This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Community" group. Apr 26 2025 Sat Central Connecticut Woodturners Pen Turning Workshop 10:00am - 2:00pm Adults, Community Closed Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Community" group. Apr 26 2025 Sat Central Connecticut Woodturners Pen Turning Workshop 10:00am - 2:00pm Adults, Community Closed Library Branch: Meriden Public Library Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3 Age Group: Adults, Community Program Type: Education, Workshop Registration Required Event Details: Learn to turn your own pen using a lathe with the Central Connecticut Woodturners.While waiting see demonstrations by wood carvers from Connecticut Woodcarvers AND scrollsaw work by the Southern Scrollsawers!
This event is in the "Preschool" group. This event is in the "School Age" group. This event is in the "Tweens (Ages 8-12)" group. Apr 26 2025 Sat Drop-In: Hand Flyer Craft 1:00pm - 3:00pm Preschool, School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12) Closed Registration Required This event is in the "Preschool" group. This event is in the "School Age" group. This event is in the "Tweens (Ages 8-12)" group. Apr 26 2025 Sat Drop-In: Hand Flyer Craft 1:00pm - 3:00pm Preschool, School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12) Closed Library Branch: Meriden Public Library Room: Children's Project Room Age Group: Preschool, School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12) Program Type: Art & Crafts Registration Required Event Details: Create a ribbon flyer that doesn't have to leave your hand to soar at this event.Children will use a wooden ring and ribbon to create a fun ribbon flyer.
This event is in the "Adults" group. Apr 26 2025 Sat Life Hacks Series: Spring into Organization with Jessy Hart 1:00pm - 3:00pm Adults Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Apr 26 2025 Sat Life Hacks Series: Spring into Organization with Jessy Hart 1:00pm - 3:00pm Adults Open Library Branch: Meriden Public Library Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6 Age Group: Adults Program Type: Education, Health & Wellness, Workshop Registration Required Event Details: Clutter got you down? Don’t worry, you’re not alone!
This event is in the "Adults" group. Apr 28 2025 Mon CCALC - Immigration 101 1:00pm - 3:00pm Adults This event is in the "Adults" group. Apr 28 2025 Mon CCALC - Immigration 101 1:00pm - 3:00pm Adults Library Branch: Meriden Public Library Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6 Age Group: Adults Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Civics & Community, Education Event Details: The presentation "Immigration 101" is a primer on our U.S. immigration system.
This event is in the "Adults" group. Apr 28 2025 Mon Matinee Monday: Happy Gilmore (1996) 1:00pm - 3:00pm Adults Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Apr 28 2025 Mon Matinee Monday: Happy Gilmore (1996) 1:00pm - 3:00pm Adults Open Library Branch: Meriden Public Library Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3 Age Group: Adults Program Type: Film Registration Required Event Details: A tepid hockey player takes up tournament golf to raise cash for his grandmother, who is about to lose her house.
This event is in the "Children" group. Apr 29 2025 Tue El día de los niños/El día de los libros 4:00pm - 8:00pm Children Open Registration Required This event is in the "Children" group. Apr 29 2025 Tue El día de los niños/El día de los libros 4:00pm - 8:00pm Children Open Library Branch: Meriden Public Library Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6 Age Group: Children Program Type: Art & Crafts, Bilingual, Games, Storytime & Early Learning Registration Required Event Details: Celebrate El día de los niños/El día de los libros at Meriden Public Library for the first time ever!
This event is in the "Adults" group. Apr 29 2025 Tue Classics Clique Movie 5:30pm - 7:30pm Adults Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Apr 29 2025 Tue Classics Clique Movie 5:30pm - 7:30pm Adults Open 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.
This event is in the "Adults" group. Apr 30 2025 Wed CCALC - What we can do to Rescue the Human Race from Climate Disaster 1:00pm - 3:00pm Adults This event is in the "Adults" group. Apr 30 2025 Wed CCALC - What we can do to Rescue the Human Race from Climate Disaster 1:00pm - 3:00pm Adults 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: Now that the temperature of the earth has risen by 1.5 degrees Celsius, the earth's climate has been disrupting our lives in unprecedented ways, and costing billions of dollars to fix.
