Event List

Do you love to draw? Join NCHS art students for a fun-filled, hour-long drawing class on Sunday afternoon! This lesson will focus on drawing pastries such as cupcakes, pies, and cr

Join Fiddleheads cooking studio as we learn and prepare a delicious meal. For children in grades K-2.

This week is all about patterns in art!  We'll get warmed up with a simple tessellation project, take a look at the use of pattern and colors by famous artists and play an art

Let’s come together and give back to our community! Join New Canaan CARES and New Canaan Library to get crafty and create projects reflecting kindness and caring. Children will sha

Are you a budding writer in Grades K to 2? Join Miss Rebecca for a storytelling–and story writing–extravaganza! We’ll play games to get imaginations flowing, then put ideas to pape

Celebrate music that says “thank you” from the instrument, the builder of the instrument, and the composer. Take a gratitude trip with songs that bring out our best emotions and ma

New Canaan Chamber Music's Andrew Armstrong, who grew up in New Canaan, is returning for the second annual Children and Families Concert on May 5th at 3:00PM in the Jim &

Do you love to draw? Join a few New Canaan High School art students for a fun-filled, hour-long colored pencil drawing class on Sunday afternoon! Due to popular demand, we will be

Are you a writer in grades 3-5? Join Miss Rebecca to write, write, write! This month, we'll explore nature writing out in the Library's Schubert Children's Garden. This is a t

Are you ready to be a book reviewer? Do you love to cook? Join the Radiant Reviewers for a semester of Tasty Tales! We will meet once a month (3/26, 5/7, and 6/4) to discuss a book

This week we explore pi with some hands on projects!  We'll have a robotics challenge, a contest to see who can memorize the most digits of pi and a punny craft project that w

Let’s come together and give back to our community! Join New Canaan CARES and New Canaan Library to get crafty and create projects reflecting kindness and caring. Children will sha

Join us as we celebrate AAPI with diverse voices that make up the books we love! We will be joined by two authors who have lived in and around Connecticut! We will spend an hour wi

Are you a fan of Jeopardy? Ready to put your memory to the test? Kids in grades 4 to 6, join us once a month for the Quiz Game Book Group! Each month, we'll assign a book for you t

Our Social Justice Book Group is reading The Whole Story of Half a Girl by Veera Hiranandani this month. Each month, leaders from LiveGirl, S.T.A.R., and New Canaan

Join the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra to explore Woodwind instruments! Instruments in a Woodwind Quintet (Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon and Horn) each have a distinct

Happy Mother’s Day! Join a few NCHS art students for a fun-filled, hour-long class on Sunday afternoon to design Mother’s Day cards with watercolor. We’ll first familiarize ourselv

Join Dod the Dog Guy from Stepping Stones Museum for Children for an inspiring book, lessons on approaching a dog you’d like to meet and then actually meet REAL dogs that have a wo

Are you a writer in grades 3-5? Join Miss Rebecca to write, write, write! This month, we'll explore nature writing out in the Library's Schubert Children's Garden. This is a t

Join Miss Rebecca for our K-1st Book Club, featuring hands-on games and crafts! This month, we will read I Am a Dragon! A Squabble and a Quibble by Sabina Hahn and D

Come experience a preview of the enchanting world of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, a timeless tale that weaves together radiant melodies, captivating choreography, and a st

Have a special talent? Come show it off at the New Canaan’s Got Talent, Talent Show. All children in grades 1- 8 are welcome to participate in the show! Children can showcase any t

New Canaan's got talent--and this is your chance to see it! From magic tricks to playing an instrument, children in grades 1 to 8 will show off their special talents in our Februar

Join Cara Zelas, a teacher and author, along with a special guest, real-life therapy dog, Little Dude! Explore the theme of kindness through a book reading, engaging hands-on craft