East Haddam Library Systems

Annual Author Showcase
2025-11-08 11:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | East Haddam Grange Hall, 488 Town St, East Haddam, CT, United States
Mark your calendars for the Annual Author Showcase, November 8th, 11-3:00 at East Haddam Grange Hall. This event is sponsored by both Friends’ Groups of the East Haddam Library System. There will be 20+ authors participating. This is a great opportunity to meet local authors, talk with them about their writing process, and purchase some gifts for those book lovers on your holiday lists.
We will also have an antiquarian book seller/bookshop owner on site to examine and evaluate older books, and show you how to realize their value. So bring those treasured books along with you!

Teen Craft Night - Round Robin Painting
2025-11-10 16:00 - 17:00 | Rathbun Free Memorial Library, 36 Main St, East Haddam, CT, United States
It’s teen craft night at Rathbun! So, grab a friend and come make do some Round Robin Painting with us. Registration required for this program, we hope to see you there!

Winter Wellness - Fire Cider Workshop
2025-11-11 18:00 - 19:30 | Rathbun Free Memorial Library, 36 Main St, East Haddam, CT, United States
Come join us at the Rathbun to make an immune-boosting sweet-spicy-tangy traditional folk remedy known as fire cider. Fire cider uses easily available ingredients including apple cider vinegar, garlic, onions, ginger, horseradish, and honey, with endless variations. We will provide the basic ingredients. Participants, bring any additional ingredients that you’d like to incorporate from your garden or pantry, as well as your own knives, cutting boards, and wide-mouth Mason jars. We’ll spend the evening prepping batches to steep and have ready for the holidays and the cold season. Registration required; call or sign up online!

Author Talk - Tatyana's War by Helen Charov and Tatyana Artemyeff
2025-11-12 11:00 - 12:00 | CT
Join us at the Rathbun for an Author Talk with Helen Charov about her book Tatyana’s War, the story of Helen’s mother and her bravery surviving the final months of WWII. No registration required, we hope to see you there!

Show Your Patterns at the Library!
2025-11-12 17:00 - 19:00 | East Haddam Free Public Library (EHFPL), 18 Plains Road, Moodus, CT, 06469, United States
Can’t stop listening to Golden? Watched Kpop Demon Hunters a dozen times? Join us at the library for a night of music, crafts, snacks and trivia all centered around this musical phenomenon! All ages welcome, registration required.

Colors Talk
2025-11-14 17:00 - 18:00 | East Haddam Free Public Library (EHFPL), 18 Plains Road, Moodus, CT, 06469, United States
Come learn how colors are used in nature and use natural objects to make artwork through rubbings, natural ink making, and natural dyes. We will experiment with how color is extracted and blended, and use natural items to create pictures. Recommended for ages 5+. Registration required. Presented by CT DEEP

Kids Game Night - Mario Kart
2025-11-19 16:00 - 18:00 | East Haddam Free Public Library (EHFPL), 18 Plains Road, Moodus, CT, 06469, United States
Join us at EHFPL for Kids Game Night! We’ll have the Nintendo Switch out to play Mario Kart, and a variety of classic and newer board games too. So, grab a friend and come play with us! Recommended for ages 5-12

Dinosaur Party
2025-11-21 17:00 - 18:00 | East Haddam Free Public Library (EHFPL), 18 Plains Road, Moodus, CT, 06469, United States
It’s Dinovember, and to celebrate the library is throwing a dinosaur party! We’ll have some fun dino themed activities for our future paleontologists to enjoy. Rec. for ages 2+. Registration required. We hope to see you there!

Kids Game Night - Ticket to Ride
2025-12-10 16:00 - 18:00 | East Haddam Free Public Library (EHFPL), 18 Plains Road, Moodus, CT, 06469, United States
Join us at EHFPL for Kids Game Night! We’ll be playing Ticket to Ride, and we’ll have a variety of other classic and newer board games out to play too. So, grab a friend and come play with us! Recommended for ages 5-12

Teen Craft Night - Paper Quilling
2025-12-12 17:00 - 18:00 | East Haddam Free Public Library (EHFPL), 18 Plains Road, Moodus, CT, 06469, United States
It’s teen craft night at EHFPL! So, grab a friend and come do some Paper Quilling with us. Registration required for this program, we hope to see you there!

Sensory Playtime
2025-12-17 10:00 - 12:00 | East Haddam Free Public Library (EHFPL), 18 Plains Road, Moodus, CT, 06469, United States
Join us at the library for sensory playtime! We’ll have a variety of fun activities for kids to explore their senses and different textures. Recommended for ages 2-5. No registration required, just drop-in!

Cookies & Canvases
2025-12-29 16:00 - 17:00 | Rathbun Free Memorial Library, 36 Main St, East Haddam, CT, United States
Join us for a fun night of painting while we snack on some cookies! Registration required. We hope to see you there!

Fairy Tale Fridays
2026-01-02 15:30 - 16:15, 2026-01-09 15:30 - 16:15, 2026-01-16 15:30 - 16:15, 2026-01-23 15:30 - 16:15 | Rathbun Free Memorial Library, 36 Main St, East Haddam, CT, United States
Join us for a midwinter gathering on Fridays in January and February. We’ll get together to read and talk about fairy tales and folktales from around the world, with coloring/simple crafts to accompany our exploration. Recommended for ages 5-8.

