leavers 6:30 pm

27 Sensory Table 10 am-1 pm

28 International Tabletop Day 1-4 pm

29

30 Anime Club, 3 pm Pajama Storytime 6:30 pm

1 Knitting Circle, 2-4 pm Level Up Teen Game Group, 3 pm

2 Flicks @ Six: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, 6 pm

3

4 Sensory Table 10 am-1 pm

5

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