Most of us have ridden the New York subway and some may be missing those rides now. Learn about the fascinating history of New York City’s subway system–and what that history can tell us about how we can remake its future and what the pandemic may mean for it and for New York City with Clifton Hood, author of 722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York. When the New York City subway opened on October…
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Hosted by Fairfield University, Powered by LightSpeedVT™, and brought to you LIVE from the Westport Library, this virtual summit will provide a unique learning experience that will combine thought provoking discussions with artistic storytelling by the QuickCenter for the Arts at Fairfield University. The discussion will be centered on the intersection between the healthcare industry, corporate America, and higher education that must seek more interconnectedness and interdependence than ever before. For more information, and to register, CLICK HERE.
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Discuss H is for Hawk with members of the Earthplace naturalist team. Heart-wrenching and humorous, H is for Hawk is an unflinching account of bereavement and a unique look at the magnetism of an extraordinary beast, with a parallel examination of a legendary writer’s eccentric falconry. Obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history combine to achieve a distinctive blend of nature writing and memoir from an outstanding literary innovator. This is a virtual event, please register to participate. Copies of the…
Find out more »Hosted by Fairfield University, Powered by LightSpeedVT™, and brought to you LIVE from the Westport Library, this virtual summit will provide a unique learning experience that will combine thought provoking discussions with artistic storytelling by the QuickCenter for the Arts at Fairfield University. The discussion will be centered on the intersection between the healthcare industry, corporate America, and higher education that must seek more interconnectedness and interdependence than ever before. For more information, and to register, CLICK HERE.
Find out more »Hosted by Fairfield University, Powered by LightSpeedVT™, and brought to you LIVE from the Westport Library, this virtual summit will provide a unique learning experience that will combine thought provoking discussions with artistic storytelling by the QuickCenter for the Arts at Fairfield University. The discussion will be centered on the intersection between the healthcare industry, corporate America, and higher education that must seek more interconnectedness and interdependence than ever before. For more information, and to register, CLICK HERE.
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Election 2020 Fact Checking Local Voting Information Spot Fake News Voting Issues in the US
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Artist, Activist and Educator Darcy Hicks will moderate a discussion about the intersection of arts, awareness, and activism with local artists Iyaba Ibo Mandingo, Liz Leggett, and 5IVE Fingaz. Art- both making it and experiencing it, is a way for us to see things through each other’s eyes, connecting us through ideas and building empathy. Throughout history, art has served to bear witness, ask questions and incite passion. In 2020, art is playing a particularly important role in how we…
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NOTE NEW MONDAY TIME STARTING IN NOVEMBER!
Have fun reading, writing, and playing math games.
Join Eric Burns as he discusses his new book, 1957: The Year that Launched the American Future. This is a virtual event. PLEASE REGISTER HERE. Purchase a bookplate signed copy of 1957. After a career of more than 40 years in television journalism, including 8 as a correspondent for NBC News, which Emmy award winner Eric Burns describes as "the best job I ever had," he left the newsroom and found shelter for the archives---a retreat from the present to…
Find out more »Discuss Maybe you should talk to someone by Lori Gottlieb, which gives the reader a behind-the-scenes look from both sides of the therapy couch. Via zoom conferencing. Contact Carolyn Karwoski, ckarwoski@westportlibrary.org to register.
Find out more »Chris Eck, CPA, and Karl Mergenthaler, CFA, will provide specific, actionable ways to prepare for the tax season. The COVID-19 pandemic, along with financial market volatility and massive government response, has changed the landscape for investing and building wealth. The SECURE Act and other government actions created challenges and opportunities for creative tax planning in 2020. This is a virtual event, please register. Chris Eck is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) at Berkow Schechter & Co., LLC. He received his…
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Discuss Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer with members of the Earthplace naturalist team. "Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings―asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass―offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. In reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the…
Find out more »The library is excited to welcome preeminent lawyer Alan Neigher to discuss Freedom of Speech (and other myths): A Short History of the US Government’s Restrictions of Expression. Since the founding of our Republic, our Government has imposed sweeping restrictions on the public's ability to freely communicate. This discussion will review those restrictions, including federal and state legislation and cultural censorship. This is a virtual event. Please register here. Alan Neigher has practiced law in Westport since 1980. A…
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The Library will be closing at 5 pm on Wednesday and will be closed all day on Thursday and open from 1-5 pm on Friday. Enjoy the holiday!
Find out more »The Library will be closing at 5 pm on Wednesday and will be closed all day on Thursday and open from 1-5 pm on Friday. Enjoy the holiday!
Find out more »NOTE NEW MONDAY TIME STARTING IN NOVEMBER!
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THIS IS A VIRTUAL EVENT. PLEASE REGISTER HERE CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues sits down with Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield, Los Angeles Sparks Forward Candace Parker, and former NBA star Charles Smith to discuss how George Floyd’s death sparked a social justice movement in sports. Athletes are using their power and influence to mobilize fans. Is this a positive development for major league sports or should the stars just “shut up and dribble?” Be part of this fascinating conversation…
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Learn basic hand sewing techniques via zoom with professional costumer C. Delari Johnston. Design and make your own felt hand puppet.
