October 2026
Maintaining Your Health As You Age – A Geriatrician’s Guide to Healthy Aging
2nd Part of the 4-Part Series "Aging Well: 4 Keys to Living Stronger, Healthier and More Confidently. Geriatrician Dr. Alison McElhone, MD, will discuss ways to keep our minds and bodies functioning at their best and how quality preventive care can reduce falls and injuries, serious infections, heart attack, stroke and hospitalization. The goal: not simply to add years to life, but to add life to our years.
Find out more »Spotlight on THE MET: Lee Krasner & Jackson Pollock
Join art historian and Metropolitan Museum of Art educator Page Knox at the Library for a journey through Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous, the first major New York presentation devoted to either artist in more than 20 years. Featuring over 120 works, it is the first exhibition to look at the full arc of their careers together.
Find out more »The Librarians: Film Screening
In recognition of Banned Books Week, join New Canaan Library for a screening of The Librarians, winner of the 2026 Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. Directed by Kim A. Snyder, this timely documentary follows librarians across the United States as they confront book challenges, political pressure, and threats to their careers while defending intellectual freedom and the right to read. The film examines how battles over books have become part of a larger national debate about…
Find out more »Wine Pairing for the People with James Beard Award-Winning Sommelier Cha McCoy and Author Layla Schlack
The wine world often says that the food and wine that grow together go together, but what about global cuisines from regions where wine grapes aren't prevalent? James Beard award-winning sommelier Cha McCoy and author Layla Schlack, creators of Wine Pairing for the People, will join us at the library for a conversation blending wine knowledge with an anthropological perspective and a side of aspirational armchair travel. Cha knows that good foods and wines go together and that the cuisines…
Find out more »Wolf Conservation: Saving a Species
In the late 20th century, Mexican gray wolves and red wolves were declared to be extinct in the wild. Through intensive efforts, such as breeding programs and wild releases, these wolves have resumed their rightful places on the wild landscape. Join a WCC wolf expert to learn what it takes to help save a species from the brink of extinction, the applications of modern technology to reproduction efforts, and about the famed reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park. This…
Find out more »Job Fair with CTHires
Looking for a new job? Drop into CTHires' job fair any time between 1pm and 3pm.
Find out more »Knock Once for Yes: Spiritualism, Séances, and Skeptics
In 1848, three sisters in a small New York farmhouse convinced their neighbors they were communicating with the dead. The news spread quickly, and within a decade the Spiritualist movement had swept the country. At its heart were mediums and intellectuals who believed the guidance of the dead could lead the nation toward a more moral and equal future; the movement soon became entwined with abolition and women's rights. Some attended séances in search of real answers; others came purely…
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