Special Events
To view a calendar of library events, click here.
FallFest
Friday, September 25
4-6pm
(Storrs Pond)
Hanover's annual fall festival returns! The Etna Library will be in attendance at Storrs Pond with a table of fun craft activities and toys!
The event will also feature:
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A Bubble Show
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Petting Zoo
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Games
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Touch-a-Truck
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and More!
Pumpkin Decorating
Starting October 7
The Etna Library's popular annual event returns!
We'll pile the table with pie pumpkins that can be taken home and decorated with the included kit, packed with fun decorative supplies!
We'll have 150 pumpkins to give out this year. Pumpkins will be available starting Wednesday, October 7 and are first-come-first-served.
Halloween Costume Swap
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Friday, October 9 & Saturday, October 10
Want to transform your old costume into a new one?
From September 21 through October 8, the library is accepting gently used costumes for all ages.
On October 9 & 10, come browse our costume collection and head home with something new to wear this Halloween! We'll also have a fun photo booth set up so that you can take pictures of yourself in different costumes!
No need to donate a costume to bring one home! All are welcome.
Apple Cider Festival
Saturday, October 17
11am - 1pm
Come to the library's beautiful Reading Garden and our gazebo, where we'll have an apple press on-site, making fresh apple cider to enjoy. Kids can help with the process, making cups of cider for themselves and others!
Home-baked treats will be available and fun fall-themed activities will be spread throughout out the garden, as well!
For all ages.
Haunted Story Walk
Saturday, October 24
6:30 - 8:30pm
For the third year in a row, the library's Story Walk will be transformed with a spooky story, hundreds of glowing lights, Halloween decorations, and costumed characters!
Arrive in costume and we'll equip you with flashlights and glowsticks. As you walk up into the fields behind the library, you'll collect candy and have an interactive Halloween tale read to you.
Back at the library, enjoy hot chocolate, home-baked treats, and Halloween-themed games. It's sure to be a spooky good time! This is a fun event for all ages: kids, families, tweens/teens, and adults.
And, this year, the event will be bigger than ever! We'll a live performer juggling pumpkins, a Hot Chocolate Station in the gazebo, a Halloween-themed Games area, and a fire pit with S'Mores supplies!
[Start your Haunted Story Walk experience anytime between 6:30 and 8pm.]
[Parking in the library's lot will be very limited. Additional parking can be found behind the Etna Fire Station and in the Etna Post Office parking lot at 3 Schoolhouse Lane (there will be a path of cones set up and a police officer helping people cross the street).]