February 2025
Preventing Cardiovascular Disease with Stamford Health
This presentation will cover various practical strategies to prevent cardiovascular disease and will include a broad discussion of diet/nutrition, exercise, and medications that could be used. This will also include a discussion about what factors influence a patient’s risk of cardiovascular disease.
Find out more »Madness with Best-Selling Author Antonia Hylton in conversation with Heather Cabot
Widely listed as one of the best books of 2024, Madness tells the 93-year-old history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the last segregated asylums with surviving records and a campus that still stands in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Award-winning journalist Antonia Hylton traces the legacy of slavery to the treatment of Black people’s bodies and minds in our current mental healthcare system. Hylton will be in conversation with former ABC News Correspondent and Anchor Heather Cabot.
Find out more »Film Screening: Hidden Figures
Three female African-American mathematicians play a pivotal role in astronaut John Glenn's launch into orbit, even as they encounter racial and gender discrimination at work.
Find out more »Mini Golf at the Library
Bring your whole family during our tee times to play Mini Golf and Support the Library! Snag your tickets now to tee off among the stacks. Our 18-hole course will take you all around the library and we'll have fun prizes for you to win. New Canaan's favorite Apple Cart Food Co. will be selling hot dogs and other treats for our golfers Tickets $10 per player Friday Golfing Friday, February 28 from 6-9pm Saturday Family Ball Saturday, March 1…
Find out more »March 2025
Mini Golf at the Library
Bring your whole family during our tee times to play Mini Golf and Support the Library! Snag your tickets now to tee off among the stacks. Our 18-hole course will take you all around the library and we'll have fun prizes for you to win. New Canaan's favorite Apple Cart Food Co. will be selling hot dogs and other treats for our golfers Tickets $10 per player Friday Golfing Friday, February 28 from 6-9pm Saturday Family Ball Saturday, March 1…
Find out more »Taking Manhattan with Best-Selling Author Russell Shorto
Russell Shorto, best-selling author of The Island at the Center of the World, offers up a thrilling narrative of how the brash, bold, archetypal city of New York came to be—just in time for the 400th anniversary of its founding as Niewe Amsterdam.
Find out more »Amy Griffin and Hoda Kotb Discuss ‘The Tell’
Please join us for an evening with Amy Griffin and Hoda Kotb as they discuss THE TELL, Griffin’s newly released memoir.
Find out more »Open-Ended Art Exploration with Barbara Rucci
Famlies can drop in to come make art with Barbara Rucci! We will have 3 different art stations where you can explore your creativity. No registration needed, this is a drop-in program. This program is designed for children to explore materials and ideas on their own. Parents are free to engage with other parents, or their child, as long as they are not impeding their child’s creative process. Drop-offs will not be permitted.
Find out more »(NOT) Just for Kids: Norwalk Symphony- Brass
Join the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra to explore Brass instruments! Our Brass Quintet (Trumpets, Trombone, Horn and Tuba) all have the origins of their sound in the same skill – called “Buzzing.” What else gives this family of instruments its unique sounds? Join us as we explore the science and physics of their sound, and hear all the different variations they can make. Learn about the versatility of these instruments across different music genres such as jazz, ragtime, blues and more…
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