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Book Babies ~Walkers (12-23 mos.)

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 9:15am - 10:00am
Community Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Storytimes & Early Literacy
Age Group:
Kids, Ages 0-5
Event Details:

  Join Miss Marie for Book Baby (Walkers) Storytime series with songs, rhymes, bounces, and a special book! This class is for those who are 0-12 months old with a caregiver...

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

Chair Yoga on the Terrace

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Anderson Terrace at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

We are pleased to continue our partnership with the New Canaan YMCA to bring you Chair Yoga on the Terrace. Enjoy the outdoors while you exercise! With the support of a chair, t...

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

Virtual Computer Workshops with Career Resources, Inc.

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Online at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Technology & STEM
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

New Canaan Library is excited to partner with Career Resources, Inc. to bring 8 weeks of virtual classes that will cover a variety of topics including computer basics, file managem...

Closed
Required
Virtual Event
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group.

Time for 2's

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:15am
Kontulis Family Storytime Room + Program Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Storytimes & Early Literacy
Age Group:
Kids, Ages 0-5
Event Details:

  Join Miss Rebecca for an 8-week Twos Storytime series with songs, rhymes, felt-board stories, and special books and activities! This class is for those who are 24-36 mont...

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Required
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group.

Book Babies ~Pre-Walkers (0-12 mos.)

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 10:45am - 11:30am
Community Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Storytimes & Early Literacy
Age Group:
Kids, Ages 0-5
Event Details:

  Join Miss Marie for Book Baby (Pre-Walkers) Storytime series with songs, rhymes, bounces, and a special book! This class is for those who are 0-12 months old with a careg...

Waitlist
Required
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group.

3-5's Storytime

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 1:30pm - 2:15pm
Kontulis Family Storytime Room + Program Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Storytimes & Early Literacy
Age Group:
Kids, Ages 0-5
Event Details:

  Join Miss Dajana for 3-5’s Storytime series with songs, rhymes, felts, and special books and activities! This class is for those who are 3-5 years old with a caregiver.&n...

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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.

STEAM LAB for Ages 10-16

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Anderson MakerLab at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Making & Crafting, Technology & STEM
Age Group:
Kids, Grades K-5, Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

This week is all about patterns in art!  We'll get warmed up with a simple tessellation project, take a look at the use of pattern and colors by famous artists and play an art...

Open
Required
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Grades K-5" group.

CARES Crafts Club for Grades 3-5

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:15pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting
Age Group:
Kids, Grades K-5
Event Details:

Let’s come together and give back to our community! Join New Canaan CARES and New Canaan Library to get crafty and create projects reflecting kindness and caring. Children will sha...

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

Opening Reception for Semaphore: Torrance York, A Journey Through Parkinson's

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Gallery at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Torrance York's photographic monograph Semaphore examines the shift in her perspective after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease nine years ago. Through images, York considers...

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

Uncovering Your Roots: Genealogy Meetup

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Craig B. Tate Conference Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Special Programs & Outreach, Technology & STEM
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Have you been researching your family's history and are looking for a place to discuss your research with others? Come to meet other genealogists, share findings, exchange tips, an...

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

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

Wednesday, May 1, 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...

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Can't Sleep Thrillers Book Club (WAITLIST)

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
McLaughlin Meeting Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Book Groups
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Pulse-racing, jaw-dropping, and shiver-inducing books are always in season. Join the librarian-led bookgroup: Can’t Sleep Thrillers for the feverish fans of books with ps...

This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group.

Tales for Tots (18-36 mos.)

Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Community Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Storytimes & Early Literacy
Age Group:
Kids, Ages 0-5
Event Details:

  Join Miss Dajana for Tales for Tots Storytime series with songs, rhymes, felts, and special books! This class is for those who are 18-36 months old with a caregiver....

Waitlist
Required
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group.

Time for 2's

Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:15am
Kontulis Family Storytime Room + Program Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Storytimes & Early Literacy
Age Group:
Kids, Ages 0-5
Event Details:

  Join Miss Rebecca for an 8-week Twos Storytime series with songs, rhymes, felt-board stories, and special books and activities! This class is for those who are 24-36 mont...

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

Oil Painting for Adults: 5 session course

Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This series of five 90-minute courses will show you how to paint landscape paintings with oils. It will open your eyes to contrast colorings, darks and lights, and the gentle shapi...

Closed
Required
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Grades K-5" group.

Story Starters for Grades K-2

Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 4:15pm - 5:00pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting
Age Group:
Kids, Grades K-5
Event Details:

Are you a budding writer in Grades K to 2? Join Miss Rebecca for a storytelling–and story writing–extravaganza! We’ll play games to get imaginations flowing, then put ideas to pape...

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

Enchanted: The Cosmic Success of Taylor Swift with Gil Harel

Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium + Community Room + Kend Kitchen at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Featured, Music & Performances
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens, Adults
Event Details:

RESCHEDULED FROM 2/22 to 5/2. Taylor Alison Swift has long transcended the title "singer-songwriter" - indeed, she is a pop-culture phenomenon whose success has few parallels in...

Open
Required
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group.

Time for 2's

Friday, May 3, 2024 at 9:15am - 10:00am
Kontulis Family Storytime Room + Program Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Storytimes & Early Literacy
Age Group:
Kids, Ages 0-5
Event Details:

  Join Miss Dajana for an 8-week Twos Storytime series with songs, rhymes, felt-board stories, and special books and activities! This class is for those who are 24-36 month...

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

Tai Chi

Friday, May 3, 2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium + Community Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

The New Canaan YMCA and Library have joined forces to bring you drop-in Tai Chi! Tai chi is a series of slow, gentle motions that are patterned after movements in nature.  It ...

Open
Required
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group.

3-5's Storytime

Friday, May 3, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:15am
Kontulis Family Storytime Room + Program Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Storytimes & Early Literacy
Age Group:
Kids, Ages 0-5
Event Details:

Join Miss Rebecca for 3-5’s Storytime with songs, rhymes, felts, and special books and activities! This class is for those who are 3-5 years old with a caregiver. Registration...

Open
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 "All Ages/Families" group.

Parent Perspectives: Navigating the Journey of 2e Children

Friday, May 3, 2024 at 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness, Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Kids, Tweens & Teens, Adults, All Ages/Families
Event Details:

Is your child gifted but requires additional support with emotional regulation or different learning needs? Join us to hear from other parents of twice-exceptional (2e) children ab...

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Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "All Ages/Families" group.

Film Musicals in May: Top Hat starring Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers

Friday, May 3, 2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Jim and Dede Bartlett Auditorium at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Featured, Music & Performances
Age Group:
Adults, All Ages/Families
Event Details:

Join us for our first musical movie in May: TOP HAT the quintessential Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers film. Fred Astaire stars as a tap dancer and Ginger Rogers as his beautiful nei...

Open
Required
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group.

Stories and Crafts for Ages 2 and 3 Years

Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:15am
Kontulis Family Storytime Room + Program Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting, Storytimes & Early Literacy
Age Group:
Kids, Ages 0-5
Event Details:

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

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

Writing Tips: The Writer's Workshop [rescheduled from April 27 class]

Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Craig B. Tate Conference Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Featured
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

An important tool in a writer's toolbox is the writer's workshop where written work is read and critiqued by fellow aspiring writers.  During this process strengths and weakne...

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Required