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Wiggle Worms

Monday, January 27, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Storytime Room at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime & Early Learning
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers
Event Details:

Join Miss Holly for special storytime for ages 0-3. This storytime will be filled with songs, puppets, dancing, and more. Stay after storytime is over for playtime.

Waitlist
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Storytime Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime & Early Learning
Required
Event Details:

Join Miss Holly for special storytime for ages 0-3. 

This storytime will be filled with songs, puppets, dancing, and more. 

Stay after storytime is over for playtime.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Matinee Monday: Fargo (1996)

Monday, January 27, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Film
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

The Coen brothers' sly drama about a policewoman who's trying to determine how several murders and a kidnapping are linked to an unassuming car salesman.

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Film
Required
Event Details:

The Coen brothers' sly drama about a policewoman who's trying to determine how several murders and a kidnapping are linked to an unassuming car salesman.

This event is in the "Teens" group.

Homework Help

Monday, January 27, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Teen Room at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Education
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Head to the teen room for bi-weekly homework assistance.Focus will be placed on catching up on assignments and learning which resources can help with school work.

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Education
Required
Event Details:

Head to the teen room for bi-weekly homework assistance.

Focus will be placed on catching up on assignments and learning which resources can help with school work.

Tax Sale

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 10:00am - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
This event is in the "Adults" group.

An Inside Look at Working with a Literary Agent: A Conversation with Seth Fishman

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Virtual Event Calendar
Program Type:
Author Talk, Education
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Register HereYou’re writing a book (or thinking about it), but what happens next? Join us for an inside look into working with an agent and the beginning stages of the publishing p...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual Event Calendar
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Education
Event Details:
This event is in the "Adults" group.

VITA Free Tax Assistance

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Tax & Finance
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

The Meriden Public Library partners with Human Resources Agency of New Britain to offer VITA, a FREE income tax assistance program.This program offers:Preparation and filing of ann...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Tax & Finance
Event Details:

The Meriden Public Library partners with Human Resources Agency of New Britain to offer VITA, a FREE income tax assistance program.

This program offers:

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Classics Clique Movie

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Film
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This club is for people who love classics, or who just want to try reading more of them. There will be a group book to read every month, as well as a viewing of the movie adap...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Film
Required
Event Details:

This club is for people who love classics, or who just want to try reading more of them. There will be a group book to read every month, as well as a viewing of the movie adaptation.

This event is in the "School Age" group.
This event is in the "Tweens (Ages 8-12)" group.

Nutmeg Newts

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 6:00pm - 6:45pm
Children's Storytime Room at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12)
Event Details:

Join us for our monthly book club the Nutmeg Newts! The Nutmeg Newts Book Club is for children with a 4th through 6th grade reading level. This month we...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Storytime Room
Age Group: School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12)
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Event Details:

Join us for our monthly book club the Nutmeg Newts! The Nutmeg Newts Book Club is for children with a 4th through 6th grade reading level.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Read Around the World

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Multi-Purpose Room 6 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This is a quarterly reading group featuring global literary fiction. We travel through books, getting a glimpse of different countries, cultures and customs. Our January selec...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Event Details:

This is a quarterly reading group featuring global literary fiction. We travel through books, getting a glimpse of different countries, cultures and customs. 

This event is in the "Babies & Toddlers" group.

Wiggle Worms

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Storytime Room at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime & Early Learning
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers
Event Details:

Join Miss Holly for special storytime for ages 0-3. This storytime will be filled with songs, puppets, dancing, and more. Stay after storytime is over for playtime.

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Storytime Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime & Early Learning
Required
Event Details:

Join Miss Holly for special storytime for ages 0-3. 

This storytime will be filled with songs, puppets, dancing, and more. 

Stay after storytime is over for playtime.

This event is in the "Teens" group.

Bad Art Night

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Teen Room at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Art & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Is creating art too stressful? Worried about making a monstrosity? Join us for a bad art night celebrating all things tacky, weird and ugly! The worse your creation,...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Art & Crafts
Required
Event Details:

Is creating art too stressful? 

Worried about making a monstrosity? 

Join us for a bad art night celebrating all things tacky, weird and ugly! 

The worse your creation, the better! 

This event is in the "Preschool" group.

Family Storytime

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Children's Storytime Room at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Art & Crafts, Music, Storytime & Early Learning
Age Group:
Preschool
Event Details:

Join Miss Melissa for a family storytime filled with music, stories, dancing and more. This program is geared towards 2-5 year olds, but siblings are always welcome to join in...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Storytime Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Art & Crafts, Music, Storytime & Early Learning
Required
Event Details:

Join Miss Melissa for a family storytime filled with music, stories, dancing and more. 

This program is geared towards 2-5 year olds, but siblings are always welcome to join in. 

This event is in the "High School" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results

Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Education, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
High School, Adults
Event Details:

For those interested in self-improvement and building better habits to achieve New Year’s resolutions, join us for a discussion of the best-selling book Atomic Habits by James Clea...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: High School, Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Education, Health & Wellness
Required
Event Details:

For those interested in self-improvement and building better habits to achieve New Year’s resolutions, join us for a discussion of the best-selling book Atomic Habits by James Clear, a practical guide that breaks down the science of habit

This event is in the "Adults" group.

