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For more information or to register for programs, stop by the 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.
Once a Month Programs
New members are welcome!
Seating is limited at 61 Ffyler Place. Please register at 860-668-3896. Bohemian Rhapsody
Tues., Mar. 5, Wed., Mar. 6 and Fri., Mar.
Suffield Youth Services and library Teen Programming has teamed up to offer Study with a Puppy on the first Tuesday of each month.
Time for Tots: Join us at the library for an hour long program of stories, activities and play-time for toddlers ages one–three.
Do you know that March 25 was once the start of the New Year? Julius Caesar abolished the complicated Roman calendar and created a new one.
The West Suffield Village Improvement Association will hold its annual spring tag sale on Saturday, April 6 from 9 a.m.- to 2 p.m. at Academy Hall (1499 Mountain Road).
Donations may be dropped off at Academy Hall from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 30, Thursday, April 4 and Friday, April 5.
We accept anything except clothing. For more information on the West Suffield Village Association tag sale, please call Anne Borg at 860 668-7841. All proceeds go to the maintenance of Academy Hall. Thanks for your support.
The Suffield Historical Society invites local area residents to present a short talk on any aspect of local history.
If you have life experiences, hobbies or collections to share, call Ed Chase at 860 668-2962 to sign up. Presentations will take place at the Suffield Senior Center on Wednesday, March 20 at 7 p.m.
We look forward to seeing you there! Refreshments will be served after the program.
The two grammar school classes and their teachers at the old Bridge Street School are pictured in the front yard in about 1905, perhaps assembled to watch a game of some sort.
Selected from the pages of the Windsor Locks Journal and lightly annotated by Town Historian Lester Smith.
The New England Air Museum will hold its annual Women Take Flight event on Saturday, March 9, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in commemoration of Women’s History Month and in conjunction with Women of Aviation Worldwide Week. Visitors of all ages are invited to celebrate women’s contributions to aerospace history through a variety of hands-on activities, special events, and lectures. This year’s keynote speakers include Shaesta Waiz, Founder and President of Dreams Soar, Inc. In 2017, Ms. Waiz became the youngest woman to fly solo around the world in a single engine aircraft when she completed a journey that took her to 22 countries in 145 days. Born in an Afghan refugee camp, Ms. Waiz is the first female certified civilian pilot from Afghanistan. Ms. Waiz will speak about her experiences at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and will be available to meet with visitors from 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Additional keynote speakers include Mary Anne Cannon, Vice President of Commercial Programs at Pratt and Whitney in East Hartford, Connecticut; and Kristi Fleischmann, Managing Director of Acrojet Aerospace Solutions in Stratford.