What we’re about
This group is operated by The Town of Berlin 11/16/2021. Meetup @ the Library hosts free movies, craft programs, various seminars, specialty speakers, concerts, reading and cooking clubs. It’s always an adventure at Berlin-Peck, so come see what’s new at the Library!
Please note that many programs require registration directly with the library, not through Meetup RSVPs!
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Cookbook ClubBerlin-Peck Memorial Library, Berlin, CT
Please register through the library's website or call 860-828-7126 to let us know what you're bringing: https://berlinpeck.org/events/2025-07-cookbook-club/
Do you enjoy flipping through cookbooks to decide what to make?
Do you search through recipes for inspiration?
Come join our monthly book club, featuring cookbooks! Just register, pick a recipe from the specified cookbook, make the dish on your own, and then gather for a feast. While you eat, you can discuss the cookbook, its recipes and the process of choosing what to make and how to make it. We will aim to evenly distribute the recipes among starters and sides, main courses, and desserts.
You do not need to be an experienced cook, just an enthusiastic one!How Do I Participate?
Register for the program.
Visit the Adult Reference Desk to view the cookbook and pick a recipe. Some copies are available to borrow.
Let us know which recipe you picked. You can call, email, or visit in person.
Then bring in your dish for a fun potluck!About the Book
This month, we’re doing something a little different! Instead of a cookbook, we’re using our new subscription to Cooking from The New York Times.To access The New York Times:
- Go to The New York Times library subscription (click here)
- Click Redeem
- Create a free NYT account (or use your existing account)
- Click Continue With All
- Click Skip
- Click Continue With All
- Click Not Right Now
- Click Explore The Times
Once you’re in, you can find the Cooking tab just below the “e” in “Times.” Browse their new suggestions, or use the search bar to find something a little more specific!
- Author Rex Ogle: Illuminating Hope and Grace in the Face of Hardship (5th-8th GrLink visible for attendees
Online event. Library viewing available.
https://berlinpeck.org/events/author-rex-ogle/Part of Author Talk’s K-12 Series
You’re invited to join us online with award-winning author Rex Ogle as he talks to viewers about his struggles to navigate sixth grade as written about in his book Free Lunch.
Instead of giving him lunch money, Rex’s mom has signed him up for free meals. As a poor kid in a wealthy school district, better-off kids crowd impatiently behind him as he tries to explain to the cashier that he’s on the free meal program. The lunch lady is hard of hearing, so Rex has to shout.
Free Lunch is the story of Rex’s efforts to navigate his first semester of sixth grade—who to sit with, not being able to join the football team, Halloween in a handmade costume, classmates and a teacher who take one look at him and decide he’s trouble—all while wearing secondhand clothes and being hungry. His mom and her boyfriend are out of work, and life at home is punctuated by outbursts of violence. Halfway through the semester, his family is evicted and ends up in government-subsidized housing in view of the school. Rex lingers at the end of last period every day until the buses have left, so no one will see where he lives.
Unsparing and realistic, Free Lunch is a story of hardship threaded with hope and moments of grace. Rex’s voice is compelling and authentic, and Free Lunch is a true, timely, and essential work that illuminates the lived experience of poverty in America. Register now to join the conversation!
