Catalog
Below are some of our exciting upcoming programs.
Check out our full event calendar for a list of all our programs.
Tuesdays in July @ 11:00 AM
Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center Programs
Join us every Tuesday in July for informative and fun programs with DPNC! Meet animals and learn about animal homes, pond life, teamwork in the wild, creature camouflage, and innovative animal adaptations.
Register for programs individually here
Tuesdays in July @ 3:30 PM
Food Explorers Baking Class for Kids
Join Food Explorers for a baking class for kids every week of July and learn how to make strawberry lemon pie, raspberry vanilla whoopie pie, fried dough, peaches and cream woopie pie and apple crumble.
Register for programs individually here
Thursdays in July @ 3:30 PM
Cool-ology! Programs
Join us every Thursday in July for a Cool-ology program and learn about physics games, toys from trash, intro to engineering, STEAM lab and super spinner physics.
Register for programs individually here
Thursdays in July @ 11:00 AM
Libros y Amigos: a Bilingual Spanish Storytime
Come to a Bilingual Story hour with engaging books for your child in Spanish!
Register for programs individually here
7/17, 24 & 31
Fundamentals of Photography
Session 1: Understanding Exposure , Session 2: Composition & Framing, Session 3: Editing, or Lighting the Scene vs Existing Light.
Register for each Program Individually
7/18 @ 4:00 PM
Chris Fascione: Juggling Funny Stories!
You’ll be laughing out loud as nationally-known family entertainer Chris Fascione brings children’s stories to life with his high-spirited and innovative performances.
7/25@ 4:00 PM
Steve Elci: Music for Kids!
Join us for music, dancing and fun for everyone!
Stories, Music (nursery rhymes) and Dancing!
Fridays @ 10:30 AM
The Mystic & Noank Library makes every effort to ensure our programs and services can be enjoyed by all members of the public. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the program organizer for an accommodations request form. Please make arrangements at least 2 weeks in advance.
Chess Club for Kids!
Wednesdays at 4:30 PM
Welcome to Mystic Noank Library’s Chess Club! The club welcomes children grade 3 and up! We will be meeting on Wednesdays after school from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Children should know how the chess pieces move before their first visit. We teach chess strategy, chess sportsmanship, and organize games.
Sportsman-like conduct is always a goal. Members must be respectful of each other's play, and at the end of each game, win or lose, members must be cordial with one another.
Instructor:
Michael Grater, library associate and chess enthusiast, leads our Chess Club. He grew up playing chess and continues to play for fun. Chess is a great game that builds concentration, patience, planning, sportsmanship, and problem-solving skills in children, teens and adults.
Writers' Group
Mondays @ 4:00 PM
We welcome local writers for free-write sessions at 4 p.m., Mondays, in the Ames Room. The sessions are open to anyone who feels like writing.
Loosely based on the notion of stream-of-consciousness writing described by Natalie Goldberg in "Writing Down the Bones," the sessions are broken into three parts of 5 minutes, 10 minutes, and 5 minutes. A writer selects a topic from subjects previously placed in a box. For the first 5 minutes, write whatever comes to mind. Don't stop to correct, just record whatever pops into your head, even if it's something like, "I have no idea what to write..." Each person shares what they've written, free of commentary or criticism.
Then, for 10 minutes, writers write what comes to mind, perhaps an idea or a subject someone had just read aloud or something you wrote in the first 5 minutes will lead to a focus. The group shares again. Writers write for another 5 minutes and then share.
You'll be surprised at the places you'll go with the topics in these sessions. They give you an opportunity to express yourself, they're therapeutic, and they often lead to a lot to talk about after putting your pens down.
Experience Calm With Guided Meditation Sessions
Tuesdays @ 3:00 PM on Zoom
Enjoy being guided in a 30 minute body centered meditation practice to help increase your skills in focusing, rest, self-compassion and gratitude. Self-acceptance, deep relaxation, tranquility, peace and lightness are how participants feel after a session.
