Blog – Hagaman Memorial Library

You are invited to a birthday party!

On Saturday, February 4 starting at 2 pm, Hagaman Memorial Library will celebrate “Take Your Child to the Library Day” with a focus on children’s authors and illustrators who celebrate […]

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Flood Updates

4/30/2025 Hello Hagaman Friends & Family, Though our building is still temporarily closed, Library staff are working to provide new programs and increasing digital services. With that in mind, we are excited to announce this week that we are temporarily expanding access to Hoopla Digital, now with 8 free borrows per month for anyone with a valid Hagaman Library Card! […]

Change of Venue – Teen Programs Week of April 28th

Hagaman Library is currently under construction due to unexpected flooding. Thankfully, our community partners are stepping up to help us continue serving our community! This week, Hagaman is partnering with East Haven Public Television and East Haven Public Schools to provide two programs for East Haven’s teens! Anime Club will be hosted at East Haven Public Television (230 Main Street, […]

Are you looking for advice on how to best meet your child’s mental health needs? Then join us next week for a special read-along of the book Gizmo’s Pawesome Guide to Mental Health, brought to the Hagaman by our friends at the East Shore District Health Department! During this read-along, you and your child will learn how to identify when […]

Every afternoon during April vacation, we’ll be reading one of Laura Numeroff’s “If You Give a…” picture books at our Tales & Treats Book Club, held upstairs at the library in our Large Print Room! Each day’s story will be followed by snacks inspired by the tale, coloring pages, and an optional half hour of quiet, independent reading! No RSVP […]

Join us this Tuesday for a family movie night at the Hagaman Memorial Library, where we’ll be watching 2024’s smash-hit animated film The Wild Robot (rated PG)! Be sure to get here on time to grab yourself a seat, and snag some freshly popped popcorn before the movie starts! No RSVP is required for this event, but comfy pajamas and […]

UPDATE: Chapbook submissions will now be accepted through Friday, May 30. A drawing will be held on Monday, June 9: Celebrate National Poetry month this April! Submit your poem(s) for inclusion in Hagaman Memorial Library’s first ever poetry chapbook! For every poem you submit, you will receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win a “vegan leather” Tree of […]

Members of the LGBTQIA+ community, their allies and the general public are invited to join retired teacher and author Carla Stockton for a two-hour workshop on the basics of poetry writing. Carla will discuss how to use different styles and forms of poetry and how to play with rhyme, rhythm, and structure. Registration required. Limit of 15. To sign up, […]

Once a month, we invite young builders to build unique creations with our library’s LEGO collection, which then remain on display until the next club meeting. It is free and open to all – no registration required. Each month we suggest a theme, but we invite you to follow your imagination wherever it takes you! Recommended for age 4 and […]

Join us for this month’s STEM Club meeting, where we’ll be making contraptions out of recycled and upcycled materials to protect our eggs when we drop them from the library’s third floor! STEM Club is a special collaborative event with students from East Haven High School that is held every third Wednesday of the month. Registration is not necessary, program […]

Hagaman Memorial Library invites the LGBTQIA+ community and fellow allies to join us for Prism Book Club on Tuesday, April 22nd at 6:30pm in the DeMayo Room. Hosted by Clare McCarthy, author and LGBTQIA+ advocate, we’ll be discussing Joy Ladin’s poetry collection Family: Poems. Joy Ladin is an award-winning poet and the first openly transgender professor at an Orthodox Jewish […]

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