Name: Meet the Maker with Robin Towle-Fecso, illustrator and artist, at Gather on Hopmeadow!
Start: 2026-07-28T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Gather On Hopmeadow

Gather On Hopmeadow

<h6>Registration Opens 6/30/2026!</h6>
Join Kirsten Hocker at Gather on Hopmeadow for a Cartooning Workshop with Robin Towle-Fecso, illustrator and artist. You will learn how to draw a Cartoon YOU!
Gather on Hopmeadow and the Simsbury Library are partnering every few months for Meet the Maker events at their spot on Hopmeadow Street. 
All materials and supplies will be provided. 
There is a $5 materials fee (cash-only) for this class. Please bring this with you on the night of workshop.

Local Event: Meet the Maker with Robin Towle-Fecso, illustrator and artist, at Gather on Hopmeadow!

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Meet the Maker with Robin Towle-Fecso,...

Registration Opens 6/30/2026!
Join Kirsten Hocker at Gather on Hopmeadow for a Cartooning Workshop with Robin Towle-Fecso,...

Meet the Maker with Robin Towle-Fecso, illustrator and artist, at Gather on Hopmeadow!

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In her ambitious new memoir, Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I Can’t Forget, beloved bestselling author Reyna Grande illuminates the hidden cost of the American Dream and the complex journey of healing that follows survival.
What is the true power of stories? Can they heal the jagged edges of a traumatic childhood? Is the cost of telling the story worth the price of the cure?
With her signature blend of sophistication and raw honesty, Grande interrogates how living between two nations, two languages, and two identities has shaped the woman, mother, and writer she has become. Moving from the legacy of violence in her hometown of Iguala, Mexico, to a bittersweet family vacation in Europe spent reconciling her own impoverished past with her children’s world of abundance, she uncovers startling truths about the nature of survival.
Whether being racially profiled in the Arizona borderlands or finding unexpected wisdom from the slugs in her garden, Grande unflinchingly asks: How do we bridge the gap between who we were and who we have become? How do we turn pain into power? When memory threatens to define us, how can we use story to heal while still honoring our boundaries?
Register today for this virtual talk if you identify as a seeker, a dreamer, or “anyone who believes in the enduring, transformative power of finding one’s voice.”
<a href="https://libraryc.org/simsburylibrary/177480" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Please click here to register and ask the author questions.</a>

Local Event: VIRTUAL - Migrant Heart: The Hidden Cost of the American Dream and Healing Through Storytelling with

VIRTUAL - Migrant Heart: The Hidden Cost of the...

In her ambitious new memoir, Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I Can’t Forget, beloved bestselling author Reyna Grande...

VIRTUAL - Migrant Heart: The Hidden Cost of the American Dream and Healing Through Storytelling with

Simsbury Public Library

<h6>Registration Open 07/02/2026!</h6>
Join&nbsp;Maker-in-Residence, Ava Rodrigues, for a Cricut Stickers class!
Ava will teach you some basic and intermediate Cricut functions and you will walk away from class with a set of stickers! You will create one or more designs in the software, then learn how to use the Cricut Maker and tools.
Please bring your favorite notebook to take notes&nbsp;or we will have paper and pens for you to use to have a reference to remember your skills!
Space is limited for this class and is for Adults 18+. Please do not attend if you are not registered.
Anyone taking the class will need to&nbsp;fill out an&nbsp;Innovators’ Workshop Liability Waiver and Hold Harmless Agreement.&nbsp; You can fill out the forms before training by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.simsburylibrary.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IW-Liability-Waiver-and-Hold-Harmless-Agreement-2021.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">downloading here</a>,&nbsp;or arrive early to fill out the paperwork at the start of training in the makerspace.

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⭐ Vaclavikova &amp; Lissauer – 2026 U.S. National Medalists and rising stars on the national and international stage
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