VITA Free Tax Assistance

Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Tax & Finance
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

The Meriden Public Library partners with Human Resources Agency of New Britain to offer VITA, a FREE income tax assistance program.This program offers:Preparation and filing of ann...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Tax & Finance
Event Details:

The Meriden Public Library partners with Human Resources Agency of New Britain to offer VITA, a FREE income tax assistance program.

This program offers:

This event is in the "Teens" group.

DIY Bird Bookmark

Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Teen Room at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Art & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Come to the teen room to create a cute bird bookmark for all of those books you'll be reading in the new year.

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Art & Crafts
Required
Event Details:

Come to the teen room to create a cute bird bookmark for all of those books you'll be reading in the new year.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

A Psychedelic Generation Gap: How the Sixties Counterculture Changed America’s Future

Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Education, History & Genealogy, Music
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

The 1960's were one of the most disorderly and divisive decades in history. The number of American young people aged 14 to 25 jumped 40 percent in the era, representing 20 percent ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Education, History & Genealogy, Music
Required
Event Details:

The 1960's were one of the most disorderly and divisive decades in history. The number of American young people aged 14 to 25 jumped 40 percent in the era, representing 20 percent of the population.

This event is in the "Children" group.
This event is in the "Babies & Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.

Bebés Activos Bilingual Playgroup

Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Children's Storytime Room at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Bilingual, Storytime & Early Learning
Age Group:
Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Event Details:

Join us for a weekly bilingual playgroup! Children ages 0-5 years, their parents, grandparents, and caregivers get together to participate in activities designed to teach early lit...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Storytime Room
Age Group: Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Bilingual, Storytime & Early Learning
Required
Event Details:

Join us for a weekly bilingual playgroup! Children ages 0-5 years, their parents, grandparents, and caregivers get together to participate in activities designed to teach early literacy skills and enhance school readiness and success.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

VITA Free Tax Assistance

Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 10:00am - 1:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Tax & Finance
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

The Meriden Public Library partners with Human Resources Agency of New Britain to offer VITA, a FREE income tax assistance program.This program offers:Preparation and filing of ann...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Tax & Finance
Event Details:

The Meriden Public Library partners with Human Resources Agency of New Britain to offer VITA, a FREE income tax assistance program.

This program offers:

This event is in the "Children" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

BubbleMania! Featuring Casey Carle, Bubble Entertainer

Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Art & Crafts, Games, Special Event, STEAM
Age Group:
Children, Teens
Event Details:

Join us for a show like no other BUBBLEMANIA: Comedy... with a Drip!This event is loaded with amazing soap bubble manipulations, quick wit, fog filled bubbles, and so much more. It...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Art & Crafts, Games, Special Event, STEAM
Required
Event Details:

Join us for a show like no other BUBBLEMANIA: Comedy... with a Drip!

This event is in the "Babies & Toddlers" group.

Wiggle Worms

Monday, February 3, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Storytime Room at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime & Early Learning
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers
Event Details:

Join Miss Holly for special storytime for ages 0-3. This storytime will be filled with songs, puppets, dancing, and more. Stay after storytime is over for playtime.

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Storytime Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime & Early Learning
Required
Event Details:

Join Miss Holly for special storytime for ages 0-3. 

This storytime will be filled with songs, puppets, dancing, and more. 

Stay after storytime is over for playtime.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

American Job Center Tabling

Monday, February 3, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Entrance Hallway at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Civics & Community
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

American Job Centers (AJCs) provide free help to job seekers for a variety of career and employment-related needs. Nearly 2,300 AJCs, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Emplo...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Entrance Hallway
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Civics & Community
Event Details:

American Job Centers (AJCs) provide free help to job seekers for a variety of career and employment-related needs. Nearly 2,300 AJCs, funded by the U.S.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Classics Clique Discussion

Monday, February 3, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Film
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This club is for people who love classics, or who just want to try reading more of them. There will be a group book to read every month, as well as a viewing of the movie adap...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Film
Required
Event Details:

This club is for people who love classics, or who just want to try reading more of them. There will be a group book to read every month, as well as a viewing of the movie adaptation.

This event is in the "Teens" group.

College 101: Commuting

Monday, February 3, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Teen Room at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Civics & Community, Education
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Curious about commuting to college?Learn all about it during college 101 - from why it can be beneficial to how to have a social life despite not living on campus!

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Civics & Community, Education
Required
Event Details:

Curious about commuting to college?

Learn all about it during college 101 - from why it can be beneficial to how to have a social life despite not living on campus!

This event is in the "Adults" group.

How We Create Pandemics, From Our Bodies to Our Beliefs with Smithsonian Curator Sabrina Sholts

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Virtual Event Calendar
Program Type:
Author Talk
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Register Here and Write your Questions for Sabrina Join us for this enlightening presentation with Smithsonian curator Sabrina Sholts as she talks about how the very fact of b...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual Event Calendar
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk