Week Calendar

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...

MOTHER GOOSE on the LOOSE Ages 18 months - 4years 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 to...

TINKERING TUESDAYS Ages 3-5 years This program requires registration - this is not a drop-in class. Perfect for all budding engineers! Enjoy stories and explore and create with a variety of materials through hands-on, open-ended activities. ...

MOTHER GOOSE on the LOOSE Ages 18 months - 4years 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 to...

TERRIFIC TWO'S Ages 2 years 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 Wednesday...

FAMILY STORYTIME All ages A storytime with stories and music for the whole family where children of all ages are welcome! No registration required. Meets on Thursdays, September 7, 14, 21 & 28 at 10:15 AM at Bishops Corner. Pleas...

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...

f you are a speaker of a language other than English and you would like to learn to practice English, please contact Pramod Pradhan, Community Engagement Librarian, at the Faxon Branch Library at (860) 561-8202. Classes are scheduled at Faxon every F...

MOTHER GOOSE on the LOOSE Ages 18 months - 4years 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 to...

The Faxon Poets Group was formed in 2002. The group typically meets on the third Saturday of every month at Noah Webster Library and will be a hybrid meeting (both through Zoom and in person). The mission of the group is to provide a space for poe...

Grades 9-12: Come join in the adventure of a lifetime. One of D&D’s most famous stories, run right at your local library. A game of fun, laughter, sadness, and delight, experience it with a group as you tell not just a story, but your story. D...

FAMILY STORYTIME All ages A storytime with stories and music for the whole family where children of all ages are welcome! No registration required. Meets on Mondays, September 11, 18, October 2, 16 & 23 (no class 9/25 & 10/9) at...

BOUNCING BABIES Ages Newborn - 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 ...

MINI MOVERS Ages 1-5 years 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. ...

MINI MOVERS Ages 1-5 years 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. ...

BABYTIME Ages newborn - 15 months Informal gathering for conversation and play. Parent or caregiver must accompany each child. No registration required. Meets on Fridays, September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 13 & 20 at 11:00 AM. Please no...

The New Yorker magazine discussion group first met on May 2, 2014 at the Noah Webster Library, and has been meeting weekly ever since. Currently, the group meets virtually every Friday at 11 a.m. in a hybrid format, both in-person and on Zoom. A...

Join us on the second Tuesday of each month to discuss a book and your knitting, crocheting, spinning, weaving, felting, or other yarn-related crafts. We will meet in a hybrid format (both in-person and through Zoom simultaneously). To join this...

In the lead-up to West Hartford Reads with Nick Hornby, we're showing four of his films. Please register for each screening you'd like to attend.   8/21: Brooklyn (based on the novel by Colm Tóibín, screenplay by Nick Hornby...

FAXON TWEEN DEN Grades 5-7 This program requires registration - this is not a drop-in class. The Faxon Meeting Room (or outdoors, weather permitting!) is the place to hang out after school for board games, VR, art cart, perler beads, and oth...

LEGO CLUB Grades K-4 This program requires registration - this is not a drop-in class. Calling all Lego builders ... let's construct & create! The second Wednesday of the month at 3:30 to 4:15 pm is for building. Lego club meets on We...

This campaign is currently full. Questions about Dungeons & Dragons programming? Email us at whpldnd@gmail.com. ...

Lego Engineers: House Banners Grades 4-7 Calling all Lego Engineers! Join us for an evening of building. Lego Engineers will work together to build to create the different Hogwarts House banners. Please note: Any individual requiring an acco...

Leading up to Nick Hornby's visit to town on October 12 for West Hartford Reads 2023, WHPL is hosting four book discussions led by local librarians. Register below to save your spot. Discussions are approximately 60 minutes each and you may...

Are you ready for the upcoming solar eclipse on Saturday, October 14th? Learn how to safely view the partial solar eclipse and how to craft your own solar eclipse projector! This program is brought to you by the NASA Solar System Ambassador Program, ...

Introductory Personal Finance Workshops for Grades 5-8! Learn some basic terminology and play personal finance games brought to you by the teen leaders at Finance in Advance! Sign up for each date individually. Wednesdays in September 6:30-7:30...

Please note that this program will take place in person at the Noah Webster Library.  In the twilight of his career, world-renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright sought to design and build something he had yet to undertake: a theater.  Af...

WEST HARTFORD FICTION WRITERS HAVE GONE VIRTUAL! FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO ACCESS MEETINGS VIA ZOOM, EMAIL: fiction@westhartfordlibrary.org Library-sponsored fiction writers' group for adults meets monthly on the second Thursday at 7:00P...