This is a 3-week program on Thursdays, December 3, 10, & 17 from 4 - 5 pm. Each session builds on the material presented in the previous session. The program is for students in grades 4&5
Family secrets are the central focus of two debut novels: Block Seventeen and These Ghosts are Family. Authors Kimiko Guthrie and Maisy Card will discuss their stories with Bernicestine McLeod and Judith Hamer. This is a virtual event, please register. A link to the YouTube premiere will be sent closer to the event. About the books: When Akiko “Jane” Thompson first met Shiro Yamamoto, she knew they were meant to be. Five years later, their happiness is threatened. An intruder…
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Heather Clark, author of Red Comet, discusses Sylvia Plath's life and work with Sybil Steinberg, who was a classmate and friend of the poet. This is a virtual event, please register. Book plate signed copies of the book are available for purchase. The highly anticipated new biography of Sylvia Plath that focuses on her remarkable literary and intellectual achievements, while restoring the woman behind the long-held myths about her life and art. With a wealth of never-before-accessed materials--including unpublished letters…
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Join Bess Kalb as she discusses her debut memoir, Nobody Will Tell You This but Me, with local psychologist and relationship expert Dr. Dale Atkins, and listen in on the conversation between two women who understand and cherish the fierce relationships that cross generations. Bess Kalb conjures the ghost of her beloved Grandma Bobby, who seems to have breezed right past death and kept on talking. Kalb, an Emmy-nominated TV writer, tells the story of four generations of women: Bess’s…
Find out more »Learn basic hand sewing techniques via zoom with professional costumer C. Delari Johnston. Design and make your own felt hand puppet.
This is a 3-week program on Thursdays, December 3, 10, & 17 from 4 - 5 pm. Each session builds on the material presented in the previous session. The program is for students in grades 4&5
NOTE NEW MONDAY TIME STARTING IN NOVEMBER!
Have fun reading, writing, and playing math games.
Wanjiku "Wawa" Gatheru, a 21-year-old environmental justice advocate and founder of Black Girl Environmentalist will discuss the important intersection of social and environmental justice. Wawa is a recent graduate of the University of Connecticut and the first Black person in history to receive the Rhodes, Truman, and Udall scholarships. She will be joining us from Oxford, England. This is a virtual event, please register. Read her Glamour article, "Want to Be an Environmentalist? Start With Antiracism" This presentation is part…
Find out more »Learn basic hand sewing techniques via zoom with professional costumer C. Delari Johnston. Design and make your own felt hand puppet.
This is a 3-week program on Thursdays, December 3, 10, & 17 from 4 - 5 pm. Each session builds on the material presented in the previous session. The program is for students in grades 4&5
Join Jonathan Maberry and Christopher Golden for an evening of thrilling talk about the authors' newest books. This is a virtual event, please register. Order your bookplate signed copy of Ink. Or order a bookplate signed copy of Red Hands. From New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry comes a standalone supernatural thriller Ink, about a memory thief who feeds on the most precious of dreams. Tattoo-artist Patty Cakes has her dead daughter’s face tattooed on the back of her hand. Day by…
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The Library will be closing at 5 pm on New Year's Eve and will be closed all day on New Year's Day. Enjoy the holiday!
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Join Westport Library’s own Elizabeth Chatsworth as she discusses her debut novel, The Brass Queen with fellow writer Gabi Coatsworth on its launch day. In a steam-powered world, Miss Constance Haltwhistle is the last in a line of blue-blooded rogues. Selling firearms under her alias, the "Brass Queen," she has kept her baronial estate's coffers full. But when US spy J. F. Trusdale saves her from assassins, she's pulled into a search for a scientist with an invisibility serum. As…
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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, Elisabeth Bailey: Discuss The Sound Of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Bailey with members of the Earthplace naturalist team. Elisabeth Tova Bailey tells the inspiring and intimate story of her year-long encounter with a Neohelix albolabris—a common forest snail. While an illness keeps her bedridden, Bailey watches as the snail takes up residence on her nightstand. Intrigued by its molluscan anatomy, cryptic defenses, clear decision making ability, hydraulic locomotion, and mysterious courtship activities, Bailey becomes…
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Enjoy the holiday! While we are closed, check out our awesome 4th of July resource guide for recipes, celebration ideas, history, and more!
Find out more »The Library will be closing at 5 pm on Wednesday and will be closed all day on Thursday and open from 1-5 pm on Friday. Enjoy the holiday!
Find out more »The Library will be closing at 5 pm on Wednesday and will be closed all day on Thursday and open from 1-5 pm on Friday. Enjoy the holiday!
Find out more »The Library will be closing at 5 pm on New Year's Eve and will be closed all day on New Year's Day. Enjoy the holiday!
Find out more »Enjoy the holiday! While we are closed, check out our awesome 4th of July resource guide for recipes, celebration ideas, history, and more!
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