The Library is closed Sunday, April 20, for the Easter holiday

Event List

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Garden Club: SEEDS Workshop for Grades 3-5

Friday, April 18, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting
Age Group:
Kids, Grades K-5
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In this special meeting of Garden Club, we will explore biodiversity and food sustainability through games and starting our own seeds.  We will be joined for this class by high school volunteer Zane who is passionate about biodiversity.

Closed
Required
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group.

Stories and Crafts for Ages 2 and 3 Years

Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:15am
Kontulis Family Storytime Room + Program Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting, Storytimes & Early Literacy
Age Group:
Kids, Ages 0-5
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Children ages 2-3 years and their caregivers, join Miss Rebecca for a morning of stories, songs, movement, and crafts!

 

 

Waitlist
Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Writing Tips: The Writer's Voice, What Is It?

Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
McLaughlin Meeting Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Featured
Age Group:
Adults
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What is voice in writing?  Literary voice incorporates many elements, including language, writing style, points of view and tone.

Open
Required
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Grades K-5" group.

Learn to play piano through your favorite movie themes for Ages 6-12

Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Music & Performances, Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Kids, Grades K-5
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Join accomplished pianist and teen volunteer Cary Wang to learn to play piano through your favorite movie themes. Children should have a some piano experience.

Closed
Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Gentle Yoga

Monday, April 21, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium + Community Room + Kend Kitchen at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
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Registration opens on 3/31/25 at 9am.

Waitlist
Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Chair Yoga

Monday, April 21, 2025 at 11:30am - 12:30pm
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium + Community Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops
Age Group:
Adults
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We are pleased to continue our partnership with the New Canaan YMCA to bring you Chair Yoga.

Open
Required
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Grades K-5" group.

CARES Crafts Club for Grades 3-5

Monday, April 21, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:15pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting
Age Group:
Kids, Grades K-5
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Let’s come together and give back to our community! Join New Canaan CARES and New Canaan Library, with the helping hands of New Canaan Girl Scouts, to get crafty and create projects reflecting kindness and caring.

Open
Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Intermediate French Conversation Class

Monday, April 21, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Craig B. Tate Conference Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Adults
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Our French Conversation class focuses on culture, conversation, vocabulary, and basic grammar. Students will engage in various activities to practice the language.

Closed
Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

First Aid Training by New Canaan EMS

Monday, April 21, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
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Learn First Aid from New Canaan EMS and save a life!

Open
Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Women on the Edge Book Group

Monday, April 21, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Book Groups
Age Group:
Adults
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This group reads books of all genres written by women with an emphasis on diverse, edgy, and emerging authors.

This month, we are reading Severance by Ling Ma. 

Open
Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Intermediate ESL Class

Monday, April 21, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
McLaughlin Meeting Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Adults
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Join us as our ESL classes continue this Spring with Intermediate English Language Learning Mondays at 6:30 pm.

Open
Required
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group.

Time for 2's

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 9:15am - 10:00am
Kontulis Family Storytime Room + Program Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Storytimes & Early Literacy
Age Group:
Kids, Ages 0-5
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Join Miss Marie for an 8-week Twos Storytime series with songs, rhymes, felt-board stories, and special books and marching! This class is for those who are 24-36 months old with a caregiver. 

Closed
Required
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group.

Book Babies ~Walkers (12-23 mos.)

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Kontulis Family Storytime Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Storytimes & Early Literacy
Age Group:
Kids, Ages 0-5
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Join Miss Rebecca for Book Babies (Walkers) Storytime with songs, rhymes, bounces, and a special book! This class is for those who are 12-23 months old with a caregiver.

Waitlist
Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Local Water Conditions and Conservation

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Community Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Adults
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An illuminating conversation between local water experts on the condition of our local waterways and aquifers, and why conservation is necessary for biodiversity and supplies of clean water for our consumption.

Open
Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Open Tech

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
McLaughlin Meeting Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Technology & STEM
Age Group:
Adults
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Open Tech is a weekly drop-in program held every Tuesday from 2:00-4:00 PM.

This event is in the "Tweens & Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Next Chapter Book Discussion

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
McLaughlin Meeting Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Book Groups
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens, Adults
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The Next Chapter Book Club is a social, community-based book club for older teens and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who enjoy reading or listening to stories.  At every meeting each member is given a turn to read reg

Closed
Required
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Grades K-5" group.

Discovery Zone for Grades 1-2: Bean Bind

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 4:15pm - 5:00pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Technology & STEM
Age Group:
Kids, Grades K-5
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Discovery Zone will focus on the concepts of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) for children in 1st and 2nd grade.

This month we will focus on designing something that will sort a lot of beans!

 

Waitlist
Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

A Conversation on CT Energy Costs

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium + Community Room + Kend Kitchen at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Adults
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State Senator Ryan Fazio and State Representative Tom O'Dea will give a presentation on CT’s electric costs and a plan to reduce them. The program features Q&A. 

Open
Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Spanish Conversation Group for Adults

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Craig B. Tate Conference Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Adults
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¿No hablas español? Would you like to learn? We are reintroducing our Spanish Conversation group, designed for individuals at all levels of Spanish proficiency.

Open
Required
This event is in the "Tweens & Teens" group.

Draw Your Own Enchanted Garden Coloring Page for Teens (12-18)

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Anderson MakerLab at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Making & Crafting
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
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Celebrate the warmer weather by learning how to draw an enchanted garden coloring page. We'll go over techniques for how to plan your page and how to draw the different plants and animals that live there. All skill levels are welcome! 

Open
Required
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Grades K-5" group.
This event is in the "Tweens & Teens" group.

Radiant Reviewers Book Group for Grades 4-6

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Book Groups, Classes & Workshops
Age Group:
Kids, Grades K-5, Tweens & Teens
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Are you ready to be a book reviewer?

Open
Required
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group.

Book Babies ~Walkers (12-23 mos.)

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 9:15am - 10:00am
Community Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Storytimes & Early Literacy
Age Group:
Kids, Ages 0-5
:

Join Miss Marie for Book Baby (Walkers) Storytime series with songs, rhymes, bounces, and a special book! This class is for those who are 12-23 months old with a caregiver.

Open
Required