Rescheduled from January! The life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be celebrated with a very special event featuring renowned author Heather McGhee. Her book, THE SUM […]
On view in the Sheffer Gallery from June 7 - August 6, 2022: Westport icons Ann Chernow and Miggs Burroughs double up in this exhibit inspired by the characters and contexts of classic film noir. Featuring Chernow’s stone lithographs and etchings of femme fatales, and Burroughs’ lenticular photographs drawn from “Double Indemnity” movie footage, the […]
This community case discussion - in partnership with the Westport League of Women Voters - will give Westport adults the opportunity to enjoy the same classroom experience as Staples High […]
Corban Addison comes to Westport to discuss his new nonfiction book, Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial, with Sustainable Westport's Johanna Martell. As vivid and fast-paced as a […]
Opening reception: Thursday, June 23, 2022, at 6:30pm, followed by a screening of the noir classic Double Indemnity in the Forum starting at 7, with an introduction by Susan Granger. Popcorn […]
View the film, FOUR WINTERS before its official release and join a discussion afterward between Julia R. Mintz, the film's writer/director/producer and Carin Savel, Chief Executive Officer of the Federation for Jewish Philanthropy of Upper Fairfield County. Deep within the forests of World War II Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, and the Ukraine, more than 25,000 Jews […]
NOW A VIRTUAL EVENT! Howard Blum returns to the Westport Library to discuss his newest history, The Spy Who Knew Too Much: An Ex-CIA Officer's Quest Through a Legacy of […]
The Film Noir Film Series, inspired by the art exhibit "Double Indemnity", now on view in the Sheffer Gallery, continues on July 7th with the iconic film "Detour". The film, made in 1945, was called by Roger Ebert "... an embodiment of the guilty soul of film noir. No one who has seen it has […]
The Film Noir Film Series, inspired by the art exhibit "Double Indemnity", now on view in the Sheffer Gallery, continues on July 14th with the original, iconic film "Nightmare Alley", […]
Westporters write books on a wide variety of subjects in all sorts of genres. Authors Eve Nadel Catarevas and James Noble will share their new books - a biography and […]
Comic book art historian Arlen Schumer as he delves into Curt Swan’s Super-works—covers, pages and panels—on screen in ways that will make you see comic book art as you never have before! To […]
The Film Noir Film Series, inspired by the art exhibit "Double Indemnity", now on view in the Sheffer Gallery, continues on August 25th with "Mildred Pierce". This film is an […]
Pages Through the Ages is a book discussion group hosted jointly by the Westport Museum for History and Culture and the Library. Discuss Emma Southon's A Fatal Thing Happened on […]
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.
