Opening in the Sheffer Gallery on March 10th is an exhibit of artworks by former Westport resident and Professor of Design at North Carolina Central University and North Carolina State University, Charles Joyner, that boldly reveals the artist's creative journey. The exhibit is located in the Library's Sheffer Gallery, with an opening night reception and […]
Mark your calendar for the Westport Library Spring Book Sale, to be held Friday, April 29th through Monday, May 2nd, 2022, inside the Westport Library. This Book Sale offers something for everyone, with more than 25,000 gently used books in over 40 categories, including children’s books, from infants to teens; literature and classics, fiction, mysteries, […]
Westport’s own Dan Woog brings his popular blog “06880: Where Westport Meets the World” to life, via the Verso Studios at the Westport Library – recorded LIVE in the Trefz Forum! This week on Monday, May 2nd at Noon, Woog speaks with David Pogue. Click here, at Noon on 5/2 when the conversation goes live. […]
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 group will meet every Wednesday in Room 210 from 2-3 […]
AAPI Westport, OCAFC & The Westport Library present: #StopAsianHate: 1 Year Later Join us for a screening and panel discussion about the video, “We Need to Talk About Anti-Asian Hate,” […]
Drop by for a chess game on Wednesdays in conference room 212, 6:30 - 8:45 pm. There will be both open play and instruction. For adults and high school students […]
Wherever we go in this planet, there is music. Most of the time we never heard it, Until we deliberately seek to hear it. Human beings have let the visuals dominate their senses, I thus want to present to you visually The music of our planet! Eric Chiang’s artwork delves into the weighty issues of […]
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 […]
Join Beechwood Arts for our Spring 2022 season, Upside Down, produced in partnership with The Library’s amazing Verso Studios! “UpsideDown” celebrates the artistic reinvention that was inspired by necessity through Music, Art, Stories & Conversation with 2 unique Friday night events. Dan Tepfer presents Bach’s famous Goldberg Variations with an innovative 21st Century twist that […]
Since February, many Americans have been consumed by news from Ukraine. We follow military action closely; we read media accounts of refugees, and see photos and video of cities, villages […]
Stephen Heyman, author of The Planter of Modern Life will talk about America's most famous farmer inspired the organic food movement. Louis Bromfield was a World War I ambulance driver, a Paris expat, and a Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist as famous in the 1920s as Hemingway or Fitzgerald. But he cashed in his literary success to finance […]
Westporters write books on a wide variety of subjects in all sorts of genres. Authors Gabi Coatsworth and Ted Aldrich will share their new books - a memoir and a […]
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 […]
The Westport Library and Pause + Purpose invite the public to "Self-Checkout," a new monthly event series that explores the “why” and “how” of mindfulness through the inner “self." Science shows that practicing meditation just a few minutes everyday can improve mental health and emotional wellbeing, increase focus, productivity, and creativity, promote kindness, reduce anxiety, […]
Drop by for a chess game on Wednesdays in conference room 212, 6:30 - 8:45 pm. 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, Peter Kanter at [email protected]. Need a Hobby? Sports! Sports! […]
Miles Rapoport and state senator Will Haskell will discuss whether it is time for the United States to take the leap and recognize voting as both a fundamental civil right […]
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 […]
Join Beechwood Arts for our Spring 2022 season, Upside Down, produced in partnership with The Library’s amazing Verso Studios! “UpsideDown” celebrates the artistic reinvention that was inspired by necessity through Music, Art, Stories & Conversation with 2 unique Friday night events. Come share Art, Stories & Conversation! Our last GatherRound at the Library inspired an […]
Westport’s own Dan Woog brings his popular blog “06880: Where Westport Meets the World” to life, via the Verso Studios at the Westport Library – recorded LIVE in the Trefz Forum! On Monday, May 16th at Noon, when Woog speaks with Superintendent of the Westport Public Schools, Thomas Scarice. Two years into his role, Scarice […]
Discuss "The Hour of the Witch" by Chris Bohjalian. A young Puritan woman—faithful, resourceful, but afraid of the demons that dog her soul—plots her escape from a violent marriage in this riveting and propulsive novel of historical suspense . For copies of the book, phone 203.291.4807. New participants always welcome. Room 210 . Contact Carolyn Karwoski, […]
Rescheduled from January! The life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be celebrated with a very special event featuring renowned author Heather McGhee. Her book, THE SUM OF US: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, spent 10 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was longlisted […]
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 group will meet every Wednesday in Room 210 from 2-3 […]
Drop by for a chess game on Wednesdays in conference room 212, 6:30 - 8:45 pm. There will be both open play and instruction. For adults and high school students […]
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 […]
Join us for a special performance of The Enchanted Garden, a sensory friendly performance which blends storytelling and dance. Be transported to a magical colorful world inside an enchanted garden that exists because the child within us never disappears! The performance will include dancers from Connecticut Dance School, not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization, in collaboration with WeRise: […]
On May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. Yet, in 1957, three years later, public schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, were still segregated. That is, until September 25, 1957, when members of the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army escorted nine black […]
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 group will meet every Wednesday in Room 210 from 2-3 […]
Drop by for a chess game on Wednesdays in conference room 212, 6:30 - 8:45 pm. 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, Peter Kanter at [email protected]. Need a Hobby? Sports! Sports! […]
Two weeks ago, photographer Spencer Platt was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the events of January 6 in Washington, DC. On Wednesday, May 25, the Westport native comes to the Westport Library to talk about the honor and his career in photography and journalism. Spencer will be in conversation with Westport Arts […]
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 […]
Westport’s own Dan Woog brings his popular blog “06880: Where Westport Meets the World” to life, via the Verso Studios at the Westport Library – recorded LIVE in the Trefz […]
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 […]
Drop by for a chess game on Wednesdays in conference room 212, 6:30 - 8:45 pm. 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, Peter Kanter at [email protected]. Need a Hobby? Sports! Sports! […]
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 […]
