Staples High School students will be available in the Children’s Library for drop-in tutoring. Please bring homework or workbooks with which you need assistance.
Stay accountable with two free weekly virtual writing workshops from WestportWRITES! The Westport Library is delighted to present two, free weekly Writing Sprints to Prompts and an AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) with award-winning author and teacher Tessa Smith McGovern. This is like a write-in but with extras …it's writing time followed by a 30-minute Q&A where […]
Drop by for a chess game on Wednesdays! There will be both open play and instruction for adults and high school students who know how to play the game. For more information, please contact the group contact, Rodney Garcia at [email protected]. Need a Hobby? Sports! Sports! Sports! Dungeons & Dragons
Pages Through the Ages is a book discussion group focused on both historical nonfiction and fiction. Celebrate William Shakespeare's 460th birthday by discussing Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson. Bryson’s best-selling biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship — updated with […]
Children birth to three with their adult can join us for nursery rhymes, songs, play, and a story! Just drop in.
Mary-Lou Weisman, bestselling author, personal essayist, and memoir writer, offers an eight-session workshop for those who have had some experience in writing memoir and personal essay. Please note: This is not a beginners class. The goal of the workshop is to foster a habit of writing, to briefly review the elements of good style, and […]
With the premise that understanding our tumultuous past helps shed light on today’s political frictions, Verso University presents The American Civil War: Past and Prologue, a four-session course exploring the explore the tensions that led to the American Civil War - the conflict, the war itself and its aftermath. Understanding our tumultuous past helps shed light on today’s political frictions.
Staples High School students will be available in the Children’s Library for drop-in tutoring. Please bring homework or workbooks with which you need assistance.
The Westport Library and Staples High School Counseling Department are pleased to offer a presentation on College Admission Testing. In the evolving college admission landscape, we recognize that you may have questions about what lies ahead and how to begin forming your testing plan. Drew Heilpern from Summit Educational Group will offer expert, in-depth information […]
Pre-walking babies and their adult join us for songs, fingerplays, bouncing, and a book! Just drop in.
The language conversation groups are for those interested in practicing speaking in another language. The groups are open to all levels of experience and are are self-directed. If you are interested in starting a group in a language not offered, contact Jennifer Keller at [email protected]. The Japanese conversation group meets every Friday in Room 216 or […]
Children ages 3 to 5 can join us each week as we learn about zoo animals and do a craft. Just drop in!
This conversation group is for advanced French speakers. Participants should have some proficiency in speaking French. There is a beginner/intermediate group that meets on Wednesdays. The group will meet every Friday from 11 am-12 pm in room 210. Contact Joan McAteer at [email protected] for more information. Learn a Language Foreign Language Library Collections A to […]
Join us on Saturday morning for movement, songs, and a story. For ages birth to five with an adult. Just drop in!
Register Here Join the Library and Toquet Hall on Jesup Green for lawn games to celebrate the spring and de-stress before the end of the school year! This event is free for sixth- to eighth-grade students. *** The Library is pleased to be able to offer free programs and events through the generous donations of […]
