Closed New Year Day Observed
2025-01-01 | The Burnham Library, 62 Main Street South, Burnham Library, Bridgewater, CT, 06798, United States

Mythical Makers Grades 1-5
2025-01-14 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-11 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-03-11 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | The Burnham Library, 62 Main Street South, Burnham Library, Bridgewater, CT, 06798, United States
Mythical Makers for Grades 1-5

Tuesdays from 3:15 – 4:00
1/14, 2/11, 3/11
Join Miss Katie to learn about legendary creatures and do a craft based on them.
Registration Required. Email Mrs. Lianne at lambruso@burnhamlibrary.org

Kids Klub - Winter STEM for Grades 2-3
2025-01-15 03:15 - 16:00, 2025-02-12 03:15 - 16:00, 2025-03-12 03:15 - 16:00, 2025-04-09 03:15 - 16:00 | The Burnham Library, 62 Main Street South, Burnham Library, Bridgewater, CT, 06798, United States
Kids Klub – Winter STEM
Grades 2-3

Wednesdays 3:15 – 4:00
Meeting dates: 1/15, 2/12, 3/12

Fun building and creative challenges with a winter theme.
Registration Required. To register, email Mrs. Lianne lambruso@burnhamlibrary.org

Author TJ Klune: The Magic of Found Family
2025-01-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual Program
The Magic of Found Family: In Conversation with Author TJ Klune
Wednesday, January 15 at 7:00 pm via digital live stream
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Come have a magical moment with New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune as he chats about his Cerulean Chronicles, with special emphasis on his newest in the series, Somewhere Beyond the Sea.
If you’re new to the Cerulean Chronicles, that’s okay! Let us lay the groundwork. Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea introduces us to Linus Baker. A by-the-book caseworker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He’s tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world. Arthur Parnassus is the master of the orphanage. He would do anything to keep the children safe, even if it means the world will burn. And his secrets will come to light. The House in the Cerulean Sea is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place―and realizing that family is yours.
Klune’s most recent book in the Cerulean Chronicles, Somewhere Beyond the Sea, welcomes us back for Arthur’s story.
Somewhere Beyond the Sea is a story of resistance, lovingly told about the daunting experience of fighting for the life you want to live and doing the work to keep it.
About the Author: TJ KLUNE is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Lambda Literary Award-winning author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, The Extraordinaries, and more. Being queer himself, Klune believes it’s important—now more than ever—to have accurate, positive queer representation in stories.

Burnham Bunch Storytime
2025-01-16 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-01-23 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-01-30 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-02-06 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-02-13 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-02-20 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-02-27 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-03-06 10:30 - 11:00 and 3 more dates | The Burnham Library, 62 Main Street South, Burnham Library, Bridgewater, CT, 06798, United States
Burnham Bunch Storytime
Stories, songs, and bubbles for the under-5 crowd
Thursdays 10:30 – 11;00 am
Drop-in, registration is not required. Questions? Email lambruso@burnhamlibrary.org

Young Explorers - Builder's Club for Grades K & 1
2025-01-16 15:15 - 16:00, 2025-02-13 15:15 - 16:00, 2025-03-13 12:45 - 13:30 | The Burnham Library, 62 Main Street South, Burnham Library, Bridgewater, CT, 06798, United States
Young Explorers – Builder’s Club
Grades K-1

Wednesdays from 3:15 – 4:00
Meeting Dates: 1/16, 2/13, 3/13
Using various materials, kids in grades K & 1 will build, build, build!
Registration required. Email Mrs. Lianne at lambruso@burnhamlibrary.org

CANCELED Tween Time - UCREATE for Grades 4-5
2025-01-17 15:15 - 16:00 | The Burnham Library, 62 Main Street South, Burnham Library, Bridgewater, CT, 06798, United States
Tween Time – UCREATE

Grades 4-5
Wednesdays from 3:15 – 4:00pm
Meeting Dates: 1/17, 2/14, 3/14
Using creative prompts from The Giant Room, kids will plan, create, design and imagine!

