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Children's Winter Reading Bingo

All Day 1/12 - 2/27
Children's Room at Simsbury Public Library

Age Group:

Children
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

To enroll, just start a Bingo sheet for each child in your family.

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Bonjour, les mômes! French time (Ages Birth-5 w/Caregiver, Sign Up Online)

Friday, January 23, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:15am
Friends of the Library Program Room at Simsbury Public Library

Program Type:

Language Groups, Storytime

Age Group:

Children
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Friends of the Library Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Language Groups, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

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).

Don't Let Us Cook flyer frying pan with a bacon, egg, cheese bagel

Don't Let Us Cook!

Friday, January 23, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Weatogue Room at Simsbury Public Library

Program Type:

Food & Drink

Age Group:

Teens
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Weatogue Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Food & Drink
Registration Required
Event Details:

Don't Let Us Cook is a program led by teens. This month, Sean will teach us how to make his infamous bacon, egg, and cheese bagel sandwiches! Registration is required. For Grades 7-12. 

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Books & Bubbles Storytime (Ages 1-5 w/Caregiver, Drop In)

Monday, January 26, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Friends of the Library Program Room at Simsbury Public Library

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Children
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Friends of the Library Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for stories, songs, movement, and bubbles! 

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Crafternoon in the Innovators' Workshop Makerspace!

Monday, January 26, 2026 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Innovators' Workshop at Simsbury Public Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop

Age Group:

Adults, Business
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Innovators' Workshop
Age Group: Adults, Business
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Innovators' Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:
Registration opens 1/5/2026!

Join us for Crafternoon in the Innovators' Workshop Makerspace for a monthly hands-on craft.

This month, you will be making a reclaimed wood inspirational project!

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Science Shenanigans (Gr. 2-6, Sign Up Online)

Monday, January 26, 2026 at 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Discovery Center at Simsbury Public Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

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

Join us for fun hands-on science experiments for kids! This month we will work together to make a food web!

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Nature Journaling: Relief from the Winter Doldrums

2:00pm–3:00pm
Adults
Arts & Crafts, Gardening & Nature
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Tariffville Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Gardening & Nature
Registration Required
Event Details:

In the depths of winter, there is spring in the soul, and nature journaling is a refreshing way to begin the new year, tap into joy, and start a healthy habit.

Gardeners of Simsbury Speaker Series: Update on Invasive Species by Rose Hiskes

7:00pm–8:00pm
Adults
Gardening & Nature, Lectures
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Friends of the Library Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Gardening & Nature, Lectures
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join the Gardeners of Simsbury as they host Rose Hiskes to discuss invasive Species updates. Learn about these pests and how they affect your garden.

Old Growth Forest: Nature's Biotic Water Pump

6:30pm–8:00pm
Adults
Film, Gardening & Nature, Lectures
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Friends of the Library Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Film, Gardening & Nature, Lectures
Registration Required
Event Details:

Have you ever thought about where fresh water comes from? How does it gets here? Yes... rainfall brings it; but do you know how and why rain falls across the breadth of the land? Or possibly- why doesn't it?

Chasing Dragons

7:00pm–8:30pm
Adults
Gardening & Nature
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Friends of the Library Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Gardening & Nature
Registration Required
Event Details:

Beginning in the 1990s, David Wagner of the University of Connecticut, and Mike Thomas, then affiliated with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, began to survey dragonflies and damselflies throughout the State.  Theirs and

Seed Starting for Successful Gardening

6:30pm–8:00pm
Adults
Gardening & Nature
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Simsbury Public Library
Room: Friends of the Library Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Gardening & Nature
Registration Required
Event Details:

Starting your flower and vegetable plants from seed can bring more variety, and very healthy plants, to your garden.