Mah Jongg
2026-06-24 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | New Milford Public Library, 24 Main Street, New Milford, CT, 06776
Come and learn how to play this fun game! Bring your friends! Beginners are welcome.

Writing Motherhood: An Expressive & Creative Writing Workshop
2026-06-25 18:00 - 19:30 | New Milford Public Library, 24 Main Street, New Milford, CT, 06776
Motherhood is a universe in and of itself. Creative and expressive writing can provide a much needed container to process the experience of mothering at any stage, whether in the throes of caring for a newborn or navigating teens and young adults.
In this workshop, we will read some short passages written by mother-writers in memoir, poetry, and fiction genres and then produce a piece of our own writing. Your writing piece can take any form: a journal entry, a poem, a collage of words, etc. Spark your creativity and connect with other mothers in this generative writing workshop. (No writing experience necessary).
Shannon Kearns is a writer of speculative poetry and fiction. Her poetry collection, The Uterus is an Impossible Forest, was recently published by Raw Dog Screaming Press (August 2025). Her work has been supported by the Yale Writers Workshop and she was recently awarded a residency at Sundress Academy for the Arts to take place in February 2026. Shannon also serves on the Housatonic Book Award panel for poetry. She teaches writing and literature at Sacred Heart University and lives in Connecticut with her wife and two children.

NMPL Chess Tournament
2026-06-27 13:00 - 17:00 | New Milford Public Library, 24 Main Street, New Milford, CT, 06776
Like to play chess? Join us at the New Milford Chess Tournament–for everyone ages 8 and up! When you register, you’ll be asked your age and your rating, if you have one. (No worries if you don’t have a rating!) Plus, we’ll be raffling off a beautiful chess set! Sign up today!

Annual Tree Lighting on Green
2026-11-28 17:30 - 19:30 | New Milford Green, Main Street, New Milford, CT
Join us for a festive event where the lights on the trees on the Green – put up by the United Methodist Church’s Men’s Group – are lighted and Santa visits with children.
