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  • StoryFest Saturday 2025: Clay McLeod Chapman and Josh Malerman

    POSTPONED: StoryFest 2025 Presents: Saturday Night Double Feature with Clay McLeod Chapman and Josh Malerman!

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

    Note to patrons: In order to make the theatrical performance of Josh Malerman’s Incidents Around the House the grandest performance it can possibly be, the Library and Josh have reached the mutual decision to delay the event until Spring 2026. Please check back to the Library’s website for the exact makeup date and time. Clay […]

    $20.00

  • Rhythm and Rhyme

    Rhythm & Rhyme
    Komansky Room, The Westport Library

    Join us for lots of movement, nursery rhymes, and a story! For children birth to five with an adult. No registration is required, though space is limited.

  • Near Peer Homework Help

    Near Peer Homework Help
    Children's Library, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

    Staples High School students will be available between 4 pm and 7 pm, Monday - Thursday in the Children’s Library for drop-in homework help.

  • StoryFest 2025 Presents: 10th Anniversary Celebration of Year of Yes with Award-Winning Producer and Best-Selling Author Shonda Rhimes

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

    SOLD OUT Event Details StoryFest 2025, The Westport Library’s eighth annual literary festival, will wrap up in style this year with a special appearance by award-winning producer and Shondaland visionary Shonda Rhimes, who will be on hand to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her New York Times best-selling memoir, Year of Yes: How to Dance […]

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    PageTurners Book Discussion Group: 'The Spectacular'

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

    Room 210 Join PageTurners for a discussion of The Spectacular by Fiona Davies, who transports us back to 1950s Manhattan and the glamorous Radio City Music Hall. For copies of the book, call 203-291-4807. New participants are always welcome! Contact Carolyn Zygmont at czygmont@westportlibrary.org for more information.   PageTurners READ Like a Librarian NoveLlist Plus

  • Writing Sprints with Tessa Smith McGovern

    Writing Sprints
    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 […]

  • Westport-Weston Chamber of Commerce Selectmen’s Debate: Candidates for First and Second Selectmen

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

    The Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with The Westport Library, will host a debate featuring the candidates for Westport first selectman and second selectman. This periodically held candidate’s forum is an interactive debate with open discussion. Invited candidates include Kevin Christie and Amy Wistreich, Don O’Day and Andrea Moore, and David Rosenwaks. The […]

    Free
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    Language Conversation Group: Spanish

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

    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 […]

  • Near Peer Homework Help

    Near Peer Homework Help
    Children's Library, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

    Staples High School students will be available between 4 pm and 7 pm, Monday - Thursday in the Children’s Library for drop-in homework help.

  • Story Fun with Miss Jessica

    Story Fun with Mrs. Olson
    Higgins Room, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

    Join Miss Jessica, a former kindergarten teacher from GFES, for stories and fun activities! For kindergarteners and first graders. No registration is required, though space is limited.

  • Buddy Reading

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    Children's Library, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

    Early and more practiced readers can come to the children's library to read with a buddy from Staples High School.

  • A Seat at the Selectman’s Table: An Open Discussion with Westport’s Candidates for First Selectman

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

    Event Details Forget the podiums. Forget the stiff format. Forget the canned talking points. On this night, Westport’s three candidates for first selectman will sit shoulder-to-shoulder at the same dinner table, sharing a meal and a wide-ranging conversation in front of a live audience. No podiums. No speeches. Just authentic, unscripted dialogue that reveals who […]

    Free

  • Teen Advisory Board Meeting

    Teen Advisory Board Meeting
    The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

    Join the Teen Advisory Board and help The Westport Library better serve teens! In this meeting, we'll discuss leadership roles for the upcoming year.

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