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Take a look at the fun and interesting events happening at the Norfolk Library.
For more information, please go to http://www.norfolklibrary.org/events
All programs at the Norfolk Library are free.
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April is National Poetry Month, and the Norfolk Library will host two afternoons of poetry reading. We hope you will join us!
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An Exploration of the Poetry of Walt Whitman with Charles Fidlar
Sunday, April 10th, 4:00pm
“What happens when you ‘hear’ a song while simultaneously reciting a poem?" Charles Fidlar will bring his wealth of musical knowledge to a recitation of Walt Whitman’s poetry, using rhythm and melodic contour to invoke the musical setting. Charles is a graduate of Cornell University and the New England Conservatory (conducting/voice) with doctoral studies at Stanford University (conducting /voice). He was formerly assistant conductor of the Grammy-winning San Francisco Symphony Chorus, assistant conductor of the Rhode Island Philharmonic, artistic director of the Providence Opera Society, RI, and general manager and artistic director of the Harford Theatre in Bel Air, MD, where he produced and staged 12 operas.
To reserve a seat, please visit our Events Calendar here.
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An Afternoon of Poetry with Karen Chase and Susannah Lawrence
Sunday, April 17th, 4:00pm
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Karen Chase lives in Lenox, MA. Her poems, stories, and essays have appeared in many magazines, including The Gettysburg Review, The New Yorker, The New Republic and Southwest Review. Her book of poems, Kazimierz Square, was short-listed by Foreword Magazine as "Best Indie Poetry Book of 2000" and heralded by U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins as "incandescent." Land of Stone, her non-fiction book about her work as Poet-in-Residence at a psychiatric hospital came out in 2007, and was named a Best Book of 2007 by Chronogram. She is the author of a second volume of poems, BEAR, and Jamali-Kamali, a book-length homoerotic poem which takes place in Mughal, India.
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Norfolk resident Susannah Lawrence is the author of two books on natural history. She received an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her manuscript New Theories of Home was a finalist for the Many Voices Project Prize in 2013. Susannah has been a long-time member of Monday Poets, a writing group in Litchfield, and her publishing credits include The Cortland Review, Nimrod, and The MacGuffin.
To reserve a seat, please visit our Events Calendar here.
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Have you picked up your passport from the Norfolk Library?
Your library card opens the world to you through books, audio books, music CDs, and DVDs. Now let your library card open the doors of Connecticut libraries by participating in the Passport to Connecticut Libraries Program.
To celebrate National Library Week during April, the Connecticut Library Association’s Passport to Connecticut Libraries Program invites you to visit all of the participating Connecticut public libraries. Each library has its own architecture and collection to explore. The program is open to adults and children, and the hope is that it encourages residents to explore the amazing diversity of our public libraries.
To participate, pick up your passport at the Norfolk Library and see the list of participating libraries. We will stamp it and give you a token gift to get you started. Then, take your passport along as you visit other participating libraries. At each visit, you must show your library card, and then the library will stamp your passport and give you another small gift.
If you visit at least five participating libraries and return your passport to the Norfolk Library by May 6th, you will be entered into one state-wide drawing for a chance to win a $150 Visa gift card for adults (18 and up) and a $100 Visa gift card for children (under 18). Four winners will be selected: one adult and one child from a random drawing from all who visited at least five libraries, and one adult and one child from a random drawing from all who visited the most libraries.
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