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 […]
Register Here In partnership with The Connecticut Working Group for Endometriosis, join us for a special screening and panel discussion of the acclaimed documentary, Below the Belt. From Shannon Cohn, the director of Endo What?, and executive produced by Hillary Clinton, Rosario Dawson, and Corinne Foxx, Below the Belt exposes widespread problems in our healthcare […]
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
This Verso University workshop, taught by award-winning Post Sound / Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer, and Music Director Justin Matley, is for budding filmmakers or hobbyists trying to get their sound to the next level, using industry standard Adobe Premiere Pro software.
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 […]
Register Here Join us for the first in a series of in-depth conversations about art and artists hosted by Westport's own Stacy Bass. In this kickoff event, Stacy and Bobbi Coller […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Westport Writers' Workshop returns to the Library for its third annual Pitch & Publish Conference: a day of panels, talks with industry insiders, and breakout sessions about the publishing […]
If you are looking for a chance to practice your English language conversation with others, this is the meeting group for you! This will be informal conversation for both non-native and native speakers. This group meets every Monday from 11 am to 12 pm (noon) in Room 210 on the Library's upper level. Please contact […]
Register Here Startup Westport and The Westport Library are pleased to host a forum on female entrepreneurship with Tidal River Fund, the first angel group and fund for women investors […]
This month's selection is A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley. A "powerful and poignant" twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear (The New York Times Book Review) that takes on themes of truth, justice, love, and pride—and centers on a wealthy Iowa farmer who decides to divide his farm between his three daughters. Winner of […]
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 […]
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]. This group meets every Tuesday from 2-3 pm in room 210. […]
Register Here Verso University is thrilled to bring Matt Starr to The Westport Library to share his expertise on how to get to the NEXT LEVEL with your professional music career! The class will meet over three Tuesday evenings, March 5 to March 19, 6:30-8 pm, in the Library’s Brooks Place program room. NEXT LEVEL […]
