Event List

Infants and their caregivers are welcome to come and play. Engage your little one with 20 minutes of stories, rhymes, and songs and 25 minutes of free play and socializing.

This group of experienced knitters meets most Thurs. mornings between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Email Marjorie at mfpickerstein@gmail.com to be included, and she’ll communicate any changes to the schedule.

A weekly club for kids who already know how to play chess and are looking for opponents. Players will compete for the top position on the club’s chess ladder—a leaderboard that will carry over from session to session.

Celebrate the launch of our summer programs and get the first stamp on your card at this festive picnic!

Tracking your family history? Whether you are a beginner or an advanced researcher, genealogists Bill Stansfield, Beth Northrop, and Bob Grilley can help point you in the right direction.

Join us for a guided exhibition tour of Unfinished Revolution: 250 Years of Marking American Independence

Get into the writing habit with this weekly write-in hosted by Pequot Library and local author Gabi Coatsworth over Zoom.

The World Affairs Council of Connecticut and the Pequot Library host Amb. Jeffrey DeLaurentis, former US Charge d'affaires in Havana in 2015.

Can’t sit still? This is the program for you! Jump, hop, dance, and wiggle to the music. 

For ages 5 and under
Registration required

Kids will fold, illustrate, and fill their own mini zines with jokes, cartoons, and all kinds of silliness in this playful hands-on workshop.

Infants and their caregivers are welcome to come and play. Engage your little one with 20 minutes of stories, rhymes, and songs and 25 minutes of free play and socializing.

This group of experienced knitters meets most Thurs. mornings between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Email Marjorie at mfpickerstein@gmail.com to be included, and she’ll communicate any changes to the schedule.

Concert pianist Jodie DeSalvo will debut "All American," a program featuring works by Scott Joplin, John Philip Sousa,  Zez Confrey and George Gershwin, including his iconic Rhapsody in Blue.

A weekly club for kids who already know how to play chess and are looking for opponents. Players will compete for the top position on the club’s chess ladder—a leaderboard that will carry over from session to session.

At the heart of this year’s Conservatory is a unifying creative theme inspired by Pequot Library Special Collections, drawing from materials that explore the story of America’s founding and the spirit of the Revolutionary era.

Get into the writing habit with this weekly write-in hosted by Pequot Library and local author Gabi Coatsworth over Zoom.

The writing on the Declaration of Independence looks like a secret code! Let’s learn that cursive code and write like Thomas Jefferson and Phillis Wheatley.

At the heart of this year’s Conservatory is a unifying creative theme inspired by Pequot Library Special Collections, drawing from materials that explore the story of America’s founding and the spirit of the Revolutionary era.

Join us in the Children’s Library for a story or two, and then pick out books to take home.

For ages 3+
No registration required

Join Pequot Library’s summer Dungeons & Dragons campaign for a collaborative storytelling adventure full of mystery, danger, and unexpected twists.

At the heart of this year’s Conservatory is a unifying creative theme inspired by Pequot Library Special Collections, drawing from materials that explore the story of America’s founding and the spirit of the Revolutionary era.