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Middle School Game Night

5:30pm - 7:30pm
Gaming
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library
Room: Teen Haven
Age Group: Teens, Grades 6th - 8th
Program Type: Gaming
Registration Required
Event Details:
Join us for a fun night of games, music, and snacks. We'll be playing board, card, and Nintendo Switch games. Bring a friend! Students in grades 6th-8th are invited to participate.  ...

Teen Debate Club

3:00pm - 4:15pm
Meeting
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Grades 6th - 8th, Grades 9th - 12th
Program Type: Meeting
Registration Required
Event Details:
Join our library's first ever Debate Club! You'll learn the basics of debate while growing your public-speaking and team-building skills. No experience is necessary. Teens are encouraged to bring their laptops and a friend! This program is designe...

Teen Dungeons & Dragons

5:30pm - 7:30pm
Gaming, Other
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Grades 6th - 8th, Grades 9th - 12th
Program Type: Gaming, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:
Join our epic D&D adventure. No experience is necessary. We'll explore fun campaigns, learn how to create characters, and work together to defeat whichever monsters get in our way.  Students in grades 6th-12th are invited to participat...

Saturday Concert Series: Kala Farnham, CT State Troubadour

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Music
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Music
Registration Required
Event Details:
Join us for an afternoon of song and storytelling by Connecticut's State Troubadour, Kala Farnham! Drawing from a classical and theatrical background, Farnham presents a hallmark reinvention of the folk tradition, drawing audiences into imaginative v...

Additional Information

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library

Take & Create: Bunny Boxes

10:00am - 8:00pm
Arts & Crafts / DIY
Registration
Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library
Room: Library Vestibule
Age Group: Teens, Grades 9th - 12th, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts / DIY
Registration Required
Event Details:
Pick up date: Tuesday, April 4th Pick up time: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm   Create adorable Spring treat holders. We provide the materials and directions, you provide the fun! Ages 14 + Registration begins on Tuesday, March 28 - March 3...

Teen Advisory Board (TAB)

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Meeting, Volunteer
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Grades 6th - 8th, Grades 9th - 12th
Program Type: Meeting, Volunteer
Registration Required
Event Details:
Want to make the library a better place for teens? Do you have cool ideas for new programs and services? Join our Teen Advisory Board to share your thoughts and contribute to our growing Teen Department. Students in grades 6th-12th are invited to ...

Teen Debate Club

3:00pm - 4:15pm
Meeting
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Grades 6th - 8th, Grades 9th - 12th
Program Type: Meeting
Registration Required
Event Details:
Join our library's first ever Debate Club! You'll learn the basics of debate while growing your public-speaking and team-building skills. No experience is necessary. Teens are encouraged to bring their laptops and a friend! This program is designe...

Teen Dungeons & Dragons

5:30pm - 7:30pm
Gaming, Other
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Grades 6th - 8th, Grades 9th - 12th
Program Type: Gaming, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:
Join our epic D&D adventure. No experience is necessary. We'll explore fun campaigns, learn how to create characters, and work together to defeat whichever monsters get in our way.  Students in grades 6th-12th are invited to participat...

Discover Cedar Hill Cemetery

6:00pm - 7:00pm
History, Lectures
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: History, Lectures
Registration Required
Event Details:
Established in 1864, Hartford’s Cedar Hill Cemetery serves as a sanctuary for Connecticut history, impressive funerary art, and natural beauty. Beverly Lucas, Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation Director, will take us on a digital tour highlighting some o...

Jacob Weidenmann: Hartford's Landscape Architect

6:30pm - 7:30pm
History
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Event Details:
Though he is overshadowed by Hartford's most famous landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmstead, Weidenmann, a contemporary of Olmstead, is responsible for some of Hartford's most cherished settings including the Bushnell Park and Cedar Hills Cemeter...

Creative Mindset: Teen Engineering

5:30pm - 7:30pm
STEAM, Workshop
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Grades 6th - 8th, Grades 9th - 12th
Program Type: STEAM, Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:
Creative Mindset allows teens to explore new and creative ways to challenge their minds and social skills. We'll work on team-building projects, chat about the basics of engineering, and work together to solve a variety of problems. Bring your passio...

High School Senior Night

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Other
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Grades 6th - 8th, Grades 9th - 12th, Adults
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Event Details:
Join us as select North Haven High School seniors tell us their favorite high school memories, discuss their college application experiences, and share their post-graduation plans. This program is open to high school students in grades 9-12 and th...

North Haven Youth Poet Laureate: Introduction & Teen Open Mic

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Performance
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Teens, Grades 6th - 8th, Grades 9th - 12th, Adults
Program Type: Performance
Registration Required
Event Details:
Please join the library in welcoming North Haven's first Youth Poet Laureate, Naomi Borenstein. Naomi is a high school junior who splits her time between attending North Haven High School and studying creative writing at New Haven's Educational Cente...

Teen Debate Club

3:00pm - 4:15pm
Meeting
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Grades 6th - 8th, Grades 9th - 12th
Program Type: Meeting
Registration Required
Event Details:
Join our library's first ever Debate Club! You'll learn the basics of debate while growing your public-speaking and team-building skills. No experience is necessary. Teens are encouraged to bring their laptops and a friend! This program is designe...

Teen Dungeons & Dragons

5:30pm - 7:30pm
Gaming, Other
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Grades 6th - 8th, Grades 9th - 12th
Program Type: Gaming, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:
Join our epic D&D adventure. No experience is necessary. We'll explore fun campaigns, learn how to create characters, and work together to defeat whichever monsters get in our way.  Students in grades 6th-12th are invited to participat...

Connecticut Lore: Meaningful Travel on the Local Level

11:00am - 12:30pm
Author Talk, Lectures
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Lectures
Registration Required
Event Details:
Author, Zack Lamothe, reads from his book, Connecticut Lore, and shares how to travel meaningfully on the local level. Learn more about his Backyard Road Trips podcast and hear entertaining and informational stories along the way!   Z...

Saturday Concert Series: The Joe Carter Samba Rio Trio Celebrates the Music of Brazil

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Music
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Music
Registration Required
Event Details:
The Joe Carter Samba Rio Trio celebrates the music of Brazil - Samba, Bossa Nova, Baiao, Choro and more. Their repertoire features songs from Brazil’s classic composers such as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Moacir Santos, Jacob do Bandolim, Luiz Bo...

Additional Information

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library

Seize the Beat: The Evolution of American Music

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Author Talk
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Grades 9th - 12th, Adults
Program Type: Author Talk
Registration Required
Event Details:
The story of American popular music is steeped in social history, race, gender and class. Its evolution driven by ephemeral connection to young audiences.  From Benny Goodman to Sinatra to Elvis Presley to the Beatles, pop icons age out of the a...

This Business of Fighting: A Human Face on World War II

2:00pm - 3:00pm
History, Lectures
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: History, Lectures
Registration Required
Event Details:
"This Business of Fighting" is based on the letters home of Anton Pritchard, Arnie Pritchard's father, from the front lines of World War II in Europe.  It is street-level history, portraying a young man struggling with his fear, his role as a le...