Spectrum Art Gallery and Artisans Store of Centerbrook presents its 2022 Holiday Show, Let There Be Love with an opening reception Friday, November 18 (6:30-9pm) and an open house weekend Saturday and … Continue reading
Teen Advisory Board Informational Meeting, held in-person at the Essex Library on September 14 at 4:00 PM. Teens who are interested in having input on Young Adult aspects of the library can join Teen Advisory Board. Open to teens in Grades 7-12. Held at Essex Library. No registration required.
Every Friday, 8:30pm - 12:00am Psychedelic ’60’s, a power trio that pays tribute to the ground-breaking musical super groups of the sixties, plays the Tap Room at The Griswold Inn … Continue reading
FREE! Every Monday. 8:00pm - 11:00 pm Join us every Monday as the Jovial Crew brings the Tap Room to life with this old seafaring tradition, extremely popular today. "Jovial … Continue reading
New weekly play-based music and movement story time for babies, toddlers, and their caregivers (ages 0-3). This story time will take place every Tuesday morning at 10:30 AM starting April 5. Held in-person in the program room at the Essex Library, 33 West Ave. RSVP at 860-767-1560.
Every Friday, 8:30pm - 12:00am Psychedelic ’60’s, a power trio that pays tribute to the ground-breaking musical super groups of the sixties, plays the Tap Room at The Griswold Inn … Continue reading
Essex: STEAM Saturdays series for kids continues with Snowflake Salt Painting at the Essex Library on January 21 at 10:00 AM. Children are invited to explore the scientific concept of absorption by creating beautiful salt paintings! Free and open to children in Kindergarten through Grade 6. Registration required. Call 860-767-1560 to register. Held in-person at the Essex Library, 33 West Ave.
Essex: College preparedness series for teens kicks off with SAT Tips & Tricks program, held at the Essex Library on January 21 at 3:00 PM. Daryl Capuano, an experienced college counselor, will be giving teens an overview of what to expect from the SATs, and tips and tricks to improve their test scores. Free and open to teens in grades 10-12.
FREE! Every Monday. 8:00pm - 11:00 pm Join us every Monday as the Jovial Crew brings the Tap Room to life with this old seafaring tradition, extremely popular today. "Jovial … Continue reading
New weekly play-based music and movement story time for babies, toddlers, and their caregivers (ages 0-3). This story time will take place every Tuesday morning at 10:30 AM starting April 5. Held in-person in the program room at the Essex Library, 33 West Ave. RSVP at 860-767-1560.
The first meeting of Teen Book Club (Gr. 7-12) is September 29 at 4 PM. This month we are reading The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. Teen Book Club will meet the last Thursday of every month through the school year. Held at Essex Library. Call 860-767-1560 or pick up a copy of the book at the library to register.
Spectrum Art Gallery and Artisans Store of Centerbrook presents The Unique Still Life, from January 27 through March 11. Discover new artwork by established and emerging artists from throughout Connecticut, the Tri-State Area, and New England. Although a still life typically focuses on commonplace, natural and/or man-made objects, how these objects are chosen and arranged is what makes the painting, drawing, mixed media piece, and photograph unique.
Every Friday, 8:30pm - 12:00am Psychedelic ’60’s, a power trio that pays tribute to the ground-breaking musical super groups of the sixties, plays the Tap Room at The Griswold Inn … Continue reading
Teen TGIF, held in-person at the Essex Library on September 30 from 3:30- 4:30 PM. Teens can come socialize and relax at the Essex Library. Open to all teens in Grades 7-12. Held at the Essex Library, 33 West Ave, in Essex. No registration required.
Essex: STEAM Saturdays series for kids continues with Kinetic Sand at the Essex Library on January 28 at 10:00 AM. Children are invited to explore how ordinary dish soap reacts with sand and cornstarch to create kinetic sand. Participants will make kinetic sand to take home.
Essex: Children’s interactive illustration and book signing event for Essex Ed’s Groundhog Day Parade. Program will take place on Saturday, January 28 at 12:00 PM. Children are invited to join the book’s illustrator, Mina Hamamoto Mohtasham, in an illustration workshop, followed by a book reading with the book’s author, Sue Cornell.
Experience Essex and one of its most beloved traditions since 1978 – the Essex Ed Parade, on Sunday, January 29th at 2pm. Bring your pots and pans and head to … Continue reading
Essex: Children and their caregivers are invited to march with Miss Nicole, the Essex Library Children’s Librarian in this year’s Groundhog Day Parade.
