"Twice Told Tales" film series with Janet Roach

Two different films based on the same plot with Academy Award winning screen writer Janet Roach

In the  Lyme Library’s new movie series “Twice Told Tales” we will be exploring two different films that are based on the same plot and screenplay but are created by two different Director’s and leading actors. In the series we will be screening two movies over two weeks with a pot luck dinner after the second movie and a chance to get together and discuss the films.

The film series is hosted by Academy Award winning screen writer Janet Roach.

Popcorn and refreshments will be servered.

Tonight's screening will include a potluck supper with a discussion of the two films in the series at dinner. If possible please bring along some food to share.

To register email programreg@lymepl.org

Today’s film is :"Silk Stockings" (1957).  Directed by Rouben Mamoulian  with music by Cole Porter. Starring  Cyd Charisse and  Fred Astaire.

The first film in this "Twice Told Tales" series was "Ninotchka" which was shown on September 19th

Joan Fisler of Red Barn Yoga of Lyme will be conducting yoga and meditation classes at the library twice a month. $10.00 per class paid to the instructor at the door. Participants should bring yoga mats if they have them  but a limited number of mats will be made available. Experience with yoga and meditation is not necessary in order to participate. This will be a relaxing and invigorating way to start the weekend off right.   

Every month the Lyme Public Library will be hosting a cookbook club where the participants will be using recipes from a particular cookbook (chosen by the participants at the previous month’s meeting) and making items to share with the group. This is a “tasty” book club where you can  build your culinary skills and share with others.  

This month’s theme: Julia Child

Join Ann Courcy, a master naturalist at Steward Outdoor Day School, for a hands-on nature journal activity and discover how the school integrates nature into learning.

To investigate how race, racism and white supremacy impacts our lives and our culture the Lyme Library Racial Equity Book Club, meets once a month via Zoom to discuss books, films, and poetry on race in America. This group's meeting offers an open door to a respectful dialogue about systemic racism and its impact on society and the future.

To register for these meetings and to receive the Zoom meeting invitation email programreg@lymepl.org

This month’s book is: ““There, There” by Tommy Orangeand it can be picked up at the Lyme Library circulation desk.

For children ages infant to 4. Discover what it is like to visit the library! Join Ms. Natalie for books, songs and a craft. Caregivers can check out books to take home to continue the fun of the library visit.

 A collaborative program between the Lyme Public Library and the Lymes’ Senior Center. The book of the month is “Devil in the White City” by Erik Larson, copies of which can be picked up at the Lyme Library’s circulation desk.

This month’s book is: "The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett

Join us for a spooky and educational adventure where young minds will explore the mysteries of Halloween through exciting science experiments and activities. With hands-on sensory play, like creating a "witch's brew" and making monster slime, our Wondertots will delight in the wonders of science while embracing the festive spirit of Halloween. Get ready for a program filled with laughter, learning, and plenty of Halloween-themed fun!

Cool-ology® provides hands-on, inquiry-based learning experiences aimed at getting kids really excited about science, engineering, STEAM connections, and the world around them! These active, social, creative lessons help kids begin to understand how the world works in a fun and educational way. Each session, children will explore a captivating, hands-on, inquiry-based science or engineering topic. Join us every 3rd Saturday of the month for S.T.E.A.M. learning and fun!

S.T.E.A.M. *Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math

This program is designed for children 3-6 years old.

Donate your time for a better Lyme!

Learn how you can make a difference in Lyme. Lyme-affliated nonprofits, associations, boards and commissions will be represented where you can volunteer and be of service to our town.

Coffee and cider donuts will be served.

All are welcome

From the Lyme Ambulance Association to Parks & Rec, the Affordable Housing Commission to the Lyme Land Trust, volunteers play a critical role in keeping the town of Lyme running smoothly. Lyme employs only a handful of full-time employees, so to operate efficiently, more than 140 positions on boards and commissions are staffed with volunteers. These are talented citizens who step forward to serve our town with their expertise and experience, dedication and passion.  On Sunday, October 20, 2024, from 2-4pm, the Lyme Public Library, the Democratic Town Committee, and the Republican Town Committee will host a Volunteer Fair with free coffee and cider donuts, and the chance for attendees to meet representatives from Lyme-affiliated organizations, boards and commissions. At this fun-filled event, attendees will hear inspiring stories about how volunteers play a critical role in keeping Lyme safe, operational, and fiscally responsible, as well as to discover how they might put their skills and talents to use, whether it’s providing an hour or two to clear a hiking trail, assisting an organization with administrative work, or serving on a board or commission. There are so many enjoyable and meaningful ways to be of service in the town of Lyme, and the Volunteer Fair is a great way to connect with neighbors and find out what volunteer opportunities are available.

