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Toddler Time

Monday, August 11, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Community Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children (Main)
Toddler Time:

This interactive storytime uses finger plays, action rhymes, songs, and stories to encourage an enjoyment of books and to stimulate early listening, learning, and speaking skills.&...

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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children (Main)
Program Type: Storytime

This interactive storytime uses finger plays, action rhymes, songs, and stories to encourage an enjoyment of books and to stimulate early listening, learning, and speaking skills. Recommended for ages 1–2 ½.

*Registration is not required! Please join us for one storytime session a day to allow other families to join in the fun. 

Preschool Time icon with image of preschooler holding a book.

Preschool Storytime

Monday, August 11, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Community Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children (Main)
Preschool Storytime:

This interactive storytime uses picture books, songs, finger plays, action rhymes and other activities to encourage the enjoyment of books and language. Recommended for a...

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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children (Main)
Program Type: Storytime

This interactive storytime uses picture books, songs, finger plays, action rhymes and other activities to encourage the enjoyment of books and language. Recommended for ages 2 ½–5 years.

*Registration is not required! Please join us for one storytime session a day to allow other families to join in the fun. 

Tie Dye Workshop

Tie Dye Workshop (grades 5–7)

Monday, August 11, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Community Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Crafts
Age Group:
Children (Main), Teens

Get ready to add a splash of color to your world! Join us for a tie dye workshop where you'll learn fun folding and dyeing techniques to create a one-of-a-kind bandana. This is perfect for a beginner or a tie dye pro!

Upcoming
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Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children (Main), Teens
Program Type: Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Get ready to add a splash of color to your world! Join us for a tie dye workshop where you'll learn fun folding and dyeing techniques to create a one-of-a-kind bandana. This is perfect for a beginner or a tie dye pro!

Baby Time icon with image of a baby in a stroller holding a book.

Baby Time

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Community Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children (Main)
Baby Time:

A 20-minute fun interactive lap-sit storytime that will include songs, bouncing rhymes, and a few very short stories.  This experience gives babies an opportunity to socialize...

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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children (Main)
Program Type: Storytime

A 20-minute fun interactive lap-sit storytime that will include songs, bouncing rhymes, and a few very short stories.  This experience gives babies an opportunity to socialize and caregivers a time to share. Recommended for newborns–12 months.   

*Registration is not required! Please join us for one storytime session a day to allow other families to join in the fun. 

Toddler Time icon with image of a toddler holding a book.

Toddler Time

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Community Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children (Main)
Toddler Time:

This interactive storytime uses finger plays, action rhymes, songs, and stories to encourage an enjoyment of books and to stimulate early listening, learning, and speaking skills.&...

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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children (Main)
Program Type: Storytime

This interactive storytime uses finger plays, action rhymes, songs, and stories to encourage an enjoyment of books and to stimulate early listening, learning, and speaking skills. Recommended for ages 1–2 ½.

*Registration is not required! Please join us for one storytime session a day to allow other families to join in the fun. 

Preschool Time icon with image of preschooler holding a book.

Preschool Storytime

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Community Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children (Main)
Preschool Storytime:

This interactive storytime uses picture books, songs, finger plays, action rhymes and other activities to encourage the enjoyment of books and language. Recommended for a...

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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children (Main)
Program Type: Storytime

This interactive storytime uses picture books, songs, finger plays, action rhymes and other activities to encourage the enjoyment of books and language. Recommended for ages 2 ½–5 years.

*Registration is not required! Please join us for one storytime session a day to allow other families to join in the fun. 

Chess Workshop grades K–3

Chess Workshop (grades K–3)

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Community Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Workshop
Age Group:
Children (Main)

In this fun chess workshop, gain new tips and strategies to add to your chess game, plus increase your skills with interactive, chess-related activities and cartoons. Then use what you’ve learned in formal chess games. 

Upcoming
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Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children (Main)
Program Type: Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

In this fun chess workshop, gain new tips and strategies to add to your chess game, plus increase your skills with interactive, chess-related activities and cartoons. Then use what you’ve learned in formal chess games. 

