events @ the Library

Irving Wladawsky-Berger's web page.

More information on the Library's Books Unbound project.

Altered Book shown: Billy Goat the Counselor by Sachiyo Yoshida, from Portland Public Library collection, on display Riverwalk Level, Westport Library May 16-July 24.

More about their book.

Part of the Library's 100th Birthday Celebration.

Part of the Library's 100th Birthday Celebration.

Just days before what would have been, based on Armstrong’s account of being born on July 4th, Louis Armstrong’s 108th birthday, Staples high school graduate Todd Bryant Weeks, will talk the jazz great. Weeks worked as a lecturer, archivist, and tour guide at the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona, Queens. He is the author of the recently published biography Luck's In My Corner: The Life and Music of Hot Lips Page.

More about his book.
The Louis Armstrong House.

Sonny Fox is the embodiment of life after 50...60...70...and 80..! With clips from his early years on television, he will entertain, enlighten, and show the enthusiasm that has allowed him to re-invent his life from his early on-air television career to his more recent activities with international social and health reform through entertainment .

Sponsored by The Smilow Family.

Flickr.
Kodak Gallery.
Shutterfly.
Snapfish.

Noted Brooklyn-based altered book artist Doug Beube will give a talk and slide show on “The Alternative Library: The Book in the Environment,” looking at the fact that books, which we may not think of as books at all, are everywhere in the environment. He will also discuss how, with the advent of the computer, many books are thrown away by individuals and institutions around the globe, and how fortunately many are reclaimed by artists.

above, Disasters; Twister Series; Yellow Pages by Doug Beube)

More about the artist.
More information on the Library's Books Unbound project, including furthur Book Grab dates
Part of the Library's 100th Birthday Celebration.

SpokenWord is sponsored by Jerry A. Tishman.

SpokenWord is sponsored by Jerry A. Tishman.
Photo credit Phyllis Groner.

SpokenWord is sponsored by Jerry A. Tishman.

SpokenWord is sponsored by Jerry A. Tishman.

SpokenWord is sponsored by Jerry A. Tishman.

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.

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

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

WestportREADS is sponsored by Jerry A. Tishman.

Joseph D'Agostin, Revenue Agent at the Norwalk office of the Internal Revenue Service, will discuss new and changing income tax laws.

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

Another layer of Feng Shui is how we use the individual spaces in our homes. Bring in a hand-drawn floor plan to get the most out of Ned Farrell 's insights.

Continuing the series from last fall, what better way to help yourself feel better than by using color! Certified Feng Shui Consultant Ned Farrell will share insights into the world of color.

The Westport Public Library, Fairfield County SCORE and Greater Bridgeport SCORE will present a workshop entitled “Buying a Winning Franchise”

Keld Alstrup from FranNet, the featured speaker, will talk about the ins and outs of obtaining a franchise. A panel of local franchisees will follow the speaker and will discuss their personal experiences in owning a franchise. Bruce Berzin from SCORE will moderate the panel.

Panelists include Greg O'Neill from Cartridge World of Norwalk, Linda Kuppersmith, Principal and managing Director of CMT of Stamford-Internet Solutions, Richard Montesanto, owner of Wild Bird Center of Norwalk and Keld Alstrup franchisee for United Check Cashing.

This workshop is free and open to the public. Call 203-291-4844 or email Sylvia Schulman to register so we can have enough handouts for all attending.

This seminar covers valuable company, industry and other jobseeker information. Email sschulman@westportlibrary.org to ask how your resumé can be reviewed by a CT Dept. of Labor career specialist.

Jobseekers will get tips from a Certified Professional Resume Writer on how to improve their resumes. Michael Shavel, of the Connecticut Department of Labor, will share his knowledge on creating resumes that stand out. Participants are asked to bring their resumes to the workshop.



Reservations requested at 203-291-4844 or sschulman@westportlibrary.org.

This seminar covers valuable company, industry and other jobseeker information. Email sschulman@westportlibrary.org to ask how your resumé can be reviewed by a CT Dept. of Labor career specialist.

