Come discover the art of tapestry weaving with fiber artist Gail Cunningham O'Donnell on Wednesday, June 18th from 2-5 pm. In this class you will learn the basics of tapestry, including what the different tools are and how they are used, how to warp on, various weaving techniques, and how to finish a piece.  No experience is necessary. All materials are provided, and students will leave with a small loom and their own set of weaving tools. This class is for adults and mature teens of all skill levels, and is limited to 12 participants. Gail Cunningham O’Donnell received her BFA in Fibers from Oregon College of Art and Craft and is currently pursuing her masters degree at SUNY New Paltz. Gail will have an exhibition on the library’s ArtWall in September 2025

Experience the joys of garden life in our community garden at Garden Club! We'll be planting, weeding, harvesting, and processing food on Wednesdays at 3:30pm all summer long as the garden grows and produces.

Join us for Story Time on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 for new books, free play, and fun crafts!

Cartographer Scott Reinhard's exhibition features a 16-foot-long installation of 24 x 24 inch square maps printed on Tyvek and cyanotype paper covering 445 sq miles from Millerton to Barkhamsted Reservoir and from North Canaan down to Cornwall Bridge. Reinhard uses USGS elevation data to create literal and abstract topographical images. Prints will be available to order.

Claude DEBUSSY Suite bergamasque, L. 75 

Sergei RACHMANINOFF Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Opus 42

Nadia BOULANGER Vers la vie nouvelle ("Towards New Life")

Franz LISZT Piano Sonata in B Minor

Tickets: $35-50, Under 19 Free

Musicmountain.org or 860-824-7126 for tickets and more information

Franz Joseph HAYDN String Quartet in D Major, Opus 33/6, “The Joke”

Seth GROSSHANDLER Dances  for String Quartet

Johannes BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F Minor, Opus 34

Tickets: $30-65, Under 19 Free

Musicmountain.org or 860-824-7126 for tickets and more information

Join us for Story Time on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 for new books, free play, and fun crafts!

On Tuesday, June 24th at 5:00 pm the David M. Hunt Library will host a book launch celebration and reading. Over a period of six months members of the Falls Village community and students at the Lee H. Kellogg school met monthly for a writing workshop focusing on telling Falls Village stories. These stories, including works of fiction, personal essays, and poetry, have been made into a book. Join workshop leader Mark Gozonsky and the Falls Village community writers for a celebration and reading of their work. Refreshments will be served and books will be available to purchase.

Our community garden is bursting with delicious vegetables -- let's use them! Join us for Garden Club on alternate Wednesdays June through August for Garden to Table, where we'll take vegetables from the community garden and use them to create delicious bites. On June 25th we'll be making Rainbow Wraps using lettuce, kale, and even radishes from the garden. 

Join us for Story Time on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 for new books, free play, and fun crafts!

 A Community History of Falls Village in Stories, Pictures and Objects. Join writer and Falls Village resident Mark Gozonsky for a six month learning by publishing workshop centered around telling Falls Village stories. Beginning in January participants will meet at the library once a month to share ideas and work on their stories in community. The group will meet on the fourth Thursday of the month at 11 am. The workshop will culminate in June with a book and a community celebration and reading. This workshop is open to all ages. 

Test your knowledge of different dog breeds while learning how they came to be at this special presentation. CT Humane Society will lead this interactive program to show how genetics affect pet health and how breed knowledge can be a helpful part of taking care of pets. Life-size plush pets will be used for demonstrations and interactive learning. 

On Thursday, June 26th at 5:30 pm the David M. Hunt Library will host local author Karen Chase. “Two Tales: Jamali Kamali and ZundelState, Chase’s most recent book, was published in May 2025. Jamali Kamali is a book-length poem about two men who lived in 16th century India, a fictional account of their love, longing, separation, and death. ZundelState, a novella in verse, takes place a thousand years in the future in a repressive land where history is banned, and dreaming has vanished. Karen Chase is the author of four volumes of poetry, and four books of non-fiction. Chase and her husband, the painter Paul Graubard, live in the hills of Western Massachusetts. You can learn more about Karen and her work at www.karenchase.com. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Cartographer Scott Reinhard's exhibition features a 16-foot-long installation of 24 x 24 inch square maps printed on Tyvek and cyanotype paper covering 445 sq miles from Millerton to Barkhamsted Reservoir and from North Canaan down to Cornwall Bridge. Reinhard uses USGS elevation data to create literal and abstract topographical images. Prints will be available to order.

Domenico SCARLATTI Sonata in D Minor, K. 213 & Sonata in D Major, K. 29

Zhao ZHANG Kangding Love Song & Pi Huang

Franz SCHUBERT Wanderer Fantasy

Sergei RACHMANINOFF Piano Sonata #1 in D Minor, Opus 28

Tickets: $35-50, Under 19 Free

Musicmountain.org or 860-824-7126 for tickets and more information

Franz Joseph HAYDN String Quartet in D Minor, Opus 76/2, "Quinten"

Hugo KAUDER String Sextet

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet in D Major, Opus 70

Tickets: $30-65, Under 19 Free

Musicmountain.org or 860-824-7126 for tickets and more information

Come early for a free pre-concert talk at 2PM

Hugo Kauder and the Gordon String Quartet 

Pre-Concert Talk with Barbara von Bechtolsheim. Three great refugee artists meet at a remote college – Hugo Kauder, Josef Albers, Walter Gropius – while the Gordon String Quartet travels from Music Mountain to Black Mountain College to give six concerts.

Join us for Story Time on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 for new books, free play, and fun crafts!

Join Judi Jones aka ENERGIZER for a musical and interactive hula-hooping program! Participants will learn how to use hula-hoops for dance, exercise, creative movement, and play. One custom hula-hoop will be given away at the end of the program.

Please register here or contact the library via phone, email, or in-person.

All Honor to the Ladies: Litchfield County Women and the Civil War

with Peter Vermilyea

Join artist Erika Crofut at the library as every kid designs and paints their own plywood bug to decorate the library garden! Materials and artistic inspiration provided. Please register here or contact us at the library via phone, email, or in-person. 

Cartographer Scott Reinhard's exhibition features a 16-foot-long installation of 24 x 24 inch square maps printed on Tyvek and cyanotype paper covering 445 sq miles from Millerton to Barkhamsted Reservoir and from North Canaan down to Cornwall Bridge. Reinhard uses USGS elevation data to create literal and abstract topographical images. Prints will be available to order.