Pamala Lewis has been studying Eastern and Western approaches to meditation and enjoys the benefits of a dedicated daily sitting practice for more than 25 years. She co-leads the New London Community of Mindfulness, guides 2 weekly Zoom groups, and offers individual coaching sessions in Somatic Mindfulness Meditation. Pamala also offers Somatic Mindfulness Meditation along with Back Yoga outdoors through the summer months.
This class is for beginners, those who might be struggling with mindfulness meditation and those who may enjoy a friendly, relaxed and body-centered approach to practice.
8/1 @ 4PM
Michele Urban Music Show
Come enjoy this interactive music and movement program with Michele Urban that both children and adults enjoy! Sing, dance & play along with Michele’s original, whimsical music. It’s the "Best Day Ever!” Michele Urban Music programs are unique family music experiences that bring out the inner child in everyone. Michele is serious about silliness, and her improvisational style encourages kids of all ages to have fun making music and playing together.
8/4 @ 11AM
Kids Pop Up Art Studio: Hedgehog with Sticks
Make a clay hedgehog with spiny fur. Registration required. Class size limited. For ages 4 and up!
8/4 @ 2PM
Tweens & Teens Pop Up Art Studio: Watercolors presented by MMoA
Watercolors
By Artist and Mystic Museum of Art educator - Carol Mann
Using just a few colors and mark making techniques, we will paint a moody waterfall. Class size limited. Registration required. For ages 12 - 16!
8/5 @ 10:30 AM
Yellow Farmhouse: Kids Workshop!
Registration required. Class size limited. For ages 7 and up!
8/5 @ 3:30PM
Food Explorers: Herb Gnocchi!
Join Food Explorers for a hands on cooking class! You’ll be making Summer Herb Gnocchi from scratch! You’ll be kneading, rolling and cutting your gnocchi dough and jazzing this recipe up for summer by adding fresh basil and lemon zest for a deliciously fresh meal. Recipe is nut free but will contain dairy, eggs and gluten.”
Registration required. Class size limited. For grades 2 - 5!
8/6 @ 10:30 AM
MMoA presents a Pet Portrait Painting Workshop for Kids with Lisa Adams
Love animals? Bring in a photo of your pet or your favorite animal and working in watercolor and colored pencil,
walk away with a cherished work of art. 1 hour workshop. Registration required. Class size limited. For ages 7 and up!
Pet Portraits
Instructor: Lisa Lyman Adams
8/7 @ 10:30 AM
Storytime presented by Children First Groton (CFG)
Join us for a fun-filled adventure with Children First Groton (CFG), our community's early childhood collaborative! We’re collaborating on a special storytime sessions at the Mystic & Noank Library, where families can come together for exciting stories and creative fun. Each child who registers will receive a set of crayons and a story journal to fill with their drawings and thoughts from CFG. One of our librarians will read 2 to 3 delightful children's books, and after the stories, we’ll chat about our wonderful library and all it has to offer. It's a perfect way to spark imagination and enjoy some quality time with your little ones! Registration not required. For ages 2 -8!
This program will meet on the library lawn, weather permitting or held in the Ames Room In case of inclement weather.
8/7 @ 2:00 PM
MMoA presents a Cartooning Workshop for Kids with Brett Swanson
By Cartoonist and Mystic Museum of Art educator Brett Swanson
Create your own comic! You'll learn the foundational elements of comic book art, from basic drawing techniques to the essentials of comic book storytelling. 1 hour workshop. Registration required. Class size limited!. For ages 7 and up!
8/8 @ 4:00 PM
Sportstacking with Glenn Costello!
Learn how to quickly stack cups from instructor Glenn Costello. SportStacking has been termed a "track meet for your hands at warp speed". It's an exciting sport where students up stack and down stack 12 specially designed cups called Speed Stacks in predetermined sequences as fast as they can. Stackers race against the clock, and compete in relays.
This program will meet on the library lawn, weather permitting or held in the Ames Room in case of inclement weather. Registration is required. Class size limited. For ages 7 and up!