William Krasilovsky, an attorney specializing in music and copywriting, will talk about his career using musical selections from artists he has represented over the years and the issues of copywriting their material. He is co-author of The Business of Music, the definitive guide to the business and legal issues of the music industry. Chuck Berry wrote, "The wealth of information in this book has been the most advantageous thing that happened in my business experience."

Certified Feng Shui consultant Ned Farrell will go into more detail on the elements and bagua of Feng Shui. Participants are asked to bring a hand-drawn floor plan of their home.

Certified Feng Shui consultant Ned Farrell will provide insights into what Feng Shui really is, using slides and real-life stories to show an accessible approach to make the best use of your environment.

Monday, October 15
7:30 pm
McManus Room

Dr. Philip Landrigan, renowned expert on environmental health and pediatrics, will speak about the effects that the enviornment has on children. He has been a member of the faculty of Mount Sinai School of Medicine since 1985 and Chairman of the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine since 1990.

Mount Sinai's Department of Community and Preventive Medicine is renowned for its work in children's environmental health, occupational medicine, epidemiologic research, and disease prevention. Department Chair Dr. Philip Landrigan and his team of medical researchers are uniquely qualified to identify environmental hazards and protect the health of our children.

Dr. Landrigan is an international leader in public health and preventive medicine. His research helped catalyze the U.S. government's phase-out of lead from gasoline and paint beginning in 1976. Dr. Landrigan chaired a National Academy of Sciences Committee on Pesticides and Children's

Health, whose report secured passage of the major federal pesticide law in the United States, the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996. This is the first federal environmental law to contain specific protections for infants and children. His work as Senior Advisor to the Environmental Protection Agency was instrumental in helping to establish the EPA's Offi ce of Children's Health Protection.

Monday, October 8
10:30 am & 7:30 pm
Westport Country Playhouse

THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED AND WILL NOT BE RESCHEDULED.
The Library and the Playhouse are sorry for the inconvenience.

Tazewell Thompson, Artistic Director of the Westport Country Playhouse, will lead a discussion on the play Turn of the Screw, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the story by Henry James. Co-sponsored by Westport Library and Westport Country Playhouse.

To obtain a copy of the play, phone 291-4821.
Reservations requested, phone 227-4177.

More information

Monday, September 24
7:30 pm
McManus Room

Mukesh Parikh, the coordinator for the Fairfield Chapter of Swadhyay Pariwar (Global Family of Millions), will speak about Hinduism. He was Director of the Statewide Organization for the promotion of Indian culture and heritage. An international speaker, he is the former evening news anchor on a local channel in Ahmedabad, India.

Series brochure with more information

Thursday, September 20
4:00 pm
McManus Room

See the film John Tucker Must Die, the story of three ex-girlfriends of a serial cheater who set up their former lover to fall for the new girl in town so they can watch him get his heart broken.
89 min.

More about the film

Wednesday, September 19
Noon
McManus Room

Westporter Sybil Steinberg, who edited the book review section of Publishers Weekly for several decades, and is now a contributing editor, shares her list of the best new books of 2007. Bring your notebooks!

Press Release

Monday, September 17
7:30 pm
McManus Room

Imam Nasif Muhammed, who has been the Resident Imam
at the Al-Aziz Islamic Center in Bridgeport since 1980, will speak about Islam. He joined the Nation of Islam in 1972 and has served as Islamic Chaplin at the Bridgeport Correction Center since 1980. He speaks regularly at churches, synagogues, schools, prisons and mosques.

Series brochure with more information

Monday, September 10
7:30 pm
McManus Room

Lama Padma Karma Rinpoche, a Varja Master, will speak about the tenents of Buddhism. He started the Center for Dzogchen Studies in West Haven CT in 1993, a branch of the Pukang Monastery in Tibet. He is a healing counselor and speaks regularly at colleges and universities and on interfaith panels.

Series brochure with more information