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Girls Who Code Club

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Main Library
Full
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Board Room 2
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Science & Technology
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Want to learn how to code and make some friends along the way? Bring your laptop and join our Girls Who Code Club for Grades 7-12.   Facilitated by Teen Librarian, Sage Gentry, and FHS Senior Doorva Garg, and FHS Senior and co-founder of t...

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If you have special needs to attend this program, please contact the library in advance.

Bite Size Science- SPRING FLING!

10:00am - 10:30am
Main Library
Full
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: J Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Crafts, Hobbies, & Gaming, Science & Technology, Series for Little Ones
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
This session we will explore Spring themes while practicing our early Science concepts.  Please note: No class on April 9th ...

Movers and Groovers Dance Party

10:00am - 10:45am
Barney Library
Library Branch: Barney Library
Room: Hoppin Gallery
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Music, Dance, & Film, Series for Little Ones
Event Details:
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. ...

Picture Book Theater

11:00am - 11:30am
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: J Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Series for Little Ones
Event Details:
Ages 3-6. Each week we’ll watch a picture book come to life on our projector screen, followed by coloring or craft time! Drop-in event.  ...

Novel Ideas

1:15pm - 2:00pm
Barney Library
Library Branch: Barney Library
Room: Hoppin Gallery
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Group
Event Details:
Join us for a lively discussion on the last Tuesday of the month at 1:15. Pick up a copy of the current book at the Barney library service desk. All are welcome!
In April we will discuss "The Personal Librarian" by Marie Benedict The remarkable, little-known story of Belle da Costa Greene, J. P. Morgan's personal librarian—who became one of the most powerful women in New York despite the dangerous secret s...

Movie Night @The Main: Ghostbusters: Afterlife

5:30pm - 7:30pm
Main Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Jay Johnston Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Music, Dance, & Film
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 48
Event Details:
Please join us for a movie showing! Popcorn and lemonade will be served! Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret...

Adult Biblio Box

All Day
Main Library
Full
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Crafts, Hobbies, & Gaming
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Sign up for some fun treats and a hand selected library book picked just for you!  Register via the calendar one time and be subscribed--if you miss two boxes, you'll be removed from the list but it's easy to sign up again. Fill out this...

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If you have special needs to attend this program, please contact the library in advance.

Oh Baby! Baby Storytime

9:15am - 10:00am
Main Library
Full
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: J Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Series for Little Ones
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
For babies ages 0 to 12 months with their caregivers. Registration required; registering for one class registers you for the whole session.   Perfect for our littlest patrons, this storytime enriches the language learning abili...

Color Me Calm: Adult Coloring at the Barney Library

10:00am - 11:30am
Barney Library
Library Branch: Barney Library
Room: Round Table
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Crafts, Hobbies, & Gaming
Event Details:
Take some time for you! Drop into the Barney Library to take part in this adult coloring program.  Coloring is a great way to relax, bring your own materials or use some of ours.  No registration required. ...

Pop through the Pages

10:30am - 11:00am
Main Library
Full
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: J Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Series for Little Ones
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Ages 2.5 - 3 and their caregivers. Registration required; register once for the 7-week session.   Picture books with a twist! Picture books "come to life” told in an engaging and interactive way. Please note: no class April 10 ...

Teen Graphic Novel Book Club

5:30pm - 6:30pm
Main Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Board Room 1
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Book Group
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:
Love graphic novels? Love manga? Register for Teen Graphic Novel Book Club! We'll discuss the book of the month, eat some snacks, and do an activity. Pick up the book for the month at the Information Services Desk on the Second Floor of the Library.&...

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If you have special needs to attend this program, please contact the library in advance.

Pint- Sized Picassos

10:30am - 11:30am
Main Library
Full
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: J Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Series for Little Ones
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
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. (Please note there is a separate registration for each Pint-Sized...

Afternoons at Bijou

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Jay Johnston Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Bijou Film
Event Details:

Classic films and popcorn, every Thursday afternoon!

Singin' in the Rain (1952) A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood. Starring Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly, an...

Garmany Music Series: The Green Jazz Band

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Main Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Jay Johnston Community Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Garmany Music Series
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 41
Event Details:
The Green Jazz Band has been delighting audiences in the Greater Hartford area with fresh interpretations of jazz standards, including classics from the Great American Songbook, bossa nova favorites, and jazzed up blues and pop. The band’s area perfo...

Tots and Tunes and Tales

9:30am - 10:00am
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Jay Johnston Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Series for Little Ones
Event Details:
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.     ...

Fun with Math

1:00pm - 1:45pm
Main Library
Full
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: J Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Series for Little Ones
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Ages 4 and 5 for the child alone; caregivers must stay in the Kids’ Place. Registration required once for entire session. Please register for only one class, Friday at 1:00 or 2:00  In this Kindergarten readiness program children will read ma...

Fun With Math

2:00pm - 2:45pm
Main Library
Full
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: J Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Series for Little Ones
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Ages 4 and 5 for the child alone; caregivers must stay in the Kids’ Place. Registration required once for entire session. Please register for only one class, Friday at 1:00 or 2:00  In this Kindergarten readiness program children will read ma...

Star Wars Day @ the Barney Library

All Day
Barney Library
Library Branch: Barney Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Special Event
Event Details:
Visit the Barney Library on Saturday, May 4 to celebrate the science-fiction universe of Star Wars. We will have activity sheets and Star Wars-themed arts and crafts to take home while supplies last. ...

Monthly Makers

10:00am - 11:00am
Barney Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Barney Library
Room: Hoppin Gallery
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Crafts, Hobbies, & Gaming
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

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 styles, without the pressure of perfection.  Join us for this one hour of ADULT arts and crafts time each month at the Barney Library.

This month's project: Photo Magnets  ** please bring photos from home that you are comfortable cutting up ** ...

Celebration of Chinese Culture

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Jay Johnston Community Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Lecture, History, & Culture
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:
Phoenix Acrobats will be showcasing a celebration of Chinese Culture including martial arts, small musical performances, and other facets of the culture.  ...

Tween & Teen Lightsaber Making

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Barney Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Barney Library
Room: Hoppin Gallery
Age Group: Teens, Children
Program Type: Crafts, Hobbies, & Gaming
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:
Calling all Star Wars fans in Grades 5 to 12 join us at the Barney Library on Saturday, May 4th to create your own pool noodle lightsaber and join the light side or the dark side. Receive a special Star Wars goodie bag as we celebrate this fun "holid...

Terrific Twos

9:30am - 10:00am
Main Library
Full
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: J Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Series for Little Ones
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
For two-year-olds and their caregivers. Registration required; register once for the 7-week session.  Enjoy stories together with music, finger rhymes and puppets too! Your child must be 2 when the program begins.  Please note th...