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Case Memorial Library

Tour Connecticut, One Library at a Time!
April 1-30, 2026

Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Event Details:

Tour Connecticut, One Library at a Time!
April 1-30, 2026

Toddler Storytime

Toddler Storytime

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room at Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies, Children
Toddler Storytime:

For children ages 18 months-3.  Get the wiggles out with Ms. Angela! Stories, music, dancing, and more fill this high-energy storytime for toddlers and their grownups. Th...

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies, Children
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required

For children ages 18 months-3.  

Get the wiggles out with Ms. Angela! Stories, music, dancing, and more fill this high-energy storytime for toddlers and their grownups. This program includes storytime followed by an optional group playtime. Registration is optional, but will allow you to receive notifications in case of a change to our schedule. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Women Astronauts

Virtual Author Talk: On a Mission: The History of US Women Astronauts with Smithsonian Curator Emerita Valerie Neal

Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Online at Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Everyone

Join us for an exhilarating journey through the history of US women astronauts with Valerie Neal, emerita curator from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and expert on human spaceflight.

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Join us for an exhilarating journey through the history of US women astronauts with Valerie Neal, emerita curator from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and expert on human spaceflight.

books and barks with elvis the therapy dog, featuring a fluffy white dog

Books and Barks

Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Children's Room at Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children

Come and read to Elvis, a Shih Tzu therapy dog! You can bring your own book or use one of ours. This is a drop-in program with no registration required. Note that we will be in the Children's Room.

Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Come and read to Elvis, a Shih Tzu therapy dog! You can bring your own book or use one of ours. This is a drop-in program with no registration required. Note that we will be in the Children's Room.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library in advance of the program.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Good Friday

All Day
Case Memorial Library
Closing
Branches:
Case Memorial Library
Crochet Club

Crochet Club

Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 10:00am - 1:00pm
Conference Room at Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

All skill levels are welcome. Please bring your own supplies.

Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

All skill levels are welcome. Please bring your own supplies.

pipe cleaner rainbow with crystals

Take and Make: Rainbow Crystals

All Day
Off Site
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Take & Make
Age Group:
Children

April showers bring beautiful rainbows! Thank you, Sarah, from Little Bins for Little Hands (a great website!), for providing the inspiration, directions, and images for this spring take & make!

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Take & Make
Event Details:

April showers bring beautiful rainbows! Thank you, Sarah, from Little Bins for Little Hands (a great website!), for providing the inspiration, directions, and images for this spring take & make!

Preschool Storytime

Preschool Storytime

Monday, April 6, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:15am
Meeting Room at Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Preschool Storytime:

For children ages 3-5. Music, movement, and literacy for our preschool friends! Join us as we get ready for the school years. There will be a craft after the storytime session...

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required

For children ages 3-5. 

Music, movement, and literacy for our preschool friends! Join us as we get ready for the school years. There will be a craft after the storytime session. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Film: Hamnet

Monday, April 6, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:15pm
Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
Film
Age Group:
Adults

After losing their son Hamnet to plague, Agnes and William Shakespeare grapple with grief in 16th-century England. A healer, Agnes must find strength to care for her surviving children while processing her devastating loss.

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Film
Registration Required
Event Details:

After losing their son Hamnet to plague, Agnes and William Shakespeare grapple with grief in 16th-century England. A healer, Agnes must find strength to care for her surviving children while processing her devastating loss.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library in advance of the program.

1984

Ban This Book Club: 1984

Monday, April 6, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Conference Room at Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

A dystopian novel that depicts a totalitarian future society ruled by the omnipresent "Big Brother" and the Party, where individuality, truth, and freedom are suppressed through mass surveillance, propaganda, and thought control.

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

A dystopian novel that depicts a totalitarian future society ruled by the omnipresent "Big Brother" and the Party, where individuality, truth, and freedom are suppressed through mass surveillance, propaganda, and thought control.

Lapsit Storytime

Lapsit Storytime

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room at Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies
Lapsit Storytime:

For babies and toddlers up to two years old.  Little ones and their caregivers are invited to explore books, sing songs, and practice interactive nursery rhymes with Ms. ...

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required

For babies and toddlers up to two years old.  

Little ones and their caregivers are invited to explore books, sing songs, and practice interactive nursery rhymes with Ms. Angela!  This program includes storytime followed by an optional group playtime. Registration is optional, but will allow you to receive notifications in case of a change to our schedule. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Toddler Storytime

Toddler Storytime

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room at Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies, Children
Toddler Storytime:

For children ages 18 months-3.  Get the wiggles out with Ms. Angela! Stories, music, dancing, and more fill this high-energy storytime for toddlers and their grownups. Th...

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies, Children
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required

For children ages 18 months-3.  

Get the wiggles out with Ms. Angela! Stories, music, dancing, and more fill this high-energy storytime for toddlers and their grownups. This program includes storytime followed by an optional group playtime. Registration is optional, but will allow you to receive notifications in case of a change to our schedule. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Cover of Quite a Year for Plums

Wednesday Book Group

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Conference Room at Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

White will transport readers to that place where the language is languid, the bees hum (if they aren't stinging you) and everybody--in a nice kind of way--is a little bit off kilter....

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

White will transport readers to that place where the language is languid, the bees hum (if they aren't stinging you) and everybody--in a nice kind of way--is a little bit off kilter....

