Plumb Memorial Library in Shelton to host Dungeons & Dragons Club

Tweens/teen gamers ages 12 and older should DEFINITELY join "The Guild", a NEW Dungeons and Dragons Club where you can be the Dungeon Master, guided by a seasoned DM Mr. Paul Clark, and create your own adventure. Snacks provided! 

Sessions will be held at noon on Saturday, July 18, and Saturday, Aug.15.

Here is a link for July registration or scan QR code in image:
https://engagedpatrons.org/EventsRegister.cfm?SiteID=2661&BranchID=826&Branch=Plumb%20Memorial%20Library&EventID=592542&PK=

Seymour Community Center to host mahjong club on Thursdays

 

Derby Neck Library offers new clubs for music, arts

DERBY - This post is about two new clubs for school-aged kids and tweens meeting on alternating Mondays. You're welcome to join one, both, or neither. 

No registration is necessary and members may drop in on whichever days they are available.

First and Third Mondays of the month: Monday Melodies, a club for aspiring musicians. You are welcome to bring your own instrument or use the guitars, ukuleles, and percussion instruments provided by the library. 

Beginners are welcome as well as experienced players, or just come to sing, shake a maraca, or enjoy the general vibe. Each week, we'll review a few basic chords and then jam out on songs that use those chords.

Second and Fourth Mondays of the month: Monday Masterpieces, a club for aspiring creators. This club is for kids with a passion for drawing, writing, film, acting, building, or any other creative endeavor to meet with other like-minded individuals in a collaborative space. 

We'll have creative prompts and activities to help inspire and practice, but the long-term goal is to have regular attendees who dream up long-term project ideas and then bring them to life.

We hope to see you there!

The Library is at 307 Hawthorne Ave.

Battle of the Books Club to meet at Seymour Public Library

SEYMOUR - Battle of the Books club for children in grades 4 and 5 will meet 4:30-5:15 p.m. Wednesday at Seymour Public Library.

This book club will focus on the Intermediate Nutmeg Nominees that will be the focus of the elementary schools' Battle of the Books in the Spring.

Registration is required and limited for this book club. A minimum registration of three participants is required for the book clubs. If we don't meet the minimum, the book club will be canceled.

For more information, please call 203-888-3903. Please stop into the library to register so you can pick up a book!

The Library is at 46 Church St.

This is shared from the Library's Facebook page.

Derby Public Library invites teens to participate in summer club

DERBY - The Derby Public Library invites young adults ages 12 to 17 to the 2024 Teen Summer Library Club. 

This year’s theme is “Adventure Begins at Your Library!” encouraging teens to engage in library programs that include Teen Game Time and Teen Advisory Board gatherings on Wednesdays, June 26, July 10, 17, 31, and Aug. 7 from 6-7:30 p.m.! 

Teens who attend programs, review books/articles and/or evaluate websites are entered into drawings for prizes. 

A grand prize winner will be drawn at the club’s finale Pizza Party Aug. 7. 

For more information, stop by the Library at 313 Elizabeth St., call 203-736-1482, or visit www.derbypubliclibrary.org.

This is a press release from Tony DeLos, young adult librarian, Derby Public Library.

Seymour Lions to discuss forming club in Ansonia

Come find out about this club, join in the fun, and become a charter member! 

The club is currently a branch club under the Seymour Lions but once we hit 20 members we will be our own club!

Poke'mon trading card game club to meet at Derby Neck Library

DERBY - Whether you’ve played the game a hundred times, or never have but want to learn, join us at Derby Neck Library on Mondays after school from 4-5:30 p.m. for the library’s Pokémon Trading Card Game Club! 
Attendees are free to bring their cards, but the library will have plenty on hand for all to play and enjoy. This free club is intended for children ages 8+.
The Library is at 307 Hawthorne Ave.
This is shared from the Library's Facebook page.

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Derby Neck Library to host Youth Twitch Club Monday

DERBY - Follow our Twitch channel to watch the Derby Neck Library’s Youth Twitch Club play a variety of games like Pokémon, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Overcooked, Astro Bears, and even older games like The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. 

No Twitch account is necessary of you just want to watch, but you will need one if you’d like to chat with us.

