Come join Miss Adriana for Lapsit Storytime! Enjoy books, music, and more!

Please register each child as a separate registration.
Ages: Newborn to 2 years old.
5/15/2023
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Registration is required for this program. Please register each child HERE.

Join Ms. Jodi for some stories and super fun activities!

Tuesday, May 16, 2023
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Ages: 3 - 5 years
Please register each child as a separate registration at this LINK.

Did you know?
The Library offers Museum Passes to many of our state attractions.
Stop in and grab a list to plan your next trip!

Wednesday, May 17, 2023
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Come join Miss Jenna for Wee Reader Storytime! Enjoy Books, music, and more!
Please register each child as a separate registration at this LINK
Ages: Newborn to 4 years old.

Page-to-Screen Book Club
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Join Will for our new page-to-screen book club!
This month, we will be discussing Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, and its 2014 movie adaptation. Read the book, watch the movie, and come ready to talk about them both!
Adults only. Register everyone that will be participating at this LINK
Limited copies of the book and DVD will be available for check out at the adult circulation desk. The movie can also be streamed on HBO, Hulu, or Amazon Prime.

Music with Miss Mel
Children are invited to come sing & play with Miss Mell!

May 18th
10:30am-11:00am
Ages: 3-5
Please register each child as a separate registration by clicking HERE.

Spend some time in our new teen space! Our Teen Room will be open twice a month for anyone 12-18 to drop in, hang out with friends, work on assignments, or just relax and read. Come check out our comfortable seating, borrow a lap desk or some noise-canceling headphones, or play on our Nintendo Switch!
 
Thursday May 18th
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Open to anyone 12-18. No registration required.

Tweens are welcome to play this one-shot role-playing game of
Monster Slayers: The Heroes of Hesiod!
In the village of Hesiod, where you all live, kids are brought to a cabin every year for several days to finish training in the ways of fighting and to see who has a heart of an adventurer.

Ages 9-13 should register at this LINK.

Do you have a tech issue you need support on? Struggling to learn your way around a new phone or laptop? Want to learn how to get the most out of your library supported apps? Our librarians can help! Sign up for a time slot and bring your tech along so we can walk you through some solutions.

Two time slots will be available Friday May 19th

Register HERE

Toe-Tapping Tots
5/19/2023
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Jump into music and movement with Miss Adriana and her trusty ukulele! We will sing, dance, and explore the fun of early literacy through rhyme and rhythm.
Click HERE to register for this event.

Join us for a viewing of the PBS nature documentary
My Garden of A Thousand Bees
and pick up some wildflower seeds to help out our pollinators!
Seeds will be available while supplies last.

Friday, May 19, 2023
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
All ages welcome! Registrations appreciated by clicking HERE but drop-ins welcome.
 
VIRTUAL Author Talk with Courtney Summers!
Saturday, May 20, 2023
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Mark your calendar and register now for thrilling virtual hour as we chat with YA author Courtney Summers about her book I'm the Girl.

Click HERE to register for this program and to learn more about Courtney Summers!
Can't make it to the live talk? No problem! Visit libraryc.org/newfairfieldlibrary/archive to view recordings of this talk and all our previous ones.

Stanley Kishner Trio

Saturday, May 20, 2023
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wander down to the New Fairfield Public Library to tap your feet to the tunes of SJK Jazz at Sip & Stroll on May 20 from 4-5 pm.  The Friends of the Library will participate in this event by sponsoring SJK Jazz, whose musicians will play Great American Songbook tunes and other well-known jazz standards.  So, sip, tap and enjoy.  No registration required.  
 
Sip & Stroll is an event sponsored by New Fairfield Parks and Recreation.