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Tee-cycle for Earth Day!

Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Weatogue Room at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Give your old t-shirts a new life as a tote bag for Earth Day! Join us for this workshop led by West End Woolies that is an environmentally friendly project!

Cancelled
Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Weatogue Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Give your old t-shirts a new life as a tote bag for Earth Day! Join us for this workshop led by West End Woolies that is an environmentally friendly project!

Intermediate Knitting

Intermediate Knitting with Jeanne Silag from Simsbury Yarns - 3 Class Series

Monday, April 27, 2026 at 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Weatogue Room at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Age Group:
Adults, Business, Teens
Registration opens 2/2!

Simsbury Public Library and Simsbury Yarns are teaming up to offer a new intermediate knitting class series!  

Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Weatogue Room
Age Group: Adults, Business, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:
Registration opens 2/2!

Simsbury Public Library and Simsbury Yarns are teaming up to offer a new intermediate knitting class series!  

IWM

Monday Maker Club

Monday, April 27, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Innovators' Workshop at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Age Group:
Adults, Business

Join our Monday Maker Club to work on personal or collaborative projects, get feedback from other makers, or try something new!

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Innovators' Workshop
Age Group: Adults, Business
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join our Monday Maker Club to work on personal or collaborative projects, get feedback from other makers, or try something new!

Knitting supplies

Morning Knitting Group

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Weatogue Room at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

Our new Morning Knitting Group is a welcoming space for knitters of all levels to gather, share ideas, and enjoy the art of knitting together.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Weatogue Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Our new Morning Knitting Group is a welcoming space for knitters of all levels to gather, share ideas, and enjoy the art of knitting together.

Art flyer for teens with paint, markers, and colored pencils scattered on it.

Sketch Club

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Teen Space at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Let’s make art! This is an open studio program where participants can create whatever they want. Art supplies will be provided. For Grades 7-12. 

Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Teen Space
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Let’s make art! This is an open studio program where participants can create whatever they want. Art supplies will be provided. For Grades 7-12. 

Meet the Maker

Meet the Maker with Heather from Birch, please at Gather on Hopmeadow!

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Offsite
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Age Group:
Adults, Business
Registration Opens 4/8/2026!

Join Kirsten Hocker at Gather on Hopmeadow for a Watercolor Painting Workshop with Heather van Frankenhuyzen of Birch,

Waitlist
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Adults, Business
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:
Registration Opens 4/8/2026!

Join Kirsten Hocker at Gather on Hopmeadow for a Watercolor Painting Workshop with Heather van Frankenhuyzen of Birch,

MIR Ava

Maker-in-Residence Ava: Cricut Mother's Day Gifts (Mugs/Coasters) Class

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Innovators' Workshop at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Age Group:
Adults, Business, Teens
Registration Open 4/9/2026!

Join Maker-in-Residence, Ava Rodrigues, for a Cricut Mother's Day Gifts Mug/Coaster class!

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Innovators' Workshop
Age Group: Adults, Business, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:
Registration Open 4/9/2026!

Join Maker-in-Residence, Ava Rodrigues, for a Cricut Mother's Day Gifts Mug/Coaster class!

MIR Ava

Maker-in-Residence Ava: Cricut Mother's Day Gifts (Mugs/Coasters) Class

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Innovators' Workshop at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Age Group:
Adults, Business, Teens
Registration Open 4/9/2026!

Join Maker-in-Residence, Ava Rodrigues, for a Cricut Mother's Day Gifts Mug/Coaster class!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Innovators' Workshop
Age Group: Adults, Business, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:
Registration Open 4/9/2026!

Join Maker-in-Residence, Ava Rodrigues, for a Cricut Mother's Day Gifts Mug/Coaster class!

folded Starfighter

Celebrate Star Wars Day! (Gr. K-6, Sign Up Online)

Monday, May 4, 2026 at 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Discovery Center at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children

Join us at the library to celebrate Star Wars Day! We will make paper airplanes from a galaxy far far away and put them to the test. May the 4th be with you!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Discovery Center
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us at the library to celebrate Star Wars Day! We will make paper airplanes from a galaxy far far away and put them to the test. May the 4th be with you!

IWM

Monday Maker Club

Monday, May 4, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Innovators' Workshop at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Age Group:
Adults, Business

Join our Monday Maker Club to work on personal or collaborative projects, get feedback from other makers, or try something new!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Innovators' Workshop
Age Group: Adults, Business
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join our Monday Maker Club to work on personal or collaborative projects, get feedback from other makers, or try something new!

Knitting supplies

Morning Knitting Group

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Weatogue Room at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

Our new Morning Knitting Group is a welcoming space for knitters of all levels to gather, share ideas, and enjoy the art of knitting together.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Weatogue Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Our new Morning Knitting Group is a welcoming space for knitters of all levels to gather, share ideas, and enjoy the art of knitting together.

Art flyer for teens with paint, markers, and colored pencils scattered on it.

Sketch Club

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Teen Space at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Let’s make art! This is an open studio program where participants can create whatever they want. Art supplies will be provided. For Grades 7-12. 

Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Teen Space
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Let’s make art! This is an open studio program where participants can create whatever they want. Art supplies will be provided. For Grades 7-12. 

MTM

Meet the Maker with Jenny from Connecticut Valley Baskets

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Friends of the Library Program Room at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop, Special Event
Age Group:
Adults, Business

Meet Jenny Buttafuoco from Connecticut Valley Baskets LLC for a basket-making workshop!

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Friends of the Library Program Room
Age Group: Adults, Business
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop, Special Event
Registration Required
Event Details:

Meet Jenny Buttafuoco from Connecticut Valley Baskets LLC for a basket-making workshop!

Text reading Simsbury Writers' Workshop and an illustration of pencils

Simsbury Writers' Workshop

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Weatogue Room at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

Join us for a welcoming writing workshop where you can share your work, discuss tips and tricks, and participate in lively discussions!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Weatogue Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a welcoming writing workshop where you can share your work, discuss tips and tricks, and participate in lively discussions!

MIR Ava

Maker-in-Residence Ava: Cricut Class for Mother's Day Cards

Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Innovators' Workshop at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Age Group:
Adults, Business
Registration opens 4/16/2026!

Join Maker-in-Residence, Ava Rodrigues, for a Mother's Day Cards Cricut class!

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Innovators' Workshop
Age Group: Adults, Business
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:
Registration opens 4/16/2026!

Join Maker-in-Residence, Ava Rodrigues, for a Mother's Day Cards Cricut class!

flower arranging

DIY Bouquet for Mother's Day (Gr. K-6, Sign Up Online)

Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Discovery Center at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children

Join us to make a simple flower arrangement to give to mom for Mother's Day. Children will make simple bouquets using real flowers as well as floral materials and techniques.

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Discovery Center
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us to make a simple flower arrangement to give to mom for Mother's Day. Children will make simple bouquets using real flowers as well as floral materials and techniques.

MIR Ava

Maker-in-Residence Ava: Cricut Class for Mother's Day Cards

Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Innovators' Workshop at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Age Group:
Adults, Business
Registration opens 4/16/2026!

Join Maker-in-Residence, Ava Rodrigues, for a Mother's Day Cards Cricut class!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Innovators' Workshop
Age Group: Adults, Business
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:
Registration opens 4/16/2026!

Join Maker-in-Residence, Ava Rodrigues, for a Mother's Day Cards Cricut class!

learn embroidery machine

Learn the Embroidery Machine with Brynn Brown

Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Weatogue Room at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Age Group:
Adults, Business
Registration opens 4/16/2026!

Join Brynn Brown for a beginner Embroidery Machine Workshop!

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Weatogue Room
Age Group: Adults, Business
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:
Registration opens 4/16/2026!

Join Brynn Brown for a beginner Embroidery Machine Workshop!

handprint flower pot

PICKUP: Mother's Day Craft (All Ages)

Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 9:30am - 5:30pm
Children's Room at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Special Event
Age Group:
Children

Stop by the Children's Room to pick up a craft celebrating Mother's Day. First come, first served, while supplies last. 

Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Special Event
Event Details:

Stop by the Children's Room to pick up a craft celebrating Mother's Day. First come, first served, while supplies last. 

IWM

Monday Maker Club

Monday, May 11, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Innovators' Workshop at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Age Group:
Adults, Business

Join our Monday Maker Club to work on personal or collaborative projects, get feedback from other makers, or try something new!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Innovators' Workshop
Age Group: Adults, Business
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join our Monday Maker Club to work on personal or collaborative projects, get feedback from other makers, or try something new!

Knitting supplies

Morning Knitting Group

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Weatogue Room at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

Our new Morning Knitting Group is a welcoming space for knitters of all levels to gather, share ideas, and enjoy the art of knitting together.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Weatogue Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Our new Morning Knitting Group is a welcoming space for knitters of all levels to gather, share ideas, and enjoy the art of knitting together.

Teen Craft flyer with various craft items in the background like scissor, glue, markers, etc.

Craft & Chill:

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Teen Space at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Drop by the Teen Space for a crafty time! Twice a month we will try out a different craft. This week we're going to try diamond art.

All supplies provided. For Grades 7-12. 

Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Teen Space
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Drop by the Teen Space for a crafty time! Twice a month we will try out a different craft. This week we're going to try diamond art.

All supplies provided. For Grades 7-12. 

Knitting

Intro to Knitting with Jeanne Silag at Simsbury Yarns - 2 Class Series

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Offsite
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Age Group:
Adults, Business, Teens
Registration opens 4/22!

Simsbury Public Library and Simsbury Yarns are teaming up to offer an introduction to knitting class series!  

Open
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Adults, Business, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:
Registration opens 4/22!

Simsbury Public Library and Simsbury Yarns are teaming up to offer an introduction to knitting class series!  

Q plus Teen Night

Q Plus Teen Group

Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Teen Space at Simsbury Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Gaming
Age Group:
Teens

Hang out and be yourself! All identities are welcome! We'll have a variety of crafts and games to choose from. Snacks provided. 

Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Teen Space
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Gaming
Event Details:

Hang out and be yourself! All identities are welcome! We'll have a variety of crafts and games to choose from. Snacks provided.