CrimeCONN 2025: Crime & Punishment

8:30am–5:00pm
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Third Floor Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Friends Events, Author Events, Books & Reading, Special Event
Event Details:

Online registration is closed. Tickets will be available at the door.

Youth Enrichment Program: Reaching Our Communities

9:30am–12:30pm
South End Branch at Waterside
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Library Branch: South End Branch at Waterside
Room: South End ROOM HOLD
Age Group: Tweens (grades 5-8), Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: Community, Lectures & Workshops
Event Details:

A free six-week enrichment program of workshops focusing on life skills, mental health workshops and the arts. This program will help participants grow and learn in fun and meaningful ways.

Breakfast will be served.

Ages 12 to 18.

Combo Yoga: Hatha and Kundalini

11:00am–12:00pm
South End Branch at Waterside
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Library Branch: South End Branch at Waterside
Room: Library-wide
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Mark Covello will lead a high-energy class the combines the Hatha and Kundalini styles. 

Book Donation Day

11:00am–3:00pm
Harry Bennett Branch
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Library Branch: Harry Bennett Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: All ages
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:

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

Disclaimer(s)

Friends-Sponsored

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

Zumba Dance Party

12:15pm–1:00pm
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Third Floor Board Room
Age Group: Tweens (grades 5-8), Teens (grades 6-12), Parents, Families, Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Dance your way to fitness at this weekly class with instructor Pamela Arenas. No excuses!

Bring a water bottle.

Teens and adults.

 

Read to a Therapy Dog

1:00pm–2:00pm
Harry Bennett Branch
Full
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Harry Bennett Branch
Room: Story Circle
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5), Tweens (grades 5-8)
Program Type: Books & Reading
Registration Required
Event Details:

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.

Registration and appointment required; spots are limited.

Stamford MLK Committee Film Series: The Six Triple Eight

1:00pm–3:15pm
South End Branch at Waterside
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Library Branch: South End Branch at Waterside
Room: Library-wide
Age Group: Tweens (grades 5-8), Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Program Type: Arts, Movies & Performances
Event Details:

Screening of the feature film, The Six Triple Eight, the true story of the the 6888 Postal Battalion, an all-Black battalion of 855 women who joined the fight during WWII to fix a three-year backlog of undelivered mail.

LGBTQ+ Social Book Club

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: Books & Reading
Event Details:

Join the group to discuss what books you are reading, make connections and enjoy a tasty treat. Those who identify as LGBTQIA+ as well as allies are welcome.

Registration required.

Haitian Flag Day Celebration with Marlene L. Daut, Author of The First and Last King of Haiti

3:30pm–5:30pm
South End Branch at Waterside
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Library Branch: South End Branch at Waterside
Room: South End ROOM HOLD
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Parents, Adults
Program Type: Author Events, Music & Concerts
Event Details:

Haitian Flag Day Celebration with special guest scholar Marlene L. Daut, professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University and author of The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe.