Toddler Storytime

Recommended for ages 18-36 months. Toddlers and their caregivers are welcome to join us for 20 minutes of action-packed fun with stories, rhymes, fingerplays, and musical movement for this busy age group. Come shake your sillies out with us!

Wilder Room, Chanhassen

Family Storytime

All ages with a focus on children age 2 . Children, parents and their caregivers are invited to come and share 30 minutes of stories, music and movement that encourage the development of early literacy skills.

Wilder Room, Chanhassen

Family Storytime

All ages with a focus on children age 2 . Children, parents and their caregivers are invited to come and share 30 minutes of stories, music and movement that encourage the development of early literacy skills.

Wilder Room, Chanhassen

Baby Lapsit Storytime

Birth to 18 months. Babies and their caregivers share quality time in a 20-minute session designed to encourage language development through sharing board books and movement activities, followed by time for visiting and play.

Wilder Room, Chanhassen

CHANchats: Coffee with Communities of Belonging

Drop by weekly in the library lobby to meet community members and learn about this initiative. BYOC (Bring Your Own Coffee). On the second Saturday of each month, the group instead gathers inside the library's large meeting room for a CHANforum special topic. All are we......More

Drop by weekly in the library lobby to meet community members and learn about this initiative. BYOC (Bring Your Own Coffee). On the second Saturday of each month, the group instead gathers inside the library's large meeting room for a CHANforum special topic. All are welcome!Hosted by the Chanhassen Communities of Belonging.

Chanhassen

Tails for Reading

Preschool and school age children. Reading to therapy animals encourages reading confidence. Presented by North Star Therapy Animals. 15-minute sessions on a first come, first served basis. Program dependent on certified animal volunteer team availability. Please confi......More

Preschool and school age children. Reading to therapy animals encourages reading confidence. Presented by North Star Therapy Animals. 15-minute sessions on a first come, first served basis. Program dependent on certified animal volunteer team availability. Please confirm dates and locations on our Events Calendar.

Children's area, Chanhassen

Toddler Storytime

Recommended for ages 18-36 months. Toddlers and their caregivers are welcome to join us for 20 minutes of action-packed fun with stories, rhymes, fingerplays, and musical movement for this busy age group. Come shake your sillies out with us!

Wilder Room, Chanhassen

Great Decisions: Trump Tariffs and the Future of the World Economy

Adults. Registration required. Trump’s aggressive trade and tariff policies have shaken global economic norms. What’s the rationale behind this radical shift in economic policy, and what are the implications for multilateral trade and geopolitics? Participants will rece......More

Adults. Registration required. Trump’s aggressive trade and tariff policies have shaken global economic norms. What’s the rationale behind this radical shift in economic policy, and what are the implications for multilateral trade and geopolitics? Participants will receive links to materials to read in advance and should expect to engage in small group discussion. Great Decisions is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. Global Minnesota (https://globalminnesota.org/discussion), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, facilitates the statewide Great Decisions program by providing access to a roster of local foreign policy experts and to discussion materials produced by the Foreign Policy Association (www.fpa.org/great_decisions). Sponsored by the Friends of the Chanhassen Library.

Wilder Room, Chanhassen

Family Storytime

All ages with a focus on children age 2 . Children, parents and their caregivers are invited to come and share 30 minutes of stories, music and movement that encourage the development of early literacy skills.

Wilder Room, Chanhassen

Family Storytime

All ages with a focus on children age 2 . Children, parents and their caregivers are invited to come and share 30 minutes of stories, music and movement that encourage the development of early literacy skills.

Wilder Room, Chanhassen

Baby Lapsit Storytime

Birth to 18 months. Babies and their caregivers share quality time in a 20-minute session designed to encourage language development through sharing board books and movement activities, followed by time for visiting and play.

Wilder Room, Chanhassen

Watercolor Succulents

Adults. Registration required. Succulents come in many different sizes, shapes, and colors. Study their form and with a Parcel Arts teaching artist, learn how to capture their beauty with watercolor paint. This project was funded (in part or in whole) with money from Mi......More

Adults. Registration required. Succulents come in many different sizes, shapes, and colors. Study their form and with a Parcel Arts teaching artist, learn how to capture their beauty with watercolor paint. This project was funded (in part or in whole) with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Wilder Room, Chanhassen

Family Caregiver Support Consultations

Adults. Concerned about your loved one’s health or memory loss? Need to know more about available resources for your caregiving journey? Drop in and chat with a licensed social worker for local information and help with problem solving. These free private consultations ......More

Adults. Concerned about your loved one’s health or memory loss? Need to know more about available resources for your caregiving journey? Drop in and chat with a licensed social worker for local information and help with problem solving. These free private consultations are for family caregivers of older adults, first come first served. Prefer to make an appointment? Call 612-770-7005. Presented in partnership with Senior Community Services.

Lovelace Room, Chanhassen

CHANchats: Coffee with Communities of Belonging

Drop by weekly in the library lobby to meet community members and learn about this initiative. BYOC (Bring Your Own Coffee). On the second Saturday of each month, the group instead gathers inside the library's large meeting room for a CHANforum special topic. All are we......More

Drop by weekly in the library lobby to meet community members and learn about this initiative. BYOC (Bring Your Own Coffee). On the second Saturday of each month, the group instead gathers inside the library's large meeting room for a CHANforum special topic. All are welcome!Hosted by the Chanhassen Communities of Belonging.

Chanhassen

CHANforum: Open Mic

All ages. Registration recommended. Celebrate and participate in National Poetry Month by sharing a poem or brief prose – your own or a favorite – with a warm and supportive audience. No experience required. Be heard or be a listener. All are welcome.Hosted by the Chanh......More

All ages. Registration recommended. Celebrate and participate in National Poetry Month by sharing a poem or brief prose – your own or a favorite – with a warm and supportive audience. No experience required. Be heard or be a listener. All are welcome.Hosted by the Chanhassen Communities of Belonging.

Wilder Room, Chanhassen