Burnham Library

Two Towns Tabletop Club - Bridgewater
2021-06-09 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-06-02 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-05-26 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-05-19 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-05-12 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-05-05 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-04-28 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-04-21 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | CT
Teen and Adult board gamers join in testing your gaming skills and meet new gamers along the way! Fury of Dracula, King of Tokyo, Settlers of Catan, and The Walking Dead. No need to bring your games, we’ve plenty! No registration required.
Gamers meet the 1st and 2nd week at the New Milford Library and the 3rd and 4th week at the Burnham Library.
Questions? email cfisher@burnhamlibrary.org

Explore Your Italian Roots
2021-06-03 13:30 - 14:30 | CT
Researching Your Italian Roots
With Valentino Genealogy

This presentation gives information about what civil records are available online, locating them, and the information the researcher can garnish from them. Italian civil records are primary source documents that provide more than just statistical information. They also offer facts about family members, occupations, and traditions related to births, marriages, and deaths.
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Town Memorial Day Observance
2021-05-31 04:30 - 17:30 | CT

Book Club
2021-05-27 13:00 - 14:00, 2021-04-22 13:00 - 14:00 | CT

Virtual Book Discussion
2021-05-27 12:00 - 14:00 | CT

Dungeons and Dragon
2021-05-27 11:00 - 12:00, 2021-05-06 11:00 - 12:00 | CT

Shepaug Libraries Present: Water Safety for Parents
2021-05-27 01:30 | CT
Shepaug Libraries Presents:
Water Safety For Parents
This Zoom program with former YMCA Aquatic Director, Maria Tumang, will teach us how to protect ourselves and our family from water dangers. what to do to prevent water accidents, and how parents play a big role in kids water safety, and why it is important for them to know how to discuss and address water safety rules with them. Please email vfisher@biblio.org for the Zoom link.

Shepaug Libraries Present: COVID 101 Drug Discovery and Infectious Disease
2021-05-26 02:00 - 15:00 | CT
Shepaug Library Present
Part III: Drug Discovery and Infectious Disease (rescheduled from 5/12)
With Cyrille Kuhn, head of Boehringer Ingelheim Research Beyond Borders in Ridgefield, CT.
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Cancelled - Why Nature School?
2021-05-20 13:00 - 14:00 | CT
Why Nature School?
Everyone benefits socially, emotionally, physically and academically from time spent in nature. We will introduce you to the important benefits of outdoor, nature play. You will leave with ideas on how to bring nature into your family life or classroom, better yet, you will leave knowing why it is so important that you do. Bring along your favorite childhood memories.

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Burnham Library Trustees Meeting
2021-05-19 14:00 - 16:00 | CT

Board Game Bunch
2021-05-19 11:30 - 12:00, 2021-04-21 11:30 - 12:00 | CT

Woman and Money
2021-05-19 08:00 - 09:00 | CT
Women and Money
How to Make Sense of Today’s Financial Markets:
We’ll cover the latest market news and how that might affect your decision making. We’ll also give you background and context for understanding why market movement occurs and we’ll share strategies for keeping ahead of what might come.

Click Here To Register For April 21st @ 1PM
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Click Here To Register For June 16th @ 1PM

Women in Money
2021-05-19 08:00 - 09:00 | CT
Women in Money Series
A monthly financial literacy program designed to educate women of any age about the financial matters that affect their lives. The program provides information, resources, learning activities, and moderators to educate and create a safe and welcoming place for women to learn, share their experiences, and ask questions. Monthly at 1:00PM.
Host Bios:
Julia Strayer, CPWA®, CIMA®, CRPC®
Senior Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor
Prior to joining Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in 2000, Julia was a vice president and private banker for BankBoston’s Private Bank for 7 years, responsible for asset management and trust services. Previously, Julia worked in marketing for 9 years with Merrill. Julia has a BA from Ohio State University and an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business. Julia has appeared on the CNBC show “Power Lunch,” CBS “This Morning,” WGCH’s “Women in Business,” in addition to featured articles in USA Today.
Liz Maccarone, CRPC®
Senior Financial Advisor
Liz joined Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in 2012. Liz works closely with high-net-worth individuals and their families to create personalized and comprehensive strategies that support their goals, including investment management, retirement planning, liability management, and multigenerational planning. Liz values the importance of establishing and cultivating relationships with families including the next generation.
Liz graduated from Fairfield University with a dual bachelor’s degree in Finance and Marketing. She began her career working at a boutique investment firm as a Business Development Associate, specializing in commodities and futures trading.
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Burnham Girls
2021-05-15 15:30 - 16:15 | The Burnham Library, 62 Main Street South, Burnham Library, Bridgewater, CT, 06798, United States

New Milford Library Presents: Trash Talk
2021-05-13 13:30 - 15:00 | CT
New Milford Library Presents
Trash Talk

The State of Connecticut is experiencing a waste crisis. Join Jennifer Heaton-Jones, Executive Director of the regional governmental solid waste and recycling authority, HRRA, who will give a 1-hour presentation with a 30 minute Q&A. Learn to reduce, reuse and recycle the “right” way. Join this Zoom presentation by linking to www.hrra.org. Please email vfisher@biblio.org for more information.

Val Fisher
(860) 355-1191 ext. 203
vfisher@biblio.org

Library Closed for New Carpet Installation
2021-05-09 - 2021-05-12 | CT
The Library building will be closed on Tuesday, May 11th and Wednesday, May 12th.

Safety and civility in the digital age
2021-05-06 13:00 - 14:00 | CT
Burnham Library Presents
Safety and civility in the digital age

Microsoft has been conducting digital civility research for the past five years. This talk will focus on what we learned about online civility and risks in 2020 and how COVID-19 affected perceptions of civility or incivility online. What role do social media, video calling, and other forms of online communications play in our online — and offline — lives? And how can we support a more informed, more respectful, and more welcoming community of users in the digital age?

This program will have a short presentation and a Q&A following.
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COVID 101 Part 1: A Shepaug Libraries Program
2021-04-28 14:00 - 15:00 | CT
COVID 101: Part 1
A Shepaug Libraries Program
Description to come

What's in? What's out? With the HRRA
2021-04-22 14:00 - 16:00 | CT

Virtual Book Discussion: Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter
2021-04-22 13:00 - 15:00 | CT
