Event List

This is an adaptive art class for teens and young adults with disabilities. This month we will be exploring mixed media poetry collages.

Join us for a friendly session of Modern Casual Magic: The Gathering! Beginners and players of any experience are more than welcome to join. Please bring your own deck(s) if possible! 

Unlock your creativity and problem-solving skills in this hands-on workshop!

Each month, teen leaders from LiveGirl, S.T.A.R., and New Canaan Library guide participants in discussion around a selected realistic or historical fiction book. Open to anyone in grades 5-8.

Wind down from the school-week with a gentle crafting project.  This month we will explore 'junk journaling' - handmade books that are part collage, part journal, part art.

In the first few days of June, the 4th Marine Brigade dug into a defensive line just to the southwest of the wheat field and Belleau Wood.

Calling all fans of Shannon Messenger's Keeper of the Lost Cities series! Join us to celebrate Keeper of the Lost Cities. Enjoy pizza, Keeper of the Lost Cities-inspired crafts and games, and more!

This is a small-group training session to learn how to use the BambuLab P1S 3D printer in the Library's MakerLab.  This session is open to ages 8-adult.

Maker Club is an open time for students in grades 4-8 to play games, work on a project, or tinker- it is up to you.  Ten laptops will be available for computer games as well as an assortment of board games if you'd like to stay offline.

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. 

Middle schoolers in grades 6-8, join us each month for a book discussion, board game, and pizza. You can pick up each month's selection at the Library to read at home before the meeting. 

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.

This is a small-group training session to learn how to use the BambuLab P1S 3D printer in the Library's MakerLab.  This session is open to ages 8-adult.

Join New Canaan Library for our first Community Cake-Off event! Get your aprons and appetites ready as we invite you to bake a homemade cake to share with the community.

Your party is tasked with infiltrating a Thieves’ Guild steeped in shadowy secrecy. Will they find their target, or get caught in the web?

Step into the timeless and relaxing art of needlepoint—a creative craft that blends color, texture, and design into beautiful hand-stitched pieces.

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. 

Join us for a friendly session of Modern Casual Magic: The Gathering! Beginners and players of any experience are more than welcome to join. Please bring your own standard deck if possible! 

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!

Leap into summer reading with this origami circuit frog projects.  We'll explore circuits and electricity by adding movement to our frogs with vibration motors.  For students in grades 5-8 in Fall 2026.

Learn the basics of programming robots with EV3 Lego Mindstorms, using a First Lego League training guide led by Happy Code Club.  We will explore coding concepts as we program our robot to complete challenges and compete in games.

Families can join us for a chess classes featuring a mixture of instruction and supervised play.

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!

Learn pop-up book mechanics and paper engineering concepts at this pop-up book making class.  Our book will be bog life theme in keeping with our summer reading.