Event List

Here's a chance to show off your artistic skills by reading a favorite poem or sharing work of art you created. Invite your friends and family to cheer you on! Sign up at the...

Don’t miss the Collectible Book Sale where you can browse for unique finds at great prices! First editions, signed and inscribed copies, leather-bound sets, finely illustrated w...

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...

Don’t miss the Collectible Book Sale where you can browse for unique finds at great prices! First editions, signed and inscribed copies, leather-bound sets, finely illustrated w...

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

Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo Divorced from his own wife and carrying on with another man's, saddled with a bad knee and bad friends, Sully now has a new problem to cope with: ...

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...

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 count...

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

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell...

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...

Nationally syndicated humorist Jerry Zezima will discuss his latest book, The Good Humor Man: Tales of Life, Laughter and, for Dessert, Ice Cream. Here he writes about family ...

Ensayo sobre la lucidez de José Saramago Durante las elecciones municipales de una ciudad sin nombre, la mayoría de sus habitantes decide individualmente ejercer su derecho al v...

As part of the Joe R. Sexton Lecture Series, author David Chrisinger will discuss his book The Soldier’s Truth: Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War II, which chronicles the life ...

Local Author Kat Grosso will discuss her debut YA dystopian novel, Grayscale, which follows the complex lives of two boys who grew up like brothers, sharing the best and worst...

Spiritual counselor and author Sven Erlandson will discuss his book There's a Hole In My Love Cup: The Badass Counseling Method for Healing the Soul and Unleashing Greatness. Re...

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 tog...

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

Kindred by Octavia Butler Dana’s torment begins when she is suddenly and inexplicably transported from her home in 1970s California to the pre-Civil War South. As she time-trave...

Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango, Discussion of this 2025 Nutmeg Book Award Middle School nominatee, where we meet 12-year-old Iveliz, who is trying to care for h...

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...