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This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Other, Special Event
Event Details:

Assistive technology can help people remain in their homes and stay independent as they age. This could be each of us or a parent, sibling or friend.

Presenter: Pamela Fields, CEO, MidState Arc Inc. and ATECH

This event is in the "Children" group.
This event is in the "School Age" group.

Pipe Cleaner Flowers

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Children, School Age
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Project Room
Age Group: Children, School Age
Program Type: Art & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Create a beautiful bouquet of flowers including daffodils, daisies, hyacinths and tulips.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Classics Clique Movie

6:00pm - 8:00pm
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.

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

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: 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 "All Ages" group.
This event is in the "Community" group.

Instructional Chess Program

6:00pm - 7:00pm
All Ages, Community
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6
Age Group: All Ages, Community
Program Type: Education, Games
Event Details:

An instructional chess program offered for an eight week spring session will feature a premier area instructor. The program is for players of all ages, beginners welcome.

This event is in the "Teens" group.

Rainbow Roundtable

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: LGBTQ+
Registration Required
Event Details:

The Rainbow Roundtable is a LGBTQIA+ oriented club where we talk about what we are reading, watching, and listening to that’s LGBTQIA+ related. Come hang out in a welcoming environment with like-minded folks!

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

Family Storytime

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Babies & Toddlers
Open
Registration
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 Melissa for a fun evening of stories, songs, dancing and crafts.

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

This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, History & Genealogy
Event Details:

It has been rumored that we may have had our First American Woman President long before we ever knew it. Learn the story of the life of President Wilson and how the First Lady may have been running the White House of the American Presidency.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

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, Civics & Community, Education
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us to practice speaking English in a fun and comfortable environment!

Some knowledge of English is recommended.

¡Únete a nosotros para practicar hablando en inglés en un ambiente divertido y cómodo!

This event is in the "School Age" group.

STEAM Stories

3:30pm - 4:30pm
School Age
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Project Room
Age Group: School Age
Program Type: Education, Games, STEAM
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us each week for stories and a fun STEAM related activity.

This event is best suited to children ages 6-11. Older siblings are welcome to join in.

Registration is required.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Art & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us to create beautiful lotus flower lanterns - Just in time for Mother's Day!

All supplies will be provided.

Register today!

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

Wiggle Worms

10:30am - 11:30am
Children, Babies & Toddlers
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Storytime Room
Age Group: Children, Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime & Early Learning
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for special storytime for your little wiggle worm! This is a high energy storytime filled with songs, puppets, dancing and more.

Stay after storytime is over for playtime.

This event is in the "Children" group.
This event is in the "School Age" group.

Pool Noodle Lightsaber

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Children, School Age
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Project Room
Age Group: Children, School Age
Program Type: Art & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

This is the May! Celebrate Star Wars Day early with us!

Create your very own pool noodle light saber. Participants will use part of a pool noodle, duck tape, scissors, and stickers at this event.

This event is in the "Community" group.

Daffodil Festival

10:00am - 5:00pm
Community
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Bookmobile
Age Group: Community
Program Type: Art & Crafts, Civics & Community, Food/Cooking, Games, Holiday, Music, Nature/Wildlife, Special Event
Event Details:

Meriden Daffodil Festival 2024

We are Back for 2024, this time in May! Please check back often as things will be updated frequently!

This event is in the "Teens" group.

Teen Movie Matinee

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Film
Registration Required
Event Details:

Vote to pick which movie screens at the biweekly Teen Movie Matinee!

Vote in person the day of and enjoy some snacks!

This event is in the "Community" group.

Daffodil Festival

10:00am - 5:00pm
Community
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Bookmobile
Age Group: Community
Program Type: Art & Crafts, Civics & Community, Food/Cooking, Games, Holiday, Music, Nature/Wildlife, Special Event
Event Details:

Meriden Daffodil Festival 2024

We are Back for 2024, this time in May! Please check back often as things will be updated frequently!

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Classics Clique Discussion

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
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.
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Civics & Community, Education, History & Genealogy, Special Event
Registration Required
Event Details:

A Day of Remembrance

This event is in the "Teens" group.

New Music Monday

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Music
Registration Required
Event Details:

Discover this month's newest music in the teen room!

All playlists/suggestions must be library appropriate.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Other, Special Event
Event Details:

A memoir by the first woman President of Harvard University (2007-2018). In the 1950s, a privileged white girl in conservative, segregated Virginia was expected to adopt a willful blindness to the inequities of race and the constraints of gender.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Sensory Playtime

5:00pm - 6:30pm
Children
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Games
Registration Required
Event Details:

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

Registration is required.