Everyone’s different; let’s be different together. 

A monthly meet-up group for multi-age neurodivergent, special needs, all-abilities children.

Join Occupational Therapist Miss Shaleen for open-ended play and activities for the children, community building with the parents, caregivers, and siblings. Each month, we will explore fine and gross motor skills as well as sensory activities connected to a monthly theme.
 
This all-inclusive playgroup meets the second Saturday of each month from 11 am until 12 pm.

Join Tina at 11:00 am for a chair yoga class designed for people of all ages and stages.

Chair yoga is a gentle practice in which postures are performed while seated and/or with the aid of a chair. This is a great practice for those who find a typical yoga session too challenging but would still like to improve fitness, flexibility, balance and coordination.

Join Tina Rice of Yoga Me Happy CT for yoga out on the Green!
All classes are free of charge.
 
Please bring your own yoga mat, towel and water bottle.

Inclement weather will bring us inside the library's Community Room.

Come gather weekly in the teen room, all y'all who play Magic the Gathering, Warhammer 40k, chess, board games, card games, and more.
 
(Note to parents/guardians: Please pick up teens prior to the library's prompt closing time of 6:00 pm.)  

The world needs heroes! What courageous souls would dare to fight horrific monsters, evade traps, solve puzzles, and quest for treasure? Who among you shall free realms from the tyrannical rule of a dragon? To fight for peoples of a fantastical, magical world, and become their champions? Do you hear the call to be an adventurer? In the amazing worlds of Dungeons and Dragons, your imagination is your greatest weapon!

Adventurers ages 12-18 must come prepared with completed character sheet, ready for fast-paced and focused game play. Some DND campaign experience required.
 
(Note to parents/guardians: Please pick up teens prior to the library's prompt closing time of 8:00 pm.)

Beginners and all levels welcome. Free of charge

Enjoy centuries-old exercise and holistic health practices that help you feel alive and well. 

Each week we explore rejuvenating movements, simple wellness techniques and tranquil meditations from classical Chinese healing and living arts. 

Weekly with Joe Pandolfo, certified Tai Chi & Qigong Instructor, Reiki Master, Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist and board director for the CT Society of Acupuncturists.

Make some space to reclaim your peace. Join community members a gentle yoga practice to prepare your body and mind for silent meditation.

Never done this before? Perfect! A beginner's mind is a gift.

A few tips: arrive ten minutes early, wear comfortable clothes, bring your yoga mat and a blanket.

Drop in - No registration needed.

Our tried and true story time program for the tiniest of library people!

Join us outside this week to share songs, rhymes, musical instruments, movement, finger plays and more. Open play is available at the end of the program in the Community Room or out in the Pollinator Garden (weather dependent).

RR&R is for children ages 0 - 2 years & their caregivers (siblings welcome).

House of Keyes: James Joyce's Ulysses Book Club starts at 6:00 pm.

Greetings, Reader.

Has James Joyce's Ulysses been on your To-Be-Read List for a long while?

Perhaps you want to see what the fuss is all about. Maybe you've made attempts over the years but need a buddy or two to join you so you don't have to go it alone.

Regardless of what brought you here: JTL's new book club, House of Keyes, is for you.

Gather with friends and strangers as we start our reading and meet monthly to wander through the surreal work of Joyce.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88626792995?pwd=gdwXlSiZl22VI6s8rtHJYPzDtSt1OW.1

Meeting ID: 886 2679 2995
Email MG for passcode

All knitting, crocheting, and stitching folks are welcome to join this group.

Meet in the adult section of the library.

Join us in the library's community room, the best theater in town, for a movie and popcorn on the first Tuesday of each month at 2:00 pm.

This month, we'll be showing The Critic, with Ian McKellen (2023).

“Set in 1930s London, The Critic revolves around a feared theatre critic named Jimmy Erskine, his loyal assistant, a newspaper owner who wants to get rid of the critic and an actress who has been devastated by the excoriating theatrical reviews. The critic’s determination to survive ensures that the other characters are caught in a web of blackmail, deceit and murder.”

Monthly morning story time with Shaleen Barrett, Occupational Therapist and Signing Time Certified Teacher. Join us for stories, felt board, songs, and best of all, PLAY! 

Target audience is ages 3-6, siblings welcome.

Registration encouraged. Call the library to sign up. 860-642-7763

Mrs. Burns will be at the library on the first Saturday of each month.

Get ready to travel around the world one story at a time! We will explore nature, culture, folk tales, and all our beautiful world has to offer. All ages welcome.

