Harwinton Public Library

Small Works Drop Off
2025-10-27 12:30 - 2025-11-01 15:00 (America/New_York) | Harwinton Public Library, 80 Bentley Drive, Harwinton, CT, 06791, United States
Submissions for our 2025 Small Works Fundraiser Exhibition can be dropped off at the Library this week during our normal business hours. All artwork must be framed or prepared for hanging with a wire or hook. Download labels to fill out ahead of time and make drop-off quick and easy. We can’t wait to see your work!

Chess Club
2025-10-27 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-11-03 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-11-10 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-11-17 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-11-24 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-12-01 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.

Let's Talk Gardening
2025-10-27 19:00 - 20:00
Join us for our bi-monthly gardening discussion group. This month is our seed annual seed swap. Bring seeds that you have saved to share with others and the Seed Library
Sponsored by the Harwinton Grows Seed Library.

Fall Storytimes (Tues.)
2025-10-28 10:00 - 10:30, 2025-11-04 10:00 - 10:30
Come hang out with Mrs. Molly, read a story, and sing some songs! Enjoy animal yoga, crafts, or scarf play!
Ages 0-5. Please register.
Registering once will register you for all Fall Tuesday Storytimes!
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Mindful Meditation
2025-10-29 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-11-05 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-11-12 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-11-19 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-11-26 15:30 - 16:30
Weekly meditation group

Fall Storytimes (Thurs.)
2025-10-30 10:00 - 10:30, 2025-11-06 10:00 - 10:30

Library Board Meeting
2025-11-03 19:00 - 20:00
Monthly Board Meeting

Homeschool Storytime
2025-11-05 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-11-19 14:00 - 15:00
One of our local homeschooling mom’s, Andrea Fitzpatrick, is providing a homeschooler storytime for homeschoolers in the area! All are welcome, of course, whether they are homeschooled or not!
This storytime series will be for slightly older kids than the normal story times that Mrs. Molly provides! This is a great opportunity for kids who still love being read to!
Ages 6-10 years old.
Parents must attend with their kids.
No need to register.
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Small Works 2025 Opening Reception
2025-11-07 18:00 - 20:00
Please join us for the Opening Reception of our 2025 Small Works Fundraiser Exhibition! All are welcome. Each year’s show features a wide variety of subjects, techniques and media. Enjoy a festive night of live music and light refreshments while you view the exhibition. Meet our talented artists and get first pick of artwork! 30% of all sales goes to support the Library. Small Works 2025 runs through December 30th.

Library Friends Meeting
2025-11-10 17:00 - 18:00
Monthly meeting

Library closed
2025-11-11
Library closed for Veteran’s Day

An Evening of Fall Crafts
2025-11-12 17:00 - 20:00
Drop-in anytime between 5pm and 8pm and do some crafts in our activity room! The whole family is welcome to attend!
Take your time, do one craft, or do them all!
Please register. Ages 0-12.
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Afternoon Book Discussion
2025-11-13 14:00 - 15:00
This month’s selection is The Library Book by Susan Orlean. On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual fire alarm. As one fireman recounted, “Once that first stack got going, it was ‘Goodbye, Charlie.'” The fire was disastrous: it reached 2000 degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library–and if so, who?
Weaving her lifelong love of books and reading into an investigation of the fire, award-winning New Yorker reporter and New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean delivers a mesmerizing and uniquely compelling book that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a way that has never been done before.
In The Library Book, Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries across the country and around the world, from their humble beginnings as a metropolitan charitable initiative to their current status as a cornerstone of national identity; brings each department of the library to vivid life through on-the-ground reporting; studies arson and attempts to burn a copy of a book herself; reflects on her own experiences in libraries; and reexamines the case of Harry Peak, the blond-haired actor long suspected of setting fire to the LAPL more than thirty years ago.

Evening Book Discussion
2025-11-17 18:00 - 19:00
This month’s book selection is North Woods by Daniel Mason. Daniel Mason’s book North Woods tells the multi-generational story of a single house and plot of land in New England from the Puritan era to the present day, featuring a diverse cast of human and non-human inhabitants like Puritan lovers, twin sisters, a panther, and a beetle. The novel explores interconnected themes of memory, fate, nature, and the passage of time, using a unique, genre-blurring narrative style that blends historical fiction with elements of magical realism and humor.

Teen Card Making
2025-11-19 18:00 - 19:00
No matter what holiday you celebrate, it’s always nice to gift your family and friends a homemade card. Come prepare for the holiday season and make some homemade cards! Listen to music and chat with friends in this fun crafting session.
Ages 11+. Please register.
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Craft and Chat
2025-11-21 15:00 - 17:00
We are starting a new monthly group at the Library. Bring your own project and supplies and join fellow crafters as we craft, chat and enjoy some snacks. Drop by anytime from 3-5pm. Registration is helpful but not required.

Thanksgiving Storytime
2025-11-22 10:00 - 11:00
We are having a very special Thanksgiving Storytime! Join Mr. Molly, read several books, sing some Thanksgiving songs, and do a few Thanksgiving crafts!
Please register. Ages 0-8.
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Library closed
2025-11-27 - 2025-11-28
Library closed for Thanksgiving
