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Live Girl Confidence Club

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:45pm
Community Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

LiveGirl is looking for middle school girls in grades 5-8 who are interested in having a mentor, building confidence, being a leader, and most importantly, making friends! We’ll ta...

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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, October 22, 2024 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
Event Details:

Are you ready to be a book reviewer? This month, the Radiant Reviewers will read I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 by Lauren Tarshis in preparation for Lauren T...

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

Successfully Navigating College Admissions This Fall

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Online at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

We are offering this Zoom presentation to help families of juniors, sophomores and freshmen understand the college admissions process and how to successfully navigat...

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

Movie Showing: The Sixth Sense

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium + Community Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Featured, Music & Performances
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Join us for a showing of The Sixth Sense (1999).  "Young Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) is haunted by a dark secret: he is visited by ghosts. Cole is frightened by...

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

Dungeons & Dragons for ages 12 to 18 - Witchlight Carnival Group 1

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

Once every eight years, the fantastic Witchlight Carnival touches down on your world, bringing joy to one settlement after the next. Its owners, Mister Witch and Mister Light, know...

Closed
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.

Quiz Game Book Group for Grades 4-6

Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
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
Event Details:

Are you a fan of Jeopardy? Ready to put your memory to the test? Kids entering grades 4 to 6, join us once a month for the Quiz Game Book Group! Each month, we'll assign a book for...

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

Sewing Project for Ages 10-16: Screenprinted Halloween Wall Hanging

Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Anderson MakerLab at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting, Technology & STEM
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

This sewing project is part sewing class, part screenprinting.  We will first use the sewing machines to sew a simple banner from canvas material.  We will then learn a l...

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

Pizza & Pages: Grades 6-8

Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 7:15pm - 8:00pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Book Groups
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

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

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

Code Club with Fairfield Python Association

Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Anderson MakerLab at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Technology & STEM
Age Group:
Kids, Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

The St. Luke’s chapter of the Fairfield Python Association hosts a weekly Python club meeting.  Each week will focus on a coding concept with an introduction to the topic, han...

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

Dungeons & Dragons: Dread Harvest Oneshot for ages 12 to 18

Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 10:30am - 3:30pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

Your party is tasked with rooting out a deranged serial killer who has chosen an annual festival as the setting for his grim work. Will they survive and defeat the one responsible…...

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

Teen Advisory Board

Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 12:30pm - 1:00pm
Kontulis Family Storytime Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

Calling all teens!  Join us once a month to chat, share ideas for teen programs, help develop the teen collection, and more!   (Plus, there will be pizza)  ...

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

Battle of Agincourt: Wargame for Teens (12-18)

Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Craig B. Tate Conference Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Featured, Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

October 25, 1415 Come and play in a recreation of one of England’s greatest military victories set during the reign of Henry V and the Hundred Years War. The English army, tir...

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

Colored Pencil Lesson for Grades 6-8: Autumn Desserts

Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Anderson MakerLab at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Classes & Workshops
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

Do you love to draw? Join a few New Canaan High School seniors for a fun-filled, hour-long colored pencil drawing class on Sunday afternoon! As autumn rolls around, we will draw so...

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.

Halloween STEAM for Grades 3-6 with Cool-ology

Monday, October 28, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Anderson MakerLab at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Technology & STEM
Age Group:
Kids, Grades K-5, Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

Join Cool-ology for Halloween STEAM fun!  This is a combination of demonstration and hands-on Halloween themed activities.  For students in grades 3-6. Registration op...

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

Next Chapter Book Discussion

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
McLaughlin Meeting Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Book Groups
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens, Adults
Event Details:

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 stor...

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

Live Girl Confidence Club

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:45pm
Community Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

LiveGirl is looking for middle school girls in grades 5-8 who are interested in having a mentor, building confidence, being a leader, and most importantly, making friends! We’ll ta...

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

Dungeons & Dragons for ages 12 to 18 - Witchlight Carnival Group 2

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

Once every eight years, the fantastic Witchlight Carnival touches down on your world, bringing joy to one settlement after the next. Its owners, Mister Witch and Mister Light, know...

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

Dungeons & Dragons Campaign for ages 12-18: Curse of Strahd

Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

Under raging storm clouds, the vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. Rumbling thunder pounds the castle spires. The wi...

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

Code Club with Fairfield Python Association

Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Anderson MakerLab at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Technology & STEM
Age Group:
Kids, Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

The St. Luke’s chapter of the Fairfield Python Association hosts a weekly Python club meeting.  Each week will focus on a coding concept with an introduction to the topic, han...

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

Teen Baking for Grades 6th-12th

Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Kend Family Kitchen at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

Join Food Explorers for a special baking program! In this two hour class, you’ll be making your own doughs, glazes, fillings and more to create Pear Rolls and Mini Cheesecakes. Eac...

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

Live Girl Confidence Club

Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:45pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

LiveGirl is looking for middle school girls in grades 5-8 who are interested in having a mentor, building confidence, being a leader, and most importantly, making friends! We’ll ta...

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

Passport Center

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 11:00am - 3:00pm
Craig B. Tate Conference Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Featured
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens, Adults
Event Details:

We are happy to partner with the Ferguson Library’s US passport center to host passport clinics at New Canaan Library. At this event, the US Passport team can help registered atten...

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

3D Design Project: Fidget Design

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Anderson MakerLab at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Technology & STEM
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

For this 3D design class we will create a fidget spiral cone using Fusion 360.  This is a more advanced class but still beginner friendly.  Some 3D design experience in T...

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

Dungeons & Dragons for ages 12 to 18 - Witchlight Carnival Group 1

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

Once every eight years, the fantastic Witchlight Carnival touches down on your world, bringing joy to one settlement after the next. Its owners, Mister Witch and Mister Light, know...

Closed
Required