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Winter Solstice
The Winter Solstice in 2025 occurs on Sunday, December 21st.
Tag Celebrations and Observances
Three Kings Day Celebration – Jan. 5th
Celebrate Three Kings Day with the Town of Hamden.
January is National Hot Tea Month
According to the Tea Association of the United States, in 2021, Americans consumed almost 85 billion servings of tea, or more than 3.9 billion gallons. About 84% of all tea consumed was black tea, 15% was green Tea, and the…
Listen To Hamden’s Favorite Songs!
To celebrate World Music Day, we put together an interactive display for patrons, allowing them to choose their favorite songs, which we then added to a Library Favorites playlist!
National Book Lover’s Day! – August 9th
For readers and book lovers of the world, National Book Lover’s Day is a day for celebrating the joys, adventures, and excitement that books and reading bring! Recognized every year on August 9th, National Book Lover’s Day is an unofficial…
February is Love Your Library Month!
It’s Love Your Library month and we are CELEBRATING! Come into any branch to get a library card (or renew your expired one) and receive a raffle ticket. We’re raffling off library bags brimming with swag from the library and…
African American Cookbook Authors And Chefs
Our cookbook collection is brimming with cookbooks that highlight and celebrate the contributions of African American cooking as well as international chefs and restaurateurs.