Event List

Get ready for an exhilarating hip-hop dance class that will have your child grooving to upbeat tunes making new friends and expressing themselves through movement this summer.

What could be better than practicing reading with a furry friend?

A Trained therapy dog from ROAR will be here for kids to practice reading to.

Combine science and art to make colorful flowers that light up.

Join us for a sensory-friendly playtime where children and caregivers can interact with several stations of fun activities while socializing.

Stations include storytime, a craft, and interactive playtime.

Teaching artist Jay Mankita is a maker/educator who'll lead this mechanically-oriented maker space event.

Stop by the library for a special storytime with local educators as guest readers.

Each week will be a different reader from one of Meriden’s elementary schools.

Get your crafting table warmed up at this fun event!

Using markers, paper, and a clear gridded paper children will have the chance to design their own Minecraft bookmark.

Get ready for an exhilarating hip-hop dance class that will have your child grooving to upbeat tunes making new friends and expressing themselves through movement this summer.

Have you seen our hydroponic garden Sprout?

Do you have questions on how hydroponics works?

Or questions about the plants in the hydroponic garden?

Stop by to ask questions and learn about our hydroponic garden.

The Poop Museum is the place to come for those who are curious and have questions about poop, and also, if like Susie Maguire, they LOVE poop, and think it’s fascinating!

Come as you are to our sensory friendly showing of Paddington in Peru (Rated PG).

We will lower the sound, have the subtitles on and keep the lights on. Fidget toys will be available and everyone is welcome to walk, dance, and sing.

Do you have what it takes to become a spy?

Learn how to decode messages, take a turn at crawling under “lasers,” and more at this fun event.

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Stop by the library for a special storytime with local educators as guest readers.

Each week will be a different reader from one of Meriden’s elementary schools.

Stop by for a showing of Minecraft (rated PG) with the whole family.

Please bring any items the family needs to make your viewing experience cozy.

Snacks are not allowed in our Storytime Room.

Send your minifig on a zip line adventure.

How fast can you make them go?

Build your favorite video game character or gaming accessory in 2-D 8-bit form with Perler beads.

Patterns will be available and kids are welcome to create their own. Staff will iron their creations to take home.

These guys are pretty cute for cacti!

Join us to create your own cactus out of paper, markers, and glue.

This event is best suited for children ages 5-years-old and older with siblings welcome.

Stop by the library for a special storytime with local educators as guest readers.

Each week will be a different reader from one of Meriden’s elementary schools.

Embrace your inner Yoda at this sensory friendly storytime.

Come as you are to hear stories from a real Jedi Master.

Fidget toys, headphones, and sunglasses will be available to Younglings attending this program.

Learn to focus you must at this program geared towards Padawans. Learn how to center yourself the way a real Jedi Master does through breathing and calming postures.

Calling all Younglings! Learn about the ways of the Force and how to wield a lightsaber from real Jedi Masters!

At the conclusion of the program, younglings are given the rank of Padawan!

Join SIGNING Basics® for an unforgettable ASL Bingo event!

Learning various signs at this engaging game filled program.

Join us for a sensory-friendly playtime where children and caregivers can interact with several stations of fun activities while socializing.

Stations include storytime, a craft, and interactive playtime.