Authors Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese will discuss their radical plan to address climate disaster and their book, Half-Earth Socialism with Kevin Gallagher, host of WPKN's "Digging in the Dirt."
In order to increase awareness and promote understanding in the arenas of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and gender-identity, TEAM Westport and The Westport Library are co-sponsoring the Ninth Annual Teen Diversity Essay Contest for students in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 who attend Staples High School or another school in Westport, or reside in Westport and attend school elsewhere. Last year’s TEAM Westport contest focused on stereotypes. Last year’s TEAM Westport contest focused on “Black Lives Matter”.
Almost Happy authors Dr. Brian Kaplan and Hephzibah Kaplan talk with Elaine Daignault, Westport’s director of Health & Human Services about how to laugh your way to change. Dr. Brian Kaplan spent many years training in whole person approaches to health, well-being, and personal development. Brian has made regular appearances on Sky News, BBC Radio, LBC and local radio and has contributed chapters and forewords to several books.
Hephzibah Kaplan is a qualified art therapist, psychotherapy supervisor and artist. She founded the London Art Therapy Centre in 2010, and is its director as well as senior art therapist, supervisor,...
and head of training. She is a recognized national and international teacher and workshop facilitator, and appeared on BBC World News and radio.
Dinitia Smith, author of The Prince, discusses her novel with Erica Melnichok. The Prince is a modern retelling of The Golden Bowl by Henry James.
From their grand mansion on the Upper East Side to their magical private island in Long Island Sound, everything points to the Woodford family as being perfect and idyllic. Dinitia Smith is the author of four previous novels, including The Illusionist, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and her short stories have been published in numerous magazines.
Westport’s own Dan Woog brings his popular blog “06880: Where Westport Meets the World” to life, via the Verso Studios at the Westport Library – recorded LIVE in the Trefz Forum! This week, Woog interviews the Library's Executive Director, Bill Harmer, about VersoFest and so much more!
Self-taught photographer Tom Kretsch has traveled near and far in search of “Peaceful Places,” those special spots where he can capture images that evoke a soothing and calming moment. From Tuscany to Maine, to right here in his hometown of Westport, Tom uses light, texture, form, and color to create the kind of moments that give a serene aura to his photographs. Join Miggs Burroughs for a look inside Tom’s studio, and see how the magic happens.
Meet author Jai Chakrabarti as he discusses his debut novel A Play for the End of the World with Westport Country Playhouse assistant artistic director, Liam Lonegan. A dazzling debut novel—set in early 1970’s New York and rural India—the story of a turbulent, unlikely romance, a harrowing account of the lasting horrors of the Second World War, and a searing examination of one man’s search for forgiveness and acceptance.
Westport author Lisa Cloherty shares the journey of her two new picture books with fellow author Michaela MacColl. Find out who Katie Spector the Art Collector and Terrance the Hothead are and how they came to be. These two stories may inspire you to write our next Saugatuck Scribes book.
In this program, 26-year industry veteran and Founder and CEO of Metric Financial, Tim Baker, CFA gives a layperson’s explanation of how mutual funds and annuities work and how the industry has ignored some potentially better alternatives.
Deepa Purushothaman will discuss her research about women of color in workplace culture when she speaks about her new book, The First, the Few, the Only: How Women of Color Can Redefine Power in Corporate America with Fran Pastore, founder of the Women's Business Development Council.
In this year's Westport Reads novel, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab, a young woman's Faustian bargain allows her immortality, but leaves her in oblivion until one person remembers her. Explore literary "Fausts" through history with Dr. Emily Bryan, who teaches Renaissance literature at Sacred Heart University.
"Stepping Out on Faith: The Journey of Charles Joyner” opened on 3/10 with moderator Trey Ellis discussing with Charles and his fellow academic Bonnyeclaire Smith Stewart their participation in the American Fields Service Student Program. They also spoke about how Charles’ experiences in Ghana informed his artwork on display in the Sheffer Gallery.
Illustrating books takes many different forms and many different paths lead to that career. A panel of book illustrators including Sarah Becan, Rowam MacColl and Gregg Schigiel will discuss their journeys, their art and the publishing world with moderator Kerstin Rao.
Jack Mitchell is Chairman of the Mitchell Stores a three-generation family business, started in 1958 in Westport, and now operates men’s and women’s specialty stores in CT, NY, CA, WA and OR that are nationally renowned for their personal service touches and strong relationships.
