Join us at the Mark Twain Library for Build-It! We'll be building and free playing with our amazing toys such as Legos, Marble runs, Tinker [...]

Registration Recommended, See Below We invite all adult chess players and chess enthusiasts to participate in our newly launched, weekly Adult Chess Club. No prior [...]

Registration Required Below The Mark Twain Library's Writers' Group meets via Zoom on the second and fourth Monday of the month. In addition to reading [...]

Registration Required Below Have fun and make friends while cultivating your creativity in our weekly group discussions about art, creativity and so much more! Our [...]

Meets Tuesdays, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Our popular weekly drop-in knitting circle continues to meets every Tuesday in the Library's Mark Twain Room.  Share [...]

Registration Required Below We all know that proteins are an essential part of a post-workout routine, but  they also play a crucial role in overall [...]

Registration Required It's time for Family Story Time! We'll sing, dance, and read together.  This event is designed for children birth - 5 but interested [...]

Registration Required Below The Museum Of Bad Art is a curated collection of interesting art found in thrift stores, yard sales, piles of roadside trash, [...]

Registration Required Below This group is led by MTL's bibliophile extraordinaire,  Catherine Riordan. Catherine taught literature at the college level for many years, and shares [...]

UNO is back! Join us for another group game of uno and snacks. This will be a once a month game night so bring your friends [...]

The Allen and Helen Hermes Arts Series is pleased to welcome back Yale University's Whim 'n Rhythm, an a cappella group featuring the University's best [...]

Kindergartners, we'll gather together for a relaxing afternoon of books, stories, songs and snacks! The Kindergarteners will attend this program without an adult. Children who [...]

Let’s get silly! Cut out facial features and accessories from magazines to recreate funny faces Registration is required.

Registration Recommended, See Below We invite all adult chess players and chess enthusiasts to participate in our newly launched, weekly Adult Chess Club. No prior [...]

Registration for this series is full. Watch for our next world affairs discussion group in the fall of 2025.  Join our popular Great Decisions series, [...]

Registration Required Below Have fun and make friends while cultivating your creativity in our weekly group discussions about art, creativity and so much more! Our [...]

Meets Tuesdays, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Our popular weekly drop-in knitting circle continues to meets every Tuesday in the Library's Mark Twain Room.  Share [...]

Registration Required Below Join us for an informative session as Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Jason McKinnon presents an overview of the 2025-2026 Redding school budget [...]

Registration Required Below Join us for an informative session as Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Jason McKinnon presents an overview of the 2025-2026 Redding school budget [...]

Registration Required It's time for Family Story Time! We'll sing, dance, and read together.  This event is designed for children birth - 5 but interested [...]

Join us for the MTL Cookbook Club – part book club, part culinary tasting!  Each meeting will focus on a particular cookbook from the Library's [...]

Registration Required Below Join us for a compelling evening with Redding resident and bestselling author Peter Houlahan as he discusses his latest true crime book, [...]

Time for science! Come make your own crystals using simple kitchen ingredients. Registration is required.

Time for science! Come make your own crystals using simple kitchen ingredients. Registration is required.

Embark on a delicious journey to the culinary heart of France! Join Tastebudsct for a captivating cooking demonstration where you'll learn to create classic French [...]

"Only one can move forward. And the majority wins" Vote with your friends on things never compared before to determine what you can't live without [...]

Spring is coming, and so is National Plant a Flower Day. What better way to prepare than to plant some seeds! You’ll even get to [...]

Spring is coming, and so is National Plant a Flower Day. What better way to prepare than to plant some seeds! You’ll even get to [...]

Tonight's Meeting is canceled. Please join us for our next meeting, scheduled on April 14. Join us in a judgment-free environment where participants, often strangers, [...]

Registration Recommended, See Below We invite all adult chess players and chess enthusiasts to participate in our newly launched, weekly Adult Chess Club. No prior [...]

Registration Required Below The Mark Twain Library's Writers' Group meets via Zoom on the second and fourth Monday of the month. In addition to reading [...]

Registration Required Below Have fun and make friends while cultivating your creativity in our weekly group discussions about art, creativity and so much more! Our [...]

Registration Required Below Release your inner thespian and join the MTL's Script Reading Group! This month, we’ll dive into the world of 19th-century playwrights with: Turgenev's - A [...]

Meets Tuesdays, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Our popular weekly drop-in knitting circle continues to meets every Tuesday in the Library's Mark Twain Room.  Share [...]

4th, 5th, and 6th graders are invited to attend our monthly book discussion group for younger readers on March 11th, to browse through new books, [...]

Discover the timeless beauty of Sashiko, a traditional Japanese technique of mending and embroidery that transforms simple stitches into bold, geometric patterns. In this hands-on [...]