For children ages infant to 4. Discover what it is like to visit the library! Join Ms. Natalie for books, songs and a craft. Caregivers can check out books to take home to continue the fun of the library visit.

"Twice Told Tales" film series with Janet Roach

Two different films based on the same plot with Academy Award winning screen writer Janet Roach

In the  Lyme Library’s new movie series “Twice Told Tales” we will be exploring two different films that are based on the same plot and screenplay but are created by two different Director’s and leading actors. In the series we will be screening two movies over two weeks with a pot luck dinner after the second movie and a chance to get together and discuss the films.

The film series is hosted by Academy Award winning screen writer Janet Roach.

Popcorn and refreshments will be servered.

To register email programreg@lymepl.org

Today’s film is:

"Ikiru" (1952). Directed by Akira Kuosawa and starring Takashi Shimura

(with the second movie being "Living" screened on November 7th @ 5:00pm with a potluck dinner and discussion after the film)

Joan Fisler of Red Barn Yoga of Lyme will be conducting yoga and meditation classes at the library twice a month. $10.00 per class paid to the instructor at the door. Participants should bring yoga mats if they have them  but a limited number of mats will be made available. Experience with yoga and meditation is not necessary in order to participate. This will be a relaxing and invigorating way to start the weekend off right.   

Join the Lyme Library Stitch Craft Club and practice your “stitchcraft” in the company of link-minded stitchers. If you enjoy, knitting, embroidery, crochet, cross stitch, quilting or any other form of easily portable hand crafts join us on the 4th Saturday of each month from 12:30-2:00pm at the Lyme Library in the Periodicals Room to share your projects, good company, and refreshments around the fireplace. This is the perfect opportunity to gain experience and expand your creativity by sharing with others. 

Meetings take place on the last Tuesday of each month from 6:00-8:00pm. Previous experience playing Mah Jongg is preferred. If you have your own American Mah Jongg set please bring it along. The library has two complete sets of tiles that you can borrow and eight sets of the “official Hands and Rules” booklets from the National Mah Jongg Leagues’ 86th year that you can use while in the building.

The library’s Mah Jongg supplies must be returned to the circulation desk when you are done playing if you have borrowed them for the evenings’ Lyme Library Mah Jongg Club meeting.

Come enjoy the fun!

For children ages infant to 4. Discover what it is like to visit the library! Join Ms. Natalie for books, songs and a craft. Caregivers can check out books to take home to continue the fun of the library visit.

From 6-8:00pm- CT Horror Writers:

This special Halloween program called “Fright Night” will include a panel of Connecticut horror writers and features author readings, horror trivia with prizes Q & A with each author and a meet and greet in which audience members may purchase books and have them signed. 

Contact: Email programreg@lymepl.org to register

For more information about the Connecticut Horror Writers Association go to https://horrorwritersct.com/

From 8-10:00pm- Film Screening of "Sweet, Sweet, Lonely Girl" written and directed by A.D. Calvo

Independent horror film director A.D. Calvo will be screening his latest movie "Sweet, Sweet, Lonely, Girl" at the Lyme Library's "Fright Night" event from 8:00 to 10:00pm. This gothic horror film is set in the 1980's follows the lives of a young caregiver to an elderly aunt. Part ghost story, part moralist lesson tale, "Sweet, Sweet, Lonely, Girl" was filmed in Connecticut. For more information on the film go to https://adcalvo.wixsite.com/sweetsweetlonelygirl

Joan Fisler of Red Barn Yoga of Lyme will be conducting yoga and meditation classes at the library twice a month. $10.00 per class paid to the instructor at the door. Participants should bring yoga mats if they have them  but a limited number of mats will be made available. Experience with yoga and meditation is not necessary in order to participate. This will be a relaxing and invigorating way to start the weekend off right.   

 Join us to celebrate and learn about this beautiful holiday by participating in a Mexican Folkloric Dance Workshop with Tere Luna, and painting sugar skull piggy banks in the Children’s Room. All ages and their families are welcome.

The Lyme Library is honored to have the author Colum McCann appear and speak about his writing and his work with Narrative 4. Mr. McCann is an internationally recognized author whose work has been published in over 40 languages. His writings have been published in the New York Times, The New Yorker, Esquire, Paris Review, The Atlantic Monthly, Granta and numerous other publications.

