Week Calendar

Storytime featuring stories, rhymes and movement activities.

Ages 2 and younger with an accompanying caregiver. 

Registration appreciated.

Storytime featuring songs, stories, rhymes and movement activities.

Ages 3 and younger with an accompanying caregiver.

Registration required.

Learn language and life skills through reading, speaking and writing during this six-week interactive English course based on the Side by Side TV program by Steven Molinsky and Bill Bliss.

Registration required.

Join the conversation here.

Use this same login each week.
 

Storytime featuring songs, rhymes, bounces and special books. Free play and tummy time afterwards.

This program is only for pre-walking babies 12 months and younger with an accompanying caregiver. 

An interactive storytime with picture books, songs, rhythm chants, fingerplays and movement activities. Stay to read board books, build with blocks, and play with others. 

Ages 3 months to 3 years with an accompanying caregiver.

A participatory Dino themed 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.

Stories, songs and movement activities in English and Spanish.

Ages 18 months to 4 years with an accompanying caregiver.

Registration required.

Learn language and life skills through reading, speaking and writing during this six-week interactive English course based on the Side by Side TV program by Steven Molinsky and Bill Bliss.

Registration required.

Representatives from Access Health CT will be at the library every Friday to enroll members in the health insurance marketplace.

Register here to make an appointment.

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.

Storytime featuring songs, stories, rhymes and movement activities.

Ages 3 and younger with an accompanying caregiver.

Registration required.

Drop in and stomp along while enjoying stories, songs and movement.

All ages.

Award-winning memoir writer Gabi Coatsworth, author of Love’s Journey Home, returns to share strategies and tips on starting to write a memoir and how to restart one that’s stalled.

An interactive and inclusive storytime that includes freedom of movement, visual aids and sensory experiences. 

Ages 3 to 6 with an accompanying caregiver. 

Registration required. 

Stories read-along and craft with Ms. Ibsen.

Ages 2 to 5 with an accompanying caregiver.

Whether you're a pro or a novice, come out to play canasta, a card game that combines elements of bridge and rummy.

Come play this intriguing game of Chinese origin featuring 144 tile pieces.

Registration required for beginners.

Write descriptive and colorful prompts to create AI images.  

Ages 10 and older.

Registration required.

Presented in partnership with Arts for Learning Connecticut.

A brief discussion about meditation practice, a guided meditation, and a chance to share and reflect.

Appropriate for all levels of practice.

Presentation of the the 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 thoughts.

A Spanish-language storytime featuring picture books, rhymes and movement activities.

Ages 2 and younger with an accompanying caregiver. Siblings welcome.

Registration appreciated.

Work on your own knitting and crocheting projects in the company of others.

Take on one of our challenges or create anything you want using our LEGO®, Keva plank and magnetic tile collections.

Creations cannot be taken home.

Ages 5 and older; ages 7 and younger must be accompanied by an adult.

Do you need a benefits check-up? Wondering about your eligibility for a senior program?

Join a friendly group discussion of the latest articles from The New Yorker. 

Also available via Zoom.

The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics presents an opportunity to learn more about robotic telescopes, astrophotography, image analysis, space exploration and science/STEM careers.

Create your own fossil print and participate in a dino dig. 

Supplies are limited; first-come, first-served.

Ages 3 to 12.

Registration appreciated.

What is artificial intelligence (AI), and why is everybody talking about it?

An overview of AI and how it's changing our personal and professional lives.

Teens and adults.

Registration required.

Bring your own needlework project and stitch in the company of others. 

Registration required.

An interactive storytime with picture books, songs, rhythm chants, fingerplays and movement activities.  Stay afterwards to play!

Ages 3 months to 4 years with an accompanying caregiver.  

Registration required

Legendary chef Jacques Pépin returns to the Ferguson Library to discuss his new book The Art of Jacques Pépin: Favorite Recipes and Paintings from My Life in the Kitchen.

Start the week with stress-reducing activities like reading, arts, crafts, and building projects. 

Supplies will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

Snacks will be served.

All ages.

Use our Nintendo Switch to game on the large screen in our auditorium.

Ages 10 and older.

Join the conversation here.

Use this same login each week.
 

Drop in and play Chess, Checkers, KerPlunk or Nintendo.

All ages.

Registration appreciated.

Bring your imagination for an exciting night of adventure playing Dungeons & Dragons. You'll join a band of fantastical heroes who brave dangerous situations with swords, spells and wits.

Ages 12 and older.

Enjoy picture book videos of beloved children’s classics.

Ages 18 months to 5 years.

Snacks will be served.

Registration appreciated.

An exciting afternoon of adventure playing Dungeons & Dragons, where you'll join a band of fantastical heroes who brave dangerous situations with swords, spells, and wits.

Ages 16 to 18.

Registration appreciated.

A Spanish-language experience with Ms. Gloria featuring stories, music, movement and fun that promotes native literacy.

Ages 1 to 4 with an accompanying caregiver.

Practice your conversational skills in a group.

All levels welcome.

Grades 2 to 5.

Decoupage a jar to use as a decorative candle holder.

Ages 8 to 14.

Registration required. 

Enjoy an hour of relaxation through the meditative act of coloring. Cookies will be served; supplies will be provided.

Ages 5 and older.

Registration required.

Homework help is here.

Design and build your own amazing creations using Lego®.  We can take a photo of your masterpiece before you disassemble.  

Ages 5 to 10.

La bruja de lo salvaje de Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

Get ready to learn, paint, draw and get a little messy!

Each session, children will explore the work of a different artist and create their own masterpiece. 

Ages 2 and older. 

Registration required.

Come watch Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs with us.

When Sid's attempt to adopt three dinosaur eggs gets him abducted by their real mother to an underground lost world, his friends attempt to rescue him.

Learners of all levels are invited to practice and improve their English conversational skills through peer interaction.

Grades 6 to 12. 

TechXel Stamford Accelerator Series - Venture Expert Talks
Frank Eucalitto, Attorney, Lowenstein Sandler
Term Sheets

A meditative gathering dedicated to healing the wounds of racism and supporting equity activism.

Facilitated by Evelyn Avoglia.

A six-part series of dialogues uniting Stamford residents, where we will learn about each other and look at our community through the lens of racial equity.

Attendance at all sessions is required; sessions conclude November 10.

An evening with New York Times-bestselling author David Baldacci in conversation with writer Greg Wands.

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong will be the guest speaker of our 2025 Howard C. Kaplan Memorial Lecture on Law and Society. 

Drawing on concepts in his book, Working Capital: How to Put Your Money to Work and Live Entrepreneurially, local author Gabriel Nardi-Huffman will lead a discussion on how to set up a personal accounting system, grow

The Maid by Nita Prose

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card