Events
Check out upcoming events at the Berlin-Peck Memorial Library.
All Upcoming Events
All-Year Reading Challenge
Each month features a unique reading theme to inspire your next literary adventure.
Fortune Cookie Contest
Write a creative fortune cookie message. All participants will receive a bookmark customized with their best entry.
Garden Kit: Fig Cuttings
Start your own fig tree from a cutting.
Movie Matinee: Devotion
Join us for an afternoon movie!
Lawyers in Libraries: Free Legal Help
Sign up to receive free one-on-one legal advice, including landlord/tenant, immigration law, family law, employment, consumer rights, and personal injury.
Cookbook Club
This month’s cookbook is Every Season is Soup Season by Shelly Westerhausen Worcel with Wyatt Worcel.
Author Seth Fishman: An Inside Look at Working with a Literary Agent
You’re writing a book (or thinking about it), but what happens next? Join us for an inside look into working with an agent and the beginning stages of the publishing process.
Cancelled: Paint & Pass
Let's Paint!
Memory Loss: When To Worry
Learn the differences between mild forgetfulness, serious memory problems and causes of memory loss.
Sit & Knit
Join us for knitting and good company.
Broken Bowls (Week One)
Join us for a creative and reflective two-part workshop that blends hands-on crafting and mindfulness.
Movie Matinee: The Wild Robot
Join us for an afternoon movie!
Three-Sentence Romance Contest
Write a romance in exactly THREE sentences.
Take Your Child to the Library Day!
(All ages) We invite everyone to join us on Saturday, February 1, 2025 (from 10-1, drop in) to celebrate Take Your Child to the Library Day—a special worldwide event where libraries open their doors for a day of fun, learning, and connection.
Second Annual Puzzle Contest
Race to complete a 500 piece jigsaw puzzle!
Anxious Generation Book Discussion: Online
Join us online to discuss the book The Anxious Generation.
Sensory Play & Learn
Let's Play & Learn!
Author Sabrina Sholts: How We Create Pandemics, From Our Bodies to Our Beliefs
Smithsonian curator Sabrina Sholts as she talks about how the very fact of being human increases our pandemic risks—and gives us the power to save ourselves.
Little Waddlers Storytime
Yoga, Stories, Songs & More!
Career Navigation
Get help in your job search with American Job Center!
Baby Music with Michele Urban
(Ages 0-23 months) Discover the joy of making music with your baby in Baby Music with Michele Urban!
Registration is required.
Broken Bowls (Week Two)
Join us for a creative and reflective two-part workshop that blends hands-on crafting and mindfulness.
Sit & Knit
Join us for knitting and good company.
Movie Matinee: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Join us for an afternoon movie!
Courageous Conversations: Social Media & Mental Health
Join us to discuss the effect of social media on mental health.
Dementia Caregiver Support Group
Join us to share practical information, feelings, needs and concerns. This group meets monthly as a safe place for caregivers, family and friends of persons with dementia.
TAB (Teen Advisory Board)
Volunteer at the library!
STEAM Series: KEVA Planks Building
Use your imagination and our wooden planks to create fun structures. Listen to great stories that will spark your building!
Sensory Play & Learn
Let's Play & Learn!
Books & Bites: Tween Book Club
A story about a boy on a quest to rescue his father, with only a ghost as his companion, and a mysterious pony as his guide!
Empathy Book Club
Join us to discuss They Called Us Enemy by George Takei.
Author Waubgeshig Rice: Dystopian Tropes from an Indigenous Perspective
Bestselling author Waubgeshig Rice chats about his newest book Moon of the Turning Leaves, the hotly anticipated sequel to the bestselling novel Moon of the Crusted Snow.
Little Waddlers Storytime
Yoga, Stories, Songs & More!
The Probate Process: What Is It? And Why Do We Need It?
Attorney Brendan Daly, CELA will ease some of the apprehension associated with probate by walking your through how probate works in Connecticut.
Baby Music with Michele Urban
(Ages 0-23 months) Discover the joy of making music with your baby in Baby Music with Michele Urban!
Registration is required.
Sit & Knit
Join us for knitting and good company.
Crafternoon: Valentine's Day!
Half Day? Let's Craft!
Movie Matinee: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Join us for an afternoon movie!
Presidents Day
The library will be closed for Presidents Day.
Sensory Play & Learn
Let's Play & Learn!
Author Lee Hawkins: I Am Nobody’s Slave
Journalist and author Lee Hawkins as he talks to us about the examination of his family’s legacy of post-enslavement trauma and resilience.
Chopped Junior: Battle Cookie Decorating
Are you ready for a delicious challenge?
Little Waddlers Storytime
Yoga, Stories, Songs & More!
Baby Music with Michele Urban
(Ages 0-23 months) Discover the joy of making music with your baby in Baby Music with Michele Urban!
Registration is required.
Sit & Knit
Join us for knitting and good company.
Movie Matinee: The Swimmer
Join us for an afternoon movie!
Saturday Morning Book Club
Join us for a discussion of The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson. Contact the library for a copy of the book.
Lawyers in Libraries: Free Legal Help
Sign up to receive free one-on-one legal advice, including landlord/tenant, immigration law, family law, employment, consumer rights, and personal injury.
Cookbook Club
This month’s cookbook is Flavors of the Sun by Christine Sahadi Whelan. You may also choose recipes from Middle Eastern Basics by Marianne Magnier-Moreno.
Sensory Play & Learn
Let's Play & Learn!