events @ the Library

Joan Miller creates hard-edged collages of optical illusions, intended to make the viewer believe things that are not true. The illusions happen on several levels. Through the use of paper and color, depth is created. The objects look plausible, but cannot exist in the real world and can be interpreted in multiple ways.

Opening reception: Friday, April 9, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm.
Light refreshments served. Enter through the main level Library entrance.

Items in the Library catalog on self-defense for women.

Anne Lutz Fernandez is a former investment banker, now Staples English teacher, and her sister Catherine Lutz is a professor of anthropology and international studies at Brown University.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

In The Real Dirt on Farmer John (83 minutes), a maverick Midwestern farmer, castigated as a pariah in his community, transforms his farm amidst a failing economy, vicious rumors, and arson. Afterwards, Westport teachers Cecily Duffy (horticulture), Michael Aitkenhead (Environmental Science), and 5th grade teacher Joanne Fasciola speak on growing your own food.

Co-sponsored with the Green Village Initiative.

The film will also be shown on Wednesday, April 7 at 7:00 pm.

Sarah Rose holds degrees from Harvard and the University of Chicago. She has worked as a journalist in Hong Kong, Miami, and New York, and now covers food and travel. This is her first book.

YouTube video on the book.
Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Jennifer Dahlgren is a graduate student at the University of New Haven, studying nutrition and dietetics in preparation for a career as a registered dietitian. As a member of the Connecticut Dietetic Association Legislative Committee, she is involved in promoting public policy initiatives to lower heath care costs through preventative nutritonal care provided by a registered dietitian. Ilisa Nussbaum's cooking education includes Pastry Arts at the former Peter Kumpf’s Culinary Institute in Manhattan (now the Institute for Culinary Education) and a variety of courses at The Culinary Institute of America. She teaches a variety of cooking classes, caters events, and has written a monthly cooking column for the now defunct Shattered Magazine. Ilisa is working towards a degree as a Registered Dietician at the University of New Haven.

Joan Miller creates hard-edged collages of optical illusions, intended to make the viewer believe things that are not true. The illusions happen on several levels. Through the use of paper and color, depth is created. The objects look plausible, but cannot exist in the real world and can be interpreted in multiple ways. The exhibit runs April 1-May 31, 2010.

Light refreshments served. Enter through the main level Library entrance.

Travel back in time when The Hampstead Stage Company introduces William Shakespeare and his timeless works. Experience his classics through his own eyes as he writes his famous plays. Just drop in.

Note: Free tickets available in the Children’s Library beginning at 9:00 am on the day of the performance-space is limited.

Supported by the Grace K. Salmon Foundation.

Cartoons by Roz Chast.

Registration required.

Directions to Bedford Middle School.

Anne Ford speaks about her book A Special Mother: Getting through the Early Days of a Child's Diagnosis of Learning Disabilities and Related Disorders, co-authored with John-Richard Thompson, who will also be present. Ford is the author of the memoir Laughing Allegra, on raising her severely learning disabled daughter, and On Their Own: Creating an Independent Future for Your Adult Child with Learning Disabilities and ADHD. The great-granddaughter of Henry Ford, she served as Chairman of the National Center for Learning Disabilities from 1989 to 2001, and remains a committed advocate and frequent speaker on LD issues. Thompson is an award-winning playwright and novelist, who has collaborated with Anne Ford at NCLD.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Items in the Library catalog on learning disabilities.
Co-sponsored with Smart Kids with LD.

Co-sponsored with the Green Village Initiative.

Learn about the excellent Library resources that will make you an informed jobseeker.

Dr. Mulvenon's book, Soldiers of Fortune, details the rise and fall of the Chinese military's multi-billion dollar international business empire. His recent publications include “The Future of American Power in a Multipolar World,” in Abraham Denmark and James Mulvenon, eds., Contested Commons: The Future of American Power in a Multipolar World and “PLA Computer Network Operations: Scenarios, Doctrine, Organiations, and Capability,” in Roy Kamphausen, David Lai, and Andrew Scobell, eds., Beyond the Strait: PLA Missions Other Than Taiwan.

Among his professional affiliations, Dr. Mulvenon is a founding member and current President of the Cyber Conflict Studies Association, was a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations between 1999 and 2004, and is presently a member of the National Committee for U.S.-China Relations and the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). He is regular media commentator on both China and cyber warfare, and his comments have appeared recently in numerous magazines, as well as television and radio. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles, and attended Fudan University in Shanghai from 1991-1992.

Twenty authors are scheduled to attend, headed up by Guest of Honor Mary Jane Clark. Clark is a veteran New York City CBS News producer and writer, who pens the best-selling media-thriller series featuring Eliza Blake, a TV morning show host.

The event is $65 if you register before March 1st. After March 1st, registration is $75. Meet-the-Authors continental breakfast Saturday and Sunday morning is included in the registration fee as well as lunch on Saturday and admission to Cocktails and Crime.

For information and registration, visit murder203.com.

Questions? Phone Jane Murphy at 203-291-4836.

Twenty authors are scheduled to attend, headed up by Guest of Honor Mary Jane Clark. Clark is a veteran New York City CBS News producer and writer, who pens the best-selling media-thriller series featuring Eliza Blake, a TV morning show host.

1:00 pm: True Crime
Paul LaRosa, producer of the TV newsmagazine 48 Hours, will discuss his latest book, Seven Days of Rage: the Deadly Crime Spree of the Craigslist Killer and the art of reporting and writing true crime. Free. No registration needed for this event at the Westport Library.

2:00 pm: What’s the Word?
Kelle Ruden of Random House will moderate a panel of professional book reviewers as they share their insiders’ view of the mystery marketplace.Free. No registration needed for this event at the Westport Library.

For information on the festival, visit murder203.com.
Questions? Phone Jane Murphy at 203-291-4836.

SHE LOVES ME Film Festival is in conjunction with the Westport Country Playhouse's production of the play She Loves Me, with dialogue by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, from April 20-May 8. See three classic films with different versions of the same story, a story that clearly has not lost any of its interest from the 1930s (when the original play premiered) to the early sixties (when the musical premiered) to the internet age (with You've Got Mail).

Author Diane Meier's debut novel, Season of Second Chances illustrates how coming-of-age can happen at any age. A world of possibilities opens up for Joy Harkness when she sets out on a journey that’s going to show her the importance of friendship, love, and what makes a house a home. Meier is the author of The New American Wedding and president of Meier, a New York City–based marketing firm. Her career spans from writing and design to public speaking. This is her first novel. Meier lives in New York City and Litchfield, Connecticut.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

SHE LOVES ME Film Festival is in conjunction with the Westport Country Playhouse's production of the play She Loves Me, with dialogue by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, from April 20-May 8. See three classic films with different versions of the same story, a story that clearly has not lost any of its interest from the 1930s (when the original play premiered) to the early sixties (when the musical premiered) to the internet age (with You've Got Mail).