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Event List

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Introduction to Watercolor Painting: 3 session series

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Anderson MakerLab at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting

Please note this course is for NEW STUDENTS who did not take the February or APRIL 2026 class. 

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

Open Tech

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 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
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Next Chapter Book Discussion

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 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
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Learn How to Use the Cricut Machine for Adults

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Anderson MakerLab at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Music & Performances, Technology & STEM

Want to learn how to use the Cricut but are not sure where to start?

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

Microsoft Word Basics

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Craig B. Tate Conference Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Technology & STEM

If you are new to Microsoft Word or want to learn about the latest version of Word, this class is for you!

Open
Registration Required
This event is in the "Adults" group
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Embroidery for Intermediate Sewers

Thursday, July 9, 2026 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Craig B. Tate Conference Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting

In this series, sewers will use a number of familiar stitch and knot techniques to create a beautiful piece of art. In the final session, you will learn a basic DIY framing technique.

Open
Registration Required
This event is in the "Kids" group
This event is in the "Tweens & Teens" group
This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Multigenerational" group
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Intergenerational String Quartet Concert: 250+ years of American Music!

Thursday, July 9, 2026 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium + Community Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Music & Performances

Please join Janey & Friends in an hourlong string quartet concert, as we journey through the diverse landscape of American Musical History from a Native American lullaby, to spirituals, Dvorak’s “American Quartet”, Joplin rags, Ellington, Gers

Open
Registration Required
This event is in the "Adults" group
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Once Upon a Darker Time: The Brothers Grimm and German Folklore

Thursday, July 9, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Craig B. Tate Conference Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Authors & Lectures, Classes & Workshops

In 1812, brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their first collection of German folktales, including stories such as Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, and Rumpelstiltskin.

Open
Registration Required
This event is in the "Adults" group
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Intermediate Italian Conversation Class

Thursday, July 9, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Languages & Writing

Benvenuti! If you are looking to move beyond textbook phrases and truly embrace la bella lingua, join us for this engaging coversation class.

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

3D Printer Training for Ages 8-Adult

Friday, July 10, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Anderson MakerLab at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Technology & STEM

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.

Open
Registration Required
This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Multigenerational" group
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Weekly Plant Clinic with UCONN Master Gardeners

Saturday, July 11, 2026 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
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Introduction to Watercolor Painting: 3 session series

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Anderson MakerLab at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting

Please note this course is for NEW STUDENTS who did not take the February or APRIL 2026 class. 

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

Open Tech

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 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 "Adults" group

Women and Money Roundtable: How to Make Sense of Today's Financial Markets

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Online at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops

Join Financial Advisors Julia Strayer and Liz Maccarone for a series of easy-to-follow discussions on how to make sense of today’s financial markets. They will cover the latest market news and how that might affect your financial decisions.

Virtual Event
This event is in the "Adults" group

Notable Reads Book Group: London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe

Thursday, July 16, 2026 at 11:15am - 12:15pm
McLaughlin Meeting Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Book Groups

This group reads broadly, with a focus on literary award winners, well-reviewed fiction, and translations. This month’s discussion is on London Falling By Patrick Radden Keefe

Open
Registration Required
This event is in the "Adults" group
Two embroidered blue hummingbirds face each other. There is delicate filigree surrounding them.

Embroidery for Intermediate Sewers

Thursday, July 16, 2026 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Craig B. Tate Conference Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting

In this series, sewers will use a number of familiar stitch and knot techniques to create a beautiful piece of art. In the final session, you will learn a basic DIY framing technique.

Open
Registration Required
This event is in the "Adults" group
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Friday, July 17, 2026 at 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium + Community Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness, Special Programs

The need to maintain a reliable blood supply is constant and vital; by donating, you are helping to change, and perhaps save, a life!

This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Multigenerational" group
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Weekly Plant Clinic with UCONN Master Gardeners

Saturday, July 18, 2026 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

Gentle Yoga

Monday, July 20, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium + Community Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Health & Wellness

We have teamed up with the New Canaan YMCA to create a tranquil, foundation-building class designed to introduce new students to yoga, as well as offer regular practitioners a gentle class to complement their yoga practice.

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

Chair Yoga

Monday, July 20, 2026 at 11:30am - 12:30pm
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium + Community Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Health & Wellness

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 "Kids" group
This event is in the "Grades K-5" group
This event is in the "Tweens & Teens" group
This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Multigenerational" group

3D Printer Training for Ages 8-Adult

Monday, July 20, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Anderson MakerLab at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Technology & STEM

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.

Open
Registration Required
This event is in the "Adults" group
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Women on the Edge Book Group

Monday, July 20, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
McLaughlin Meeting Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Book Groups

This group reads books of all genres written by women with an emphasis on diverse, edgy, and emerging authors.

This month, we are reading The Compound by Aisling Rawle.

Open
Registration Required
This event is in the "Adults" group
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Introduction to Watercolor Painting: 3 session series

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Anderson MakerLab at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting

Please note this course is for NEW STUDENTS who did not take the February or APRIL 2026 course.

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

BYOB (Bring Your Own Book) Club for Adults

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Bartlett Terrace at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Book Groups

Want to read more this summer? Looking for ways to gain more tickets to win our Summer Reading Grand Prize? Join our Reference Librarians at our BYOB (Bring Your Own Book) club!

Open
Registration Required