Registration Required. Register with Mrs. Lianne lambruso@burnhamlibrary.org

Author Amanda Montell: Notes on Modern Irrationality
2025-01-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Program
Notes on Modern Irrationality with Bestselling Author Amanda Montell
Thursday, January 23 at 2:00 pm via digital live stream
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Join us as we chat with the New York Times bestselling author, Amanda Montell about her newest book, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality.
In a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking, Amanda Montell now turns her erudite eye to the inner workings of the human mind and its biases in her most personal and electrifying work yet.
In a series of razor sharp, deeply funny chapters, Montell delves into a cornucopia of the cognitive biases that run rampant in our brains, from how the “halo effect” cultivates worship (and hatred) of larger-than-life celebrities, to how the “sunk cost fallacy” can keep us in detrimental relationships long after we’ve realized they’re not serving us. As she illuminates these concepts with her signature brilliance and wit, Montell’s prevailing message is one of hope, empathy, and ultimately forgiveness for our anxiety-addled human selves. If you have all but lost faith in our ability to reason, Montell aims to make some sense of the senseless. To crack open a window in our minds, and let a warm breeze in. To help quiet the cacophony for a while, or even hear a melody in it.
About the Author: Amanda Montell is a writer and linguist from Baltimore. She is the author of the acclaimed books Wordslut, Cultish, and The Age of Magical Overthinking. Along with hosting the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, her writing has also appeared in The New York Times, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, and more. She holds a degree in linguistics from NYU and lives in Los Angeles with her partner, plants, and pets. Find her on Instagram @Amanda_Montell.

Take Your Child to the Library Day - Monster Madness
2025-02-01 10:00 - 12:00 | The Burnham Library, 62 Main Street South, Burnham Library, Bridgewater, CT, 06798, United States
Burnham Library Presents: Take your Child to the Library Day 2025
Monster Madness!
Saturday, February 1st Drop in anytime between 10:00am-12:00pm.
Join us for some monstrous fun to celebrate National Take Your Child to the Library Day! Take part in monster themed activities, games, arts & crats and snacks.
Favorite monster costumes/attire and stuffed animals are encouraged!

Tween Time - UCREATE for Grades 4-5
2025-02-14 15:15 - 16:00, 2025-03-14 12:45 - 13:30 | The Burnham Library, 62 Main Street South, Burnham Library, Bridgewater, CT, 06798, United States

Learn the Ukelele Ages 8-12
2025-03-08 11:00 - 12:00 | The Burnham Library, 62 Main Street South, Burnham Library, Bridgewater, CT, 06798, United States
Burnham Library Presents: Learn the Ukulele presented by Music with Julie
Saturday, March 8th 11:00am-12:00pm
Join Music with Julie, in this fun, hands on program to learn how to play the ukulele! Julie will supply the ukuleles to the attendees.
Registration Required. Register with Mrs. Lianne lambruso@burnhamlibrary.org

Story Mode: Create Your Own Character @ the Gunn Library
2025-03-22 10:00 - 11:00 | Gunn Memorial Library, CT, United States
Minor Memorial Library, Gunn Memorial Library, and Burnham Library are once again partnering to offer a fantastic summer reading program: Level Up! @ Your Library
Leading up to June’s Tri-Town summer kick-off, Gunn Junior Library invites the Washington, Roxbury, and Bridgewater communities to join in Story Mode, a creative storytelling adventure!
The Junior Library will provide four Remix Stations in collaboration with the GIANT Room, a New York City-based innovation hub for kids. These stations will allow you, your friends, and your family to draw and invent unique characters, settings, and plot twists and see them transformed into published trading cards, games, and comic strips.
Each month is a self-directed activity, so you can complete it on your own time with or without the help of a librarian. The Junior Library also offers “Creation Hours” every week, during which you can use supplies from the Makerspace to bring your vision to life. Be sure to check the library’s website for the complete schedule!
Each month focuses on a different part of your story:
March 8-29 • Dream up your character. Complete a character sheet with a drawing of an avatar and its traits, including powers, power rating, voice, favorites, items, weaknesses, strengths, birthday, habitat, physical features, awards, and more. The GIANT Room will remix your creation into a printed trading card for you! Special Hour with Ms. Teresa from Roxbury: Saturday, March 22, 10:00 – 11:00 am
April 5-26 • Build your own city and create a place for the story to happen. Engineer a building and decide its materials and unique features. The GIANT Room will remix this creation into another printed trading card featuring their building sketch, an AI-generated 3D render, and its features. Special Hour with Ms. Jean from Roxbury & Burnham: Saturday, April 26, 10:00 – 11:00 am
May 3-24, create challenges for your character. Help create a deck of “Would You Rather” questions by submitting a question that helps you reflect on your emotions, makes you smile with a rhyme, sparks a debate, or gives you the giggles! The GIANT Room will remix your creation into a printed trading card. Special Hour with Ms. Lianne from the Burnham: Saturday, May 17, 10:00 – 11:00 am
June 7-28, tell a story about your character. Write and illustrate a comic strip using a pre-made template, and the GIANT Room will remix it into a printed poster. Special Hour with Ms. Teresa: Saturday, June 14, 10:00 – 11:00 am
Saturday, June 21, from 10:00 am -12:00 pm kick off summer reading and level up your character’s story as you visit several activity stations at this community event with the GIANT Room.
This is an excellent opportunity to express your creativity, collaborate with your community, and see your ideas come to life!
This program was made possible by the Connecticut State Library.
