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...

Michele Urban Music Presents: An interactive family music program For preschool children Join Michele for a fun and interactive family music program at the Faxon Library on Thursday, October 26 at 10:30 am. Michele is a singer, songwriter,...

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...

Sensory Explorers: Fall Fun! Ages 18-35 Months Join us for a fun, messy morning of fall-themed sensory play on the Noah Webster front lawn. Dress for a mess!  Registration opens 10/10 @ 10:00 am. Program will be moved inside if weathe...

Join us for a conversation about what you want to see in your library of tomorrow! This event is part of “Looking Ahead,” West Hartford Public Library’s new strategic planning initiative, which we will use to build a roadmap for the next three to fiv...

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...

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...

GRADES 7-12 Edited 10/11: Celebrate Halloween all week long! For each event attended, receive a raffle ticket for a $25 Fandango gift card which may be used for the new Five Nights at Freddy's movie, coming out 10/27! For our 5th event, join us fo...

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...

Meeting of the 2023-2024 Teen Advisory Board. ...

All Ages: Join us for a special screening of short films created by West Hartford Immigrant Teens at as a part of a Digital Storytelling summer series at the Faxon Library. Light refreshments will be served! Please register online. Seats are limit...

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...

Pumpkin Painting For grades 1-4 Join us for pumpkin painting at Faxon Library ... all you need to bring is your creativity and some clothes that can get messy! Dress for a mess! Registration required. ...

GRADES 7-12: Celebrate Halloween all week long! For each event attended, receive a raffle ticket for a $25 Fandango gift card which may be used for the new Five Nights at Freddy's movie, coming out 10/27! For our 4th event, join us for a spooktacu...

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

GRADES 7-12: Celebrate Halloween all week long! For each event attended, receive a raffle ticket for a $25 Fandango gift card which may be used for the new Five Nights at Freddy's movie, coming out 10/27! For our 1st event, join us for a spooktacu...

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...

Pumpkin Painting For grades 1-4 Join us for pumpkin painting at Noah Webster Library ... all you need to bring is your creativity and some clothes that can get messy! Dress for a mess! Registration required. ...

Regular Meeting of the West Hartford Mayor's Youth Council at Town Hall. Questions about MYC? Visit us at https://www.westhartfordlibrary.org/teens/mayors-youth-council/.   ...

This course is a unique opportunity to study and discuss a variety of the seminal authors of the last two centuries by reading their short fiction. Led by writer, editor, and professor Joseph Reynolds, the seminar will be driven by open forum discuss...

October is Children's Health Month, a perfect time to raise awareness about children's environmental health, including the dangers and potential health impacts of lead. Join the West Hartford-Bloomfield Health District to learn ways to reduce chil...

GRADES 7-12: Celebrate Halloween all week long! For each event attended, receive a raffle ticket for a $25 Fandango gift card which may be used for the new Five Nights at Freddy's movie, coming out 10/27! For our 3rd event, join us for a spooktacu...

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...

Join us for a conversation about what you want to see in your library of tomorrow! This event is part of “Looking Ahead,” West Hartford Public Library’s new strategic planning initiative, which we will use to build a roadmap for the next three to fiv...

Movie Hotel Transylvania All Ages Join us for an outdoor Movie Night at Bishops Corner, Friday October 27 at 6pm (Movie starts at sundown) in the side parking lot at the Bishops Corner Branch. Recommended to bring popup chairs and bla...