Registration Required It's time for Family Story Time! We'll sing, dance, and read together.  This event is designed for children birth - 5 but interested [...]

Registration Required Below The Women and Money Roundtable is a monthly financial program created to empower and educate women on financial matters that impact their [...]

Are you ready for a revolutionary guide to fixing what’s not working—in systems and processes, organizations and companies, and even in our daily lives? Join [...]

Registration Required Below  This program is co-sponsored by Bethel CT Pride Acclaimed writer and advocate Nikkya Hargrove explores generational trauma and the power of breaking [...]

Our youngest patrons and their caregivers will play and get to know other caregivers with same-age children. Together we will enjoy music and stories through [...]

During our 2s Story Time, children 24-36 months and their caregivers will learn and play together. Each week we will explore music and stories through [...]

Registration Required Below  Looking for a way to stay grounded and rejuvenated this winter? Join us for this popular and inspiring 6-week virtual series with [...]

This is an energetic and interactive 40-minute program for independent 3-and-4 year-olds since they will attend story time without their caregiver.  We will share books, [...]

Registration Required Below Co-sponsored by Redding’s Commission on Aging “Aging is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person you always should have been,” David Bowie [...]

Today is National Popcorn Lovers Day and we are having a popcorn party to celebrate! Treats will include…you guessed it…popcorn! We’ll also play a fun [...]

Pick a number, or two, or three….Ready? Set? Roll! Our Friday Game is Tenzi, a fast paced dice game with the potential for a challenge. [...]

*Registration will close for this hike on Thursday, March 13 at 4:00 pm The Redding Community Hiking Club, a collaboration between the Redding Land Trust, [...]

Wear green! Think green! Eat green! We're all about the color green today with greenish stories, crafts, and snacks! SNACKS: Vanilla cupcakes with green frosting [...]

Join us in welcoming the start of spring by painting your own bird house. Supplies are provided. Registration is required.

Join us in welcoming the start of spring by painting your own bird house. Supplies are provided. Registration is required.

Registration Recommended, See Below We invite all adult chess players and chess enthusiasts to participate in our newly launched, weekly Adult Chess Club. No prior [...]

Registration for this series is full. Watch for our next world affairs discussion group in the fall of 2025.  Join our popular Great Decisions series, [...]

Registration Required Below Have fun and make friends while cultivating your creativity in our weekly group discussions about art, creativity and so much more! Our [...]

Meets Tuesdays, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Our popular weekly drop-in knitting circle continues to meets every Tuesday in the Library's Mark Twain Room.  Share [...]

Avid readers in 7th and 8th grades are invited to attend our monthly book discussion group for older readers. There will be books for browsing [...]

Let's face it, the college application process can sound complicated even on a good day! In this program, Priyanka Shingala of Let's Talk College, LLC [...]

(Grades 6 - 11) We are excited to launch the very first MTL Space Program for students in grades 6-11.This STEM based opportunity is a long-term program [...]

Registration Required It's time for Family Story Time! We'll sing, dance, and read together.  This event is designed for children birth - 5 but interested [...]

LOCATION: New Pond Farm Education Center Created in partnership with New Pond Farm Education Center and Redding Land Trust Join us to celebrate the seasons! [...]

Are you a third grader who loves to read? Then we invite you to join the BOOKSTERS! This is the Mark Twain Library's NEW book [...]

Registration Required Below Climate change is a global challenge, but its effects can also be experienced on a local level. Join us as Priti Kiefer, [...]

Registration Required Below Interested in history? This book club is for you! Led by members of the Library's Programming Committee, this book club selects engaging [...]

Our youngest patrons and their caregivers will play and get to know other caregivers with same-age children. Together we will enjoy music and stories through [...]

During our 2s Story Time, children 24-36 months and their caregivers will learn and play together. Each week we will explore music and stories through [...]

Registration Required Below  Looking for a way to stay grounded and rejuvenated this winter? Join us for this popular and inspiring 6-week virtual series with [...]

This is an energetic and interactive 40-minute program for independent 3-and-4 year-olds since they will attend story time without their caregiver.  We will share books, [...]

Join us for a transformative conversation with award-winning journalist and author, Clara Bingham, as she chats with us about her new book, The Movement: How Women’s [...]

Bring your creative juices - you get to be the poet for today’s paint chip poetry project, in honor of World Poetry Day!

Registration Suggested Below It Takes a Village Meetings are held on the third Friday of the month from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. This program [...]

"The Game of Hilarious Comparisons" Come munch on snacks while playing a fun game of apples to apples with your friends. (Grades 5+) Registration is [...]

