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Traditional Celtic Music (In-Person)

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Performing Arts - Music/Theatre
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Description:
Please note that this program is in-person at the Noah Webster Library.  Traditional Irish fiddler Deirdre McMorrow and guitarist/songwriter Paul Pender will energize concert-goers with a program of traditional and original Celtic songs. McMo...

Building Connections: A Book Club For Immigrants

10:00am - 11:30am
Library Branch: Faxon Branch
Room: Faxon Community Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Discussion Group, Language ESOL
Description:
The Building Connections Book Club is for Advanced English learners who want to develop their English reading and communication skills in a diverse, inspiring and encouraging environment. The group will meet once a week for ten weeks to discuss a wor...

Wonderful Ones (NWL)

10:15am - 10:45am
Registration
Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Noah Webster Library Story Room
Age Group: Children, Toddler
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Description:
WONDERFUL ONES Ages 13-23 Months This program requires registration - this is not a drop-in class. Energetic storytime to match the energy of beginning walkers! For active one-year olds with books, songs, and rhymes with emphasis on repetiti...

Learn Chess! (NWL)

4:15pm - 5:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Noah Webster Library Story Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Lecture/Workshop
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Description:
Learn Chess! For students in grades 1-4 Calling all children in grades 1-4 *NEW* to chess! John Sherman, local resident and retired educator, is bringing his love for the "Game of Kings" to the West Hartford Public Library. Learn how to play on...

Teen D&D: Beyond the Wild Witchlight

5:30pm - 7:30pm
Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Teen
Description:
Registration for this program is full. Please contact whpldnd@gmail.com for more information. Visit us! https://www.westhartfordlibrary.org/teens/dungeons-and-dragons/  ...

Library Board Meeting

6:30pm - 7:15pm
Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Board Room
Description:
If this meeting is virtual, it can be viewed live on West Hartford Community Television at www.whctv.org and www.youtube/whctv5.com. Anyone requiring auxiliary aid or service for effective communication or modification of policies or pro...

Second Innings Data Analytics 101 Course (via Zoom)

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Online Events
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Technology Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Description:
This course provides a broad understanding of the data analytics field, technologies and opportunities. Provides the basics of data analytics including an understanding of structured and unstructured data, data ingestion/storage and consumption. It a...

Mother Goose on the Loose (FX)

10:15am - 10:45am
Registration
Library Branch: Faxon Branch
Room: Faxon Community Room
Age Group: Children, Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Description:
MOTHER GOOSE on the LOOSE Ages 18 months - 4 years This program requires registration - this is not a drop-in class. Music, movement, visual literacy and language development in a fun class that teaches social skills, taking turns, and how t...

Preschool ART Explorers (NWL)

10:30am - 11:15am
Registration
Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Noah Webster Library Story Room
Age Group: Children, Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Description:
Preschool ART Explorers Ages 3-5 This program requires registration - this is not a drop-in class. Let’s explore our world through movement, art, and sensory materials. Children will strengthen fine and gross motor muscles while creating wit...

Stay and Play (FX)

10:45am - 11:15am
Library Branch: Faxon Branch
Room: Faxon Community Room
Age Group: Children, Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Description:
STAY and PLAY Ages 18 months - 4 years Remain after Mother Goose on the Loose to play or just come at 10:45 AM! (No registration required.) Meets on Tuesdays, March 7, 14, 21, 28 & April 4 at 10:45 AM. Please note: Child must be the r...

Girls Who Code: Grades 3-5

5:00pm - 6:30pm
Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Children, Tween, Teen
Program Type: Technology Class, Staff
Description:
Grades 3-5: Join us for a 7-week experience celebrating coding, computational thinking, literacy, sisterhood, and self esteem!   Interested students must join our West Hartford Libraries Girls Who Code club (CT41718) and sign a permissio...

