Holiday Storytimes (Thurs.)
2025-12-18 10:00 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | Harwinton Public Library, 80 Bentley Drive, Harwinton, CT, 06791, United States
Come hang out with Mrs. Molly, read a story, and sing some songs! Learn about all the holidays!
Week 1: Kwanzaa
Week 2: Hanukkah
Week 3: Christmas
Ages 0-5. Please register.
Registering once will register you for all Holiday Tuesday Storytimes!

Chess Club
2025-12-22 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-12-29 18:30 - 19:30
Chess players of all ages are invited to join our Monday night Chess Club. Sharpen your skills and make new friends while you enjoy a friendly game. Players should already be familiar with the basics of how to play.
Registration is helpful, but not required.

FINAL DAY Holiday Craft Sale
2025-12-23 09:30 - 17:30
Our Annual Craft Sale features handmade items donated by our patrons and supporters, including decorations, knitwear, cards, ornaments, jewelry, pottery, candy, woodwork and more. You’ll find beautiful one-of-a-kind items for gift-giving. The Craft Sale is available during regular Library hours through December 23rd. All proceeds benefit the Library. Thank You to all the talented crafters and artisans who donate their work to our sale!

Library closed
2025-12-24 - 2025-12-25
Library closed for Christmas

Library closed
2025-12-31
Library closed for New Year’s

Library Closed
2026-01-01
Closed for New Year’s Day

Chess Club
2026-01-05 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-01-12 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-01-26 18:30 - 19:30
Come join our local Chess Club. We meet every Monday! All are welcome.

Library Board Meeting
2026-01-05 19:00 - 20:00
Monthly Meeting

Winter Storytime (Tues.)
2026-01-06 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-01-13 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-01-20 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-01-27 10:00 - 10:30
Come join Mrs. Molly for storytime! Read a story, sing some songs, and do some fingerplays. At the end of each session there will be a craft, yoga, scarf play, or bubbles!
Please register. Ages 0-5.
Registering for one Tuesday Winter Storytime will register you for all Tuesday Winter Storytimes!

Guided Sound Meditation
2026-01-07 15:30 - 16:30
Join Sound Therapy practitioner Jeanine Chayka of Inspired Vibrations by JC for an introduction to sound meditation. Jeanine will present a brief introduction to the principles of sound and vibration healing, then lead participants through a guided meditation using tuning forks, drums, crystal bowls and other instruments. Attendees should wear comfortable clothing and are welcome to bring a yoga mat if they prefer it to a chair. This program is offered as part of our weekly Mindful Meditation series, but you do not need to be a member of our meditation group in order to attend. All are welcome.
Space for this program is limited. Please register.
Sponsored by the Harwinton Library Friends. Thank You.

Winter Storytime (Thurs.)
2026-01-08 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-01-15 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-01-22 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-01-29 10:00 - 10:30

Afternoon Book Discussion
2026-01-08 14:00 - 15:00
This month’s selection is The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. On his 83rd birthday, Eddie dies in a tragic amusement park ride accident in an attempt to save a little girl’s life. He awakens in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a lush Garden of Eden, but a place where your earthly life is explained to you by both loved ones and distant strangers. As the story builds to its stunning conclusion, Eddie desperately seeks redemption in the still-unknown last act of his life: Was it a heroic success or a devastating failure? The answer, which comes from the most unlikely of sources, is as inspirational as a glimpse of heaven itself. In The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom will change everything you’ve ever thought about the afterlife–and the meaning of our lives here on earth.

Harwinton Library Friends
2026-01-12 17:00 - 18:00
Monthly meeting of the Harwinton Library Friends. New members always welcome. Join us!

Meditation
2026-01-14 15:30 - 16:30, 2026-01-21 15:30 - 16:30, 2026-01-28 15:30 - 16:30
Weekly Meditation Group. All are welcome!

Library Closed
2026-01-19
Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Teen Harry Potter Game Night
2026-01-21 18:00 - 19:00
Come play trivia and would you rather! Play against your friends or with them! Win lots of themed prizes while you’re at it!
Ages 11+. Please register.

Craft & Chat
2026-01-23 15:00 - 17:00
Join our newest monthly craft group. Bring your own project and supplies and join fellow crafters as we chat, craft and enjoy a snack. Drop by anytime between 3-5pm. Registration is helpful, but not required.

Teddy Bear Sleepover
2026-01-24 10:00 - 11:00
Drop your teddies, or whatever stuffy you like, off at the library on Thursday or Friday. Then, come Saturday morning and discover what your lovies were doing all night long at the library!
There will be some munchkins and hot cocoa to eat. We will do some crafts, read a story, and watch a PowerPoint of all the pictures the librarians took!
Ages 2-10. Please register.

Evening Book Discussion
2026-01-26 18:00 - 19:00
This month’s selection is How to Age Disgracefully by Claire Poole. When Lydia takes a job running the Senior Citizens’ Social Club three afternoons a week, she assumes she’ll be spending her time drinking tea and playing gentle games of cards. The members of the Social Club, however, are not at all what Lydia was expecting. From Art, a failed actor turned kleptomaniac to Daphne, who has been hiding from her dark past for decades to Ruby, a Banksy-style knitter who gets revenge in yarn, these seniors look deceptively benign–but when age makes you invisible, secrets are so much easier to hide. When the city council threatens to sell the doomed community center building, the members of the Social Club join forces with their tiny friends in the daycare next door–as well as the teenaged father of one of the toddlers and a geriatric dog–to save the building. Together, this group’s unorthodox methods may actually work, as long as the police don’t catch up with them first.
