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What to do with Thanksgiving Leftovers: Cooking Demo with Kashia Diaz

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Teens, Adults
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Cooking
Registration Required
Event Details:
Join the MPL and Kashia Diaz on Saturday, November 11th @3:00 PM for a cooking demo. Right in time for the holidays, What to do with Thanksgiving Leftovers will feature a live cooking demonstration, take home recipes and yummy food for all. MENU: ...

CCALC - Native American Artifact Collections and Repatriation

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Adults
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Special Event
Event Details:
Native American Artifact Collections and Repatriation In 1990, the American Congress passed the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), requiring government museums, universities and other agencies receiving federal funds and having ...

What's Next Book Club - “Rena’s Promise”

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 8
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:
We will discuss, “Rena’s Promise”. This story involves time spent at Auschwitz and centers on the relationship of 2 sisters. It will take place in Meeting Room 8, Nov 14, at 3PM.  ...

CCALC - Show and Tell - Who is it? Where is it? What is it?

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Adults
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Special Event
Event Details:
Show and Tell: Who is it? Where is it? What is it? PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS MEETING AT MERIDEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY Sherwin will show a series of curiosities and products that were manufactured in Meriden in earlier years. None of the curiositie...

Instructional Chess Program

6:00pm - 7:00pm
All Ages
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Games
Event Details:
An instructional chess program offered for an eight week fall session will feature a premier area instructor. The program is for players of all ages, beginners welcome. The program will include age and skill appropriate group lessons on strategy, inc...

CCALC - Book Discussion - White Trash: The 400- Year Untold Story of Class in America

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Adults
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Special Event
Event Details:
Book Discussion III - White Trash: The 400- Year Untold Story of Class in America - By Nancy Isenberg This history of the American class system looks at politics, labor, literature and public culture to uncover the deep discrimination that has alw...

Virtual Program - "Why She Writes - An Afternoon Chat with Joy Harjo, Internationally Renowned Performer, Writer and Poet of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation"

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Virtual Event Calendar
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Other, Special Event
Event Details:
Register Here United States Poet Laureate and winner of the 2022 Academy of American Poets Leadership Award, Joy Harjo, joins us for a chat about her most recent memoir, Catching the Light and to discuss her rewarding lifetime as a write...

Lego Block Party

10:30am - 2:30pm
School Age, Tweens
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: School Age, Tweens
Program Type: Other, Special Event, STEAM, Technology Class
Registration Required
Event Details:
Imagination and creation combined! Join us once a month to make a LEGO creation to be put on display at the library. This is a drop in event. You can show up anytime between 10:30 AM and 2:30 PM on November 18th to work on your creation. ...

Teen Movie Matinee

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Teens
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Film, Music, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:
Vote to pick which movie screens at the biweekly Teen Movie Matinee! Vote in person the day of. This week is new animated films with: Teenage Kraken, Spider-man: Across the Spider-Verse, Elemental, or Warrior King. Snacks and drinks will be ...

Thanksgiving Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Meriden Public Library, Bookmobile
Description:
Closed for Thanksgiving Day ...

Twice-a-Month Tuesday Craft Night - Folded Book Holiday Tree

6:00pm - 7:00pm
School Age, Teens, Tweens, Adults
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6
Age Group: School Age, Teens, Tweens, Adults
Program Type: Art & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:
We will fold old book pages to form a holiday tree. We will decorate the tree with baubles and pom poms! Join us Tuesday, November 28th @6:00 PM in Multi-Purpose Room 6 for some pre-holiday fun! ...

Instructional Chess Program

6:00pm - 7:00pm
All Ages
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Games
Event Details:
An instructional chess program offered for an eight week fall session will feature a premier area instructor. The program is for players of all ages, beginners welcome. The program will include age and skill appropriate group lessons on strategy, inc...

Virtual Program - "Power of Women in Science Fiction: Naomi Alderman on Writing Dystopian Worlds"

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Virtual Event Calendar
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Book Club, Other, Special Event
Event Details:
Register Here Bestselling and award-winning author, Naomi Alderman will join us to talk about her new book, The Future. This new novel delivers a dazzling tour de force where a handful of friends plot a daring heist to save the world from the...

Tech Time

6:30pm - 7:30pm
School Age
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: School Age
Program Type: Other, Special Event, STEAM, Technology Class
Event Details:
Grades K-5 | Drop-in Experiment and explore robots and other tech toys at the library! ...

Instructional Chess Program

6:00pm - 7:00pm
All Ages
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Games
Event Details:
An instructional chess program offered for an eight week fall session will feature a premier area instructor. The program is for players of all ages, beginners welcome. The program will include age and skill appropriate group lessons on strategy, inc...

Rise Up ! Indigenous Music in North America

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Adults, Community
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults, Community
Program Type: Special Event
Registration Required
Event Details:
Covering over 500 years of history, religion, and cultural evolution, Rise Up! combines deep research with personal stories by four dozen award-winning Indigenous musicians - providing an unprecedented eye-and-ear-opening look at Indigenous music, sp...

Instructional Chess Program

6:00pm - 7:00pm
All Ages
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Games
Event Details:
An instructional chess program offered for an eight week fall session will feature a premier area instructor. The program is for players of all ages, beginners welcome. The program will include age and skill appropriate group lessons on strategy, inc...

Christmas Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Meriden Public Library, Bookmobile
Description:
Closed for Christmas Day ...

Colors of My Jewish Year: Green

4:30pm - 5:00pm
Children
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Special Event
Registration Required
Event Details:
Ages 3-8 | Registration Required Colors of my Jewish Year: Green יָרֹק At each gathering of Colors of my Jewish Year, children and caregivers join together to learn about the holiday, hear/read stories, complete a variety of activities and eat ...

Colors of My Jewish Year: Blue

4:30pm - 5:00pm
Children
Registration
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Special Event
Registration Required
Event Details:
Ages 3-8 | Registration Required Colors of my Jewish Year: Blue כָּחֹל At each gathering of Colors of my Jewish Year, children and caregivers join together to learn about the holiday, hear/read stories, complete a variety of activities and eat ...