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Riley Raccoon standing by a stack of books and guitar with colorful stars rising and the word storytime

Storytime

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

Text that reads "Stitch It!" with pink and blue yarn border

Stitch It! Knit & Crochet Club

Tuesday, February 4, 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.

Image of Sabrina Sholts and the book The Human Disease

Author Talk - How We Create Pandemics, From Our Bodies to Our Beliefs with Smithsonian Curator Sabrina Sholts

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Online at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Author Talk, Virtual Event
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us for this enlightening presentation with Smithsonian curator Sabrina Sholts as she talks about how the very fact of being human increases our pandemic risks—and gives us the...

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

Join us for this enlightening presentation with Smithsonian curator Sabrina Sholts as she talks about how the very fact of being human increases our pandemic risks—and gives us the power to save ourselves. 

Crochet Club

After School Crochet Club

Tuesday, February 4, 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

Community Grief Group

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Genealogy Room at Essex Public Library
Purpose of Meeting:

Grief Support Group

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

Grief Support Group

AARP Tax Aide

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 1:00pm - 6:00pm
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.

Riley Raccoon standing by a stack of books and guitar with colorful stars rising and the word storytime

Storytime

Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Preschool, Babies
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
Age Group: Preschool, Babies
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.

Cross section of grass and the soil layers underneath on a green background with the text Wild Pages Soil A Nature Series for ages 5 to 12. Three Rivers soil and water conservation district logo of a blue heron standing in a marsh and Essex Public Library with an open book

Wild Pages: Soil

Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Workshop
Age Group:
Children, Tweens
Event Details:

Too cold to go outside? Children ages 5-12 are invited to explore nature in the meeting room of the Library through interesting books, fun exploratory activities and hands-on proje...

Waitlist
Required
Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Workshop
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Too cold to go outside?

AARP Tax Aide

Monday, February 10, 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.

Text that reads "Stitch It!" with pink and blue yarn border

Stitch It! Knit & Crochet Club

Tuesday, February 11, 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.

Friends of the Library Meeting

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Purpose of Meeting:

Friends of the Library meeting

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

Friends of the Library meeting

Image of Waubgeshig Rice and the book Moon of the Turning Leaves

Author Talk - Dystopian Tropes from an Indigenous Perspective: In Conversation with Waubgeshig Rice

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Online at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Author Talk, Virtual Event
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

You’re invited to a riveting conversation with bestselling author Waubgeshig Rice to chat about his newest book Moon of the Turning Leaves, the hotly anticipated sequel to the best...

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

You’re invited to a riveting conversation with bestselling author Waubgeshig Rice to chat about his newest book Moon of the Turning Leaves, the hotly anticipated sequel to the bestselling novel

AARP Tax Aide

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 1:00pm - 6:00pm
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.

Riley Raccoon standing by a stack of books and guitar with colorful stars rising and the word storytime

Storytime

Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Preschool, Babies
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
Age Group: Preschool, Babies
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.

George Washington Day

All Day
Essex Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Essex Public Library
Text that reads "Stitch It!" with pink and blue yarn border

Stitch It! Knit & Crochet Club

Tuesday, February 18, 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.

Image of Lee Hawkins and the book I Am Nobody's Slave

Author Talk - I Am Nobody’s Slave: An Author Talk with Pulitzer Prize Finalist Lee Hawkins

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Online at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Author Talk, Virtual Event
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

We welcome you to our conversation with journalist and author Lee Hawkins as he talks to us about the examination of his family’s legacy of post-enslavement trauma and resilience i...

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

We welcome you to our conversation with journalist and author Lee Hawkins as he talks to us about the examination of his family’s legacy of post-enslavement trauma and resilience in this riveting memoir, I Am Nobody's Slave:

Crochet Club

After School Crochet Club

Tuesday, February 18, 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

AARP Tax Aide

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 1:00pm - 6:00pm
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.

Riley Raccoon standing by a stack of books and guitar with colorful stars rising and the word storytime

Storytime

Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Preschool, Babies
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
Age Group: Preschool, Babies
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.

stream winding through marshes with trees along its banks and the text Wild Pages: Water A Nature Program for ages 5-12 and the Three Rivers Soil and Water Conservation District logo of a blue heron in a march and Essex Public Library with its open book

Wild Pages: Water

Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Workshop
Age Group:
Children, Tweens
Event Details:

Too cold to go outside? Children ages 5-12 are invited to explore nature in the meeting room of the Library through interesting books, fun exploratory activities and hands-on proje...

Waitlist
Required
Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Workshop
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Too cold to go outside?

Image of red, gold, and black cards and game pieces with text that reads: Board Game Cafe

Board Game Cafe

Thursday, February 20, 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. 

AARP Tax Aide

Monday, February 24, 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.