This event is in the "Teens" group. Apr 30 2025 Wed #HalftheStory Playtesting 4:00pm - 5:30pm Teens Open Registration Required This event is in the "Teens" group. Apr 30 2025 Wed #HalftheStory Playtesting 4:00pm - 5:30pm Teens Open Library Branch: Meriden Public Library Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6 Age Group: Teens Program Type: Education, Games, Health & Wellness Registration Required Event Details: Join Girls Inc. and #HalfTheStory for a trial run of an unreleased game!Girls in Grades 8-9 will get to test out the game before it’s dropped, eat pizza, and win raffle prizes...all for FREE.
This event is in the "Teens" group. May 1 2025 Thu Game Night: Uno No Mercy 5:00pm - 6:00pm Teens Open Registration Required This event is in the "Teens" group. May 1 2025 Thu Game Night: Uno No Mercy 5:00pm - 6:00pm Teens Open Library Branch: Meriden Public Library Room: Teen Room Age Group: Teens Program Type: Games Registration Required Event Details: Come to the teen room to play a few round of Uno where there are no friends or alliances...no mercy!
This event is in the "School Age" group. This event is in the "Tweens (Ages 8-12)" group. May 1 2025 Thu STEAM Paper Airplanes 6:00pm - 7:00pm School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12) Open Registration Required This event is in the "School Age" group. This event is in the "Tweens (Ages 8-12)" group. May 1 2025 Thu STEAM Paper Airplanes 6:00pm - 7:00pm School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12) Open Library Branch: Meriden Public Library Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3 Age Group: School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12) Program Type: Games, STEAM Registration Required Event Details: Flying paper never looked so good!Stop by the library to create a control paper airplane and then fold one of your own to test it against the control.We can't wait to see you here!
May 2 2025 Fri Circle of Security 10:00am - 11:30am May 2 2025 Fri Circle of Security 10:00am - 11:30am This is not a library sponsored event. Library Branch: Meriden Public Library Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6 Purpose of Meeting
This event is in the "Community" group. May 3 2025 Sat Daffodil Festival 9:30am - 5:00pm Community Offsite Event This event is in the "Community" group. May 3 2025 Sat Daffodil Festival 9:30am - 5:00pm Community Library Branch: Bookmobile Age Group: Community Program Type: Art & Crafts, Civics & Community, Food/Cooking, Games, Music, Special Event Event Details: Since 1978, The Daffodil festival is Meriden’s largest and most colorful community event, held during the peak season for daffodils to bloom.
This event is in the "Preschool" group. This event is in the "School Age" group. May 3 2025 Sat Decorate a Rhythm Box 2:00pm - 4:00pm Preschool, School Age Open Registration Required This event is in the "Preschool" group. This event is in the "School Age" group. May 3 2025 Sat Decorate a Rhythm Box 2:00pm - 4:00pm Preschool, School Age Open Library Branch: Meriden Public Library Room: Children's Project Room Age Group: Preschool, School Age Program Type: Art & Crafts, Music Registration Required Event Details: Decorate your very own rhythm box and create some fun music after it has dried.
This event is in the "Community" group. May 4 2025 Sun Daffodil Festival 9:30am - 5:00pm Community Offsite Event This event is in the "Community" group. May 4 2025 Sun Daffodil Festival 9:30am - 5:00pm Community Library Branch: Bookmobile Age Group: Community Program Type: Art & Crafts, Civics & Community, Food/Cooking, Games, Music, Special Event Event Details: Since 1978, The Daffodil festival is Meriden’s largest and most colorful community event, held during the peak season for daffodils to bloom.
