Holiday Art Show: Avon Arts Association
Gallery Exhibit 281 Country Club Rd, AvonThe Avon Arts Association presents a Members’ Holiday Art Show from November 4 through December 29. Members’ art work will be featured in the library's Gallery space. An artists’ wine and music reception open to the public will be held on Saturday, December 4, from 2:00 pm until 4:00 pm. There will be light refreshments […]
Volunteer to make Winter and Holiday themed cards for senior citizens!
Children's Information Desk 281 Country Club Rd, AvonSign up has ended for this program. Volunteering opportunity! The Avon Library and the Avon Youth Services Bureau will provide card making supplies for you to make cards for the senior citizens of Avon to bring them cheer and hope. We are partnering with the Avon Youth Services Board to distribute them to the […]
(In-Person Event) Morning Book Club
Community Room 281 Country Club Road, AvonThe Morning Book Club is back! Have you read a great book during Covid? Have you been waiting to talk about it with other enthusiastic readers? Here’s your opportunity! The […]
Wildlife and Connecticut’s Changing Landscape (Virtual Program)
Online (Zoom)The “Wildlife and Connecticut’s Changing Landscape” presentation provides a brief natural history of Connecticut, addresses the current state of wildlife in the state, including a discussion of major species, factors […]
Teen 4G Afterschool@AFPL
Teen Room 281 Country Club Rd, AvonWe are excited to have the Teen Room open again and to see the teens afterschool! We want to make a safe, fun place for teens. Want your teen to have a spot in the Teen Room on weekdays afterschool? The Teen Room is for teens in Grades 7-12. There will be a limit of […]
November Kid Readers Unite (KRU) – GRAB A GALLEY! Edition
Online (Zoom- Kids and Teens)Kid Readers Unite book discussion (KRU) Are you in ENTERING Grades 4-6 and LOVE to read? Do you want to get a free book just for reading? Then KRU is for you! Parents sign up your child to get a free advance reader copy (arc). Pick out a book from the second floor Kids Desk, […]
In-Person Intro to Weaving
Board Room, 2nd Floor 281 Country Club Road, AvonWednesday, November 17, 6:30 - 7:30 pm Are you in ENTERING Grades 5-7 and LOVE to craft, make, and create? Do you want to learn to weave and make your OWN potholder? If you like to make awesome gifts for the holidays this is the event for you! Learn how to weave on a loom […]
The United Nations: Now More than Ever! (Virtual Event)
Online (Zoom)We live in a conflicted world … be it the humanitarian challenges in Afghanistan, Yemen and the Middle East, the armed conflicts in the Sahel belt of Africa, the human rights of women and children to survive and flourish or the tensions between the US and China …. and a threatening climate disaster enveloping our […]