For more information or to register for programs, stop by the Kent Memorial Library, call 860-668-3896, check suffield-library.org, or follow us on Facebook. All of our programs are free! Most of our programs are funded by The Friends of the Kent Memorial Library. Become a member. Please register for programs.
Continuous Programs
New members welcome
Photo Cafe – 1st Tuesdays, October 3, 6:30 p.m.
Writer’s Workshop – 4th Mondays, October 23, 7 p.m.
Socrates Cafe – Last Mondays, October 30 at 6:30 p.m. – A chance to discuss current philosophical questions such as “What is Gender?” “What is Knowledge?”
Book Discussions
Thursday Readers, October 12 at 12:30 p.m. Saint Mazie by Jamie Attenberg
World Book Group, Thursday, October 19 at 7 p.m. Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian
Books in the Parlor of the Phelps Hatheway House, Tuesday, October 31 at 2:00 p.m. Dr. Mutter’s Marvels by Cristin Aptowicz
Special Book Discussion with B.J. Smith on Wednesday, October 25 at 6:30 p.m. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd.
Friday, October 2 – December 8 Stock market game. Ka-ching! Middle School and High School can sign up to play the Stock Market Game. The Connecticut Stock Market Game is sponsored by SIFMA (Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association). Students can work individually or form teams to spend $100,000 in virtual money to build a diversified investment portfolio of stocks. Trades happen in real time so students experience how real-world events impact the capital market. A prize will be awarded to the top team or individual.
Saturday, October 3 at 7 p.m. at 61 Ffyler Place: Internet Security. Learn the basics of how to keep your online information private and secure with tips and techniques with Samantha Lee, the Tech Librarian at the Enfield Public Library.
Saturday, October 7 at 7 p.m. at the Senior Center: Exploring Other Cultures with Author Sabeeha Rehman. Sabeeha Rehman will talk about her journey as a Pakistani Muslim to an American Muslim using her book, Threading My Prayer Rug, as the basis for her talk. Sabeeha migrated to the United States in 1971 as a bride in an arranged marriage to a doctor from Pakistan who had also migrated to this country. When her children started grade school, she started grad school, earning a Master’s degree in healthcare administration, and began a 25-year career as a hospital administrator. When she realized her children knew next to nothing about their faith, she, with her husband and friends, established a Muslim community, built a mosque, and agonized over whether to put up a Christmas tree. After her grandson was diagnosed with autism, she co-founded the New York Metro chapter of the National Autism Association and served as its first president. She has spent several decades working for interfaith dialogue, was the director of interfaith programs at the American Society for Muslim Advancement, and the COO for the Cordoba Initiative. In 2014, she retired to write her memoir. She lives with her husband Khalid in New York City.
Sunday, October 8 at 2 p.m. at the Senior Center Outside, (In case of rain, inside): Suffield Youth Theater Present Their Comedy-Impro Troupe, Hard Candy! Come see hilarious, unscripted comedy, full of audience participation and fun for the whole family! There will be seating, but bring your lawn chairs if you want comfort! The group consists of grade 11 students: Liam Duffy, Dominic Colangelo, Danny Richter, and Kush Shah – all who have had extensive experience in the world of the joke. Enjoy the performance for free! For more information, visit www.suffieldyouththeater.org.
Scare-It-Up Suffield!
The Suffield Parks & Recreation Department, Kent Memorial Library, Suffield Senior Center, and Suffield Youth Services have collaborated on a town-wide Halloween harvest themed event. See Parks & Rec.,pg. 33 for more details.
Drop-in Halloween Party
Saturday, October 14, from noon to 3 p.m., at the Suffield Senior Center. Come dressed in your Halloween finery. The scarecrows will be judged by Christiane Cordero and Alessandra Martinez from NBC 30. There will also be face painting, a balloon twister, spooky crafts and Halloween goodies, of course. More information and a schedule of events are available at the Kent Memorial Library website at suffield-library.org and the Suffield Parks & Recreation website: suffieldrec.com.
Sunday, October 15 at 1:30 p.m. at the Senior Center: Eleanor Roosevelt Comes to Suffield. Sheryl Faye will portray Eleanor Roosevelt, an American politician, diplomat, activist and the longest-serving first Lady of the United States. The program will take place shortly after Ms. Roosevelt’s 133rd birthday on October 11. That’s quite a feat, but we are told that she is in good health. This program is suitable for adults and children, ages 10 years old and up. “Eleanor” will entertain questions at the end of the program
Saturday, October 21 at 2 p.m. at the Senior Center: A Discussion of Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique by Jeffrey Engel, Musicologist. Passionate love. Opium induced hallucinations. Elements of a horror film…these are images conjured up by Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, an appropriate Halloween musical nightmare composed for a 130- piece symphony orchestra. Berlioz’s intention and life will be explained entertainingly by Jeffrey Engel, a beloved musicologist.
Sunday, October 22 Starts at 8 a.m. at Hilltop Farm: Discover Suffield Bike Walk Tour. The library will be volunteering for this exciting event.
Tuesday, October 24 at 7 p.m. at the Senior Center: Dedication and Instruction on the Kent Memorial Library Telesccope. Yes, we got a telescope for patrons to check out, thanks to funding from the Friends of the Kent Memorial Library. It is an Orion 4.5 Starblast Tabletop Telescope. John Root from the Aldrich Astronomical Society, Inc. will explain how the telescope works and how to use it to find objects in the night sky. Weather permitting, we will go outside to observe the night sky.