Black Rock Branch
Summer Reading Kick-Off Jester Jim
Wednesday, June 26th
6:30 PM
Klein Memorial Auditorium
Summer Reading Kick-Off Jester Jim
Families are invited to take part in our annual Bridgeport Public Library Summer Reading program! This year’s theme is — Dig Into Reading! Our kick-off event will take place at the Klein Memorial with master juggler Jester Jim! With nothing more than a trunk full of props, Jester Jim will have you cracking up in your seat. Juggling, balancing, and beatboxing, this show is packed with fun and excitement.
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Free Computer Classes for Beginners
Tuesdays
6:30 PM
Black Rock Branch
Free Computer Classes for Beginners
The Black Rock Branch Library announces a series of free computer classes designed for beginners.
All classes begin at 6:30 PM or and will last approximately 1 hour.
Space is limited so register for one or more classes now.
Call: (203) 576-7025.
Little Rocks
Wednesdays
10:45 – 11:45 AM
Black Rock Branch
Little Rocks
Join us for our popular Little Rocks program for children up through age 3 with a caregiver. Stories, rhymes, music, movement, short films, and time for play are all part of the mix!
Contact: 203-576-7025.
Black Rock Knitting & Crocheting Club
Thursdays
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Black Rock Branch
Black Rock Knitting & Crocheting Club
The Black Rock Branch Library is pleased to announce weekly meetings of the Black Rock Knitting & Crocheting Club. Please join us for a fun evening of knitting, crocheting and community. Knitters and crocheters of all levels are welcome.
The Club and is currently seeking an experienced knitting and/or crocheting instructor for four weekly sessions.
This will be a paid position.
Please contact John Soltis 203 576-7049 or jsoltis@bridgeportpubliclibrary.org for more info.
Free Refreshments will be served – but feel free to bring a nonperishable food item for donation to the Black Rock Food Pantry.
Black Rock Mother Daughter Book Club: Out Of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Tuesday, June 18th
6:30 PM
Black Rock Branch
Black Rock Mother Daughter Book Club
A monthly Book Club for girls ages 9-12 in Grades 4 – 6 and their moms.
Our June book will be:
Out Of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Melody is not like most people. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory; she can remember every detail of everything she has ever experienced. She is smarter than most of the adults who try to diagnose her and smarter than her classmates in her integrated classroom—the very same classmates who dismiss her as mentally challenged, because she cannot tell them otherwise. But Melody refuses to be defined by cerebral palsy. And she’s determined to let everyone know it…somehow.
“If there is one book teens and parents (and everyone else) should read this year, Out of My Mind should be it” (Denver Post).
For more info call: 203 576-7025.
Note: This will be our last meeting until the fall. Have a great summer!
Food for Thought Book Discussion: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Wednesday, June 19th
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Black Rock Branch
Food for Thought Book Discussion
Food for Thought meets once a month at 1:00 PM. Bring your lunch and we will provide free refreshments and dessert.
This month’s book is:
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
This debut novel blends Jewish and Arab mythologies to create a magical novel set in 1889 New York. A golem named Chava, brought to life by a renegade rabbi, loses the husband who had commissioned her on the voyage from Poland, while the jinni Ahmad is released by a tinsmith from captivity in a copper flask (where hed been put centuries before by a Bedouin wizard). As Chava and Ahmad unite against a terrible threat, denizens of their lower Manhattan neighborhood swirl about them intriguingly.
Call the library today and reserve your copy: 203 576-7025.
Poetry in the Garden: Mind Guards the Gate
Thursday, June 20th
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Black Rock Branch
Mind Guards the Gate
You are cordially invited to a Poetry Reading and Book Signing Event in the Black Rock Reading Garden by Poet & Essayist Raymond Tucker reciting from his newly published book, Mind Guards the Gate: A book of inspirational poetry and essays written to and for those who have suffered and continue to suffer childhood sexual abuse and trauma.
It is estimated that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 7 boys under the age of twelve are sexually abused by someone they know.
“Last Night I had a Dream”
I saw a little boy
Who did not understand,
What was being done to him
At his fathers hand;
With nowhere to run
And no place to hide,
He built himself a box
Deep inside his mind
Saturday Movie Matinee at the Black Rock Branch
Saturday, June 22nd
1:30 – 3:45
Black Rock Branch
Saturday Movie Matinee at the Black Rock Branch
Each week the Black Rock Branch Library screens a popular current movie. For details on this week’s movie: click here or sign up for our Newsletter and receive weekly updates on movies and other BPL happenings: click here.
For a monthly list of upcoming movies please stop by the Black Rock Branch Library, 2705 Fairfield Avenue.
Free Refreshments will be served – but feel free to bring a nonperishable food item for donation to the Black Rock Food Pantry.
Sheldon’s Horse: George Washington’s Connecticut Cavalry
Tuesday, June 25th
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Black Rock Branch
“Sheldon’s Horse,” 2nd Regiment Light Dragoons, George Washington’s Connecticut Cavalry during the American Revolution
The Black Rock Branch Library offers another in its series of talks on historical subjects pertinent to Fairfield County.
Many people are unaware that one of General Washington’s four Congressional commissioned cavalry regiments was raised largely from Connecticut and operated extensively in Fairfield County and across Long Island Sound. “Sheldon’s Horse” is credited with having played a significant part in the winning of the War of Independence and a key role in revealing Benedict Arnold as a British spy and the capture of John Andre.
Black Rock Cupcakes for Kids Club
Thursday, June 27th
5:00 – 6:00 PM
Black Rock Branch
Black Rock Cupcakes for Kids Club
The Black Rock Branch Library is pleased to announce the June meeting of the Black Rock Cupcakes for Kids Club. Join Chef Cupcake and learn how to decorate cupcakes. The Cupcake Club will meet monthly on the last Thursday of the month at 5:00 PM just prior to our monthly Family Film Festival. The Club is designed for children 6 years of age and younger.
To register your child please call: 203 576-7025. Space is limited to 10 children per session so call soon.
