Upcoming Events

Mondays at 9:30 am in the meeting space!

Friends of the Meriden Library sponsored event

Mindful Mondays are designed for you to start your week with an intentional pause and practice a meditation exercise with your community. All you need to do is show up, turn your phone off, and be!

Join Jim Allen for meditation sessions. 

If you are a frequent practitioner or have never done meditation, please join us.

Tai Chi Class: Find Balance, Energy, and Relaxation

Join us for a gentle and revitalizing Tai Chi Class open to all experience levels.
Learn the Yang Short Form, Tai Chi principles, and Qigong exercises for health and well-being.

🕘 When: Tuesdays | 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

📍 Where: Meriden Library – Meeting Space
✨ FREE and open to the public!
Wear comfortable clothing. No registration required.

Tuesdays 10-11 am at PRML

Parents (and legal guardians, grandparents, or caregivers) and kids (babies up to school age) are welcome to drop in for this play group, held each week on Tuesdays from 10-11 AM.  This parent-organized program provides an opportunity for young children to socialize and play with others and gives parents and guardians the opportunity to meet and connect with each other.

The program is open to all ages, with activities for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Parents and caregivers are asked to pack a snack for their kids.

Parents (and legal guardians, grandparents, or caregivers) will have access to coffee because you need it if you have little ones!

September 2025 to June 2026

10:30 am to Noon

All are welcome!

Storytime at Meriden Library
Join us Wednesday mornings from 10:30–11:00 AM at the Meriden Library for Storytime! Families with young children are invited to enjoy stories, songs, and activities that nurture a love of reading and learning. This weekly program is a wonderful way for kids to explore books, build early literacy skills, and make new friends.

Friday October 3, 2025: Meriden Library will be closed from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm for staff training (CPR & AED) and meeting.

PRML will be open as usual from 1 pm - 5 pm.

Mindfulness and Therapeutic Harp with Pam Stohrer
October 6, 2025 • 4:30 PM
Philip Read Memorial Library

Join us for a restorative afternoon of mindfulness and music at the library. Experience the soothing sounds of the harp in a program designed to promote relaxation, reflection, and well-being. This unique event blends therapeutic harp music with mindful practices to create a calming and uplifting atmosphere for all who attend.

The Plainfield Conservation Commission will be hosting a community forum to highlight our work to update the Town’s Natural Resources Inventory and to engage the public in helping to direct the work moving forward. We’re working with Moosewood Ecological to create the plan.

Meriden Library on Wednesday, October 8th at 6:30 pm.

Join Artist Berkley Heath for an afternoon of indigo dyeing! She will be demonstrating dyeing in her indigo vat and participants will be able to dye small samples of cotton fabric, and have the opportunity to bring an item from home to dye (note that this material needs to be clean and natural fiber--cotton, linen, wool, etc). Bring an old cotton T-shirt and dye it blue with natural indigo!

Indigo is a dye found in many different species of plants that grow all over the world. Indigo is the only traditional true blue dye, and humans have been using it to dye fiber and cloth various shades of blue for thousands of years (the oldest indigo-dyed fragment is over 6,000 years old and found in Peru). Japanese indigo (Persicaria tinctoria) is the species best-suited to growing in our climate in New England, and Berkley grows hundreds of indigo plants each year right here in Claremont. Come learn more about this fascinating natural color!

Sponsored by the PRML Friends!