FREE! Every Monday. 8:00pm - 11:00 pm Join us every Monday as the Jovial Crew brings the Tap Room to life with this old seafaring tradition, extremely popular today. "Jovial … Continue reading
New weekly play-based music and movement story time for babies, toddlers, and their caregivers (ages 0-3). This story time will take place every Tuesday morning at 10:30 AM starting April 5. Held in-person in the program room at the Essex Library, 33 West Ave. RSVP at 860-767-1560.
This class is a multi-layered collage approach to creating intricate textures for trees using golden gel pastes, torn ephemera, imagery, text and script. Specialty textural papers and corrugated cardboard are welcome as well. Instructor has created over 90 art works through the years focusing on the beauty of trees, especially the intricacies of their barks. You will also add to that the asymmetrical designs of branches and the various sculptural forms that trees can take. If this excites your creative juices, take photographs w/ your cell phone, find on-line images and magazine shots of trees that interest you. All levels welcome. Material list available upon registration.
This class is a multi-layered collage approach to creating intricate textures for trees using golden gel pastes, torn ephemera, imagery, text and script. Specialty textural papers and corrugated cardboard are welcome as well. Instructor has created over 90 art works through the years focusing on the beauty of trees, especially the intricacies of their barks. You will also add to that the asymmetrical designs of branches and the various sculptural forms that trees can take. If this excites your creative juices, take photographs w/ your cell phone, find on-line images and magazine shots of trees that interest you. All levels welcome. Material list available upon registration.
Essex: College preparedness series for teens continues with FAFSA Workshop program, held at the Essex Library on February 1 at 5:30 PM, snow date February 8. Admissions counselors from Middlesex Community College will walk students and parents through filling out the online Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application. Free and open to teens and their parents.
A free, illustrated author talk and Asian vegetarian cuisine cooking demo will be presented by New York–based blogger and writer Maggie Zhu at 7 p.m. Feb. 2 for the Essex, Darien and Hotchkiss Libraries on Zoom. Zhu will demonstrate the art of plant-based Asian cooking with the classic dish, Mapo Tofu.
Every Friday, 8:30pm - 12:00am Psychedelic ’60’s, a power trio that pays tribute to the ground-breaking musical super groups of the sixties, plays the Tap Room at The Griswold Inn … Continue reading
The focus will be on enjoying the painting process. Whether you are beginning your painting journey or already have some painting experience. Painting demonstrations and the instructor painting along builds confidence and encourages questions. We will work from reference photos (yours or supplied) of primarily landscape or still life images. Tackling composition, color mixing, and color value. Practicing drawing techniques to refine drawing skills making for better paintings. Exploring unique challenges with each new subject, and developing our paintings to a finished level. We will end each class with a friendly critique of our work.
Participants learn how to design and construct a heart shaped project created with hand dyed silk from Uzbekistan and Australian fine merino wool. This technique, called Nuno felting, can also be used to make beautiful silk scarves, hats, vests or jackets. Even beginning felts can learn to apply these materials in a very painterly manner. The process is fun and well worth the effort. All materials for this workshop are included in individual kits. All levels welcome.
FREE! Every Monday. 8:00pm - 11:00 pm Join us every Monday as the Jovial Crew brings the Tap Room to life with this old seafaring tradition, extremely popular today. "Jovial … Continue reading
New weekly play-based music and movement story time for babies, toddlers, and their caregivers (ages 0-3). This story time will take place every Tuesday morning at 10:30 AM starting April 5. Held in-person in the program room at the Essex Library, 33 West Ave. RSVP at 860-767-1560.
Connecticut River Museum: STEAMgirls participants meet and speak with accomplished young women, learning first-hand about the career successes women are experiencing in all areas of STEAM; providing young girls with knowledge that may ignite their passion for the future.A virtual program to serve girls, age 10-16, interested in studying the academic areas of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics.
This weeks speaker is Ming Thompson, Architect.
Teen Advisory Board Informational Meeting, held in-person at the Essex Library on September 14 at 4:00 PM. Teens who are interested in having input on Young Adult aspects of the library can join Teen Advisory Board. Open to teens in Grades 7-12. Held at Essex Library. No registration required.
Essex: Louie Listens returns in-person at the Essex Library on February 9 at 5:00 PM. Children are invited to sign up for a time slot to read with local, licensed, therapy dog Louie the Labrador & his handler, Rebecca Russell. Open to children of all ages who wish to practice their reading skills. Registration required.
Connecticut River Museum: Every winter, Bald Eagles from as far north as Canada make their way to the open waters of the Connecticut River for easy fishing and nesting. Get up close aboard RiverQuest, an environmentally friendly vessel with a heated cabin and ample deck space. An on-board naturalist provides narration while you get a view of the winter River. Coffee and use of binoculars is included in ticket price as well as free admission to Connecticut River Museum galleries and the Eagles of Essex exhibit.