Author Talk and Performance by Sharon Ruchman (In-Person)

6:00pm - 7:45pm
Registration
Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Author Event
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 85
Description:
Please note that this program will take place in person at the Noah Webster Library. In her first book and memoir, The Gift of Rudy, Sharon Ruchman, an American composer, musician, and author, chronicles the life and tragic death of her great uncl...

Second Innings SQL Course (via Zoom)

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Online Events
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Technology Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Description:
If notes are the way to read/write music, SQL is the language of data bases. SQL plays an important role in data analysis. SQL is the standard querying language for all the relational databases. The course will introduce the concepts of SQL and then ...

Mother Goose on the Loose (BC)

10:15am - 10:45am
Registration
Library Branch: Bishops Corner Branch
Room: BC Storytime Room
Age Group: Children, Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Description:
MOTHER GOOSE on the LOOSE Ages 18 months - 4 years This program requires registration - this is not a drop-in class. Music, movement, visual literacy and language development in a fun class that teaches social skills, taking turns, and how t...

Terrific Two's (NWL)

10:15am - 10:45am
Registration
Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Noah Webster Library Story Room
Age Group: Children, Toddler
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Description:
TERRIFIC TWO'S Ages 2 This program requires registration - this is not a drop-in class. Join us for this story time geared just for twos! A fun combination of stories, music, and movement awaits your two year old! Meets on Wednesdays, Mar...

Bouncing Babies (BC)

11:15am - 11:45am
Registration
Library Branch: Bishops Corner Branch
Room: BC Storytime Room
Age Group: Children, Infant
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Description:
BOUNCING BABIES Ages birth - 18 months This program requires registration - this is not a drop-in class. Welcome BC babies! We will read a brief story, sing a few interactive songs, and have playtime for babies and adults to make some new fr...

Mini Movers (NWL)

11:30am - 12:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Description:
MINI MOVERS Ages 1-5 This program requires registration - this is not a drop-in class. Spend a fun filled morning of music with toddlers and preschoolers. Dance to great children’s music, play musical instruments, and swing scarves. Meets...

Faxon Tween Den (FX)

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Faxon Branch
Room: Faxon Community Room
Age Group: Children, Tween
Program Type: Arts/Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Description:
FAXON TWEEN DEN Grades 5-7 This program requires registration - this is not a drop-in class. The Faxon Meeting Room is the place to hang out after school for chess, VR, art cart, beads, and board games. Parents can drop children off after co...

Book Voyagers (NWL)

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Noah Webster Library Story Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Discussion Group
Description:
Book Voyagers: K is for Kindness For grades 1-3 Share some kindness in March! Join Book Voyagers for a children's book club featuring books on Kindness on Monday, March 6, Wednesdays, March 15, 22 & 29 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm. Each participant...

West Hartford Immigrant Teens Meetup

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Library Branch: Faxon Branch
Room: Faxon Community Room
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Discussion Group, Language ESOL, Staff
Description:
Regular meeting of West Hartford Immigrant Teens. ...

Out of the Abyss (A D&D Collaborative Roleplaying Adventure)

5:30pm - 7:30pm
Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Noah Webster Library Teen Room
Age Group: Teen
Description:
The continuing campaign in the Out of the Abyss D&D 5e setting. 7th to 12th grade teens only. We can accommodate walk-ins, however as the campaign is ongoing, some preparation is recommended. Interested in joining? Or perhaps volunteering with D&...

Connecticut Screenwriters (Hybrid)

6:00pm - 7:45pm
Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Writing Group
Description:
WEDNESDAY - Connecticut Screenwriters, a library-sponsored group, was established in April 2004. The group meets on the last Wednesday of every month (except Dec.) at 6 PM. Meetings are typically held either in the Library Meeting Room or the Board R...

Dyslexia and Reading Struggles (In-Person)

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult, Children, Infant, Toddler, Preschool, Tween, Teen, Family
Program Type: Lecture/Workshop
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 79
Description:
The West Hartford Library has partnered with West Hartford Septo (Special Education PTO) to host a program for parents concerned about their children's reading abilities. This program will focus on dyslexia but will also address general concerns...