Drop 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
Register 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. […]
Mary-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 […]
REGISTER 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 […]
The 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 […]
This 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 […]
The 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 […]
REGISTER 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 […]
Room 210 Join the group as we discuss All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley, a fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard.. For copies of the book, call 203-291-4807. New participants always welcome. Contact Carolyn Zygmont […]
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 Tessa Smith McGovern. This is like a write-in but with extras …it's writing time followed by a 30-minute Q&A where […]
The Westport Library's Spanish conversation group meetings are each Tuesday 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 Spanish on a variety […]
Every Tuesday, Library staff and assistants will be on hand in the Trefz Forum to provide in-person support for accessing our digital resources. Our tech assistants are available to help you download our digital collections onto your devices. Please note that these sessions are specifically intended to assist patrons with downloading digital collections and do […]
Learn the basics of Java programming through fun, graphics-focused projects!
Register Here Live Stream Join us for an enlightening evening with conflict resolution expert Ken Feinberg, renowned for his role as the special master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. In that role, Feinberg was responsible for designing an unprecedented program to distribute government funds for death and injury claims related to the 9/11 […]
If you write and need a place to read your work in front of a group of friendly, non-threatening fellow writers, this is the place for you! We meet in person and on Zoom from 7 to 8:45 pm on the third Tuesday of every month in a casual open mic format. We welcome fiction, […]
The Westport Library is committed to intellectual freedom, inclusivity, and lifelong learning. Our mission is to provide welcoming spaces for the free exchange of ideas. The Library does not endorse or condemn points of view, including any program content or the views expressed by presenters or participants.
