Learn to Program Java: For Grades 6-8
Room 210, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesLearn the basics of Java programming through fun, graphics-focused projects!
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Author Talk: Diane Parrish on Her Novel, 'Something Better'
The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesREGISTER HERE Celebrate the book launch of Westporter Diane Parrish's debut novel Something Better at The Westport Library. Diane will be joined in conversation with her daughter and acclaimed author, Amanda Parrish Morgan. About Something Better: It arose not from desire or even interest, but from curiosity: what would happen...if she just let it? The […]
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Walk-in Career Coaching Support
The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesBring your laptop and let’s get to work! This biweekly session (in-person the second Tuesday of every month, virtual the fourth Tuesday of every month) is designed for patrons who are waitlisted, receiving services but will like additional support, or anyone else interested in working on their career goals in a study group-style session. Assistance […]
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Language Conversation Group: Beginner/Intermediate French
Virtual EventThe Westport Library's beginner/intermediate French conversation group meetings are each Wednesday from 10 to 11 am via Zoom. This is a conversation group rather than a language class — there are no textbooks, homework, or formal lessons. Participants engage in unscripted discussions in French on a variety of topics. The group welcomes anyone interested in […]
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Tell a Yarn...
Featured Tell a Yarn...Sheffer Room, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesWhat 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 August 7, we'll be starting Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune. This book is the “hugely-anticipated sequel to Klune's The House […]
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Language Conversation Group: Italian
Room 210, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesThe Westport Library's Italian conversation group meetings are each Wednesday from 2 to 3 pm in The Board Room (Room 210 on the Library's upper level). This is a conversation group rather than a language class — there are no textbooks, homework, or formal lessons. Participants engage in unscripted discussions in Italian on a variety […]
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Writing Sprints with Alexandra Soiseth
The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesWednesday's Zoom link Stay accountable with two free weekly virtual writing workshops from WestportWRITES! The Westport Library is delighted to present two, free weekly Writing Sprints to Prompts and an AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) with award-winning author and teacher Alexandra Soiseth. This is like a write-in but with extras … it's writing time followed by […]
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Chess Club for Adults
Room 212, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesDrop by for a chess game on Wednesdays! There will be both open play and instruction for adults and high school students who know how to play the game. For more information, please contact the group contact, Rodney Garcia at rgprod16@gmail.com. Need a Hobby? Sports! Sports! Sports! Dungeons & Dragons
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Author Talk: Jason Stanley on 'Erasing History'
FeaturedThe Trefz Forum, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesRegister Here Jason Stanley, Yale professor and best-selling author of How Fascism Works, presents a kaleidoscopic, fact-based retort to the authoritarian right’s work to instill fascist culture in the United States. As he argues with clarity, it is their goal to make us forget what fascism looks like, feels like, and does to a nation. […]
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WestportWRITES: Advanced Memoir Writing Class Autumn Session
The Westport Library McCall Room 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesMary-Lou Weisman, best-selling author, personal essayist, and memoir writer, offers an eight-session workshop for those who have had some experience in writing memoir and personal essay. Please note: This is not a beginner class. The goal of the workshop is to foster a habit of writing, to briefly review the elements of good style, and […]
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Haskins Lecture 2024 with Award-Winning Journalist and Author James Lomuscio
FeaturedThe Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesREGISTER HERE Please join the Aspetuck Land Trust and the Library as award-winning journalist and author of Village of the Dammed, James Lomuscio, tells the story of the rise and fall of Valley Forge, Connecticut. Known for manufacturing steel and iron for the Civil War, the stone walls, hitching posts, foundations, and roads of this once-thriving […]
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Language Conversation Group: Japanese
Other 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesThe Westport Library's hybrid Japanese conversation group is available both in person and via Zoom. In-person meetings are held each Friday from 10 to 11 am in Room 216 on the Library's Upper Level. This is a conversation group rather than a language class — there are no textbooks, homework, or formal lessons. Participants engage […]
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Language Conversation Group: French
Room 210, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesThis conversation group is for advanced French speakers who have proficiency in speaking French. There is a beginner/intermediate group that meets on Wednesdays. In order for all participants in the Library’s language groups to have the opportunity to meaningfully use their language skills, we limit the size of the groups. The Advanced French group is […]
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Travel Passport Day
Room 211, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesThe Library is offering its very first passport day event in Room 211, with services including passport photos, printing of documentation, and more. Appointments will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis between noon and 4 pm. All forms must be filled out in advance and all applicants must appear in person, including children. You […]
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The American String Quartet in Concert
The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesREGISTER HERE The beloved American String Quartet will perform two of the most famous string quartets ever written: Ravel's exotic quartet, written in 1903, and Dvorak's quartet masterpiece, the "American" Quartet, composed in 1893. *** Peter Winograd (violin) joined the American String Quartet in 1990. He gave his first solo public performance at the age […]
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