Event List

Drop in anytime between 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM and let your creativity shine! Kids are invited to design a variety of fall-themed crafts to decorate the children’s department and transform it into a colorful celebration of the season!

Underpinning the sensationalism of battle reports & broadsides is the often silent steadiness of women’s work with textiles.

Drop-in program.

This high-energy music and movement class will have us dancing and laughing!  We'll start with a story and then move to the music.

Use the extra time after school to watch a Movie with friends in the Teen Space! We'll all watch a movie together to start the weekend off!

Drop-in program.

This high-energy music and movement class will have us dancing and laughing!  We'll start with a story and then move to the music.

Families sign up to join us at the Barney Library to learn basic engineering and coding with Lego SPIKE Prime together! Work as a family to create amazing LEGO creations that come to life.

Families sign up to join us at the Barney Library to learn basic engineering and coding with Lego SPIKE Prime together! Work as a family to create amazing LEGO creations that come to life.

At each crafternoon program, tweens will work together to create a collaborative craft to be hung in the tween space. At this meeting tweens will work together to build a 3D paper pixel art wall hanging out of paper chains!

For caregivers of babies ages 0 to 12 months. Drop In!

For three-year-olds and their caregivers. Registration Required; registering for one class registers you for the whole session. 

Ages 12-23 Months with a caregiver.  A fun-filled storytime featuring books, music, movement, and playtime! 

Registration Required; registering for one class registers you for the whole session. 

In Pint-Sized Picassos we share a story and explore a different art medium that will aim to focus on both early literacy and fine motor skills. Caregiver must accompany their child.

Registration Required; open to children ages 3-5.

Get Moving with My Gym Mobile! Practice strength, agility, and flexibility through exercise, games, music and more with an instructor from MyGym West Hartford!

Local resident and retired educator, John Sherman, is bringing his love for one of our oldest board games – “The Game of Kings!” - to the Farmington Library.  Beginners through advanced are welcome.

Terrific Twos is designed for the child who will be 24 months old at the start of the session. We will build early literacy skills through the use of books, rhymes, finger play and songs. 

Come play at Barney Library. Time for caregivers and children to form friendships! Parents can chat while children play in the Hoppin Gallery turned playroom. Drop in for a few minutes or stay the whole time. No registration required. 

In Bite Size Science we will share a story and complete an exciting experiment or project focusing on early science concepts!

Registration Required; registering for one class registers you for the whole session. Open to those ages 3-5!

At Silent Book Club, there's no assigned reading. All readers are welcome it's BYOBook (or browse the library shelves!). When you arrive head upstairs to Information Services, there's a variety of seating options.

Join us for unstructured sensory play at the library! Get your wiggles out and enjoy an easy sensory activity at this drop in program. 

No registration required, first come, first serve and open to children ages 2-8!

Get ready to wiggle, read and explore! This storytime centers movement and sensory exploration to enhance learning outcomes for toddlers!

Come up to the Teen Space during after school time to relax, focus, and color! 

All supplies will be provided, no registration is needed! 

Join us to enjoy some calm, mindful coloring!