We're celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs through October 15! See below for titles related to this theme and links to our current exhibition, The Lure of the Garden. 

Index
- Announcements
- Exhibition Connection: Antiquities of Mexico
- Featured Upcoming Programs: Young Person's Concert with Benjamin Verdery
- Recommended Reading: Dominicana by Angie Cruz 
- Recommended Reading: Two Picks for Kids from Hispanic Heritage Month 
- Special Collections: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 
- Community Corner: Third Annual Sasquanaug Block Party
- Shop for Books Online

Announcements

Library Hours
Monday - Friday: 10am - 6pm
New! Thursday: Open until 8 p.m.
Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Sunday: closed

Pequot Library is a Founding Partner of the Library Speakers Consortium! Click here to see archived talks with luminaries in the fields of psychology, business, and the arts. 

Exhibition Connection

Displayed in  our current The Lure of the Garden exhibition, you'll find a photo from "Antiquities of Mexico: comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the Royal Libraries of Paris, Berlin, and Dresden; in the Imperial Library of Vienna, v.2." This image comes from one of just a few pre-Columbian manuscripts to have survived the Spanish conquest of present-day Mexico. It was created in the country's southern Mixteca region, which had an exceptional history of writing and manuscript illumination. This was also the region where corn was first domesticated some 9,000 years ago, profoundly affecting the local society and, over time, the entire world.

"Antiquities of Mexico: comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the Royal Libraries of Paris, Berlin, and Dresden; in the Imperial Library of Vienna, v.2." by Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough (London: A. Aglio, 1830)
Pequot Library Special Collections

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Upcoming Programs

Young Persons’ Concert featuring guitarist Benjamin Verdery
October 1 at 2 p.m.

This youth-centric concert showcases the work of Benjamin Verdery, an American master musician and composer. The public is invited to stay for a master class following the concert with three talented classical youth guitarists. Please register here (required).

Click here to see our full calendar of events.

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