From the stages of Glastonbury, Governors Ball, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Reading, and Leeds, as well as a recent sell-out at New York City’s Terminal 5, Sunflower Bean will open VersoFest 2023 […]
The Smithereens, the famed American rock band with a string of hits running from the 1980s into the 2000s, will headline Friday night’s VersoFest concert slot at The Westport Library. Singer/songwriter and new wave pioneer Marshall Crenshaw takes the role of Smithereen lead vocals for the night. Americana musician Amilia K Spicer opens the evening […]
FOUR DAYS OF MUSIC, MEDIA, AND CREATIVITY! VersoFest is The Westport Library’s annual music and media conference and festival where knowledge is shared and inspiration is discovered — a forum for media creators, artists, and fans to converge. This year's festival runs March 30-April 2. From Sunflower Bean to the Smithereens, Alice Cooper costumes to evolving androgynous rock […]
NOTE: Rescheduled from February 28 due to predicted inclement weather and will now be held in conjunction with VersoFest2023. The Westport Library is proud to welcome Richard Butler as the Library’s Spring 2023 Malloy Lecture in the Arts guest speaker. Please note: Reserved seats for this event have been filled. There will be a livestream of the […]
FOUR DAYS OF MUSIC, MEDIA, AND CREATIVITY! VersoFest is The Westport Library’s annual music and media conference and festival where knowledge is shared and inspiration is discovered — a forum for media creators, artists, and fans to converge. This year's festival runs March 30-April 2. The lineup for Sunday, April 2, will include a record […]
Verso Studios at The Westport Library presents a screening of the 2022 documentary, The Greatest Radio Station in the World, in the Trefz Forum. This film tells the 60-year history of WPKN radio, 89.5 FM, launched in Bridgeport in 1962, and still going strong. The station broadcasts to 1.5 million people in Connecticut, Long Island, […]
The Collective Brass quintet entertains with music by Bach, Monteverdi and more.
“For those of us unable to have seen Cash perform during his life, this is more than a treat. It’s a time machine. When it comes to honoring Johnny Cash, JF4 walks the line.” TICKET INFO HERE In case you missed the event, you may watch the recorded program here. Johnny Folsom 4: From A […]
“There is a mystery about Willy. When you get it, it’s atomic. It’s huge.” – Peter Wolf, J. Geils Band The Westport Library launches the Lundberg Family Foundation Masters Film Series, in the Trefz Forum, on Friday evening, May 19, with a dynamic documentary, Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille, fresh from a […]
Join us for an exceptional concert of gifted young artists as they perform as soloists with a professional orchestra! One of our most exciting concerts of the year, the concerto and aria concerts features an array of soloists at every age. Join us at The Westport Library. Admission is free and open to the public. […]
The beautiful, bright yellow, limited edition vinyl LP of Verso Records, Volume One has arrived — and it’s time to celebrate the artists, conspirators, and community that has brought forth the first vinyl record ever to be recorded, produced, and released by a public library. Join us on Saturday, June 3, as we celebrate the […]
Join the Y's Men of Westport/Weston and The Westport Library for a very special performance by the Staples Jazz Ensemble! PLEASE REGISTER HERE In case you missed the event, you may watch the recorded program here. This ensemble is Staples High School Jazz Combo Blue, one of two small combos that make up a part of […]
Learn the basic dance steps of rumba and swing in a short workshop.
Come watch a film classic and listen to the soundtrack performed by a live orchestra! Free and open to the public — all ages welcome! If you’ve been following the news, you have probably seen the astounding footage of the newly discovered wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance. The ship has been lying 10,000 feet deep […]
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