Upcoming Events

Up to 90% of all visits to doctors’ offices are stress-related, according to Harvard.  Stress can be considered as much a risk factor for disease as smoking.

Return of the Old Growth Forest, describes the characteristics and the importance of old-growth northeastern forests.

Join us to explore Social Emotional Learning (SEL) for young children. This program is part storytime, part playgroup and includes lots of activities and sensory experiences.

Join us for our new series Kitchen Odyssey, where kids will use a variety of tools, skills and techniques to create delicious recipes using the Library's mobile kitchen, The Charlie Cart.

Join us for our new series Kitchen Odyssey, where kids will use a variety of tools, skills and techniques to create delicious recipes using the Library's mobile kitchen, The Charlie Cart.

Miss Katie is excited to share some basics tenets of theater for our youngest patrons.

Join the Teen Advisory Board! We test out programming ideas, take care of some of the community garden beds, and help out around the library. Have your voice heard about what you'd like to see at the library. 

You've seen her on Youtube and SCTV, now see her live at the Library! Lisa Cooperman is a Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist and owner of Vital U LLC.

This is a hybrid event, so you can attend from home OR come in-person to the library. Be sure to sign up so we can send you the Zoom link. 

Do you love action-packed adventure? Are you ready for the thrill?

Hit the trail with the Library! Join us on different hikes around Simsbury. All participants who are able to walk independently are welcome. Please bring water and bug repellent. Hiking footwear recommend.

Join us to create a moment of connection between caregiver and child as we build our bilingual/multilingual community. We invite you to interact through movement, visuals, and props, with stories and music in French (and some English).

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 interested in volunteering around our community or know someone one that is? The Simsbury Public Library will be hosting a Volunteer Expo on Saturday, April 26th from 10AM - 1PM.

Keith Zalinger is a mind-reader, mentalist, and hypnotist. He engages the audience to demonstrate the
latent powers of the human mind while keeping everyone entertained, resulting in enormously enjoyable
events.

We welcome newborns and infants for our interactive program of rhymes, songs, lap bounces, and books for babies. For babies who are not yet walking and their caregivers.

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.

April is poetry month! We will read some poems together for inspiration and then use book pages and cross out words to create our own unique poems.

The 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:

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.

Join us for storytime featuring a book that we'll read aloud, plus songs, fingerplays, and movement for little ones that help them learn and grow. 

Come fly away with us with a great story followed by a great craft. We will be making paper bag kites to help us enjoy the wonderful spring weather!

NEVER USED A SEWING MACHINE BEFORE? OR IT'S BEEN SO LONG THAT YOU NEED A REFRESHER?

Join Cathy Wynne, founder of Wynne Hires, as she shares insights gained from 30 years of hiring, reading resumes, making hiring recommendations, and coaching candidates through the hiring p