Financial journalist, historian, author and Westporter Daniel Gross talks about his latest book, A Banker’s Journey: How Edmond J. Safra Built a Global Financial Empire. Join us for an evening celebrating the book’s launch and a lively conversation about the remarkable life of a singular figure of 20th century finance and a leader of the […]
Help us celebrate the release of the anthology In Death, the Gift of Life. This town project honors 10 Westport families whose inspirational stories about their lives and meaningful end-of-life choices will resonate throughout the community. IF YOU MISSED THE EVENT YOU MAY WATCH RECORDING HERE After the main talk, attendees will be invited to […]
Westporter Sybil Steinberg, former book review section editor for Publishers Weekly, returns, LIVE in the Trefz Forum on October 14th at noon, with suggestions for your reading with her ever-popular talk on the best new reads. If you missed Sybil in person, you may watch her presentation here. More on Library book groups... Sybil's List While […]
Presenting, in partnership with the Quick Center For the Arts: Focusing a Journalistic Lens: Watergate to Washington 2024, with Carl Bernstein
Take a break from your keyboard or quill and get energized! Come to the Library to meet other area writers on the third Wednesday of each month. Tell us what you're working on, get some feedback, come to congratulate or commiserate, exchange tips, brag, and compare notes. We try to keep you updated with places […]
Pages Through the Ages is a book discussion group hosted jointly by the Westport Museum for History and Culture and the Library. Discuss A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles with Bruce McGuirk and other history buffs. Meetings will alternate between the buildings, so please check the venue prior to attending! Copies of the book […]
In partnership with the Quick Center for the Arts Open Vision Forum, the Westport Library presents an appearance by Frances Haugen, an advocate for accountability and transparency in social media.
In partnership with the Quick Center for the Arts Open Vision Forum, the Westport Library presents Evelyn Tribole, MS, RD, an award-winning registered dietitian with a nutrition counseling practice.
Take a break from your keyboard or quill and get energized! Come to the Library to meet other area writers on the third Wednesday of each month. Tell us what you're working on, get some feedback, come to congratulate or commiserate, exchange tips, brag, and compare notes. We try to keep you updated with places […]
Author and Westport resident Amanda Freeman talks about her debut book, Getting Me Cheap: How Low-Wage Work Traps Women and Girls in Poverty. IF YOU MISSED THE EVENT, PLEASE WATCH HERE. Freeman and fellow sociologist Lisa Dodson (The Moral Underground) spent more than a decade talking to these workers, who make the conveniences so many […]
In partnership with the Quick Center for the Arts Open Vision Forum, the Westport Library presents Broadway Producer Steven Rivellino for an illustrated presentation on the life and times of two of America’s most famous artists during their five-year marriage: Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe.
Pages Through the Ages is a book discussion group hosted jointly by the Westport Museum for History and Culture and the Library. Compare and contrast The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli and Robert Greene's The 48 Laws of Power. Meetings will alternate between the buildings, so please check the venue prior to attending! Copies of the […]
Join author/illustrator Victoria Jamieson for a discussion of this award-winning graphic novel.
Victoria Jamieson, creator of When Stars are Scattered, Roller Girl and All’s Faire will lead a graphic novel workshop designed to be hands-on and intimate learning experience with students.
Former Poet Laureate Billy Collins returns to the Library with his newest book of poems, Musical Tables. This time, he will be in conversation with Antoinette Brim-Bell, Connecticut's poet laureate. “Whenever I pick up a new book of poems, I flip through the pages looking for small ones. Just as I might have trust in an […]