His books include the winner of the National Book Award “Let the Great World Spin”, TransAtlantic, Apeirogon,  American Mother and three collections of short stories including Thirteen Ways of Looking at Things. His most current work Twist is due to be released in 2025.

A prolific author and reporter, Mr. McCann is the founder and President of Narrative 4 an international empathy educational nonprofit.

Mr. McCann’s books will be available for purchase and signing at the event.

To register for this event email programreg@lymepl.org

Join your friends and family at "The Sweet Spot", the Lyme library’s cafe which meets at the library every first Tuesday of the month from 10:30AM to 11:30AM

Refreshments (coffee, tea and pastries) have been provided by volunteers and members of the Lyme Library Board and Friends of the Lyme Public Library. All items are free, but feel free to add to the "donation jar". "The Sweet Spot" provides live music,  games, magazines, newspapers and a warm and cozy space for folks to meet up and enjoy meeting old friends and making new ones. Come join the fun and learn more about what the library has to offer the community.

Shell & Bee Studio Art Class Series- Afternoon Art

To register email  programreg@lymepl.org or call 860- 434- 2272

 Join Ms. Marissa of Shell & Bee Studio as she leads a fun and creative afternoon class for elementary school students grades 1-5. 

The Lyme Library Trivia Club

Meeting every first Wednesday of the month @ 7:00pm  beginning on July 3rd, joining  the Lyme Library Trivia Club is a terrific way to increase your knowledge of esoteric facts, and bragging rights but is a easy way to reconnect with family, old friends and have a chance to make new friends. To register email programreg@lymepl.org

Refreshments will be available.

"Twice Told Tales" film series with Janet Roach

Two different films based on the same plot with Academy Award winning screen writer Janet Roach

In the  Lyme Library’s new movie series “Twice Told Tales” we will be exploring two different films that are based on the same plot and screenplay but are created by two different Director’s and leading actors. In the series we will be screening two movies over two weeks with a pot luck dinner after the second movie and a chance to get together and discuss the films.

The film series is hosted by Academy Award winning screen writer Janet Roach.

Popcorn and refreshments will be servered.

Tonight's screening will include a potluck supper with a discussion of the two films in the series at dinner. If possible please bring along some food to share.

To register email programreg@lymepl.org

Today’s film is :

"Living" (2022). Starring  Bill Nighy . Directed by Oliver Hemanus

Overwhelmed at work and lonely at home, a council bureaucrat's life takes a heartbreaking turn when a medical diagnosis tells him his time is short. Influenced by a local decadent and a vibrant woman, he continues to search for meaning until a simple revelation gives him a purpose to create a legacy for the next generation.

The first film in this "Twice Told Tales" series was "Ikiru" which was shown on October 24th

If you want to learn how to play or if you are looking for advanced players to play chess with, the Lyme Library Chess Club welcomes all levels. Chess boards are supplied by the library.

Every month the Lyme Public Library will be hosting a cookbook club where the participants will be using recipes from a particular cookbook (chosen by the participants at the previous month’s meeting) and making items to share with the group. This is a “tasty” book club where you can  build your culinary skills and share with others.  

This month’s theme: Food inspired by Drinks, Alcoholic or Not

Are you having basic technology issues, such as using email, Microsoft Office or Google Docs? Is using your cell phone becoming more trouble than it seems to be worth? Would you like to get access to the free services that the library has to offer such as downloading audio books via the LIBBY app? Well, Pastor Sue Latourette will be at the Lyme Library to help. Please come to the library and sign-up for one (or more) of the ½ time slots on our tech support sign-up sheet. All we will need is your name, contact information and a brief description of your technology issue. Make sure to bring along all the charging plugs, etc. for your devices and have your usernames and passwords available to log into the accounts you are having trouble with. Pastor Sue will be at the library from 2:00-4:00 to sit down one-on-one with you to help get you past your technology hurdle. 

To investigate how race, racism and white supremacy impacts our lives and our culture the Lyme Library Racial Equity Book Club, meets once a month via Zoom to discuss books, films, and poetry on race in America. This group's meeting offers an open door to a respectful dialogue about systemic racism and its impact on society and the future.

To register for these meetings and to receive the Zoom meeting invitation email programreg@lymepl.org

This month’s book is: - “One Person, No Vote: How voter suppression is destroying our democracy” by Carol Andersonand it can be picked up at the Lyme Library circulation desk.

