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, Peter Kanter at [email protected]. Need a Hobby? Sports! Sports! Sports! Dungeons & Dragons
Award-winning author, constitutional scholar, and Duquesne University President Ken Gormley will speak at the Westport Public Library on the subject of “Presidential Scandals."
Mary-Lou Weisman, bestselling author, personal essayist and memoir writer, offers an eight-session workshop for those who have had some experience in writing memoir and personal essay.
Staples High School students will be available in the Children’s library for drop-in tutoring for grades 2 - 5. Bring homework or workbooks with which you need assistance.
Connecticut Public’s Civility Initiative focuses on ways to build stronger communities by connecting residents to conversations that foster understanding. On April 27, Connecticut Public's Lucy Nalpathanchil talks with Mónica Guzmán, Senior Fellow at Braver Angels and Wilk Wilkinson of Braver Angels about their work building bridges across differences. They share strategies everyone can use. Mónica Guzmán […]
The language conversation groups are for those interested in practicing speaking in another language. The groups are open to all levels of experience and are are self-directed. If you are […]
Join us the Ready Readers as we explore the Wonderful World of Color in this interactive storytime for ages 3 to 5!
Join us April 21 and April 28 as the Artists Collective of Westport members behind the current Westport Library installations Music to Our Ears and Piece by Piece come to the Library to talk about the inspiration for their work. Grab a coffee in the Library Cafe and meet some of the artists in the […]
If it’s late April, it must be … time for Halloween! That’s right, we are HALFWAY to October 31, so let’s celebrate with some spooky books by Library-favorite middle-grade authors and creepy crafting projects! Join Lorien Lawrence (Fright Watch series), JW Ocker (The Smashed Man of Dread End and The Black Slide), and Dan Poblocki […]
Staples High School students will be available in the Children’s library for grades 2 - 8 for drop-in tutoring. Bring homework or workbooks with which you need assistance.
Book Chat is becoming Books & Bites! That's right, our popular book chat program is getting a new name for 2023! Books and Bites will remain similar in structure to the Book Chat program but will now include more reading recommendations, and from time to time, guests who will share and recommend their top titles. […]
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 […]
An insightful and profound series of classes on literature from the Westport Library’s newly launched Verso University, a year-round offering of high-level classes, workshops, and lectures designed for lifelong learning. […]
Staples High School students will be available in the Children’s library for drop-in tutoring for grades 2-8. Bring homework or workbooks with which you need assistance.
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 […]
