Event List

Get ready to draw inside (or outside) the lines during our weekly Coloring Club. We will provide coloring sheets, colored pencils and crayons, and some relaxing tunes. We can't wait to see what you create!

Summer Film Series: American Classics on the Big Screen

Summer is the perfect time to check off a bucket list goal—like watching some of the greatest films ever made.

Join us in the courtyard for fingerplays, songs, and bounce rhymes in this lapsit storytime! Ideal for pre-walking babies and a parent or caregiver.

Welcome to our weekly group for cross stitch, embroidery, needlepoint, and all other needlework!

Bring a work-in-progress and join us for an hour of camaraderie and craft.

Join in the fun at Toddler Storytime! This storytime will feature songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and stories. 

Note: In the event of rain we will be moving this storytime into our Community Room. 

Make your own fire-breathing dragon using a cardboard tube, pom-poms, and tissue paper. Then blow into your dragon to make it look like it's breathing fire!

Ages 4 to 8.

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Come use paints, magazine pieces, pencil, or something else to create your very own self-portrait. Your masterpiece can be as realistic or as abstract as you want! No experience necessary, just come and have fun. 

Drop in during this weekly open session for technology related help on using your cellphone, tablet, or computer.

First come, first served and is best suited for quick help questions.

Join us for this tween(age) dream of a book club! We will supply the snacks and activities, you bring us your hottest takes and feelings on the latest books you're reading.

Darien Library and Barrett Bookstore welcome author, James Frey, who will discuss his latest and greatest tour de force: Next to Heaven, a darkly funny, razor-sharp thriller that peels back

Join us for outdoor storytime, where we'll wiggle and laugh along to action-oriented books, fingerplays, songs, and rhymes that focus on early literacy skills.

Julia Strayer and Liz Maccarone will lead this very popular, lively and informative discussion on today’s financial markets and how they might fit into your portfolio.

Join us every Wednesday during the summer for Cookies and Crafting! We will have many different crafts for you to do, including- coloring, perler beads, friendship bracelets, crochet, and much more.

Blast off on a musical adventure with Emmy Brockman as we explore the world of science and exploration through song! 

In this hands-on writing class, you'll learn how to create characters that breathe, bleed, and stay with your readers long after the story ends.

Is your bookshelf groaning under the weight of spellbinding stories you’ve already read? Searching for your next enchanting adventure without casting a single coin?

Join in the fun at Toddler Storytime! This storytime will feature songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and stories. 

Note: In the event of rain we will be moving this storytime into our Community Room. 

Duck Duck Goose! Join us for a ducky themed storytime filled with books, songs, and water based games.

Ages 3 to 6.

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Did you know that July 17th is World Emoji Day? Celebrate by making your favorite emojis out of wool in this fun needle felting craft. This easy craft does not require any experience, so bring a friend and make some emojis!

Calling all fiber artists! Whether you're a casual knitter, an expert crocheter, or dabble in loom weaving, join us as we create and chat. Bring your projects, get tips, and learn from one another. All skill levels welcome. 

Please note: this program does not have instruction.  Players should be experienced Mah Jongg players in order to participate.

Monarch butterflies, the once-plentiful beauties of yard and field, have suffered habitat loss so great that their numbers in recent years have dwindled to 10% of their peak population.

Have an urgent gardening question?  This is the season for that!  

Bring the family to the Library for a matinee showing of "Snow White" (2025)!