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CCALC - The Reluctant Soldier, by Mark Perlman

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Author Talk, Castle Craig Adult Learning Center
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Mr. Perlman's book, The Reluctant Soldier, is the fictional story of an African American teacher experiencing the historical events of the first half of the century.

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Castle Craig Adult Learning Center
Event Details:

Mr. Perlman's book, The Reluctant Soldier, is the fictional story of an African American teacher experiencing the historical events of the first half of the century.

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CCALC - The Climate Crisis: It's Much Worse Than We Thought

Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Education, Nature/Wildlife
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Richard will talk about all sorts of things that have happened that we did not expect to happen, and that have brought us past the tipping point. 

Cancelled
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Education, Nature/Wildlife
Event Details:

Richard will talk about all sorts of things that have happened that we did not expect to happen, and that have brought us past the tipping point. 

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CCALC - Book Discussion I: Getting out of Saigon, by Ralph White

Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Castle Craig Adult Learning Center
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This is the true story about how a 27-year-old American banker saved 113 Vietnamese civilians. In April 1975, Ralph White was send to Saigon by Chase Manhattan Bank to keep the ...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Castle Craig Adult Learning Center
Event Details:

This is the true story about how a 27-year-old American banker saved 113 Vietnamese civilians.

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CCALC - The Climate Crisis: Although Past the Tipping Point, There are Still Things we Must do

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Education, Nature/Wildlife
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Richard will talk about how new technologies and increasing readiness to respond may help save us.

Cancelled
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Education, Nature/Wildlife
Event Details:

Richard will talk about how new technologies and increasing readiness to respond may help save us.

Castle Craig Adult Learning over a white grey background

CCALC - Solar Eclipses: The Good, the Bad & the Cloudy

Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Education, Nature/Wildlife
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Now that the Great American Eclipse Part II is in the history books, let's take a behind-the-scenes look at what went right (millions of people successfully observing the eclipse),...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Education, Nature/Wildlife
Event Details:

Now that the Great American Eclipse Part II is in the history books, let's take a behind-the-scenes look at what went right (millions of people successfully observing the eclipse), what went wrong (massive traffic in New England) and what was just

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CCALC - The First 100 Years are the Hardest

Friday, October 4, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

A humorous and heartfelt look at the challenges, joys and enlightenment that come with aging. Can we slow down the hands of time to keep from aging? What do we do to maintain ou...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Health & Wellness
Event Details:

A humorous and heartfelt look at the challenges, joys and enlightenment that come with aging.

Can we slow down the hands of time to keep from aging? What do we do to maintain our sense of purpose in the senior years?

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CCALC - English Tea & Chocolate Pioneers

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Food/Cooking, History & Genealogy
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Kim will discuss the fun history of these pioneers who influenced tea and chocolate throughout the world. Tea and chocolate trivia and fun poetry will round out this unique even...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Food/Cooking, History & Genealogy
Event Details:

Kim will discuss the fun history of these pioneers who influenced tea and chocolate throughout the world.

Tea and chocolate trivia and fun poetry will round out this unique event.

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CCALC - Ancient Icons

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Travel & Culture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

After travel in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, Reverend Cowing decided to try his hand at replicating some of the icons he saw in his travels. The presentation will focus o...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Travel & Culture
Event Details:

After travel in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, Reverend Cowing decided to try his hand at replicating some of the icons he saw in his travels.

Castle Craig Adult Learning over a white grey background

CCALC - Book Discussion II: The First Ladies, by Marie Benedict & Victoria C. Murray

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Castle Craig Adult Learning Center
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Eleanor Roosevelt and Mary McLeod Bethune meet in 1927 at a luncheon in New York City. That meeting is the start of their captivating friendship. These two formidable women lear...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Castle Craig Adult Learning Center
Event Details:

Eleanor Roosevelt and Mary McLeod Bethune meet in 1927 at a luncheon in New York City. That meeting is the start of their captivating friendship.

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CCALC - Actor Abel Gance & the 1927 Napoleon Film

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Film
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

John will give a talk and show video clips on actor Abel Gance and the film Napoleon.  The film was a huge silent French epic, an epic in every sense of the word, but ...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Film
Event Details:

John will give a talk and show video clips on actor Abel Gance and the film Napoleon. 

Castle Craig Adult Learning over a white grey background

CCALC - AARP Fraud Watch Network: Inside the Criminal Mind

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Tax & Finance
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

We will look at the psychology behind ID theft, fraud and scams through actual footage of scammers with insight and advice.  Walk away armed with the tools to spot criminal...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Tax & Finance
Event Details:

We will look at the psychology behind ID theft, fraud and scams through actual footage of scammers with insight and advice. 

Walk away armed with the tools to spot criminals and stop them in their tracks. 

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CCALC - A Trip up the Beautiful Coast of Alaska, with Five Island Excursions

Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Nature/Wildlife, Travel & Culture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

We will visit five coastal islands, including a Native American owned island, and an island with strong Russian history. We'll attend a Ukrainian/Russian folk-dance group, see Nati...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Nature/Wildlife, Travel & Culture
Event Details:

We will visit five coastal islands, including a Native American owned island, and an island with strong Russian history.

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CCALC - The Mariel Boatlift: A Cuban-American Journey

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Education, History & Genealogy, Travel & Culture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Set against the sweeping backdrop of one of the most dramatic refugee crises of the twentieth century, The Mariel Boatlift presents the stories of Cuban immigrants to the...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Education, History & Genealogy, Travel & Culture
Event Details:

Set against the sweeping backdrop of one of the most dramatic refugee crises of the twentieth century, The Mariel Boatlift presents the stories of Cuban immigrants to the United States who overcame frightening circumstances to b

Castle Craig Adult Learning over a white grey background

CCALC - Book Discussion III : Troubled: A Memoir, by Rob Henderson

Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Castle Craig Adult Learning Center
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Rob Henderson grows up in rough circumstances in L.A., learns the importance of family, and notes the delusions of the luxury class.

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Castle Craig Adult Learning Center
Event Details:

Rob Henderson grows up in rough circumstances in L.A., learns the importance of family, and notes the delusions of the luxury class.

Castle Craig Adult Learning over a white grey background

CCALC - Infantry Soldier Returns to Vietnam

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Author Talk, Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, History & Genealogy, Travel & Culture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Gerald Augustine, a veteran of the Vietnam War, was invited to accompany the Veterans' Breakfast Club of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on their two week tour of Vietnam. Of ...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, History & Genealogy, Travel & Culture
Event Details:

Gerald Augustine, a veteran of the Vietnam War, was invited to accompany the Veterans' Breakfast Club of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on their two week tour of Vietnam.

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CCALC - Portugal: A Photographer's Journey

Friday, November 15, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Travel & Culture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

A photographic journey around Portugal, with stops in Lisbon, the Algarve, Sintra, Porto and the Douro Valley. 

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Travel & Culture
Event Details:

A photographic journey around Portugal, with stops in Lisbon, the Algarve, Sintra, Porto and the Douro Valley.