Join us for upcoming events, classes and programs at Burlington Public Library! All events are free and open to the public. Registration required where noted.
Join us via Zoom to learn about this intriguing Connecticut legend with Mike Allen, the proud producer and host of the highly-rated podcast, Amazing Tales from Off and On Connecticut’s Beaten Path!
Of all the legendary figures who have come through Connecticut, few have had the staying power or notoriety that The Leatherman has achieved. For six years during the late 1800s, this so-called “hobo” hiked the same, 364-mile, circuitous route every 34 days like clockwork. Residents could predict when he would return to their town. Dressed from head to toe in a self-made suit of leather, he conversed with no one and slept in caves. We still don’t know who he was to this day, but people loved him.
Register online to hear Mike’s engaging Zoom presentation about one of Connecticut’s most enduring local legends!
Join us in the Community Room for a Friday Movie Matinee! This month we will be featuring “Gran Turismo”, the exciting 2023 film based on the true story of a teenage gamer who becomes a real life race car driver! Some snacks and refreshments will be provided, but moviegoers are also welcome to their own treats!
Need some new-to-you clothes or baseball gear for spring and summer? We're teaming up (pun intended!) with Burlington-Harwinton Little League to help you recycle your outgrown clothing and gear for newborns right up through youth XL (16) and pick up some that's the right size. Clean clothing (2 garbage bagsful per family) and baseball gear in good condition may be brought in to the library on Thursday, April 18 from 5:00 - 7:00PM. You do not need to donate in order to shop the swap. All non-baseball clothing items are free; a small charge for baseball gear supports Burlington-Harwinton Little League.
Did you know that 24 species of birds nest in birdhouses? Spring is awakening and the birds are beginning to chirp! Let’s make them the most colorful birdhouses they’ve ever seen. After you’ve finished decorating your birdhouse, we’ll give you some bird seed to take home with you, so you can set it up right away!
Calling all wanna-be Pokemon trainers! Join your friends at the library for an hour of Pokemon fun -- show off your cards (trade if you like!) and enjoy related activities. Please use child's name when registering.
Join us by the Adult Department's fireplace for our monthly club for fiber artists. Whether you knit, crochet, felt, or sew, join in with other patrons as we work on our individual projects and chat about all things crafty.
Join us in the Community Room and start your morning off right with sunrise chair yoga! Follow along with Danielle Fisher, founder of The Bendy Bookworm Yoga, and reap the physical and mental benefits of these lower-impact yoga sessions. Patrons are encouraged to wear sneakers, and should dress in comfortable, loose-fitting clothing that is easy to move around in!
This weekly program will feature prerecorded videos from our new Bold Yoga Database, a free virtual yoga studio available on our website for Burlington library cardholders!
Join us in the Community Room for our monthly Adult Craft Corner! This month we will be making mason jar string art. All materials will be provided for this program!
Earth Day is every day, so we're keeping it going with a visit from local author Andrea Aniello who will share her book Trash Trolls: Recycling with Friends. Books and Trash Troll stuffies will be available for purchase and we'll have some good-for-the-Earth activities too.
Are you a Katniss Everdeen or a Lucy Gray? Team Gale or Team Peeta? Compete in challenges fit for the fiercest tributes that will prepare you to rise up against the Capitol! Learn first aid techniques, identify different berries, how to make a bow and arrow, go for a nature walk beyond district 12, and have some of Peeta’s fresh baked bread.
Since we will be making bows and arrows from wood, cotton string, and eraser tips, we will have parent/gardian permission slips to be able to participate in the activity.
Make this super easy craft you won't want to stop playing with! After making our pool noodle catapults we will take on target practice and challenge eachother to games like: who can shoot their pom pom the farthest?
Tuesday, Apr. 30, 2:15PM (Tuesdays, March 5 &12, April 2, 16, 30, May 14 & 28)
Come and join our brand new Social Justic Book Club: a collaboration between the Burlington Public Library and the Lewis Mills Media Center.
for Lewis Mills High School Students
meet-ups are bi-monthly
they are held at the Lewis Mills Library @ 2:15
topics include: freedom, oppression, history, diversity, resilience, equity and more!
We will read student selected books and discuss them over snacks. Then, students will have the opprotunity to get to know each other and have fun in this safe and relaxing space with a game or craft.
Something's cooking at the Burlington Public Library! Join us in the Community Room for the tastiest book club meeting in town! Simply choose a recipe from the featured cookbook and bring your culinary masterpiece along for the meeting. This month's cookbook, The Mediterranean Dish, will be available for check out at the Circulation desk.
Bounces and rhymes, stories and songs for little ones. Parents/caregivers to be are also invited to develop an early literacy repertoire and meet peers. We'll be sure to save time to play and chat at the end of the program! Register online for each week you'd like to attend.
Customize a bandana for your pet that captures their personatity! Are they energetic, playful, sweet, shy? Celebrate who they are with bandana only they will have.
Additionally, we will be partnering with Burlington's local animal shelter to make and donate bandanas for animals that need a little extra love. Even if you don't have a pet, come on out and help us make some cute bandanas for the animals of Burlington!
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