NOTE: Tuesday, December 10
The Bakerville Library is closed today
because of the weather.
Story hour is cancelled for this week.
Bakerville Holiday Festival — stay tuned for results.
Auction items updated Friday, December 6 at 1:30 pm.
Worried about the rain? We’re not!
All the library elves have geared up for December.
Come sit in Mrs. Claus’s lap, drink a cup of hot cocoa, sing some carols, poke the bonfire (be careful), say, “Oooooohh!” when the tree lights up, eat a cookie, make a Christmas tree out of popsicle sticks, and win something tempting at our silent auction.
You’re invited.
Join us on Friday, December 6th, at 7 pm.
The tree and the bonfire and the carols and the refreshments will all be behind the library.
Mrs. Claus will be waiting for the children in the (newly painted) old firehouse next door, along with more singing, a craft, and some more refreshments.
This year’s auction items will be fluttering their bid sheets at you from the library’s second floor.
Some notes:
- We welcome your auction donations! Gift baskets, crafts, toys, games, event tickets, wine, food, invitations to dinner—these are some of the good ideas from years past. You may drop off your donation at the library any time during open hours.
- Small artificial trees are available at the library for whoever would like to decorate one and donate it to the auction. There may still be two wreaths left, too.
- Bidding has started—come any time during library open hours.
- Check back here often; we’ll show as many of the auction items as possible, so you can make your plans. (See the beginning of the list below.)
- Please note: Many of the auction items have been combined, though they are shown separately here. If you are interested in bidding but cannot make it to the library, please call Joan at
860-307-3243 to find out what the actual offerings are, and to arrange a maximum bid.
- Bidding will end at the end of the Festival—9 pm, Friday, December 6th.
Some auction items so far (just keep scrolling...):
- Limited edition print by Kathleen Kelly.
- Breakfast on the Deck by Bob Murphy.
- Lotto tickets in a cool box from the Friends of the Bakerville Library.
- A Woodland Noel tree from Kathy White.
- Mitten wreath from Kathy White.
- I Spy basket of books and puzzles, from Ethan Helt.
- A handmade counted cross-stitch from Sally O’Neill.
- Two framed prints by Fran Hoffnagle.
- For the Birds—a large collection of birdfeeding supplies—from Mike and Rockie Carroll.
- A Wine and Cheese Tour of West Hill Pond, from Peter and Essie Humphrey.
You have to see this next wreath to get just how big it is. Look! Almost three library shelves high!
- Snow day basket from Patty and Mary Cerruto.
- Handmade pottery basket from Pat Goldstein.
- New Hartford print from the New Hartford Women’s Club. You’ve seen them... you’ve always wanted one... now’s your chance!
- Holiday platter from Patty Cerruto.
- A lovely afghan from MJ Budzyn
- Quilted wall hanging.
- Elf wreath, inspired by the books of Walter Wick, from Betty Stoutenberg.
- Preview of the traditional and popular fresh-cut holly bucket from Barbara Goff.
- The world’s biggest Hershey bar (five pounds!).
- Holiday entertaining basket from the Nygren family.
- Painting from Carol Ganci.
- Yankee Candle and holder from Dianne Litchfield.
- Twig tree from Barbara Goff.
- Tea lover’s basket from Elaine Carmelich.
- A tray full of mugs, cocoa, tea, placemats, a bowl, fruit—can you see anything else in there?—from Dana Horwath and Ann Matteis.
- Four hours with man and truck, from Eli Roberts.
- Handmade notecards and stationery from CeCe Jenkins.
- Two tickets to the Nutcracker at the Warner Theatre.
- Wreath from Elaine’s Salon and Spa-aah.
- Spa products from Elaine’s Salon and Spa-aah.
- Wreath from Chris Moscarillo.
- Queen of Sheba cake from Joan Auclair.
