August 2018
One Book, One Region Book Discussion
In partnership with One Book, One Region, Otis Library will host a discussion of the 2018 selection Exit West by Mohsin Hamid in the Community Room. The discussion will be facilitated by Dr. Lynne Rogers. Dr. Rogers holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and teaches contemporary literature at the University of Connecticut at Avery Point. She was a Fulbright Scholar and has taught extensively in Lebanon. She has published several articles on contemporary Arabic literature in translation and is a regular book and…
Find out more »Otis Library Genealogy Club
The club meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month to learn and to brainstorm about family history projects. Please bring with you any basic information you have about the family members for whom you are looking. This club will be useful for beginners as well as experienced researchers. For more information please call Kathleen Wieland, Genealogy Librarian, at (860) 889-2365, ext. 108.
Find out more »Author Event: Lottie Scott
Norwich resident Lottie Scott will talk about her new book Deep South Deep North: A Family's Journey. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing. Free program; no registration required. Refreshments will be served. In Deep South Deep North, the author tells both the heartbreaking and triumphant tale of her maturation into adulthood against a racially-charged, impoverished, yet fiercely loving backdrop in Longtown, South Carolina.
Find out more »Film Screening: “This Is Home”
Community Room This Is Home is an intimate portrait of four Syrian families struggling to find their way in America. The screening will be followed by a brief discussion facilitated by Bassem Gayed, Multicultural Services Coordinator at Otis Library. Only twenty-one thousand Syrian refugees out of five million have been accepted into the United States since 2011. This is Home follows four families sent to resettle in Baltimore in 2016. They have just eight months to find jobs, learn English,…
Find out more »September 2018
Otis Library Genealogy Club
The club meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month to learn and to brainstorm about family history projects. Please bring with you any basic information you have about the family members for whom you are looking. This club will be useful for beginners as well as experienced researchers. For more information please call Kathleen Wieland, Genealogy Librarian, at (860) 889-2365, ext. 108.
Find out more »October 2018
Otis Library Genealogy Club
The club meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month to learn and to brainstorm about family history projects. Please bring with you any basic information you have about the family members for whom you are looking. This club will be useful for beginners as well as experienced researchers. For more information please call Kathleen Wieland, Genealogy Librarian, at (860) 889-2365, ext. 108.
Find out more »November 2018
Otis Library Genealogy Club
The club meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month to learn and to brainstorm about family history projects. Please bring with you any basic information you have about the family members for whom you are looking. This club will be useful for beginners as well as experienced researchers. For more information please call Kathleen Wieland, Genealogy Librarian, at (860) 889-2365, ext. 108.
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