Join our bi-weekly tech talks on Zoom videoconference to learn about electronic resources and get help with devices, computer software, and tips to bring you from tech-wary to tech-savvy! This week, join librarian, Samantha Connell, for a basic overview of our digital library. Did you receive a new Kindle, eReader or iPad for the holidays?
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Even though our meditation sessions with the Community Mindfulness Project can’t happen in the library at the moment, you can join conference call and Zoom meditations throughout the week. Please visit Community Mindfulness Project website or see below for the full schedule... Conference Call Meditations Dial In: (857) 799-9498 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 7:00 -7:30 AM
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Join Miss Rebecca, Miss Marie, and Music with Marcus to celebrate the New Year in our Zoom room! We'll share stories, crafts, and lots of songs and dances, then count down to noon together! This program is ideal for preschoolers and early elementary students. Register here. Register and pick up your craft supply kit at
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The Library is closed for the Holidays. The digital library is always open! Download eBooks, magazines, and more. Get started>>
Please join us for this live webinar on Tuesday, January 5th at 7:00 PM EST. REGISTER HERE As we part with an election year, welcome the new year, and look towards a presidential inauguration later this month, let’s pause to consider our unelected leaders-- America’s First Ladies. Professor of History at Ohio University, Katherine Jellison,
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Join Miss Marie and Miss Rebecca for songs, stories, and music fun when we meet in our Zoom room! Bring a shaker to make some noise or a scarf to wave around. Wave to your friends at the end! This class is for any baby or toddler up to 2 years old with a caregiver.
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Join Miss Rebecca for songs, stories, and music fun when we meet in our Zoom room! Bring a shaker to make some noise. Wave to your friends at the end! Register once for all four classes (1/6, 1/13, 1/20, and 1/27). Register here for all 4 sessions. This program is only intended for families with
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Welcome to Little Bookworms! This month we are reading Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, which will be done together in class. Join Educator Debbie Moran as we work together to read and discuss this month’s book! Pick up a packet, which contains fun materials to do after the program. Pickup instructions will be emailed
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This month we are reading It Wasn't Me by Dana Alison Levy! Join us in a Zoom meeting to discuss the book and chat with your friends! This program is for any children who are in 6th-7th grade. Register online HERE to receive the Zoom invitation or email [email protected] This program is intended for children in
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Pulse-racing, jaw-dropping, and shiver-inducing books are always in season. Join the librarian-led bookgroup: Can’t Sleep Thrillers for the feverish fans of books with psychological mayhem, dubious mysteries, and plot twists. This book group will meet the first Wednesday of the month at 7pm via zoom, if you register, please plan on attending them all. REGISTER
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Join Miss Marie and Miss Rebecca for songs, rhymes, felt board stories, and special books when we meet in our Zoom room! This class is for those who are 24-36 months old with a caregiver. Please only sign up if you have a child that age. Register once for all four classes (1/7, 1/14, 1/21,
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Join Coach Shawn Parker from Team DIG USA in honing your chess skills! Our beginner chess students will learn how to play chess from the ground up. We will start by covering all the rules. Then we will make sure that all the students understand the different ways that the pieces can move including castling
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Did you know that Value Line Digital Access is free to use with your New Canaan Library card? Value Line is an investment research tool covering 3,500 stocks across 100 industries. It is a powerful database with a Stock Screener, hundreds of data fields for analysis, model portfolios, and printable PDF reports. You can create custom
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Join Coach Shawn Parker from Team DIG USA in honing your chess skills! Our Intermediate chess students will learn tactics like forks and pins and will discover attacks to win games that were considered lost before! They will also learn new openings and end game theory. They will play against each other every class to
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SEAM Rippers is a monthly non-fiction book club with a paired do-at-home activity. There are four paths to choose from, each a letter from SEAM: Science, Engineering, Art or Math. Select your path then pickup your book and paired activity kit from the library. Read your book and complete the paired activity anytime during the
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Please join us for this live webinar on Monday January 11th 2021 at 7:00PM EST ArtScapades returns to New Canaan Library with the second lecture of their 2020-2021 season…via Zoom! Watch ArtScapades from the comfort of your own home on Monday, January 11th at 7:00 pm as they discuss Crossing Cultures: Mexican Muralists to African-American
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Join our bi-weekly tech talks on Zoom videoconference to learn about electronic resources and get help with devices, computer software, and tips to bring you from tech-wary to tech-savvy! This week, join librarian, Kayla Del Biondo, for a basic class in Microsoft Excel. Excel is an incredibly powerful tool for getting meaning out of vast amounts
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Welcome to Love of Literacy! This month’s story, which will be read in class, is Snowballs by Lois Ehlert. Join Educator Debbie Moran as your child learns early literacy skills to prepare for reading! Pick up your early literacy packet, which contains fun materials to do before and after the program. Pick up instructions will
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Please join us for this live webinar on Tuesday, January 12th at 7:00 PM EST. REGISTER HERE “We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom” John F. Kennedy, January 20, 1961 We have experienced 53 formal Presidential inaugurations since 1789 and another nine subdued ceremonies in which vice presidents took
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Join Miss Marie and Miss Rebecca for songs, stories, and music fun when we meet in our Zoom room! Bring a shaker to make some noise or a scarf to wave around. Wave to your friends at the end! This class is for any baby or toddler up to 2 years old with a caregiver.
