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Featured Featured Event Series Verso University Presents: French Wine Theory

Verso University Presents: Iberian Wine: Exploring Wines of Spain & Portugal

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

Join Certified Sommelier, Barbie Messa, as she explores Iberian Wine, including mainland Spain, Portugal, and their surrounding islands. We'll discuss the most famous classic regions, such as Rioja and Porto, and up-and-coming areas like the Canary Islands. After learning about these regions' history, geography, and grapes, we will have the opportunity to taste three wines in the final class. This class will meet on Wednesday, June 5-July 3, from 1:30-3 pm (Note, class will not meet on June 19th in honor of the Juneteenth holiday when The Library will be closed). The class will meet in the Brooks Program Room, located on the main level, around the corner from the Library shop.

$50
Tell a Yarn: The Botanical Daughter
Featured Featured Event Series Tell a Yarn...

Tell a Yarn...

Komansky Room, The Westport Library

Note to patrons: Tell a Yarn... will be meeting in the Komansky Room on June 12, returning to the Sheffer Gallery on June 19. What 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 […]

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Event Series Language Conversation Groups

Language Conversation Group: Italian

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

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 interested in starting a group in a language not offered, contact Jennifer Keller at [email protected]. The group will meet every Wednesday in Room 210 from 2-3 […]

Event Series "Self-Checkout:" with Pause + Purpose

Self-Checkout: Monthly Meditation Series with Pause + Purpose

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

The Westport Library and Pause + Purpose invite the public to "Self-Checkout," a monthly event series that explores the “why” and “how” of mindfulness through the inner “self.”   Science shows that practicing meditation just a few minutes every day can improve mental health and emotional well-being, increase focus, productivity, and creativity, promote kindness, reduce anxiety, […]

Free
Event Series "Self-Checkout:" with Pause + Purpose

Self-Checkout: Monthly Meditation Series with Pause + Purpose

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

The Westport Library and Pause + Purpose invite the public to "Self-Checkout," a monthly event series that explores the “why” and “how” of mindfulness through the inner “self.”   Science shows that practicing meditation just a few minutes every day can improve mental health and emotional well-being, increase focus, productivity, and creativity, promote kindness, reduce anxiety, […]

Free
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 […]

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, Rodney Garcia at [email protected].   Need a Hobby? Sports! Sports! Sports! Dungeons & Dragons

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Event Series Language Conversation Groups

Language Conversation Group: Japanese

Other 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

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 interested in starting a group in a language not offered, contact Jennifer Keller at [email protected]. The Japanese conversation group meets every Friday in Room 216 or […]

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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. Participants should have some proficiency in speaking French. There is a beginner/intermediate group that meets on Wednesdays. The group will meet every Friday from 11 am-12 pm in room 210. Contact Joan McAteer at [email protected] for more information. Learn a Language Foreign Language Library Collections A to […]

Event Series Rhythm & Rhyme

Rhythm and 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. Just drop in!

Free
Event Series Language Conversation Groups

Language Conversation Group: English

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

If you are looking for a chance to practice your English language conversation with others, this is the meeting group for you! This will be informal conversation for both non-native and native speakers. This group meets every Monday from 11 am to 12 pm (noon) in Room 210 on the Library's upper level. Please contact […]

Event Series Verso University: Location Drawing at The Westport Library

Verso University Presents: Location Sketch Class

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

A series of classes where participants draw a location and study uses of composition, line, and value to capture the mood and story of a place. The class will meet on Tuesdays, June 4 -June 25 from 10-11:30 am. Weather permitting, be prepared to draw locations outside, along the Saugatuck River and Jesup Green environment. The instructor, Tim Cronin, has taught drawing and cartooning at Silvermine School of Art, Darien Art Center, Norwalk Art Space. He is a graduate of NYC’s School of Visual Arts with a BFA in cartooning and illustration. Tim also has had a colorful career as a tattoo artist, illustrator, sign painter, and calligrapher. This is a wonderful opportunity if you're an artist who wants to improve and stay in shape with their drawing skills, or if you're a beginner looking to try something new. This workshop is also for people that would like to participate in something creative with others. The group will be invited to challenge themselves about how they see, look, think and create their drawings.

Event Series PageTurners

PageTurner's Book Discussion Group

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

Join the group as we discuss The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell. Author O'Farrell brings the world of Renaissance Italy to jewel-bright life in this unforgettable fictional portrait of the […]

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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Event Series Language Conversation Groups

Language Conversation Group: Spanish

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

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 interested in starting a group in a language not offered, contact Jennifer Keller at [email protected]. This group meets every Tuesday from 2-3 pm in room 210. […]

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