Are you having basic technology issues, such as using email, Microsoft Office or Google Docs? Is using your cell phone becoming more trouble than it seems to be worth? Would you like to get access to the free services that the library has to offer such as downloading audio books via the LIBBY app? Well, Emily Lewis will be at the Lyme Library to help. Please come to the library and sign-up for one (or more) of the ½ time slots on our tech support sign-up sheet. All we will need is your name, contact information and a brief description of your technology issue. Make sure to bring along all the charging plugs, etc for your devices and have your usernames and passwords available to log in to the accounts you are having trouble with. Emily will be at the library from 4-5:00pm to sit down one-on-one with you to help get you past your technology hurdle. 

Join us for a free educational workshop with the members of the not-for profit American Financial Education Alliance (AFEA) when they come to the Lyme Library to teach you how to navigate the ins and outs of what you need to know about Social Security and Medicare.

Free to the public this workshop is open to anyone interested in learning more about how to apply for services and what services you will be receiving.

Play With Your Cat!

Did you know that play is important to your cat's well-being? Join Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado as she discusses her book "Play With Your Cat!" This talk will focus on interactive playtime with cats, including why cats play and how to play effectively with them! When done well, interactive play gives cats an outlet for one of their natural instincts - hunting! She'll address cats who might be more challenging to play with, including "lazy cats," senior cats, and cats in multi-cat homes. Learn about some of her favorite toys and tools for playtime and get ready to have more fun with your cat! There will be plenty of time at the end to answer your burning cat questions!

The program is on Zoom. To register and receive the Zoom meeting invitation email programreg@lymepl.org

Bio 

Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado is a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist and Certified Cat Behavior Consultant who has been working with cats professionally for over 20 years. She worked as a cat behavior specialist at the San Francisco SPCA for eight years before co-founding Feline Minds, where she offers assistance for cat owners, animal shelters, and corporations.

Mikel completed her PhD in animal behavior and cognition at UC Berkeley, and was a postdoc at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, where she researched the social and feeding behaviors of cats, and the health and behavior of orphaned neonatal kittens. She is the author of the book “Play with Your Cat!” (2024, Tarcher/Perigee) and co-authored the 2017 book “Total Cat Mojo,” with Jackson Galaxy. Mikel lives in Sacramento, CA with her boyfriend and their three cats: Ruby, Coriander, and Professor Scribbles. 

Embark on a prehistoric adventure where Wondertots will journey back in time to the age of dinosaurs. In this engaging one-hour class, children will uncover fascinating facts about these ancient creatures through interactive activities and hands-on learning.

Cool-ology® provides hands-on, inquiry-based learning experiences aimed at getting kids really excited about science, engineering, STEAM connections, and the world around them! These active, social, creative lessons help kids begin to understand how the world works in a fun and educational way. Each session, children will explore a captivating, hands-on, inquiry-based science or engineering topic. Join us every 3rd Saturday of the month for S.T.E.A.M. learning and fun!

S.T.E.A.M. *Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math

This program is designed for children 3-6 years old.

"Twice Told Tales" film series with Janet Roach

Two different films based on the same plot with Academy Award winning screen writer Janet Roach

In the  Lyme Library’s new movie series “Twice Told Tales” we will be exploring two different films that are based on the same plot and screenplay but are created by two different Director’s and leading actors. In the series we will be screening two movies over two weeks with a pot luck dinner after the second movie and a chance to get together and discuss the films.

The film series is hosted by Academy Award winning screen writer Janet Roach.

Popcorn and refreshments will be servered.

To register email programreg@lymepl.org

Today’s film is:

"Night and Day" (1946) Starring  Cary Grant and Alexis Smith . Directed by Michael Curtiz. With music by Cole Porter and others

(with the second movie being “De-Lovely" (2004) starring Kevin Klein and Ashley Judd.  Directed by Irwin Winkler with music by Cole Porter which will screen on December 5 @ 5:00pm)

Joan Fisler of Red Barn Yoga of Lyme will be conducting yoga and meditation classes at the library twice a month. $10.00 per class paid to the instructor at the door. Participants should bring yoga mats if they have them  but a limited number of mats will be made available. Experience with yoga and meditation is not necessary in order to participate. This will be a relaxing and invigorating way to start the weekend off right.   

 Join the Lyme Library Stitch Craft Club and practice your “stitchcraft” in the company of link-minded stitchers. If you enjoy, knitting, embroidery, crochet, cross stitch, quilting or any other form of easily portable hand crafts join us on the 4th Saturday of each month from 12:30-2:00pm at the Lyme Library in the Periodicals Room to share your projects, good company, and refreshments around the fireplace. This is the perfect opportunity to gain experience and expand your creativity by sharing with others. 

