November 2019
Legalize Equality: Presentation by Jean Sweeney
The New Canaan Museum & Historical Society and the New Canaan Library are proud to present a six-part lecture series: Origins of Our Constitutional Rights. The first presentation will take place on November 20 at 7pm in the Library’s Lamb Room. Jean Sweeney will discuss the history of the Equal Rights Amendment, its impact, and continued efforts to see it passed. Her talk will be followed by a short documentary, Legalize Equality. A reception will follow. Jean Sweeney is the…
Find out more »July 2023
Lifestyle Medicine Workshop: Stress Reduction
Reducing stress is the key to emotional health. In this workshop, lifestyle medicine specialist Dr. Raquel Harrison will help you reframe stress to understand when it is beneficial and when it becomes distress, along with strategies to reorient to a healthy level. Future workshops to consider: • 8/23 Social Connectedness • 9/27 Understanding Risky Behaviors: healthier approaches to stress Dr. Raquel Harrison (MD, FACEP, dipABLM) is dual board certified in emergency medicine and lifestyle medicine. With over 12 years of…
Find out more »October 2023
Glass House Presents: Sekou Cooke
Join architect Sekou Cooke at New Canaan Library for a free lecture about his work. Sekou Cooke is an architect, urban designer, researcher, and curator. Born in Jamaica and based in Charlotte, North Carolina, he is the Director of the Master of Urban Design program at UNC Charlotte, the 2021/2022 Nasir Jones HipHop Fellow at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University, and a founding member of the Black Reconstruction Collective. The work of sekou cooke STUDIO is centered on…
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