Monday, July 21 @ 6:30 pm: It’s Connecticut’s largest water body – 11 miles long, 5,000 acres and 46 billion gallons of water. And yet Candlewood Lake is so much more than just a gorgeous recreational asset. It was actually created 100 years ago as a massive hydroelectric generating facility. The lake acts as a storage facility for water, and when the water is needed to generate electricity it’s released through a large pipe into generators that supplement the state’s electricity supply. When the lake was formed several villages were flooded, and today you can still see the remnants when scuba diving. Hear about this technological wonder at the presentation.
Mike Allen is the producer and host of the highly-rated podcast, Amazing Tales About History. New episodes each Thursday present history as it should be – accurate, engaging and told with a touch of intrigue. Find his episodes at: www.amazingtalesct.com
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Tuesday, July 22 @ 6:00 pm: Level up your adulting skills! Don’t stress about job interviews. In this program, you will learn the importance of first impressions, how to perfect your handshake, body language tips and how to prepare for phone and in-person interviews. There will be time for questions after the presentation.
Adults and teens are both welcome.
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Thursday, July 31 @ 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.
Wednesday, August 6 @ 5:30 pm: Children entering grades 1-6 strut their stuff by performing their special talents! Talents may include singing, dancing, gymnastics, jokes, magic and anything they imagine. This is their chance to shine in this non-competitive performance!
Talent show participants may register online but you must call or visit in person to the Children’s Services desk to choose a time to perform. There will be a mandatory dress rehearsal on Monday, August 4 at the same time as your chosen performance time. Registration begins June 1, 2025. There is no registration to attend as an audience member. We expect everyone to arrive at the performance at 5:30 pm and wait until all children have performed before departing. It’s a very special evening where your children’s talents can shine!
This activity is part of the Ridgefield Library’s 2025 Summer Reading Program: Level Up at Your Library and is sponsored by the Friends of the Ridgefield Library.
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Saturday, July 19 @ 2:00 pm: Families with children of all ages are invited to a storytime and short hike at the Woodcock Nature Center! Join Ms. Kathleen from the Ridgefield Library and Kelly Donahoe from Woodcock Nature Center for this active storytime celebrating outdoor adventures. We’ll meet at the Pavillion at WNC to read a story, visit the Nature Center to meet an ambassador animal and then take a guided hike on the nearby trails. Registration is required. Please register once for your family and make note of the number of attendees in the special notes.
This activity is part of the Ridgefield Library’s 2025 Summer Reading Program: Level Up at Your Library and is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Ridgefield Library, the Ridgefield Conservation Commission and Woodcock Nature Center.
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Tuesday, July 15 @ 6:00 pm: Join us for Scams, Tech and Theft – Staying Safe in Today’s World: A Presentation for All Ages: Kids, Parents, Adults and Seniors
Our panel of will consist of Andrew Neblett, Dr. Wes DeSantis and Detective Victoria Ryan, who will cover safety tips for protecting yourself against:
Local crimes and internet/phone scams
Digital scams
Keeping yourself and your children safe
Protecting your Cell Phone
Social Media Traps
Airport and Travel Safety Tips
Artificial Intelligence
Home Computing/WIFI Safety
Detective Victoria Ryan has been with the Ridgefield Police Department for 13 years and assigned to the Detective Bureau since 2019.
Dr. Wes DeSantis has been with Ridgefield public schools for 17 years, and Director of Educational Technology Since 2020.
Andrew Neblett has been responsible for IT support and services for the Town of Ridgefield since 2006. He is IT Director and Region 5 ESF17 Cybersecurity Chair.
This timely program is not to be missed!
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Friday, July 11 @ 6:00pm: Join us for our 21+ adults-only tabletop gaming experience. Snacks, non-alcoholic beverages provided as well as a ticket for one beer or glass of wine included. Tabletop games mean anything from card games to dice games, board games to strategy games.
You are welcome to bring a game and play, learn a new game, borrow a game from our collection to take home, or just observe! If you have a specific game that you are interested in teaching, please let us know so we can put a table aside for you. Larger groups of six or more can also email to request a table be set aside.
All attendees must be 21 or older. Registration is recommended.
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Wednesday, July 9 @ 7:00 pm: Monica Ong’s second collection of poetry, Planetaria, brings playful literary experiments on the page to poetry, science and art lovers alike.
Poet-artist Monica Ong has created an extraordinary collection of visual-poems that uses the visual language of astronomy to imagine the sky from a female perspective. The resulting image-poems are playful visual experiments that explore the precarious territories of motherhood, women in science, and diaspora identity. A full-color, fine-art volume, Planetaria is equally engaging to followers of poetry, art and science alike.
Copies of Planetaria will be available for purchase at the event through our partner, Books on the Common.
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Monday, July 7 @ 7:00 pm: Come and discover the story of America’s first female Landscape Architect, Beatrix Farrand. She found success in the 1920s and 30s in the male-dominated field of landscape design. Born in New York City in 1872, Farrand is known for the gardens she designed for the White House, Dumbarton Oaks, New York Botanical Garden and Yale University. Her career included commissions to design about 110 gardens for private residences, estates and country homes, public parks, botanic gardens and college campuses.
Farrand owed her success to her unerring eye for design, profound knowledge of horticulture and deep commitment to her profession that inspired others to follow in her footsteps. She was famous for her complex flower borders as well as her advocacy of native landscapes and plants, which she wove into a classical design framework. This presentation will discuss her early influences and education as well as her most notable projects.
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Monday, July 7 @ 11:00 am: For families with children of all ages. Come to our All Age Family Storytime at 10:30 am to meet a member of the Ridgefield Fire Department and stay for this opportunity to touch a fire truck in the Library parking lot immediately following storytime. No registration required.
This activity is part of the Ridgefield Library’s 2025 Summer Reading Program: Level Up at Your Library and is sponsored by the Friends of the Ridgefield Library.
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