For internationally-known interior designer Nora Murphy a country home isn’t so much a place as it is a state of mind. The true essence of which is both well lived in and beautifully decorated a county house is warm and welcoming,down to earth and elegant all at once. Ms. Murphy's shop in Chester "The Little Shop" features many of the elements that she decorates homes with in her role of interior designer. Ms. Murphy is also an author and in tonight's presentation she will be highlighting some of the homes and designs that appear in her latest book "Country House Living: Celebrating the Beauty of Life at Home". Filled with practical ways to celebrate American country style, her latest book is beautifully designed with a ribbon bookmark, and written in the author’s warm and effusive voice, this book will inspire readers to create a country house lifestyle wherever they live.

Copies of Ms. Murphy's books will be available for purchase and signing at the event.

To register for this event email programreg@lymepl.org

Meetings take place on the last Tuesday of each month from 6:00-8:00pm. Previous experience playing Mah Jongg is preferred. If you have your own American Mah Jongg set please bring it along. The library has two complete sets of tiles that you can borrow and eight sets of the “official Hands and Rules” booklets from the National Mah Jongg Leagues’ 86th year that you can use while in the building.

The library’s Mah Jongg supplies must be returned to the circulation desk when you are done playing if you have borrowed them for the evenings’ Lyme Library Mah Jongg Club meeting.

Come enjoy the fun!

Join your friends and family at "The Sweet Spot", the Lyme library’s cafe which meets at the library every first Tuesday of the month from 10:30AM to 11:30AM

Refreshments (coffee, tea and pastries) have been provided by volunteers and members of the Lyme Library Board and Friends of the Lyme Public Library. All items are free, but feel free to add to the "donation jar". "The Sweet Spot" provides live music,  games, magazines, newspapers and a warm and cozy space for folks to meet up and enjoy meeting old friends and making new ones. Come join the fun and learn more about what the library has to offer the community.

Lyme Library Trivia Night Club

Meeting every first Wednesday of the month @ 7:00pm  joining  the Lyme Library Trivia Club is a terrific way to increase your knowledge of esoteric facts, and bragging rights but is a easy way to reconnect with family, old friends and have a chance to make new friends.

"Twice Told Tales" film series with Janet Roach

Two different films based on the same plot with Academy Award winning screen writer Janet Roach

In the  Lyme Library’s new movie series “Twice Told Tales” we will be exploring two different films that are based on the same plot and screenplay but are created by two different Director’s and leading actors. In the series we will be screening two movies over two weeks with a pot luck dinner after the second movie and a chance to get together and discuss the films.

The film series is hosted by Academy Award winning screen writer Janet Roach.

Popcorn and refreshments will be servered.

Tonight's screening will include a potluck supper with a discussion of the two films in the series at dinner. If possible please bring along some food to share.

To register email programreg@lymepl.org

Today’s film is :

"De-Lovely" (2004) Starring  Kevin Klein and Ashley Judd.  Directed by Irwin Winkler. With  music by Cole Porter

The first film in this "Twice Told Tales" series was "Night and Day" which was shown on November 21

 If you want to learn how to play or if you are looking for advanced players to play chess with, the Lyme Library Chess Club welcomes all levels. Chess boards are supplied by the library.

To investigate how race, racism and white supremacy impacts our lives and our culture the Lyme Library Racial Equity Book Club, meets once a month via Zoom to discuss books, films, and poetry on race in America. This group's meeting offers an open door to a respectful dialogue about systemic racism and its impact on society and the future.

To register for these meetings and to receive the Zoom meeting invitation email programreg@lymepl.org

This month’s book is: ““Beautiful Country: A memoir of an undocumented childhood” by Qian Julie Wang and it can be picked up at the Lyme Library circulation desk.

 Local chef Barbara Gaudio will be leading a demostration on cake decorating at the Lyme Library. Supplies will be provided. A perfect way to prepare for the holidays.

Join us for an informative and entertaining evening when former butler and author of A Butler's Life: Scenes from the Other Side of the Silver Salver, Christopher Allen comes to the Lyme Library

Part memoir, part how-to, A Butler's Life --follows the real-life duties of Mr. Allen when he was in service and offers a contemporary peek into this fascinating, yet demanding profession.

Those for whom the mental picture of a British butler is the impeccable Jeeves or Remains of the Day’s prim Mr. Stevens will find Christopher Allen a surprise and a delight. The engaging Englishman, while no less a paragon of service than his literary peers, is charmingly human in his ongoing endeavor to master a profession whose most perfect representative is invisible.

