Saturday, November 15 @ 2:00 pm: We’re having a new Jigsaw Puzzle Contest! Every team will be provided with the same 500-piece puzzle, and the first to finish wins. All will be allowed to finish. To sign up your team, please email Adult Programs Coordinator Lucy Handley with your name, contact information and the number of people on your team with their names if possible.
Monday, November 3 @ 1:00 pm: Join us in the Main Program Room for a special author event offered in partnership with RVNAhealth’s Parkinson’s Center. Dr. Ray Dorsey, renowned neurologist and co-author of The Parkinson’s Plan: A New Path to Prevention and Treatment, will share the latest insights on Parkinson’s disease: why cases are rising, what environmental and lifestyle factors may be contributing, and how individuals, families, and communities can take meaningful action. A Q&A and open discussion will follow the talk.
This event is free and open to all. Whether you are living with Parkinson’s, supporting someone who is, or simply want to learn more — we invite you to join us.
Books will be available for purchase through Books on the Common.
Admission is free. Register HERE to join us and receive an event reminder with a calendar link.
Sunday, November 2 @ 2:00 pm: The Ridgefield Folk Concert Series returns with Too Blue, who seamlessly blend the genres of bluegrass, swing, Celtic and jazz. Their newest release, Trouble With the Grey, produced and engineered by Bob Harris of Ampersand Records, has received national radio airplay and enthusiastic reviews from Bluegrass Today and Bluegrass Unlimited.
Ridgefield Folk is made possible through the generous support of the Friends of the Ridgefield Library.
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Thursday, October 30 @ 7:00 pm: We welcome author Nalini Jones and Ridgefield Poet Laureate Ira Joe Fisher for a conversation about Jones’s new novel, The Unbroken Coast. Spanning the turbulent years when Bombay became Mumbai, The Unbroken Coast explores memory, faith, storytelling and the nature of home.
Our partner, Books on the Common will have copies for purchase and signing.
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Thursday, October 23 @ 6:00 pm: Our America 250 programming continues with a special presentation by Jennifer Matos, Elizabeth Burgess and Christine Pittsley of the Museum of Connecticut History featuring selected objects and artifacts from the Revolutionary Era from the Museum’s collection.
Support for this special A250 Scholarly Series program is provided by the Friends of the Ridgefield Library. Additional promotional support provided by Ridgefield Commemorates America at 250.
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Sunday, October 26 @ 2:00 pm: Fairfield County was the home for many top cartoonists during the middle of the last century. Most of them worked at home in their studios and sought companionship with their professional peers at local restaurants like Mario’s, across from the Westport train station, purchased their supplies at Max’s on the Post Road and played golf at Longshore.
Come join Brian Walker as he shares stories from his father’s (Mort Walker) illustrious career producing Beetle Bailey and Hi and Lois and how his family continues his father’s work today. Books on the Common will be selling his two newly released books Mort Walker’s Beetle Bailey: 75 years of Smiles & The Lexicon of Comicana.
This series of lectures, films, and workshops focuses on art, architecture, and design is dedicated to exploring the creative process. ARTalks is co-sponsored by the Ridgefield Library and the Ridgefield Guild of Artists.
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October 18-31: Children ages 4-11 are invited to decorate a mini pumpkin in the likeness of a literary or media character. Prizes will be awarded for most creative, best representation, staff favorite, and best overall. Pumpkin Drop-off is October 18-28. Public voting and staff judging will occur October 29-31. All pumpkins will be displayed in the Lodewick Children’s Library between October 18–November 1, and must be picked up no later than Friday, November 3rd. Please ask a Children’s staff member for rules and entry form.
- Pumpkin Drop-off: October 18-28
- On Display: October 18 – November 1
- Vote for Your Favorites: October 29-31
Sunday, October 19 @ 2:00 pm: Join us for the fourth program in our special A250: A Deep Dive into the Declaration of Independence series offered in collaboration with Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center.
Dr. Michael Hattem will explore both the history and memory of the Declaration of Independence: how independence and the Declaration came about and the Declaration’s important role in American politics and culture; how Americans have understood the meaning and legacy of the Declaration; and how that understanding has changed over time in ways shaped by the events and context of the present.
Dr. Hattem is American historian, with interests in early America, the American Revolution, and historical memory. He received his PhD in History at Yale University and is the author of Past and Prologue: Politics and Memory in the American Revolution and The Memory of ’76: The Revolution in American History. Our partner, Books on the Common, will have copies available for sale and signing.
Support for A250: A Deep Dive into the Declaration of Independence is provided by CT Humanities. Additional promotional support provided by Ridgefield Commemorates America at 250.
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Interested in working at the Ridgefield Library? We’re looking for an energetic, creative, detail-oriented individual to begin year-round part-time employment as a Library Technical Assistant (LTA) II in our Children’s Services Department. Click here to learn more.
Thursday, October 9 @ 7:00 pm: Join us for the next program in our special A250: A Deep Dive into the Declaration of Independence program series offered in collaboration with Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center. Please note: this presentation will be held in the Garden House at Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center, 152 Main Street, Ridgefield CT.
The American Revolution promised liberty—but what did that mean for women? This lecture explores how the era’s popular culture shaped and reflected ideas about femininity, masculinity, motherhood and women’s place in public life. From patriotic heroines to domestic ideals, we’ll see how the Revolution both challenged and reinforced gender norms. Along the way, we’ll draw connections to our own time, when modern debates about women’s roles echo the questions first asked more than two centuries ago.
Dr. Leslie Lindenauer is Professor of History, Philosophy and World Perspectives at Western Connecticut State University. She received her B.A. from Brown University and her M.A. and Ph.D. from New York University.
Support for A250: A Deep Dive into the Declaration of Independence is provided by CT Humanities. Additional promotional support provided by Ridgefield Commemorates America at 250.
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