Upcoming Events

A free six-week enrichment program of workshops focusing on life skills, mental health workshops and the arts. This program will help participants grow and learn in fun and meaningful ways.

Breakfast will be served.

Ages 12 to 18.

The Friends Book Shop is holding its signature bag sale on the Bedford Street sidewalk outside library. For $15, fill a bag with as many books, media, crafts and games as you can carry.

Newly independent and developing readers will build the skills needed to become lifelong learners. We will focus on vocabulary development, print and phonological awareness and letter knowledge, rounding out the activity with a brief craft.

Mark Covello will lead a high-energy class the combines the Hatha and Kundalini styles. 

Play lawn games and get your free Kona Ice while supplies last, and sign up for the Summer Learning Club.

Adults can sign up for the Adult Summer Reading Club, too.

Dance your way to fitness at this weekly class with instructor Pamela Arenas. No excuses!

Bring a water bottle.

Teens and adults.

Enjoy sweet treats, help decorate the library, have fun with crafts and games and sign up for the Summer Learning Club.

All ages.

Practice your reading skills by reading to a trained therapy dog.

Bring a favorite book or pick one from the library before your 15-minute session.

Ages 5 to 12.

Registration and appointment required; spots are limited.

Create henna designs, get your face painted, enter raffles, and sign up for the Summer Learning Club.

All ages.

During our very own chapter meeting of the Silent Book Club (SBC), a community of readers and introverts with 300 chapters around the world, we will gather in person to read together in quiet camaraderie.

Celebrate International Domestic Workers Day.

Presented in partnership with Nosotras Connecticut

The final of a three-concert series with Steinway Artist and pianist Stefano Miceli, who will be accompanied by Paolo Marchettini on clarinet. 

Storytime featuring stories, rhymes and movement activities.

Ages 2 and younger with an accompanying caregiver. 

Registration appreciated

Work on your own knitting and crocheting projects in the company of others.

Registration appreciated.

Embrace your inner artist with relief painting, a creative technique where you'll create a textured, three-dimensional effect on a flat surface using paint with cardboard cutouts. 

Grades 6 to 12.

Registration required.

Enjoy relaxation through the meditative act of coloring and conversation. Supplies will be provided.

Teens and adults.

Hear Juneteenth stories that celebrate freedom and create newspaper kites, symbols of flight that soar.

Snacks will be served. 

Grades 2 and higher.

Registration required.

Bring a blanket and/or lawn chairs to this walk-in program at Latham Park, located at the nexus of Bedford, Forest and Prospect streets.

Ages 18 months to 4 years with an accompanying caregiver.

Board book read-along, music and movement.

Ages 6 months to 5 years with an accompanying caregiver.

An interactive and inclusive storytime that includes freedom of movement, visual aids and sensory experiences. 

Ages 3 to 6 with an accompanying caregiver. 

Registration required. 

A brief discussion about meditation practice, a guided meditation, and a chance to share and reflect.

Appropriate for all levels of practice.

Enjoy picture book videos of beloved children’s classics.

Ages 18 months to 5 years.

Snacks will be served.

Registration appreciated.

Enjoy relaxation through the meditative act of coloring and conversation. Supplies will be provided.

Teens and adults.