And, for those whose homes might not be staffed with live-in servants but who would enjoy benefiting from their expertise, nearly two dozen sidebars reveal tips of the trade--everything from hints for seamless entertaining to advice on household management.

Far from a relic of a past era, Christopher Allen demonstrates that being a butler -- in villas on the Cote d’Azur and in California, on luxury yachts in England and estates in the Hamptons -- is still a very viable, rewarding way to make a living in the twenty-first century.

Every month the Lyme Public Library will be hosting a cookbook club where the participants will be using recipes from a particular cookbook (chosen by the participants at the previous month’s meeting) and making items to share with the group. This is a “tasty” book club where you can  build your culinary skills and share with others.  

This month’s theme: Family Classics

Are you having basic technology issues, such as using email, Microsoft Office or Google Docs? Is using your cell phone becoming more trouble than it seems to be worth? Would you like to get access to the free services that the library has to offer such as downloading audio books via the LIBBY app? Well, Pastor Sue Latourette will be at the Lyme Library to help. Please come to the library and sign-up for one (or more) of the ½ time slots on our tech support sign-up sheet. All we will need is your name, contact information and a brief description of your technology issue. Make sure to bring along all the charging plugs, etc. for your devices and have your usernames and passwords available to log into the accounts you are having trouble with. Pastor Sue will be at the library from 2:00-4:00 to sit down one-on-one with you to help get you past your technology hurdle. 

Joan Fisler of Red Barn Yoga of Lyme will be conducting yoga and meditation classes at the library twice a month. $10.00 per class paid to the instructor at the door. Participants should bring yoga mats if they have them  but a limited number of mats will be made available. Experience with yoga and meditation is not necessary in order to participate. This will be a relaxing and invigorating way to start the weekend off right.   

Cost: $10.00

Our LEGO Builders' Hour promises a fun-filled session where preschoolers can develop creativity, fine motor skills, and spatial awareness through the joy of building with LEGO bricks. Get ready to build, create, and discover with us!

Cool-ology® provides hands-on, inquiry-based learning experiences aimed at getting kids really excited about science, engineering, STEAM connections, and the world around them! These active, social, creative lessons help kids begin to understand how the world works in a fun and educational way. Each session, children will explore a captivating, hands-on, inquiry-based science or engineering topic. Join us every 3rd Saturday of the month for S.T.E.A.M. learning and fun!

S.T.E.A.M. *Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math

This program is designed for children 3-6 years old.

 Join the Lyme Library Stitch Craft Club and practice your “stitchcraft” in the company of link-minded stitchers. If you enjoy, knitting, embroidery, crochet, cross stitch, quilting or any other form of easily portable hand crafts join us on the 4th Saturday of each month from 12:30-2:00pm at the Lyme Library in the Periodicals Room to share your projects, good company, and refreshments around the fireplace. This is the perfect opportunity to gain experience and expand your creativity by sharing with others. 

Meetings take place on the last Tuesday of each month from 6:00-8:00pm. Previous experience playing Mah Jongg is preferred. If you have your own American Mah Jongg set please bring it along. The library has two complete sets of tiles that you can borrow and eight sets of the “official Hands and Rules” booklets from the National Mah Jongg Leagues’ 86th year that you can use while in the building.

The library’s Mah Jongg supplies must be returned to the circulation desk when you are done playing if you have borrowed them for the evenings’ Lyme Library Mah Jongg Club meeting.

Come enjoy the fun!

If you want to learn how to play or if you are looking for advanced players to play chess with, the Lyme Library Chess Club welcomes all levels. Chess boards are supplied by the library.

Reduce, reuse, and recycle! What better way to make your wardrobe more stylish and do something for the environment? Drusilla Carter will be coming to the Lyme Library to teach a workshop in which participants will be using old books to create unique and stylish purses.

Supplies will be provided by the library. Limited to 20 participants. Attendees must be 16 years old or older to attend.

To attend register by emailing programreg@lymepl.org

Local historian Janet Lemond will be appearing at the Lyme library to speak about her book “A Tour of the Goodspeed Opera House”. A local historical treasure the Goodspeed theater has a fascinating history which Ms. Lemond will share with participants attending today’s presentation. 

To investigate how race, racism and white supremacy impacts our lives and our culture the Lyme Library Racial Equity Book Club, meets once a month via Zoom to discuss books, films, and poetry on race in America. This group's meeting offers an open door to a respectful dialogue about systemic racism and its impact on society and the future.

