Chess Club
2026-08-31 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-09-14 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-09-21 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-09-28 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-10-05 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Harwinton Public Library, 80 Bentley Drive, Harwinton, CT, 06791, United States
Join us for our weekly Chess Club.

Fall Storytimes (Tues.)
2026-09-01 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-09-08 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-09-15 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-09-22 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-09-29 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-10-06 10:00 - 10:30
Come join Mrs. Molly for storytime this fall! Sing songs, read books, play with scarves, or do a craft! There’s lots of fun and learning to be had!
Ages 0-5.
Please register so we can email everyone in case of a storytime cancellation due to inclement weather or illness!
Registering for one Tues. Fall session will register you for all Tues. Fall sessions.

Meditation
2026-09-02 15:30 - 16:30, 2026-09-09 15:30 - 16:30, 2026-09-16 15:30 - 16:30, 2026-09-23 15:30 - 16:30, 2026-09-30 15:30 - 16:30, 2026-10-07 15:30 - 16:30
Join our weekly meditation group. All are welcome!

Fall Storytimes (Thurs.)
2026-09-03 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-09-10 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-09-17 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-09-24 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-10-01 10:00 - 10:30
Come join Mrs. Molly for storytime this fall! Sing songs, read books, play with scarves, or do a craft! There’s lots of fun and learning to be had!
Ages 0-5.
Please register so we can email everyone in case of a storytime cancellation due to inclement weather or illness!
Registering for one Thurs. Fall session will register you for all Thurs. Fall sessions.

Library Closed
2026-09-07
Closed for Labor Day

Afternoon Book Discussion
2026-09-10 14:00 - 15:00
This month’s book selection is Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances. That is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA’s space shuttle program. Suddenly, Joan burns to be one of the few people to go to space.
Selected from a pool of thousands of applicants in the summer of 1980, Joan begins training at Houston’s Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond and scientist John Griffin, who are kind and easygoing even when the stakes are highest; mission specialist Lydia Danes, who has worked too hard to play nice; warmhearted Donna Fitzgerald, who is navigating her own secrets; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer, who can fix any engine and fly any plane.
As the new astronauts become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined. In this new light, Joan begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the observable universe.
Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, it all changes in an instant.
Books are available to borrow

Library Friends Meeting
2026-09-14 17:00 - 18:00
Monthly Meeting

Library Board
2026-09-14 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-10-05 19:00 - 20:00
Monthly Board Meeting

Book Sale
2026-09-19 10:00 - 12:00
Monthly Book Sale sponsored by the Library Friends. Come browse our basement of gently use books!

Evening Book Discussion
2026-09-21 18:00 - 19:00
This month’s book selection is The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon.
Set in Hallowell, Maine during the brutally cold winter of 1789, the story begins when a man’s body is discovered entombed in the frozen Kennebec River. Midwife Martha Ballard is called to examine the corpse and recognizes the man as one of two local gentlemen accused of a recent sexual assault. When a male physician dismisses the death as an accident, Martha uses her meticulous diary entries to conduct her own investigation and seek justice.
Books are available to borrow.

Craft & Chat
2026-09-25 15:00 - 17:00
Join us for this month’s Craft & Chat. We will be working on our own projects & sharing some snacks & conversation. Bring your own supplies & feel free to drop in anytime from 3-5pm.
