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This event is in the "Main Library" group.
This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
This event is in the "South End Branch" group.
This event is in the "Weed Memorial & Hollander Branch" group.
This event is in the "West Side Branch" group.
This event is in the "Bookmobile" group.
This event is in the "Outreach" group.
This event is in the "Virtual" group.
This event is in the "System-Wide" group.
This event is in the "Main Library" group.
This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
This event is in the "South End Branch" group.
This event is in the "Weed Memorial & Hollander Branch" group.
This event is in the "West Side Branch" group.
This event is in the "Bookmobile" group.
This event is in the "Outreach" group.
This event is in the "Virtual" group.
This event is in the "System-Wide" group.
Feb
19
2024
Mon
Closing
All Library Facilities Closed for Presidents Day
Branches:
Main Library,
Harry Bennett Branch,
South End Branch,
Weed Memorial & Hollander Branch,
West Side Branch,
Bookmobile,
Outreach,
Virtual,
System-Wide
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This event is in the "Virtual" group.
This event is in the "Virtual" group.
Feb
21
2024
Wed
Let’s Talk: High Intermediate Level via Zoom
10:00am - 11:30am
Virtual
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Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Language & Education
This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
Feb
21
2024
Wed
AARP Tax Assistance
10:00am - 2:00pm
Harry Bennett Branch
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Library Branch:
Harry Bennett Branch
Room:
Auditorium
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Tax Help
Event Details:
Trained tax counselors from AARP will offer help with basic federal and Connecticut state income tax returns.
Bring all 2023 tax documents and a copy of your 2022 tax returns.
This event is in the "Main Library" group.
This event is in the "Main Library" group.
Feb
21
2024
Wed
Family Storytime
10:30am - 11:00am
Main Library
Full
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Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
Third Floor Auditorium
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers (ages birth-4)
Program Type:
Storytime
Event Details:
A participatory storytime for the whole family that includes songs, fingerplays, stories and movement activities.
Ages 18 months to 5 years with an accompanying caregiver.
Registration required.
Disclaimer(s)
Accompanying Adults
This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.
Friends-Sponsored
This program is brought to you by the generous support of the Friends of the Ferguson Library.
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This event is in the "Main Library" group.
This event is in the "Main Library" group.
Feb
22
2024
Thu
Easy English for Beginners: Side by Side
10:30am - 12:30pm
Main Library
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Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
Third Floor Technology Center (room only)
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Language & Education
Event Details:
Learn language and life skills through reading, speaking and writing during this six-week interactive English course based on the Easy English TV program by Steven Molinsky and Bill Bliss.
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This event is in the "Main Library" group.
This event is in the "Main Library" group.
Feb
23
2024
Fri
Babytime
10:30am - 11:00am
Main Library
Full
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
Third Floor Auditorium
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers (ages birth-4)
Program Type:
Storytime
Event Details:
A program geared for babies featuring traditional verses, bouncing rhymes, board books and more.
Ages 18 months and younger with an accompanying caregiver.
Registration required.
Disclaimer(s)
Accompanying Adults
This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.
Friends-Sponsored
This program is brought to you by the generous support of the Friends of the Ferguson Library.
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This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
Harry Bennett Branch
Full
This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
Feb
24
2024
Sat
Harry Bennett Local Author Series: Yvette Cole, Author of Harriet's Dinner Party, a Black History Month Program
10:00am - 12:00pm
Harry Bennett Branch
Full
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Library Branch:
Harry Bennett Branch
Room:
Auditorium
Age Group:
All ages,
Families
Program Type:
Author Events
Event Details:
Meet first-time author Yvette Cole, a kindergarten teacher, who will read from her debut picture book Harriet's Dinner Party.
This event is in the "Weed Memorial & Hollander Branch" group.
Weed Memorial & Hollander Branch
This event is in the "Weed Memorial & Hollander Branch" group.
Feb
24
2024
Sat
AARP Tax Assistance
10:00am - 1:00pm
Weed Memorial & Hollander Branch
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Library Branch:
Weed Memorial & Hollander Branch
Room:
Weed ROOM HOLD
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Tax Help
Event Details:
Trained tax counselors from AARP will offer help with basic federal and Connecticut state income tax returns.