Every Friday, 8:30pm - 12:00am Psychedelic ’60’s, a power trio that pays tribute to the ground-breaking musical super groups of the sixties, plays the Tap Room at The Griswold Inn … Continue reading
STEAM Saturdays series for kids continues with Bouncy Balls at the Essex Library on February 11 at 10:00 AM. Children are invited to explore how elastic polymers can be created using simple household ingredients. Participants will make bouncy balls to take home.
FREE! Every Monday. 8:00pm - 11:00 pm Join us every Monday as the Jovial Crew brings the Tap Room to life with this old seafaring tradition, extremely popular today. "Jovial … Continue reading
New weekly play-based music and movement story time for babies, toddlers, and their caregivers (ages 0-3). This story time will take place every Tuesday morning at 10:30 AM starting April 5. Held in-person in the program room at the Essex Library, 33 West Ave. RSVP at 860-767-1560.
Essex Library: Letter of Continued Interest program, held via Zoom on February 16, at
7:00 PM. Kristie Schmidt, a professional writing consultant and college essay
coach, will highlight the importance of Letters of Continued Interest for waitlisted
or deferred college-bound teens, and give expert advice on how to write a strong
letter. Free and open to teens in grades 10-12. Registration required. Call 860-
767-1560 or e-mail staff.essexlib@gmail.com to register.
Essex Library: Gardening expert Tovah Martin, free Zoom presentation on houseplants, 7 p.m. Feb. 16, for the Essex Library, 33 West Ave. Tovah Martin will present houseplant how-tos and indoor gardening ideas. Free and open to the public. RSVP: 860-767-1560 or see https://www.youressexlibrary.org.
Every Friday, 8:30pm - 12:00am Psychedelic ’60’s, a power trio that pays tribute to the ground-breaking musical super groups of the sixties, plays the Tap Room at The Griswold Inn … Continue reading
Essex: STEAM Saturdays series for kids continues with rainbow paper at the Essex
Library on February 18 at 10:00 AM. Children are invited to explore how light
reflects off surfaces by creating rainbow paper. Free and open to children in
kindergarten through grade 6. Registration required. Call 860-767-1560 to
register. Held in-person at the Essex Library, 33 West Ave.
FREE! Every Monday. 8:00pm - 11:00 pm Join us every Monday as the Jovial Crew brings the Tap Room to life with this old seafaring tradition, extremely popular today. "Jovial … Continue reading
New weekly play-based music and movement story time for babies, toddlers, and their caregivers (ages 0-3). This story time will take place every Tuesday morning at 10:30 AM starting April 5. Held in-person in the program room at the Essex Library, 33 West Ave. RSVP at 860-767-1560.
The first meeting of Teen Book Club (Gr. 7-12) is September 29 at 4 PM. This month we are reading The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. Teen Book Club will meet the last Thursday of every month through the school year. Held at Essex Library. Call 860-767-1560 or pick up a copy of the book at the library to register.
CT River Museum: Join us as Elizabeth Normen discusses the central role that river and sea, specifically the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound, played in the quest for freedom of Venture Smith. Members Free, Non-members $5
Every Friday, 8:30pm - 12:00am Psychedelic ’60’s, a power trio that pays tribute to the ground-breaking musical super groups of the sixties, plays the Tap Room at The Griswold Inn … Continue reading
Teen TGIF, held in-person at the Essex Library on September 30 from 3:30- 4:30 PM. Teens can come socialize and relax at the Essex Library. Open to all teens in Grades 7-12. Held at the Essex Library, 33 West Ave, in Essex. No registration required.
Essex: STEAM Saturdays series for kids continues with un-poppable bubbles at the Essex Library on February 25, at 10:00 AM. Children are invited to explore how soap molecules are formed, and experiment with household ingredients to create bubbles that don’t pop. Free and open to children in kindergarten through grade 6. Registration required. Call 860-767-1560 to register. Held at the Essex Library, 33 West Ave.
Essex Library: Free, two-part hands-on instruction on using camera features and basic elements of composition to take great photos. February 25 and March 11, 1:00-2:30, in person at Essex Library, 33 West Avenue, Essex. Registration required. RSVP: 860-767-1560 or visit https://www.youressexlibrary.org/
FREE! Every Monday. 8:00pm - 11:00 pm Join us every Monday as the Jovial Crew brings the Tap Room to life with this old seafaring tradition, extremely popular today. "Jovial … Continue reading
