Celebrate Pride Month, remember Juneteenth with a 2 part special series of programs through a collaboration between the Library and The New Milford Historical Society and Museum. You can also watch movies, get creative, exercise, and much more!
Please join us, on The New Milford Green, or at the Marsh Parish House, or The Maxx, or on Zoom! OR at all of them!
Tai Chi on The Green
June 1, 8, 15, 22 (rain date 7/6)| 6:00 PM
The first 4 Wednesdays in June, Tai Chi instructor Adam Tilbe will be teaching a beginner Tai Chi class on The Green, outside the historic building of the Library. Mats or towels to stand on must be supplied by the participant.
No registration needed.
All CT Reads Book Club and discussion – a program of the CT State Library
June 2 | 6:30 to 8:00 PM @ Marsh Parish House
Join the NMPL, along with many other library communities around the state, reading, Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. This book is a deeply moving portrait of a family of Ghanaian immigrants ravaged by depression, addiction, and grief—a novel about faith, science, religion, and love. Come to the Library to pick up your book, or check out a digital copy on AXIS 360 or Hoopla! Book discussion will be held June, 2nd from 6:30 to 8pm at the Marsh Parish House. Refreshments will be served.
Registration is required. Register HERE.
Shades of Zentangle
June 9 | 7:00 to 8:00 PM @ Marsh Parish House
Zentangle is an American method for drawing, which not only promotes concentration and creativity but at the same time may help increase personal well-being. Zentangle was invented by a monk named Rick Roberts and an artist named Maria Thomas. With Zentangle they created a combination of meditation and art. Come learn to Zentangle using some color and shading with enthusiast, Wendy McDonald.
Registration is required. Register HERE.
Make Your Own Knitting Needles
June 11 | 10:00am to 12:00 noon @ Marsh Parish House
To celebrate the 17th World Wide Knit in Public Day, participants will learn how to make their own wooden knitting needles. A workshop presented by New Milford fiber artist, Jody Hyman.
Registration is required. Register HERE.
Knit in Public on the Green
June 11 | 1:00PM to 4:00PM on The New Milford Green
To continue the celebration of World Wide Knit in Public Day, weather permitting, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, grab your knitting and join us on The Green to Knit in Public. This is a time that we can meet together and share our love of knitting and fiber craft. Thousands of others will be doing the same all over the world on this same day. All types of fiber crafting are welcome.
No Registration needed.
Black Experience in New Milford Oral History Talk Part 1 of 2
June 14 | 7:00PM@ The Maxx
Please look for an updated program description coming soon! Norm Cummings will be giving a talk about the Oral History Project he did with the New Milford Historical Society and Museum in conjunction with the Museum’s permanent exhibit - The Black Experience in New Milford. Part 2 will be on June 23rd at the New Milford Historical Society and Museum.
Registration coming soon!
Past Life Regression with Sydney Sherman
June 16 | 6:30 to 8:00PM on Zoom
Register HERE to receive the Zoom link.
Thursday June 23rd Part 2 of 2
Hold the Date! Registration coming soon!
A visit in the evening to the New Milford Historical Society and Museum. Sequel to the Black Experience in New Milford Oral History Talk. Details to follow.
The History of Pride
Join author Sarah Prager as she shares fascinating stories from LGBTQ+ history you’ve never heard before. We’ll learn why LGBTQ+ matters, how far back it goes, how it has shaped the world, and who some of the most interesting individuals from it are. Sarah is the author of three books on LGBTQ+ history: Queer, There, and Everywhere, Rainbow Revolutionaries, and Kind Like Marsha. Sarah has spoken on this topic across eight countries. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, National Geographic, NBC News, and other national outlets. Sarah is from Simsbury, CT, and is currently a resident of Sturbridge, MA.
Register HERE to receive the Zoom link.
Foreign Film Fridays at The Maxx
First 3 Fridays in June
Popcorn and drinks will be served
Registration Recommended.
June 3– Lunana: Yak in the Classroom, Dzongkha w/English subtitles, not rated, 110 minutes
A young teacher in modern Bhutan, Ugyen, shirks his duties while planning to go to Australia to become a singer. As a reprimand, his superiors send him to the most remote school in the world, a glacial Himalayan village called Lunana, to complete his service.
Register HERE.
June 10 – Bread and Tulips, Italian w/English subtitles, PG-13, 84 minutes
Rosalba, a young housewife of Pescara, during a bus trip gets left behind by her family. Forgotten in a highway café, she decides not to wait for her husband and sons to come back to pick her up but instead decides to find her own way home. Adventures ensue.
Register HERE.
June 17 – Cleo from 5 to 7, French w/English subtitles, NR, 90 minutes
Two hours from 5:00 to 7:00pm on the longest day of the year in the life of a young Florence Victoire, who is better known by her stage name Cléo Victoire. Two days ago, she went in for some tests for cancer. She will be getting the results today at 6:30. She is certain that it will be a terminal cancer diagnosis. This belief affects how she approaches the day.
Register HERE.