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Understanding Your Dog (NWL)

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:45pm

NWL Meeting Room at Noah Webster Library

Description:

Join Jack Cunniff from Planet Bark to gain a better understanding of your furry companion's needs and behaviors. Jack will provide basic information for attendees to learn about wh...

Library Branch: Noah Webster Library

Room: NWL Meeting Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events

Registration Required

Description:

Join Jack Cunniff from Planet Bark to gain a better understanding of your furry companion's needs and behaviors.

Teen English Café (Off-Site)

Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Off-site

Description:

Grades 9-12: Join the Immigrant Youth Advocates at a cozy coffee shop to practice your English and meet new people! Teens who sign up will be given 1 FREE drink at the program. Joi...

Library Branch: Off-site

Age Group: Teen

Program Type: Language Learning

Registration Required

Description:

Grades 9-12: Join the Immigrant Youth Advocates at a cozy coffee shop to practice your English and meet new people!

Gardening Workshop Series: Winter Sowing (NWL)

Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm

NWL Meeting Room at Noah Webster Library

Description:

Learn how to use the winter sowing method to grow your own native wildflowers and grasses in recycled containers. This workshop will cover the benefits of this method of germinatin...

Library Branch: Noah Webster Library

Room: NWL Meeting Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Discussion, Hobby, & Interest Groups

Registration Required

Description:

Learn how to use the winter sowing method to grow your own native wildflowers and grasses in recycled containers.

Tween Tuesdays (NWL)

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm

NWL Story Room at Noah Webster Library

Description:

Grades 4-6: Calling all Tweens! Join us on the third Tuesday of the month for crafts, baking, technology and more. January 20 – Minute to Win It GamesMarch 17- March-mallow Ma...

Library Branch: Noah Webster Library

Room: NWL Story Room

Age Group: Children, Tween

Program Type: Arts, Crafts, & Technology

Registration Required

Description:

Grades 4-6: Calling all Tweens! Join us on the third Tuesday of the month for crafts, baking, technology and more.

Demystifying Dyslexia (NWL)

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm

NWL Meeting Room at Noah Webster Library

Description:

Dyslexia touches the lives of one in five children, yet it’s often misunderstood. Join literacy consultant Barb Golub to explore what dyslexia is, what it isn’t, how to spot common...

Library Branch: Noah Webster Library

Room: NWL Meeting Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events

Registration Required

Description:

Dyslexia touches the lives of one in five children, yet it’s often misunderstood.

Narcan Training: First Aid for Opioid Overdoses (NWL)

Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 11:00am - 11:30am

NWL Meeting Room at Noah Webster Library

Description:

Ages 18 & up: Learn how to identify the signs of an overdose, how to administer Narcan (Naloxone), best practices for using prescription opioids safely, and gain an understandi...

Library Branch: Noah Webster Library

Room: NWL Meeting Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle

Registration Required

Description:

Ages 18 & up: Learn how to identify the signs of an overdose, how to administer Narcan (Naloxone), best practices for using prescription opioids safely, and gain an understanding of the Good Samaritan Law.

Teen Tuesdays @ Studio 20: Make Your Own Mug (NWL)

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm

NWL Studio 20 South at Noah Webster Library

Description:

This program was originally scheduled for 12/2.Grades 9-12: Tuesday afternoons at Studio 20 South are just for teens! Join us to explore the various tools and equipment the Studio ...

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Library Branch: Noah Webster Library

Room: NWL Studio 20 South

Age Group: Teen

Program Type: Arts, Crafts, & Technology, Studio 20 South

Registration Required

Description:

This program was originally scheduled for 12/2.

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Sensory-Friendly Storytime (NWL)

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 6:00pm - 6:45pm

NWL Story Room at Noah Webster Library

Description:

Ages 2-5: Join us for a welcoming and inclusive storytime designed for children with unique sensory needs. Not only will we dim the lights and limit the distractions, but we’ll als...

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Library Branch: Noah Webster Library

Room: NWL Story Room

Age Group: Children, Toddler

Program Type: Storytime

Registration Required

Description:

Ages 2-5: Join us for a welcoming and inclusive storytime designed for children with unique sensory needs.

Who Was James Pine? Rediscovering a West Hartford Figure

Who Was James W. Pine? Rediscovering a West Hartford Figure (NWL)

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm

NWL Meeting Room at Noah Webster Library

Description:

James Wallace Pine is one of the millions of individuals that contributed to West Hartford's history. To those that knew him, Pine was a hat maker, poet, historian, minister, ...

Library Branch: Noah Webster Library

Room: NWL Meeting Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Music, Arts, & Culture

Registration Required

Description:

James Wallace Pine is one of the millions of individuals that contributed to West Hartford's history. To those that knew him, Pine was a hat maker, poet, historian, minister, militia organizer, and dairy man, and his family was a West Hartfor

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Take Your Child to the Library Day (NWL)

Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 10:00am - 4:00pm

NWL Children's Department at Noah Webster Library

Description:

All ages: Join us for the 15th Annual Take Your Child to the Library Day! This worldwide initiative started right here in Connecticut in 2011. Join us for a day of fun and lib...

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Library Branch: Noah Webster Library

Room: NWL Children's Department

Age Group: Children, Infant, Toddler, Preschool, Tween, Family

Program Type: Storytime, Arts, Crafts, & Technology

Description:

All ages: Join us for the 15th Annual Take Your Child to the Library Day! This worldwide initiative started right here in Connecticut in 2011. Join us for a day of fun and library magic!

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POSTPONED - Adult Crafternoons: Sock Snowmen (FX)

2:00pm–3:00pm

Adult

Cancelled

Registration Required

Cancelled

Library Branch: Faxon Branch

Room: FX Community Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Arts, Crafts, & Technology

Registration Required

Description:

This program has been postponed until 1/15.

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Any individual requiring an accommodation to participate in a library program should contact the library two weeks prior to the program. Please use the contact information listed on this page.

The Atlantic Magazine Discussion (NWL & Virtual)

6:30pm–8:00pm

Adult

Library Branch: Noah Webster Library

Room: NWL Board Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Discussion, Hobby, & Interest Groups

Join your fellow Atlantic readers on the third Tuesday of the month for a discussion of the current issue. Meetings are held in a hybrid format, both in person and over Zoom.

How to participate: Contact us at atlantic@westhartfordlibrary.org.

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