AFPL Adult Programs
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C&C: Conversation & Camaraderie
Atrium, First Floor Reference Area 281 Country Club Road Connecticut, Avon, CT, United States1-AudienceConversations & Camaraderie: a Farmington Valley Men’s Social Group Focusing on friendship among men from Avon and the neighboring towns. This group is focused on in-depth, philosophical conversations on a variety of topics; each meeting will have a different conversation starter. As of January 2025, this group meets every two weeks. Please register, in case we […]
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Ken Burns: The American Revolution Discussion Group
Atrium, First Floor Reference Area 281 Country Club Road Connecticut, Avon, CT, United StatesAdult ProgramsKen Burns’s: The American Revolution six-part, six-night long series premieres on Sunday, November 16 . The Avon Free Public Library will be hosting two discussion groupscome to the earlier one to discuss your first impressions, and/or come to the second one to discuss the entire series. Early Impressions: Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at 2:00 pm […]
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Pearl Harbor: Japan’s Greatest Disaster/Virtual Author Event with Mark Stille
Online (Zoom)Adult ProgramsJoin us for a virtual conversation with author Mark Stille, to celebrate the release of Pearl Harbor: Japan's Greatest Disaster. A detailed re-examination of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Day of Infamy that saw the USA enter World War II. In this the first comprehensive treatment of Pearl Harbor since the early 1990s, […]
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Wednesday Morning Book Club Author Event: John Vercher, Devil is Fine
Community Room 281 Country Club Road Connecticut, Avon, CT, United StatesAdult ProgramsJoin us for a special Morning Book club author with John Vercher, author of Devil is Fine. John will be joining us via Zoom! LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION • LONGLISTED FOR THE MARK TWAIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE • INDIE NEXT PICK • NAMED A […]
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Radical Cartography: How Changing Our Maps Can Change Our World/Author Event with William Rankin (in-person)
Community Room 281 Country Club Road Connecticut, Avon, CT, United StatesAdult ProgramsJoin us for a presentation and moderated conversation with cartographer and historian William Rankin, to celebrate the release of his new book, Radical Cartography: How Changing Our Maps Can Change Our World. ~~ “This is it: the full download from a true genius of cartography. Radical Cartography will make you see maps, and, indeed, your […]