The Library is at 307 Hawthorne Ave.

This is shared from the Library's Facebook page.

Ansonia Library to present monthly Breakfast Sandwich Club

 

Plumb Memorial Library in Shelton to host graphic novel book club

Plumb’s Graphic Novel Book Club

Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8

5:30-6:30 p.m. Jan. 31

SHELTON - Pick up the monthly graphic novel once your middle schooler has registered at Plumb Memorial Library and read it at home.

On the book club night, bring your copy of the pre-read book, and your own bagged dinner for a book discussion. Book activities and snacks will be provided by the library.

Caregivers must remain at Plumb Memorial Library while your child attends the book club.

Book: Nat Enough by Maria Scrivan. Copies of the book will be available for check-out at Plumb.

The Library is at 65 Wooster St.

Register online: http://engagedpatrons.org/EventsExtended.cfm?SiteID=2661&EventID=482146&PK=

or call 203-924-1580.

This is shared from the Shelton Library System Facebook page.

Seymour Public Library offers intro to coding for Grades 1-4

SEYMOUR - Seymour Public Library will hold an introduction to coding club for Grades 1-4 at 4 p.m. Nov. 1. No coding experience required.

Registration is required and limited for this program. 

For more information, call 203-888-3903. The Library is at 46 Church St.

This is shared from the Library's Facebook page. 

Seymour Public Library to host coding club for Grades 5 and up

SEYMOUR - Seymour Public Library will present an introduction to coding club at 4 p.m. Oct. 18. No coding experience required.

Registration is required and limited. For more information or to register, please call 203-888-3903.

The Library is at 46 Church St.

This is shared from the Seymour Public Library Facebook page.

Portion of proceeds from dinner at CWV Hall in Derby to support Boys & Girls Club

 

Derby Neck Library offers fantasy card game fun for teens, tweens

DERBY - Derby Neck Library invites teens and tweens to play the collectible fantasy card game Magic: The Gathering every Wednesday with friends over Discord. 

To take part, become Discord friends with the library at DBNeck#3627 and Miss Krissy at TheLibrarianDNL#7172. 

We’ll then send you an invite to the server! Players who do not have their own decks are encouraged to create a free account with Magic: The Gathering Arena to play each other online, but be sure to play through the tutorial ahead of time–otherwise, you won’t be able to play anyone during the meeting!

Magic: The Gathering Arena link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/mtgarena

For regular notices for this club, be sure to register for our Youth Services mailing list here https://forms.gle/EUp2yRBLFNJVMnz17 or call the library at 203-734-1492!

This is shared from the Derby Neck Library Facebook page.

Seymour Public Library to host Girls Who Code Clubs

SEYMOUR - The Seymour Public Library is offering two Girls Who Code Clubs beginning in March. One is for children in Grades 3-5 and another is for children in Grades 6-8 who are interested in learning foundational skills and understandings of computer science.

Zero experience is necessary to join us in this program, and it is open to any member -regardless of gender identity. These programs are free.

Our first meeting for the 3-5th grade club will be  March 1 at 4 p.m. and will run on the first Tuesday of the month.
Our first meeting for the 6-8th grade club will be on March 8 at 4 p.m. and will run on the second Tuesday of the month.

For more information and the link to register please email Miss Rebecca at rtroop@biblio.org.

This is shared from Seymour Public Library's Facebook page.

Derby Neck Library to host Magic:The Gathering Club via Zoom

DERBY - Derby Neck Library invites Teens and tweens to play the collectible fantasy card game Magic: The Gathering with friends over Zoom at  6:30 p.m. Dec. 2.

Players who do not have their own decks are encouraged to create a free account with Magic: The Gathering Arena to play each other online, but be sure to play through the tutorial ahead of time - otherwise, you won't be able to play anyone during the meeting!

Magic: The Gathering Arena link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/mtgarena

Email kwarrenger at derbynecklibrary.org to be put on a mailing list. A meeting link will be sent out at 6:20 p.m. for a 6:30 p.m. start. 

This is shared from the Library's Facebook page. 

