Join us for a Read-A-Long Storytime where your child will practice some pre-reading skills in a fun and motivating environment. Some examples of what we will learn are how to hold a book, follow along with a story and turn a page! Registration Required. Best for ages 2-5.
Storytime for Little Learners provides multisensory experiences in science, engineering, mathematics, the arts and reading! Seeing, hearing and touching are all important parts of this meaningful learning experience. Best for ages 6 months to 5 years old.
Join us for an in-person storytime in the library! Come listen to your favorite stories! Best for ages 2-5.
TAKE YOUR CHILD TO THE LIBRARY DAY!! The Bill Memorial Library invites you to visit the library on Take Your Child to the Library Day, Saturday, February 3, 2024 to celebrate everyone’s favorite groovy feline, Pete the Cat. Children and their families can stop by during regular hours for activity sheets, stickers and bookmarks, a…
Drop in between 1pm and 5pm and create a fun, winter craft. Registration not required.
About the instructor, Mishki Thompson. Mishki is the artist behind Red Fern's BOWtique and a member of the Narragansett Tribe. With her creative and youthful flair, she merges the contemporary with the traditional, specializing in hair bows, beaded earrings, and ornaments. She also loom-beads and cross stiches accessories, sews leather regalia and ribbon skirts, and…
Technology is supposed to make our lives easier. But it can often feel like the opposite when technology can (and does) fail to deliver. An informal poll taken by a technology training and support service for older adults found that participants feared learning a new technology device more than going to the doctor, dentist, or…
Join us for this series of workshops for recent retirees at the Mystic & Noank Library. Each week will include different topics and speakers of interest to retirees in Mystic and local communities. The topics and dates are listed below. Each program will run in the Ames Room from 2-4. Staying Fit with Greg Drab…
Join us for an in-person storytime in the library! Come listen to your favorite stories! Best for ages 2-5.
Ever wondered what’s inside the Museum's Watercraft Hall, open to the public only a few times per year? If you're looking for a special gift for someone who has everything, join us this winter for small group guided tours of the Museum’s Watercraft Collection. Housed in nearly an acre of the Rossi Mill building, the…
Ever wondered what is behind the ropes at Mystic Seaport Museum’s Preservation Shipyard? Looking for a special gift for that someone who has everything? Join us this winter for small group guided tours of the Shipyard’s machine shop, rigging loft, and interact with our skilled shipwrights as they describe the work they are doing on…
Drop in between 1pm and 5pm and create a fun, winter craft. Registration not required.
Join us for this series of workshops for recent retirees at the Mystic & Noank Library. Each week will include different topics and speakers of interest to retirees in Mystic and local communities. The topics and dates are listed below. Each program will run in the Ames Room from 2-4. Staying Fit with Greg Drab…
Celebrating Cultural Heritage through Art: A Lecture Series Welcome to Celebrating Cultural Heritage through Art, a virtual programming series of art lectures dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of prominent artists in Black History for February, Women's History for March, and Jewish Heritage for April to recognize Holocaust Remembrance Day. This series is hosted by the…
Join us for an in-person storytime in the library! Come listen to your favorite stories! Best for ages 2-5.
The members of the B.F. Hoxie Engine Co. will hold their annual fish fry dinners Fridays starting February 16th through March 29th, from 5pm to 8pm. Adults – $12, children – $6. Take out available – call (860) 536-8221. B.F. Hoxie Engine Co. 34 Broadway Avenue Mystic.
Shake off that cabin fever and celebrate the great outdoors in New England with 3 days of frosty fun at Mystic Seaport Museum! Bundle up to meet reindeer and winter working dogs! Check out ice sculpture demonstrations and family activities like games, crafts, and kid-friendly live music. Need to warm up? Enjoy a show in…
Now open to the Public! Make a macro keyboard with Spark! Students will learn through-hole and surface-mount soldering techniques through the assembly (and testing)of an Arduino-powered macro keypad that they can customize and leave with after successful completion. In this class, you will learn soldering safety and the basics of using our soldering irons, multimeters,…
Join us on February 17th from 12pm-5pm for a popup & fundraiser for talented local artist Kelsey Lloyd! We're helping Kelsey raise funds to support herself after her full hysterectomy at the end of February, so come shop Kelsey's art and help ease her recovery. She'll be featuring block prints, little paintings, stickers, magnets, &…
Drop in between 1pm and 5pm and create a fun, winter craft. Registration not required.
