Event List

This program provides background information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country. Topics for discussion this year include:

Bring your baby to our drop-in playgroup which immediately follows our Born to Read program. Stay for bubbles, conversation with other caregivers, and social tummy time.

Get cozy at the Library on a Simsbury Public Schools no school day. We'll serve pizza and popcorn and watch KPop Demon Hunters in the FSPL Program Room. PJs and comfy clothes are encouraged! 

Drop by the Teen Space for a crafty time! Twice a month we will try out a different craft. This week we are going to use lino cutters to carve erasers into stamps. Bring your creativity!

All supplies provided. For Grades 7-12. 

We will explore new cuisines each month, share techniques and expand our culinary skills. At this meeting, we will have cookbooks and information available to discuss the cuisine we will be cooking for next month.

Based on a different prompt each month, local adult poets will write poems to share with the group for constructive feedback. 

Register for Zoom link. 

Children and caregivers will participate in a creative movement class where stationary and locomotor skills will be explored. These concepts include rhythm, tempo, levels, and opposites.

Children and caregivers will participate in a creative movement class where stationary and locomotor skills will be explored. These concepts include rhythm, tempo, levels, and opposites.

Did you take Spanish in high school and want to refresh your language skills? Our lively group meets weekly to speak Spanish and discuss various language customs. New members are always welcome in-person or virtually. 

Join the Teen Game Club at the library for a game-filled adventure! Each week, we alternate between playing Nintendo Switch games and board/party games.

Are you considering retirement or recently retired? Join us for an informal discussion on the social aspects of retirement, making every day count, and getting the motivation to seize the day.

AARP Tax-Aide Volunteers will provide free individual income tax filing assistance. You must book an appointment ahead of time by calling the Simsbury Senior Center at (860) 658-3273.

Join us as we explore colors, numbers, and letters through stories, songs, movement, and more!

Conversation and Camaraderie (C&C) is a men's group that has been meeting successfully in Avon for the past two years.

Do you throw kindness around like confetti? If you don't, you should! Join us to make Kindness Confetti Cards, which are kind notes you can leave places to spread a little extra kindness wherever you go!

REGISTRATION OPENS 1/29/2026!

Join Brynn Brown for a beginner Embroidery Machine Workshop!

The Declaration of Independence will be read by actors representing the four Connecticut signers of this most important document in 1776.

Looking to read more parenting books and want someone to talk to about it? We've got you covered! Join us for our new Parenting Book Club group that will meet on the third Thursday of the month. You can come in person or via zoom! 

Hola Bebé is a Spanish language storytime. Speakers of all languages are welcome to join us for stories, songs and rhymes. Whether you already speak Spanish or want to learn something new, this is a fun program for all.

The Friday English Conversation Club provides a welcoming atmosphere for English as a second-language speakers to participate in lively back-and-forth conversation. Meet and get to know others who are also adjusting to life in the U.S.

Are you a homeschooling teen in the Farmington Valley? Want to meet other teens your age? Come hang out at Simsbury Public Library, and we'll have a chill time. For ages 13-18.

Come catch a Friday matinee at the library! This week, catch Valentine's Day (2010), treats, popcorn & water included. You may also bring your own snacks and closed-top beverage.

Do you like to knit, crochet, cross stitch, embroider, and/or needle felt? Then bring your current WIP to the Library! Materials will be available for those who want to try out a fiber art. Snacks will be provided. 

For Grades 7-12.