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Room 210, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesIf you write and need a place to read your work in front of a group of friendly, non-threatening fellow writers, this is the place for you! We meet in […]
If you write and need a place to read your work in front of a group of friendly, non-threatening fellow writers, this is the place for you! We meet in […]
Pages Through the Ages book discussion group plans to read HOW TO HIDE AN EMPIRE and talk about the history of the United States in November, 2023.
Save the date for the Library's Big Fall Book Sale, to be held in the Trefz Forum. The sale will feature thousands of gently used books in more than 50 categories, including books for children from infants to teens; literature and classics; fiction, mystery, and SciFi and fantasy; graphic novels and manga; art, photography, history, […]
Come share your reading recommendations at Books and Bites. From time to time, guests will share and recommend their top titles. Enjoy coffee and tea and light refreshments while we […]
We live in a time of soaring inequalities, spanning wealth, race, identity, and nationality. Equality, in short, is in crisis. Yet, surprisingly, little historical work has been done to explore equality and its broader aspects. Under the Verso University banner, Darrin McMahon will present a talk based on his sweeping new book, EQUALITY: The History of an Elusive Idea. In this definitive intellectual history, McMahon seeks to address the questions of how can we strive for equality if we don’t understand it? As much as we continue to struggle for equality, we have always remained profoundly skeptical about it. How much do we want, and for whom?
Register Here Best-selling author Todd Brewster believes America invented childhood, and in his book, American Childhood: A Photographic History, he tells how it was that America became the first nation […]
No meeting on Wednesday, December 20. Tell a Yarn... will resume meeting on December 27, 2023, with a NEW BOOK. What could be better than working on your favorite knitting or crocheting project while someone reads out loud to you? Join our yarn circle/adult story time for your dose of productive relaxation! On December 27, […]
Live Stream Westporter Sybil Steinberg, former book review section editor for Publishers Weekly, returns with suggestions for your reading with her ever-popular talk on the best new reads. Get a beverage […]
If you write and need a place to read your work in front of a group of friendly, non-threatening fellow writers, this is the place for you! We meet in […]
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 […]
No meeting on Wednesday, December 20. Tell a Yarn... will resume meeting on December 27, 2023, with a NEW BOOK. What could be better than working on your favorite knitting […]
Come share your reading recommendations at Books and Bites. From time to time, guests will share and recommend their top titles. Enjoy coffee and tea and light refreshments while we […]
No meeting on Wednesday, December 20. Tell a Yarn... will resume meeting on December 27, 2023, with a NEW BOOK. What could be better than working on your favorite knitting […]
Kids celebrate WestportREADS by honoring the works of great artists: Saturday, January 6 – Leonardo da Vinci & Mona Lisa Portraits Saturday, January 13 – Albrecht Dürer’s Animal Sketches Saturday, January 20 – Georgia O’Keefe’s Landscapes Saturday, January 27 – Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers No registration required. The WestportREADS 2024 selection is The Art Thief […]
No meeting on Wednesday, December 20. Tell a Yarn... will resume meeting on December 27, 2023, with a NEW BOOK. What could be better than working on your favorite knitting […]
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