Library News
A gift of love
This past December, the Avon Free Public Library received a generous donation from Barbara Nimmich and Scott MacCloy as a gift to Haleigh and Mike Guerrera in memory of their beloved son and Barbara and Scott’s grandson, Rory Michael Guerrera. Rory, who lived for six deeply cherished days, would be 3 years old now. To honor his memory, the family requested that the donation support music-themed and developmentally engaging items for children his age — a beautiful tribute to the joy he might have brought into the world. Thanks to their generosity, the Children’s Department has added: Two new sensory wall panels in the Preschool Area: • A Rainbow Panel with musical elements, gears, weather themes, and tactile play • A Caterpillar Panel with colorful wheels, buckles, locks, and moving parts An expanded set of Storytime Percussion Instruments: • Two full sets of rhythm sticks • Sixteen
Programs Set In Connecticut (Summer 2025)
Join us for these Summer 2025 Adult Programs geared, connected, or focusing on Connecticut: Monday, July 7, 2025 at 7:00 pm: We Are One: a community conversation about human trafficking. Join us for a powerful and educational seminar that brings the issue of human trafficking out of the shadows. Ashley Phan—a Connecticut native, survivor of child trafficking, and 2025 DOJ Survivor Voices Award nominee—will lead a community conversation on how trafficking affects our neighborhoods and what we can do to prevent it. This seminar is ideal for parents, educators, service providers, and especially teens and young adults who want to protect themselves and others. Awareness is the first step toward prevention. Register here Tuesday, July 15 at 2:00 pm. If These Walls Could Talk: The Palace Theater Story (In-Person Event). New this season, the Palace Theater takes the show on the
America’s 250th
The Avon Library is working in conjunction with Avon’s 250th Coordinating Committee to plan events and programs to celebrate this anniversary. (Avon resident Shane Leighton created Avon’s 250th logo) For a complete listing of town-wide events, click here March–July 2025: History display case exhibit at the library, We Are The Sons of Freedom July 1-July 31, 2025: The American Revolution: Artifacts & Stories from Across Connecticut, on display in the Art Gallery. July 2025, Thursday evenings: The American Revolution is Coming! Three part history lecture series with Dr. Matthew Warshauer, CCSU. Details and register here Monday, July 14 at 6:30 pm, Angelica: Author Event with Molly Beer (in-person). Celebrate a women-centric view of revolution through the life of Angelica Schuyler Church, Alexander Hamilton’s influential sister-in-law. Books will be for sale at this event. Register here Tuesday, August 12 at 2:00 pm,
Celebrate National Library Week with us!
Celebrate National Library Week with us. Programs are sponsored by the Friends of the Avon Library. Monday, April 7, 2025, 2:00 pm, Norway Book Discussion Series: The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven (in-person) This month’s title is The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven by Nathaniel Ian Miller. In 1916, disfigured after a polar bear attack, Sven Ormson leads a solitary life, testing himself against the elements in Svalbard, until an unlikely visitor salves his loneliness, drawing him into a family of fellow castoffs that determines the rest of his life. This is an in-person book discussion led by librarian Cyndi Larsen featuring fictional books set internationally. Copies of the book will be available behind the reference desk. For more information, contact Cyndi Larsen clarsen@avonctlibrary.info 860-673-9712. Free and open to the public. Register here Tuesday, April 9,
Friends of the Library Author Luncheon with J. Courtney Sullivan
Join The Friends for the 13th Annual Author Luncheon, featuring J. Courtney Sullivan. The event will be held Friday, April 25, 2025 from 11:30am to 2:30pm at the Farmington Polo Club. Your invitation to join us is now available, see link at the link below. Tickets for this event are $50 per person (price includes lunch, author talk and book signing; several of the author’s books will be available for purchase). Courtney Sullivan is The New York Times bestselling author of the recently published novel, The Cliffs. She has also published the best-selling novels Maine, Saints for All Occasions, Friends and Strangers, The Engagements and Commencement. Her work has been translated into seventeen languages. Sullivan grew up outside Boston, MA. She attended Smith College in Northampton, MA, where she majored in Victorian literature and received numerous awards in writing and
Sundays at Three, 2025 Music Concerts
Sundays at Three, sponsored by the Friends of The Avon Free Public Library These free concerts, made possible by the Friends of The Avon Free Public Library, through their fundraising from Book Sales. Their concerts take place in the library’s Community Room. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis until seating limit is reached. Free tickets are available at the door starting at 2:15pm. Doors open at 2:30pm. Concerts are from 3:00pm – 4:00pm. Feb. 9, 2025: Tribute to Anil Mody with Corbin Beisner, pianist Anil A. Mody graduated from Tufts and MIT universities with degrees in mechanical and nuclear engineering. Anil worked as a nuclear engineer at Combustion Engineering, ABB and finally Westinghouse Electric. Anil had a lifelong love of classical music. Anil’s wife, Amee Mody, Avon Library Board’s VP, designed this event in his memory. Corbin Beisner will