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Wiggle Worms

10:30am - 11:30am
Babies & Toddlers
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Storytime Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Music, Storytime & Early Learning
Registration 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.

CCALC - The Climate Crisis: It's Much Worse Than We Thought

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
Cancelled
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Education, Nature/Wildlife
Event Details:

Richard will talk about all sorts of things that have happened that we did not expect to happen, and that have brought us past the tipping point. 

Lotería : Pura Belpré

4:00pm - 5:00pm
All Ages
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Bilingual, Education, Games
Registration Required
Event Details:

Like Bingo? You'll love Lotería!

Join us for a special version of the popular Mexican card game as we celebrate the work of pioneer Children's Librarian Pura Belpré.

Family Storytime

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Storytime Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Art & Crafts, Storytime & Early Learning
Registration 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.

A craft will follow after the end of storytime.

UConn Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Tabling

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Community
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Entrance Hallway
Age Group: Community
Program Type: Education, Health & Wellness
Event Details:

This is a monthly informational session about the UConn Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program.  The goal is to answer general questions about nutrition ( "UConn EFNEP Nutrition Corner") and to sign up those who are interested in UConn

Practice English Conversation

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Bilingual, Education
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us to practice speaking English in a fun and comfortable environment!
Some knowledge of English is recommended.

Queer Quetzals Book Club

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Book Club, LGBTQ+
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join our discussion of Mexican-inspired fantasy, ‘The Sunbearer Trials’ by Aiden Thomas.

At the start of each decade the Sunbearer Trials are hosted. One will be crowned winner and one will be sacrificed.

Pre-School Pirate Party

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Project Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Art & Crafts, Special Event, Storytime & Early Learning
Registration Required
Event Details:

Argh matey! It is national Speak Like a Pirate Day!

What better way to celebrate than a party at the library. We will have a pirate themed storytime with fun music and crafts after.

Family Pirate Party

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Children
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Art & Crafts, Games, Music, Special Event
Registration Required
Event Details:

Ahoy families! Join us at the library to celebrate National Speak Like a Pirate Day with fun music, crafts, and games.

Drop-In Book Bracelets

10:00am - 12:00pm
School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12)
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Project Room
Age Group: School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12)
Program Type: Art & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Stop by to make your very own book bracelet featuring picture book covers from Pura Belpré Award winners.

Participants will string a tiny book and beads onto their bracelet to make something uniquely their own.

Feria del Libro Book Fair

11:00am - 3:00pm
All Ages
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Art & Crafts, Bilingual, Games, Special Event
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for our first-ever Feria del Libro (Book Fair): Must-read classics and the latest work from Latin American and Latino authors. Books for all ages. Scavenger Hunt, StoryWalk®, Photo Booth, and other activities.

Story Walk

11:00am - 3:00pm
All Ages
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Entrance Hallway
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Bilingual, Special Event
Event Details:

Un StoryWalk® es una forma innovadora de hacer que personas de todas las edades salgan a caminar mientras leen libros ilustrados infantiles.

Wiggle Worms

10:30am - 11:30am
Babies & Toddlers
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Storytime Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Music, Storytime & Early Learning
Registration 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.

Matinee Monday : Dead Poets Society (1989)

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Film
Registration Required
Event Details:

A staid but well-respected prep school is enlivened by a newly-arrived, charismatic English teacher, who inspires his students with unconventional methods and philosophies.

Meriden Public Library Board of Trustees

4:00pm - 6:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5

Messy Makers : Splatter Painting

10:30am - 11:30am
Preschool
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Project Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Art & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come get messy with us!

This month we're trying out splatter painting!

We'll provide aprons, but please come in clothes you don't' mind getting messy!

For ages 2-5.

CCALC - Book Discussion I: Getting out of Saigon, by Ralph White

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Castle Craig Adult Learning Center
Event Details:

This is the true story about how a 27-year-old American banker saved 113 Vietnamese civilians.

Classics Clique Movie

5:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Film
Registration 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.

Nutmeg Newts

6:00pm - 6:45pm
School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12)
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Storytime Room
Age Group: School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12)
Program Type: Book Club
Registration 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.

Manga Club

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Book Club, Travel & Culture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Do you love manga?

Join the manga club to talk about your favorites, watch anime, meet fellow enthusiasts and work on fun projects.

You also get first picks of this months new manga!

Wiggle Worms

10:30am - 11:30am
Babies & Toddlers
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Storytime Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Music, Storytime & Early Learning
Registration 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.

CCALC - The Climate Crisis: Although Past the Tipping Point, There are Still Things we Must do

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
Cancelled
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Education, Nature/Wildlife
Event Details:

Richard will talk about how new technologies and increasing readiness to respond may help save us.