Registration Required Below Join us for a special afternoon with acclaimed actors Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry, best known for their memorable roles on NBC’s L.A. Law. Tucker [...]

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED BELOW AND WILL CLOSE ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, AT 4 PM. September Harvest Moon Walk! Location: Couch Hill Preserve, Redding Parking/Gathering Location: [...]

You're invited to movie Monday! Come watch a movie at MTL and enjoy popcorn with friends. (You'll get to vote on what to watch) Registration [...]

Don’t miss a step—dancing begins promptly at 6:30! Step onto the dance floor for a lively and welcoming evening of salsa dancing! Led by MTL’s [...]

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

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 [...]

Our youngest patrons and their caregivers will play and enjoy music and stories through singing, movement games, finger plays, nursery rhymes, and books. Older siblings [...]

Registration Required Below Want to free yourself from tension and stress? Lose weight? Build strength and flexibility? Then it’s time to get moving! Move in [...]

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, [...]

Bring your friends, and your sweet tooth - we are making our own candy sushi! Join us for a fun afternoon of DIY candy sushi [...]

Registration Required Below A single choice can transform your destiny. Join us for an online conversation with #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth [...]

Registration Required Below What can a song, a story, or a half-remembered melody tell us about the people who carry it? Join folklorist, researcher, and [...]

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, October [...]

From Trail to Table: A Stroll at Great Meadow Farm Location: Great Meadow Farm, Redding Parking/Gathering Location: To be provided with registration Start Time: Hike will begin [...]

Join our popular international relations discussion group, modeled on the Foreign Policy Association's Great Decisions program. This ten-session series will explore a wide range of [...]

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

Our monthly book discussion group for 4th, 5th, and 6th graders will have its first meeting on Tuesday October 6 from 4 to 4:45 pm. [...]

Let your creativity roll! In this three part program, teens will design and create their own original board games. From coming up with ideas, creating [...]

Registration Suggested Below Join us for the 2026 State Candidate Debate, presented in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Redding and the League [...]

Registration Required Below Join us for the 2026 State Candidate Debate, presented in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Redding and the League [...]

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

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 book discussion [...]

Registration Required Below Join Dr. Edward Markowitz for an informative talk focused on practical ways to improve sleep quality, increase energy, and better understand the [...]

Our youngest patrons and their caregivers will play and enjoy music and stories through singing, movement games, finger plays, nursery rhymes, and books. Older siblings [...]

Registration Required Below Step away from the noise of daily life and give yourself the gift of peace. Join Certified Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher Jackie [...]

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 Join us for a captivating online conversation with acclaimed author and Smithsonian Curator Carolyn Russo as we dive into her fascinating book, [...]

Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art." Explore color and creativity in this fun two part mixed-media [...]

Spend a relaxing afternoon off of school creating your own bookmarks! Paper, stickers, stamps, washi tape, ribbon, fun scissors - we’ve got it all. Create [...]

No school? No problem! We’re taking ice cream for a spin in this simple no bake program … come find out what the treat will [...]

Registration Required Below New Participants Always Welcome! Release your inner thespian and join MTL's Script Reading Group! Participating in this group will allow you to [...]

Registration Required Below Join us for an inspiring virtual conversation with bestselling author David Epstein as we explore his latest book, Inside the Box, and [...]

Let your creativity roll! In this three part program, teens will design and create their own original board games. From coming up with ideas, creating [...]

Registration Required Below At some point, almost every longtime homeowner faces some big questions: Should I stay, or is it time to move ? And, [...]

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

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 Connecticut’s contribution to the history of art spans several centuries, from the colonial and early American periods through modernism and the avant-garde. [...]

Our youngest patrons and their caregivers will play and enjoy music and stories through singing, movement games, finger plays, nursery rhymes, and books. Older siblings [...]

Registration Required Below Want to free yourself from tension and stress? Lose weight? Build strength and flexibility? Then it’s time to get moving! Move in [...]

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, [...]

Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art." Explore color and creativity in this fun two part mixed-media [...]

Magician Dan Bowen presents a 45-minute interactive magic show. This high-energy program blends professional magic with clean comedy that entertains children and adults alike, making [...]

Registration Required Below Join our popular international relations discussion group, modeled on the Foreign Policy Association's Great Decisions program. This ten-session series will explore a [...]

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

Join us for a fun, hands-on program to create delicious treats without using an oven. We’re making peanut butter truffles with just a few simply [...]

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

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 [...]

Special Highstead Hike! Location: Highstead, Redding Parking/Gathering Location: To be provided with registration Start Time: Hike will begin promptly at 4:30 p.m. — arrive at least [...]

Registration Required Below For more than five decades, Robert Lee Morris has challenged the way we think about jewelry. Renowned for his bold, sculptural designs, [...]

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 [...]

Registration Required Below Step away from the noise of daily life and give yourself the gift of peace. Join Certified Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher Jackie [...]

Get festive this fall at our Teen Pumpkin Painting & Bedazzling event! Teens are invited to decorate their own pumpkins with colorful paints, sparkling gems [...]

Registration Required Below In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, join Paranormal Investigator and Author Barry Pirro for a chilling journey into the ghost stories and [...]

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 [...]

It’s play day! Let your creativity roll! In this three part program, teens will design and create their own original board games. From coming up [...]

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED BELOW AND WILL CLOSE ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, AT 4 PM. October Full Moon Walk/Rescheduled from August Location: Couch Hill Preserve, Redding [...]

Kindergartners, we'll gather together for not-so-spooky Halloween Story Time with books, flannel boards, songs, and games.  The Kindergarteners will attend this program without an adult. [...]

Get into the Halloween spirit with a movie night just for teens! Join us for an evening of Halloween fun as we watch a seasonal [...]

Celebrate the flavors of fall at our Teen Fall Apple Cups event! Teens will create their own delicious apple treat using fresh apples and tasty [...]

Registration Required Below Our great-grandmothers were wiser than we thought — not only did they know how to enhance the body's natural defenses and improve [...]

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

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 [...]

TODAY'S SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELED. PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR NOVEMBER SESSION Join us for a new Open Forum focused on cyber safety and everyday [...]

LOCATION: New Pond Farm Education Center Register below for the October 28th session — The Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Created in partnership with New [...]

The Library's youngest patrons are invited to put on their costumes (or festive clothes) and celebrate Halloween with books, music, stories and songs.  Then, we'll [...]

Registration Required Below Want to free yourself from tension and stress? Lose weight? Build strength and flexibility? Then it’s time to get moving! Move in [...]

Boo!  How about a (not so spooky) story or two?  Come to the Mark Twain Library for Halloween stories, songs, and activities. SNACK: Halloween YumEarth [...]

Registration Required Below Hear chilling true accounts of people accused of practicing witchcraft in early New England, and Connecticut's central role in carrying out witch [...]

Registration Required Below Hear chilling true accounts of people accused of practicing witchcraft in early New England, and Connecticut's central role in carrying out witch [...]

Join us for a teen fall cookie decorating event. Teens will get to decorate delicious Halloween and fall shaped cookies using frosting and fun toppings, [...]