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 […]
UNA Southwest CT Chapter presents the first Ruth Steinkraus Cohen Lecture. Mary Evelyn Tucker discusses protecting the Earth community.
View a screening of Surviving Sex Trafficking and participate in a panel discussion afterward with members of Partnership to End Human Trafficking and Policy World Without Exploitation. Panelists include Lili Bordan; Jamie Manirakiza, PEHT Executive Director; Becca Zipkin, Policy Director WorldWe; and Krishna Patel, International Strategist, former federal prosecutor and TedX speaker. Please register to attend this […]
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 […]
Ken Burns' new three-part documentary, The U.S. and the Holocaust, directed and produced by Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, explores America’s response to the horrors of the Holocaust and […]
The Westport Garden Club presents entomologist Doug Tallamy via Zoom, who will speak about how what humans plant affect the ecosystem in profound ways. Recent headlines about global insect declines and 3 billion fewer birds in North America are a bleak reality check about how ineffective our current landscape designs have been at sustaining the […]
Join Silvermoon LaRose of the Tomaquag Museum for an engaging discussion of Firekeeper’s Daughter. Although this literary work focuses on the Anishinaabe communities of the Great Lakes, the copious cultural nuances described in the book are relatable to Indigenous communities far and wide. Together we will explore this exciting publication and the relevance to the […]
Longtime ESPN reporter and E60 host Jeremy Schaap will be at the Library to screen his new film, The Perfect Machine. Just in time for the Super Bowl, Schaap will look back at the 1972 Miami Dolphins, who 50 years ago won Super Bowl VII, completing the first and only undefeated season in NFL history. Schaap also will […]
Pages Through the Ages is a book discussion group hosted jointly by the Westport Museum for History and Culture and the Library. This month the group will discuss The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Meetings will alternate between the buildings, so please check the venue prior to attending! Copies of the books […]
Attorney Alan Neigher returns to the Library to talk about the First Amendment and freedom of speech. Presented by the Y's Men on Westport/Weston. In case you missed the event, you may watch the recorded program here. The First Amendment Bill of Rights Access to Legal Database - Nexis Uni
Westporters write books on a wide variety of subjects in all sorts of genres. Authors Margrit Strohmaier and Tracy Livecchi LCSW will share their new books — with our community. […]
Learn about rare and antique books with Kenneth Gloss, proprietor of Boston’s Brattle Book Shop. Ken, a rare book specialist and appraiser who is frequently seen on TV, will talk in part about the history of his historic bookshop, where he is a second-generation owner. Ken will discuss growing up in the book business, show […]
Pages Through the Ages is a book discussion group focused on both historical non-fiction and fiction. This month the group will discuss the Pulitzer Prize winning The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. Please note that this month's meeting will be at 6 pm so members can also see Ken Gormley's Presidential Scandals event at 7 pm! […]
Award-winning author, constitutional scholar, and Duquesne University President Ken Gormley will speak at the Westport Public Library on the subject of “Presidential Scandals."
The Common Ground Initiative is The Westport Library’s new forum for public discourse on topical issues of importance to the community. In case you missed the event, you may watch the recorded program here. The aim of the initiative is to host a positive, productive conversation on how we: work together to move forward as […]
