Category: Adult

Join retired teacher and author Carla Stockton for a two-hour poetry writing workshop. Carla will cover the different types of poetry and  introduce creative techniques in the craft. Registration required. Limit of 15. To sign up, call the library or email: [email protected]. Extra parking is available at East Haven Town Hall (250 Main Street), KeyBank (after 12:00 p.m. on Saturdays and after […]

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 […]

Join us for the next meeting of our Comic Book Club, where we’ll discuss American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. For more information about Hagaman’s Comic Book Club, please contact Chris Hemingway, Reference Librarian & group facilitator, directly at either 203-468-3890 or [email protected]. No registration required! Extra parking is available in the Stop and Shop lot behind the library, […]

Please note: Due to library building repairs due to flooding, the knitting club will be cancelled on Tuesday, April 22.  Join us on Tuesday evenings at 6:00 p.m. for our knitting club for everyone-facilitated by Lorie Pellegrino! The knitting club will meet every Tuesday from 6:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. from January 7 through May 13, 2025. The knitting club […]

Please note: Due to library building repairs due to flooding, the Crochet club will be cancelled on Tuesday, April 22.  Enjoy the library’s Crochet Club for everyone! Whether you are a beginner or a more experienced crocheter, this is the class for you! The class will be taught by experienced crochet artist Claire Carrano. The class will meet weekly on […]

Celebrate National Poetry Month & Earth Day all in one! Join poet and author Lisanne Winslow as she takes you on a journey into ecological, spiritual and experiential poetry. Lisanne is the author of Five White Swans: A Poetic Pilgrimage into Ecotheology  and Ecospirituality. She will have copies of her book on hand for sale at the event. No Registration […]

Learn the fascinating history of your favorite library! Reference Librarian Chris Hemingway will discuss how the Hagaman Memorial Library started, it’s first librarian, Lottie Street and its benefactor, Isaac Hagaman. He will cover the entire scope of library history, from its beginnings in a coat closet in the East Haven Town Hall with 30 books all the way to the […]

Hagaman’s Contemporary Book Club will meet to discuss, The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. To join the discussion, please contact Cynthia, Community Services Librarian & group facilitator, directly at either 203-468-3891 or [email protected]. In 1972, workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, discovered a skeleton in a well, uncovering long-held secrets about Chicken Hill, a neighborhood where Jewish immigrants and […]