This event is in the "Babies & Toddlers" group. May 5 2025 Mon Wiggle Worms 10:30am - 11:30am Babies & Toddlers Open Registration Required This event is in the "Babies & Toddlers" group. May 5 2025 Mon Wiggle Worms 10:30am - 11:30am Babies & Toddlers Open Library Branch: Meriden Public Library Room: Children's Storytime Room Age Group: Babies & Toddlers Program Type: 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.
This event is in the "Adults" group. May 5 2025 Mon CCALC - Defining Genocide 1:00pm - 3:00pm Adults Cancelled This event is in the "Adults" group. May 5 2025 Mon Cancelled CCALC - Defining Genocide 1:00pm - 3:00pm Adults Library Branch: Meriden Public Library Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3 Age Group: Adults Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Education, History & Genealogy Event Details: Dr. Kempton will tell stories of resistance during the Holocaust and also discuss the two recent genocides in Sudan, one ongoing and the other unresolved.
This event is in the "Adults" group. May 5 2025 Mon Classics Clique Discussion 3:00pm - 4:00pm Adults Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group. May 5 2025 Mon Classics Clique Discussion 3:00pm - 4:00pm Adults Open Library Branch: Meriden Public Library Room: Meeting Room 5 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.
This event is in the "High School" group. May 5 2025 Mon Working 101: Seasonal Jobs 3:30pm - 4:30pm High School Open Registration Required This event is in the "High School" group. May 5 2025 Mon Working 101: Seasonal Jobs 3:30pm - 4:30pm High School Open Library Branch: Meriden Public Library Room: Teen Room Age Group: High School Program Type: Education Registration Required Event Details: Join Librarian Paige to learn all about seasonal jobs, just in time for summer jobs!
This event is in the "Adults" group. May 6 2025 Tue CCALC - Book Discussion III: James, by Percival Everett 1:00pm - 3:00pm Adults This event is in the "Adults" group. May 6 2025 Tue CCALC - Book Discussion III: James, by Percival Everett 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: James is based on Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, but is told from Jim's point of view.The book deals with slavery and contains horror and humor. The slaves speak in a dialect, as well as correct English.
This event is in the "Children" group. May 6 2025 Tue Sensory Playtime 5:00pm - 6:30pm Children Open Registration Required This event is in the "Children" group. May 6 2025 Tue Sensory Playtime 5:00pm - 6:30pm Children Open Library Branch: Meriden Public Library Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6 Age Group: Children Program Type: Art & Crafts, Civics & Community, Games, Health & Wellness Registration Required Event Details: Join us for a sensory friendly playtime where children and caregivers can interact with several fun stations with transition time built in between activities. Registration is required to best accommodate sensory requests.
This event is in the "Adults" group. May 6 2025 Tue Naloxone/QPR Suicide Prevention Training 6:00pm - 7:30pm Adults Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group. May 6 2025 Tue Naloxone/QPR Suicide Prevention Training 6:00pm - 7:30pm Adults Open Library Branch: Meriden Public Library Room: Meeting Room 5 Age Group: Adults Program Type: Civics & Community, Education, Health & Wellness Registration Required Event Details: This community training is an essential part of overdose and suicide prevention education where participants will learn:
This event is in the "Babies & Toddlers" group. May 7 2025 Wed Wiggle Worms 10:30am - 11:30am Babies & Toddlers Open Registration Required This event is in the "Babies & Toddlers" group. May 7 2025 Wed Wiggle Worms 10:30am - 11:30am Babies & Toddlers Open Library Branch: Meriden Public Library Room: Children's Storytime Room Age Group: Babies & Toddlers Program Type: 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.
This event is in the "Adults" group. May 7 2025 Wed How to Use Anxiety to Thrive with Dr. David H. Rosmarin 2:00pm - 3:00pm Adults Virtual Event This event is in the "Adults" group. May 7 2025 Wed How to Use Anxiety to Thrive with Dr. David H. Rosmarin 2:00pm - 3:00pm Adults Library Branch: Virtual Event Calendar Age Group: Adults Program Type: Author Talk Event Details: Register Here