Fall of the Berlin Wall: A Shepaug Libraries Program
The Gunn Memorial Library Retired journalist Jonathan Kapstein discusses how the fall of the Berlin Wall defined world geopolitics from 1945-1990 and influenced the following thirty years - right up to the current, rather dire times. Kapstein covered the fall of the wall as the regional bureau chief for Business Week and served as Lieutenant…
Making Connecticut With Walt Woodward A Shepaug Libraries Program
Shepaug Libraries Program Making Connecticut Minor Memorial Library Connecticut State Historian Walt Woodward helps us understand how people and events in Connecticut’s past played crucial roles in forming the culture and character of Connecticut today. Woodward, a gifted storyteller, brings the history we thought we knew to life in new ways, from the nearly forgotten…
Art History Happy Hour: A Shepaug Libraries Program
Hosted by the Minor Memorial Library Botticelli’s art is one of the most inspiring and poetic pages in the history of art. His characters with their weightless pace are charmingly graceful and open the world of beauty to us. We’re happy to welcome Renaissance art historian Elaine Ruffolo, zooming in live from Florence, Italy (hence…
Virtual Burnham Bunch Storytime
Stories, songs, and bubbles for the under 5 crowd held virtually on Zoom! Please email cfisher@burnhamlibrary.org to receive Zoom
Virtual Burnham Bunch Storytime
Stories, songs, and bubbles for the under 5 crowd held virtually on Zoom! Please email cfisher@burnhamlibrary.org to receive Zoom
Free (and Almost Free) Genealogy A Shepaug Libraries Program
Shepaug Libraries Program Free (and Almost Free) Genealogy Gunn Memorial Library THE TERRYVILLE LIBRARY IS HOSTING THIS PROGRAM Find out how to locate family-history information online and through non-digital sources without spending a fortune. In addition to using the big-name websites, see how to search for clues about ancestors by checking Linkpendium, the Ancestor Hunt,…