Nature's Best Hope With Doug Tallamy
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 […]
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 […]
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. Saugatuck Scribes is a series that showcases Westport writers and their newest books. If your child is begging for a cat, Strohmaier's beautifully illustrated, rhyming […]
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 […]
In the spring of 1776, Abigail Smith Adams warned her husband John of a “Ladies’ rebellion” (“we will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation”) if women’s concerns were not recognized at the nation’s founding. The future U.S. president mocked his wife and dismissed her pleas. But […]
This vital discussion of democracy is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Westport in partnership with The Case Method Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It will give attendees the opportunity to participate in the same classroom experience enjoyed by students at Staples High School. The audience will take part in an engaging discussion that will explore […]
Learn more about the unjust incarceration of Bobby, a boy from New Haven who was wrongly convicted of a murder in 2006 from Nicholas Dawidoff and his book, The Other Side of Prospect: A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City. He will be in conversation with Althea Seaborn. Please let us know if you'll […]
Pages Through the Ages is a book discussion group focused on both historical non-fiction and fiction. This month the group will discuss And There Was Light by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham. Copies of the books are available at The Westport Library patron service desk or electronically. A president who governed a divided country has […]
In this public lecture delivered in the Library's Trefz Forum, Roosevelt Institute Director of Climate Policy Rhiana Gunn-Wright will explore the interconnections between environmental and racial justice and discuss how to cultivate regional responses to the climate crisis, recognizing that environmental impacts cross town lines. The talk is inspired by Westport's commitment to becoming a […]
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