WestportREADS | events
The WestportREADS program is dedicated to strengthening the community through the shared experience of a book or an author.
January 5 at 2 pm:CANCELED - Flapper Headband Workshop for Teens, middle school & up. Register online. McManus Room
January 6 at 2 pm: F. Scott Fitzgerald and the American Dream, Join Mark Schenker, for a non-political consideration of what The Great Gatsby continues to tell us about our nation, our history and ourselves. McManus Room
January 7 at 7:30 pm: CANCELED From Novel to Opera, The Great Gatsby at the Met. Mark Lamos will discuss the opera’s libretto.
January 9 at 7:30 pm: WestportREADS Out Loud. McManus Room
January 10 at 10:30 am: Discussion of The Great Gatsby. Seminar Room
January 11 at 7:30 pm: WestportREADS and Dances!. Register online. McManus Room
January 12 at 10:00 am: Perspectives on Gatsby - An Intergenerational Discussion. Senior Center
January 12 at 2:30 pm: Learn2Charleston. Grades 2-5. McManus Room. Register online.
January 14 at 7:30 pm: Prohibition Takes on the First National Pastime. McManus Room
January 15 at 10:30 am: PageTurners: Gatsby's Girl & The Perfect Hour. Sheffer Reading Room
January 15 at 2 pm: Movie: The Roaring Twenties. McManus Room
January 15 at 7:30 pm: PageTurners: Gatsby's Girl & The Perfect Hour. Sheffer Reading Room
January 17 at 7:30 pm: And All That's Jazz! Todd Bryant Weeks will celebrate jazz with examples, stories, and a love for the music. McManus Room
January 22 at 10:30 am: Discussion of The Man Who Would Be F. Scott Fitzgerald. Sheffer Reading Room
January 22 at 2 pm: Movie: Midnight in Paris. McManus Room
January 27 at 2 pm: Author David Handler, The Man Who Would be F. Scott Fitzerald. McManus Room
January 28 at 6:00 pm: Mysterious Book Society discusses Dave at Night. Higgins Room. Register by calling 203.291.4813 or email knash [at] westportlibrary [dot] org
January 29 at 7:30 pm: UConn Professor, Kathy Knapp, Phd Leads Discussion of The Great Gatsby. McManus Room
February 2 at 4 pm: Movie: The Great Gatsby with the Westport Cinema Initiative. Christ & Holy Trinity Church
February 9 at 7 pm: Party: Gatsby-Style! Purchase Tickets.The Great Hall
WestportREADS is funded by Jerry A. Tishman.
Marta Campbell - Head of Collection Management
Tel: 203.291.4842 Email: mcampbell [at] westportlibrary [dot] org
