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151 Main Street
New Canaan, CT 06840 United States
203-594-5000 newcanaanlibrary.org

May 2025

Publisher’s Book Buzz Wine & Cheese Reception

May 29 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
New Canaan Library, 151 Main Street
New Canaan, CT 06840 United States
Free

The publishers are coming to introduce the hot titles of summer. Join us for an evening of wine & cheese, prizes and exciting book talk from the representatives of the big 5 - Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House, McMillan, Hachette and Norton and more. A great night of fun for book groups, book lovers, family & friends. Get your TBR pile ready for more juicy summer (and some fall) reads. RSVP today! Invite your family and friends to the…

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Being Seen Parenting Conversation with Dr. Selena Bartlett

May 30 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
New Canaan Library, 151 Main Street
New Canaan, CT 06840 United States
Free

Being Seen: What Our Kids Need Most from Us Today Parenting feels harder than ever. What if science could show us a better way? Join world-renowned neuroscientist and best-selling author Dr. Selena Bartlett for a community conversation about parenting with purpose, science, and support. Moderated by Yush Sztalkoper, Founder of the Twice-Exceptional Network (TEN). What you’ll learn: Why parenting feels overwhelming—and what neuroscience reveals How digital distraction is affecting kids' brains (and how to protect them) Science-backed tools to rewire…

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June 2025

Ari Fleischer and the Daily Briefing

June 4 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
New Canaan Library, 151 Main Street
New Canaan, CT 06840 United States
Free

As former White House press secretary, Ari Fleischer was the primary spokesperson for President George W. Bush and delivered the daily White House briefings from 2001 to 2003. He served as spokesman during the historic presidential recount, September 11th, two wars, and the anthrax attack. Our 2025 Attwood Lecture speaker, Fleischer will discuss the famed daily briefing and the state of our politics today.

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The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City with Best-Selling Author Kevin Baker

June 11 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
New Canaan Library, 151 Main Street
New Canaan, CT 06840 United States
Free

Historian Kevin Baker’s hugely entertaining history of baseball and New York City, bursting with larger-than-life figures and fascinating stories from the game’s beginnings to the end of World War II, was voted Sports Illustrated #1 Book of 2024. In Baker’s hands the city and the game emerge from the murk of nineteenth-century American life—driven by visionaries and fixers, heroes and gangsters. He details how New York and its favorite sport came to mirror one another, expanding, bumbling through catastrophe and…

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Author James Frey in Conversation with Gina Gershon

June 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
New Canaan Library, 151 Main Street
New Canaan, CT 06840 United States
Free

With biting wit and unflinching precision, James Frey takes readers on a satirical thrill ride through the dark heart of privilege in his latest novel, Next to Heaven. Fans of The White Lotus and Big Little Lies will be captivated by the twists and turns of a narrative that exposes the treachery behind the American Dream.

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The Light Eaters with Best-Selling Author Zoë Schlanger: Pollinator Pathway Lecture

June 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
New Canaan Library, 151 Main Street
New Canaan, CT 06840 United States
Free

Award-winning Atlantic staff writer Zoë Schlanger speaks about her groundbreaking work of popular science that probes the hidden world of the plant kingdom, called “a masterpiece of science writing”. To survive and thrive while rooted in a single spot, plants have adapted ingenious methods of survival. Scientists have learned about their ability to communicate, recognize their kin and behave socially, hear sounds, morph their bodies to blend into their surroundings, store useful memories that inform their life cycle, and trick…

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Summer Reading Kickoff Party: FUN for ALL AGES

June 26 @ 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
New Canaan Library, 151 Main Street
New Canaan, CT 06840 United States
Free

Drop in and celebrate the start of Summer Reading! We are Traveling Through the pAGES with GIANT board games, a photo booth with props, classic ice-cream sundaes, face painters, glitter tattoos, and crafting fun! Bring the whole family to enjoy the fun! Make sure to sign up for Summer Reading! Kids and Teens, come pick up a lanyard and book prize to jump-start your Summer Reading, and make your first button! Adults, come to learn about our NEW Adult Summer…

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