Past Events

Celebrate Take the Library to Your Child Week from February 1 to February 8, 2021!

Doodle your way to décor! This fun, colorful accent piece requires only a few materials and is a great way to spark your creativity without stress about creating a fancy final product.

Listen as we tell the story of the Titanic—its celebrated construction, employing thousands during difficult times, its sailing and final plunge to the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.

This Grab & Go Activity Kit (for ages 2-5) contains materials for you to create your own boat and then test it out!

Join us for a virtual discussion of the book From Scratch by Tembi Locke. Contact the library to reserve a copy of this book.

Chris Fasciano, experienced gardener and creator of the Berlin-Peck's Seed Library, will teach us how to be successful at starting a garden from seed.

This Grab & Go Activity Kit (for ages 2-5) contains materials for your little one to create some wintry-themed process art.

Join the Berlin-Peck Memorial Library and the New Britain Museum of American Art for a book discussion of the novel The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro.

This group meets monthly as a safe place for caregivers, family and friends of persons with dementia. Join us to share practical information, feelings, needs and concerns.

Creating a mandala can be a calming, meditative experience that leads to feelings of happiness, peace and well-being, eases stress and anxiety, and activates creativity and improves focus.

No more calorie counting or juice cleanses! Learn how to determine if a diet is fad or fact. Plus, we'll be making Sweet Potato Fajita Bowls with Guacamole.

With patience, self-deprecating humor, and understanding, professional organizer Ronni Eisenberg walks you through practical solutions that will motivate you and leave you thinking ‘now, why didn’t I think of that?’

Try out new spices! This kit includes Snickerdoodle recipes and four types of cinnamon: Ceylon, Tung Hing (China), Korintje (Indonesia), and Vietnamese.

This Grab & Go Activity Kit (for Gr. 4+) contains everything you'll need to create tape resist art!

(All ages family program) Berlin-Peck Memorial Library's Noon Year's Eve tradition continues - online!

Join Katie, Registered Dietitian from Food Explorers to make homemade Chocolate Peppermint Pop-Tarts!

Cut and fold your own unique snowflakes and decorate them with sequins! Scratch off other snowflakes to reveal a rainbow of colors. (For Grades K-5)

Cut and fold your own unique snowflakes and decorate them with sequins! Scratch off other snowflakes to reveal a rainbow of colors. (For Grades K-5)

Make your own hot cocoa complete with marshmallow pompoms and add your own thumbprints to make it your own! (For Ages 2-5)

The Berlin-Peck Memorial Library Children’s Department, in collaboration with Berlin’s Economic Development Department, is excited to announce the Booking Around Berlin Community Scavenger Hunt!