Upcoming Events

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.

Adventure Awaits you in this immersive Rainforest Escape Room. You'll  race against the clock to solve the mystery and break free! You may register in smaller groups or as an individual and will be paired with others to make a group of four.

Adventure Awaits you in this immersive Rainforest Escape Room. You'll  race against the clock to solve the mystery and break free! You may register in smaller groups or as an individual and will be paired with others to make a group of four.

Adventure Awaits you in this immersive Rainforest Escape Room. You'll  race against the clock to solve the mystery and break free! You may register in smaller groups or as an individual and will be paired with others to make a group of four.

Join us to enjoy a variety of "Summer Fun" themed sensory exploration activities! Make fairy soup in the water table, dig for treasures in kinetic sand, paint with beach balls, and more!

Adventure Awaits you in this immersive Rainforest Escape Room. You'll  race against the clock to solve the mystery and break free! You may register in smaller groups or as an individual and will be paired with others to make a group of four.

Invent the Summer features weekly STEM challenges created by kids, for kids! Complete each challenge for a chance to win fabulous prizes!

Enjoy some relaxing coloring with a sweet cookie treat! We'll have markers, coloring pencils, and lots of coloring book options!

Register to save your spot! Open to those going into Grades 5-12!

Ages 5 and under.

Visit our outdoor patio any time between 9:30 and 11:00 AM to play with our water table, sidewalk chalk, and bubbles.

This is not your ordinary juggling show! With a trunk full of props and a looping machine, Jester Jim makes kids and adults alike laugh out loud as he performs his amazing beatbox intro and wild juggling and balance antics.  

Come make your own rain stick and then use it to play along to some fun jungle tunes!

Sam King from Blue Earth Compost will give a presentation on how food waste is negatively impacting our communities, environment, and economy. You may not know it, but 40% of the food grown in the United States never ends up being eaten.

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.

This week we are making turtle window hangings out of wood and acrylic to give a stained glass/suncatcher affect. 

For caregivers of babies ages 0 to 12 months. Registration required.

Invent the Summer features weekly STEM challenges created by kids, for kids! Complete each challenge for a chance to win fabulous prizes!

Ages 5 and under.

Visit our outdoor patio any time between 9:30 and 11:00 AM to play with our water table, sidewalk chalk, and bubbles.

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.

Explore the wonderful world of reptiles and amphibians! What makes a reptile different from an amphibian? What characteristics make each unique? Riverside Reptiles brings you a "Touch of the Rainforest".

Learn how Connecticut has changed from ecologically and how the species of animals changed dramatically as their habitat changed over the past 300 million years.  As Connecticut’s ecosystems have changed over time, the state’s wildlife has al

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.

Come craft with us in the Children's Department! Each project features at least one thing that was made in our MakerSpace upstairs. 

Open to those ages 7-9 years. 

Adaptive Storytime offers families of neurodiverse children ages 3 -10 a structured slower-paced Storytime experience.

Invent the Summer features weekly STEM challenges created by kids, for kids! Complete each challenge for a chance to win fabulous prizes!