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Craft Supply Swap

It’s spring cleaning time, and by popular demand, we are bringing back our Craft Supply Swap!  Our last one was scheduled for March 2020 and, well, we all know how that went.

Do you have a closet full of craft materials …

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WAIT LIST: Adult Craft Night: April

Adult Craft Night is back!  Join library director and avid crafter Sarah McCusker for a fun craft project.  New projects every month!

During April’s session, we will be making faux stained glass.  You’ll be amazed at what you can create with …

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Adult Craft Night: March

Adult Craft Night is back!  Join library director and avid crafter Sarah McCusker for a fun craft project.  New projects every month!

During March’s session, learn how to needle felt a bird with red accents, perched on a real branch. Pop …

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Adult Craft Night: February

Adult Craft Night is back!  Join library director and avid crafter Sarah McCusker for a fun craft project.  New projects every month!

In February, we will be playing with alcohol inks on glass.  Wear clothes you don’t mind getting messy!

Registration is …

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Adult Craft Night: Himmeli

Adult Craft Night is back!  Join library director and avid crafter Sarah McCusker for a fun craft project.  New projects every month!

In January, we will be making air plant holders using the traditional Scandinavian himmeli form.

Registration is required and space …

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NEW DATE: Craftivism 101

Get acquainted with craftivism, learn to embroider, stitch something brilliant, and make friends—all in just 2 hours!

Craft-based activism has been used as a tool of resistance, coalition building, and even espionage! Learn from Shannon Downey—a leader in the modern craftivism …

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The History and Future of Connecticut’s Indigenous People

Darlene Kascak, a member of the Shaghticoke Tribal Nation and the education director of the Institute for American Indian Studies in Washington, CT, will join us via Zoom.  Darlene will very briefly introduce the audience to the 12,000-year history of …

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How To Be An Ally

Join advocate Jillian Celentano and a panel of gender diverse teens for a discussion on how to support members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Hear personal stories of gender journeys, learn about trans health care, the importance …

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Author talk with Aimee Hoben

Local author Aimee Hoben will join us in conversation with Beth Vrabel to talk about her first novel, The Third Way.

A novel charting the intersection between idealism, extremism, and forgiveness, fans of Barbara Kingsolver and Margaret Atwood will love The …

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Wednesday Writers Group

Come join the Canton Public Library’s Writers Group, led by our Writer-in-Residence and local author, Shona Bradbury.  The Wednesday group will meet on the second Wednesday of each month  at 6:30pm.  Write-in sessions will consist of networking, timed blocks of …

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