This page highlights select key events happening within the community.
If you represent an organization or group and would like to feature an event on this page, please submit an event form for review. All submissions will be evaluated and posted upon approval by CCLN.
For additional events, we encourage you to visit other resources such as:
– Library Event Page
– Chaska Community Events
– Chanhassen Community Events
– Carver City Community Events
– Victoria Community Events
– Carver County Community Events
– Chaska Athletics
– Chanhassen Athletics
Please note that not all local events will be listed here.
We strive to keep all listed events up to date, but event details may change. Please verify event information with the event organizers or official sources before attending.
Jenny Lawson is an award-winning humor writer and activist, widely acclaimed for her inspiring candor chronicling her life-long struggles with depression, anxiety, and chronic pain. Her chart-topping books include Furiously Happy and, most recently, How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay. Join this virtual session!
Join Leah Thompson (ECFE Parent Educator) and other parents and caregivers for a monthly discussion of It’s Their World: Teens, Screens, and the Science of Adolescence by Erin Walsh. Free copies of the book will be available to all participants thanks to a grant from the Carver County Library Foundation. Attend in person at the […]
Author Erin Walsh takes you inside the teenage brain and connects the dots to the unique risks and opportunities of growing up digital. With warmth, science, and humor, Erin helps parents move from feeling overwhelmed and catastrophic to capable and connected – to be the steady presence young people need to build resilience in a complicated […]
Author Erin Walsh takes you inside the teenage brain and connects the dots to the unique risks and opportunities of growing up digital. With warmth, science, and humor, Erin helps parents move from feeling overwhelmed and catastrophic to capable and connected – to be the steady presence young people need to build resilience in a complicated […]
Laurie Hertzel is the author of two memoirs, News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist (2010) and Ghosts of Fourth Street (March 2026), and co-author with Mayme Sevander of a memoir, They Took My Father: Finnish Americans in Stalin’s Russia (2004). She is also the former book reviewer for the Star Tribune. This will also be streamed on our Facebook page […]
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 […]
Local author Ron Rindo (Breathing Lake Superior and Love in an Expanding Universe) will discuss his fifth novel, Life, and Death, and Giants. … Books will be available for purchase and signing from Valley Bookseller. This program will be streamed simultaneously on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CarverCountyLibrary/live and available on our social media for a month after the program.
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 with family and friends. All are welcome. Games are […]
Enjoy live book readings, meet local authors, and enjoy light refreshments at this community celebration honoring the stories of adults with cognitive and developmental disabilities. All ages welcome. Hosted by Cow Tipping Press and Eastern Carver County Schools Magnifying Abilities program. Sponsored by MELSA and the Friends of the Chanhassen Library.
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