Upcoming Events at Rockville Public Library

Here at RPL we are busy planning programs for the upcoming months. All programs at the library are offered at no charge and are open to residents of Vernon and surrounding communities.  Please call 860-875-5892 x21 to register for any of the events listed below.

On April 26 at 6PM we are having noted local photographer, Fred Bird, do a class on How To Use Your Point & Shoot Camera. Fred will teach class members how to take great pictures with digital or film cameras, how to use settings and what is photo composition. The class will run from 6-7:30 PM and will be held in the Peck Room on the lower level.  Space is limited to 50 students. If we get a long waiting list we will hold a second class on a later date.

On May 2 at 6PM, author Hannah Perlstein Marcus will come and discuss her book,Sidonia’s Thread: The Secrets of a Mother and Daughter Sewing a New Life in America. This is a memoir about the lives of two women, a mother and daughter, who were living in a displaced persons camp after World War II  and come to Springfield, Massachusetts on their own to build a new life. With no other family, except each other, they build a world that revolves around the mother’s remarkable talent as fashion designer and seamstress while the daughter serves as her dutiful model. Ms. Marcus will discuss this very personal look at a turbulant time in history. 

Finally, on May 8, 9, and 16, we will be offering classes on How to Download Library eBooks and Audiobooks to your personal device or eReader. For people with a Kindle or iPad/ mobile device with Kindle App, class will be held on May 8th at 1:00 PM or 6:00 PM. 

 For people with a Nook, Kobo, Sony or other brand of eReader or the Nook App on their mobile device, the class will be offered on May 9 at 1:00 PM or May 16 at 6:00 PM.  People in these two classes should bring their own laptop if they have one.

Many more new and exciting programs are in the works and information is always available on our website at www.rockvillepubliclibrary.org