Ahoy me hearties! Set sail for the Mark Twain Library to decorate a pirate sword, to eat afterschool pirate snacks, and to watch pirate Minimovies! [...]

Come be an artist and create beautiful paintings using string! What you create is a surprise!  Registration is required.

Come be an artist and create beautiful paintings using string! What you create is a surprise!  Registration is required.

Registration Recommended, See Below We invite all adult chess players and chess enthusiasts to participate in our newly launched, weekly Adult Chess Club. No prior [...]

Registration Required Below The Mark Twain Library's Writers' Group meets via Zoom on the second and fourth Monday of the month. In addition to reading [...]

Registration Required Below Have fun and make friends while cultivating your creativity in our weekly group discussions about art, creativity and so much more! Our [...]

WEATHER PERMITTING MTL Story Times @ Topstone Pond: Co-sponsored by the Redding Department of Parks & Recreation Let's enjoy the outdoors together! We'll gather at [...]

Meets Tuesdays, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Our popular weekly drop-in knitting circle continues to meets every Tuesday in the Library's Mark Twain Room.  Share [...]

With the SAT 100% digital, the ACT offering a digital option starting in April 2025, and the test-optional universities returning to test-required, there are quite [...]

Registration Required It's time for Family Story Time! We'll sing, dance, and read together.  This event is designed for children birth - 5 but interested [...]

Registration Required Below Google Workspace is one of the most popular and powerful environments for business owners to operate on, but do you ever feel like [...]

You’re invited to a glimmering conversation with New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner as we chat about the signature emotional depth of her books that have [...]

Our youngest patrons and their caregivers will play and get to know other caregivers with same-age children. Together we will enjoy music and stories through [...]

During our 2s Story Time, children 24-36 months and their caregivers will learn and play together. Each week we will explore music and stories through [...]

This is an energetic and interactive 40-minute program for independent 3-and-4 year-olds since they will attend story time without their caregiver.  We will share books, [...]

Spend your afternoon relaxing and snacking over some fun pixelated color by number pages. They may prove harder than you think! Registration is required.  

Spend your afternoon relaxing and snacking over some fun pixelated color by number pages. They may prove harder than you think! Registration is required.  

Registration Required Below The Library welcomes back Artscapades for a captivating evening of art history! Robin Hoffman of Artscapades discusses the history of fashion in [...]

Registration Required Below This group is led by MTL's bibliophile extraordinaire,  Catherine Riordan. Catherine taught literature at the college level for many years, and shares [...]

UNO is back! Join us for another group game of uno and snacks.  This will be a once a month game night so bring your [...]

Join us at the Mark Twain Library for Build-It! We'll be building and free playing with our amazing toys such as Legos, Marble runs, Tinker [...]

Bring out your vintage side - make collages using newspaper clippings, whether photos or words. Grade 5 &6 Registration is required.

Registration Recommended, See Below We invite all adult chess players and chess enthusiasts to participate in our newly launched, weekly Adult Chess Club. No prior [...]

Registration Required Below Have fun and make friends while cultivating your creativity in our weekly group discussions about art, creativity and so much more! Our [...]

Meets Tuesdays, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Our popular weekly drop-in knitting circle continues to meets every Tuesday in the Library's Mark Twain Room.  Share [...]

4th, 5th, and 6th graders are invited to attend our monthly book discussion group for younger readers on April 1st, to browse through new books, [...]

Registration Required It's time for Family Story Time! We'll sing, dance, and read together.  This event is designed for children birth - 5 but interested [...]

Are you a third grader who loves to read? Then we invite you to join the BOOKSTERS! This is the Mark Twain Library's NEW book [...]

Step into Spring with us as we chat with the highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult about her newest novel, By Any Other Name. For [...]

Our youngest patrons and their caregivers will play and get to know other caregivers with same-age children. Together we will enjoy music and stories through [...]

During our 2s Story Time, children 24-36 months and their caregivers will learn and play together. Each week we will explore music and stories through [...]

Registration Required Below  Looking for a way to stay grounded and rejuvenated this winter? Join us for this popular and inspiring 6-week virtual series with [...]

This is an energetic and interactive 40-minute program for independent 3-and-4 year-olds since they will attend story time without their caregiver.  We will share books, [...]

Registration Required Below Redding is home to some of the region’s most remarkable historic houses, each with a story to tell. Join us as our [...]

Registration Required Below Redding is home to some of the region’s most remarkable historic houses, each with a story to tell. Join us as our [...]

It's easy to name 3 things in a category, but in this game you only have 5 seconds. Will your answers be accurate or totally [...]

Registration Required Below *Registration will close for this hike on Thursday, April 3 at 4:00 pm The Redding Community Hiking Club, a collaboration between the [...]