Event List

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.

In Partnership with Inclusive Together & New Canaan Library

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.

This is an adaptive art class for teens and young adults with disabilities. Celebrate the fall harvest and bring some cheer into your home with this cozy autumn craft!

In Partnership with Inclusive Together & New Canaan Library

The Ram Council Foundation, Inc. will host their annual parent/teen town-wide forum, entitled “The Power of Collaboration: Fostering Family Support for Teen Success,” at New Canaan Library (Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium).

Discover the joy of drawing in this five-week course designed for both beginning and intermediate students.

Join Jake and Kate Goldbas for an interactive drum-circle meets sing-a-long program where children will discover the magic of music and literary favorites through rhythm, movement and percussion instrument play!

Are you interested in making your family tree but not sure where to start?

Join Miss Rebecca for our K-1st Book Club, featuring hands-on games and crafts! Each month, we will read a book together at the Library, then get creative with book-inspired projects.

Confidence Club provides girls with a positive adult role model and creates a safe space for girls to develop self-esteem and social emotional intelligence. Confidence Club is a facilitated discussion group that creates a BRAVE SPACE for girl

Learn to sew cloth napkins ahead of the holiday season. We will all make 2 napkins with the potential for additional if time allows. This is a beginner friendly project.

Molly Jong-Fast is the only child of feminist writer Erica Jong. Molly grew up yearning for a connection with her dreamy, glamorous, just out of reach mother, who always seemed to be heading somewhere that wasn’t with Molly. 

This book group reads broadly across the gothic genre and includes literature spanning from the 1700s to the present.

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.

Children ages 2-3 years and their caregivers, join Miss Rebecca for a morning of stories, songs, movement, and crafts!

Move over, main course—the sides are taking center stage! In this festive and flavor-packed class, we’ll explore a variety of holiday side dishes that elevate any celebration.

Math Buddies* is hosting a math game club for elementary students at the New Canaan Library. All students in grades K-4 are welcome!

In the first program of our new World Music Series, master musicians Ranendra Das (tabla) and Satyaki Dutta (sarod) will take us on a musical journey that is millennia in the making.

Five-time James Beard winner and New York Times bestselling author Dorie Greenspan discusses her 15th cookbook, Dorie's Anytime CAKES with Anna Francese Gass.

The Battle of Brunanburh was fought in 937 between Æthelstan, King of 

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.

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

Join reference librarian Flannery Pillion-Gardner to learn how to avoid common internet scams and protect your data!