Film: Hamnet

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:15pm
Meeting Room at Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
Film
Age Group:
Adults

After losing their son Hamnet to plague, Agnes and William Shakespeare grapple with grief in 16th-century England. A healer, Agnes must find strength to care for her surviving children while processing her devastating loss.

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Film
Registration Required
Event Details:

After losing their son Hamnet to plague, Agnes and William Shakespeare grapple with grief in 16th-century England. A healer, Agnes must find strength to care for her surviving children while processing her devastating loss.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library in advance of the program.

Mah Jongg Tiles

American Mah Jongg Club

Friday, April 10, 2026 at 10:30am - 12:30pm
Meeting Room at Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Adults

American Mah Jongg club for players of all skill levels. These sessions are intended for players who are familiar with American Mah Jongg as instruction is not provided. 

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

American Mah Jongg club for players of all skill levels. These sessions are intended for players who are familiar with American Mah Jongg as instruction is not provided. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library in advance of the program.

Volunteer Club

High School Volunteer Club

Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Teen Space at Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Teens

For high school students in grades 9-12.

Earn community service hours at our high school volunteer club. Volunteers can work on special projects or train to become a volunteer shelf reader. 

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Room: Teen Space
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

For high school students in grades 9-12.

Earn community service hours at our high school volunteer club. Volunteers can work on special projects or train to become a volunteer shelf reader. 

children petting a hedgehog

Animal Petting Zoo

Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 11:15am - 12:15pm
Back Lawn at Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Everyone

Calling animal lovers of all ages! Want to hold a hedgehog? Lounge with a lizard? To celebrate the start of Spring Break, the library will be hosting an outdoor petting zoo. Come join us!

Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Room: Back Lawn
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Calling animal lovers of all ages! Want to hold a hedgehog? Lounge with a lizard? To celebrate the start of Spring Break, the library will be hosting an outdoor petting zoo. Come join us!

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library in advance of the program.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Preschool Storytime

Preschool Storytime

Monday, April 13, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:15am
Meeting Room at Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Preschool Storytime:

For children ages 3-5. Music, movement, and literacy for our preschool friends! Join us as we get ready for the school years. There will be a craft after the storytime session...

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required

For children ages 3-5. 

Music, movement, and literacy for our preschool friends! Join us as we get ready for the school years. There will be a craft after the storytime session. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

purple and white woven material

Weaving 101 for Tweens

Monday, April 13, 2026 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Craft Room at Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Age Group:
Children

We are celebrating World Art Day (April 15th) a little early! Learn how to weave using looms and alternative tools. It’s easy, fun, relaxing, and a good way to flex your creative muscles!

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Room: Craft Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

We are celebrating World Art Day (April 15th) a little early! Learn how to weave using looms and alternative tools. It’s easy, fun, relaxing, and a good way to flex your creative muscles!

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library in advance of the program.

Cricut Mug Press

Craft Workshop: Cricut Mug Press

Monday, April 13, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room at Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

For adults.

Learn to create a simple design in Cricut and use our new Cricut Mug Press to transform a blank mug into a work of art. Previous experience with Cricut Design Space is helpful but not required. 

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

For adults.

Learn to create a simple design in Cricut and use our new Cricut Mug Press to transform a blank mug into a work of art. Previous experience with Cricut Design Space is helpful but not required. 

Lapsit Storytime

Lapsit Storytime

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room at Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies
Lapsit Storytime:

For babies and toddlers up to two years old.  Little ones and their caregivers are invited to explore books, sing songs, and practice interactive nursery rhymes with Ms. ...

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required

For babies and toddlers up to two years old.  

Little ones and their caregivers are invited to explore books, sing songs, and practice interactive nursery rhymes with Ms. Angela!  This program includes storytime followed by an optional group playtime. Registration is optional, but will allow you to receive notifications in case of a change to our schedule. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

marshmallow bunny candy and jellybeans

STEAM Club: Spring Break Edition

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 3:00pm - 3:45pm
Craft Room at Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
STEAM
Age Group:
Children

Come and join us for STEAM-themed fun! Engineering challenges, building projects, technology, and more activities based on our theme of the month. This time we'll get creative with some leftover candy!

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Room: Craft Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: STEAM
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come and join us for STEAM-themed fun! Engineering challenges, building projects, technology, and more activities based on our theme of the month. This time we'll get creative with some leftover candy!

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library in advance of the program.

Food Allergies

Please advise us of any allergies at the time of registration. We will do our best to accommodate your request but may not be able to guarantee that food has not come into contact with tree nuts, dairy, gluten, or other allergens. 

Brad Taylor

Virtual Author Talk: Brad Taylor

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Online at Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Adults

Join us in conversation with acclaimed author Brad Taylor on his latest work, Shadow Strike, book 20 (yes, you read that right!) of the bestselling Pike Logan series. 

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Join us in conversation with acclaimed author Brad Taylor on his latest work, Shadow Strike, book 20 (yes, you read that right!) of the bestselling Pike Logan series. 

drop in craft with craft supplies

Color a Kite

All Day
Children's Room at Case Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children

Drop by the children’s room to do a fun craft - kite decorating! No registration required, while supplies last.

Library Branch: Case Memorial Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Drop by the children’s room to do a fun craft - kite decorating! No registration required, while supplies last.