Bring all 2023 tax documents and a copy of your 2022 tax returns.
This event is in the "Main Library" group.
This event is in the "Main Library" group.
Feb
24
2024
Sat
Clase de Computación en Español: Conceptos Básicos de Informática e Internet
10:30am - 1:00pm
Main Library
Full
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Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
Third Floor Technology Center (w/ workstations)
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Technology
Event Details:
Entiende qué hace una computadora y cómo usar el mouse y el teclado. Aprende a navegar por sitios web, utilizar motores de búsqueda y comienza a realizar búsquedas en Internet.
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This event is in the "South End Branch" group.
This event is in the "South End Branch" group.
Feb
20
2024
Tue
Person-to-Person Mobile Food Pantry
11:00am - 1:00pm
South End Branch
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Library Branch:
South End Branch
Room:
Library-wide
Age Group:
Families
Program Type:
Community
Event Details:
Food shopping by appointment only, and is limited to one visit per month.
Please bring own reusable bags.
For more information, call 203 724-9111.
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This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
Feb
21
2024
Wed
Canasta Club
11:00am - 1:00pm
Harry Bennett Branch
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Library Branch:
Harry Bennett Branch
Room:
Harry Bennett ROOM HOLD
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Crafts, Games & Making
Event Details:
Love canasta? Always wanted to learn how to play?
Whether you're a pro or a novice, come out to play this card game that combines elements of bridge and rummy.
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This event is in the "South End Branch" group.
This event is in the "South End Branch" group.
Feb
22
2024
Thu
Cuentos y Actividades: Spanish Story & Activity
11:00am - 12:00pm
South End Branch
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Library Branch:
South End Branch
Room:
South End ROOM HOLD
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers (ages birth-4),
Families
Program Type:
Storytime
Event Details:
A Spanish-language experience featuring stories, music, movement and fun that promotes native literacy.
Ages 1 to 4 with an accompanying caregiver.
This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
Feb
22
2024
Thu
Mah-Jongg Club
11:00am - 1:00pm
Harry Bennett Branch
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Library Branch:
Harry Bennett Branch
Room:
Harry Bennett ROOM HOLD
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Crafts, Games & Making
Event Details:
Love mah-jongg? Come out and enjoy this intriguing game of Chinese origin featuring 144 tile pieces.
Beginners welcome.
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This event is in the "South End Branch" group.
This event is in the "South End Branch" group.
Feb
24
2024
Sat
Combo Yoga: Hatha and Kundalini
11:00am - 12:00pm
South End Branch
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Library Branch:
South End Branch
Room:
South End ROOM HOLD
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Event Details:
Mark Covello will lead a high-energy class the combines the Hatha and Kundalini styles.
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This event is in the "Virtual" group.
This event is in the "Virtual" group.
Feb
20
2024
Tue
Let's Talk: New Students Level Evaluation via Zoom
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Virtual
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Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Language & Education
This event is in the "Main Library" group.
This event is in the "Main Library" group.
Feb
20
2024
Tue
Community Mindfulness Project: Meditation, a Mental Health & Wellness Series Program
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Main Library
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Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
Third Floor Auditorium
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Event Details:
A brief discussion about meditation practice, a guided meditation, and a chance to share and reflect. Appropriate for all levels of practice.
This event is in the "South End Branch" group.
This event is in the "South End Branch" group.
Feb
20
2024
Tue
Movies for Kids, a Black History Month Program
12:30pm - 1:30pm
South End Branch
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Library Branch:
South End Branch
Room:
South End ROOM HOLD
Age Group:
Kids (grades K-5)
Program Type:
Arts, Movies & Performances
Event Details:
School vacation screenings of March On!
Disclaimer(s)
Friends-Sponsored
This program is brought to you by the generous support of the Friends of the Ferguson Library.
This event is in the "Virtual" group.
This event is in the "Virtual" group.