Ukulele is a fun beginner instrument.

In this exciting class with musical community member Luke, we will learn chords, strumming patterns, and simple songs, and practice what we've learned with ukulele karaoke!

Recommended for ages 10+; younger siblings may enjoy the play corner.

Join Tina Rice of Yoga Me Happy CT for yoga out on the Green!
All classes are free of charge.
 
Please bring your own yoga mat, towel and water bottle.

Inclement weather will bring us inside the library's Community Room.

Come gather weekly in the teen room, all y'all who play Magic the Gathering, Warhammer 40k, chess, board games, card games, and more.
 
(Note to parents/guardians: Please pick up teens prior to the library's prompt closing time of 6:00 pm.)  

Join MG for a series where she will read aloud Bog Myrtle by Sid Sharp while listeners quietly craft. Together, we will discuss the book, celebrate the love of nature, and making art.

Bring your nature treasures (rocks, pine cones, shells, sticks) for show & tell, your knitting/crochet/handiwork/mending to work on while we read, and/or use our art supplies.

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Bog Myrtle by Sid Sharp
Brief synopsis from Annick Press: From the acclaimed author of The Wolf Suit comes another weirdly hilarious, masterfully thought-provoking, and lushly painted early reader graphic novel.

Two sisters, one stubbornly cheerful (Beatrice) and one relentlessly grumpy (Magnolia), live in a drafty old house with a family of helpful spiders. When Beatrice is gifted magic yarn from a giant forest spider obsessed with sustainability named Bog Myrtle, she and the spiders set to work knitting up a perfectly warm sweater.

But greedy Magnolia sees only the opportunity for profit, and quickly converts the old house into a magic sweater factory. The exhausted spiders are driven to strike, and Bog Myrtle is not pleased . . .

April 25, May 2 & 9, 2025

The world needs heroes! What courageous souls would dare to fight horrific monsters, evade traps, solve puzzles, and quest for treasure? Who among you shall free realms from the tyrannical rule of a dragon? To fight for peoples of a fantastical, magical world, and become their champions? Do you hear the call to be an adventurer? In the amazing worlds of Dungeons and Dragons, your imagination is your greatest weapon!

Adventurers ages 12-18 must come prepared with completed character sheet, ready for fast-paced and focused game play. Some DND campaign experience required.
 
(Note to parents/guardians: Please pick up teens prior to the library's prompt closing time of 8:00 pm.)

Beginners and all levels welcome. Free of charge

Enjoy centuries-old exercise and holistic health practices that help you feel alive and well. 

Each week we explore rejuvenating movements, simple wellness techniques and tranquil meditations from classical Chinese healing and living arts. 

Weekly with Joe Pandolfo, certified Tai Chi & Qigong Instructor, Reiki Master, Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist and board director for the CT Society of Acupuncturists.

Make some space to reclaim your peace. Join community members a gentle yoga practice to prepare your body and mind for silent meditation.

Never done this before? Perfect! A beginner's mind is a gift.

A few tips: arrive ten minutes early, wear comfortable clothes, bring your yoga mat and a blanket.

Drop in - No registration needed.

Our tried and true story time program for the tiniest of library people! Join us in the Community Room to share songs, rhymes, musical instruments, movement, finger plays and more. Open play is available at the end of the program in the Community Room or out in the Pollinator Garden (weather dependent).

RR&R is for children ages 0 - 2 years & their caregivers (siblings welcome).

All knitting, crocheting, and stitching folks are welcome to join this group.

 
Meet in the adult section of the library.

Join Tina at 11:00 am for a chair yoga class designed for people of all ages and stages.

Chair yoga is a gentle practice in which postures are performed while seated and/or with the aid of a chair. This is a great practice for those who find a typical yoga session too challenging but would still like to improve fitness, flexibility, balance and coordination.

Join Tina Rice of Yoga Me Happy CT for yoga inside!
All classes are free of charge.
 
Please bring your own yoga mat, towel and water bottle.

Ukulele is a fun beginner instrument.

In this exciting class with musical community member Luke, we will learn chords, strumming patterns, and simple songs, and practice what we've learned with ukulele karaoke!

Recommended for ages 10+; younger siblings may enjoy the play corner.

Come gather weekly in the teen room, all y'all who play Magic the Gathering, Warhammer 40k, chess, board games, card games, and more.
 
(Note to parents/guardians: Please pick up teens prior to the library's prompt closing time of 6:00 pm.)  

Bog Myrtle Book & Art Club will start next week.