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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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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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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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, June 25 @ 6:00 pm: Families with children of all ages join Christine’s Critters for an unforgettable, interactive program! Meet live hawks, owls, falcons, snakes and lizards up close while learning about their incredible adaptations and their important role in our ecosystem. With the opportunity to get up close to these magnificent animals, hear fascinating rescue stories and learn about the challenges wildlife face, it’s a truly unique experience for nature lovers of all ages. Registration is encouraged but drop ins are welcome as space permits.
Christine’s Critters, Inc. is a nonprofit wildlife rehabilitation and education organization based in Weston, CT. Founded by Christine Peyreigne, the organization is dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing injured birds of prey while also providing permanent care for non-releasable raptors and rescued reptiles. Through hands-on programs and outreach events, Christine’s Critters educates the public about wildlife conservation and promotes responsible stewardship of the natural world.
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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Wednesday, June 25 @ 1:00 pm: The Alzheimer’s Association offers a range of caregiver skills-building courses, which aim to help caregivers feel more prepared to handle the challenges that come with caring for someone living with dementia.
This evidence-based course, “Managing Money: A Caregiver’s Guide to Finance,” helps caregivers understand the costs of caregiving and the benefits of early planning, and teaches them how to start a conversation about finances, assess financial and legal needs, avoid financial abuse and fraud, and find support when needed.
This is a hybrid event. It’s best to attend in person, but the Zoom link is provided when you register.
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Cancelled: Monday, June 30 @ 7:00 pm: Ridgefield author Gerri Lewis will discuss Grave Words, the latest entry in her Deadly Deadlines mystery series:
For obituary writer Winter Snow trouble is piling higher than the thirty-foot face of the Lake Mamanasco cliffs she can see from her windows. Her business is in a death drought. Her own name is listed as deceased in her client’s obituary. And her best friend, Scoop, a reporter for the local newspaper, is a person of interest in a string of arsons plaguing her hometown of Ridgefield, Connecticut. To top it off, the town’s only homeless person, Chester, is found dead in one of the burning buildings. When Winter begins asking too many questions and clues begin to tumble into place, she realizes too late that there’s more to Chester’s death than meets the eye.
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Saturday, June 21: Ridgefield is joining over 1,000 cities worldwide for Make Music Day, a live, free, all-day musical celebration. Come join the fun! Performances on the Library Lawn will be held from 11:00am to 5:00pm.
Scheduled activities and performers on the Library Lawn:
11:00 am – 12:00 pm: String Busters (Americana/Bluegrass)
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: The Four Horsemen Songwriters (Americana/Bluegrass/Indie-Folk//Pop)
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm: Gracey DePhillips (Jazz/Funk/Kids)
1:45 pm – 2:00 pm: Yashvi and Zoe (Pop)
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: PJ Giovaniello (Metal/Rock)
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm: Songs for Ekta (Indian)
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm: True Religion (Blues/Ragtime)
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PLEASE NOTE: Performances on the Library Lawn will be canceled in case of rain.
Wednesday, June 18 @ 6:00pm: Families with children of all ages are invited to celebrate the start of Summer Reading! Come for Showtime Steve’s juggling skills and world-record stunts, stay to register for the 2025 Summer Reading Program and begin your reading adventure. Registration is encouraged but drop-ins are welcome as space permits.
Representatives from the Center for Literacy at the State Education Resource Center (SERC) will also be at the event to provide literacy resources and information available through SERC.
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.
Tuesday, June 17 @ 7:00 pm: This program is a reading/performance by Ridgefield author Chris Belden and contributors to the book Closer to Freedom, which he edited. Closer to Freedom is an anthology of prose and poetry written in the workshop Belden ran for over ten years at Garner Correctional Institution, a maximum security prison in Newtown. Scheduled to participate are former Garner librarian Mark Aldrich as well as Floyd Lawrence and Alexis Melendez. In addition to readings from the book, there will be a performance of a short play written by inmates.
Our partner Books on the Common will have copies for purchase and signing.
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