Harwinton Public Library

Library Closed
2026-01-19 | Harwinton Public Library, 80 Bentley Drive, Harwinton, CT, 06791, United States
Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Winter Storytime (Tues.)
2026-01-20 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-01-27 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-02-03 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-02-10 10:00 - 10:30 (America/New_York)
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!

Meditation
2026-01-21 15:30 - 16:30, 2026-01-28 15:30 - 16:30, 2026-02-04 15:30 - 16:30, 2026-02-11 15:30 - 16:30
Weekly Meditation Group. All are welcome!

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.

Winter Storytime (Thurs.)
2026-01-22 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-01-29 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-02-05 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-02-12 10:00 - 10:30

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.

Chess Club
2026-01-26 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-02-02 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-02-09 18:30 - 19:30
Come join our local Chess Club. We meet every Monday! All are welcome.

Dive Into Downloadables!
2026-01-29 14:00 - 15:00
Are you curious about the Library’s digital collection, but unsure how to get started? This free workshop will introduce you to our downloadable resources, including Libby, Hoopla, and the Palace Project. We will teach you how to create an account using your Harwinton Public Library card, then search for and borrow eBooks, audiobooks, magazines, movies, & more. Don’t miss out on all the Library has to offer! Please register.

Sound Bath Healing
2026-01-31 11:00 - 12:00
Are you resolved to feeling better in the new year? Can sound bath healing help both your aches and pains and your state of mind? Join sound vibration therapy practitioner Jeanine Chayka of Inspired Vibration by JC for this introduction to Sound Bath Healing. Jeanine will offer a short introduction to the principles and practices of sound healing, then lead participants on a guided meditation focused on pain relief, using tuning forks, drums, singing bowls and other instruments. There is no physical contact during this program. Attendees should wear comfortable clothing and are invited to bring a yoga mat if they prefer it to a chair.
Space is limited. Please register.
Sponsored by the Harwinton Library Friends – Thank You!

Valentine Coloring Contest Begins
2026-02-01
Welcome to our Valentine’s themed coloring contest! The coloring pages will be released here as pdfs, and as physical copies at the library beginning February 1st. Return by the 28th to compete in your age category for a prize!
PDF Links:
Ages 0-5
Ages 6-10
Ages 11-17
Adults

Library Board Meeting
2026-02-02 19:00 - 20:00
Monthly Meeting

Seedy Saturday
2026-02-07 09:30 - 15:00
Join us for the opening of the Harwinton Grows Seed Library for the 2026 season.

Harwinton Library Friends
2026-02-09 17:00 - 18:00
Monthly meeting of the Harwinton Library Friends. New members always welcome. Join us!

Homeschool Storytime
2026-02-11 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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Teen Zentangle Crafting
2026-02-11 18:00 - 19:00
Do you like doodling? Come to the library and learn how to make zentangles! Decorate flower pots, bookmarks, and coasters, then take home your finished products.
Ages 11+. Please register.

Afternoon Book Discussion
2026-02-12 14:00 - 15:00
This month’s selection is The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. France, 1939 – In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn’t believe that the Nazis will invade France … but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. When a German captain requisitions Vianne’s home, she and her daughter must live with the enemy or lose everything. Without food or money or hope, as danger escalates all around them, she is forced to make one impossible choice after another to keep her family alive.
Vianne’s sister, Isabelle, is a rebellious eighteen-year-old girl, searching for purpose with all the reckless passion of youth. While thousands of Parisians march into the unknown terrors of war, she meets Gäetan, a partisan who believes the French can fight the Nazis from within France, and she falls in love as only the young can … completely. But when he betrays her, Isabelle joins the Resistance and never looks back, risking her life time and again to save others.
With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women’s war. The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France–a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.

Library Closed
2026-02-16
Closed for President’s Day
