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Principles of Cooking: Vegetables

Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Kend Kitchen + Community Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops

Registration opens 6/14 at 9am.

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Registration Required
This event is in the "Adults" group

Weekly Plant Clinic with UCONN Master Gardeners

Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:30pm
New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops

Do you need help with plant identification? Insect Damage and disease diagnosis? Plant suggestions? Vegetable growing advice?

This event is in the "Adults" group

Writing Tips: Summer Journaling (Make up class)

Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
McLaughlin Meeting Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops

What is journaling?  It can be a diary of daily musings of prose, poetry, or essays.  Or it can be a directed effort toward clarity of the heart.

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

Gentle Yoga

Monday, June 23, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium + Community Room + Kend Kitchen at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness

Registration opens on 5/26 at 9am.

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Registration Required
This event is in the "Adults" group

Chair Yoga

Monday, June 23, 2025 at 11:30am - 12:30pm
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium + Community Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops

We are pleased to continue our partnership with the New Canaan YMCA to bring you Chair Yoga.

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

Intermediate French Conversation Class

Monday, June 23, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
McLaughlin Meeting Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Special Programs & Outreach

Our French Conversation class focuses on culture, conversation, vocabulary, and basic grammar. Students will engage in various activities to practice the language.

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

Teen/Young Adult Cooking Series For Ages 16-21

Monday, June 23, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Kend Family Kitchen at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops

4-week series that will teach fundamentals and simple recipes to older teens and young college students.

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Registration Required
This event is in the "Adults" group

Adult Dungeons and Dragons Campaign: The Lost Mines of Phandelver

Monday, June 23, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Anderson MakerLab at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops

You and your party have been approached by a dwarf named Gundren Rockseeker who is looking for someone to escort a shipment of goods to the nearby town of Phandalin.

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

Intermediate ESL Class

Monday, June 23, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Craig B. Tate Conference Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Special Programs & Outreach

Join us as our ESL classes continue this Spring with Intermediate English Language Learning Mondays at 6:30 pm.

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

2-Day Impressionist Painting Workshop on Library Green

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 9:30am - 3:30pm
Anderson Terrace at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting

Attend a 2-day Impressionist Painting Workshop outdoors at the Library, as part of the suite of programs offered to accompany our current exhibition in the Lightburn Gallery, Impressionism Then and Now: Dmitri Wright and the American Lineage.

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

Open Tech

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
McLaughlin Meeting Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Technology & STEM

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, June 24, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
McLaughlin Meeting Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Book Groups

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

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

Writing Workshop Intensive: A Summer Seminar Series

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
McLaughlin Meeting Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Featured

This Intensive Writer's Workshop encourages participants to submit a complete, critique-ready work on the first day.

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Registration Required
This event is in the "Adults" group

2-Day Impressionist Painting Workshop on Library Green

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 9:30am - 3:30pm
Anderson Terrace at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting

Attend a 2-day Impressionist Painting Workshop outdoors at the Library, as part of the suite of programs offered to accompany our current exhibition in the Lightburn Gallery, Impressionism Then and Now: Dmitri Wright and the American Lineage.

Cancelled
Closed
Registration Required
This event is in the "Adults" group

Introduction to Drawing: 4 session course for Adults

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 11:00am - 1:00pm
Anderson MakerLab at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting

This four-session weekly course is designed for adult beginners who want to develop fundamental drawing skills in a supportive environment. Learn fundamental drawing techniques including observation, proportion, shading, and perspective.

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

BookTok Book Group

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
McLaughlin Meeting Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Book Groups

This group reads and discusses books of all genres that have trended on social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram.

Open
Registration Required
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This event is in the "Grades K-5" group
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Summer Reading Kickoff Party: FUN for ALL AGES

Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium + Community Room + Kend Kitchen at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Special Programs & Outreach

Drop in and celebrate the start of Summer Reading! We are Traveling Through the pAGES with GIANT board games, a photo booth with props, classic ice-cream sundaes, face painters, glitter tattoos, and crafting fun!

This event is in the "Adults" group

Summer Reading Kickoff Party: The Party Continues for Adults

Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Anderson Terrace at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Featured, Special Programs & Outreach

Learn about our NEW Adult Summer Reading program. Sign up today to dive into a world of captivating book recommendations, unleash your creativity with fun crafts, and connect with fellow readers.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Tips for Dementia Caregivers 

Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Craig B. Tate Conference Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Health & Wellness

Florissa Zinghini presents tips for dementia caregivers from the Positive Approach to Care Method developed by world renowned dementia expert Teepa Snow.

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

Microsoft Word: Advanced

Friday, June 27, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
McLaughlin Meeting Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Technology & STEM

If you are familiar with Microsoft Word and want to learn about some of the more advanced functions of the latest version of Office 365’s Word, this class is for you!

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

Gentle Yoga

Monday, June 30, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium + Community Room + Kend Kitchen at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness

Registration opens on 5/26 at 9am.

Waitlist
Registration Required