8/11 @ 11AM
Kids Pop Up Art Studio: Drawing (Outside) presented by Mystic Museum of Art
By Artist and Mystic Museum of Art educator Sophie Heublein.
Create vibrant flowers by tracing organic found objects and filling them with unexpected color and pattern. Registration required. Class size limited. For ages 6 -11!
8/11 @ 2:00 PM
Tweens & Teens Pop Up Art Studio: Collage
Cut, layer, and reimagine. Dive into the world of collage and turn ordinary magazine pages into bold, expressive one of a kind piece of art. Registration required. Class size limited. For ages 9 and up!
8/11 @ 5:30 PM
Genesis: A Poetry Group
Genesis: the origin or coming into being of something
Calling all poets, poets-to-be, contemporaries & contemplatives, and admirers of the written word. Join us for a new poetry writing group that will meet (generally) on the second and fourth Monday of each month at 5:30 PM in the Library's Ames Room. Each meeting we will explore a new poem to read deeply together and parse out its images, references, poetic devices, and possible meanings to cultivate a deeper appreciation for poetry. Then we will take the opportunity to generate our own writing in response to a prompt rooted in the poem we just read. Your responses do not need to be in meter or rhyme (or even have line breaks!) and sharing what you've written is not required. You are welcome to simply come listen and enjoy the musicality of language as well.
8/12 @ 11:00 AM
MMoA presents a Fantasy Flower Making Workshop for Kids by Carol Mann
Fantasy Flowers
By Artist and Mystic Museum of Art educator.
Wish your favorite flower would last forever? Create your own fantasy flower using paper, cork, pipe cleaners and pins. 1 hour workshop. Registration required. Class size limited. For ages 7 and up!
8/12 1-3 PM
LEGO® Free Play Afternoon!
Calling all LEGO lovers!
Join us for an afternoon of free play where you can build with LEGOs to your heart's content. We provide the LEGO bricks and you can provide the imagination. Children should be accompanied by an adult in the Children's Room for the duration of the child's play. Registration not required. All ages welcome!
8/13 @ 11:00 AM
MMoA Pop-Up Art Workshop for Kids! Mini Museums by Meredith Andrews
Mini Museums
By Artist and Mystic Museum of Art Educator Meredith Andrews
Love tiny treasures! Make your own marvelous mini-museum using mixed media! You will "curate" your own display with teeny paintings and weensy sculptures of your own design. 1 hour workshop. Registration required. Class size limited. For ages 7 and up!
8/13 @ 7:00 PM
Roode Concert Series: Craig Edwards
Craig Edwards plays American roots music ranging from Appalachian fiddle tunes, Blues, Cajun music, and Celtic styles to Honky-tonk, Zydeco and Swing. He performs solo and with several bands as well as teaching private lessons.
8/14 @ 1 PM
LAAM presents an Art Workshop for Kids! China from China
Lyman Allyn : China from China
Learn about the special exhibition China from China: Porcelain and Stories of Early American Trade and make your own artwork inspired by Chinese blue-and-white porcelain. Registration required. Class size limited. For ages 5 - 12!
8/14 @ 4PM
Intermediate Level Spanish Book Group
Do you speak some Spanish and want to improve your abilities in a non-stressful environment? Come join the Spanish Book club - intermediate level! At our first meeting we will decide what we will be reading - a book appropriate to level of the members of the group and talk about goals/ground rules. The aim of this group is to have FUN while improving everyone’s Spanish abilities in reading, listening and speaking. Come and learn in a relaxed atmosphere, the best way to improve your Spanish.
For more information or if you can’t make that meeting but still wish to participate.
Email bilingualteach@gmail.com for more information
8/14 @ 4PM
Matt Matthews Magic
Join magician Matt Matthews for a magical adventure that will astound and delight audiences of all ages! You'll be amazed as objects disappear, reappear, and transform before your very eyes. During the show Matt Matthews will teach you one of his favorite magic tricks and several audience members will have the chance to join Matt Matthews on stage to help with the magic themselves! Don't miss this incredible show full of laughter, surprises, and way too many stinky gym socks!
