Upcoming Events

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

This program offers:

Join us for a crafting event that is sure to quench that thirst for creativity.

Come down and learn how to “frost etch” and paint glasses in this special program designed for even the most novice of crafters.

Calling all little mover and shakers! Stomp and sway with us while working on find and gross motor skills during our new music and movement class for 0-5. Sing, dance, and play in a joyful way with Miss Holly.

Buzz around and play with friends at different interactive stations after our morning storytimes. This program is intended for 0-5. 

This is a free, drop-in event. No registration required. 

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.

We're pulling out our paints and water bins for this fun polar bear process art! Come dressed for a mess and ready to create this chilly polar bear scene. 

This program is for kids ages 2-5. Registration required. 

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.

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

This program offers:

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. Registration required. 

Buzz around and play with friends at different interactive stations after our morning storytimes. This program is intended for 0-5. 

This is a free, drop-in event. No registration required. 

Join the monthly Teen Advisory Board meeting to make sure your voice is heard! Share your ideas and opinions on how to improve your section of the library. Attendees will receive one hour of community service.

The Rainbow Roundtable is a LGBTQIA+ oriented club where we talk about what we are reading, watching and listening to that’s LGBTQIA+ related. This month we will be making pronoun buttons!
 

Come try your hand at a different hands-on building challenge each week with Miss Melissa. Sometimes we'll be hi-tech, sometimes lo-tech but it will always be a fun time filled with exploration and creativity. This week is tinfoil boats. 

Join us for a magical dance class with Movements Dance Academy where little ones bring their favorite fairytales to life through movement, music, and imagination. Wear comfortable clothes you can move in.

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

This program offers:

Join us as we paint an impressionist koi fish using only a few colors and your fingers!

All supplies are provided.

Come as you are to our sensory friendly showing of The Bad Guys 2 (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.

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Join us for our 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.

Join us at the Library for Take Your Child to the Library Day! Build your own spectacular chain reactions at this traveling makerspace brought to you by Playful Engineers.

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

This program offers:

Join us at the Library for Take Your Child to the Library Day! Build your own spectacular chain reactions at this traveling makerspace brought to you by Playful Engineers.