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Booktok Bookclub

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us for BookTok Book Club where we discuss books that have trended on social media platforms including TikTok and Instagram. Share thoughts on your latest read or gather i...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Event Details:

Join us for BookTok Book Club where we discuss books that have trended on social media platforms including TikTok and Instagram. 

Share thoughts on your latest read or gather ideas for the next one!
 

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Holocaust Remembrance Day Event

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Education, History & Genealogy, Special Event
Age Group:
Teens, 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, Mark Frydenb...

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

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

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Informed and In Charge with Girls Inc

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Multi-Purpose Room 6 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Education, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Proudly partnered with Girls Inc. to cover personal awareness of identity, boundary setting, communication, exercising personal rights, and navigating interpersonal relationships w...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Education, Health & Wellness
Required
Event Details:

Proudly partnered with Girls Inc.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

CCALC - Words Afoot

Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Author Talk, Castle Craig Adult Learning Center
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Paul will give a reading on a large-screen display with text and illustrations from his website.Readings will include selected works of poetry, fiction, and "walking reflections" w...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Castle Craig Adult Learning Center
Event Details:

Paul will give a reading on a large-screen display with text and illustrations from his website.

Readings will include selected works of poetry, fiction, and "walking reflections" written during COVID.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Adult Monthly Craft Night: Forever Flowers

Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Multi-Purpose Room 6 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Art & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Welcome spring with some self-sustaining plant life!In this craft session, you will create some forever flowers - perfect home décor for those with or without a green thumb!All sup...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Art & Crafts
Required
Event Details:

Welcome spring with some self-sustaining plant life!

In this craft session, you will create some forever flowers - perfect home décor for those with or without a green thumb!

All supplies will be provided.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

The Thrill of Writing Action, Adventure, and Suspense: A Conversation with Bestselling Author Gregg Hurwitz

Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual Event Calendar
Program Type:
Author Talk
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Register and Submit your Questions HereDo you love action-packed adventure? Are you ready for the thrill? You’re invited to a riveting conversation with New York Times bestselling ...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual Event Calendar
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk
This event is in the "Adults" group.

CCALC - Children's Memories of WWII and Wales

Friday, April 25, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Education, History & Genealogy, Travel & Culture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Terry will share his memories (age 4) of the bombing nightmares during the repeated German blitzes of his hometown in Swansea (a primary German target).He will talk about his activ...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Education, History & Genealogy, Travel & Culture
Event Details:

Terry will share his memories (age 4) of the bombing nightmares during the repeated German blitzes of his hometown in Swansea (a primary German target).

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Community" group.

Central Connecticut Woodturners Pen Turning Workshop

Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 10:00am - 2:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Education, Workshop
Age Group:
Adults, Community
Event Details:

Learn to turn your own pen using a lathe with the Central Connecticut Woodturners.

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults, Community
Program Type: Education, Workshop
Required
Event Details:

Learn to turn your own pen using a lathe with the Central Connecticut Woodturners.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Life Hacks Series: Spring into Organization with Jessy Hart

Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Multi-Purpose Room 6 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Education, Health & Wellness, Workshop
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Clutter got you down? Don’t worry, you’re not alone!Join our “Spring Into Organization” session with Jessy Hart for expert advice and practical solutions to the organizing challeng...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Education, Health & Wellness, Workshop
Required
Event Details:

Clutter got you down? Don’t worry, you’re not alone!

This event is in the "Adults" group.

CCALC - Immigration 101

Monday, April 28, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Multi-Purpose Room 6 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Civics & Community, Education
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

The presentation "Immigration 101" is a primer on our U.S. immigration system.Most people don't have a true sense of how our immigration system has evolved and why it functions the...

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.

Matinee Monday: Happy Gilmore (1996)

Monday, April 28, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Film
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

A tepid hockey player takes up tournament golf to raise cash for his grandmother, who is about to lose her house.

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Film
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 "Adults" group.

Classics Clique Movie

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Film
Age Group:
Adults
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 adap...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Film
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.

CCALC - What we can do to Rescue the Human Race from Climate Disaster

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Education, Nature/Wildlife
Age Group:
Adults
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 ...

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 "Community" group.

Daffodil Festival

Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 9:30am - 5:00pm
Bookmobile
Program Type:
Art & Crafts, Civics & Community, Food/Cooking, Games, Music, Special Event
Age Group:
Community
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.With food, crafts, music, fireworks, am...

Offsite Event
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 "Community" group.

Daffodil Festival

Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 9:30am - 5:00pm
Bookmobile
Program Type:
Art & Crafts, Civics & Community, Food/Cooking, Games, Music, Special Event
Age Group:
Community
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.With food, crafts, music, fireworks, am...

Offsite Event
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 "Adults" group.

CCALC - Defining Genocide

Monday, May 5, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Education, History & Genealogy
Age Group:
Adults
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. 

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.

Classics Clique Discussion

Monday, May 5, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Film
Age Group:
Adults
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 adap...

Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Film
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.

CCALC - Book Discussion III: James, by Percival Everett

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Castle Craig Adult Learning Center
Age Group:
Adults
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 w...

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 "Adults" group.

How to Use Anxiety to Thrive with Dr. David H. Rosmarin

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Virtual Event Calendar
Program Type:
Author Talk
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Register HereLet’s face it: Everyone has anxiety. Furthermore, our incessant quest to rid ourselves of this ubiquitous human emotion worsens it. What if, instead of fighting our an...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual Event Calendar
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk
Event Details:
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Computación Básica: Correo Electrónico (Email)

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Bilingual, Technology Class
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Aprenda los conceptos básicos para enviar y recibir correo electrónico.No se necesita experiencia de computación. Programa en español

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

Aprenda los conceptos básicos para enviar y recibir correo electrónico.

No se necesita experiencia de computación. 

Programa en español

This event is in the "Adults" group.

CCALC - Jean Gabin, France's Biggest Movie Star

Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Education, Film
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

John will give a talk and show film clips about Jean Gabin (1904-1976), France's major film star and popular singer who worked his way up in the early 30's from supporting roles on...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Education, Film
Event Details:

John will give a talk and show film clips about Jean Gabin (1904-1976), France's major film star and popular singer who worked his way up in the early 30's from supporting roles on screen to tough-guy leading roles.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Life Hacks: Travel Planning on a Budget

Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Travel & Culture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Working on planning a summer trip? Booked one already? Haven't started planning anything yet?No worries! In this presentation, we will discuss how to travel and make the most of it...

Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Travel & Culture
Required
Event Details:

Working on planning a summer trip? Booked one already? Haven't started planning anything yet?

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Community" group.

The Kenn Morr Band

Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Music, Special Event
Age Group:
Adults, Community
Event Details:

The Kenn Morr Band will be performing at the Meriden Public Library on May 10th! Their latest release, “Still Shining” was recorded at Sandy Brook Studios in Colebrook, CT, the alb...

Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults, Community
Program Type: Music, Special Event
Required
Event Details:

The Kenn Morr Band will be performing at the Meriden Public Library on May 10th!

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Matinee Monday: The Karate Kid (1984)

Monday, May 12, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Film
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

A bullied teen learns self-defense and self-confidence from a sage handyman.

Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Film
Required
Event Details:

A bullied teen learns self-defense and self-confidence from a sage handyman.