November 3-7: Mascot Fox’s time in office is coming to a close! This year we have four candidates running for election as Ridgefield Library Mascot. All humans aged 18 minutes or older are invited to vote in-person in the Lodewick Children’s Library starting Monday, November 3 until Saturday, November 7 at 5:00 pm. If you are unable to visit the Library during that time–do not fear! You can cast an absentee ballot during voting week: 2025 Mascot Election Absentee Ballot. This election voting will be done using Ranked Choice Voting, so each voter is asked to rank the four candidates in order of preference. Library cards are not required, but we do ask that only one ballot per person is submitted.
Saturday, November 8 @10:30 am: Di-November gets musical! Families with children of all ages will be roaring with delight! Join Michele Urban Music on a dino-mite, prehistoric, music adventure. Find your own dinosaur roar as you stomp, chomp, dance and sing along to Michele’s silly dino-songs that explore important SEL themes, like feelings, fears, diversity, kindness and inclusion. And, of course, kids have tons of fun sharing knowledge of dinosaur facts! Registration is encouraged but drop-ins are welcome as space permits. Register here.
Programs like this are made possible in part by the generosity of our donors.
Friday, November 14 @ 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.
Click here to learn more and to register.
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.
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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.
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, 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.
Click here to learn more and to register.
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.
Click here to learn more and to register.
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.
Click here to learn more and to register.