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. This book club is currently full, please email Julia Rae at
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Join us for this live webinar on Tuesday, September 7th at 6:00PM EST. Join us in reflection and remembrance as Mary Fetchet, Founding Director of Voices Center for Resilience, presents the program A 20-year Journey: from 9/11 to today. Ms. Fetchet, a resident of New Canaan for 33 years and mother of Brad Fetchet, who
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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: Space 2.0, How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age by Rod Pyle, with a forward written by Buzz Aldrin. We're on the cusp of
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It’s Back to School and back to Book Chat Thursday! Laura Cavers, NC Library's Readers' Advisor, is back for another season of ‘in the know’ book recommendations. This month's guest host, Kathy Blance, Public Relations librarian, joins The Chat to talk about the buzziest books of summer. Invite family, friends, colleagues who love to read
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Join us for this live webinar on Thursday, September 16th at 7:00 PM EST. The Library is pleased to welcome back Brian Lehrer and notes that the virtual format opens the event to a much larger audience than the Library was able to accommodate at his last in person Salant Lecture in early March 2020.
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Intellectu-Gals is 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. This group meets once a month on zoom.
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Join us as Praja Tickoo, a New Canaan High School student, presents on what design thinking is and how it can be used with students to explore projects. Design thinking is a human-centric design framework for problem-solving and empowers students to break down their assumptions of society, develop their skills of critical thinking, problem solving
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Join us for a live webinar from author Allen J. Ottens, who will discuss his book General John A. Rawlins: No Ordinary Man. His carefully researched book explores the life and career of General Rawlins, a forgotten military man who was Ulysses S. Grant’s assistant adjutant general during the war and secretary of war during
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Join us as we welcome emerging novelist Jai Chakrabarti to the Book Chat. Jai's short fiction has appeared in numerous journals and has been anthologized in The O. Henry Prize Stories, The Best American Short Stories, and awarded a Pushcart Prize. Born in Kolkata, India he now splits his time in Brooklyn and the Hudson
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