Derby Public Library to host 4 poetry club meetings this fall

DERBY - Derby Public Library will host four free meetings this fall for anyone who has an interest in reading, writing, or exploring the world of poetry. The first will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 16.

Resident Susan Lanzaro-Schroeder will lead this open discussion and devotion to positive feedback and appreciation of the creative endeavor. 

The poems can range from the inspirational to the deeply personal, sometimes painful, to the outrageously witty, from sonnets and rhyme, to open verse. 

Members share their authored poems, solicit input for their developing poems or to share a poem they find beautiful. 
Can’t make this night? Other Monday meetings are: Oct. 21, Nov.18, and Dec. 16. Ages 18 and older welcome! Drop in! 

For more information visit www.derbypubliclibrary.org or call 203-736-1482.

Lanzaro-Schroeder’s diverse writing experience includes:
Literary Editor of Sacred Heart Academy High School, Grant Writer with awards for Job Training via Bridgeport Regional Business Council, earning the Hewlett Packard channel partner status, company patents and licensing agreements and co-founding the Central Florida Poetry group. 

Her 35-year collection of poems celebrating nature and humor will be shortly published in “JUKED.”

*This is shared from the Derby Public Library website.

Residents, chef at Wesley Heights in Shelton share recipes, bake

Wesley Heights resident and baking club member Libby Floroski makes cookies./ Contributed photo

SHELTON - A group of six residents and Chef Richard Scaife of Wesley Heights, met on a recent Monday morning to mix up a Snickerdoodle recipe for their unique baking club.

“This recipe was one of my son’s favorites. My son is in his 70s, so I’ve been making Snickerdoodles for 70 years,” said Florence Chicos, a resident. 

Florence Chicos

The residents meet on a regular basis and share their own recipes and ideas with one another.  
Scaife supplies the ingredients, equipment, and space to make the process easier and more accessible for residents. 
Once the mixing of batter is complete and the cookies are placed on baking sheets, Scaife puts them in an industrial oven to bake. “Once everything is made, I package up the cookies, go to the residents' apartments and bring them what they made,” said Scaife. 

The Baker's Bakers club began as an initiative to reignite a shared passion for baking, by bringing people together and celebrating their heritage and traditions. 
“You name it and I must’ve tried it once,” said Chicos. “I used to love making wedding cakes. I made all of my boys’ wedding cakes and my nieces and nephews.” 

Many residents grew up in households where they learned cooking and baking skills at a young age and provided their families with special desserts or simply enjoyed baking as a hobby. 

“When I was 13, I was cooking for the family- I would make dinner. I was about the only one who would make a dessert. I would make pudding cake-just simple stuff,” said resident Libby Floroski. 

What makes this baking program so special is it allows residents the opportunity to bake for fun. “I’ve always like to bake and through the holidays I baked cookies. I made a platter for each person and in order to do that you had to make a lot of cookies. So, I would start baking three weeks before the holiday.  Everybody had a favorite cookie,” she said. 

Residents can enjoy the process of making cakes, bread, and cookies with others and not be overwhelmed by the prepping, organizing, and cleaning that goes along with it. 

The Wesley Village Campus is located at 580 Long Hill Ave. It includes: Crosby Commons Independent/Assisted Living Community, Wesley Heights Independent/Assisted Living Community, Lifestyle Transitions Assisted Living/Memory Support Community, and Bishop Wicke Health and Rehabilitation Center. 

The campus is owned and operated by UMH, a local, mission-based, not-for-profit organization. 

This is a press release from United Methodist Homes.

Beacon Falls Public Library Cookbook Club to focus on dessert dishes

BEACON FALLS - The Beacon Falls Public Library Cookbook Club will discuss dessert dishes at its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Jan. 24.
The Library is at 10 Maple Ave.

Participants are asked to bring a dish to share from that month’s cookbook along with copies of your recipe(s). 
Swing by the library to pick up a copy of the book " Williams Sonoma Dessert."
Must be at least 18 years of age or older to participate. 
By registering for the program, participants acknowledge they may choose to consume food that has not been prepared in a commercial kitchen.

*Shared from a Facebook event page.

New Dungeons & Dragons club to meet twice a month at Ansonia Library