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: The Future of NATO and European Security

Adults. Registration required. Europe is frightened and frightening for the first time really since the 1980s, when nuclear sabers were rattling as the Soviet Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) both deployed contending intermediate range missiles al......More

Adults. Registration required. Europe is frightened and frightening for the first time really since the 1980s, when nuclear sabers were rattling as the Soviet Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) both deployed contending intermediate range missiles along the dividing line of the military alliances. With Russia’s continued barbarity in Ukraine there is no escaping that Vladimir Putin intends not to be “European.”Great Decisions is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. Global Minnesota (globalminnesota.org), 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/). Global Minnesota takes relevant and timely information on international issues, foreign policy, and cultural topics, and provides the space and opportunity for Minnesotans to engage and discuss.Sponsored by the Friends of the Chanhassen Library.

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Family Storytime Chanhassen Library

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

Your Time for Gratitude

Adults. Registration required. Make time and space for yourself. A well-being expert and a professional art instructor will begin each session with information to support intentional reflection on appreciation, approval, and admiration for who we are now. We will take t......More

Adults. Registration required. Make time and space for yourself. A well-being expert and a professional art instructor will begin each session with information to support intentional reflection on appreciation, approval, and admiration for who we are now. We will take time to give attention to our bodies and minds through useful practices to calm and center ourselves. While we share ideas together, we will create both a group art project and individual creations at each session. UPDATE: Registration required just once for the three-session series.Session 1: Neuro-graphic stone drawings.Session 2: Reflecting bodies in drawings and watercolors.Session 3: Writing our appreciation.Sponsored by the Friends of the Chanhassen Library.

Wilder Room, Chanhassen

Your Time for Gratitude

Adults. Registration required. Make time and space for yourself. A well-being expert and a professional art instructor will begin each session with information to support intentional reflection on appreciation, approval, and admiration for who we are now. We will take t......More

Adults. Registration required. Make time and space for yourself. A well-being expert and a professional art instructor will begin each session with information to support intentional reflection on appreciation, approval, and admiration for who we are now. We will take time to give attention to our bodies and minds through useful practices to calm and center ourselves. While we share ideas together, we will create both a group art project and individual creations at each session. UPDATE: Registration required just once for the three-session series.Session 1: Neuro-graphic stone drawings.Session 2: Reflecting bodies in drawings and watercolors.Session 3: Writing our appreciation.Sponsored by the Friends of the Chanhassen Library.

Wilder Room, Chanhassen

Your Time for Gratitude

Adults. Registration required. Make time and space for yourself. A well-being expert and a professional art instructor will begin each session with information to support intentional reflection on appreciation, approval, and admiration for who we are now. We will take t......More

Adults. Registration required. Make time and space for yourself. A well-being expert and a professional art instructor will begin each session with information to support intentional reflection on appreciation, approval, and admiration for who we are now. We will take time to give attention to our bodies and minds through useful practices to calm and center ourselves. While we share ideas together, we will create both a group art project and individual creations at each session. UPDATE: Registration required just once for the three-session series.Session 1: Neuro-graphic stone drawings.Session 2: Reflecting bodies in drawings and watercolors.Session 3: Writing our appreciation.Sponsored by the Friends of the Chanhassen Library.

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.Hosted by t......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.Hosted by the Chanhassen Communities of Belonging.

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CHANforum: Thriving in Chaos: Navigating the Challenges of Aging Parents

Adults. Registration recommended. November is National Family Caregivers Month. Local author Heather Durenberger delves deeply into the emotional, physical, and logistical challenges faced by millions of adults who simultaneously raise children, manage careers, and care......More

Adults. Registration recommended. November is National Family Caregivers Month. Local author Heather Durenberger delves deeply into the emotional, physical, and logistical challenges faced by millions of adults who simultaneously raise children, manage careers, and care for their aging parents. This program is based on her book Thriving in Chaos, which combines heartfelt personal stories with expert insights to empower adult children who are caring for their aging parents to thrive rather than merely survive. Bonus: Attendees will receive access to an exclusive Living in Chaos companion workbook in PDF format.Copies of Durenberger's books will be available for purchase and signing.Hosted by the Chanhassen Communities of Belonging.

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Play Day: Puzzle Swap, Book Bingo, and Gather for Games All in One!

All ages. November is International Games Month, and your library's got game. Bring gently used jigsaw puzzles to swap with other puzzle lovers. Play Book Bingo for a chance to win a free, gently used book. Plus, stay to play any of dozens of board games and card games ......More

All ages. November is International Games Month, and your library's got game. Bring gently used jigsaw puzzles to swap with other puzzle lovers. Play Book Bingo for a chance to win a free, gently used book. Plus, stay to play any of dozens of board games and card games for the afternoon.These programs are made possible by the Charles J. Dahlke Grant Program.Supported by the Friends of the Chanhassen Library.

Wilder Room, 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

CHANcrafts: Mandala Designs

Adults. Registration recommended. Learn about creating welcoming spaces in our community while painting mandala designs. Hosted by the Chanhassen Communities of Belonging.

Wilder Room, Chanhassen