Summertime Enjoyable and Studying at Brainerd Library

Submitted by Jenny Law, Brainerd Memorial Library

(July 23, 2026) — There’s nonetheless a variety of summer season left to get pleasure from, and Brainerd Memorial Library gives packages to make it much more fascinating.  It’s all free, and all air-conditioned!

*  Love campfires, however don’t wish to spend cash on business fire-starters?   It’s simple to make your personal with odds and ends from round the home—previous candles, cardboard tubes, even sawdust.  Come learn the way—and you probably have any previous, burned-down candles, convey them with you.  August 5, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

* Here in Haddam, we don’t see wolves. They had been all hunted to extinction centuries in the past. But that’s no motive to not study extra about these lovely canines.  The Wolf Conservation Center is working to guard gray wolves and Mexican Red Wolves, they usually’ll let you know all concerning the wolves’ area of interest within the ecosystem and why it issues.  August 12, 2026 at 6:30 p.m.

* If your backyard is overflowing with summer season flowers, however your preparations simply don’t present them off in addition to you’d like, come to the library for recommendations on flower arranging.  We’ll present seasonal flowers and containers, however do convey a favourite vase or container you probably have one.  Please you’ll want to register prematurely for this program, so we will you’ll want to have sufficient flowers for everybody.  August 19, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

* The Revolutionary War took a horrible toll on the patriots who fought, and the harm wasn’t restricted to the battlefield.  Tom Hogan, a retired National Guard officer with a ardour for historical past, has researched the influence on prisoners of conflict from our space.  When higher than our 250^th anniversary to find out about this little-known side of our historical past?  August 26, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

*  Are you a crafter whose stash has reached embarrassing ranges?  Or the other: somebody who’d prefer to study, however hesitates to speculate any cash earlier than giving it a attempt?  Calling all crafters of each description to our first Arts and Crafts Swap.  Drop off your unneeded provides on the library between August 31, 2026 and September 5, 2026 and  then come “shop” free September 15, 16, and 17, from 5:00 p.m. till closing.  You don’t should donate something in an effort to take part. Everyone is welcome.

Register on-line at or phone 860-345-2204. Brainerd Memorial Library is situated at 920 Saybrook Road in Haddam.