- Breakfast bowl from Joan Auclair and Rick Goulet. Includes a dozen eggs from happy Harwinton hens, a quart of local maple syrup, a jar of Barden Farm jam, a jar of homemade whole grain pancake mix, a bag of Peet’s Coffee (Sumatra), a mixing bowl, and a reusable Envirosax grocery bag, in case you need to go get some juice.
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Stop in and say hi to our new librarian, Jenna Barry. We are happy to welcome her to our community. More information to follow.
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Now available:
Museum Pass for the
New Britain Museum of American Art
This pass admits up to four visitors free of charge. The museum pass can be checked out for two days and can be reserved up to two weeks in advance. The NBMAA is currently exhibiting the works of Maurice Sendak, on display through February 9th. For more information and museum hours and directions, go to www.nbmaa.org. Call the Bakerville Library with any questions or to make a reservation.
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Children’s Story Hour Has Begun
Drop-In Story Hour at the Bakerville Library began again on Tuesday, October 22 from 10:15–11:15 am. Children ages 3–5 are welcome. Enjoy books, songs, crafts, and a new and exciting theme each week. We hope to see you there! If you have any questions, please call the Bakerville Library at 860-482-8806.
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The Great Courses
Bill Gates watches Great Courses DVDs (move the video slider at the link to 7:20, to cut to the chase). You can, too, by borrowing them from the Bakerville Library.
"Designed to meet the powerful demand for lifelong learning, The Great Courses is an intellectually engaging series of video and audio courses led by the world's best professors and experts in diverse fields such as philosophy, history, literature, science, and the arts."
Our Library’s list of Great Courses DVDs includes titles in history, literature, music and science. Please stop in and borrow the titles you find interesting.
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On April 25, the Friends of the Bakerville Library participated in the volunteer recognition event sponsored by New Hartford Recreation.
(Evening) Book Club for Adults at a Glance:
New Date • On Friday, November 15th, we will be discussing The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman.
Call the library at 860-482-8806 for more information.
Morning/Seniors Book Club at a Glance:
On Monday, December 2nd, we will be discussing The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud.
Though the date is different this month, the Morning/Seniors Book Club meets regularly on the fourth Monday of every month at the New Hartford Senior Center (Town Hall, third floor), at 10:30 am.
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Don’t forget that when event pictures leave the home page of the website, usually they go to the Events page.
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Online Updates!
1. Our blog, Bakerville Reads, has received an infusion of new life, thanks to Elaine Carmelich. Please add it to your favorites, check it out regularly, and post a comment every now and then.
2. We have had to re-create our Facebook page, so that anyone can see it, even without a Facebook account. Whether you’ve Liked us before or not, please click on the link below and Like us.
We hope these improvements will help you keep in touch with what’s happening at the Bakerville Library.
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Bakerville Library is now a
state-recognized historic building.
Making History
On May 5, 2010, the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism’s Historic Preservation Council voted to list the Bakerville Library on the State Register of Historic Places. Elaine Carmelich was instrumental in helping this to happen, researching documents in the library and conferring with Neal Yates, whose book Where Walk the Souls of Heroes, a history of Bakerville and his house here, includes the history of the library.
This means that not only does the state now recognize what we’ve known all along, but also that we are now eligible to apply for state historic preservation grants previously unavailable to us. The library board is interested in applying for grants to help stabilize the building’s foundation.
As you may have read in Kari Banach’s Waterbury Republican-American article (May 19, 2010; a copy is kept in the library if you missed it), “Buildings on the state register are examples of specific architectural periods, longtime local landmarks, or are sites of significant historical events, state records show.”
The Bakerville Library, established in 1949, was built as a Baptist church in 1824, and then known as the Academy and Bakerville School from 1832 to 1941. From 1941 to 1949 it was the Bakerville Community Association. It was in 1949, as we all know, that Barbara Yedlin famously started the library with her son’s storied little red wagon.
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Speaking of History...
The Bakerville Library is part of the Bakerville Methodist Church’s history. Click here for the Register Citizen article.
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