events @ the Library

“Strengthening the community through the shared experience of a book or an author.”

Book selection for 2009 to be announced soon.

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David Bushman, Television Curator for The Paley Center for Media, formerly the Museum of Television & Radio, will examine the television work of Westporter Rod Serling using clips from Serling’s live dramas, "Twilight Zone," "The Loner," "Night Gallery" and "The New People." Serling’s strong social conscience was pervasive in his work as a writer, producer, and teacher. He made history by winning six Emmy Awards for Dramatic Writing.

More information on Rod Serling.

The Paley Center for Media.

Suzanne Wallace, Director/Founder of The Parenting Academy at The Child Guidance Center of Greater Bridgeport, discusses approaches to discipline, self-esteem, encouragement and communication for relatives raising childen.

"Bookends: from Gilbert and Sullivan to Broadway"
This muscial performance will include an original parody specially written for the Library's 100th. Performers include Metropolitan Opera baritone, Thomas Woodman, Juilliard tenor, Douglas McCormick, soprano, Susan Marnell, bass, Dan Daniels, baritone, Timothy Throckmorton, tenor, Frank Sisson, soprano, Carol Woodman, mezzo-soprano, Karen McCormick, and Lynn Riegler, piano.
NOTE: The time of this Music@ the Library program is 1:30 pm.

Library 100th Birthday website.

A special party! The first in a year-long celebration!
Activities and entertainment for all ages, including musical performances, historic exhibits of Westport and the Library, Imagine 2108 projects presentation, roving entertainers, arts and crafts and much more.

Library 100th Birthday website.

Westport Public Library is pleased to announce an introductory workshop on Proposal Writing for grantseekers. Ines Sucre of the Foundation Center, the nation's leading authority on philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them, will speak. She will also demonstrate some new features of the excellent database, Foundation Directory Online Professional, which is available to you at the Library.

Register with Sylvia Schulman, 291-4844 or sschulman@westportlibrary.org

A panel discussion with Ellen Peck of Save the Children and Terry Backer of the Long Island Soundkeeper Fund will follow producer Sanjeev Chatterjee’s short film, One Water. Explore mankind's changing and challenging relationship to water.
Co-sponsored with Westport Arts Center.

Lily Koppel, author of The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal, incorporates her lyrical writing style with the original diary thoughts of a young woman, Florence Howitt. The result is a Depression-era Manhattan fairytale. The diary was found in a dumpster, and the book's author traced the owner to Westport, where she now lives. Both Lily Koppel and Florence Howitt, the subject of the book, will discuss the book and answer questions.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Book review.

Learn the latest about RSS including what it is and why you would want it.
Also learn how to create and download your own podcasts. Find out what the buzz is all about!

Discussion of The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rineheart. This 1908 gothic tale of ghostly happenings, murder and mayhem is the first of the type known as the "Had-I-But Known" mystery.
For copies of the book, phone 291-4821. New participants always welcome.

For copies of the book, phone 291-4821. New participants always welcome.
Book Review.

Michael Shavel, an experienced Career Development Specialist at the CT Department of Labor, will lead this useful and informative workshop.

Last Call at Elaine's: A Journey from One Side of the Bar to the Other is Brian McDonald's colorful and sensitively drawn memoir of drinking, serving, writing, and finding his way out from behind the bar of a well-known and beloved restaurant known for its famous literary and luminary clientele.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Book review.

George Guidall, winner of two Audie Awards for Best Narration, will read from selections, answer questions and discuss the process,
preparation and performance decisions that have made him a favorite of audiobook listeners. You don’t want to miss this!
More information.

In Marie-Therese, Child of Terror: The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter, Susan Nagel tells the remarkable story of the only surviving child of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. Using handwriting samples, DNA testing, and an undiscovered cache of Bourbon family letters, she draws a vivid portrait of an astonishing woman.
Co-sponsored by the Y’s Women.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Book review.