• Q.P.R. Suicide Prevention Training (in-person)

    Teen Programs

    This free 90-Minute training will be run by Justine Ginsberg, BSN, RN Justine is the Community Health Coordinator and Program Director – RGH for Farmington Valley Health District. QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer. Three simple steps that anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver help save thousands of […]

  • Current Events 2026 (Virtual event)

    Recurring

    This is a freewheeling discussion of current affairs, culture, and anything else on our minds. There are never any shortage of topics to explore, and opinions to voice. Plan on about an hour or so of conversation and debate, organized by Avon residents. Please register and a Zoom link will be sent to you before the […]

  • Reducing Anxiety Through Meditation – September (Virtual Event)

    Online (Zoom)

    Life in today’s world is stressful. People are anxious about their health, their finances, their relationships, their safety and their work. Doctor’s and medical practitioners are promoting the benefits of meditation to relieve stress and anxiety. By sitting in meditation, we can calm the body and the mind. We can slow our brain waves to […]

  • Cozy Mystery Book Club: Murder Uncorked (in-person)

    This book club will meet on the last Saturday of each month, at 10:30 am, in the atrium on the first floor of the library. September's title is: Murder Uncorked, by Maddie Day Raise a glass to Cece Barton, a widowed single mom and recent L.A.-to-California-wine-country transplant who suddenly finds herself at the center of […]

  • The Me I Used to Be/Author Event with Kristan Higgins (in-person)

    One of our favorite authors returns! Join us for a moderated conversation with Kristan Higgins, to celebrate the release of The Me I Used To Be.  At their twenty-fifth high school reunion, four former best friends discover that growing up is way messier than anticipated—and the past isn’t nearly as finished as they thought. ​Back in […]