What’s the deal with recycling? Confusion about what’s acceptable, doubts about where it all goes and whether costs outweigh benefits are questions we literally can’t afford to leave unanswered. With our municipal budgets stretched to the max and the effects of climate change looming large, it’s critical for us to understand the proper way to recycle in New Canaan–and the cost to each of us when we get it wrong. Join our team of local recycling and waste management professionals for straight talk on the “how” and “why” of recycling in our town. Our own Tiger Mann, Director of New Canaan Public Works, will be joined by Jennifer Heaton-Jones, Executive Director of the Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority, and Jay Greco and Patricia Swope from City Carting to give us everything we need to get recycling right.
A busy month of programs and events celebrating and supporting New Canaan Library’s town wide read of Joshua Davis’s Spare Parts wraps up with a festive evening of traditional Mexican dance and music. Join the fun on Thursday, March 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the Adrian Lamb Room. Please register online at newcanaanlibrary.org. Experience the rich music and dance traditions of Mexico’s diverse cultural history, interpreted through the artistic vision of Calpulli Mexican Dance Company. The company will present performances unique to the different Mexican states.
Along with the adult read of Spare Parts, New Canaan Library’s One Book New Canaan program this year features The Wild Robot as a companion book specifically for kids. The Library is pleased to welcome Peter Brown, the book’s award winning author/illustrator, for two events for young readers. Both events will take place in the Adrian Lamb Room; please register online, at newcanaanlibrary.org. Peter Brown, author/illustrator of the middle grade book The Wild Robot, its sequel The Wild Robot Escapes, and many others, will visit the Library on Thursday, March 21 at 6:30 p.m. Brown will discuss the process of creating The Wild Robot along with insights into his creative development from childhood to the present. He will also present a drawing demonstration, along with some quick lessons.
Spring is coming and that presents the perfect opportunity to rejuvenate and start fresh in body and mind. New Canaan Library is pleased to host a workshop presented by herbalist Ehris Urban and historian Velya Jancz-Urban on ways to use wild greens and herbs for healthy tonics. The event takes place on Tuesday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. in the Curtis Gallery. Please register, online at newcanaanlibrary.org. This unique workshop will offer a look at history as well as teach participants how to concoct, among other things, a “Great-Granny McWilliams’ Spring Tonic,” featuring the wild edibles of spring.
New Canaan Library’s town wide read of Joshua Davis’s Spare Parts presents the opportunity for dynamic programming and events that support the themes of this award winning book. Learn more about the long and rich culture of film in Mexico with a screening of three different films on Saturday, March 9 at 11 am, 1 pm and 3pm in the Adrian Lamb Room. Please register for this event, online at newcanaanlibrary.org. The festival offers the chance to be immersed in the golden age of Mexican filmmaking, from the 1930s to the 1950s, and to gain insight into why Mexico has twice won the Cannes Film Festival, and annually hosts the prestigious Guadalajara International Film Festival. Mexico, perhaps more than any other Latin American country, boasts a long history of cinematic tradition and success, and catapulted to fame actors and actresses such as María Felíx, Dolores del Río and Pedro Infante.
