Bloomfield Public Library

10/23/2026

We ♥️ the Friends of the Library! ❤️

It’s (Oct. 18–24), and we’re celebrating our amazing and their invaluable contributions to our libraries all year long! 📚💙

This page from our 2025 annual report highlights the wonderful impact of our Friends. One of the pictures includes Friends Cheryl Fox and Chris Owens in front of Prosser Library, before we opened. Thank you to Cheryl, Chris, and all our Friends for your time, generosity, and dedication to helping our libraries thrive! 💙

Join us, , and libraries everywhere in celebrating library friends!

🔗 Learn more about the Friends of the Library: https://bplct.org/friends-of-the-library/

📞 Questions? Contact the Friends at the Booksellers’ Cellar during open hours at 860-769-3560:

🗓️ Tuesday: 11 AM–1 PM and 3–5 PM
🗓️ Wednesday: 11 AM–3 PM
🗓️ Thursday: 11 AM–1 PM and 3–5 PM
🗓️ Friday: 11 AM–3 PM
🗓️ Saturday: 11 AM–1 PM

10/23/2026

What is Free Legal Answers?
Connecticut Free Legal Answers is an online civil legal service for people who cannot afford to pay for an attorney. The service is a cooperative effort of the Connecticut Bar Association and American Bar Association.

Who qualifies for assistance?
Connecticut Free Legal Answers helps low-income people. Those seeking assistance are screened by income.

What can I ask about?
Connecticut Free Legal Answers deals with questions about civil law. Topics may include family law matters such as divorce, child support, adoption and name change as well as domestic violence, bankruptcy, consumer issues, education, employment, housing, worker's compensation, wills, and estate planning.

How do I ask my question?
You will sign up for an account, then post a question privately. A volunteer attorney will anonymously answer the question through the website. You will receive an e-mail alert when the question receives a response. You may ask follow-up questions through the website.

For more legal resources of interest, visit: https://bplct.org/online-resources/legal-resources/

Connecticut Free Legal Answers is an online civil legal service for people who cannot afford to pay for an attorney. The service is a cooperative effort of the Connecticut Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

10/23/2026

The West Hartford-Bloomfield Health District is hosting several free wellness screenings and no appointment is needed. For more information, please call (860) 561-7900. Bloomfield dates include:

Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday 9:30 to 11:00am - Bloomfield Community Center, 330 Park Ave

Every 2nd Wednesday 5:00 to 6:30pm - Prosser Library, 1 Tunxis Ave

Every 2nd Monday 5:00 to 6:30pm - McMahon Wintonbury Library, 1015 Blue Hills Ave

10/23/2026

👻 A little throwback to some of our staffers' 2025 costumes! 🎃

Some BPL staff will be dressing up next Friday and Saturday, so keep an eye out for a little library Halloween fun! 🧡

What will YOU be? Need some costume inspiration? We’ve got plenty of literary inspo at the library! 📚🎃

10/23/2026

Calling all Teens in grades 7-12: Welcome to TAG! The Teen Advisory Group is your number one resource for getting your voice heard and earning volunteer hours, plus we'll feed you pizza, give you free books, and we'll have a gift card raffle! All generously provided by the Friends of Bloomfield Public Library.

Won't you join us on Tuesday, October 27 at 4PM. We'll be celebrating Prosser's One Year Reopening with ice cream! Sign up at bplct.org Event Calendar.

Always open to new members, please share.

10/22/2026

💻 BPL is fighting the digital divide every.single.day.

In September alone, Bloomfield Public Library patrons logged 1,841 computer sessions across Prosser Library and McMahon Wintonbury Library!

📍 Prosser Library: 1,171 sessions
📍 McMahon Wintonbury Library: 670 sessions
⏱️ Total computer usage: 99,164 minutes!!!

And you know what isn't counted? All the time our incredible BPL staff spent helping people navigate technology, access services, complete applications, connect with others, and get all their digital tasks done.

Access to technology is access to opportunity. At BPL, we're here to help bridge that divide, one session, one question, and one person at a time. 💙

The one thing we can't help you with? Your email password. 😂 No matter how many times you ask, we still don't know!

10/22/2026

from our Native American Heritage Month book display on the 2nd floor of Prosser Library.

10/22/2026

Our school-age patrons are enjoying our bilingual Book Voyagers program! In partnership with CT Humanities, the program leader, Leslie, begins by playing a song on her guitar and then guides them through a bilingual story. This is followed by one or more hands-on activities. And participants get to keep the book!

To sign up for the final session in this series on Oct. 28, go to https://bplct.org and click on Event Calendar. Our next four-week Book Voyagers program will begin in March. (But we have plenty of other events for all ages all year long until then!)

The CT Humanities Book Voyagers program is designed to work with libraries, schools, and other community organizations to help children and their caregivers bring stories to life and enable families to grow their home libraries.

Promote the joy of reading!

10/22/2026

📚 Building Strong Readers Starts at Home!

A recent Connecticut Education Association survey highlights concerns about the impact of screens on students’ reading stamina and vocabulary. As a community, we all have a role to play in supporting literacy and RAISING READERS! ❤️

📖 Read with your children every day.
📱 Set limits on screen time.
💚 Model a love of reading!

Bloomfield Public Library is here to help you build strong readers, starting with our FREE 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program!

🧠 Did you know? Reading aloud to your child is one of the most powerful ways to support early brain development!

The simple, joyful act of sharing books helps your child develop essential pre-reading skills, including recognizing the sounds letters make, expanding vocabulary, and building background knowledge. These skills lay the foundation for learning to read and preparing for kindergarten.

📚 Did you know? Bloomfield residents can get a FREE library card from birth!

Let’s work together to raise a community of confident, curious, lifelong readers. ❤️

A recent Connecticut Education Association survey of 113 teachers found that most of them believe phones and devices have contributed significantly to a lack of reading stamina and vocabulary in students.

10/21/2026

Thanks to the generosity of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, BPL is excited to announce that we now have an Event Pass to their Masterworks Series. The Event Pass includes two free tickets for Saturday performances at 8:00 PM. We are currently reserving for the following performance:

10/24/26 at 8:00 PM: Dinur Conducts Tchaikovsky 4

Reservations for the next performance in the series will open the week after the current performance has ended. To reserve the pass, visit the Museum Passes link at bplct.org, or call the library at 860-243-9721.

Reserved tickets can be picked up at Prosser Library any time during normal operating hours. We highly recommend picking up reserved tickets no later than 4:00 PM on the Friday before the event. Tickets not picked up by 2:00 PM on the Saturday of the event will be forfeited. Ticket quantities are limited, so the HSO and library encourage notification of cancellation or the passing forward of unused tickets.

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