Lego Free Play
2026-01-05 16:00 - 17:00 | Rathbun Free Memorial Library, 36 Main St, East Haddam, CT, United States
We’re breaking out the Legos at the library for some fun building time! So come get creative and show off your Lego building skills! Recommended for ages 5+

Flights of Fantasy Book Club
2026-01-09 18:00 - 19:00 | East Haddam Free Public Library (EHFPL), 18 Plains Road, Moodus, CT, 06469, United States
Do you prefer your books filled with magic and dragons? Then this is the book club for you! Each month we will read a different fantasy book and discuss what we’ve read at our meeting on the second Friday of every month. This month we’re reading Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire. Copies of the book will be available at the circulation desk.

Kids Crafternoon - Winter Resist Art
2026-01-12 16:00 - 17:00 | Rathbun Free Memorial Library, 36 Main St, East Haddam, CT, United States
Join us for Kids Crafternoon, where we’ll make some Winter Resist Art. Registration required. We hope to see you there! Rec. for ages 5-12

Barberry, Mugwort, and Bittersweet, Oh My!
2026-01-13 18:30 - 20:30 | East Haddam Grange Hall, 488 Town St, East Haddam, CT, United States
Invasive plants are choking out the native plants in our region. Learn how to manage these invasive plants from Jim Natale of Wilder Gardens, LLC. Jim specializes in invasive plant management and native plant landscaping. He’ll show the best forested and meadow landscapes in our region, discuss why they are important, and the biggest threats to their existence. You will learn about invasive species and the harm they cause to our landscapes, and how to create your own native plant landscape. Jim will show examples of work he has completed, explain the processes involved in this work, and provide a list of plant species he uses. Plus, he will answer your questions. You don’t want to miss this! Mark your calendars for this fun, educational event hosted by the land trusts of East Haddam and Lyme and the East Haddam Library System at the Grange Hall, 488 Town Street, East Haddam.

STEAM Makers
2026-01-14 17:30 - 18:30 | East Haddam Free Public Library (EHFPL), 18 Plains Road, Moodus, CT, 06469, United States
Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math: each session we’ll explore STEAM principles with a fun hands-on activity! This session we’re making infinity cubes. Registration required. Rec. for ages 5-12

Glow Painting
2026-01-23 17:00 - 19:00 | East Haddam Free Public Library (EHFPL), 18 Plains Road, Moodus, CT, 06469, United States
Let’s make some glow paintings! We’ll provide the supplies, you bring the creativity. Recommended for Teens & Adults. Registration required, we hope to see you there!

Exploring the World of Journaling
2026-01-28 17:00 - 19:00 | East Haddam Free Public Library (EHFPL), 18 Plains Road, Moodus, CT, 06469, United States
New year, new hobby? Journaling is a great way to express yourself, get creative and practice mindfulness. But, with so many different types of journaling, it can be hard to know where to start. Join us at the library to try out some of the most popular forms of journaling and figure out which one might be best for you! Registration required, we hope to see you there! Recommended for Teens & Adults.

Kids Crafternoon - Groundhog Day Shadow Craft
2026-02-02 16:00 - 17:00 | CT
Join us for Kids Crafternoon, where we’ll make a Groundhog Day Shadow Craft. Registration required. We hope to see you there! Rec. for ages 3+

Teen Game Night - Mario Kart
2026-02-04 17:00 - 20:00 | East Haddam Free Public Library (EHFPL), 18 Plains Road, Moodus, CT, 06469, United States
Join us for Teen Game Night! We’ll be playing Mario Kart. Grab a friend and come play with us! No registration required, we hope to see you there! Recommended for grades 6-12

Take Your Child to the Library Day
2026-02-07 09:00 - 13:00 | CT
Celebrate Take Your Child to the Library Day with us! Check out what your local libraries have to offer and do some fun activities! Drop by the Rathbun for a fun scavenger hunt and EHFPL to make valentines for your loved ones!

Paper Super Bowl
2026-02-09 16:00 - 17:00 | Rathbun Free Memorial Library, 36 Main St, East Haddam, CT, United States
Sunday is for the Super Bowl, but Monday is for the Paper Super Bowl! Join us at the library to play paper football! No registration required. Recommended for ages 7+

Kids Game Night ft. Pac-Man Board Game
2026-02-11 17:00 - 20:00 | East Haddam Free Public Library (EHFPL), 18 Plains Road, Moodus, CT, 06469, United States
Join us at EHFPL for Kids Game Night! We’ll be playing Pac-Man the Board Game, and we’ll have a variety of classic and newer board games too. So, grab a friend and come play with us! Rec. for ages 8+

Valentine's Day Fire Cider Workshop
2026-02-14 10:30 - 12:00 | Rathbun Free Memorial Library, 36 Main St, East Haddam, CT, United States
Back by popular demand: please join us for this hot and spicy immune-boosting offering!
Fire cider is a traditional folk remedy that uses a combination of apple cider vinegar, garlic, onions, ginger, horseradish, and hot pepper, with endless variations. When balanced with honey, this sweet-spicy-tangy mixture is perfect to get us through the change of seasons.
We will provide the ingredients for a basic fire cider. Participants, please bring a 32-oz. wide-mouth Mason jar, a cutting board, and a chopping knife, as well as any additional ingredients from your herb garden or pantry that you’d like to incorporate (e.g., citrus, frozen or dried berries, rosemary, thyme, etc.).
Registration is required, and space is limited to 12 participants.

Butterfly Art
2026-02-20 17:00 - 19:00 | East Haddam Free Public Library (EHFPL), 18 Plains Road, Moodus, CT, 06469, United States
Let’s make some butterfly art! We’ll provide the supplies, you bring the creativity. Registration required, we hope to see you there! Recommended for Teens & Adults.
