Library News
Celebrating 75 Years for Friendship
The Friends of the Avon Free Public Library is “Celebrating 75 Years for Friendship” with a display in the Marion Hunter Local History Room at the Library. Come in and take a look what the Friends have done in the past: From 11 members in December 1950 who decided to create a Friends of the Avon Free Public Library to our present membership of 643, The Friends of Avon Library’s Mission is to support the Avon Free Public Library with both funds and volunteers. We promote the extension of library facilities by securing materials beyond the ordinary library budget. We also enrich the library experience by sponsoring library programs and activities through financial support. The display will be up until February 25, 2026. We hope you stop in and take a look and our membership drive is currently
Sundays at Three, 2025-26 Music Concerts
Returning by popular demand, these free concerts are made possible by the Friends of The Avon Free Public Library and the leadership of Francine Hunter, who has been organizing this series since at least 2017. We salute her love of music and the Avon Free Public Library. The concerts take place in the library’s Community Room. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis with a space limit of 150 seats (per fire code). Free tickets are available at the door starting at 2:15 pm. Doors open at 2:30 pm. Concerts are from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm. View the Sundays at Three Flyer ~~ The KC Sisters and Family -March 22 The KC Sisters, The Queens of Rhythm and Country, are multi-talented, charis-matic, musical sisters who have been featured on on Season 1 of Nickelodeon’s “America’s Most Musical Family and
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
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