April 2024
Lidia Bastianich, Celebrity Chef and Emmy Award Winning TV Host, To Speak at New Canaan Library
New Canaan Library is proud to host a special evening featuring top celebrity chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author, Lidia Bastianich. Ms. Bastianich will be speaking about her life and latest cookbook, Lidia’s: From Our Family Table to Yours, co-authored by her daughter Tanya Bastianich Manuali. In it, she shares the dishes she often cooks for those she loves the most, many inspired by her beloved mother. It includes a personal collection of more than a hundred favorite family recipes and…
Find out more »May 2024
Exhibition Torrance York: Semaphore; A Journey through Parkinson’s, Opens at New Canaan Library’s Lightburn Gallery
New Canaan Library announces the opening of Torrance York: Semaphore; A Journey through Parkinson’s, an exploration of the artist’s creative journey after a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) nine years ago. The exhibition opens on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in the Lightburn Gallery, with a reception and gallery talk with Ms. York and the curator from 5:30 – 7:00 pm. All are welcome; please register to attend, newcanaanlibrary.org/events. After her diagnosis, York's photography underwent a shift in perspective and process.…
Find out more »Musicals in May: Screening of Top Hat, Starring Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
New Canaan Library presents the first musical movie in May: TOP HAT, the quintessential Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers film. Fred Astaire stars as a tap dancer and Ginger Rogers as his beautiful neighbor. They dance, and romance from London to Venice in this tip-top musical full of classic Irving Berlin tunes. This was Astaire and Rogers' fourth of 10 screen pairings and was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. Runtime 100 minutes.
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