Please register for events online at egpl.org or call 860-653-3002.
Outstanding Natives: Trees and Shrubs for Northeast Gardens
Join us on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m., at the East Granby Community Center. Discover native shrubs and trees that add beauty and interest to your garden and benefit our birds, butterflies, and pollinators.
Irish Step Dancing Performance
Saturday, Sept. 17 at 1 p.m. Enjoy a performance by SRL Irish Dance Academy outside at the East Granby Community Center.
Gen-ius of Taste
Monday, Sept. 26, from 4:15 to 5 p.m., at the library. For grades 6 – 8. Join the Connecticut Science Center and discover DNA, the molecule that makes every living thing unique. Use the techniques of molecular biologists to extract your own DNA and bring it back to the classroom in a necklace. Then, explore one of the main genes influencing our ability to taste bitter substances as you use bioinformatics to analyze actual DNA sequences. Use your own sense of taste to infer what your tasting genotype might be.
Author Talk with Ann Leary
Monday, Oct. 3, at 6:30 p.m., at the library. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Foundling, the story of two friends raised in the same orphanage whose loyalty is put to the ultimate test when they meet years later at a controversial institution—one as an employee, the other as an inmate. Books will be on sale courtesy of the Riverbend Bookshop.