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Christmas Eve

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Christmas

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Christmas

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New Year's Eve

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Essex Public Library
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Stitch It! Knit & Crochet Club

Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Do you like to knit or crochet? Join us for a friendly, informal gathering of crafters. Get help with a project, share ideas and inspiration, or just enjoy the company of others wh...

Cancelled
Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Do you like to knit or crochet? Join us for a friendly, informal gathering of crafters. Get help with a project, share ideas and inspiration, or just enjoy the company of others while you knit or crochet together.

Closed New Years Day

All Day
Essex Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Essex Public Library
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Stitch It! Knit & Crochet Club

Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Do you like to knit or crochet? Join us for a friendly, informal gathering of crafters. Get help with a project, share ideas and inspiration, or just enjoy the company of others wh...

Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Do you like to knit or crochet? Join us for a friendly, informal gathering of crafters. Get help with a project, share ideas and inspiration, or just enjoy the company of others while you knit or crochet together.

Crochet Club

After School Crochet Club

Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens
Event Details:

The library meeting room is open for young people to gather and crochet on the first and third Tuesday of each month.  If you are just a beginner, we have two volunteers from ...

Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

The library meeting room is open for young people to gather and crochet on the first and third Tuesday of each month.  If you are just a beginner, we have two volunteers from Knot Naughty Kids, a local yarn business, to help you get the hang

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Stitch It! Knit & Crochet Club

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Do you like to knit or crochet? Join us for a friendly, informal gathering of crafters. Get help with a project, share ideas and inspiration, or just enjoy the company of others wh...

Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Do you like to knit or crochet? Join us for a friendly, informal gathering of crafters. Get help with a project, share ideas and inspiration, or just enjoy the company of others while you knit or crochet together.

Library Board of Directors

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 3:30pm - 6:00pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Purpose of Meeting:

Library Board of Directors Meeting

This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Purpose of Meeting

Library Board of Directors Meeting

The Magic of Found Family

Author Talk - The Magic of Found Family: In Conversation with Author TJ Klune

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Online at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Author Talk, Virtual Event
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Come have a magical moment with New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune as he chats about his Cerulean Chronicles, with special emphasis on his newest in the series, Somewhere B...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Virtual Event
Event Details:

Come have a magical moment with New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune as he chats about his Cerulean Chronicles, with special emphasis on his newest in the series,

Storytime

Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Preschool Storytime:

 Join Ms. Beth for a good story, fun songs, rhymes, and activities that help get little ones ready to read! For children 5 and under with an adult caregiver.

Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Program Type: Storytime

Preschool Storytime

 Join Ms. Beth for a good story, fun songs, rhymes, and activities that help get little ones ready to read! For children 5 and under with an adult caregiver.

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Board Game Cafe

Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Gaming
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Come play board games of all types on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Bring a game or play one of ours. Coffee, tea, and snacks will be provided. For teens and adults. 

Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Gaming
Event Details:

Come play board games of all types on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Bring a game or play one of ours. Coffee, tea, and snacks will be provided. For teens and adults. 

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Community Connections: Reading the Past with Photographs

Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Special Event
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but what do those words say,  and how do we read them? During this presentation participants will learn some of the questi...

Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Special Event
Event Details:

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but what do those words say,  and how do we read them?

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

All Day
Essex Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Essex Public Library
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Stitch It! Knit & Crochet Club

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Do you like to knit or crochet? Join us for a friendly, informal gathering of crafters. Get help with a project, share ideas and inspiration, or just enjoy the company of others wh...

Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Do you like to knit or crochet? Join us for a friendly, informal gathering of crafters. Get help with a project, share ideas and inspiration, or just enjoy the company of others while you knit or crochet together.

Crochet Club

After School Crochet Club

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens
Event Details:

The library meeting room is open for young people to gather and crochet on the first and third Tuesday of each month.  If you are just a beginner, we have two volunteers from ...

Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

The library meeting room is open for young people to gather and crochet on the first and third Tuesday of each month.  If you are just a beginner, we have two volunteers from Knot Naughty Kids, a local yarn business, to help you get the hang

Storytime

Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Preschool Storytime:

 Join Ms. Beth for a good story, fun songs, rhymes, and activities that help get little ones ready to read! For children 5 and under with an adult caregiver.

Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Program Type: Storytime

Preschool Storytime

 Join Ms. Beth for a good story, fun songs, rhymes, and activities that help get little ones ready to read! For children 5 and under with an adult caregiver.

Amanda Montell

Author Talk - Notes on Modern Irrationality with Bestselling Author Amanda Montell

Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Online at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Author Talk, Virtual Event
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us as we chat with the New York Times bestselling author, Amanda Montell about her newest book, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality. In a delic...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Virtual Event
Event Details:

Join us as we chat with the New York Times bestselling author, Amanda Montell about her newest book, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality. 

Book Club

Books & Vines Book Club

Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Enjoy some fabulous wine and discuss our latest book selection.  

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Enjoy some fabulous wine and discuss our latest book selection.  

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Stitch It! Knit & Crochet Club

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Genealogy Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Do you like to knit or crochet? Join us for a friendly, informal gathering of crafters. Get help with a project, share ideas and inspiration, or just enjoy the company of others wh...

Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Genealogy Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Do you like to knit or crochet? Join us for a friendly, informal gathering of crafters. Get help with a project, share ideas and inspiration, or just enjoy the company of others while you knit or crochet together.

Seth Fishman

Author Talk - An Inside Look at Working with a Literary Agent: A Conversation with Seth Fishman

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Online at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Author Talk, Virtual Event
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

You’re writing a book (or thinking about it), but what happens next? Join us for an inside look into working with an agent and the beginning stages of the publishing process with S...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Virtual Event
Event Details:

You’re writing a book (or thinking about it), but what happens next?

Storytime

Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Preschool Storytime:

 Join Ms. Beth for a good story, fun songs, rhymes, and activities that help get little ones ready to read! For children 5 and under with an adult caregiver.

Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Program Type: Storytime

Preschool Storytime

 Join Ms. Beth for a good story, fun songs, rhymes, and activities that help get little ones ready to read! For children 5 and under with an adult caregiver.

AARP Tax Aide

Monday, February 3, 2025 at 11:00am - 4:00pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Purpose of Meeting:

AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are available to provide free tax preparation assistance by appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Essex Public Library staff at 804-4...

This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Purpose of Meeting

AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are available to provide free tax preparation assistance by appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Essex Public Library staff at 804-443-4945.