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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
