Event List

Storytime featuring stories, rhymes and movement activities. Ages 2 and younger with an accompanying caregiver.  Registration appreciated.

A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton Evelyn is a Creole woman who comes of age in New Orleans at the height of World War II. Her family inhabits the upper echelon of B...

Bring a blanket and/or lawn chairs to this walk-in program at Latham Park, located at the nexus of Bedford, Forest and Prospect streets. Ages 18 months to 4 years with an accomp...

Dr. Noel Robin, Chair, Emeritus, of the Department of Medicine at Stamford Hospital, will discuss his new book, I Swear by Apollo...Classical Mythology and the Art of Cli...

This month's book discussion exploring the unknown realms of fantasy, science fiction and horror will be on The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec. When a banished witch falls...

Bring a blanket and/or lawn chairs to this walk-in program at Latham Park, located at the nexus of Bedford, Forest and Prospect streets. Ages 18 months to 4 years with an accomp...

All are welcome to join a friendly group discussion of the latest articles from The New Yorker.  Also available via Zoom. Join the discussion here at the sched...

Patricia Walsh Chadwick will discuss her new book Breaking Glass: Tales From the Witch of Wall Street.  In Breaking Glass, Chadwick outlines how she started on the bottom r...

Support the library by bringing your gently used books to the Friends Book Shop.

Practice your reading skills by reading to a trained therapy dog. Bring a favorite book or pick one from the library before your 15-minute session. Ages 5 to 12. Registrat...

Teen summer volunteering is back. Earn volunteer credit by helping children and teens join the Summer Learning Clubs, report their reading progress and receive incentives. One t...

Bring a blanket and/or lawn chairs to this walk-in program at Commons Park, located Harbor Point. Ages 18 months to 4 years with an accompanying caregiver. This program is he...

Horse by Geraldine Brooks A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history are strands woven together to tell a sweepi...

Bring a blanket and/or lawn chairs to this walk-in program at Latham Park, located at the nexus of Bedford, Forest and Prospect streets. Ages 18 months to 4 years with an accomp...

Teen summer volunteering is back. Earn volunteer credit by helping children and teens join the Summer Learning Clubs, report their reading progress and receive incentives. One t...

Author Marianne Thomson will discuss her debut thriller, Seventh Avenue Undressed, a suspenseful, provocative and often hilarious bare all of New York’s Mob-controlled fashion indu...

The Friends of the Ferguson Library, in partnership with Mystery Writers of America – New York Chapter, present CrimeCONN, Connecticut’s own one-day mystery lovers' conference. ...

Bring a blanket and/or lawn chairs to this walk-in program at Commons Park, located Harbor Point. Ages 18 months to 4 years with an accompanying caregiver. This program is he...

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn In this enthralling historical fiction novel from The New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-...

Bring a blanket and/or lawn chairs to this walk-in program at Latham Park, located at the nexus of Bedford, Forest and Prospect streets. Ages 18 months to 4 years with an accomp...

All are welcome to join a friendly group discussion of the latest articles from The New Yorker.  Also available via Zoom. Join the discussion here at the sched...

Local author Julie Satow, the award-winning author of The Plaza: The Secret Life of America’s Most Famous Hotel, will discuss her forthcoming book When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glam...