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Join us for this live program on Wednesday January 13th at 1:00 pm EST. Join Julia Strayer and Liz Maccarone, for an easy-to-follow discussion on how to make sense of today’s financial markets. This virtual roundtable is a partnership between New Canaan Library, Bronxville Public Library, Darien Library, Fairfield Public Library, Purchase Free Library, Rye
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Join Miss Rebecca for songs, stories, and music fun when we meet in our Zoom room! Bring a shaker to make some noise. Wave to your friends at the end! Register once for all four classes (1/6, 1/13, 1/20, and 1/27). Register here for all 4 sessions. This program is only intended for families with
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Learn to prepare healthy & delicious foods using seasonal produce with Renana Shvil of Fiddleheads Cooking Studio! We will be making Flat Bread with Assorted Vegetable Toppings! The recipe can be found here. Log on with the ingredients ready and cook along with the teacher--or watch and make it later! For grades 5-12. Register Here for
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All are welcome to join this monthly discussion of books on current and historical world events and international culture. This month’s book is: 2030 by Mauro F. Guillen who warns that by 2030, a new reality will take hold:- There will be more grandparents than grandchildren - The middle-class in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa will
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Join Miss Marie and Miss Rebecca for songs, rhymes, felt board stories, and special books when we meet in our Zoom room! This class is for those who are 24-36 months old with a caregiver. Please only sign up if you have a child that age. Register once for all four classes (1/7, 1/14, 1/21,
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We have changed our meeting day to the second Thursday of each month. The Chat will continue as the Library’s program for book lovers with a few new twists. Each month, Laura and a guest (this month Nancy Geary, Director of the New Canaan Museum and Historical Society) will get together to share the great
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Join Coach Shawn Parker from Team DIG USA in honing your chess skills! Our beginner chess students will learn how to play chess from the ground up. We will start by covering all the rules. Then we will make sure that all the students understand the different ways that the pieces can move including castling
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Join Coach Shawn Parker from Team DIG USA in honing your chess skills! Our Intermediate chess students will learn tactics like forks and pins and will discover attacks to win games that were considered lost before! They will also learn new openings and end game theory. They will play against each other every class to
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The Library is closed for the Holidays. The digital library is always open! Download eBooks, magazines, and more. Get started>>
Learn to prepare healthy & delicious foods using seasonal produce with Renana Shvil of Fiddleheads Cooking Studio! We will be making Carrot Muffins and Maple Butter! The recipe can be found here. Log-on with the ingredients ready and cook along with the teacher or watch and make it later! Register Here for Zoom Link This program
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Please join us for this live webinar on Tuesday, January 19th at 7:00 PM EST. REGISTER HERE Presidential Libraries are hallowed halls and invaluable museums of our collective history. Join us as Jeffrey Urbin, Education Specialist, presents The Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum: Presidential Papers and the National Archives. His in-depth discussion will cover the
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The Young Critics are reading A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying by Kelley Armstrong this month. Join Librarians Cathy Townsend and Rebecca Fox in a Zoom meeting to discuss the book and chat with your friends! This program is for any children who are in grades 4-6. Register here for Zoom meeting ID. This program
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Join Miss Marie and Miss Rebecca for songs, stories, and music fun when we meet in our Zoom room! Bring a shaker to make some noise or a scarf to wave around. Wave to your friends at the end! This class is for any baby or toddler up to 2 years old with a caregiver.
