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 twice a month alternating gathering at the Library and via Zoom. Second Monday of the [...]

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 [...]

Paying for college is a common concern amongst families. It seems that the price tag just keeps getting higher and higher each year, and most [...]

Embrace the rhythms of nature and support your well-being with our Seasonal Ayurveda & Yoga Therapy Workshop. This program offers a 30-minute educational introduction to the Ayurvedic perspective on the current [...]

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 [...]

WEATHER PERMITTING Let's bundle up, sit OUTSIDE on our new patio, and enjoy lunch together! Miss Lisa will bring cheese pizza and we have a [...]

Registration Required Below Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, oh my! It seems like there's a new social media marketing tool to keep track of every day, and [...]

THIS PROGRAM IS CANCELED. This program will not be taking place as scheduled. We appreciate your interest and hope to see you at another event [...]

Registration Required Below  Looking for a way to stay grounded and rejuvenated this spring? Join us for this popular and inspiring 4-week virtual series with [...]

Looking for unique Mother's Day gifts, or thinking about treating yourself to something special this spring? Visit The Collective @ MTL: Community Pop-Up Market where [...]

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

Will your team guess correctly before you finish drawing? Will you spruce up your round with the challenge dice? Or will you completely stump everyone? [...]

Family Festival A Day of Fun for Everyone! Saturday, May 3RD, 2025 - 10am-4pm @ Redding Community Center - 37 Lonetown Road, Redding, CT 06896 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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

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 May 6th, to browse through new books, [...]

Registration Required Below As the days grow longer and the water warms, it’s the perfect time to dive into the world of fishing! Join Michael [...]

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

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! [...]

Let’s face it: Everyone has anxiety. Furthermore, our incessant quest to rid ourselves of this ubiquitous human emotion worsens it. What if, instead of fighting [...]

This Story Time will be filmed, briefly at the beginning, as we sing Wheels On the Bus together. Then, we'll continue with normal story time [...]

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 [...]

Come in to make your mom something special this Mother's Day! The craft is a surprise - shhh, don't tell mom! Registration is required. Space [...]

Come in to make your mom something special this Mother's Day! The craft is a surprise - shhh, don't tell mom! Registration is required. Space [...]

New Date ~ Registration Required Below MTL's History Close to Home Series Watch history come to life as Historian Kevin Johnson presents: A Black Soldier's [...]

Redding 4th graders, let's celebrate the end of a great year!  Take the bus from RES to MTL. We'll enjoy pizza, ice cream, chips, and more! [...]

2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders, join us at the Mark Twain Library to play games such as Uno & Jenga! We'll enjoy a snack of [...]

Need a place to set down your milkshake or bowl of cereal? Design your own coaster using yarn, and you'll have just the spot. Registration [...]

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 twice a month alternating gathering at the Library and via Zoom. Second Monday of the [...]

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!  Participating in this group will allow you to experience stage shows in [...]

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 [...]

Registration Required Below Join us for an evening of remembrance, reflection, and commemoration in honor of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. This special program will [...]

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 [...]

Registration Required Below This spring and summer escape into the pages of a great book while enjoying the fresh air and peaceful surroundings of the [...]

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 [...]

Grab your popcorn, grab your friend, and join us for an propulsive online conversation with author Liann Zhang as she chats with us about her [...]

Registration Required Below  Looking for a way to stay grounded and rejuvenated this spring? Join us for this popular and inspiring 4-week virtual series with [...]

Registration Required Below Ever feel overwhelmed by your device? Unsure what cookies really do, or why your inbox is a mess? You’re not alone! Join [...]

Today we paint! Be inspired as you work on your watercolor artwork. We may even turn our art into something special during a later event! [...]

Today we paint! Be inspired as you work on your watercolor artwork. We may even turn our art into something special during a later event! [...]

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 [...]

Registration Required Below *Registration will close for this hike on Thursday, May 15 at 4:00 pm The Redding Community Hiking Club, a collaboration between the [...]

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 [...]

Give the gift of friendship - today we are making friendship bracelets. Come with your friends and leave with piece of them! 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 Join us for this month’s Modern Makers session, where creativity blooms in unexpected ways! This hands-on craft workshop, led by our favorite [...]

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 [...]

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 a fascinating evening of music history as musicologist Gil Harel delves into one of jazz’s most groundbreaking and best-loved recordings: Dave Brubeck’s [...]

Registration Required Below Join us for a fascinating evening of music history as musicologist Gil Harel delves into one of jazz’s most groundbreaking and best-loved recordings: Dave Brubeck’s [...]

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 Some of the most successful businesses do well because they are consistent—they get things done when they say they will, they respond to [...]

You’re invited to an intimate online conversation with bestselling author Rachelle Bergstein as she chats about her newest book The Genius of Judy. This book [...]

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 [...]

Let's Move It! during story time today! We'll use the balance beam, tunnels, and other moving and dancing games in addition to stories and songs! [...]

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 [...]

Registration Required Below The Mark Twain Library's Writers' Group meets twice a month alternating gathering at the Library and via Zoom. Second Monday of the [...]

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 [...]

Join us for a fun visit with our neighbors from Woodcock Nature Center! Come see, learn about, and touch some animals. Space is limited. Grades [...]

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 Step back in time to the Golden Age of Radio and rediscover one of America’s most beloved [...]

Registration Required Below  Looking for a way to stay grounded and rejuvenated this spring? Join us for this popular and inspiring 4-week virtual series with [...]

Let's Move It! during story time today! We'll use the balance beam, tunnels, and other moving and dancing games in addition to stories and songs! [...]

Rising seniors, you have a lot coming up in the next year as you navigate your college essays and applications, in addition to your regularly [...]

Registration Required Below Spring is a season of renewal — and the perfect time to refresh your mind and spirit. Join us at the Library [...]

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 [...]