Join us to hear bestselling author Amity Gaige discuss her new novel, Heartwood, in conversation with Daisy Alpert Florin. Heartwood is Amity Gaige’s fifth novel. It was selected by Jenna Bush Hager as a Read with Jenna pick for April 2025 and became an instant national bestseller. Amity is the author of four previous novels, O My Darling, The Folded World, Schroder, and Sea Wife. Sea Wife was a 2020 New York Times Notable Book and a finalist for the…

The first in a series of programs focusing on current civic issues in New Canaan, this presentation by Town officials will explore the paths New Canaan has taken to meet its Affordable housing needs and State requirements by focusing on three specific projects.

Strangers is a gorgeous memoir about the sudden end to a seemingly happy marriage—an aching, love-filled, and transcendent account of surviving betrayal and discovering joy. “Riveting . . . examines the very nature of intimacy.”—Joyce Carol Oates

Join New Canaan's own Moneco Advisors for a financial planning workshop where we’ll discuss the 6 main areas of planning that you and your loved ones should discuss. (Cashflow, Insurance, Investing, Retirement, Goal Planning, and Tax / Estate Planning) After covering high level concepts, we focus on which planning issues are relevant based on age to better understand where you are today and what is to come in your future!

This webinar will equip parents with actionable tips, tools, and strategies to motivate, inspire, and support their students. This is an ONLINE program.

Spend an invigorating afternoon at our second World Music Series program, with master drummer John Dankwa (Assistant Professor of Music at Wesleyan University), and dancer/choreographer Iddi Saaka (Douglas J. and Midge Bowen Bennet Associate Professor of Dance at Wesleyan), together with their student performers. We will learn about and experience powerful rhythms, dynamic movement, and the communal energy of West African performance traditions. All ages are welcome!

Celebrate Lunar New Year at the Library! Join us in ushering in the Year of the Horse with dance and choir performances, food, and crafts from a number of Asian traditions. Local organizations and New Canaan community members will give insight into New Year’s customs. This program is ideal for the whole family. Arrive anytime between 2 and 4 p.m., and stay however long you are able.