Graphic for Pajama Time with Miss Debbie. Images of stuffed animals and kids in pajamas with subtitle reading "for ages 2 and up".

Pajama Storytime

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children's Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children (Main)

Join Miss Debbie in the Children's Room of the Main Library for stories, songs, and rhymes.  Come in your pajamas and bring your favorite stuffed animal. Recommended for ages 2 and up. 

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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children (Main)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join Miss Debbie in the Children's Room of the Main Library for stories, songs, and rhymes.  Come in your pajamas and bring your favorite stuffed animal. Recommended for ages 2 and up. 

Baby Time icon with image of a baby in a stroller holding a book.

Baby Time

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Community Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children (Main)
Baby Time:

A 20-minute fun interactive lap-sit storytime that will include songs, bouncing rhymes, and a few very short stories.  This experience gives babies an opportunity to socialize...

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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children (Main)
Program Type: Storytime

A 20-minute fun interactive lap-sit storytime that will include songs, bouncing rhymes, and a few very short stories.  This experience gives babies an opportunity to socialize and caregivers a time to share. Recommended for newborns–12 months.   

*Registration is not required! Please join us for one storytime session a day to allow other families to join in the fun. 

Toddler Time icon with image of a toddler holding a book.

Toddler Time

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Community Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children (Main)
Toddler Time:

This interactive storytime uses finger plays, action rhymes, songs, and stories to encourage an enjoyment of books and to stimulate early listening, learning, and speaking skills.&...

View Details
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children (Main)
Program Type: Storytime

This interactive storytime uses finger plays, action rhymes, songs, and stories to encourage an enjoyment of books and to stimulate early listening, learning, and speaking skills. Recommended for ages 1–2 ½.

*Registration is not required! Please join us for one storytime session a day to allow other families to join in the fun. 

Preschool Time icon with image of preschooler holding a book.

Preschool Storytime

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Community Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children (Main)
Preschool Storytime:

This interactive storytime uses picture books, songs, finger plays, action rhymes and other activities to encourage the enjoyment of books and language. Recommended for a...

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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children (Main)
Program Type: Storytime

This interactive storytime uses picture books, songs, finger plays, action rhymes and other activities to encourage the enjoyment of books and language. Recommended for ages 2 ½–5 years.

*Registration is not required! Please join us for one storytime session a day to allow other families to join in the fun. 

Stamford Museum & Nature Center

Mixed Media Menagerie with Stamford Museum & Nature Center

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Community Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Animals
Age Group:
Children (Main)

Explore your artistic side as you discover all the wonderful colors of nature through meeting live animals and then capturing them in drawings!

Upcoming
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Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children (Main)
Program Type: Animals
Registration Required
Event Details:

Explore your artistic side as you discover all the wonderful colors of nature through meeting live animals and then capturing them in drawings!

Baby Time icon with image of a baby in a stroller holding a book.

Baby Time at the Branch

Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Branch at Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children (Branch)
Baby Time:

A 20-minute fun interactive lap-sit storytime that will include songs, bouncing rhymes, and a few very short stories.  This experience gives babies an opportunity to socialize...

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Library Branch: Branch Library
Room: Branch
Age Group: Children (Branch)
Program Type: Storytime

A 20-minute fun interactive lap-sit storytime that will include songs, bouncing rhymes, and a few very short stories.  This experience gives babies an opportunity to socialize and caregivers a time to share. Recommended for newborns–12 months.   

*Registration is not required! Please join us for one storytime session a day to allow other families to join in the fun. 

Toddler Time icon with image of a toddler holding a book.

Toddler Time at the Branch

Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Branch at Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children (Branch)
Toddler Time:

This interactive storytime uses finger plays, action rhymes, songs, and stories to encourage an enjoyment of books and to stimulate early listening, learning, and speaking skills.&...

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Library Branch: Branch Library
Room: Branch
Age Group: Children (Branch)
Program Type: Storytime

This interactive storytime uses finger plays, action rhymes, songs, and stories to encourage an enjoyment of books and to stimulate early listening, learning, and speaking skills. Recommended for ages 1–2 ½.

*Registration is not required! Please join us for one storytime session a day to allow other families to join in the fun. 

