Event Tag: Adults

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Discover Italian with a course designed for beginners! This 8 week hybrid series will take place in-person at the library and online via Zoom. This series combines essential grammar, practical language skills, and a taste of Italian culture. Through a mix of listening, reading, and writing activities, students will gain confidence in speaking Italian. With personalized handouts, interactive presentations, and a variety of resources—including videos, music, and games—learning is both effective and fun.

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Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

(2024) 89 minutes, R, Drama. Showing at 6 p.m. on Monday, February 24th in the Library’s Meeting Room. Shown with captions.

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Interested in getting feedback on your manuscript? In this session, writers may submit their query letter along with the first 15 pages of their manuscripts for Black Hawk’s editorial comments and feedback. Instructions on how to write a query letter will be provided in the first session. We encourage you to bring your 15-page manuscript to the first session to allow time for editorial feedback in the second session.

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Crochet Club for Adults. Every Wednesday at 4:00 pm in the Historical Room. All are welcome! Beginners, experts & everyone in between!

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Relax the mind and release tension in the body in this 3-week gently Kripalu yoga series that is led by Erin Schuster. Modifications will be offered so all levels are supported in this beginners friendly class. Blocks and straps will be provided, please bring your own yoga mat.

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Join us at the Guilford Free Library where each month we’ll be screening four films as part of our afternoon matinee series. For the month of February we will be showing four academy award winning/nominated movies.

drawing of bee with books

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Join us for a fun and informal conversation about new books at the Library, taking place the first Tuesday of every month from 11am to noon. Librarians will give you the inside scoop about which books are flying off the shelves as well as hot new titles scheduled for release. Group members can share what they are reading and get tips on what to read next.

This program will be held in a hybrid format; in person at the Library, and virtually on Zoom. Please register if you would like to attend the program virtually and a Zoom link will be emailed to you.

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Join the acclaimed Lions Gate Trio for a dazzling array of piano trios, moving from the  levity of Haydn to the magnificent gravitas of Brahms. The centerpiece of the program is the late Kaija Saaariaho’s Light and Matter, a dazzling sonic experience who combines the magic of the minute with spacious expanse.

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Discover a wide range of digital library resources you can access from home with your library card. Access e-books, audiobooks, music and magazines with Libby and Hoopla, and movies and documentaries with Kanopy.

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Join Julia Strayer and Liz Maccarone for a monthly talk about how to care for your financial future in a virtual forum designed just for women. This monthly discussion group, which is a collaboration between several libraries, offers an opportunity to learn more in a comfortable setting with other women. Participants’ questions are encouraged.

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The Guilford Poets Guild is delighted to kick off our Spring Second Thursday Series with two Guilford Poets Guilders sharing their poetry! On March 13th from 6:30pm-8pm we’ll enjoy an Open Mic followed by the poems of Sharon Austin Bloom and Kate Summerlin.

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Join Pam Halligan of Pam’s Picassos for a relaxing evening of painting with step-by-step instructions to create your own winter scene. All painting supplies will be provided. Space is limited and registration is required.

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Join Alan Mann, Artistic Director of the Opera Theater of Connecticut, for an engaging talk about Rodgers and Hammerstein. This presentation, featuring slides and music, will explore the individual careers, successes, and challenges of these two influential figures in Broadway history.

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In celebration of National Library Week, join Connecticut Sisters in Crime (SinC-CT) writers Pat Dunn, Christine Falcone, Kathleen Kalb, Jamie Kleinkauf, and Ang Pompano for a discussion on their writing process. They’ll share insights on how they come up with their book ideas, plot twists, and develop their characters.

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Join Julia Strayer and Liz Maccarone for a monthly talk about how to care for your financial future in a virtual forum designed just for women. This monthly discussion group, which is a collaboration between several libraries, offers an opportunity to learn more in a comfortable setting with other women. Participants’ questions are encouraged.

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Bestselling author Zoë Schlanger is a staff writer at the Atlantic, where she covers climate change. She is the author of The Light Eaters, a New York Times bestselling book about the world of plant-behavior-and-intelligence research, published by HarperCollins.

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Join Julia Strayer and Liz Maccarone for a monthly talk about how to care for your financial future in a virtual forum designed just for women. This monthly discussion group, which is a collaboration between several libraries, offers an opportunity to learn more in a comfortable setting with other women. Participants’ questions are encouraged.

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Join Julia Strayer and Liz Maccarone for a monthly talk about how to care for your financial future in a virtual forum designed just for women. This monthly discussion group, which is a collaboration between several libraries, offers an opportunity to learn more in a comfortable setting with other women. Participants’ questions are encouraged.