Celebrate the end of the year with a pizza party! Cheese pizza and fun treats will be available.   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 [...]

Take time to reflect on the past year and appreciate the new year ahead! Design a personal collage using newspapers and magazines to represent all [...]

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 [...]

Join our popular international relations discussion group modeled on the Foreign Policy Association's Great Decisions. This seven-session series will cover an array of foreign affairs [...]

Registration Required Below Have fun and make friends while cultivating your creativity in our weekly group discussions about art, literature, technology, film, architecture, music and [...]

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 [...]

Do you want time to chit chat with your friends and catch up on life? Tuesday Talks is the place to be! Twice a month [...]

Registration Required Read and Reflect Discussion Group is part of the Conversations: Truth, Myth & Democracy Series Join us for our next Read and Reflect [...]

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 and Waitlist are full. Join us for the MTL Cookbook Club – part book club, part culinary tasting! Each meeting will focus on a [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Bring a new journal and your creativity - we are going to be creating our own Wreck This Journal with pages of fun tasks and [...]

Registration Required Below Based in the world of L. Frank Baum’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Wicked would become one of the most iconic Broadway blockbusters [...]

Registration Required Below Based in the world of L. Frank Baum’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Wicked has become one of the most iconic Broadway blockbusters [...]

Our Friday game night might be a challenge - we are doing brain teasers! Multiple stations will be set up with different tricky teasers for [...]

DROP-OFF EVENT Join Miss Lisa and the Boys & Girls Club of Redding-Easton for a night of FUN at the Mark Twain Library!!! Friday, January [...]

We invite Barlow students to come to the Mark Twain Library for snacks and a quiet study area during extended hours for mid-year exams. We [...]

Stay cozy with cocoa and cookies! We will play a game as we enjoy warm treats and each other's company.  Registration is required.  (5th grade+)

Registration Required Below Join us in a judgment-free environment where participants, often strangers, can openly engage in discussion on the topic of death and dying. [...]

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 Redding script reading group. Our group is a whole new way to experience a play [...]

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 December 10th, 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 [...]

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 [...]

Come have a magical moment with New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune as he chats about his Cerulean Chronicles, with special emphasis on his newest in [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

It’s Bingo night! Join us for fun, prizes, and snacks while playing the classic game everyone loves!  Registration is required. (5th grade+)

Relax and unwind - today’s activity is Zentangles, a form of artwork that utilizes repetitive patterns, shown to improve concentration, relieve stress, and encourage a [...]

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 [...]

Do you want time to chit chat with your friends and catch up on life? Tuesday Talks is the place to be! Twice a month [...]

Registration Required Below Planning for your health care and long-term care can feel overwhelming — but it doesn’t have to be. Join us for an [...]

Registration Required Below Planning for your health care and long-term care can feel overwhelming — but it doesn’t have to be. Join us for an [...]

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 [...]

PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE Registration Required Below Let’s work to empower the next generation — starting with better conversations! Join us for an insightful workshop [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Join us as we chat with the New York Times bestselling author, Amanda Montell about her newest book, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality. For [...]

Birds, birds, everywhere! You will be making your own bird feeders to bring home for your flying backyard friends to enjoy.  Registration is required. (5th [...]

Registration Required Below Have you ever wondered if the fox in your backyard is dangerous? Is it a coyote or a wolf? What about the [...]

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 [...]

Can you guess the brand? Tonight’s game night will be the Logo Game! We will play teams to identify popular products and slogans while moving [...]

No Registration Required -- Just Drop In! Refreshments Served. In the spirit of Redding's most famous author and in support of the trend encouraging communities [...]

Learn all about Mark Twain, our library's beloved founder and Redding's most famous resident this Monday at the Mark Twain Library! Michael Patrick, an RES [...]

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 [...]

You’re writing a book (or thinking about it), but what happens next? Join us for an inside look into working with an agent and the [...]

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 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 Co-sponsored with Redding's Heritage Center Join us for an informative session tailored to pickleball enthusiasts, featuring Sports Podiatrist Dr. Allan Rosenthal, affectionately [...]

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, [...]

National Puzzle Day is on January 29th. Come enjoy a relaxing night of puzzle building and hanging with friends to celebrate! Registration is required. (5th [...]

REGISTRATION REQUIRED BELOW Co-sponsored with New Pond Farm Education Center Microplastics are ubiquitous in the environment and can be found in marine and freshwater ecosystems, [...]

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 [...]

SAVE THE DATE: The Mark Twain Library will be celebrating 2025's Take Your Child to the Library Day on the morning of Saturday, February 1st.  [...]