Event List

Design a board game working either solo or with a team.  We'll explore game mechanics, strategies and storytelling and use MakerLab equipment to create a prototype of our games.  This workshop meets over four days: July 14-17.

Swing by the library to pick up the supplies for a make-at-home craft! Everything you need will be in your kit, so it's perfect for a study break or long weekend trip. 

Design a board game working either solo or with a team.  We'll explore game mechanics, strategies and storytelling and use MakerLab equipment to create a prototype of our games.  This workshop meets over four days: July 14-17.

Emma Hassan, an upcoming senior at New Canaan High School, is the captain of the NCHS's Debate and Model UN teams and brings eight years of experience to the table.

We're creating earrings, pins and keychains on the laser cutter this week!  Choose from suggested designs or create your own.  We'll design on the computer and use the laser cutter to create our designs from wooden sheets.

Your party takes the form of pixelized heroes! They must rescue an endangered princess, brave a perilous dungeon, and vanquish a dreaded vampire! Will they triumph before they run out of “lives!?”

Join accomplished pianist and teen volunteer Cary Wang to perfect your favorite piano pieces through advance music theory, foundation for education development and musical advancement. Children/Teens should have piano experience.

Join us for a robotics workshop presented by Happy Code Club! In this workshop, we will team up with a partner to tackle First Lego League missions, each presenting exciting challenges that will teach them the essentials of robot mastery.

Increase your comfort with the keyboard this summer.  Typing is an essential skill for coding, research and digital literacy, but takes practice.

Love pizza? In this class, we’ll talk about what makes a great pizza dough, from fermentation to flavor. You’ll get hands-on with stretching, shaping, and topping your own pizza while learning some cool tricks to make it even better.

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

Join us for an introduction to sewing machines.  This class is intended for absolute beginners who have never used a sewing machine before between the ages of 8 and 12!

We're exploring circuits and electricity this week.  We'll add LEDs or vibration motors to our paper projects to create light or movement.  For students in grades 5-8 in Fall 2025.

Registration opens June 1 at 8am.

The party embarks on the incredible Emberlight Express, a train fueled by ingenuity and fiery magic. Jealous villains, looking to ruin the Emberlight's reputation have sabotaged the route, sending it speeding for disaster!

Join author Suzanne Nelson for this hands-on writing workshop which will focuses on the methods and styles for crafting novels.

Join us for an introduction to sewing machines.  This class is intended for absolute beginners who have never used a sewing machine before between the ages of 8 and 12!

Each day of the 3D design camp, we will use a different CAD software to create a project to 3d print. Through our projects, we'll explore the essentials of 3D printing.

Join us on the green for a glorious evening of dance. The Thomas/Ortiz Dance Company and East Coast Contemporary Ballet are coming to the library as a part of a series of free outdoor dance performances throughout Fairfield County t

Each day of the 3D design camp, we will use a different CAD software to create a project to 3d print. Through our projects, we'll explore the essentials of 3D printing.

Following the Spellbound event, Matt Matthews will present a special Magic Learning Workshop, limited to children ages 8 and older! During this special, "

Each day of the 3D design camp, we will use a different CAD software to create a project to 3d print. Through our projects, we'll explore the essentials of 3D printing.

Are you a fan of Jeopardy? Ready to put your memory to the test? Kids in grades 3 to 6, join us once a month for the Quiz Game Book Group! Each month, we'll assign a book for you to read at home.

Learn about the simple machines that power automata: cams, lever and linkages and then get started on creating your own sculpture with functional mechanisms that allow for movement. For students in grades 5-8 in Fall 2025.

New Canaan Library is hosting this family-friendly field trip to Weir Farm National Historical Park on Saturday August 2.