
February 2025
Legislative Priorities in CT: Session Kickoff with Our Legislators
Our local legislators--Senators Fazio and Maher and Representatives Dathan, O'Dea, and Constantine--will share their priorities for the current legislative session in Hartford, hear your concerns, and answer questions regarding the issues facing our state. Co-sponsored by Vote New Canaan, an initiative of the Youth Board of the New Canaan League of Women Voters.
Find out more »Casual Chess Play with RedBandit Chess for Ages 10-101
Join us for a night of casual chess play from 6:00-8:00pm! Experienced instructors from RedBandit Chess will be on-hand providing advice as well as a brief lecture on important topics. All people aged 10-101 are welcome, including brand new players and experienced tournament players! Drop-in anytime between 6-8PM.
Find out more »Renowned Author Elinor Lipman Presents “Every Tom, Dick & Harry”
We are thrilled to welcome author Elinor Lipman - one of the most beloved comedic writers of our time - to present her new book, Every Tom, Dick and Harry. It’s a charming, laugh-out-loud tale of love and criminality, a pitch-perfect romantic comedy.
Find out more »Film Screening: ‘Black Panther’ Directed by Ryan Coogler
Superhero blockbuster film based on Marvel Comics' Black Panther, heir to the kingdom of Wakanda who must lead his people into a new future and confront a challenger from his country's past. Rated PG-13.
Find out more »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.
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