To register for these meetings and to receive the Zoom meeting invitation email programreg@lymepl.org

This month’s piece is: “Minari”  (A Lee Isaac Chung film) and it can be picked up at the Lyme Library circulation desk.

Connecticut's Sandy Shore

This talk will provide an introduction to the geology, ecology, plants and animals of Connecticut's shoreline and why Connecticut’s sandy beaches differ from many others along the Atlantic seaboard. This talk is based on the 130-page guide published in 2023 of the same name. In this presentation we will explore the dynamic Connecticut coast, its habitats and how the impacts of climate change are changing these habitats.

Presented by Juliana Barrett and Ralph Lewis

Juliana Barrett, PhD is the CT Sea Grant Coastal Habitat Specialist and UConn Extension Educator Emerita, University of Connecticut. She has a doctorate in plant ecology from the University of Connecticut and is a co-author of the Vegetation of Connecticut and several guides describing coastal habitats of Long Island Sound. Ralph Lewis is a Certified Professional Geologist with 48 years of experience. He was the State Geologist of Connecticut between 1997 and 2003. Ralph is a member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineerin

Cool-ology® provides hands-on, inquiry-based learning experiences aimed at getting kids really excited about science, engineering, STEAM connections, and the world around them! These active, social, creative lessons help kids begin to understand how the world works in a fun and educational way. Each session, children will explore a captivating, hands-on, inquiry-based science or engineering topic. Join us every 3rd Saturday of the month for S.T.E.A.M. learning and fun!

S.T.E.A.M. *Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math

This program is designed for children 2-5 years old.

 If you want to learn how to play or if you are looking for advanced players to play chess with, the Lyme Library Chess Club welcomes all levels. Chess boards are supplied by the library.

To investigate how race, racism and white supremacy impacts our lives and our culture the Lyme Library Racial Equity Book Club, meets once a month via Zoom to discuss books, films, and poetry on race in America. This group's meeting offers an open door to a respectful dialogue about systemic racism and its impact on society and the future.

To register for these meetings and to receive the Zoom meeting invitation email programreg@lymepl.org

This month’s book is: Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning” by Cathy Hong Park and it can be picked up at the Lyme Library circulation desk.

Cool-ology® provides hands-on, inquiry-based learning experiences aimed at getting kids really excited about science, engineering, STEAM connections, and the world around them! These active, social, creative lessons help kids begin to understand how the world works in a fun and educational way. Each session, children will explore a captivating, hands-on, inquiry-based science or engineering topic. Join us every 3rd Saturday of the month for S.T.E.A.M. learning and fun!

S.T.E.A.M. *Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math

This program is designed for children 2-5 years old.

To investigate how race, racism and white supremacy impacts our lives and our culture the Lyme Library Racial Equity Book Club, meets once a month via Zoom to discuss books, films, and poetry on race in America. This group's meeting offers an open door to a respectful dialogue about systemic racism and its impact on society and the future.

To register for these meetings and to receive the Zoom meeting invitation email programreg@lymepl.org

This month’s movie is:-“Amistad”( A Steven Spielberg film) and it can be picked up at the Lyme Library circulation desk.

Cool-ology® provides hands-on, inquiry-based learning experiences aimed at getting kids really excited about science, engineering, STEAM connections, and the world around them! These active, social, creative lessons help kids begin to understand how the world works in a fun and educational way. Each session, children will explore a captivating, hands-on, inquiry-based science or engineering topic. Join us every 3rd Saturday of the month for S.T.E.A.M. learning and fun!

S.T.E.A.M. *Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math

This program is designed for children 2-5 years old.

To investigate how race, racism and white supremacy impacts our lives and our culture the Lyme Library Racial Equity Book Club, meets once a month via Zoom to discuss books, films, and poetry on race in America. This group's meeting offers an open door to a respectful dialogue about systemic racism and its impact on society and the future.

To register for these meetings and to receive the Zoom meeting invitation email programreg@lymepl.org

This month’s book is:  “Watermelons, Nooses and Straight Razors: Images from the Jim Crow Museum” by David Pilgrim.and it can be picked up at the Lyme Library circulation desk.

Cool-ology® provides hands-on, inquiry-based learning experiences aimed at getting kids really excited about science, engineering, STEAM connections, and the world around them! These active, social, creative lessons help kids begin to understand how the world works in a fun and educational way. Each session, children will explore a captivating, hands-on, inquiry-based science or engineering topic. Join us every 3rd Saturday of the month for S.T.E.A.M. learning and fun!

