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Youth Enrichment Program: Reaching Our Communities (R.O.C.)

Starting May 6, the Ferguson Library, in partnership with Heart & Purpose Inc., will present the Youth Enrichment Program: Reaching Our Communities (R.O.C.), a free six-week series of workshops focusing on the arts, community building, life skills and mental health. This program, geared for teens 12 to 18, will help participants grow and learn in fun and meaningful ways.

An information session will be held April 3 at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. Log in here at the scheduled time.

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Stamford YMHA

Youth Mental Health First Aid Training

The Stamford Youth Mental Health Alliance (YMHA) is offering three eight-hour Youth Mental Health First Aid training workshops designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. The course will introduce common mental health challenges youth face, review typical adolescent development and teach a five-step action plan for how to help young people in crisis and non-crisis situations.

Space is limited. Register by emailing youthmentalhealthct@gmail.com.

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CT Bar Association

Free Virtual Legal Advice

The Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) and Statewide Legal Services of CT are offering individuals free, 30-minute virtual consultations with a Connecticut attorney to obtain legal advice in a variety of legal areas, including bankruptcy, family law, fraudulent business or debt collection, immigration law, unemployment or employee rights, and more. The consultations will be held Tuesday, April 25, and Wednesday, April 26 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Lawyers in Libraries

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Second Floor Study Room 1
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community
Event Details:
If your case involves Landlord/Tenant Law, Immigration Law, Family Law, Employment Law, Consumer Rights or any other areas of legal concern, a volunteer attorney is available to meet with you for 20 minutes. Please bring any relevant paperwork reg...

Bookmobile Stops

All Day
Bookmobile
Library Branch: Bookmobile
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers (ages birth-4), Kids (grades K-5), Tweens (grades 5-8), Teens (grades 6-12), Parents, Families, Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:
9:30 to 10:30  First United Methodist Church - 42 Cross Street 11 to 12  Scalzi Park - 97 Bridge Street 12:30 to 1:30  Staff Break 1:30 to 2:30  Rocky's Ace Hardware - 485 Hope Street 3 to 4  Charter Oak Communiti...

Babytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Main Library
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Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Third Floor Auditorium
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers (ages birth-4)
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
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. No walk-ins. Registration required. Registration opens six days before storytime date...

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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.

Cuentos y Cantos Bilingual Storytime

11:00am - 11:30am
Harry Bennett Branch
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Library Branch: Harry Bennett Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers (ages birth-4), Kids (grades K-5), Families
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 23
Event Details:
Join us for interactive readings, songs and activities in English and Spanish. Ages 2 to 5 with an accompanying caregiver. No walk-ins. Registration required. Registration opens six days before each program date. Disfruten de cuentos inte...

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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.

Walk-In COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic

1:00pm - 5:00pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Lower Level Community Area
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers (ages birth-4), Kids (grades K-5), Tweens (grades 5-8), Teens (grades 6-12), Parents, Families, Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:
All ages are invited to receive a free COVID-19 vaccines and boosters. Please bring insurance card and photo ID if you have them but these are not necessary to receive the vaccine. No one will be turned away. In addition to primary vaccines, Pfize...

Classic Movie Matinee: The Philadelphia Story

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Harry Bennett Branch
Library Branch: Harry Bennett Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Parents, Adults
Program Type: Arts, Movies & Performances
Event Details:
On the eve of Tracy Lord's wedding, her blue-blood ex-husband, C.K. Dexter Haven, returns. C.K. discovered that a national tabloid plans to do an expose on Tracy's philandering father and has agreed to smuggle a reporter into her wedding if the magaz...

Welcome Spring Concert

6:00pm - 8:00pm
South End Branch
Library Branch: South End Branch
Room: South End ROOM HOLD
Age Group: All ages
Program Type: Music & Concerts
Event Details:
A fun evening of music and dance with pianist and soloist Juan David Corrales. Presented in partnership with Nosotras.   ...

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Friends-Sponsored

This program is brought to you by the generous support of the Friends of the Ferguson Library.

Family Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Main Library
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Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Third Floor Auditorium
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers (ages birth-4)
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
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. No walk-ins. Registration required. Registration opens six days befor...

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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.

Documentary Series: The Black Church by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

12:30pm - 1:30pm
South End Branch
Library Branch: South End Branch
Room: South End ROOM HOLD
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts, Movies & Performances
Event Details:
Screening of the PBS documentary series The Black Church: This Is Our Story. This Is Our Song., hosted, produced and written by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. This four-part series traces the 400-year-old story of the Black church in America all th...

Women's Self-Defense Workshop

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Main Library
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Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Third Floor Auditorium
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 33
Event Details:
Club Kung Fu of Stamford will lead a female-focused self-defense workshop focusing on three phases: setting boundaries and assessing the threat; learning the best way to strike using palms, elbows and knees; and defending against chokes, grabs and mo...