Feb
20
2024
Tue
Let’s Talk: High Beginner Level via Zoom
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Language & Education
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This event is in the "Main Library" group.
This event is in the "Main Library" group.
Feb
21
2024
Wed
Question, Persuade, Refer Suicide Prevention Workshop, a Mental Health & Wellness Series Program
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Main Library
Full
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Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
Third Floor Auditorium
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Community,
Health & Wellness
Event Details:
The Stamford Department of Health and Human Services presents the community workshop Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR), a bystander intervention training program designed to teach you how to step in and help someone who may be experiencing suicidal
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This event is in the "West Side Branch" group.
Cancelled
West Side Branch
This event is in the "West Side Branch" group.
Feb
24
2024
Sat
Cancelled
Make History Your Own: Sticker Book Activity, a Black History Month Program
12:30pm - 1:30pm
West Side Branch
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Library Branch:
West Side Branch
Age Group:
All ages
Program Type:
Community,
Crafts, Games & Making,
Special Event
Event Details:
Build your own African American history book using stickers that depict dozens of courageous fighters for civil rights as well as inspirational pioneers in government, science and technology, business, the arts and more.
All ages.
Disclaimer(s)
Accompanying Adults
This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.
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This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
Harry Bennett Branch
Full
This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
Feb
21
2024
Wed
The New Yorker Magazine Discussion
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Harry Bennett Branch
Full
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Library Branch:
Harry Bennett Branch
Room:
Library-wide
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Event Details:
All are welcome to join a friendly group discussion of the latest articles from The New Yorker.
Also available via Microsoft Teams.
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This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
Harry Bennett Branch
Full
This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
Feb
24
2024
Sat
Harry Bennett Branch Local Author Series: Charlie Trantanella
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Harry Bennett Branch
Full
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Library Branch:
Harry Bennett Branch
Room:
Auditorium
Age Group:
All ages
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Event Details:
Charlie Trantanella, a Stamford native, will discuss his latest book Sister Christian Has Left the Building, a collection of 12 stories written over 19 years that document growing up in Stamford in the 1980s.
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This event is in the "Main Library" group.
This event is in the "Main Library" group.
Feb
18
2024
Sun
Harry Bloch History Program: Afternoon Concert with The Blues and Beyond
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Main Library
Full
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Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
Third Floor Auditorium
Age Group:
All ages
Program Type:
Arts, Movies & Performances,
Community
Event Details:
The Blues and Beyond, a cross-cultural program that tells the story of African Americans from slavery to the present day through music, narration and visual images, presents a performance by a trio of musicians and a presentation by the program’s
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This event is in the "Main Library" group.
This event is in the "Main Library" group.
Feb
20
2024
Tue
TinkerCAD Workshop
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library
Full
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Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
Makerspace
Age Group:
Kids (grades K-5)
Program Type:
Crafts, Games & Making,
Technology
Event Details:
Find out about TinkerCAD, the perfect software for learning the basics of 3D modeling.
All levels welcome.
Grades 3 to 6.
Registration required.
Disclaimer(s)
Friends-Sponsored
This program is brought to you by the generous support of the Friends of the Ferguson Library.
This event is in the "Virtual" group.
This event is in the "Virtual" group.
Feb
20
2024
Tue
Let’s Talk: Low Intermediate Level via Zoom
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Language & Education
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This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
Feb
21
2024
Wed
Introduction to ChatGPT
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Harry Bennett Branch
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Library Branch:
Harry Bennett Branch
Room:
Auditorium
Age Group:
Teens (grades 6-12),
Adults
Program Type:
Lectures & Workshops
Event Details:
A hands-on demonstration of ChatGPT as well as a discussion on the limits of this dynamic tool.
Teens and adults.
This event is in the "Virtual" group.
This event is in the "Virtual" group.
Feb
21
2024
Wed
Let’s Talk: Beginner Level via Zoom
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Language & Education
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This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
Harry Bennett Branch
Full
This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
Feb
23
2024
Fri
Digital Scavenger Hunt, a Black History Month Program
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Harry Bennett Branch
Full
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Library Branch:
Harry Bennett Branch
Room:
Library-wide
Age Group:
Teens (grades 6-12),
Adults
Program Type:
Lectures & Workshops
Event Details:
Join a digital scavenger hunt to find information about Black historical figures using library resources and databases. No Google allowed.
