AFPL Adult Programs
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A Case of Life and Limb: Virtual Author Event with Sally Smith
Online (Zoom)Adult ProgramsJoin us for a moderated conversation with Sally Smith to celebrate the next book in her Trials of Gabriel Ward series! All is calm, all is bright . . . until reluctant sleuth barrister Gabriel Ward is tasked with finding the culprit of yet another grisly crime in the Inner Temple. Christmas Eve, 1901. Gabriel […]
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Visiting Nurse Blood Pressure/Blood Sugar Clinic
1-AudienceGet your blood pressure and/or your blood sugar checked by the Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Litchfield County. No appointment needed. The visiting nurses are here on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. To find a blood pressure/blood sugar clinic in the Farmington Valley, click here When Avon Schools are canceled, there is no […]
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Boston Tea Party (Virtual Event)
Online (Zoom)Adult ProgramsIn this lecture we discuss the discovery of tea and its impact on history as early as the 1600’s. We will discuss how tea impacted England, the East India Company, the Townshend Revenue Act, the Boston Massacre, the Tea Act of 1773, and of course let’s not forget the Boston Tea Party. Also discussed will […]
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Wednesday Morning Book Club: The Dollhouse
Atrium, First Floor Reference Area 281 Country Club Road Connecticut, Avon, CT, United StatesAdult ProgramsJoin the Morning Book Club to talk about The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis. Copies of the book and a reader’s guide will be available to check out ahead of time at the Reference Desk. Past participation is not required for this once-a-month book club. Everyone is welcome to join the low-key, no long-term commitment, friendly […]
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NEW DATE!! Founding Mothers: Women of the American Revolution (in-person)
Adult ProgramsNew Date: due to the weather, this event will now be held on 12/10/25, at 7pm. Despite Abigail Adams famously asking her husband and his fellow Founding Fathers to, “...remember the ladies,” history has largely forgotten women’s contributions to the American Revolution. From Martha Washington and Mercy Otis Warren to lesser known historical figures like […]