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Join Miss Rebecca for songs, stories, and music fun when we meet in our Zoom room! Bring a shaker to make some noise. Wave to your friends at the end! Register once for all four classes (1/6, 1/13, 1/20, and 1/27). Register here for all 4 sessions. This program is only intended for families with
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WELCOME TO THE MYSTERIOUS ZOOM ART SOCIETY. In Trenton Lee Stewart’s Mysterious Benedict Society books, children enroll to tackle a series of missions that only the most resourceful and creative children could complete. Creative and resourceful children, join us on Zoom for a monthly mystery art project. Pickup a kit from the library with the
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Capturing Creativity with Julia Strayer is open to all writers (fiction, nonfiction, poetry) at any level of experience. This class will meet on three consecutive Wednesday evenings from Jan. 20 to Feb. 3 at 6:30 pm, and will focus on how creativity is fostered and then captured. Her teaching method goes beyond “writing prompts” to
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Join Miss Marie and Miss Rebecca for songs, rhymes, felt board stories, and special books when we meet in our Zoom room! This class is for those who are 24-36 months old with a caregiver. Please only sign up if you have a child that age. Register once for all four classes (1/7, 1/14, 1/21,
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Join Intellectu-Gals, a reading group for intellectually curious women who want to dig into global topics through a diverse blend of genres and voices. In this supportive environment Intellectu-Gals will travel the world-- peering through new and profound perspectives to learn about themselves and our fellow citizens. We will meet the third Thursday of each
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Join Coach Shawn Parker from Team DIG USA in honing your chess skills! Our beginner chess students will learn how to play chess from the ground up. We will start by covering all the rules. Then we will make sure that all the students understand the different ways that the pieces can move including castling
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Join Coach Shawn Parker from Team DIG USA in honing your chess skills! Our Intermediate chess students will learn tactics like forks and pins and will discover attacks to win games that were considered lost before! They will also learn new openings and end game theory. They will play against each other every class to
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Please join us for this live webinar on Thursday, January 21 at 7 PM EST Although Italian cinema first gained international notoriety with the neorealist films (Open City, Bicycle Thieves) released after WWII, it reached perhaps its greatest commercial and artistic heights in the early 1960s. An economically burgeoning Italy resulted in a vital film
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BOOKED SOLID: A New Canaan Library Podcast for Young Adults, New Adults, and the Forever Young Adult at Heart Join Teen Librarian Kathleen and Adult Services Librarian Sam as they read diversely across the teen, young adult, and new adult genre. Kathleen is mom to Michael the Corgi (an established social media influencer) and Sam
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Join Miss Marie and Miss Rebecca for a cozy PJ story time! We will have songs, stories, and music fun when we meet in our Zoom room! Bring a shaker, a scarf, or a stuffed animal friend to dance with. Wave to your friends at the end! This story time is ideal for families with
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In a 30-minute highly dynamic, action-specific, and interactive webinar, parents are invited to learn a few tips, tools, and strategies to motivate, inspire, and support their student. Conducted by S4: Successful Study Skills for Students. For parents of students in 4th to 12th grades When: Monday, January, 25, 7:00 pm How: You will receive a
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Join our bi-weekly tech talks on Zoom videoconference to learn about electronic resources, get help with devices, computer software, and get tips that will bring you from tech-wary to tech-savvy! This week, join librarian Samantha Connell for a basic overview of Creativebug and learn how to access thousands of award-winning video classes taught by top
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Please join us for this live webinar on Tuesday, January 26th at 7:00 PM EST. REGISTER HERE The humble ballot has a long and storied history, and has, in fact, not always been so humble in design. Author and graphic designer Alicia Yin Cheng will discuss her recently published book, This is What Democracy Looked
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Join Miss Marie and Miss Rebecca for songs, stories, and music fun when we meet in our Zoom room! Bring a shaker to make some noise or a scarf to wave around. Wave to your friends at the end! This class is for any baby or toddler up to 2 years old with a caregiver.
