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POSTPONED: Sustainable Westport Residential Energy Learning Series: Everything Solar

Brooks Place, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

POSTPONED Interested in learning how to make your home more energy efficient? Want to help our community reach our goal of becoming Net Zero by 2050? Sustainable Westport is sponsoring a three-part FREE Residential Energy Learning Series just for you! Our sessions are designed to provide you with information, resources, and the confidence to kick […]

Free
Event Series Language Conversation Groups

Language Conversation Group: Italian

Room 210, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

The 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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Verso University Presents: The Development of Comedy in Film

Komansky Room, The Westport Library

Expect to laugh and learn when you join us for a fascinating exploration of the development of comedy in film! Discussed will be four films, outlined below, that take us from the beginning with silent comedy and moving forward. Basic ideas explored will include (1) that laughter derives from a sense of superiority over what […]

Event Series Writing Sprints with Tessa Smith McGovern

Writing Sprints with Tessa Smith McGovern

The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

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 […]

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Art Reception: Showtime!, Selections from the Westport Public Art Collections

The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

Join us for a reception featuring Showtime!, selections collected from the Westport Public Art Collections (WestPAC), with a gallery overview by Ive Covaci, WestPAC chair and professor of art history at Fairfield University. Please register HERE. Pictured (L to R): Yanone C by Hiromitsu Takahashi and Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, Your Show of Shows […]

Free
Event Series Verso University Presents: Introduction To Video Game Design

Verso University Presents: Introduction To Video Game Design

The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

Under the Library's lifelong learning initiative, Verso University, Introduction to Video Game Design is a course to learn how to design and develop a video game from the ground up! Throughout the course, you will learn the basics of level design, character design, interactions, animation, and more. By the end of the course, you will […]

Event Series Chess Club for Adults

Chess Club for Adults

Room 212, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

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 pkanter@pennypublications.net.   Need a Hobby? Sports! Sports! Sports! Dungeons & Dragons

Event Series WestportWRITES: Advanced Memoir Writing Class

WestportWRITES: Advanced Memoir Writing Class

The Westport Library McCall Room 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

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. Pleas note: This is not a beginners' class. The goal of the workshop is to foster a habit of writing, to briefly review the elements of good style, and […]

$15
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Navigating the College Search

Virtual Event

In this webinar, admission professionals from a range of universities will share valuable insights about the college search process, including the importance of individual fit, developing a balanced list of colleges, and how to best approach the process within the current admission landscape.

Free
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LGBTQ+ 201: Allyship in Practice

Brooks Place, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

In partnership with Westport Pride, Triangle Community Center Community Education Manager Cadence Pentheny facilitates an interactive and discussion-based training intended to apply learning from the LGBTQ+ 101 to real-world examples and scenarios. Now that participants have a better foundational understanding of the LGBTQ+ community, we can brainstorm practical ways in which we can be affirming […]

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SHORT CUTS Film Festival, Part One: International Narrative Films

The Trefz Forum, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

The SHORT CUTS Film Festival is back for 2023! Curated from the prestigious Tribeca Festival in NYC, Fairfield County’s own SHORT CUTS Festival screens award-winning narrative, documentary, and animated short films, followed by a conversation between one of the films’ creative teams and the festival producer. CLICK HERE to purchase tickets! In case you missed […]

$26.50
Event Series Language Conversation Groups

Language Conversation Group: Japanese

Other 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

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 […]

Event Series Language Conversation Groups

Language Conversation Group: French

Room 210, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

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 […]

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