Prizes will be awarded; laptops will be provided.
Teens and adults.
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This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
Harry Bennett Branch
Full
This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
Feb
24
2024
Sat
Silent Book Club Meeting
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Harry Bennett Branch
Full
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Library Branch:
Harry Bennett Branch
Room:
Auditorium
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Event Details:
Join us for our very own chapter of the Silent Book Club (SBC), a community of readers and introverts with 300 chapters around the world who gather in person and online to read together in quiet camaraderie.
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This event is in the "Main Library" group.
This event is in the "Main Library" group.
Feb
21
2024
Wed
T-MAD Meeting
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Main Library
Full
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Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
Third Floor Auditorium
Age Group:
Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Event Details:
Teens Making a Difference (T-MAD) advisory program, where you can learn about upcoming events, share reading suggestions and make a difference in the community. Participation counts as volunteer work.
Pizza will be served.
Disclaimer(s)
Friends-Sponsored
This program is brought to you by the generous support of the Friends of the Ferguson Library.
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This event is in the "Main Library" group.
This event is in the "Main Library" group.
Feb
23
2024
Fri
Food Explorers: Make Energy Bites
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Main Library
Full
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
Third Floor Auditorium
Age Group:
Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type:
Crafts, Games & Making,
Health & Wellness
Event Details:
Learn about nutrition and cooking while working as a team to prepare healthy and yummy energy bites.
Grades 6 to 12.
Registration required.
Disclaimer(s)
Friends-Sponsored
This program is brought to you by the generous support of the Friends of the Ferguson Library.
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This event is in the "Main Library" group.
This event is in the "Main Library" group.
Feb
20
2024
Tue
It's OK to Talk About It Focus Group
This event is not sponsored or conducted by the Ferguson Library.
Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
Third Floor Rotary Room
Purpose of Meeting
The Hub welcomes you to participate in an open focus group to discuss strengths, struggles and recommendations for addressing mental health in Spanish speaking communities.
This event is in the "Virtual" group.
This event is in the "Virtual" group.
Feb
20
2024
Tue
Let’s Talk: Advanced Level via Zoom
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Language & Education
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This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
Feb
21
2024
Wed
Social Justice Hybrid Book Discussion: The New Jim Crow, a Black History Month Program
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Harry Bennett Branch
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Library Branch:
Harry Bennett Branch
Room:
Auditorium
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Books & Reading
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This event is in the "Virtual" group.
This event is in the "Virtual" group.
Feb
22
2024
Thu
TechXel Stamford Venture Expert Series via Zoom / Cybersecurity
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Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Business & Careers
Event Details:
TechXel Stamford Venture Expert Series
Janine Darling, Founder and CEO, STASH
Cybersecurity
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This event is in the "Main Library" group.
This event is in the "Main Library" group.
Feb
20
2024
Tue
Financial and Digital Workshops
This event is not sponsored or conducted by the Ferguson Library.
Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
Third Floor Technology Center (room only)
Purpose of Meeting
The Financial and Digital Workshops will be held in the Haitian Creole language. The program will cover the following topics: budget, banking, taxes and digital safety.
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This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.
Feb
22
2024
Thu
Let's Talk: Evening Conversation Groups for English Language Learners
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Harry Bennett Branch
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Library Branch:
Harry Bennett Branch
Room:
Auditorium
Age Group:
Families,
Adults
Program Type:
Language & Education
Event Details:
Here's your chance to practice your conversational English skills in a group with our volunteers.
No registration required.
This event is in the "Main Library" group.
This event is in the "Main Library" group.
Feb
22
2024
Thu
Pulitzer Prize Winner Series: Beverly Gage, Author of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Main Library
Full
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Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
Third Floor Auditorium
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Author Events,
Lectures & Workshops
Event Details:
Beverly Gage, professor of history and American studies at Yale University, will discuss her book G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
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