Week Calendar

We will take a glass goblet and turn it into a pumpkin candle holder. Lovely for display at your holiday meal!

For caregivers of babies ages 0 to 12 months. Registration required; registering for one class registers you for the 5-week session.  

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

A fun-filled half hour for child and caregiver featuring books, fingerplays, and lots of music. 

Registration required; register once for the whole session. 

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.

Speak to your child in the language you know best!  Connect with other families who speak Spanish as you read, play, and socialize.

Ages 0-5 with caregiver.  No registration is required.

Please call the Library at 860-673-6791 to schedule your very own one-on-one time with the new dog Flynn.  Bring your own book or choose one of ours to snuggle and read.

Let’s move and groove together in the Library! We will read a fun book and do some dancing. We will meet in the Gallery upstairs at the Barney. This is a drop in program.

Each week we will share a story and then complete an exciting experiment or project focusing on early science concepts.

Ages 2.5 - 3 and their caregivers. Registration required; register once for the 6-week 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.

Each week we’ll read a picture book then watch that book come to life as we play the picture book movie on our screen, followed by coloring time!

Drop-in event.

Monthly Makers is a low stakes arts and crafts program for Adults.  You don’t need to be crafty to enjoy this program, it’s about the process NOT the product.  Each month we will try different crafts, mediums, and s

Native Americans taught the European immigrants about many thing, including planting techniques such as the Three Sisters: beans, corn, and squash.  Hear a story about the Three Sisters and learn how each one helps the other crops grow. 

Going to the movies this weekend?  Come make some friendship bracelets to take and trade or trade on the spot with your friends! We will listen to a Swiftie playlist while we do some bracelet making!

I Married a Witch (1942)

Join us every Friday for an hour of free-writing and discussion. Each session will have prompts, guidance, and absolute fun. Bring your writing questions or just your ideas to workshop. 

Learn to Knit.  This beginner program is best suited for kids ages 7-12.  We will provide needles and yarn to begin.  Let's knit a project together!

 Peter Picone,  DEEP Wildlife Biologist will give a slide presentation highlighting actions you can take to improve the habitat for songbirds, butterflies, bumblebees, amphibians, and more in your surroundings.

Come and enjoy a story, games, and rotating around to different S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) stations.  This month's theme will be SPACE!