S.T.E.A.M. *Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math

This program is designed for children 2-5 years old.

To investigate how race, racism and white supremacy impacts our lives and our culture the Lyme Library Racial Equity Book Club, meets once a month via Zoom to discuss books, films, and poetry on race in America. This group's meeting offers an open door to a respectful dialogue about systemic racism and its impact on society and the future.

To register for these meetings and to receive the Zoom meeting invitation email programreg@lymepl.org

This month’s movie is: “Killers of the Flower Moon” (A Martin Scorsese film) and it can be picked up at the Lyme Library circulation desk.

Cool-ology® provides hands-on, inquiry-based learning experiences aimed at getting kids really excited about science, engineering, STEAM connections, and the world around them! These active, social, creative lessons help kids begin to understand how the world works in a fun and educational way. Each session, children will explore a captivating, hands-on, inquiry-based science or engineering topic. Join us every 3rd Saturday of the month for S.T.E.A.M. learning and fun!

S.T.E.A.M. *Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math

This program is designed for children 2-5 years old.

To investigate how race, racism and white supremacy impacts our lives and our culture the Lyme Library Racial Equity Book Club meets once a month via Zoom to discuss books, films, and poetry on race in America. This group's meeting offers an open door to a respectful dialogue about systemic racism and its impact on society and the future.

To register for these meetings and to receive the Zoom meeting invitation email programreg@lymepl.org

This month's book: - Indigenous American Poetry ("Sing: Poetry from the Indigenous Americans" and "Yaqui Deer Poems"

This month's meeting will also include a presenation by Markham Starr on Ceremonial Stoneworks in New England

To investigate how race, racism and white supremacy impacts our lives and our culture the Lyme Library Racial Equity Book Club, meets once a month via Zoom to discuss books, films, and poetry on race in America. This group's meeting offers an open door to a respectful dialogue about systemic racism and its impact on society and the future.

To register for these meetings and to receive the Zoom meeting invitation email programreg@lymepl.org

This month’s book is:-“ A Raisin in the Sun” (A Daniel Petrie film) and it can be picked up at the Lyme Library circulation desk.

To investigate how race, racism and white supremacy impacts our lives and our culture the Lyme Library Racial Equity Book Club meets once a month via Zoom to discuss books, films, and poetry on race in America. This group's meeting offers an open door to a respectful dialogue about systemic racism and its impact on society and the future.

To register for these meetings and to receive the Zoom meeting invitation email programreg@lymepl.org

This month’s book is:-“The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America” by Richard Rothstein- and it can be picked up at the Lyme Library circulation desk.

“The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America” by Richard Rothstein

To investigate how race, racism and white supremacy impacts our lives and our culture the Lyme Library Racial Equity Book Club, meets once a month via Zoom to discuss books, films, and poetry on race in America. This group's meeting offers an open door to a respectful dialogue about systemic racism and its impact on society and the future.

To register for these meetings and to receive the Zoom meeting invitation email programreg@lymepl.org

This month’s book is:-“Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum” and it can be picked up at the Lyme Library circulation desk.

To investigate how race, racism and white supremacy impacts our lives and our culture the Lyme Library Racial Equity Book Club meets once a month via Zoom to discuss books, films, and poetry on race in America. This group's meeting offers an open door to a respectful dialogue about systemic racism and its impact on society and the future.

To register for these meetings and to receive the Zoom meeting invitation email programreg@lymepl.org

This month’s book is:  “Malcolm X”  (A Spike Lee film) and it can be picked up at the Lyme Library circulation desk.

To investigate how race, racism and white supremacy impacts our lives and our culture the Lyme Library Racial Equity Book Club meets once a month via Zoom to discuss books, films, and poetry on race in America. This group's meeting offers an open door to a respectful dialogue about systemic racism and its impact on society and the future.

To register for these meetings and to receive the Zoom meeting invitation email programreg@lymepl.org

This month’s book is: -“The New Jim Crow: Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander and it can be picked up at the Lyme Library circulation desk.

To investigate how race, racism and white supremacy impacts our lives and our culture the Lyme Library Racial Equity Book Club, meets once a month via Zoom to discuss books, films, and poetry on race in America. This group's meeting offers an open door to a respectful dialogue about systemic racism and its impact on society and the future.

To register for these meetings and to receive the Zoom meeting invitation email programreg@lymepl.org

This month’s book is:  “Fight: How Gen Z is channeling their fear and passion to save America” by John Della Volpe and it can be picked up at the Lyme Library circulation desk.