Preschool Time icon with image of preschooler holding a book.

Preschool Storytime at the Branch

Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch at Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children (Branch)
Preschool Storytime:

This interactive storytime uses picture books, songs, finger plays, action rhymes and other activities to encourage the enjoyment of books and language. Recommended for a...

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Library Branch: Branch Library
Room: Branch
Age Group: Children (Branch)
Program Type: Storytime

This interactive storytime uses picture books, songs, finger plays, action rhymes and other activities to encourage the enjoyment of books and language. Recommended for ages 2 ½–5 years.

*Registration is not required! Please join us for one storytime session a day to allow other families to join in the fun. 

Library Playdate

Library Playdate

Friday, August 15, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Children's Room at Main Library
Age Group:
Children (Main)

Meet and make friends while enjoying our puppets, blocks, and more!

Join us in the Children's Room on Fridays from 11:00am–12:00pm. For ages 1–5. Summer Library Playdates are July 11–August 22.

No registration required! 

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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children (Main)
Event Details:

Meet and make friends while enjoying our puppets, blocks, and more!

Join us in the Children's Room on Fridays from 11:00am–12:00pm. For ages 1–5. Summer Library Playdates are July 11–August 22.

No registration required! 

Junior Librarian

Be a Junior Librarian!

All Day
Children's Room at Main Library
Age Group:
Children (Main)

Would you like to be a Junior Librarian? Sign up to create your very own library display in the Children's Room at the Main Library for 1 week this summer! Send a photo of yourself and create decorations to include in your display.

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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children (Main)
Event Details:

Would you like to be a Junior Librarian? Sign up to create your very own library display in the Children's Room at the Main Library for 1 week this summer! Send a photo of yourself and create decorations to include in your display.

LEGO Free Play

LEGO Free Play

Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:45pm
Programming Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Workshop
Age Group:
Children (Main)

Let's spend the afternoon building! Create your own LEGO design or try one of our challenges! 

For grades 1–4. *Please register for each child attending.

Upcoming
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Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Programming Room
Age Group: Children (Main)
Program Type: Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Let's spend the afternoon building! Create your own LEGO design or try one of our challenges! 

For grades 1–4. *Please register for each child attending.

Chalk It Up!

Chalk It Up!

Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:30pm
Front Lawn at Main Library
Program Type:
Crafts
Age Group:
Children (Main)

Come add some color to the library! Sign up to decorate a dedicated space on the walkway on the Bedford Road side of the library with chalk. Team up with friends, family, or create your own work of art! Plus, play lawn games and enjoy snacks.

Upcoming
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Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Front Lawn
Age Group: Children (Main)
Program Type: Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come add some color to the library! Sign up to decorate a dedicated space on the walkway on the Bedford Road side of the library with chalk. Team up with friends, family, or create your own work of art! Plus, play lawn games and enjoy snacks.

Disclaimer(s)

Food Allergies

Please note ingredients may be processed in a facility that also processes nuts, peanuts and sesame.

Library Playdate

Library Playdate

Friday, August 22, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Children's Room at Main Library
Age Group:
Children (Main)

Meet and make friends while enjoying our puppets, blocks, and more!

Join us in the Children's Room on Fridays from 11:00am–12:00pm. For ages 1–5. Summer Library Playdates are July 11–August 22.

No registration required! 

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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children (Main)
Event Details:

Meet and make friends while enjoying our puppets, blocks, and more!

Join us in the Children's Room on Fridays from 11:00am–12:00pm. For ages 1–5. Summer Library Playdates are July 11–August 22.

No registration required! 

Library Closed

All Day
Main and Branch Libraries
Closing
Branches:
Main and Branch Libraries

Steel Passion Concert

Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Front Lawn at Main Library
Program Type:
Music, Performance
Age Group:
Children (Main), Teens, Adults
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Front Lawn
Age Group: Children (Main), Teens, Adults
Program Type: Music, Performance

Library Closed

All Day
Main and Branch Libraries
Closing
Branches:
Main and Branch Libraries

Library Closed

All Day
Main and Branch Libraries
Closing
Branches:
Main and Branch Libraries