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Virtual Author Talk: The Thrill of Writing Action, Adventure, and Suspense: A Conversation with Bestselling Author Gregg Hurwitz

Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual at Scranton Library
Program Type:
Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

Do you love action-packed adventure? Are you ready for the thrill?

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Scranton Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lectures
Event Details:

Do you love action-packed adventure? Are you ready for the thrill?

This event is in the "Adults" group.

The Adult Disability Community in CT: Advocacy, Resources and Legislation with SSILL

Friday, April 25, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Johnson Community Room at Scranton Library
Program Type:
Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

Join this critically important conversation about how a partnership with parents, agencies and legislators bring positive outcomes for this challenged and often ignored community. 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Scranton Library
Room: Johnson Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lectures
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join this critically important conversation about how a partnership with parents, agencies and legislators bring positive outcomes for this challenged and often ignored community. 

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Virtual Author Talk: How to Use Anxiety to Thrive with Dr. David H. Rosmarin

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Virtual at Scranton Library
Program Type:
Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

Let’s face it: Everyone has anxiety. Furthermore, our incessant quest to rid ourselves of this ubiquitous human emotion worsens it. What if, instead of fighting our anxiety, we could turn it into a strength?

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Scranton Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lectures
Event Details:

Let’s face it: Everyone has anxiety. Furthermore, our incessant quest to rid ourselves of this ubiquitous human emotion worsens it. What if, instead of fighting our anxiety, we could turn it into a strength?

This event is in the "Adults" group.

America's Cassandra: Connie Converse at 100

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Johnson Community Room at Scranton Library
Program Type:
Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

Connie Converse could see the future.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Scranton Library
Room: Johnson Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lectures
Registration Required
Event Details:

Connie Converse could see the future.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Virtual Author Talk: On Writing a Brilliant, Dark, and Diabolical Thriller with Author Liann Zhang

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual at Scranton Library
Program Type:
Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

Grab your popcorn, grab your friend, and join us for an propulsive online conversation with author Liann Zhang as she chats with us about her debut thriller Julie Chan is Dead

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Scranton Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lectures
Event Details:

Grab your popcorn, grab your friend, and join us for an propulsive online conversation with author Liann Zhang as she chats with us about her debut thriller Julie Chan is Dead

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Virtual Author Talk: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us with Author Rachelle Bergstein

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Virtual at Scranton Library
Program Type:
Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

You’re invited to an online intimate conversation with bestselling author Rachelle Bergstein as she chats about her newest book The Genius of Judy.

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Scranton Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lectures
Event Details:

You’re invited to an online intimate conversation with bestselling author Rachelle Bergstein as she chats about her newest book The Genius of Judy.

Library Closed - Memorial Day

All Day
Scranton Library, Off Site
Closing
Branches:
Scranton Library, Off Site
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Sweet as Honey: Bees and Keepers in Madison

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Johnson Community Room at Scranton Library
Program Type:
Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

In honor of World Bee Day, we welcome a Madison beekeeper and Back Yard Beekeepers Association board member, Tammi Worsham.  She looks forward to speaking on native bees and honeybees, their importance in our agricultural system, and threats

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Scranton Library
Room: Johnson Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lectures
Registration Required
Event Details:

In honor of World Bee Day, we welcome a Madison beekeeper and Back Yard Beekeepers Association board member, Tammi Worsham.  She looks forward to speaking on native bees and honeybees, their importance in our agricultural system, and threats

Library Closed - Juneteenth

All Day
Scranton Library, Off Site
Closing
Branches:
Scranton Library, Off Site
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Live Birds of Prey

Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ichabod Scranton Patio at Scranton Library
Program Type:
Lectures, Workshops
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Join us as we welcome A Place Called Hope and get the chance to meet four of their birds including two day time hunters and two night time hunters.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Scranton Library
Room: Ichabod Scranton Patio
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Lectures, Workshops
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us as we welcome A Place Called Hope and get the chance to meet four of their birds including two day time hunters and two night time hunters.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

A Green Burial: Planning Your Natural Funeral

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 6:30am - 7:30pm
Johnson Community Room at Scranton Library
Program Type:
Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

Are you curious about having a Green Burial? In this seminar, we will identify ways to ensure your sustainable, eco-friendly end-of-life disposition plans.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Scranton Library
Room: Johnson Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lectures
Registration Required
Event Details:

Are you curious about having a Green Burial? In this seminar, we will identify ways to ensure your sustainable, eco-friendly end-of-life disposition plans.

Library Closed - Independence Day

All Day
Scranton Library, Off Site
Closing
Branches:
Scranton Library, Off Site
This event is in the "Adults" group.

From Liberty to Legacy: Exploring American Ideals in the Musicals 1776 and Hamilton

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Johnson Community Room at Scranton Library
Program Type:
Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

1776 and Hamilton: two American musicals telling the story of the founding of our nation.  This lecture looks at these revolutionary musicals and their contrasting visions of an American society at a crossroads.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Scranton Library
Room: Johnson Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lectures
Registration Required
Event Details:

1776 and Hamilton: two American musicals telling the story of the founding of our nation.  This lecture looks at these revolutionary musicals and their contrasting visions of an American society at a crossroads.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Bald Eagles

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Johnson Community Room at Scranton Library
Program Type:
Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane—no, it’s an eagle!! Bald eagles were once so endangered that many considered whether to replace them as America

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Scranton Library
Room: Johnson Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lectures
Registration Required
Event Details:

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane—no, it’s an eagle!! Bald eagles were once so endangered that many considered whether to replace them as America

Copy of HOLD -Summer @Scranton Block Party

Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 1:00pm - 5:30pm
Scranton Library

Library and parking lot closing for Summer @Scranton Block Party set-up. Please note that cars left in the parking lot after 3pm will be subject to towing.

Closing
Branches:
Scranton Library
Description:

Library and parking lot closing for Summer @Scranton Block Party set-up. Please note that cars left in the parking lot after 3pm will be subject to towing.

Library Closed - Labor Day

All Day
Scranton Library, Off Site
Closing
Branches:
Scranton Library, Off Site
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Visited Mom Today...Conversations Through the Lens of Alzheimer's and Dementia

Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Johnson Community Room at Scranton Library
Program Type:
Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

In honor of Dementia Awareness Month, join us as we welcome John Scully for a talk about his experience as a son who wanted to help make his mother's sad journey a little easier.  He talks about what he had to understand about conversing with

Library Branch: Scranton Library
Room: Johnson Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lectures
Event Details:

In honor of Dementia Awareness Month, join us as we welcome John Scully for a talk about his experience as a son who wanted to help make his mother's sad journey a little easier.  He talks about what he had to understand about conversing with

Columbus/Indigenous Peoples Day

All Day
Scranton Library

Closed for the Federal holiday.

Closing
Branches:
Scranton Library
Description:

Closed for the Federal holiday.

Library Closed - Veteran's Day

All Day
Scranton Library, Off Site
Closing
Branches:
Scranton Library, Off Site

Library Closes at 5 pm.

Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Scranton Library, Off Site
Closing
Branches:
Scranton Library, Off Site

Closed - Thanksgiving Holiday

All Day 11/27 - 11/28
Scranton Library, Off Site
Closing
Branches:
Scranton Library, Off Site

Library Closed - Christmas Eve

All Day
Scranton Library, Off Site
Closing
Branches:
Scranton Library, Off Site

Library Closed - Christmas Day

All Day
Scranton Library, Off Site
Closing
Branches:
Scranton Library, Off Site