No Internet

Due to a city wide network outage, the library does not have access to internet, printing, scanning, and faxing services. If checking out materials, please have library card present.

Library closing early on Friday, March 20th

The library will close early at 12pm on Friday, March 20th in preparation for the Literary Libations Sipping for a Cause fundraiser event. The library will reopen on Saturday, March 21st at 9:30am.  

Upcoming Events

Featured Events

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Literary Libations: Sipping for a Cause Fundraiser

Friday, March 20, 2026 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Meriden Public Library

Program Type:

Food/Cooking, Special Event

Age Group:

Adults, Community

Event Details:

Support your library at our second Literary Libations Sipping for a Cause fundraiser on Friday, March 20th from 6pm to 9pm. Enjoy tasting wine, beer, and spirits while listing...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Age Group: Adults, Community
Program Type: Food/Cooking, Special Event
Event Details:

Support your library at our second Literary Libations Sipping for a Cause fundraiser on Friday, March 20th from 6pm to 9pm. 

Mortgage Madness - 1st time Home Buyer Seminar

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Multi-Purpose Room 6 at Meriden Public Library

Program Type:

Education, Tax & Finance

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

If you’re thinking about purchasing a home, M&T is here to help make for a smooth homebuying experience. You likely have questions about the process and if you would quali...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Education, Tax & Finance
Registration Required
Event Details:

If you’re thinking about purchasing a home, M&T is here to help make for a smooth homebuying experience. 

You likely have questions about the process and if you would qualify for a mortgage. 

DMV Community Event

Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 10:00am - 2:00pm
Multi-Purpose Room 6 at Meriden Public Library

Program Type:

Civics & Community, Special Event

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

 

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Civics & Community, Special Event
Event Details:
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Bunny Portraits

Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Teen Room at Meriden Public Library

Program Type:

Art & Crafts

Age Group:

Teens

Event Details:

Celebrate spring by making your own bunny portrait with recycled materials like egg cartons and cardboard.This program is for teens ages 12-18 and in grades 6-12. No registration r...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Art & Crafts
Event Details:

Celebrate spring by making your own bunny portrait with recycled materials like egg cartons and cardboard.

This program is for teens ages 12-18 and in grades 6-12. No registration required.

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Tech Topics: Digital Decluttering

Monday, April 13, 2026 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library

Program Type:

Technology Class

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Join us for a digital Spring cleaning session where we will get rid of excess digital clutter in your online accounts and on your phone! Librarians Angelina and Joanna will wa...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology Class
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a digital Spring cleaning session where we will get rid of excess digital clutter in your online accounts and on your phone! 

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Holocaust Remembrance Day Event

Monday, April 13, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library

Program Type:

Education, History & Genealogy, Special Event

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Join us as we honor and remember all of the people that perished during the Holocaust and other genocides. There will be a candle lighting ceremony, and guest speaker, Troy Paddock...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Education, History & Genealogy, Special Event
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us as we honor and remember all of the people that perished during the Holocaust and other genocides.

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Wiggle Worms

10:30am–11:00am
Children, Babies & Toddlers
Upcoming
Registration Required
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 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 Busy Bees Playtime. 

Registration is required for this event. 

Busy Bees Playtime

11:00am–11:30am
Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Department
Age Group: Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime & Early Learning
Event Details:

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 program. No registration required. 

CCALC - Social Connection : The Key to Better Health

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
Event Details:

This presentation outlines and educates people of all ages, not just seniors, the reasons why social connection is so important to all humans regardless of age.

Teen Advisory Board

5:00pm–6:00pm
Teens
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Civics & Community
Event Details:

Join the bi-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.

Rainbow Roundtable

6:00pm–7:00pm
Teens
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Civics & Community, LGBTQ+
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. This month we will be making pronoun buttons!
 

Salt Paint Flowers

6:00pm–7:00pm
Children, School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12)
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Project Room
Age Group: Children, School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12)
Program Type: Art & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Spring is in the air! So let's celebrate by making colorful salt paint flowers using glue, salt and watercolor paints.

Registration required. For kids ages 5-11. Dress for a mess. 

Pom Pom Otters

3:30pm–5:00pm
Teens, Middle School, High School
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens, Middle School, High School
Program Type: Art & Crafts
Event Details:

Head to the teen room for this otter-ly adorable craft.

Clay Snake Painting Craft

6:00pm–7:00pm
Children, School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12)
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Project Room
Age Group: Children, School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12)
Program Type: Art & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Have hiss-terical good time painting with us! Will your snake be a silly, scaly, or a sweet slither? Participants will use acrylic paint to paint a clay snake. Come dressed for a mess! 

Hydroponic How To

11:00am–11:30am
Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12), Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Entrance Hallway
Age Group: Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12), Teens
Program Type: Nature/Wildlife
Registration Required
Event Details:

Have you seen our hydroponic garden Sprout?

Do you have questions on how hydroponics works? Or questions about the plants in the hydroponic garden?

Drop-In Confetti Bookmark Craft

2:00pm–3:00pm
Children
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Project Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Art & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Create with more confetti and less regretti at this drop-in craft. Participants will use clear cellophane, confetti, tape, and ribbon to create a bookmark that sparkles just like them!

Giggle & Groove

10:30am–11:00am
Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6
Age Group: Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime & Early Learning
Registration Required
Event Details:

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.

Busy Bees Playtime

11:00am–11:30am
Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Department
Age Group: Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime & Early Learning
Event Details:

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 program. No registration required. 

American Job Center Tabling

12:00pm–2:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Entrance Hallway
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Civics & Community
Event Details:

American Job Centers (AJCs) provide free help to job seekers for a variety of career and employment-related needs. Nearly 2,300 AJCs, funded by the U.S.

CCALC - Meriden's Sergeant York : Albert Joseph Tetreault

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
Event Details:

WWII cost Meriden 147 brave and good men -- leaving posterity with 147 stories of family, war and legacy. This is one soldier's story. 

How to Robot-Proof Your Kids (and Yourself) with Dr. Vivienne Ming

2:00pm–3:00pm
Adults
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual Event Calendar
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk
Event Details:

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Felt Pop Tart Craft

6:00pm–7:00pm
Children, School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12)
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Storytime Room
Age Group: Children, School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12)
Program Type: Art & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Create a toasty little felt pastry with us! Participants will learn basic sewing skills to create a one of a kind pastry using felt, needle, thread, and stuffing. This program is best suited for children 7-years-old and older. 

Wiggle Worms

10:30am–11:00am
Children, Babies & Toddlers
Upcoming
Registration Required
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 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 Busy Bees Playtime. 

Registration is required for this event. 

Busy Bees Playtime

11:00am–11:30am
Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Department
Age Group: Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime & Early Learning
Event Details:

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 program. No registration required. 

CCALC - 1950's TV Comedy Pioneers

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
Event Details:

How much do you know about your favorite 1950's TV comedians? Come follow their paths from vaudeville to television with movie roles and radio programs along the way.

Crafty Critters: Paper Pulp Painting

3:30pm–4:30pm
Teens, Middle School, High School
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens, Middle School, High School
Program Type: Art & Crafts
Event Details:

Learn how to recycle old paper into pulp for these wonderfully textured paintings. 

Marbled Bookmarks

6:00pm–7:00pm
Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12)
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Project Room
Age Group: Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12)
Program Type: Art & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Design a unique marbled bookmark using foam paint. Dress for a mess. Kids of all ages are welcome. Registration required.

What's Next? Book Club

6:30pm–8:00pm
Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

Practice English Conversation

3:00pm–4:00pm
Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Bilingual
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 inglés en un ambiente divertido y cómodo!