Countdown to Kindergarten
Join us to learn activities you can use throughout your child's final year of preschool to enhance their readiness to read. Register online for children entering K in Fall 2024.
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Higgins Room, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States
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Orchestra Lumos Presents: After a Dream
FeaturedThe Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesRegister Here About this performance The instrumental combination of flute and harp has been popular with composers for over two hundred and fifty years, and saw its peak in the salons and courts of France in the mid-18th and early 19th Centuries, mainly as a result of the harp’s most famous patron Marie Antoinette. Joining […]
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Near-Peer Tutoring
Children's Library, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesStaples High School students will be available in the Children’s Library for drop-in tutoring. Please bring homework or workbooks with which you need assistance.
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'Below Surface' Film Screening and Conversation: An Exploration of Connectedness, Community, and Healthy Longevity
FeaturedThe Trefz Forum, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesRegister Here Watch The Recorded Talkback Here Screening in the Library’s Trefz Forum, Below Surface is an award-winning short documentary that reveals the extraordinary power of community through an unlikely subject: a YMCA Aquafit class – that is, the Westport/Weston YMCA. This exercise class, led by gifted and compassionate instructor Patty Kondub, inspired the connection among […]
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Books & Bites
Featured Books & BitesThe Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesCome share your reading recommendations at Books and Bites. From time to time, guests will share and recommend their top titles. Enjoy coffee and tea and light refreshments while we continue to share our top reads for the month. This is a ‘no commitment’ group, so you can simply share your titles or just come […]
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Writing Sprints with Tessa Smith McGovern
The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesStay 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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Verso University Presents: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Komansky Room, The Westport LibraryRegister Here Even though the last film he made came out nearly 50 years ago, Alfred Hitchcock's works continue to be major influences on contemporary filmmakers and not only entertain new generations of audiences but speak powerfully to us about our enduring personal, interpersonal, social, and political anxieties. In this Verso University series of classes, […]
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Language Conversation Group: Spanish
Room 210, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesThe 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 […]
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Near-Peer Tutoring
Children's Library, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesStaples High School students will be available in the Children’s Library for drop-in tutoring. Please bring homework or workbooks with which you need assistance.
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Verso University Presents: The Professional Musician: Taking it to the NEXT LEVEL with Matt Starr
Brooks Place, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesRegister Here Verso University is thrilled to bring Matt Starr to The Westport Library to share his expertise on how to get to the NEXT LEVEL with your professional music career! The class will meet over three Tuesday evenings, March 5 to March 19, 6:30-8 pm, in the Library’s Brooks Place program room. NEXT LEVEL […]
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Self!sh: A Journey of Self-discovery
FeaturedThe Trefz Forum, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesRegister Here Watch The Recording SELF!SH: An actress, a psychologist, and a branding guy walk into a library - it’s not the start of a joke, it’s the SELF!SH event. Actress Stephanie Szostak shares insights from her new workbook SELF!SH: Step Into a Journey of Self-Discovery to Revive Confidence, Joy, and Meaning with Tasha Eurich, […]
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Sewing with Machines
The Westport Library McCall Room 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesLearn basic sewing techniques while making a simple project to take home.
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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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Anyone Can Use: JSTOR
Brooks Place, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United StatesLearn to research like a librarian as we guide you through JSTOR--a highly selective digital library of academic content in many formats and disciplines. The collections include top peer-reviewed scholarly journals as well as respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports from trusted institutes, and primary sources.
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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 January 31, we will start reading Dead Tired by Kat Ailes. Yarn circlers will get a chance to hear this hilarious addition […]
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.