Shake off that cabin fever and celebrate the great outdoors in New England with 3 days of frosty fun at Mystic Seaport Museum! Bundle up to meet reindeer and winter working dogs! Check out ice sculpture demonstrations and family activities like games, crafts, and kid-friendly live music. Need to warm up? Enjoy a show in…
The Yellow Farmhouse Education Center, a nonprofit organization based on Stone Acres Farm in Stonington, CT is excited to announce their 4th annual, globally attended virtual conference, Kojicon 2024: Presence, Place, Possibility, which takes place February 19 - March 3, 2024. Koji experts and food makers from across the globe will gather to virtually share…
Shake off that cabin fever and celebrate the great outdoors in New England with 3 days of frosty fun at Mystic Seaport Museum! Bundle up to meet reindeer and winter working dogs! Check out ice sculpture demonstrations and family activities like games, crafts, and kid-friendly live music. Need to warm up? Enjoy a show in…
Join us for this series of workshops for recent retirees at the Mystic & Noank Library. Each week will include different topics and speakers of interest to retirees in Mystic and local communities. The topics and dates are listed below. Each program will run in the Ames Room from 2-4. Staying Fit with Greg Drab…
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE COOKING CLASS AT THE BILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY The Bill Memorial Library in the City of Groton invites children in grades 3 through 5 to an afterschool cooking class on Thursday, February 22 at 4:00 PM. Instructor Erica Benvenuti, RD, a community nutrition program educator with the UConn Expanded Food and Nutrition Education…
Come to the Library to share and learn what you know (or don't know) about painting, or simply enjoy the meditative experience of mixing color and shape while browsing art books from the Library's collection. Prompts and structure based on the Celebrating Cultural Heritage through Art lecture series and accompanying Mystic Museum of Art workshops…
Join us for an in-person storytime in the library! Come listen to your favorite stories! Best for ages 2-5.
The members of the B.F. Hoxie Engine Co. will hold their annual fish fry dinners Fridays starting February 16th through March 29th, from 5pm to 8pm. Adults – $12, children – $6. Take out available – call (860) 536-8221. B.F. Hoxie Engine Co. 34 Broadway Avenue Mystic.
Students will be introduced to woodturning on a lathe and learn the intricacies of faceplate turning. Students will be taught the basics of tool sharpening and learn the process of turning a wooden bowl. Students will take the finished bowl home at the end of class. This class will provide lathe tool certification for Spark…
Ever wondered what’s inside the Museum's Watercraft Hall, open to the public only a few times per year? If you're looking for a special gift for someone who has everything, join us this winter for small group guided tours of the Museum’s Watercraft Collection. Housed in nearly an acre of the Rossi Mill building, the…
Ever wondered what is behind the ropes at Mystic Seaport Museum’s Preservation Shipyard? Looking for a special gift for that someone who has everything? Join us this winter for small group guided tours of the Shipyard’s machine shop, rigging loft, and interact with our skilled shipwrights as they describe the work they are doing on…
19th Annual “Chowder Fest” at the Olde Mistick Village! February 24th 12pm – 4pm Over a dozen local restaurants will serve up their signature chowder and YOU choose the winner! All proceeds raised will be donated to Always Home to help address the needs of Eastern Connecticut's homeless and at-risk families.
Join a DPNC birding educator on an urban bird walk through Stonington Boro. Surrounded by water on three sides, Stonington Point is home to a number of flourishing habitats for overwintering waterfowl. We’ll search for goldeneye, eider, mergansers and more! Meets at Stonington Point. Members $17 Non-members $20
Drop in between 1pm and 5pm and create a fun, winter craft. Registration not required.
Game Night @ Spark is back! Join us on Saturday, February 24th, 6-8 pm. Board games, card games, and Jackbox are back at Spark for another fun night. Be sure to bring a friend, because this event is open to the public--with a suggested 5-dollar donation. Be sure to bring a game along as well!…
You will learn Parametric CAD basics in this class. Enjoy learning to draw an object and 3d print it! This class will take you through the basics of 3D printing your object from start to finish. Each student must bring a laptop computer running modern Windows, Linux, or Mac OS and a real mouse. Students…
Join us for an in-person storytime in the library! Come listen to your favorite stories! Best for ages 2-5.
The members of the B.F. Hoxie Engine Co. will hold their annual fish fry dinners Fridays starting February 16th through March 29th, from 5pm to 8pm. Adults – $12, children – $6. Take out available – call (860) 536-8221. B.F. Hoxie Engine Co. 34 Broadway Avenue Mystic.
Sunday, March 3rd, 1-2PM Join us for a 45-minute Drawing Adventure! Aimed at kids aged 7-12, this class invites students to bring their favorite toy to draw as a still life. Whether it's a doll, action figure, or stuffed animal, our class encourages young artists to delve into the fundamentals of drawing by recreating their…
Join us for an in-person storytime in the library! Come listen to your favorite stories! Best for ages 2-5.
