From the stages of Glastonbury, Governors Ball, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Reading, and Leeds, as well as a recent sell-out at New York City’s Terminal 5, Sunflower Bean will open VersoFest 2023 at The Westport Library. The Brooklyn-based band will take the stage for an intimate kickoff concert at the state-of-the-art Verso Studios Trefz Forum venue. DJ […]
The Smithereens, the famed American rock band with a string of hits running from the 1980s into the 2000s, will headline Friday night’s VersoFest concert slot at The Westport Library. Singer/songwriter and new wave pioneer Marshall Crenshaw takes the role of Smithereen lead vocals for the night. Americana musician Amilia K Spicer opens the evening […]
FOUR DAYS OF MUSIC, MEDIA, AND CREATIVITY! VersoFest is The Westport Library’s annual music and media conference and festival where knowledge is shared and inspiration is discovered — a forum for media creators, artists, and fans to converge. This year's festival runs March 30-April 2. From Sunflower Bean to the Smithereens, Alice Cooper costumes to evolving androgynous rock […]
FOUR DAYS OF MUSIC, MEDIA, AND CREATIVITY! VersoFest is The Westport Library’s annual music and media conference and festival where knowledge is shared and inspiration is discovered — a forum for media creators, artists, and fans to converge. This year's festival runs March 30-April 2. The lineup for Sunday, April 2, will include a record […]
An insightful and profound series of classes on literature from the Westport Library’s newly launched Verso University, a year-round offering of high-level classes, workshops, and lectures designed for lifelong learning. This series of four classes are presented by Dr. Mark Schenker, senior associate dean, Yale College, and dean of academic affairs and a renowned lecturer […]
Verso Studios at The Westport Library presents a screening of the 2022 documentary, The Greatest Radio Station in the World, in the Trefz Forum. This film tells the 60-year history of WPKN radio, 89.5 FM, launched in Bridgeport in 1962, and still going strong. The station broadcasts to 1.5 million people in Connecticut, Long Island, […]
An insightful and profound series of classes on literature from the Westport Library’s newly launched Verso University, a year-round offering of high-level classes, workshops, and lectures designed for lifelong learning. This series of four classes are presented by Dr. Mark Schenker, senior associate dean, Yale College, and dean of academic affairs and a renowned lecturer […]
An insightful and profound series of classes on literature from the Westport Library’s newly launched Verso University, a year-round offering of high-level classes, workshops, and lectures designed for lifelong learning. This series of four classes are presented by Dr. Mark Schenker, senior associate dean, Yale College, and dean of academic affairs and a renowned lecturer […]
An insightful and profound series of classes on literature from the Westport Library’s newly launched Verso University, a year-round offering of high-level classes, workshops, and lectures designed for lifelong learning. This series of four classes are presented by Dr. Mark Schenker, senior associate dean, Yale College, and dean of academic affairs and a renowned lecturer […]
“There is a mystery about Willy. When you get it, it’s atomic. It’s huge.” – Peter Wolf, J. Geils Band The Westport Library launches the Lundberg Family Foundation Masters Film Series, in the Trefz Forum, on Friday evening, May 19, with a dynamic documentary: Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille, fresh from a […]
