Family members, caregivers, and friends are invited to meet for informative and supportive group sessions to help navigate changes related to memory loss and cognitive decline. Join us at 2:00 pm at the New Canaan Library for our free Caregiver Peer Support Group. This event will be facilitated by Chris DiElsi, a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) and an Alzheimer’s Navigator at Waveny LifeCare Network. Attendees can find guidance, offer support, and ask questions in a safe environment. Each meeting you can expect to:
Discuss and provide coping techniques & strategies
Share stories and experiences of your own journey
Share feelings, needs, and concerns
Learn about community resources
New Canaan Library will host its 2025 “Conversations with Business Leaders” event at 7 p.m. Thursday, welcoming 1992 New Canaan High School graduate Emilie Rubinfeld, global president of New York-based luxury fashion house Carolina Herrera (register here). In conversation with Bob Mitchell, co-CEO of Mitchells Stores, Rubinfeld will not only relate insights from helming of one of fashion’s most important legacy houses, but will also informally share looks from the current collection on stage.
We sat down Monday with library CEO Ellen Crovatto, Exhibitions & Community Engagement Coordinator Miki Porta and Events & Marketing Consultant Allison Zinczenko, to get more details on the widely anticipated talk. Here’s a transcription of our conversation. ***
New Canaanite: What is the library’s ‘Conversations with Business Leaders’ series? Ellen Crovatto: ‘Conversations with Business Leaders’ was something that was begun with the help of Hazel Hobbs about 20 years ago.
Bestselling and beloved children’s author/illustrator Jan Brett will visit New Canaan Library as part of the book tour for her latest picture book, Alice in a Winter Wonderland. Ms. Brett will begin the Sunday, December 1 event at 10 AM with a drawing and illustration presentation, followed by a book signing. Children of all ages and their families are invited to register to attend. While general admission to Jan Brett’s book presentation is free, entrance to the signing line requires the purchase of Alice in a Winter Wonderland from Elm Street Books. Please visit the Library’s website to register and for full details on the event.
Wall Street legend Patricia Walsh Chadwick comes to New Canaan Library to present her recently published memoir, Breaking Glass. At 49, Walsh was named a Global Partner at Invesco, marking the culmination of a career that began with her first job as a receptionist at a brokerage firm at 19. For over 30 years, she was a rarity: a woman in the high-pressure, high-stakes finance business. The event takes place on Tuesday, November 19 at 7 pm in the Library’s Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium. Despite being branded a “witch” by some, Chadwick has no regrets about pursuing a career with drive, grit, perfectionism, and impatience.
Climate Central, a Princeton, New Jersey-based, policy-neutral, independent group of scientists, communicators and researchers, presents an informative discussion, providing a data-driven, fresh take on how to protect from growing weather threats, examine investment implications, and plan for a safer financial future. Their non-ideological approach uses big data, science, technology, and compelling visuals to help us make informed decisions, realistically assess local risks, and project how they’re likely to change. This program is co-sponsored by Planet New Canaan
