Wednesday Night Knitters
(This is NOT your mother’s knitting circle.)
March 10, 17, 24 and 31
6:30- 7:30 PM

Join us for a fun night of knitting, learning, and socializing in a relaxed and informal setting. Each week we’ll discuss a knitting topic for about 15 minutes and then follow with time for knitting your own projects. Feel free to come one night or all seven, but please register in advance for the night or nights you plan on attending.

Topics of discussion:

March 10 - Sock Machine Demo – Guest Speaker
March 17 – Finishing - Picking up stitches
March 24 – More Finishing - Kitchener stitch
March 31 – Show and Tell Social

Light refreshments will be served.

Introducing the Book-a-Knitter program, for one-on-one help with your knitting 6:00pm – 6:30pm on the Wednesday nights that the knitters meet. Learn more about the program at any of the Wednesday night sessions or by calling the library.

Register in person, by phone at 860.673.3331, or online by clicking here.

The Burlington Public Library is pleased to host a photographic journey through New Mexico with Bill Conway, to be held in the Anne Walluk Community Room. Bill will present a slideshow of his photos and share stories of his travels to New Mexico, the land of enchantment. 

A former teacher in the Orange School System, Bill Conway is now retired and living in North Haven. He also taught at the Air Force Dependents School in Hawaii, Japan, and England, as well as taught in Somalia, East Africa, under the International Schools Services. Bill enjoys researching and photographing cemeteries, meeting houses, churches, and greens.

Refreshments will be served.
This is the next program in the travel series made possible by the Bill Donovan Memorial Fund.

Registration is required in advance either in person, by phone at 860.673.3331, or online by clicking here.

Tuesday, March 16 @ 11:00 AM
Morning Book Discussion Group
Start your morning with a Good Book,
Good Food and Good Friends
and join our Discussion Group!

Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

In the opening pages of Jamie Ford’s stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families,left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. As Henry looks on, the owner opens a Japanese parasol. This simple act takes old Henry Lee back to the 1940s, at the height of the war, when young Henry’s world is a jumble of confusion and excitement, and to his father, who is obsessed with the war in China and having Henry grow up American.

No registration required. Books available at the library.

Evening Book Discussion
March 23 @ 7:00 PM

American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld

On what might become one of the most significant days in her husband’s presidency, Alice Blackwell considers the strange and unlikely path that has led her to the White House–and the repercussions of a life lived, as she puts it, “almost in opposition to itself.”

No registration required. Books available at the library.

Debunking the Mayan Calendar
Thursday, March 25 @ 6:30 PM

If Hollywood movies are to be believed, in just a few years our planet will be ravaged by giant solar storms, a catastrophic pole shift will occur, Nibiru - a supposed planet discovered by the Sumerians - is headed toward collision with Earth, or perhaps all of these will happen at once. What is the source of these unfounded rumors? Join Dr. Kristine Larsen, Professor of Astronomy and Physics at CCSU, as she separates fact from fiction, and discover that the truth is more fascinating than what the many Internet websites would have you believe - that the world will end on December 21, 2012. Dr. Larsen, who is known for her sense of humor, her pet rabbits, and her love of heavy metal music, is sure to be both entertaining as well as enlightening.

Registration is required in advance either in person, by phone at 860.673.3331, or online by clicking here.

Local author Dawn Leger will talk to us about her new fiction book “In Flight” which takes the reader on a voyage of discovery to Turkey. Ms. Leger takes her knowledge and love of Turkey and blends it into this wonderful story of new found friendships and family secrets.

A graduate of Bristol Central High School, Dawn received her Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Connecticut. While living in New York City, Dawn worked as a professor, editor, and consultant at New York University. Since returning to Connecticut, she has held leadership roles in many community service organizations.  Ms. Leger has lived here in Burlington for the past eleven years. She traveled to Turkey annually with her late husband Nihat Ozkaya where he introduced her to the rich culture, history and people of Turkey.

Light Refreshments will be served.

You can register in person, by phone at 860.673.3331, or online by clicking here.

Five Best Websites for Travel Bargains

Thursday, April 22 @ 7:00PM

Journalist and travel blogger Jeanne Leblanc will share her expertise on budget travel by discussing the five best websites for travel bargains.

Jeanne is the publisher of the Coach Class travel blog (coachclassblog.com) and is the former online editor of The Hartford Courant. She is also a longtime Burlington resident. 

The program will be held in the Anne L. Walluk Community Room. Refreshments will be served.

Please register in person, by calling 860.673.3331 or signup online by clicking here.

This program is the part of the travel series made possible by the Bill Donovan Memorial Fund.