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Join Miss Rebecca for songs, stories, and music fun when we meet in our Zoom room! Bring a shaker to make some noise. Wave to your friends at the end! Register once for all four classes (1/6, 1/13, 1/20, and 1/27). Register here for all 4 sessions. This program is only intended for families with
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Capturing Creativity with Julia Strayer is open to all writers (fiction, nonfiction, poetry) at any level of experience. This class will meet on three consecutive Wednesday evenings from Jan. 20 to Feb. 3 at 6:30 pm, and will focus on how creativity is fostered and then captured. Her teaching method goes beyond “writing prompts” to
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Join Miss Marie and Miss Rebecca for songs, rhymes, felt board stories, and special books when we meet in our Zoom room! This class is for those who are 24-36 months old with a caregiver. Please only sign up if you have a child that age. Register once for all four classes (1/7, 1/14, 1/21,
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Join Coach Shawn Parker from Team DIG USA in honing your chess skills! Our beginner chess students will learn how to play chess from the ground up. We will start by covering all the rules. Then we will make sure that all the students understand the different ways that the pieces can move including castling
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Join Coach Shawn Parker from Team DIG USA in honing your chess skills! Our Intermediate chess students will learn tactics like forks and pins and will discover attacks to win games that were considered lost before! They will also learn new openings and end game theory. They will play against each other every class to
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Thursday, January 28th 7-8pm EST on Zoom Webinar. REGISTER HERE “The Queen’s Gambit,” Netflix’s blockbuster series about a chess prodigy, has ignited skyrocketing sales of chess boards and a new national obsession with the game. But, before the glamorous world of Beth Harmon, international master Rusa Goletiani and expert coach, Mike Amori, were fully steeped
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Virtual Program for Families with Middle and High School Children Speaker: Ann Rodwell-Lawton, M.S.W from DVCCCT You will obtain tools to help your child understand: What a healthy relationship looks and feels like Relationship skills, including setting boundaries The importance of healthy communication How to identify unhealthy relationship dynamics rooted in power and control REGISTER
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New Canaan Library is pleased to partner with the New Canaan Chamber of Commerce to bring you the four-part business series, The Story of Startups. Join us for Session 1 on Tuesday, February 2 at 7 PM EST REGISTER HERE Have you thought about launching your own business but were not sure how to begin?
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This winter may seem a little different than years before. Our younger children have gone through a massive pandemic and as winter approaches they may be gearing up for another round of isolation or an interruption in their social interactions. This discussion will focus on how parents can support and comfort their child’s social and
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Join Miss Rebecca and Miss Dajana for songs, stories, and musical fun when we meet in our Zoom room! Bring a shaker to make some noise or a scarf to wave around. Wave to your friends at the end! This class is for any baby or toddler up to 2 years old with a caregiver.
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Join Miss Rebecca for songs, stories, and interactive felt-board fun when we meet in our Zoom room! What will we learn this week? Register once for all four classes (2/3, 2/10, 2/17, and 2/24). Register here for all 4 sessions. This program is only intended for families with children 3-5 years old.
Capturing Creativity with Julia Strayer is open to all writers (fiction, nonfiction, poetry) at any level of experience. This class will meet on three consecutive Wednesday evenings from Jan. 20 to Feb. 3 at 6:30 pm, and will focus on how creativity is fostered and then captured. Her teaching method goes beyond “writing prompts” to
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Pulse-racing, jaw-dropping, and shiver-inducing books are always in season. Join the librarian-led bookgroup: Can’t Sleep Thrillers for the feverish fans of books with psychological mayhem, dubious mysteries, and plot twists. This book group will meet the first Wednesday of the month at 7pm via zoom, if you register, please plan on attending them all. REGISTER
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This month we are reading Scythe by Neal Shusterman! Join us in a Zoom meeting to discuss the book and chat with your friends! This program is for any children who are in 6th-7th grade. Register online HERE to receive the Zoom invitation or email [email protected] This program is intended ONLY for tweens and teens
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Join Miss Marie and Miss Rebecca for songs, rhymes, felt-board stories, and special books when we meet in our Zoom room! This class is for those who are 24-36 months old with a caregiver. Please only sign up if you have a child that age. Register once for all four classes (2/4, 2/11, 2/18, and
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